1. Chitral Somapala is known for his work with European power metal bands Firewind, Power Quest, Avalon, Faro, Red Circuit, and Civilization One.
19 Facts About Chitral Somapala
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Chandana Chitral Somapala was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 4 November 1966.
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Chitral Somapala has three brothers: Prasanna, Rohan, Nalin, and one sister, Piumi.
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Chitral Somapala was educated at Isipathana College, a national school for boys, located in Colombo.
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Chitral Somapala joined the Sri Lankan alternative band, Shock, founded by Diliup Gabadamudalige, and considered a pioneer of computer-based music production in Sri Lanka.
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In 1986, Chitral Somapala toured Europe with Rendesvouz.
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Chitral Somapala joined German underground metal act, Court Jester in 1996, with whom he recorded the album Forced II Believe, which received favorable reviews in the European press.
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In 1998, Chitral Somapala contributed the song "Nadee Ganga", which became a hit.
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Chitral Somapala joined a German progressive power metal band, Avalon, as front man and lead singer.
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On Eurasia, Chitral Somapala can be heard playing the chapman stick, an electric musical instrument created by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s.
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In 2002, Chitral Somapala contributed "Greenland's Theme" for his alma mater Isipathana College's International Rugby Championships in Sri Lanka.
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Later that year, Chitral Somapala formed a melodic rock outfit called Faro.
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In Summer 2003, Chitral Somapala recorded the album Echoes of a Nightmare with the Swedish symphonic metal band, Moonlight Agony, for Massacre Records.
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In late 2003, Chitral Somapala joined the band, Firewind, for a January 2004 headline tour of Japan.
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Chitral Somapala was followed by Boern Daigger as second guitarist.
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Chitral Somapala was recording and performing with the German progressive metal band Red Circuit from 2002 till 2016 and the British classic metal rock band Rekuiem from 2008 till 2012, one of the founding members of the new wave of British heavy metal movement from Birmingham back in the early 1980s.
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In May 2010, Chitral Somapala joined the British power metal band Power Quest.
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Chitral Somapala was the composer and singer of the Olympic theme song, "Dreams of Fire" for MTV Sri Lanka, and composed and sang "Believing the Dream", the official Cricket World Cup song for MTV.
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Chitral Somapala won the Best Playback Vocalist award at the 2017 SIGNIS Award for "Aharenna".