Winterlong is a Swedish power/progressive metal band formed in the beginnin… Read Full Bio ↴Winterlong is a Swedish power/progressive metal band formed in the beginning of 1998. Before that, in 1995, Hussni Mörsare and Erik Tornberg decided to start playing guitar. And, as the interest in playing guitar grew, they met Thorbjörn Englund and thought that he was the coolest guitarist in their hometown.

Thorbjorn was playing bass at the time with a band called Endomorph, formed by a guitarist named Per Kankanranta. Later on he decided to quit the band and start doing music with Hussni and Erik.

Without a permanent drummer Hussni were forced into the drum position,
as well as guitar and performing all vocals.
Suddenly they remembered an old friend who played drums in another band, his name was Mikael Pekkonen.

When Mikael entered the band they came up with the name Winterlong
from an old rocker who once had a dream.
Mikael played with the band for about one year, and then he left...
...The main reason was school.

Winterlong now had to find a new drummer, and the only drummer capable of performing WL´s music, and the only one who came to meet their heavy demands was Toni Erkkilä, former drummer with Thorbjörn when they did Endomorph.

This was the beginning of a new era for the band...

Toni and Thorbjörn already knew each other since the schooldays,
The band practiced like they were possessed and rehursed like crazy, then they took the music on the road for a few shows.
The metal scene in the area in which they were living was not big though, so realized they had to break out of the cold north to survive.
However, what happened was they went separate ways.

Thorbjörn and Erik left town, also did Toni, and only Hussni remained.
As time went by, and the guys didn´t hear from each other in a while, Hussni joined Per Kankanranta in a newly started project; Javelin.
Erik and Thorbjörn began studying, yet they knew school was absolutely not the place for them. They spend all their time with their instruments instead, and recorded lots of material in Thorbjörns homestudio. They sent their material to record companies all over the world.

Then suddenly, after achieving some contacts with rather small metal labels, mainly in the U.S, they recieved an E-mail from Lars Eric Mattson, president of LionMusic.
He thought the material was good, and the only problem for him
as he stated, was the lack of a real drummer. They had been using a drum machine for the percussion tracks!

Well, that ignited the spark in their lives as they called up Hussni and Toni and told them what was going on.
Hussni quit the Javelin-project immediatly, and Toni came up from the south of Sweden where he now lived, so once again they joined forces, only this time something magical was in the air...

They signed their very first and well earned record contract!

The Priest
Winterlong Lyrics

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Anama He is an old man A guardian of faith In the altar…
Beangrowers Spoke to the priest in the dark In the middle of…
Graveyard Train We are the haunted house We are the setting sun We are…
Ivory Hours I saw him in the church with his white robe…
Joni Mitchell The priest sat in the airport bar He was wearing his…
Joni Mitchell & James Taylor The priest sat in the airport bar He was wearing his…
Limp Bizkit It could be the absinthe talking (I don't think so) I don't…
Mark tailor & C.A.2K One Two Three Four I lost the keys To my mom's house again I…
Milow I'm Peter van der Hold I'm 68 years old I doubt some…

Milow Milow I'm Peter van der Hold I'm 68 years old I doubt some…
Soltero I never thought that i'd still be here so late…
Spheredemonis God always hates you for what you see his lies,…
Tom & Jamie Crossing fields under dying lights By the course of the rive…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Winterlong:

And So We Remember Innocent eyes Your life is slowly drifting away You paid the…
Badlands Time will tell If you dare to walk my way See you…
Cleaning The Machine I turn my eyes away From the TV screen Just for a…
Driven by Insanity I hear you I fell you You can't run away from…
From Heaven to Hell Nights of thunder, nights of pain Baptized in bloodshed a wa…
Go To Hell I'm taking over now I'm taking my chance I'm taking back all…
Like Ships In The Night I hear the wind cries out my name And someone is…
My Nevermore Hear they come a rolling in They come a fire up…
Mystery of Life The city lights begins to glow Another dusk has come to…
Nosferatu Far beneath you, under ground I am waiting to be found I…
Shutting Out The World Straight into a fight I was just about six When I picked…
Sky Travellers Flashing thunder rides the night sky We were born to rule…
The Hunter Running into the dead of night I can sense the power…
The Water Spirit Don't say a word, don't make a sound... [Cause] It's midnigh…
Valley of the Lost Beyond reality in flames of desire I watch you die in…
Winterlong Darkness surrounds us, on a cold winter's night. A fire for…

Written in Blood In a winters night I was born, A traitors eyes was…

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