caption current_members associated_acts years_active url label article_title past_members background genre origin name
dragonland logo jonas hammer morten lowe sorensen heidgert olof mörck elias holmlid jesse lindskog anders evergrey by april , destiny , pathfinder , falconer , nightrage , firewind , amaranthe , dead 1999 -- present -lrb- live hiatus from 2009-2014 -rrb- http://www.thegreybanner.com/ black media '' -lrb- europe , north america -rrb- '' , lotus king records '' -lrb- japan -rrb- '' , afm records '' '' -lrb- europe -rrb- '' -lrb- 1999-2004 -rrb- '' , century dragonland
 daniel magnusson kvist magnus olin robert willstedt christer pederson nicklas group_or_band power metal , symphonic metal , progressive metal gothenburg , sweden dragonland
dragonland

dragonland is a power metal band from sweden .
the group is most notable for basing their first two and fifth albums upon the self-produced `` the dragonland chronicles '' fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by elias holmlid .
the band was founded in september/october 1999 by guitarist nicklas magnusson and jonas heidgert .
soon after daniel kvist , magnus olin and christer pederson joined in .
their first demo was recorded on january 2000 .
only 3 months before the recording of their debut album , `` the battle of the ivory plains '' started , kvist decided to leave the band and was soon replaced by olof mörck .
the album was released on april 30 , 2001 , and the second album , holy war , was released on february 8 , 2002 .
both featured singer jonas heidgert on drums .
in 2003 , dragonland invited japanese power metal band galneryus to play with throughout the japan tour .
that was also the first time dragonland performed the song , `` to the end of the world '' , which was included a year later in their third album , starfall , which was released on october 27 , 2004 , featuring jesse lindskog on drums .
johanna andersson , tom s. englund and henrik danhage -lrb- tom and henrik from evergrey -rrb- provided guest performances on the album , including vocals and guitar solos .
their fourth album , astronomy , was released on november 11 , 2006 .
nightrage 's marios iliopoulos , amaranthe 's elize ryd and jake e and dead by april 's jimmie strimell provided guest appearances on this album .
work on a fifth dragonland album was announced via blabbermouth on the 27th of april , 2008 .
in september 2009 , dragonland launched their re-designed myspace site , together with a high-quality preproduction of `` the shadow of the mithril mountains '' , a song from the fifth album .
it took some time before the album was completely ready .
five years after '' `` astronomy '' '' the band finally released the new album , under the grey banner , on november 11 , 2011 .
where '' `` starfall '' '' and '' `` astronomy '' '' are two separate albums '' `` under the grey banner '' '' continues the story of their first two albums .
after their live performance in metalfest 2009 , dragonland went on hiatus from performing live , but they will return with the two progpower festivals ; the first one in belgium in 2014 and the second in the usa in 2015 .
johan nunez -lrb- from nightrage and firewind -rrb- will be their substitute drummer during the performances .
on october 25 , 2014 , it was announced that there will be two new albums , which are a reissue of the first album , `` the battle of the ivory plains '' , and a remastered version of the second album , `` holy war '' .
both albums will have brand new cover artwork , and they will be released on december 5 this year .
in the first album , there will also be a new song , `` a new dawn '' , as its bonus track .
that song does not resemble evergrey 's new song , `` a new dawn '' -lrb- evergrey is the progressive metal band whose guitarists tom s. englund -lrb- who is also the lead singer -rrb- and henrik danhage contributed to dragonland 's third album , starfall , as mentioned above -rrb- .
