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Sundsvall, Sweden |
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Traditional Metal |
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March 14, 2010
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Last update/review:
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March 14, 2010
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Lion's Share
Lion's Share is part of a seemingly neverending supply of
Scandinavian traditional metal bands.
The band formed way back in 1987, and starting with 1995's self-titled
debut have released six albums over the years, with a variety of
rotating lineups surrounding the one constant, guitarist
Lars Christmansson.
Vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson's heavily
Dio-inspired
vocals are a major selling point on the band's sixth effort,
2009's
Dark Hours, while musically the focus is on aggressive, yet
melodic traditional metal, sometimes bringing later-period
Judas Priest
to mind, other times Dio again, and still others a more general Euro
metal style.
There's not much in the way of broadening metal horizons, which as usual
is hardly the point with this style of metal.
With a career spanning over twenty years, it's unlikely that Lion's
Share will break into the major leagues, but they've done well for
themselves thus far.
Current Members
Nils Patrik Johansson
vocals (Astral Doors, ex-Civil War)
Lars Chriss (Lars Christmansson)
guitars
Sampo Axelsson
bass
Former Members/Guests
Anders Engberg
vocals (220 Volt, ex-Beyond Twilight, Sorcerer)
Tony Niva
vocals
Andy Loos
bass
Pontus Egberg
bass (King Diamond, Wolf)
Kay Backlund
keyboards
Mats Olausson
keyboards (ex-Ark, ex-Iron Mask, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-Silver Mountain) RIP: February 19, 2015, age 54
Johan Koleberg
drums (Therion)
Rickard Evansand
drums (ex-Dog Faced Gods, Demonoid, ex-Ebony Tears, Sorcerer, guest for Therion)
Conny Pettersson (guest)
drums (Anata)
Discography
Lion's Share
1994
Zero
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- Sins of a Father
- Arabia
- Scarecrow
- Play by the Rules
- Judgement Day
- Nothing's Free
- Haunted
- Just in Time to be Late
- Taking on the World
- Searchin' for Answers
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Anders Engberg
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Lars Chriss
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Andy Loos
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Kay Backlund
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Johan Koleberg
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Two
1996
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- Wild at heart
- Lord of the pain
- Transient
- Don't come easy
- Shadows
- Baptism of fire
- Flash in the night
- World gone wrong
- Rat - race
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-
Anders Engberg
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Lars Chriss
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Pontus Egberg
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Kay Backlund
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Johan Koleberg
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Fall From Grace
1999
Massacre
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- The Edge of Sanity
- Unholy Rites
- Fall from Grace
- Drowning
- Remembrance
- The Day The Earth Caught Fire
- A Hole of Black
- A Touch of Evil
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-
Anders Engberg
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Lars Chriss
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Pontus Egberg
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Kay Backlund
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Johan Koleberg
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Perspective
COMPILATION
2000
Massacre
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- Sins of a Father
- Scarecrow
- Arabia
- Play by the Rules
- I don't Believe in Love
- Judgement Day
- Haunted
- Just in Time to be Late
- Lion's Share*
- Searchin' for Answers
- Shadows
- Baptism Of Fire
- Wild At Heart
- Flash In The Night
- Transient
- Don't Come Easy
- World Gone Wrong
- Rat-Race
- Lord Of The Pain
- Nothing's Free
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Entrance
2001
Massacre
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- Entrance
- Shotgun Messiah
- Waiting
- Through The Clouds
- Lost
- Mystery
- Believe
- War Machine
- On And On
- Losing My Head
- Free Your Mind
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-
Tony Niva
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Lars Chriss
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Pontus Egberg
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Mats Olausson
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Johan Koleberg
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Emotional Coma
2007
AFM
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- Cult Of Denial
- The Arsonist
- Emotional Coma
- Clones of Fate
- The Edge of the Razor
- Toxication Rave
- Trafficking
- Bloodstained Soil
- Soultaker
- Hatred's My Fuel
- Sorcerers
- Ring of Stupidity (bonus track)
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-
Nils Patrik Johansson
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Lars Chriss
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Sampo Axelsson
-
Rickard Evansand
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Dark Hours
2009
Blistering
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- Judas Must Die
- Phantom Rider
- Demon in Your Mind
- Heavy Cross to Bear
- The Bottomless Pit
- Full Metal Jacket
- The Presidio 27
- Barker Ranch
- Napalm Nights
- Space Scam
- Behind the Curtain
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-
Nils Patrik Johansson
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Lars Chriss
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Sampo Axelsson
-
Conny Pettersson
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