Apostolos "Apollo" Papathanasio (born 15 March 1969 in Borås

Borås

Borås is a locality and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 63,441 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

) is a Swede of Greek descent heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 vocalist, who is currently with the bands Firewind

Firewind

Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...

, Spiritual Beggars

Spiritual Beggars

Spiritual Beggars is a hard rock/stoner metal band from Halmstad, Sweden, formed by Michael Amott, who is known from Arch Enemy, Carcass and Carnage.- Biography :...

 and Evil Masquerade

Evil Masquerade

-Biography:Evil Masquerade was founded in the summer of 2003 in Copenhagen by guitarist Henrik Flyman . He hooked up with Dennis Buhl behind the drums, Kasper Gram on bass and Henrik Brockmann on vocals to record the band's debut album. It was released early 2004 under the name "Welcome to the...

. He has also sung for Meduza, Gardenian

Gardenian

Gardenian was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg that was formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2004.-Background:Gardenian was formed in April 1996 by drummer Thim Blom and vocalist/guitarist Jim Kjell. Eventually, guitarist Niklas Engelin and bassist Håkan Skoger joined the band...

, and Richard Andersson

Richard Andersson

Richard Andersson is the founding father of several neoclassical metalbands in Sweden. Amongst his favourite artists are Deep Purple, Rainbow, Jimi Hendrix, Yngwie Malmsteen, Symphony X, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolò Paganini.-Biography:As a kid,...

's projects Majestic

Majestic (band)

Majestic, formerly known as Lab Rat, was a neo-classical power metal band, founded in 1997 by Richard Andersson. They made two albums : Abstract Symphony and Trinity Overture , under the label Massacre Records.-Discography:...

 and Time Requiem

Time Requiem

Time Requiem is a Swedish neoclassical, melodic power metal band created by Richard Andersson in 2001. Andersson created the band that summer, when he felt that his previous project - Majestic - had come to a dead end.-Biography:...

.

In 2007, Papathanasio had to opt out of certain tour dates with Firewind

Firewind

Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...

. His position was temporarily filled by Henning Basse of Metalium

Metalium

Metalium was a power metal band from Hamburg, Germany. Their style of music was that of the traditional power metal sound which was pioneered in Hamburg by bands such as Helloween and Blind Guardian...

. Apollo's latest release is "Days of Defiance

Days of Defiance

Days of Defiance is the sixth studio album by Greek heavy metal band Firewind. It was released on October 25, 2010 in Europe and October 26 in North America.- Track listing :# "The Ark Of Lies" - 4:45# "World On Fire" - 4:39# "Chariot" - 4:39...

" (2010) with Firewind

Firewind

Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...

. Apollo also works as a music teacher for a school in Halmstad.

Time Requiem

• 2002: Time Requiem
  Time Requiem (album)
  -Track listing:# "Time Requiem" - 9:19# "Watching The Tower of The Skies" - 8:09# "Milagros Charm" - 5:55# "The Aphorism" - 6:33# "Brutal Mentor" - 5:52# "Visions of New Dawn" - 6:51# "Grand Opus" - 7:39# "Interplay of Matter" - 2:01# "Above & Beyond" - 7:09...
  
  
• 2003: Unleashed in Japan
• 2004: The Inner Circle of Reality
  The Inner Circle of Reality
  The Inner Circle of Reality is the 3rd album from the Swedish neoclassical metal band Time Requiem.-Track listing:# "Reflections"# "The Inner Circle of Reality"# "Dreams of Tomorrow" - 7:02# "Altar of Roses"# "Definition of Insanity"...
  
  

Meduza

• 2002: Now and Forever
• 2004: Upon the World

Firewind

• 2006: Allegiance
  Allegiance (album)
  -Band members:* Apollo Papathanasio – vocals* Gus G. – guitars* Babis Katsionis – keyboards* Petros Christodoylidis – bass* Mark Cross – drums, backing vocals on "Allegiance"-Guest musicians:* Tara Teresa – vocals on "Breaking the Silence"...
  
  
• 2008: The Premonition
  The Premonition (album)
  The Premonition is the fifth full-length album by Firewind and their only album to feature the same line-up as its predecessor. Gus G. said "we basically kept the Allegiance 'winning team' together" much to the apparent surprise of fans....
  
  
• 2010: Days of Defiance
  Days of Defiance
  Days of Defiance is the sixth studio album by Greek heavy metal band Firewind. It was released on October 25, 2010 in Europe and October 26 in North America.- Track listing :# "The Ark Of Lies" - 4:45# "World On Fire" - 4:39# "Chariot" - 4:39...
  
  

Other works

• 1997: Faith Taboo - Psycopath
• 2005: Vitalij Kuprij
  Vitalij Kuprij
  Vitalij Kuprij is a Ukrainian pianist, composer, music teacher, and keyboardist of the defunct neo-classical progressive metal band Artension. He resides in Reading, Pennsylvania when he is not touring.-Music career:...
  
   - Revenge
• 2010: Sebastien
  Sebastien
  Sebastien is a Czech power metal band from Pardubice and Brno. The band was formed by George Rain in 2008.-Biography:Sebastien origins date back to February 1999. The first real line-up appears under the name Calypso in December 1999....
  
   - Tears Of White Roses
  Tears of White Roses
  Tears Of White Roses is the debut album of Sebastien, melodic power metal band from Czech Republic, released in 2010.-Track listing:*All songs written by George Rain & Andy Mons*All lyrics written by Jan Petričko# "Museé Du Satan Rouge" - 3:47...
  
  
• 2011: Nightrage
  Nightrage
  Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
  
   - Insidious
  Insidious (Nightrage album)
  Insidious is the fifth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album is set to be released September 26th in Europe and a day later in North America through German label, Lifeforce Records...
  
  

External links

• Official website of Firewind
  Firewind
  Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...
  
  
• Official website of Evil Masquerade
  Evil Masquerade
  -Biography:Evil Masquerade was founded in the summer of 2003 in Copenhagen by guitarist Henrik Flyman . He hooked up with Dennis Buhl behind the drums, Kasper Gram on bass and Henrik Brockmann on vocals to record the band's debut album. It was released early 2004 under the name "Welcome to the...