Angelica Rylin

Angelica Rylin
Birth name	Angelica Rylin
Born	(1981-12-27) 27 December 1981 Stockholm,  Sweden
Origin	Swedish, Australian
Genres	Symphonic metal Gothic metal Gothic rock Melodic rock Hard rock AOR
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter musician composer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Frontiers Records AFM
Associated acts	The Murder of My Sweet Angelica
Website	angelica.themurderofmysweet.com

Angelica Maria Estelle Rylin (born 27 December 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and composer, best known as the vocalist of the cinematic metal band The Murder of My Sweet. She has also established a solo career under the name Angelica that taps more into late 1980s/ early 1990s Metal AOR. ^[1] She sings in the mezzo-soprano range.^[2]

Career

Rylin has been featured on albums since 2004 but her singing career really took off in 2007 when she started working with drummer, producer and songwriter Daniel Flores. The two shared the same interests and passion for film scores which drew them into forming the Cinematic Metal band The Murder of My Sweet. Their first album, Divanity, was released by Frontiers Records ^[3] in 2010. The single that preceded it in 2009, "Bleed Me Dry", reached No. 14 in the Swedish National Singles Charts.^[4] Their second album, Bye Bye Lullaby, gained the band more recognition and came out in 2012 on AFM Records.^[5] That same year, Rylin was featured in the song “Holding me down” for the Swedish movie Isdraken,^[6] directed by Martin Högdahl, and screened in theatres. In 2013 Angelica returned to Frontiers Records to release her first Solo album called Thrive. The album taps into late 80’s, early 90’s Melodic Rock and AOR but with a modern production.^[7][8] As a songwriter, Rylin has worked with artists like Jesper Strömblad, Magnus Karlsson (guitarist), Fredrik Åkesson, Peter Wichers, Harry Hess, Bobby Ljunggren, Peter Kvint and Magnus Funemyr.^[9] She has written songs both for her solo project, her band and other international bands and artists. For example the famous Japanese singer/actress/model Anna Tsuchiya and Japanese pop duo Tackey & Tsubasa.

Discography

Singles

With The Murder of My Sweet

• "Bleed Me Dry" (2009)
• "Tonight" (2010)
• "Unbreakable" (2012)

As Angelica

• "Breaking My heart" (2013)

Albums

With The Murder of My Sweet

• Divanity (2010)
• Bye Bye Lullaby (2012)
• Beth Out of Hell (2015)

As Angelica

• Thrive (2013)

Guest appearance & backing vocals

With Play (group)

• Play Around the Christmas Tree (2004)

With Chrash the System

• The Crowning (2009)

With Jan Johansen (singer)

• En ny bild av mig (2010)

With Isdraken the movie

• Holding me down (2012)

With Joe Lynn Turner, Rated X

• Rated X (2014)

As songwriter

For Tackey & Tsubasa

• I Came Here to Get (2008)

For Anna Tsuchiya

• Shout in the Rain (2010)

For Xorigin

• Mend My Heart (2011)

For Issa

• Black Clouds (2011)

Music videos

With The Murder of My Sweet

• "Bleed me dry" (2009)
• "The Murder of My Sweet Photo session" (2009)
• "Follow the rain" (2010)
• "Unbreakable" (2012)
• "Black September" (2012)

With Angelica

• "Breaking my heart" (2013)
• "Thrive - EPK" (2013)

References

External links

• Angelica Rylin's Official Website
• The Murder of My Sweet's Official Website