Henrik Flyman
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Henrik Flyman is a Swedish guitarist, award winning composer and producer. Henrik is best known from his current, and longest lasting, band Evil Masquerade
. He was the founding member of Swedish fantasy metal band Moahni Moahna
where he was active between 1992-1997. Shortly after he formed ZooL
, which was basically Moahni Moahna with a modified line up and a more classic hard rock sound. ZooL had a brief career and did only release one album. Between 2002-2004 he played lead guitars for the Danish Celtic folk metal band Wuthering Heights
and in 2003 he founded Evil Masquerade
in Copenhagen
. The music on their debut album had its roots in both classical music and heavy metal and they were soon labeled by the media as being theatrical metal. In 2009 he teams up with the Swiss goth institution Lacrimosa
on their Sehnsucht World Tour. Henrik is now a touring musician with the band. In 2009 he also won the Just Plain Folks Music Awards as composer in the category Best Metal Song with Evil Masquerade's "Bozo the Clown". Henrik Flyman's latest work is Evil Masquerade's fifth studio album Pentagram, due to be released.
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 was the founding member of Swedish fantasy metal band Moahni Moahna
Moahni Moahna
Moahni Moahna is a Swedish band that was created in the early 90's by guitarist Henrik Flyman and guitarist Tommy Rehn. They wrote and performed their own brand of hard rock that was described as "Fantasy Metal"...
where he was active between 1992-1997. Shortly after he formed ZooL
ZooL
ZooL is a defunct Swedish band that was created by guitarist Henrik Flyman as a platform for classic hard rock. ZooL released one album 2002 and has not been heard of since, though it was never officially declared extinct. Flyman himself is today active in Evil Masquerade...
, which was basically Moahni Moahna with a modified line up and a more classic hard rock sound. ZooL had a brief career and did only release one album. Between 2002-2004 he played lead guitars for the Danish Celtic folk metal band Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (band)
Wuthering Heights is a Danish heavy metal band, with a somewhat eclectic musical style which falls in somewhere between progressive, folk, and power metal.- Biography :...
and in 2003 he founded 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...
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. The music on their debut album had its roots in both classical music and heavy metal and they were soon labeled by the media as being theatrical metal. In 2009 he teams up with the Swiss goth institution Lacrimosa
Lacrimosa (band)
Lacrimosa is a duo led by German Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Finnish Anne Nurmi, currently based in Switzerland, but originally from Germany...
on their Sehnsucht World Tour. Henrik is now a touring musician with the band. In 2009 he also won the Just Plain Folks Music Awards as composer in the category Best Metal Song with Evil Masquerade's "Bozo the Clown". Henrik Flyman's latest work is Evil Masquerade's fifth studio album Pentagram, due to be released.
With Moahni Moahna
- Face the Light - EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(1992) - Temple of Life (1994)
- Queen Shamar - single (1994)
- Why (1997)
With Wuthering Heights
- To Travel for EvermoreTo Travel for EvermoreTo Travel for Evermore is the second full-length album by Danish band Wuthering Heights.-Track listing:# "Behind Tearstained Ice" – 2:15# "The Nevershining Stones" – 6:25# "Dancer in the Light" – 5:31# "Lost Realms" – 8:28...
(2002) - Far from the Madding CrowdFar from the Madding Crowd (album)Far from the Madding Crowd is the third full-length album by Danish band Wuthering Heights. The title is taken from the novel by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, though the subject matter of the songs themselves has little to do with the content of the novel, having more in common with the...
(2003)
With Evil Masquerade
- Welcome to the ShowWelcome to the Show-Track listing:#"Intro " - 1:42#"Welcome to the Show" - 3:10#"The Wind Will Rise" - 4:53#"Oh Harlequin" - 5:05#"Surprises in the Dark" - 5:35#"But You Were Smiling..." - 4:05#"Children of the Light" - 4:19...
(2004) - Theatrical MadnessTheatrical Madness-Track listing:#When Satan Calls - 3:53 #Theatrical Madness - 5:11 #Bozo the Clown - 4:38#Now When Our Stars Are Fading - 6:32#A Great Day To Die - 4:21#Demolition Army - 4:08 #Snow White - 1:44#Witches Chant - 4:16#Other Ways To Babylon - 5:06...
(2005) - Third Act (2006, 2007 US)
- Fade To Black (2008 Asia, 2009)
- Pentagram (tba)
External links
of Henrik Flyman- Official MySpace of Henrik Flyman of Evil MasqueradeEvil 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...
- Official MySpace of Evil MasqueradeEvil 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...
of Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights (band)Wuthering Heights is a Danish heavy metal band, with a somewhat eclectic musical style which falls in somewhere between progressive, folk, and power metal.- Biography :...