Albums: Extension of the Wish, II = I, Chimera

There are at least six bands that have used this name (psychedelic-progressive rock, Swedish progressive metal, progressive psytrance duo and Australian female-fronted indie-rock): 1) Andromeda are a Swedish progressive metal group. The origins of the Swedish quintet can be traced back to 1999 when Johan submitted the demo ”Welcome to forever” to the recordlabel WAR-music who wanted to sign a deal. The feeling was mutual and in the autumn that year Andromeda came together as Thomas, Martin and bassplayer Gert Daun and Johan started rehearsing the songs for the ”Extension of the wish”-album.

In March 2000 Andromeda entered the Dug-Out studio to cut the album with acclaimed producer Daniel Bergstrand. Vocal duties were handled by Lawrence Mackrory, doing the job as a hired gun. A month later it was mixed and ready, but it wasn´t until February 2001 that ”Extension…” hit the recordshops.

In the meanwhile, the Andromeda line-up was completed when David joined the band in August 2000. Containing a dose of heavy, intense yet melodic progressive metal ”Extension…” quickly seized the interest of magazines, webzines and fans. To support the album the band made a tour of Sweden during the spring and also made a succesful appearance at the Progpower festival in the Netherlands in October.

August was spent re-recording the vocals for ”Extension…” ,this time by David, remixing the tracks and recording two new tracks for a French release of the album by the label NTS. It was released in November and Andromeda went on a tour of France together with Evergrey in February 2001. At this point the band had already began cutting the tracks for their second assault: ”II=I”.

The recordings continued throughout the year with Martin as producer. In August the album was completed, containing a more complex, vocal-oriented style of Andromeda. In 2003 bassplayer Fabian Gustavsson replaced Gert, adding the final piece to the powerful jigsaw puzzle that is the ultimate Andromeda line-up.

After a world wide release of the album, touring and festival gigs the band began writing material for their upcoming album ”Chimera”, and in the spring of 2004 the recordings were initiated. Striving for a simpler, more in-your-face kind of approach, the new material is certainly a step forward for the band, already approved by the Swedish and Turkish crowds. The third album is once again produced by Martin, going for a rock-solid sound.

”Chimera” contains all the elements that Andromeda is built of, but certainly stands out as a new, fresh chapter in the musical evolution of Andromeda. 2) Andromeda was a psychedelic-progressive rock trio formed by singer-guitarist John Cann (also known as John Du Cann), formerly of the psychedelic garage band the Attack, Mick Hawksworth (bass, vocals) and Ian McClane (drums, vocals) in 1967 (disbandend in 1969). 3) Progressive psytrance duo Andromeda are Anders Nilsson (from Sweden) & Nick Kostoglou (Greece) and was formed in 2002.

They have released three albums: Temptations (2004), The Remixes (2005) and Sensations (2005). Anders N is a 26 year old producer and songwriter from Sweden. He studied Media, Recording and Editing in Swedish Gymnasium and worked as Sound engineer when he was not busy with writing music.

He has been involved in Hip Hop, Musicals and Pop projects before ending up in trance and experimental ambient music in the mid 90’s. Beside from Andromeda, Anders also run the act Chromosome with success. Previous releases from Anders can be found on: Spiral Trax Records, Transient Records, Why Not Records etc.. Nick Kostoglou is a 25 year old media genius, born in Greece but raised in Holland, where he runs his multimedia company ”Eyelipse” in Utrecht.

He has achieved numerous diplomas in multimedia technology/digital art and also some short studies in music technology and sound design. Nikos Kostoglou a.k.a. Dj Arara is also Dj-ing at several parties and festivals since 1997. 4) Australian band Love Outside Andromeda started as Andromeda in 2001, and after releasing 2 EPs (2001's Umabel and 2003's Something White and Sigmund), changed their name to avaid confusion and released a full-length, self-titled album in 2004.

A new album, 'Longing was a safe place to hide' is due for release on 16 September 2006. 5) Power Metal band from Guatemala. One of the best metal bands from there.

They have opened to bands such as Helloween. 6) Dance-Metal band based in Devon, UK. Now disbanded, many of the members now play in a band called Trimorphous.

7) The Sci-Fi television show "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" also scrobbles as Andromeda when it is played through iTunes or FrontRow. 8) Eternal Tears of Sorrow released one and recorded (but never finished) another demo under this name in 1992.

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