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Illusion Suite

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Illusion Suite is a melodic, progressive metal band from Oslo, Norway, comprising Bill Makatowicz (vocal), Øyvind Larsen (guitar), Ketil Ronold (Keyboards), Roger Bjørge (drums and backing vocals) and Dag Erik Johnsen (bass).

The band was initiated by Roger and Øyvind in 2003. Bill Makatowicz joined the band in 2004, Dag Erik Johnsen joined the band in 2005 and so Ketil Ronold in 2009.

Their first demo was recorded in 2004 and the band released the self-funded EP “The Adventures of Arcan” in 2005. “Final Hour” is Illusion Suite’s debut album released in 2009.

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Member Since: 06/06/2006
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Online June 12 2006 (8/10)
llusion Suite plays progressive metal of upper class, with small doses of power metal. It is melodic, bombastic, symphonic and epic, with big arrangements and orchestra. A lot of people compare them to bands like Symphony X, and with good reason. After 4 great tunes, the EP ends with the 15 minute tune, the title track “The adventures of Arcan”. I sure want more from this band, and look forward to a full length CD from Illusion Suite. It’s a shame that an album of this quality are self financed.. So, to all the record companies out there; give those guys a record deal NOW!!

Streets Website May 2004 (7/10)
With ‘Demo one’ Illusion Suite definitely proves that they have something to offer. The song material is good, the musicians does a very good job and probably most important of all they have a singer that manages to sing this kind of music in a proper way. There’s of course things about this demo that shows room for improvement, but taken into consideration that this is their very first demo it’s surprisingly good. It will surprise me a lot if this band hasn’t been picked up by a record label within a year or two. Keep up the good work guys!




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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Welcome to the New Illusion suite..

Thanx for visiting and hope you like the new design!! We are crossing 50 fingers in the band to be able to give you and uss a releasedate soon, We think there is light at the end of the tunnel.. so st...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:39:00 GMT

New Myspace soon to come..

In a coulpe of day's there will be a new Illusion Suite myspace site up and running, with a lot of goodies.. Music Video.. Album samples... and a 13 minute long Video dokumentary/introducion to the Ba...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:08:00 GMT

Illusion Suite - Final Hour

Hello everybody..The album is done, artwork is done and we have signed a deal with a world wide distro.. The album was mixed and mastered in Bazement studio (Germany) by Markus Teske (Vanden Plas, Dom...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:19:00 GMT

Almost there..

Well..The Album is done, Video is done, Artwork is done and we have found our label.More details about the album and label will be posted very soon:-)Meanwhile, enjoy a new sample of the album..
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:55:00 GMT

Video Sample..

A sample from out video is to be found at our myspace site.. enjoy:-)and happy summer!!!
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:10:00 GMT

Snapshots from our video..

Can be found in the pictures section:-)Enjoy!!
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:33:00 GMT

New Samples..

Here are some new samples from our recent work.. We have rerecorded and rearranged some old songs for the new album, hope you like’em:-)
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:18:00 GMT

Illusion Suite video..

Hey People:-)Yesterday (monday 17 March) We did our first video shoot with the band. The song "Scarlet Skies" from our upcoming album was picked out to be our video song, because of both the lenght of...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:44:00 GMT

New Sample

Here's a litle taste of what we are working on these day's.. Remember this is only a premix of a couple of songs.. and we are still looking for a labelPeace!Lionheart
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:48:00 GMT

Whats up with the album!?

Hello People!!Things are going slow, but smooth.. all the druming, guitars and bass is done, and it's really starting to sound great!! We are these day's working on the final synth arrangements, and t...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:55:00 GMT