Cryonic Temple

We are a band that plays Melodic Heavy Metal with roots in British and German Metal. Speed, shred, power and great songs! True uplifting Metal, Listen and enjoy!!! Music Style Melodic Heavy Metal (Speed Power Metal) . If you like Heavy Metal the Scandinavian way inspired of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, ManoWar and Helloween then listen to Cryonic Temple!!

Biography CRYONIC TEMPLE can already look back on an eventful career. The heart of the band is singer Glen Metal, whose voice sounds very similar to that of Steve Grimmet (Grim Reaper), and guitarist Esa "Freewheeler" Ahonen, whose traditional way of playing his instrument is marked by the drive of a K.K. Downing and the virtuosity of an Uli Jon Roth. Glen and Esa left their previous combos, an Iron Maiden cover-band named TROOPERS and LEX CREDO, a prog metal outfit, in 1996, in order to put together something more professional. The name CRYONIC TEMPLE was thought up by Johan and Esa, after watching a documentation about Cryo-Technology, which permits its pro-science followers to have their bodies frozen after death in order to be revived in the far future. Having quickly fellow musicians for their quest, the first attempt was a mixture of progressive (RUSH, QUEENSRYCHE, MARILLION) and atmospheric sounds (TIAMAT, MISSION), but after several line-up changes, they decided to let the heavy metal beast out of its cage at last. "Seasons In Hell" was the title of their first 4-track demo which appeared in 1997 and from which three titles were also taken for the "Nerve" Compilation CD. Amongst other places, this CD also fell into the hands of a certain Fred Estby, the drummer of DISMEMBER. Fred Estby followed it up and in 1998 he produced the band's next demo "Before The End" at Hardbow Productions, the company he was the head engineer for, and sent the result to as many labels as he could find. Although numerous interesting offers from various companies arrived, they did not quite reach the expectations of CRYONIC TEMPLE. Instead of worrying about contracts, the band - which now included guitarist Leif Collin and the keyboarder Janne Söderlund - now concentrated on writing new songs and followed them up by a series of very exciting and successful live performances. These songs were also included on the demo "Warsong" in 2000. On a sidenote the band won the semifinal of Swedens most important talentshow and made it to the final. They also entered the Top Ten charts of mp3.com with their song "The Gatekeeper". Suddenly CRYONIC TEMPLE were the centre of attention for numerous record companies and in 2001 they decided to sign a contract with Underground Symphony Records. Jan J Cederlund (bass) and Sebastian Zeb OOlsson (drums) completed the line-up, before releasing "Chapter I" in May 2002 and playing a great set at the Sweden Rock Festival in summer of the same year. After having provided their first label with the highest selling album in 2002, CRYONIC TEMPLE caused barometers in Sweden to display "Storm" warnings. In order to have the best possible conditions for their second album, "Blood, Guts & Glory" the band signed a contract with Limb Music Products. As they had for their debut, they again worked together with Pelle Saether (Underground Studios) as producer and the result speaks for itself.

We play live anywhere anytime. We have played live in clubs and festivals around Sweden. We have also played at SwedenRockfestival (about 25000 visitors) and H.O.A. (a metalfestival in Germany). We have opened for Saxon, Uriah Heep, Paul Dianno (ex Iron Maiden) and other great artists as well.

Melodic Heavy Metal (Speed Power Metal) . If you like Heavy Metal the Scandinavian way inspired of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Helloween then listen to Cryonic Temple!!

Instruments Guitars; Ibanez lefthanded Rgs, lefty Fender Strats, Jackson, Maxxas and other cool guitars, Bass (William Custom), Drums (Pearl, Paiste, Zildjian), Leads & Backing Vocals (Shure SM57,SM58 ), Keyboards (Roland, Korg, Yamaha other). Stuff; Rocktron Replifex, Zoom effects, Mesa Boogie preamp, Soldano preamp modifyed by MAI, Carvin Vai Legacy (Steve Vais signature ampmodel), Peavey 5150-head, Marshall cabinett, Sonic cabinett, EMG-, Dimarzio-, Tom Anderson-pickups. And much more...

Some CHAPTER I reviews so far: Metal Hammer Germany 6/7!!! Reaching the horizons Japan 82/100 Dark-Tales.de Germany 2-/1 (Rate system is like in the German school 1 = Oberhammer/Excellent 6 = absoluter Schrott/Junk) Rock Hard Germany 7/10!!! (According to the reviewer the score would have higher but he didn't like our lyrics :) so therefor a lower score.) Metal Hammer Italy (5/6 points) Hard-boiled Germany (Their review begins with: To date the Metaldebut of the Year: includes 9 absolute Killertracks...) Scream Norway (5/6 points) www.metalreviews.com (80/100 points = OUTSTANDING) xametal Japan (6/7 points = Very Good Album) Metal Tribe (at Music Star) Japan (4.5/5 points) Plus more excellent reviews from SentinelSteel USA, DiskHeaven (Japans biggest importCD company) among others that highly recommends Chapter I!!! 4 track promoCD (with Heavy Metal Never Dies, Metal Brothers, King of Transylvania & Over and Over) reviews: Powerplay UK Metalmag (Sound: 8/10. Songwriting: 7/10, Genre: 7/10) FAME OF METAL Germany (1,0/1,0 Rate system is like in the German school 1 = best, 6 = worst) METAL CRUSADE - #9 USA (5/6 Points) Strutter Magazine Holland (8.0/10.0 Points) READ ALL THESE REVIEWS AT OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE.