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Johannes Eckerström - вокал
Jonas Jarlsby - гитара
Tim Öhrström - гитара
Henrik Sandelin - бас
John Alfredsson - ударные
Группа была создана в 2001 барабанщиком Джоном Альфредссоном. Avatar принимали участие в 5 европейских турах. Выступали на разогреве у Impaled Nazarene (май 2006), Evergrey (октябрь - ноябрь 2006), In Flames (март 2007), Obituary (январь - февраль 2008 г.) и Hardcore Superstar (октябрь - ноябрь 2009 г.). В марте и апреле 2010 года группа будет оказывать поддержку европейского турне Warrior Soul. Группа выступала на нескольких крупных музыкальных фестивалях в Швеции, например, Sweden Rock Festival, Arvikafestivalen и Storsjöyran.
Schlacht, второй альбом Avatar был выпущен в октябре 2007 года. Schlacht достиг 27-го места в шведском чарте. Björn Gelotte из In Flames помог с гитарным соло в треке Letters From Neverend.
Третий альбом, одноименно названный Avatar, был выпущен в Швеции в ноябре 2009 и достиг 36-й позиции в национальном чарте. Большую часть года вплоть до выхода альбома они провели в студии. В январе 2010 года группа подписала контракт с Sony Music для выпуска последнего альбома в Германии и Швеции до 26 марта 2010.
On January 25, 2012 the album Black Waltz was released in Europe. It reached position 25 on the album list in Avatar's native Sweden. The album was released in the US on February 14. Black Waltz marks the first appearance of the "Clown" face paint now worn regularly by Eckerström.
In the fall of 2013 the band spent a month in Thailand recording for a new album, planned for release in March 2014.
In 2013, after the wife of the singer of the band Device had pregnancy problems, they had to back down from the tour and Avatar was picked by Avenged Sevenfold to replace Device and continue to tour with them and Five Finger Death Punch.
On March 11, 2014 it was announced that Avatar's fifth album would be titled Hail the Apocalypse and was released May 13, 2014 via eOne Music. The album's first single, the title track, was released March 17, 2014 and was accompanied by a video. The new album is produced by Tobias Lindell and mixed by Jay Ruston. Since the release of Hail the Apocalypse, Avatar has garnered fame and recognition in the heavy metal community. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
There are numerous bands by the name of Avatar who share this page. Only in metal there are at least six of them.
1. The Swedish metal band, Avatar was formed in Gothenburg in 2001 by drummer John Alfredsson and vocalist Christian Rimmi as Lost Soul. After several changes in the line-up, Avatar now consists of John Alfredsson (drums), Johannes Eckerström (vocals), Tim Öhrström (guitar), Jonas Jarlsby (guitar) and Henrik Sandelin (bass).
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