Cloudscape

     The history about Cloudscape started in 2001 when Mike Andersson (Vocals), Björn Eliasson (Guitars), Patrik Svärd (Guitars), Haynes Pherson (Bass) and Roger Landin (Drums) decided to quit their previous bands in order to focus on Cloudscape. After recording several demos ´penned by Mike Andersson and Björn Eliasson during 2001 to 2004 Cloudscape contacted production company Roastinghouse productions in order to ask them for help getting the word out about Cloudscape to the music industry. Roastinghouse liked the music of Cloudscape and a management agreement was signed shortly thereafter.

      Cloudscape entered the prestigious Roastinghouse studios in 2004 and recorded their self titled debut album which was produced by Anders "Theo" Theander (Allen/Lande Project, Pain Of Salvation). This album was sent out to various record labels by management company Roastinghouse in order to get attention from record labels. Several record labels showed interest in Cloudscape but, it was German label Metal Heaven that signed Cloudscape to their roster for the European territory. Cloudscape also inked a licensing deal with Japanese label Marquee/Avalon for the Asian territory. The debut album of Cloudscape was released in Asia in December 2004 and all over Europe in January 2005. The feedback from fans, press and media turned out amazing and many reviewers was stunned by the high quality debut album of Cloudscape both songwise, by performance and by the top notch album production. Cloudscape describes their music to be Melodic metal with progressive touches and their music probably appeals to fans of Evergrey, Symphony X, Dream Theater, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Pagan's Mind etc etc. Cloudscapes ambition was to compose songs that are in between the progressive metal genre and also the more straight forward melodic metal genre in order to reach out to a wider audience such as genuine metal fans and also fans into the more progressive side of metal.

      Cloudscape did several liveshows in their home country (Sweden) to promote their self titled debut album and in late 2005 they did their first live appearance abroad at Progpower Europe in The Netherlands (baarlo).

      Cloudscape went back to the Roastinghouse recording studios in January 2006 to record their second album entitled Crimson skies. Crimson Skies was produced by Pontus Lindmark (Allen/Lande Project, Nostradameus). Cloudscape established their own trademark and style within the melodic metal genre with Crimson skies and once again Cloudscape received fantastic feedback from fans, press and media all over the world (even better than the self titled debut) and Crimson skies ended up in top 10 lists of "best metal album of the year 2006" in various magazines and webzines. Cloudscape also inked a deal with U.S label Nightmare Records for the U.S and Canadian territories. On June 9, 2006 Cloudscape did a live performance at Sweden's biggest and most popular rock festival called Sweden Rock Festival.

      On September 3, 2007 Cloudscape entered the Roastinghouse studios again to record their third album entitled Global Drama and once again Pontus Lindmark was hired to handle the producing duties. Cloudscape consider Global Drama to be the most experimental and varied album in the Cloudscape discography so far and it includes songs that are among the heaviest and rawest songs they've written mixed up with songs that are more dynamic and atmospheric blended with the typical Cloudscape touch that they've established with their previous albums. Cloudscape continued their crusade and they keep gaining more and more fans day by day worldwide and performed highly acclaimed shows at the prestigious Bloodstock Open Air festival (UK) and Progpower Scandinavia (DK) + more shows during 2008 and 2009. Global Drama was unleashed on August 18, 2008 through "Goldencore (zyx) / Roastinghouse Records" (EU) and "Nightmare Records" (U.S and Canada)!! In early 2009 drummer Roger Landin and bassplayer Haynes Pherson unfortunately decided to leave Cloudscape for personal reasons and in 2010 also Björn Eliasson decided to leave to pursue his own musical endeavours. But, remaining original members Mike Andersson and Patrik Svärd was not ready to give up the band and therefor decided to arrange auditions with several possible replacements to Björn, Roger & Haynes and found awesome musicianship and friendship in drummer Fredrik Joakimsson, bassplayer Håkan Nyander (also in Supreme Majesty) and locally known guitarplayer Daniel Pålsson.
      The new members in Cloudscape fits in perfectly in all ways and Cloudscape is ready to conquer the world again in 2011 with the forthcoming album to be entitled New Era.Stay tooned!