Apostolos "Apollo" Papathanasio (Greek: Aπόστολος Παπαθανασίου or Απόλλωνας Παπαθανασίου) (born 15 March 1969 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swede of Greek descent heavy metal vocalist, who is currently with the bands Evil Masquerade, Firewind and Spiritual Beggars. He has also sung for Meduza, Gardenian, and Richard Andersson's projects Majestic and Time Requiem.
In 2007, Papathanasio had to opt out of certain tour dates with Firewind. His position was temporarily filled by Henning Basse of Metalium. Apollo's latest release is "Few Against Many" (2012) with Firewind. Apollo also works as a music teacher for a school in Halmstad.
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“In the west, Apollo and Dionysus strive for victory. Apollo makes the boundary lines that are civilization but that lead to convention, constraint, oppression. Dionysus is energy unbound, mad, callous, destructive, wasteful. Apollo is law, history, tradition, the dignity and safety of custom and form. Dionysus is the new, exhilarating but rude, sweeping all away to begin again. Apollo is a tyrant, Dionysus is a vandal.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)