Divinefire is a

Christian metal Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal, or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music distinguished by its Christian-themed song lyrics and the dedication of the band-members to Christianity. Christian metal is typically performed by ...

group founded in the spring of 2004 by Finnish guitarist Jani Stefanovic, and Swedish singer

Christian Liljegren Per Christian Liljegren (born 3 February 1971) is a Swedish musician. Career Liljegren is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the Christian melodic power metal band Narnia. He is also the frontman of the metal bands Au ...

. Liljegren is the current frontman of the band

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. The group signed a contract with King Records, in

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and proceeded to release their first album, '' Glory Thy Name'' on December 18, 2004. One month later it was released in Western countries by Rivel Records, Christian Liljegren's label. Their style mixes

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with both melodic and aggressive elements."Review of Glory Thy Name" Frank Trojan ''RockHard Magazine'' (GERMANY) They have also had many special guest musicians on their albums. Among them have been

Carl Johan Grimmark Carl Johan Grimmark (born 14 October 1977) is a Swedish guitarist. He has appeared with several influential Christian metal bands including Narnia, Saviour Machine, and Rob Rock. He joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006. He has also played w ...

of Narnia and Eric Clayton of

Saviour Machine Saviour Machine is an American Christian gothic metal band that formed in 1989. They have released five studio albums and two live albums on Frontline and subsequently on MCM Music, distributed through Massacre Records. Saviour Machine's music ...

Members

;Current members * Jani Stefanovic –

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–

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*Germán Pascual –

;Former * Torbjörn Weinesjö – guitar *

Andreas Olsson Narnia is a Swedish Christian metal, Christian power metal band founded by guitarist Carl Johan Grimmark and singer Christian Liljegren. The band formed in Sweden in 1996, disbanded in 2010, and reformed in 2014. Their music references ''The Ch ...

– bass, backing vocals ;Guest musicians * Pontus Norgren * Thomas Vikström *

Maria Rådsten Ingela Maria Kristina Rådsten-Ekman (born 6 April 1966) is a Swedish singer. She began her musical career with the group Peter's Pop Squad. Later, she would become part of One More Time, with which she achieved great international success. Sh ...

* Fredrik Sjöholm *

* Eric Clayton * Hubertus Liljegren

Discography

Studio albums

*''Glory Thy Name'' (2004) *''Hero'' (2005) *''Into a New Dimension'' (2006) *''Farewell'' (2008) *''Eye of the Storm'' (2011)

Notes and references

External links

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Rivel Records
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