乐队风格
Progressive/Power Metal 前卫金属乐坛里充斥着太多的乐队,他们以结构繁复,曲目冗长而自以为出色,实际上一无是处。音乐被当成了一种显示的手段,除非听者是乐手本人,否则只会在聆听时感到乏味而了无生趣。瑞典的Evergrey是其中的另类。他们在主唱Tom S. Englund的带领下,以发人深省的歌词,独特的歌曲结构,当然还有出类拔萃的音乐技巧在这个领域拓展出了自己的一片天地。Englund的嗓音变化多端,从迷人的净嗓到粗糙强力的正宗金属之音都运用的游刃有余。乐队的风格融和了旋律化的前卫金属和传统金属,并恰到好处的加入了一些优美的民谣曲风,可以说他们完全创立了属于自己的风格,其独特的幽暗冰冷的气质在金属界可谓独树一帜。
第一张专辑《The Dark Discovery》于1998年由Gothenburg Noiseworks发行,翌年发行第二张专辑《Solitude Dominance Tragedy》,这两张作品为他们奠定了良好的基础。2000年更换东家改迁德国前卫金属名厂Inside Out,2001年发行《In Search For Truth》,知名度渐行远播,2003年发表概念专辑《Recreation Day》,跻身为前卫金属一线团体。
发行专辑
The Dark Discovery - 1998
1. Blackened Dawn
2. December 26th
3. Dark Discovery
4. As Light is Our Darkness
5. Beyond Salvation
6. Closed Eyes
7. Trust and Betrayal
8. Shadowed
9. When the River Calls
10. For Every Tear That Falls
11. To Hope is to Fear
Solitude Dominance Tragedy - 1999
1. Solitude Within
2. Nosferatu
3. The Shocking Truth
4. A Scattered Me
5. She Speaks to the Dead
6. When Darkness Falls
7. Words Mean Nothing
8. Damnation
9. The Corey Curse
In Search of Truth - 2001
1. The Masterplan
2. Rulers of the Mind
3. Watching the Skies
4. State of Paralysis
5. The Encounter
6. Mark of the Triangle
7. Dark Waters
8. Different Worlds
9. Misled
Recreation Day - 2003
1. The Great Deceiver
2. End Of Your Days
3. As I Lie Here Bleeding
4. Recreation Day
5. Visions
6. I’m Sorry (Dilba cover)
7. Blinded
8. Fragments
9. Madness Caught Another Victim
10. Your Darkest Hour
11. Unforgivable
The Inner Circle - 2004
1. A Touch Of Blessing
2. Ambassador
3. In The Wake Of The Weary
4. Harmless Wishes
5. Waking Up Blind
6. More Than Ever
7. The Essence Of Conviction
8. Where All Good Sleep
9. Faith Restored
10. When The Walls Go Down
11. I’m Sorry (Live&Acoustic)
12. Recreation Day (Live&Acoustic)
13. Madness Caught Another Victim (Live&Acoustic)
A Night To Remember - 2005
1. Intro
2. Blinded
3. End of Your Days
4. More Than Ever
5. She Speaks to the Dead
6. Rulers of the Mind
7. Blackend Dawn
8. Waking Up Blind
9. As I Lie Here Bleeding
10. Misled
11. Mark of the Triangle
12. When The Walls Go Down
13. Harmless Wishes
14. Essence of Conviction
15. Solitude Within
16. Nosferatu
17. Recreation Day
18. For Every Tear That Falls
19. Touch of Blessing
20. The Masterplan
Monday Morning Apocalypse - 2006
1. Monday Morning Apocalypse
2. Unspeakable
3. Lost
4. Obedience
5. The Curtain Fall
6. In Remembrance
7. At Loss For Words
8. Till Dagmar
9. Still In The Water
10. The Dark I Walk You Through
11. I Should
12. Closure