Year : 1984-1989 (1991)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 192 kbps + all scans
Size : 95 mb
Bio:
Abu Zimbel was formed in 1984 by five young music students in Norrköping, Sweden.At the time they were 15 years of age.The young prodigies were: * Jonas Franke-Blom: Lead vocals & Key board * Nicklas Brönner: Key board * Magnus Bång: Guitar * Mats Annemalm: Bass & Backing vocals * Magnus Fritz: Drums & Backing vocals.Very soon they went into the studio and recorded some demos.The equipment had a lot to ask for and the technician looked like an old worn out junkie, but the recordings still gave a taste of what was to come. Abu Zimbel kept on rehearsing and perfecting their style and in 1986 they went into the studio again. This time to record a self produced, self financed vinyl single. It featured the songs "Beyond the Sun" and "Survive". The band did not have a distrubution company, so they simply went out to the local record stores and asked the owners if they please would like to have the Abu Zimbel records for sale in their store. They agreed and as it turned out enough records were sold to pay for the enterprise.In 1987 Max Malmgren joined the band as the new lead vocalist. Jonas could now concentrate fully on playing the key board and backing Max up together with Fritz and Mats with phat vocal harmonies. Once again the band went into the studio and recorded a couple of songs with the new singer.After some differences Nicklas Brönner and Magnus Bång left the band in 1989 and in came Torbjörn Fall as the new guitar player. Torbjörn also enriched the band with one more voice for the vocal harmonies. Abu Zimbel was now complete and the diamond was finally cut. At the tender age of 18 the guys were now ready to lay the world at their feet. The squad now looked as follows:* Max Malmgren: Lead vocals * Jonas Franke-Blom: Key board & Backing vocals * Torbjörn Fall: Guitar & Backing vocals * Mats Annemalm: Bass & Backing vocals * Magnus Fritz: Drums & Backing vocals.Well, as tradition will have it in the fair Kingdom of Sweden, when a young man reaches the admirable age of 18 the King calls upon him to come and become a man in his great and mighty host. So the members of Abu Zimbel went forth to serve their beloved King and were scattered for the winds and naught has been heard from them since. So if you would happen to see one of them come wandering down a lonely road in battered and worn out armour, yet proud and strong, tell him that the time has come to rejoin his brethren in the temple of Abu Zimbel. Tell him that his wandering days are over and that he has been summoned home.Abu Zimbel is not dead. It is just slumbering, lurking in the shadows and biding it´s time. See, now it shrugs. The age of Abu Zimbel has come.
Album:
A very rare compilation from 1984 to 1989 that fully reflects the artistry of this Swedish melodic band.The band was formed somewhere in 1984 when a bunch of 15 year olds in Sweden got together and started playing impressive melodic hard rock / AOR with a very decent singer and at times strong keyboards. So I'm very surprised that the band didn't break through and their recordings didn't make it to the desks of some of the bigger record labels, because at the time this style of music was just cool. So unfortunately they didn't release a full-length album and only appeared on a few compilations by various Swedish bands.But we have at least these 15 tracks from the demo, which are really worth a melancholic reminiscence of the 80s.You can't get this bootleg collection anywhere....so I dug it up just for you for our blog.So I highly recommend listening !!!
Line-Up:
Max Malmgren - Vocals
Torbjurn Fall - Guitars
Mats Annemalm - Bass
Magnus Fritz - Drums
Jonas Franke Blom - Keyboards
Former / Past Members:
Magnus Bång - Guitar
Niclas Brönner - Keyboards
Tracklist:
01. Beyond The Sun
02. Survive
03. Skies Are Falling
04. Understand
05. Never Lose
06. Fire in You
07. Hunter
08. Advice
09. What Kind of a Loving
10. High On Love [live]
11. Advice [live]
12. At the End of the Road [live]
13. The Eagle [live]
14. Paulina
15. Innocent
Track 1 - 2 from: 7" Single, 1986
Track 3 - 4 from: Demo 1989
Track 5 - 6 from: Demo 1988
Track 7 from: Demo 1986
Track 8 - 9 from: Demo 1985
Track 10 - 13 from: Live Demo 1988
Track 14 - 15 from: Demo 1984
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