Plan Three is a band from
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
,
Sweden
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, formed in 2000. The band consists of Viktor Markowicz (vocals), Mathias Garneij (guitar), Tommie Hammar (guitar), Peter Kjellin (bass), David Clewett (keyboard) and Kristoffer Folin (drums).
After a couple of years of performing live in Sweden and releasing self produced demos the band got signed by record label Dogmatic in 2007 and released the single "Achilles Heel" (distributed by
Universal Music
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). The same year the band supported
Takida
Takida is a Swedish rock band from Ånge formed in 1999. The band's name comes from the character Gohei Takeda in the Japanese anime series '' Nagareboshi Gin''. Takeda's name was mispronounced as "Takida" in the Swedish voiceover of the anime s ...
on their fall tour in Sweden. In 2008 the band played at the
Peace & Love festival in
Borlänge
Borlänge is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality with a total population of 51,604 inhabitants as of 2017.
History
Originally Borlänge was the name of a tin ...
,
Sweden
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among other places and at the end of the summer a new single entitled "Triggers" was released. Later in November that year the band supported
3 Doors Down at their show in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
.
In 2009 the band signed with label
Ninetone Records
Ninetone Records is a Swedish record label, MCN, management and publisher based in Sundsvall, Sweden, with hits as their main focus. Ninetone Records has a substantial collection of platinum records and many top 10 hits on their CV's.
History
Ni ...
and during the summer the band recorded their debut album with producer Patrik Frisk. The album entitled ''
Screaming Our Sins'' was released in
Sweden
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on November 25 and has subsequently been released.
In the summer of 2010 the band played at
Pier Pressure (festival) in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
on the same stage as bands such as
The Sounds,
HIM and
Thirty Seconds to Mars
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and also
Rammstein and
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal.
During t ...
among others during the
Metaltown Festival
The Metaltown Festival was a three-day festival featuring heavy metal bands, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was arranged annually from 2004 to 2016.
The original Metaltown venue was at Frihamnen, but was moved in 2011 to Göteborg Galopp clos ...
in the days before.
In 2011 the band released an EP titled "The Signal - Part One" followed by a longer hiatus and in November 2014 the band returned with the release of the single "When Everything Comes To An End". This led to their 2017 release of "Wish I Was Stormborne", their second full length studio album, which was released on September 29.
Shortly after the release of their second album the band announced the departure of lead vocalist Jacob and presented their new singer Viktor Markowicz. On January 12, 2018 they released a Live Studio Session EP containing acoustic versions of three of the songs from their latest full length as well as a cover version of
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...
’ "
Another Day in Paradise".
In 2019 the band has released two singles so far: "Narcissistic Man" and "Taravana".
Discography
Albums
* "Achilles Heel" (2007 10 15)
* "Screaming Our Sins" (2009 12 07)
* "Wish I Was Stormborne" (2017 09 28)
EP's
* "The Signal - Part One" (2011)
* "Live Studio Session EP" (2018)
Singles
* "Achilles Heel" (2007)
* "Triggers" (2008)
* "Still Broken" (2008)
* "Brush It Off" (2008)
* "Chasing Tornadoes" (2011)
* "When Everything Comes to an End" (2014)
* "Welcome to the Edge" (2017)
* "The Otherside" (2017)
* "Echo" (2017)
* "Narcissistic Man" (2019)
* "Taravana" (2019)
* "Stay" (2022)
References
External links
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Musical groups established in 2000
Swedish rock music groups