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Gandalf

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In chronological order:

1) US psychedelic pop band.
1968

2) Mid 70s blues inspired Swedish progressive rock band.

3) Austrian new age composer/musician.
Gandalf is a composer, musician and producer of meanwhile numerous album releases. His name originated from J.R.R.TOLKIEN´s cult-epic “The Lord of the Rings’. Gandalf plays a great variety of instruments (acoustic and electric guitars, sitar, saz, charango, bouzuki, balaphon, piano, synthesizers & sample-keyboards and various percussion) and blends acoustic with electronic and spheric sounds, weaves folk-elements into symphonic structures, creating his unmistakable unique style that made him become one of todays internationally most successful Austrian musicians.

4) Finnish melodic death metal band.
Formed in 1993. Their first demo “Will Life Ever End?” (1993) was traditional Death Metal in the Swedish vein. Later material was more Gothenburg influenced with some Hard Rock elements.

In 1997 the band recorded an album named “Live to Suffer” and signed to Austrian label Dark Matter Records. Soon the band got an offer from Earache, signed to them and decided not to release the album as the result wasn’t satisfying.

They split up in April 2002.

Gandalf (1) with the album entitled “Gandalf” was a 60s psych band from New Jersey/New York. The album cover for “Gandalf” is yellow and has a woman’s face surrounded by flowers and butterflies. (Not to be confused with a death metal band!)

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melodic death metal, new age, psychedelic, ambient, metal
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Top Tracks

1	Rhythm of the Tides full track	54
2	Hearts in Celestial Unison full track	48
3	Blossoms Falling LIke Snow full track	47
4	In the Presence of Angels full track	31
5	Where the Heart Finds a Home full track	30
6	A Seed Dreaming Inside full track	28
6	The Dragon full track	28
8	Can You Travel in the Dark Alone	27
9	Sacred River full track	25
10	Take Me Gently Across The Water full track	24
11	Titaptawa	23
12	Silent Joy full track	21
13	Flowers Along the Way full track	19
13	Colors of a New Dawn full track	19
15	The Lotus Unfolds full track	18

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MetalAlex wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Melodic Death Metal Gandalf is great!

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barberdiaz wrote:
August 2008

Love all his songs.

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sta111 wrote:
August 2008

Mr Gandalf your music is heaven sent.

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Antoni0 wrote:
June 2008

If you like boobs, join http://www.last.fm/group/I+%E2%99%A5+Boobs

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edoardorock wrote:
April 2008

the new age guy is a little bit cheesy. i don't know about the death metal band or the hard rock band... the psychedelic 1968 album is a real gem though.

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Killerdwarf wrote:
April 2008

New Age Gandalf is a little bit boring ... so slow, sooo soft ... :(

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AndreTheDark wrote:
April 2008

If you know about the swedish rock band, then please add it to the description

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meana wrote:
March 2008

also a swedish rock band. :D

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_se_bas wrote:
March 2008

If you like Gandalf, you might like Rob Willemsen as well. He is a guitarist who plays instrumental progressive rock which is a bit new age-ish. The song Pompeï is available in full on Last.fm, both streaming and as download.

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MasahOrhozer wrote:
February 2008

This was the most meaningful melody ı've ever heard...

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jiceaufderheide wrote:
February 2008

Des pépites de douceur et d'harmonie. 100% pur bonheur.

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Tosiu wrote:
February 2008

it's somethig similar to Mike Oldfield, excellent!!!

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yohopparyo wrote:
February 2008

\,,/ Death metal Gandalf \,,/

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tangerman wrote:
January 2008

I love New Age Gandalf! I don`t care if people think I`m listening to death metal! I know what I like! If I should get concerned what people think I`m listening to..Then I guess I have BIG problems! Respect the other GANDALF`S, as long as there is only one site for the name!

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thousanddreams wrote:
December 2007

<3 the psych group

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bagbap wrote:
December 2007

Death Metal \w/

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onyx_fox wrote:
October 2007

The Ambient Gandalf rocks! :D

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hannahstarr wrote:
August 2007

New Age Gandalf is amazing. :)

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Azalin wrote:
August 2007

This lame new age Gandalf plays many instruments, works with many international artists and composes music for theatre and film.. besides, looking at Top Tracks, he has the most listeners, so he really should be on the picture..

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metalisqe wrote:
August 2007

i think this metal band is very nice

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