Location : Zagreb, Croatia, Europe

Band Members :
Davor Vlahov (guitar/vocals)
Slaven Nikolic (lead guitar/additional vocals)
Darko Demsic (bass)
Vedran Hrgetic (keyboards)
Neven Nikolic (drums)

Band Biography :
The story began in 2001, in Zagreb, Croatia, when Slaven Nikolic (guitar), Davor
Vlahov (vocal/guitar) and Darko Demsic-Rudi (bass), together with Vedran
Hadziselimovic (drums) formed heavy/progressive band R2 (read the biography from
R2’s ex-official website - http://www.inet.hr/~tkeser/index2.html: “We were
formed in October 2001 in Zagreb (Croatia), after Vedran and Slaven stepped out
of a band called Polje IV as a consequence of some personal disagreements with
the other members. After that they contacted Darko to form a new band as his
band (Pro-Maya) has also fallen apart not so long ago. Some short time after
they formed a band without a name which included Marko Pirija on guitars and
Ognjen Žiljak on keybords who were also members of Polje IV. In February-March
2002, Davor (also an ex-Pro-Maya member) joined the band and Marko and Ognjen
stepped out. About that time we named ourselves R2 and we set up our objectives:
to make enough material and to record a demo before the summer. Next three
months we spent composing and rehearsing to finally enter the studio at the end
of May. And here it is. If you can, download it, listen to it and write to us!
It really doesn’t matter if you dont like it or if you think it’s good. In any
case, drop us an e-mail so we can see what you think about it. It’s only the
music that matters!”) They recorded a 5track demo named “Given Away”. Soon after
that, they stopped playing together. In autumn of the year 2002, together with
their new drummer, Neven Nikolic, they formed band Fragment and continued to
work on their new material (some songs from R2 stage were also included in their
repertoire), but because of lack of keyboardist, were unable for playing live.
That changed in the very end of the same year when Vedran Hrgetic joined them as
keyboardist and completed Fragment’s line-up. At that point, they were searching
for their own music style and combined various music elements and influences and
had several concerts during 2003. in and around Zagreb. In 2004. Fragment
finished material for their very first album called “The Masquerade”. During
this period they developed their own style that can be described as heavy metal
empowered with rhythmical riffs and periodic progressive influence. Main
influences on the band were made by: Masterplan, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Dark
Tranquillity and progressive bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X… Fragment
entered the Monitor Audio Studio; Zagreb, in August of 2004. The work on album
lengthened out to more than 11 months, mostly because of the lack of money. It
is important to say that the whole project was self-financed and self-produced.

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Band Website : http://www.fragment.altpro.net
Contact Email : davor_vlahov@walla.com