Influences :
Classical music (Vivaldi, Albinoni), Romantic music (Schubert, Beethoveen,
Wagner, Chopin).
Heavy-Metal and neo-clasical bands :
Artension : Vitalij Kuprij on keyboards, John West on vocals.
"Future World" album and "Tree Of Knowledge" song.
Adagio : "Sanctus Ignis" first album, "Second
Sight" and "In Nomine..." songs.
Ark Storm : Isamu Takita on bass.
"Beginning Of The New Legend" and "The Everlasting
Wheel" albums, "Prophet and The Warning" and "Sudden
Madness" songs.
At Vance : Olaf Lenk on guitar.
"Dragonchaser" and "Only Human" albums (but not
only !!!!)
Masterplan : all songs on "Aeronautics" masterpiece
!!!
Firewind : "Allegiance" album.
Evil Masquerade : great Henrik Flyman on guitar.
"Welcome To The Show" and "Theatrical Madness"
first albums, "Now When Our Stars Are Fading" song.
Virtuocity : "Northern Twilight Symphony" album.
Kenziner : "The Prophecies" album.
Royal Hunt : André Andersen on keyboards.
"Collision Course", "Paper Blood" and "Fear"
albums.
Yngwie J. Malmsteen : extra-terrestrial famous guitar player.
"Rising Force", "Trilogy", "Magnum Opus"
and "Attack!" albums.
Majestic, Time Requiem and Space Odyssey :
Everything about Richard Anderson's projects (another genious
from sweden !!!).
Especially
: "Voodoo Treasure", "I'll Shoot The Moon" and
"The Breath Of Horus" (from Majestic's "Trinity
Overture" album). "The Aphorism" and "Grand Opus"
(from Time Requiem fisrt album). "Dreams Of Tomorrow"
and "Attar Of Roses" (from Time Requiem's "The
Inner Circle Of Reality" album). "Creator In Time"
and "Sphere Of Fantasy" (from Time Requiem's "Optical
Illusion" album). "Despair And Pain", "Embrace
The Galaxy", "Requiem For A Dream" and "Entering
The Dome" (from Space Odyssey's "Embrace Galaxy"
first album) . And all on the Space Odyssey "Astal Episode"
second album...
Listen to "The Ultimate Andersson Collection" (a fantastic
album too !!!)
And
some well-known metal bands :
Scorpions ("Lovedrive" and "Taken By Force"
albums), Foreigner ("Head Games", "Four"
and "Double Vision" albums), Stratovarius ("Infinite"
and "Elements part 1" albums), Iron Maiden (all the
80's albums with famous Steve Harris), Riot ("Fire Down
Under" and "Thundersteel" albums), Rainbow (all
albums, all eras), Whitesnake ("1987" albums), UFO
("Strangers In The Night" and "Lights Out" albums),
Cacophony (first album), Judas Priest ("Painkiller"
album), Queen ("Night At The Opera" and "Day
At The Races" albums), ...
