Formed: 1999
From:
Gothenburg,
Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Dream Evil News
Below is our complete Dream Evil news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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King Diamond, Mercyful Fate Members In Firegod
FIREGOD, the new Swedish/Danish "all-star" project featuring Hal Patino (bass; KING DIAMOND), Snowy Shaw (drums; ex-KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL), Mike Wead (guitar; KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) and Simon Johannsson (guitar; MEMORY GARDEN, FIFTH REASON), has a inked a two-album deal with Vic Records. The group, whose sound is being described as "progressive doom," is still searching for a suitable lead vocalist.
FIREGOD's debut CD is expected sometime next year.
Dream Evil Post New Song Online
A brand new DREAM EVIL track, entitled Fire! Battle! In Metal!, has been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the Swedish metallers' new album, "United", due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006.
U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe: October 16, 2006.
Finland, Sweden, Hungary: October 18, 2006.
Italy: Friday, October 20, 2006
USA: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
"United" track listing:
01. Fire! Battle! In Metal!
02. United
03. Blind Evil
04. Evilution
05. Let Me Out
06. Higher on Fire
07. Kingdom at War
08. Love is Blind
09. Falling
10. Back from the Dead
11. Doomlord
12. My Number One
Dream Evil Announce New Album Title
Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL have set "United" as the title of their new album, due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006.
U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe: October 16, 2006.
Finland, Sweden, Hungary: October 18, 2006.
Italy: Friday, October 20, 2006
USA: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
As previously reported, DREAM EVIL have lined up the following dates:
Nov. 04 - Perth, SCO @ Ragnarok UK Metalfest
Nov. 05 - London, UK @ Camden Underworld More...
Snowy Shaw Quits Dream Evil
Snowy Shaw has posted this message on his official website:
"SNOWY and DREAM EVIL = NO MORE. Less than a month before the scheduled recording of their fourth album, Snowy decides to pull the plug and quit, taking all his songs with him which he intends to use on his own...
plus:
"CAN(S)ELLED. The planned spring recording of Joacim Cans' [HAMMERFALL singer] second solo album which would see Snowy's participation both as the drummer and second lead singer as well as songwriter, has been postponed until further notice, due to the massive workload of HAMMERFALL.
Lyzanxia To Enter Studio with Fredrik Nordström
LYZANXIA will enter Fredman Studios in Sweden in January to record their 3rd full-length album with Fredrik Nordström (DREAM EVIL, etc.) The band is planning to record 12 songs, including tracks tentatively titled "Bled Out", "Early Phases", "Path Blade" and "Wise Counsellor". LYZANXIA is currently working on pre-production to put the final touches on various arrangements.
Headline News
Dream Evil Part Ways With Singer And Bassist
Dream Evil have parted ways with both vocalist Niklas Isfeldt and bassist Peter Stålfors. The departing members have released the following statement:
"Dear followers,
Because of personal issues and the fact that Niklas has problems with constantly recurring health problems we have taken the painful decision to leave the band.
All our friends are telling us that it's a bad idea to leave the band now when it's starting to get big, but you may come to a point in your life where you have to make a choice. We have now come to this point in our lives and the choice we have made is to put more time into our families and work.
We've known for a long time that the bigger Dream Evil becomes the more time it will take from the other important things in our lives and in time it was inevitable to make a decision. Therefore we have decided to leave Dream Evil.
There are no hard feelings between us and the other guys in Dream Evil, We’re still the best of friends and they totally understand the position we are in.
So it is with the best confidence we now pass over the mantle to the new members Jake E Berg and Tommy Larsson. They have our blessings and we are confident they will fill our shoes just perfectly and leave nothing for the fans to be desired.
We wish to thank all fans for the support through the years and for making the time in Dream Evil a memory for life.
Stay Evil In The Night
Peter and Niklas"
Dimmu, Evergrey Confirmed For Gates Of Metal
Dimmu Borgir has been confirmed for Gates of Metal. The Norwegian band will play the big stage at this years festival. Sweden's Evergrey is also confirmed. Gates of Metal is held in Hultsfred, Sweden between the fifth and sixth of August.
5000 tickets has been released, and foreign visitors can make their ticket reservation at the official festival website. The website is available in English.
For more information visit http://www.gatesofmetal.se.
Confirmed artists:
Edguy
Children of Bodom
Masterplan
Grave Digger
Amon Amarth
Dream Evil
Nocturnal Rites
Sabaton
Twilightning
God Among Insects
Pantokrator
Falconer Ready Fourth Album
Sweden's Falconer are to release their fourth album through Metal Blade on May 2. It's called 'Grime Vs. Grandeur', and features guest appearances from Dream Evil's Snowy Shaw on drums and Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) on vocals.
More Bands Confirmed For Gates Of Metal
Another three artists are presented by the Gates of Metal festival which takes place in Hultsfred, Sweden between the 5 and 6 of August.
The new artists are Children of Bodom, Nocturnal Rites and Twilightning. The festival has now confirmed eight artists to the third edition of Gates of Metal.
This years festival will expand and opens on the Friday evening with performances. This will also mean that there is going to be more artists performing at Gates of Metal 2005 than other years.
5000 tickets have been released, and foreign visitors can make their reservation at the official festival website. The website is now available in English as well.
