Olaf Thörsen
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| Olaf Thörsen | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Carlo Andrea Magnani |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genre(s) | Progressive power metal |
| Instrument(s) | Electric guitar |
| Years active | 1991 - present |
| Associated acts | Vision Divine, Labyrinth |
| Website | www.olafthorsen.com |
Olaf Thörsen (born Carlo Andrea Magnani) is an Italian guitarist and founding member of a progressive power metal band Vision Divine. He is also known as a founding member, guitarist, and lyricist of Labyrinth until his departure in 2002.
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[edit] Biography
Olaf Thörsen starter playing guitar at a quite late age of 20, however already having the knowledge of music theory. Knowing how to read and write music gave him the ability to only focus on guitar techniques.
The first band he formed was Vision in February of 1991, which later changed its name to Labyrinth. The line up consisted of him on lead guitar with Frank Andiver (drums), Andrea Bartoletti (bass guitar), Andrea Cantarelli (lead guitar), and Fabio Tordiglione (vocals). In 1994 the band released its first demo entitled Midnight Resistance, and then later got signed ton to release Piece of Mind, No Limits, Return to Heaven Denied and Timeless Crime.
In late 90's Olaf created what intended to be a solo project at first under the title Vision Divine with his Labyrinth band mates Mat Stancioiu on drums, Andrew McPauls on keyboards. Also in the line up was Andrea "Tower" Torricini on bass, and his once-Labyrinth-band mate Fabio Lione on vocals. Vision Divine went on to release a self titled album and shortly turned from a solo project into a band.
After the releases of Sons of Thunder with Labyrinth and Send Me an Angel with Vision Divine, Olaf decided to leave Labyrinth and focus of Vision Divine.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Labyrinth releases
- Midnight Resistance (1994)
- Piece of Time (1995)
- No Limits (1996)
- Return to Heaven Denied (1998)
- Timeless Crime (1999)
- Sons of Thunder (2000)
- Vision Divine releases
- Vision Divine (1999)
- Send Me an Angel (2002)
- Stream of Consciousness (2004)
- The Perfect Machine (2005)
- The 25th Hour (2007)
