KING DIAMOND, Ex-HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Members Join Forces In New Project

October 22, 2010

Current/former members of KING DIAMOND, HAMMERFALL and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN have joined forces in a brand new, as-yet-unnamed Swedish "supergroup." The lineup for the band is as follows:

* Magnus Rosén (ex-HAMMERFALL) - Bass
* Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) - Guitar
* Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) - Drums
* Mats Olausson (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) - Keyboards
* Mikael Ågren (ex-NOSTRADAMEUS) - Vocals, Guitar

The group has entered La Rocque's Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden to begin recording what will eventually become the band's debut album for an early 2011 release.

The first music from the project is expected to surface online before the end of 2010.

La Rocque and Rosén previously collaborated in the X-WORLD/5 project, which issued its debut album, "New Universal Order", in North America in November 2008 via Locomotive Records. The group also included PAGAN'S MIND vocalist Nils K. Rue.

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