power metal
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band created by Richard Andersson in 2001.Time Requiem " Encyclopaedia Metallum. Web, Sep. 11, 2010. Andersson created the band that summer, when he felt that his previous project - Majestic - had come to a dead end.
Biography
Andersson took
Peter Wildoer
Karl Peter Wildoer is a Swedish musician who is the drummer for Darkane, Electrocution 250 and Grimmark. He has also drummed for the bands Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon, Majestic (band), Majestic, Pestilence (band), Pestilence, Silver S ...
Magnus Nord
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with him to his new band. Martin Wezovski turned out to be too inexperienced to be able to play the bass in the band and was replaced by
Dick Lövgren
Dick Lövgren (born 11 November 1980) is a Swedish musician. He is the bass guitarist for extreme metal band Meshuggah, which he joined in 2004.
Biography
In his early days, Lövgren was particularly impressed with the Metallica bass guitarist ...
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Meshuggah
Meshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1985. Originally, the band's name was Metallien. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Jens Kidman, guitarists Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström, drummer To ...
). They produced their first
self-titled
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album, in 2002.
In 2003, Andersson and the rest of the band played in Japan. This concert was recorded and released on a live CD. ''
Unleashed In Japan
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'' contained some songs from ''Time Requiem'', but also had some new material.
Afterwards, Wildoer became preoccupied with
death metal
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band
Darkane
Darkane is a Swedish Heavy metal music, metal band that originated in Helsingborg in 1998. Their music contains ample Thrash metal, thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in-studio use of synth ...
, and left Time Requiem to focus more on his own project. Lövgren and Andersson were having issues in regards to their musical differences, and also left. They were later replaced by Zoltan Csörsz and Jonas Reingold. With this lineup, a new album was made. It was given the name ''
Peter Wildoer
Karl Peter Wildoer is a Swedish musician who is the drummer for Darkane, Electrocution 250 and Grimmark. He has also drummed for the bands Armageddon (Swedish band), Armageddon, Majestic (band), Majestic, Pestilence (band), Pestilence, Silver S ...
Magnus Nord
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Dick Lövgren
Dick Lövgren (born 11 November 1980) is a Swedish musician. He is the bass guitarist for extreme metal band Meshuggah, which he joined in 2004.
Biography
In his early days, Lövgren was particularly impressed with the Metallica bass guitarist ...
- bass
Discography
*''Time Requiem'' (2002)
*''
Unleashed In Japan
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* ''Unleashed'' (2001 film), a film featuring Jeff Anderson
* ''Unleashed'' (2005 film), a 2005 martial arts film starring Jet Li
* ''Unleashed'' (2016 film), a film starring ...
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