The story of the Swedish Heavy Metal band Freternia begins in the summer of 1998. The first line-up was Tomas Wäppling - Lead vocals, Patrik Lund - Guitars, Bo Pettersson - Guitars, Peter Wiberg - Bass & Stefan Svantesson - Drums. In October 98 the fourtrack demo "The Blood Of Mortals" was recorded at Studio Mega (Sweden). The CD never became released for public. Freternia recruited Tommie Johansson, only seventeen years old at the time, to give their sound a push with keyboards. But then some problems occured. Pettersson and Wiberg decided to leave the band to start a band project in the early spring of 99. Meanwhile, the remaining members continued to work with material for a second demo and struggled to find substitutes. The solution became Mikael Bakajev replacing Pettersson and Wäppling decided to play the bass himself. The material was finished and Freternia went to Studio Mega to record "Somewhere In Nowhere" in April. This demo was also sent to labels all over Europe. A couple of days later the band received a call from a small Swedish label. A deal was made for one album and new songs were written but Tomas felt that someone else should take over the lead vocals. A great singer was found in Pasi Humppi and in August the band was ready to record "Warchants & Fairytales". A short while after the recording of "W & F" Patrik Lund decided to leave the band for personal reasons. Therefore, Andreas Heleander was recruited to fill the gap. In July 2000 "W & F" was released, almost a year after the recording. The album got some reactions and the band had the chance to play in France. Freternia had an idea of making a concept album and with three songs in their bag they once again returned to the studio to record a promotional CD in February 01. Finally decided to sign for Arise Records. The second Cd of the band ``A Nightmare Story ´´ (first with Arise Records) has been recorded during Spring 02 at Studio Underground (Steel Attack, Zonata, Terror 2000) & mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studio. The cover artwork has been painted by Jean Pascal Fournier. Freternia will participate in the Helloween Tribute album ``The keepers Of Jericho Part II ´´ with the track ``Murderer´´.

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