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Moonlight Agony
Group · Sweden · formed 1999
Swedish musical group
Timeline
1990s
Biography
Biography
Moonlight Agony was a Swedish progressive power metal band which formed in 1999 in Kungsbacka, Sweden. They split up in 2009. Before they settled on the name Moonlight Agony they were named Thorin and Moonlight Sonata. They were signed with the label Massacre Records.
Band members
Martin Mellström − Synthesizers
Robert Willstedt − Drums
David Akesson − Vocals
Rikard "Peson" Petersson − Guitars
Karl "Kalle" Landin − Guitars
Christer "Zigge" Pedersen − Bass
Former members
Simon Hermansson − Vocals
Jimmy Elmgren − Drums
Andreas Lindvall − Guitars
Christian J Karlsson - Guitars/Vocals
Christofer Starnefalk − Bass
Chitral "Chity" Somapala − Vocals
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 27 | 60th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Moonlight Agony head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 27 | 60th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moonlight1_large.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337644genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337644seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Agonybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Agony
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Swedish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q1337644 · MusicBrainz: 2769dcd3-b199-4ddc-b976-66930d0e8cbf
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