Country of origin: Sweden Location: Gothenburg, Västra Götaland Status: On hold Formed in: 1999 Genre: Power Metal Themes: Self-empowerment, Self-confidence, Truth Last label: Unsigned/independent Years active: 1990-1995 (as Highlander), 1998-1999 (as Highlander), 1999-present Left to right: Protector, Transmogrifier, Protagonist, Antagonist Lost Horizon were formed under the name Highlander in 1990 by Wojtek Lisicki, Joacim Cans, Martin Furängen, and Michael Nicklasson before the band was put on hold in 1995. Other musicians involved in Highlander included Stefan Elmgren, Baskim Zuta, Niclas Johnsson, and Patrik Räfling. Lisicki, Furängen, and Christian Nyqvist reformed in the late '90s, briefly still as Highlander, before changing the name to Lost Horizon. Some songs from the early years of the band survived but were extensively rearranged. A two-song promotional demo was sent to record companies under the Highlander name in 1999 but was not publicly released. Lisicki briefly left the band following the release of the second album but rejoined by the summer of 2004. It was around this time that Daniel Heiman and Fredrik Olsson departed to form Heed. Lost Horizon has been in a semi-active state since the departures of Heiman and Olsson. At the start of 2008, the band returned to activity, but still have no replacement vocalist. A self-financed new album was announced and reported to be in the process of being fully recorded on a song-by-song basis, with vocal tracks intended to be added when a new singer was found. Lost Horizon——消失的地平线，来自金属王国瑞典的力量金属乐队。至今乐队已经发行了两张成功的专辑，分别是2001年的《Awakening the World》和2003年的《A Flame to the Ground Beneath》。技术、速度和激情，Lost Horizon将真正的Power Metal带给了金属乐迷，同时，他们非常具有特色的主唱Daniel Heiman的超级高音，让人难以忘怀，有d#4的表现。 "No Fate.Only The Power Of Will"——“金属不仅仅是一种音乐形式和传达信息的语言，对于我们来说，除了它是我们为之努力的职业外，同时它也是我们实现某种价值的途径！我们不相信上帝，不相信命运，我们相信自己的理想和作为，我们有解决问题的方法和办法，我们视金属为我们浪漫生活的一部分，视金属为我们生活的真实动力和信仰！”