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Bio
"One of the most exciting progressive artists to have emerged over recent years...", "Prehistoric Animals are setting a new standard for this genre", 10/10 (The magical mystery machine chapter 2), Mark Lacey, Powerplay Magazine.
"With their music based in melodies first, but with a strong rhythmic foundation and its organic sound, the perfect amount of atmospheric synths and excellent crunchy guitars and soul-filled solos, and of course the superb voice from Altzar and his vocal arrangements, make everything on this album for me, one of the best albums of the year." 10/10 (The magical mystery machine chapter 1), Van Kirsch, The Progspace.
What happens when you love classic progressive rock, alternative rock and brilliant pop music? You make it very hard for yourself..... but despite that, PreHistoric Animals have gained huge success in all these areas. When they released their second album, The Magical Mystery Machine (chapter 1), they were praised by both the audience and the reviewers. Samuel Granath and Stefan Altzar created the first album, Consider it a work of art in 2018 and when it was time for touring, Noah Magnusson and Daniel Magdic (Ex. Pain of salvation) joined the band. They made their first shows in 2019 - Prog power Europe, Prog at sea and some other festivals. As soon as they started to rehearse, they felt that there was a special kind of chemistry in the room, and they instantly started writing new material. The first Magical Mystery Machine tracks were written in 2019 and the album was released on September 30th 2020. Unfortunately, the pandemic prevented them from going on tour with the album. So instead, they used their energy and creativity during the pandemic to write and record new material and TMMM (Chapter 2) was finished in july 2021. The magical mystery machine (chapter 2) is the follow up to the story about Cora and Jareth collecting the essence of humanity. The story is sci-fi but deals with current issues in our society. Once again the album is written and produced by PreHistoric Animals. Mixed and mastered by Erik Berglund, while Richard Dearing has done some amazing cover art. During the time they also signed up with Glassville records and the album was released on March 24th 2022. Livefires - Live from Zoetermeer in The Netherlands was released in february 2023 together with a full concert movie. On September 7, 2023, a new exciting chapter began for PHA as they released their brand new single, "He's number 4". That was the first track from the album “Finding love in strange places” that was released on May 16th 2024. The reviews were insanely good and a new “dystopic love theme” was introduced. Find more info below.
Members:
Stefan Altzar - Lead vocals, guitars and keys
Samuel Granath - Drums and keys
Noah Magnusson - Bass and keys
Daniel Magdic - Guitars, vocals and keys
Mats Nilsson - Keys and vocals