{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = <!-- 250px -->Timeless Miracle | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Malmö, Sweden | genre = Power metal | years_active = 1995, 2001–2008,<br/> 2014–present | label = Massacre Records<br />Marquee/Avalon | website = [http://www.timelessmiracle.com timelessmiracle.com] | current_members = Mikael Holst <br/> Fredrik Nilsson <br/> Kim Widfors | past_members = Jaime Salazar <br/> Sten Möller }}
'''Timeless Miracle''' is a power metal band from Malmö, Sweden, formed in late 1995.<ref name=darkside>{{cite web|last=Vorontsov|first=Grigory|title=Voyage Of The Damned|url=http://www.darkside.ru/interviews/interview.phtml?id=244&dlang=en|publisher=Darkside.ru|accessdate=January 14, 2012|date=October 18, 2005}}</ref> Originally named '''Trapped''', the band soon broke up without releasing any materials. The collective re-formed in 2001 and recorded three demos. Having changed their name to Timeless Miracle, the band released their début album ''Into the Enchanted Chamber'' through Massacre Records in 2005.<ref name=metalexpress>{{cite web|last=Koncsok|first=Zoltan|title=Timeless Miracle (Mikael Holst)|url=http://www.metalexpressradio.com/menu.php?main=interviews&id=419|publisher=Metal Express Radio|accessdate=January 14, 2012|date=July 19, 2005}}</ref> The band began recording their second album, ''Under the Moonlight'', in May 2007. The album is in pre-production as of April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Under the Moonlight pre-production begun|url=http://www.timelessmiracle.com/2015/04/under-moonlight-pre-production-begun.html}}</ref>
==Biography== Trapped was formed in late 1995 by Mikael Holst, Fredrik Nilsson and Kim Widfors; the name was inspired by the eponymous album by the German heavy metal band Rage. Having played a few gigs in their hometown, the band broke up after Widfors decided to study bartending in England.<ref name=metalexpress /> Holst and Nilsson decided to resume the band's activity in 2001 and recorded three demos in 2002–2004, using a drum machine.<ref name=truemetal>{{cite web|last=Loffredo|first=Gaetano|title=Timeless Miracle (Mikael Holst)|url=http://www.truemetal.it/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11730&mode=&order=0&thold=0|publisher=Truemetal.it|accessdate=January 15, 2012|language=Italian|date=June 30, 2005}}</ref> In 2004, RoastingHouse Studios in Malmö agreed to manage the band and to finance recording of their début album. The line-up was completed by the guitarist Sten Möller and the drummer Jaime Salazar. The band's name was changed to Timeless Miracle, after one of their unrecorded songs. In May–June 2005, their first album, ''Into the Enchanted Chamber'' was released by Massacre Records in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and by Marquee/Avalon in Japan and Southeast Asia.<ref name=darkside />
Timeless Miracle started recording their second album, tentatively titled ''Under the Moonlight'', in May 2007 at their own studio with the initial goal to release it later that year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Antoine|title=Interview Timeless Miracle|url=http://www.heavylaw.com/n3888-%5BInterview%5D-Timeless-Miracle.html|publisher=Heavylaw|accessdate=January 14, 2012|language=French|date=January 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195755/http://www.heavylaw.com/n3888-%5BInterview%5D-Timeless-Miracle.html|archivedate=September 10, 2014}}</ref> However, technical difficulties during the recording process pushed the planned release date to early 2008. In January 2008, the band announced the departure of Salazar due to his work with other bands and return of Widfors, the original drummer. Timeless Miracle revealed a partial track list and released a sample from the song "Queen of Egypt" before the last update on their official web-site appeared in September 2008. As of 2014, the band was announced to be contributing a cover to a Sonata Arctica tribute album.<ref name=TributeDetails>{{cite web|title=A Tribute To Sonata Arctica - Album Release|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouerghrecords/a-tribute-to-sonata-arctica-album-release|accessdate=7 October 2014}}</ref> The band noted that if it goes over well, they may feel more motivated to start new work. Their official website was relaunched on the 21 November 2014.
In 2017, Timeless Miracle released a clip from their upcoming album ''Under the Moonlight'' for a song entitled ''Voices from the Past''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPNaL-mtjrI | title=Timeless Miracle - Voices from the Past [Sample 2017 Version] | website=YouTube | date=24 May 2017 }}</ref> Subsequently in 2023, the band posted on their Facebook page in reference to new material that they had "10 songs and they're ageing like a fine wine on the studio's harddrive".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/TimelessMiracleOfficial/</ref>
==Musical style== Trapped was originally a traditional heavy metal band, whose sound evolved to become the melodies-driven power metal with influences of the classical and folk music; the lyrics are inspired by the horror movies and the Nordic tales.<ref name=metalexpress /><ref name=heavylaw>{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Antoine|title=Timeless Miracle|url=http://www.heavylaw.com/interview119-Timeless-Miracle.html|publisher=Heavylaw|accessdate=January 15, 2012|language=French|date=November 4, 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914203520/http://www.heavylaw.com/interview119-Timeless-Miracle.html|archivedate=September 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kunstner: Timeless Miracle - Interview med: Mikael Holst|url=http://www.revolution-music.dk/intt.php?inid=87|publisher=Revolution-music.dk|accessdate=January 15, 2012|date=July 14, 2005}}</ref> ''Under the Moonlight'' has been stated to be stylistically very similar to the début, while adding elements of the electronic and the Eastern European folk music.<ref name=Volumax>{{cite web|title=Mikael Holst (Timeless Miracle): Názor fanoušků je nejdůležitější!|url=http://www.volumemax.net/index.php/interview/1274-mikael-holst-timeless-miracle-nazor-fanousku-je-nejdulezitejsi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222113953/http://www.volumemax.net/index.php/interview/1274-mikael-holst-timeless-miracle-nazor-fanousku-je-nejdulezitejsi|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 22, 2013|publisher=Volumax|accessdate=January 15, 2012|language=Czech|date=October 3, 2006}}</ref>
==Members== ;Current * Mikael Holst – vocals, bass * Fredrik Nilsson – keyboards, guitars * Kim Widfors – drums ;Former * Jaime Salazar – drums * Sten Möller – guitars
==Discography== ===Demos=== * ''In the Year of Our Lord'' (2002) * ''The Enchanted Chamber'' (2003) * ''The Voyage'' (2004)
===Albums=== * ''Into the Enchanted Chamber'' (2005) * ''Under the Moonlight'' (TBA)
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[http://www.timelessmiracle.com Official web-site] *[https://www.facebook.com/TimelessMiracleOfficial Official Facebook] *[http://www.myspace.com/timelessmiracle Official MySpace]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Timeless Miracle}} Category:Swedish power metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1995 Category:Musical groups from Malmö