Previously confirmed artists include: Edguy, Grave Digger, Amon Amarth, Dream Evil, God Among Insects.
Nightrage Set Release and New Line Up
Nightrage are putting the finishing touches on the follow up their debut album, "Sweet Vengence". Their sophomore release is entitled "Discent into Chaos" and is set for a April 5th release. The album has guest appearances on keyboards by Dream Evil's Fredrik Nordrstrom and vocals by Dark Tranquility's Mikael Stranne on the track, "Frozen".
Nightrage have also reassembled their line up by adding drummer Fotis Bernardo to replace Per M. Jensen, and bassist Henric Carlsson to replace Brice Leclercq.
Bands Confirmed For Gates Of Metal Fest Announced
Edguy, Grave Digger, Amon Amarth, Dream Evil and God Among Insects are the first bands confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Gates of Metal festival, set to take place August 5-6, 2005 at Folkets Park in Hultsfred, Sweden. More confirmations will be announced soon.
For more information, visit www.gatesofmetal.se.
Dream Evil Drummer On Album Number 4
In a recent interview with Metal Rules, Dream Evil drummer, Snowy Shaw gave some interesting thoughts on album number 4:
Hold your horses, We haven’t really discussed that yet, but we’ll probably enter the studio in spring /summer sometime. But I already have a couple of song titles for you in the meantime:More...
Read the full article at Metal Rules.
Dream Evil Guitarist Leaves
Prior to hitting the road with Saxon, Dream Evil have to announce some bad and some good news: Lead-Guitarist Gus G. is leaving the band to focus some more on his own band Firewind.
Gus G. gave us a short statement:
Hello my friends! Hope this message finds u well. I would like to announce to you, that I've decided to leave Dream Evil for different reasons, mainly personal. I would also like to concentrate on my own band, Firewind. However, this doesn't mean that I'm not friends with the guys in the band. I split with them under very friendly circumstances. I wish them the best in the future. As for me, you can count on hearing my new releases coming up later this year. I'm sorry if I dissapoint some of you, but...the show must go on! Stay Metal!
The rest of the guys in Dream Evil are sad about the split, but are happy as well to have found a brillant new lead-guitar player. Here is thje band’s statement about the line-up change:
There are no hard feelings; we are still best friends and we wish Gus nothing but the best in his future musical carrier. Second! The good news: Dream Evil is happy to announce that guitar virtuoso and axe-swinger Mark U Black is our new lead guitarist. This guy rips and shreds like a maniac in a true 80's guitar hero style We feel that with Mark’s skills and his ability to give Dream Evil his full time attention, this change will bring Dream Evil to the next level. We have already played some festival shows with him in Europe, and he delivered! We are very much looking forward to joining Saxon on the road in September/ October as we continue to spread the word about our latest album "The Book Of Heavy Metal." All right in the night!
Next to the Saxon tour, Dream Evil are going to play a very special show in London this year. Together with their Italian label-mates Labyrinth they will set the “Underworld’s” stage on fire on November 13th, 2004. For those who can’t be there, check the latest Dream Evil video clip "The Book Of Heavy Metal" on www.centurymedia.de.
Saxon “Lionheart worldtour” 2004 with Dream Evil (and Metalium*): More...
Musicians Speak Out On Anti-American Sentiment
Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world:
What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this?
Among the musicians that took part in this "survey" were the following: More...
Rotting Christ Post Audio Sample Online
The opening track of ROTTING CHRIST’s new Sanctus Diavolos album, ‘Vision Of A Blind Order’, can be heard here. The track features a guest appearance on lead guitar by DREAM EVIL/FIREWIND/NIGHTRAGE axeman Gus G.
As previously reported, Sanctus Diavolos will be released through Century Media on September 20th. The album has been described as “the band going back to their darker, more savage musical roots and attitude” and was mixed by producer to the gods and Dream Evil guitarist Fredrik Nordstrom. Vocalist/guitarist Sakis produced the album.
In other news, Poland-based Metal Mind Productions recently released the In Domine Sathana DVD, which features a 190 minute retrospective covering the band from 1996 to 2003.
Saxon Confirm Lionheart World Tour Dates
Rock Hard Magazine, event. & metaltix.com presents:
Saxon Lionheart Worldtour 2004 / 2005
Guests: Dream Evil (SWE) and Chinchilla (GER)
Tour dates are as follows: More...
After Forever Confirmed For Lorca Rock Festival
Dutch gothic/atmospheric doom metal group After Forever have has been confirmed for the Lorca Rock Festival, set to take place August 14 at Antiguo Cuartel de Infanteria in Lorca (Murcia), Spain. Other groups scheduled to perform at the festival include Europe, Magnum, TNT, Dream Evil, Axel Rudi Pell and the all-girl KISS cover band Kissexy. More acts will be announced soon.
For more information on the Lorca Rock Festival: www.lorcarockfestival.com
After Forever's latest album, "Invisible Circles," was released in March through Transmission Records. "Invisible Circles" is the follow-up to "Decipher," which was issued in 2001.
Dream Evil Update
Swedish Power metallers Dream Evil have finished working on their third album in three years. The album is titled "The Book Of Heavy Metal" and it is scheduled for May 31st release through Century Media. the album will be additionally released in a limited edition double-digipak version including a 60-minute long bonus DVD with live and behind-the-scenes making of footage.