Astral Doors

Swedish metal music group Astral Doorways were shaped in 2002 within the spirit of pioneering rock and hard rock acts like Dark Sabbath, Rainbow, and Deep Crimson. Founding members had been drummer Johan Lindstedt, guitarist Joachim Nordlund, and vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson, whose flight-of-fantasy vocals frequently garnered evaluations to legendary steel frontman Ronnie Adam Dio. Joined up with by bassist Martin Haglund and organist Jocke Roberg, Astral Doorways quickly increased to acclaim, making use of their brand-new songs similar to the very best of ’70s and early-’80s steel. Their debut record, Of the Kid and the daddy, premiered in 2003 as well as the music group toured frequently, faring well in the celebration circuit. By this time around Haglund had transferred to the function of second guitarist and Mika Itäranta emerged in to dominate on bass. The music group honed its cosmic steel sound with continuous touring along with a string of motivated recordings, including second record Evil Is certainly Forever in 2005, Astralism in 2006, New Revelation in 2007, as well as the more and more power steel audio of Requiem of Amount of time in 2010. Soon after the discharge of Requiem of your time, both Haglund and Itäranta remaining the music group to spotlight family existence. New bassist Ulf Lagerström became a member of the music group but no second guitarist required Haglund’s place, departing even more space for Roberg’s body organ to fill up the tunes. The recently configured lineup provided up sixth recording Jerusalem in 2011. In 2014 extra guitarist Mats Gesar became a member of the music group, and amid their regular touring and event appearances, Astral Doorways set to focus on materials for a fresh recording. Their seventh recording, Black Eyed Kids, a riff-heavy go back to their even more melodic early metallic sound, found its way to the springtime of 2017.