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(official homepage) Sophia was first started in 1998 when Peter Bjärgö recorded plenty of songs as a side project to Arcana. Those songs were unfortunately destroyed and the thought of a harscher side project blossomed again in 2000. The first album was recorded with the intention of making songs for a live performance. Together with Per Åhlund, Peter Bjärgö performed a few live shows and in 2001 the first release came out, entitled "Aus Der Welt".

In 2001 Ia Bjärgö, Peter's wife, joined the band and the jounrey moved on. With the albums "Herbstwerk", "Seduction of Madness", "Death,Dumb and Blind" along with" Spite", Sophia became one of the most well known and recognized underground industrial bands in the world. When Ia Bjärgö 2retired" from Sophia, Stefan Eriksson entered as a new co-worker to Peter.

After the release of "Deconstruction of the World", which he also made together with Stefan Eriksson, Sophia was put torest for many years. It wasn't until 2010 when Peter joined forces again together with ia Bjärgö and Per Åhlund again. New songs are recorded, plans for a new album is at hand and a few live gigs have already been done. Welcome to the new era of SOPHIA.

(http://www.necroweb.de/sophia-the-collective-works/) [...] Peter Bjärgö gründete Sophia einst als Nebenprojekt von Arcana. Im Gegensatz zu dieser Band, die ja bekannterweise mehr im Darkwave / Ethereal beheimatet ist, sind die Klanggebilde von Sophia weit pompöser, bedrohlicher und kraftvoller. Ein typisches Merkmal, speziell in den Anfangstagen, war ein überaus kräftiges Schlagwerk, wuchtig und mitunter auch recht dominant.
So lebten besonders Alben wie “Sigillvm Militvm” und “Herbstwerk” von dieser Umsetzung und durch die Verschmelzung mit klassischen Eingebungen schaffte es Peter Bjärgö auch recht schnell, sich hier mit einem eigenen Stil zu präsentieren. Auffallend war dabei, dass trotz kräftiger Eingebungen auch enorm viel Atmosphäre in die Stücke floss. [...]