Time to promote some guys I know, namely SHADOWS PAST. This band was originally a one-man-project founded by Ola Halén (ex-INSANIA STOCKHOLM) back somewhere around 2000. He recorded a couple of full-length albums in his home studio before he got in touch with guitarist Jonatan Berg (ex-HEAVE), and a proper band started to form. After some line-up changes, the band has now stabilized and consists of
Ola Halén - vocals
Jonatan Berg - guitars
Patrik Berg - bass
Staffan Lindroth - keyboards
Olle Lindroth - drums
And yeah, before you ask: The Bergs are brothers, as are the Lindroths. They have recorded two more demos as a full band, namely Blown Away (2006) and Perfect Chapter (2009). These two demos mix new songs with reworkings of older material.
While it may be hard to say this with any kind of credibility, seeing as I know these guys rather well (was even the webmaster for INSANIA back in the day), I'd still urge you to check them out. Sure, the audio quality may not be the best (remember, these are demos), but what I think is so cool about these guys is still there: The melody and catchiness of straight up power metal (courtesy of Ola) mixed with some seriously progressive riffage courtesy of Jonatan.
The guys were in the studio recently to record a full-length together, but something happened, and due to time constraints the whole affair had to be scrapped for the time being. Sad, as I know the other guys have serious chops as well, having seen them live on more than a couple of occasions. I hope they'll get their stuff together soon and record that damn CD, though. In the meantime, check 'em out!
http://www.shadowspast.com
http://www.myspace.com/shadowspastofficial
http://www.youtube.com/user/shadowspastband (offical YouTube channel)
http://www.youtube.com/user/svartablixten (more live videos here)
Ola Halén - vocals
Jonatan Berg - guitars
Patrik Berg - bass
Staffan Lindroth - keyboards
Olle Lindroth - drums
And yeah, before you ask: The Bergs are brothers, as are the Lindroths. They have recorded two more demos as a full band, namely Blown Away (2006) and Perfect Chapter (2009). These two demos mix new songs with reworkings of older material.
While it may be hard to say this with any kind of credibility, seeing as I know these guys rather well (was even the webmaster for INSANIA back in the day), I'd still urge you to check them out. Sure, the audio quality may not be the best (remember, these are demos), but what I think is so cool about these guys is still there: The melody and catchiness of straight up power metal (courtesy of Ola) mixed with some seriously progressive riffage courtesy of Jonatan.
The guys were in the studio recently to record a full-length together, but something happened, and due to time constraints the whole affair had to be scrapped for the time being. Sad, as I know the other guys have serious chops as well, having seen them live on more than a couple of occasions. I hope they'll get their stuff together soon and record that damn CD, though. In the meantime, check 'em out!
http://www.shadowspast.com
http://www.myspace.com/shadowspastofficial
http://www.youtube.com/user/shadowspastband (offical YouTube channel)
http://www.youtube.com/user/svartablixten (more live videos here)
I just wanted to inform that the recordings are going pretty good now! As was written earlier, we had some major problems, but we have started form scratch again and now the drums are recorded, almost all the rythm guitars and bass and also some keys and guitar solos. So if you're interested there will be some "diary-videos" on YT soon!
