The Beginning
Crystal Eyes was formed in 1992 by singer/guitarist Mikael Dahl and guitarist Niclas Karlsson. Mikael and Niclas had played in several bands before, but they both shared the same burning commitment to Heavy Metal music and they wanted to play in a band that was 100% dedicated to it. They completed the first lineup with bass player Christian Gunnarsson and the drum-machine Alesis HR-16, which was programmed by Mikael. Mikael and Niclas had been the major songwriters in their old bands, and it didn't take long until they had written enough material for the first demo, which was recorded in the early fall of 1992. Already at this early stage you could hear the fine melodic Heavy Metal ground on which Crystal Eyes stand today.

The Logotype
During 1993 Alesis HR-16 was replaced by a human drummer, and a new demo was recorded. On this demo Andreas G