Crystal Blaze
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Crystal Blaze was a Finnish metal band that was formed in 1995 and started first playing power metal
under the name Guardian Force. Over the years, the group has gone through changes and the band started to take its current form in 2001 when Lari Sorvo (keyboards) and Lauri Koskenniemi (guitar) joined the founding members Mikael Grönroos (guitar), Max Obstbaum (vocals) and Gustaf Standertskjöld (drums) with the basist Eerik Purdon. Now that the band performs and records under the name Crystal Blaze, the musical genre has also changed. The group is not afraid of combining different styles and genres with metal. Crystal Blaze's first demo "Dreams" was published in 2004 and was recorded at the MusaMuusa studios. The second demo "The Punishment" was released in 2006. In 2007 Crystal Blaze parted ways with one of the founding members of the band, drummer Gustaf Standertskjöld. Crystal Blaze was the winner of 2007 Wacken Metal Battle Finland and also performed at Wacken Open Air
2007 festival in Germany. In March 2008 the band released its third release named "Beneath the Sands". At the same time the band also announced Juhana Karlsson as a new drummer. The band was split up in 2010.
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
under the name Guardian Force. Over the years, the group has gone through changes and the band started to take its current form in 2001 when Lari Sorvo (keyboards) and Lauri Koskenniemi (guitar) joined the founding members Mikael Grönroos (guitar), Max Obstbaum (vocals) and Gustaf Standertskjöld (drums) with the basist Eerik Purdon. Now that the band performs and records under the name Crystal Blaze, the musical genre has also changed. The group is not afraid of combining different styles and genres with metal. Crystal Blaze's first demo "Dreams" was published in 2004 and was recorded at the MusaMuusa studios. The second demo "The Punishment" was released in 2006. In 2007 Crystal Blaze parted ways with one of the founding members of the band, drummer Gustaf Standertskjöld. Crystal Blaze was the winner of 2007 Wacken Metal Battle Finland and also performed at Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany...
2007 festival in Germany. In March 2008 the band released its third release named "Beneath the Sands". At the same time the band also announced Juhana Karlsson as a new drummer. The band was split up in 2010.
Band members
- Max Obstbaum - vocals
- Mikael Grönroos - guitar
- Lauri Koskenniemi - guitar
- Eerik Purdon - bass
- Lari Sorvo - keyboards
- Juhana Karlsson - drums