Pagan's Mind

Infobox musical artist
Name = Pagan's Mind


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Skien, Norway
Genre = Progressive power metal
Years_active = 2000−present
Label = Limb Music
Associated_acts = Eidolon
Firewind
Beautiful Sin
Kinrick
Trivial Act
URL = [http://www.pagansmind.com/ www.pagansmind.com]
Current_members = Nils K. Rue
Jørn Viggo Lofstad
Steinar Krokmo
Stian Kristoffersen
Ronny Tegner
Past_members = Thorstein Aaby

Pagan's Mind is a power metal/progressive metal band from Skien, Norway.

It is not so heavily influenced by the "Stargate" series. In an interview with Nils K. Rue he said: "I wouldn't say I like the TV series "Stargate", because I never saw an entire episode of that. But I really like the film Stargate. Of course, I took some inspiration from that..." Taken from the interview of ProgPower USA VIII.

Biography

Founded in 2000 from the band Silverspoon, Pagan's Mind released their first album, "Infinity Divine", that same year. The following album, "Celestial Entrance", was released in 2002 and was a relatively big success even outside of Norway. A re-recorded version of "Infinity Divine" was released in 2004. Their third album, "", was released in 2005 and debuted at number 15 in the Norwegian album charts. [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,33775.sm;jsessionid=CEDE4BDE30DA4847BBC79BCCD86E898E Rockdetector bio featuring the claim] ] [ [http://norwegiancharts.com/archiv.asp?todo=show&week=200518&sparte=a Norwegiancharts.com listing for week of charting] ] Their current album, "God's Equation", was released on November 9 2007.

In February 2008 power metal band Power Quest announced that Pagan's Mind guitarist Jorn Viggo Lofstad will be providing guest instrumentation for the upcoming album "Master of Illusion".

In 2008, Pagan's Mind toured with Sonata Arctica on their "Unia" tour.

Band line-up

Current members

* Nils K. Rue − vocals
* Jørn Viggo Lofstad − guitar
* Steinar Krokmo − bass
* Stian Kristoffersen − drums
* Ronny Tegner − keyboards

Former members

* Thorstein Aaby − guitar (2000-August, 2003) (R.I.P. April 3, 1971 - July 24, 2007)

Discography

tudio albums

* "Infinity Divine" (2000)
* "Celestial Entrance" (2002)
* "Infinity Divine" (2004 re-recording)
* "" (2005)
* "God's Equation" (2007)

Videography

DVD and video

* "Enigmatic Videos 2005" (Promo/Concert Sale DVD)
* "New World Order Live and Supremacy Our Kind Live" (ProgPower USA VIII Concert DVD)

Music videos

* "Through Osiris' Eyes" ("Celestial Entrance")
* "Aegean Shores" ("Celestial Entrance")
* "Enigmatic Mission" ("Enigmatic: Calling")
* "Atomic Firelight" ("God's Equation")

References

External links

* [http://www.pagansmind.com/ Official Pagan's Mind homepage]
* [http://www.limb-music.de/cgi-bin/limb.cgi Record Label]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/pagansmind Pagan's Mind] at MySpace

See also

Related genres:
* Heavy metal
* Power metal
* Progressive metal