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Twilight Force is a Swedish symphonic power metal band known for their highly fantastical lyrics and LARP-style outfits which the band performs onstage in. The band's main lyrical themes are based on the lore of a fictional world known as The Twilight Kingdoms, created by keyboardist Daniel Beckman. The band has released three albums to date. Their latest, Dawn of the Dragonstar was released on August 16, 2019.

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Twilight Force
Twilight Force at Rockharz Open Air 2016
Background information
Origin	Falun / Borlänge, Sweden
Genres	Symphonic power metal
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Black Lodge, Nuclear Blast
Members	Alessandro Conti Philip Lindh Jocke Leandro Johansson Dunder Björn Lundqvist Daniel Beckman Isak Olsson
Past members	Christian Eriksson Robban Bäck Daniel Sjögren

The band members play under the use of nicknames, and wear costumes on stage that mirror the band's lyrical themes. The group describes themselves as "adventure metal," in part due to the use of costumes, props, and demeanor onstage. The band has cited early role-playing games like Heroes of Might & Magic and table-top role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons as inspiration for their appearance.

History

The idea behind Twilight Force was conceived in the mid-2000s by guitarist Philip Lindh and keyboardist Daniel Beckman. Although the project at the time was mostly conceptual, the two would go on to write much of the material that can be found on Twilight Force's first two albums even before they had actually formed the band in 2011. Some of these songs did not make the cut for the first album, and would instead be used in later works.[1] Beckman, a lecturer, musician, and sound technician, was often touring or working with other acts, and at the time, vocalist Christian Eriksson (then known as Christian Hedgren) was living in Los Angeles, California. For this reason, Lindh and Beckman's project remained dormant for a few years until 2013, when the rest of the members were able to commit to the band. A recording studio in Beckman's home, colloquially dubbed the "Twilight Forge", was a major step in allowing band members to record, mix, and master tracks freely.

Shortly after, bassist Dunder Björn Lundqvist, guitarist Jocke Leandro Johansson, drummer Daniel Sjögren, and vocalist Christian Eriksson were brought onto the project. The four had all previously played together in several split-up local bands from Falun, namely Mandrake, SkyRide, and Zia. Although Sjögren was not immediately made a member of the band and was not featured on the band's debut album, he joined the group later as a replacement for then-drummer Robban Bäck, who was unable to perform live with the band.

The group made their debut performance in Madrid on November 30, 2013, before they had actually released any material publicly, while Johansson and Eriksson had done an acoustic set together the night before.[2] Johansson played both sets with a broken index finger.[3] With plenty of material for an album, the band started work on their debut album recording, Tales of Ancient Prophecies, which was released in 2014 by Black Lodge Records. The album hit 29th position in Swedish charts.[4] Immediately after, the band began writing their second album.

In February 2016 the band announced they signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records.[5] Later that year, on August 26, they released their label debut called Heroes of Mighty Magic with Joakim Brodén and Fabio Lione as guest vocalists.[6][7] In early October 2017, it was announced that Christian Eriksson had left the band. He was temporarily replaced by Tommy Johansson during their tour as a special guest of DragonForce in October and November 2017.[8] Eriksson claims that he suddenly received a text from the other band members saying that he was no longer part of the band, and that they had found a temporary replacement, Tommy Johansson, for their upcoming tour. Additionally, the band cited his contribution to the works of the band as "nonexistent". In June 2018, Alessandro Conti of Trick or Treat and formerly of Luca Turilli's Rhapsody was announced as the new vocalist.[9]

On May 23, 2019, the band revealed the title and album art for their third album, Dawn of the Dragonstar, which was released August 16, 2019. The album was the first to feature Conti (as Allyon) on vocals.

On November 5, 2019, the band announced that drummer Daniel Sjögren had departed the band. Sjögren clarified that his decision to leave the band was amicable. Isak Olsson, also from Falun, was immediately brought in to fill the role of De'Azsh.

On November 3, 2022, the band announced the title of their upcoming fourth studio album, At the Heart of Wintervale, which is set to be released on January 20, 2023.[10]

Members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Tales of Ancient Prophecies (2014)
• Heroes of Mighty Magic (2016)
• Dawn of the Dragonstar (2019)
• At the Heart of Wintervale (2023)

References

На других языках

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[de] Twilight Force

Twilight Force ist eine schwedische Power-Metal-Band aus Falun, die im Jahr 2011 gegründet wurde. Der musikalische Stil der Gruppe ist an dem epischen Power Metal der späten 1990er Jahre angelehnt und verbindet heroische Melodien mit akustischen Instrumenten wie Laute und Cembalo. Eine Besonderheit der Band ist, dass alle Bandmitglieder eine selbst erdachte Rollenspielfigur verkörpern.[1]

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- [en] Twilight Force

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[fr] Twilight Force

Twilight Force est un groupe de metal symphonique suédois, originaire de Falun. Formé en 2011, leurs thèmes issus de l'univers heroic-fantasy ainsi que leur style de jeu les rapprochent de groupes comme Rhapsody of Fire, Gloryhammer ou Dragonforce.

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[it] Twilight Force

I Twilight Force sono una band di power metal sinfonico svedese formatasi nella città di Falun/Borlänge e attiva dal 2011. La loro musica si ispira a tematiche fantasy e medievali e ciò si denota anche dal tipo di abbigliamento con il quale i sei membri del gruppo si esibiscono durante i loro spettacoli dal vivo. Il loro album d'esordio, Tales of Ancient Prophecies, è uscito il 4 giugno 2014 in Scandinavia, il 6 giugno invece in Europa e nel resto del mondo; è stato preceduto dall'uscita del singolo The Power of Ancient Force il 15 aprile 2014.

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