abstract:Crystal Blaze was a Finnish metal band, that was formed in 1995 and started first playing power metal under the name 'Guardian Force'. Over the years, the group has gone through changes and the band started to take its current form in 2001, when Lari Sorvo (keyboards) and Lauri Koskenniemi (guitar) joined the founding members Mikael Grönroos (guitar), Max Obstbaum (vocals) and Gustaf Standertskjöld (drums) with the bassist Eerik Purdon.