After that we started to write songs for Crownless Majesty and now it is finaly here, but we think it has been worth the wait.
©2001 Isengard HQ
The story of Isengard starts in a small town called Vikingstad,
two miles outside the city of Linköping. 1986 in the
Tillman family, younger brother Janne bought a guitar from
a friend. The older brother Uffe already played drums since a couple of
years, and the two brothers talk about starting a band. Two years later
(-88) Uffe leaves his band Desire to join another local band called Eternity´s
End. The problem is that they don´t have a bass player, so Janne
joins the band.
The line-up holds for just four months, and after the breakup the two brothers
Uffe & Janne start up Isengard (November-88). In October
-91 a new guitarist, Ronnie Andréson joins the band.
Songs like Caught by fire and Atomic winter
see the light. In may -92 singer Anders "Gurra" Gustavsson
joins the group and the first Isengard demo is recorded.
The four tracks recorded In GUJA Studios are Atomic
winter, Fighting to be free, Caught by fire
and Winds of Odin.
In September the singer "Gurra" leaves the band and Ronnie takes
over the singing. In May -93 the three guys sign a contract with a Danish
company called Bums Records. The three members of Isengard
go to Krajbjerg Studios outside Ĺrhus-Denmark, to record
the album Feel no fear. The album was produced by Isengard
and Kurt Poulsen. But when the album Feel no fear was ready
for release, Bums Records was bankrupted.
After many turns and almost half a year Bums Records is reborn as Eurisko
Music Productions. Feel no fear was released in August -94 with
the comments "-We can´t work with people who always try to go
behind our backs!!". In April -94 Isengard entered Studio
Skyline in Eskilstuna to record a couple of tracks for promotion.
At first, Ronnie did all of the vocals, but later Isengard
decided to try something new. Odin, who sang backing vocals
at the -92 demo, was asked to sing on this recording and he did.
In -94 Isengard recorded one track for a compilation album,
the track was The losing of a lost paradise. Unfortunately
Uffe hurt his knee just before this recording, so he was replaced by a
drum machine.
The promotion album Under the dragons wing was released August
-95, almost a year after the debut album Feel no fear.
And the Under the dragons wing sold very very good in local areas. And it start to give Isengard a name outside Sweden.
In December - 95, the Japanese production company Super stop inc. made contact
with Isengard. And in August -96 the record Enter the dragon empire was released.(Swedish release November -96 ).
The Enter the dragon empire album got very good publishing in metal news magazines especially in south Europe. In Metal hammer & Heavy Metal from Greece (also see reviews section). A lot of fanzines all over the world also got a good eye to Isengard.
Next problem for Isengard is as so many times before the singer. Odin feels that he after the Enter the dragon empire is tired of playing power metal and he decides to retire.
Next project for Isengard is a track for an collection album called Environmental. The singer this time is borrowed from the AC/DC cover band Sleazy DC.
He's name is Tommy Adolfsson and got a voice like a chainsaw. The song The tale of the dying mermaid was recorded in GUJA studio at April -97. Isengard´s first attempt to do a video came when The tale of the dying mermaid was released, but even if the result was not satisfying the guys in Isengard had a very good time.
In February -98 , finally Isengard have found a new singer. A young guy called Linus Melchoirsen. Linus first job will be to record two tracks for a new compilation album on the new metal label Loud N´ Proud Records. The old track Guardians (The king will return ) and a new song called Praise the lord will be the songs on this compilation.