Astralism
In early 2002, Swedish guitarist Joachim Nordlund and drummer Johan Lindstedt teamed up and decided to write some metal songs in the spirit of the old heroes Rainbow, Dio, Sabbath and Deep Purple. Later Nils Patrik Johansson on vocals, Keyboarder Jocke Roberg joined the band and Martin Haglund from "Universal Puppies" was asked to fill in on the bass. However, in 2003 Martin moved onto the guitar to provide the band with a real dual guitar attack sound, and into the line-up came Mika Itaranta as bass player.