Avatar, Melodic Death Metal (Swe) Options

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Genre(s):
Melodic Death Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Emotions
Origin:
Sweden (Gothenburg)
Formed In:
2001
Status:
Active
Current Line-Up:
John Alfredsson - Drums
Johannes Michael Gustaf Eckerström - Vocals (?-2003, 2003-)
Jonas Jarlsby - Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2001-)
Henrik Sandelin - Bass (2003-)
Simon Andersson - Guitars (2003-) (Darkwater, ex-Pain of Salvation)
Former/Past Member(s):
Albin Dahlquist - Bass
Kim Egerbo - Guitars (?-2003)
John Isacsson - Bass (2001-?)
Viktor Ekström - Guitars (2001)
Daniel Johansson - Guitars (2001)
Christian Rimmi - Vocals (2001-?)
Niklas Green - Bass (2002-2003)
Björn Risberg - Bass (2003), Guitars (2003) (ex-Krematorium)
Mathias Smedberg - Bass (session) (2003)

Additional Notes

Started in the summer of 2001 by drummer John Alfredsson and vocalist Christian Rimmi under the name Lost Soul (Swe).

The band offers a free mp3 download to a song called "Bloody Knuckles" if one subscribes to their newsletter.

In 2005 they appeared on the compilation “Listen to Your Inner Voice” together with 17 other bands released by Inner Voice Records.

Not to be confused with:

Avatar (RO) - Progressive Death/Black Metal (early), Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore (later) from Craiova, Romania
Avatar (BE) - Symphonic Black Metal (early), Gothic/Black Metal (later) from Lier/Berlaar/Nijlen, Antwerp, Belgium
Avatar (ES) - Progressive Metal from Madrid, Spain
Avatar (US) - Heavy Metal from Tampa, Florida, United States
Avatar (GB) - Raw Black Metal from South West England, United Kingdom
Avatar (US) - Thrash Metal from New Brighton, Minnesota, United States
Avatar (IT) - Power Metal from Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Avatar (HU) - Heavy Metal from Dunakeszi, Hungary
Avatar (MX) - Doom/Stoner Metal from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Avatar (GR) - Death/Doom Metal from Giannitsa, Central Macedonia, Greece
Avatar (US) - Thrash Metal from Decatur, Illinois, United States
Avatar (US) - Black/Doom Metal from Santa Ana, California, United States
Avatar (DE) - Gothic Metal from Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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Discography:
Avatar - Personal Observations [demo] - 2004
Avatar - 4 Reasons to Die [demo] - 2004
Avatar - My Shining Star [single] - 2005
Avatar - And I Bid You Farewell [single] - 2005
Avatar - Thoughts of no Tomorrow [full-length] - 2006
Avatar - Schlacht [full-length] - 2007
Avatar - The Great Pretender [single] - 2009
Avatar - Avatar [full-length] - 2009
Avatar - Black Waltz [ep] - 2011
Avatar - Black Waltz [full-length] - 2012

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Official Site:
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