Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 85 mb
Bio:
Flames Of Fire was formed in 2021, but the story goes back to 1987. In their hometown, Jönköping, Christian Liljegren and Mats-Åke Andersson met for the first time outside a burger chain called O'Briens. Christian was then 16 years old and fronted the band Venture and Mats-Åke was 21, guitarist and composer in legendary local group called Zaragon. Zaragon was active between 1984 and 1988, stylewise strongly influenced by Rainbow, MSG, Iron Maiden and early Europe. They were close to a record deal, but bad decisions and a bad management made nothing happen. Zaragon did some fine recordings with Ragne & Styrbjörn Wahlqvist from Heavy Load. That meeting in 1987 had a great impact on both. It was the passion, fire and energy for the music, that really connected these hard rock & heavy metal lovers. Both watched the concerts in 1986-1987 with Europe and Madison, two bands they both loved, as well as Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Michael Schenker, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Iron Maiden & Alcatrazz. The meeting developed into a friendship that lasts until this day, even though the years went by and a lot happened along the way. Then 10 years later, in 1997, Mats-Åke composed an intro that Christian's new band Narnia used for their first tour, promoting the debut album "Awakening". Narnia's guitarist CJ Grimmark also helped Mats-Åke with some demos. Every time Christian & Mats-Åke met, it was all about the musical fire, the passion and also the will to bring something more than the music. Long phone calls ended with a desire to do something together. Both still loved hard rock and heavy metal, with soaring vocals and lots of twin guitars like Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy. Mats-Åke had tons of ideas, as did Christian. Amazed by the sound and production by Jani Stefanovic from Solution .45, The Waymaker and ex-Divinefire, they asked Jani if he was willing to produce and co-wrote songs together with them, as he is a very talented songwriter, guitarist and drummer and also gifted arranging keyboards and string arrangements. To really get the twin guitar sound, Christian suggested the guitarist Stephen Carlson, who worked close with Christian on his solo album "Melodic Passion", as Stephen also is a good co-writer. When searching for the right bass player, in the style of Phil Lynnot and Steve Harris, Flames Of Fire recruited Per Schelander from House Of Shakira, Astrakhan, ex-Royal Hunt and Pain Of Salvation, and the line-up was complete. Per has worked with Christian on the "Melodic Passion" album as well, so now they had a killer team. Christian then came up with the band name Flames Of Fire showing the passion they have, as well as the spiritual dimension to it. Songs just came so naturally and within 6-7 months they had material for several albums. Guitarist Stephen, who lives in Oppdal, Norway, recorded his parts in his studio. Per Schelander, who lives in Stockholm, tracked the bass parts there and Christian recorded the vocals in Örebro, with Narnia's sound engineer, Viktor Stenqvist. Mats-Åke was also involved and along with Christian, he worked out the arrangements. Then Jani put everything together in his studio in Lahtis, Finland, where he lives. So it is all about explosive Scandinavian heavy metal. To finalize the album production, CJ Grimmark from Narnia handled the mastering of the songs, Jonatan Samuelsson from JONOmedia and the bass player of Narnia helped Flames Of Fire with the website & the webshop and Danymax Gatica from Chile created video teasers and promo videos for social media. The distribution will be handled by Sound Pollution, a close partner to Melodic Passion Records, the record label behind Flames Of Fire, and partners in Japan, North and South America. All members in Flames Of Fire are very well experienced in touring around the world and have visited North and South America, India, Japan and of course Europe.
Album:
Formed in the spring of 2021 by vocalist Christian Liljegren (Narnia, The Waymaker, Audiovision) and guitarist and composer Mats-Åke Andersson (Zaragorn), but with its history going back to 1987 when the duo met for the first time in their hometown Jönköping, a city on the shores of Lake Vättern, in southern Sweden, the newborn Heavy Metal entity known as Flames Of Fire is ready to show us all what they got with the release of their self-titled debut album. With multi-instrumentalist Jani Stefanovic (The Waymaker, Solution .45, Miseration), bassist Per Schelander (House of Shakira, Astrakhan, Royal Hunt, Pain of Salvation) and guitarist Stephen Carlson (Brotthogg, Peter Carlsohn’s The Rise, Tales, Viva) completing the line-up, this Sweden/Norway/Finland-based squad is highly recommended for admirers of the music by Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force and Dio, among others, delivering the awesomeness of metal music in their new album while also displaying a crystal clear and very professional overall production and sound quality.The sinister intro New Dawn warms up Flames of Fire to strike us all with their high-octane sound in Gloria, with Jani dictating the pace with his fierce drumming while at the same time he embellishes the airwaves with his classy keys, all of course spiced up by the powerful vocals by Christian in an old school, no shenanigans Heavy and Power Metal hymn by the quintet. Mats-Åke, Jani and Stephen keep slashing their guitars in the battle song that carries the name of the band, Flames Of Fire, supported by the thunderous bass by Per. Needless to say, it will inspire you to keep fighting for heavy music no matter what; whereas Madness brings to our ears classic Melodic Metal with that trademark European harmony, also presenting a pleasant pace with Jani kicking ass with his rhythmic beats. Then in I Am the band drinks from the same mystical fountain as bands like Helloween, Blind Guardian and Iron Maiden, while Christian’s soaring vocals add an extra touch of magic to the musicality accompanied by the galloping bass by Per.It’s time to bang our heads to the electrifying fusion of Melodic and Power Metal found in Time To Live, showcasing traditional guitar riffs and solos, a breathtaking pace and the always visceral vocals by Christian, not to mention Per’s stunning bass lines. Are you ready for 10 minutes of epicness and a deep passion for metal music? That’s what the band has to offer us all in Solution, a heavy-as-hell aria by Flames of Fire where Christian darkly declaims the song’s wicked words. Moreover, it has a strong Black Sabbath vibe from their Dio-era, resulting in almost a metal opera with the massive drums by Jani making your head tremble mercilessly. The band has one final metal onrush for us all in the form of Soldiers Of The King, tailored for diehard fans of the genre, with their guitar triumvirate Mats-Åke, Jani and Stephen being on absolute sync until the very last second, flowing into the outro End Theme, which puts an atmospheric ending to the album.After carefully listening to Flames of Fire, you’ll easily notice how professional and focused those Scandinavian metallers are, which explains why the album sounds so thrilling from start to finish. Hence, in order to show them your support and admiration, you can start following the band on Facebook for news, tour dates (if they will do that one day, of course), plans for the future and other nice-to-know details about them, and purchase your copy of the album from the Melodic Passion Records’ webstore or by clicking HERE. Having said all that, are you ready to rock and bang your head in the name of Heavy Metal together with the guys from Flames of Fire? You won’t get disappointed at all, showing you once and for all that Scandinavia is and will always be a fantastic source of heavy music for your metallic heart.
Line Up:
Christian Liljegren – vocals
Mats-Åke Andersson – guitars
Jani Stefanovic – guitars, keyboards, drums, backing vocals
Stephen Carlson – guitars
Per Schelander – bass
Tracklist:
01. New Dawn 1:25
02. Gloria 4:15
03. Flames Of Fire 3:16
04. Madness 3:55
05. I Am 4:31
06. Time To Live 4:07
07. Solution 9:58
08. Soldiers Of The King 5:05
09. End Theme 1:32
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