Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 135 mb
Bio:
Swedish rock band Art Nation release their highly anticipated debut album "Revolution". Playing concerts throughout the year, while recording the album simultaneously, shows that the band is truly "going all in". Art Nation was formed 2013 in Gothenburg, Sweden, after lead singer Alexander Strandell's departure from his former band Diamond Dawn. Strandell, already well known for his strong voice and energetic stage presence, decided to raise the bar, and gathered some of the best musicians available, bassist Simon Gudmundsson being the first, shortly followed by Theodor Hedström and Christoffer Borg. An acoustic single, "Moving On", was recorded, followed by power ballad "One Is Better Than No One", which also featured a music video and was released in collaboration with humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), who named the song Official Charity Song of 2014, and all money generated from it was, and still is, donated directly to the organization. "One Is Better Than No One" was also the starting point of the band's collaboration with producer and engineer Jakob Herrmann (Raised Fist, Hardcore Superstar, Engel, etc). Art Nation spent the rest of 2014 playing shows, as well as guesting national TV and radio shows, further building their fan base and reputation. The band got its final line-up when adding second guitarist Johan Gustavsson, together with drummer Carl Tudén, who was recruited just after winning the Swedish Drum Championships. In early 2015, Art Nation signed a deal with German label AOR Heaven for their full-length debut album, titled "Revolution". The record was produced and recorded by Jakob Herrmann at Top Floor Studios,together with Christoffer Borg. "Revolution" consists of 12 songs, one being a completely remade version of their first single "Moving On". It also features the stripped down piano ballad "Look To The Sky", performed in one single take by Strandell and keyboardist Theodor Hedström. The album is mixed and mastered at Hansen Studios in Denmark by renowned mixing engineer Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Engel, Volbeat, etc).After releasing the debut album ”Revolution” in August 2015, Art Nation is rapidly becoming one of Europe’s most promising rock acts.Art Nation have played at a number of large Swedish music festivals and are already booked for a lot of shows in 2017 including Sweden Rock Festival.The second album, “Liberation” will be released in April 2017.The band was nominated in Gaffa magazine as “Breaktrought of the year 2015”, Powerplay Magazine nominated the debut album “the best album of 2015” and Classic Rock Magazine gave it 8/10. In July 2016, Art Nation performed “We are better together”, a song written specifically for the Gothia Cup opening ceremony, at Swedens biggest venue, Ullevi Arena, in front of an audience of 60.000.At the end of 2016, Gaffa Magazine nominated Art Nation as "Best live act of the year", competing with names such as Ghost and Zara Larsson.In January 2017 Art Nation performed "We are better together" at one of Europes biggest charity event, "We are one". The event was held at the Swedish national arena, Friends arena.
Album:
Art Nation, the fast rising rock act from Gothenburg, Sweden, will release its highly anticipated second album "Liberation" on April 28 via Gain/Sony Music. “When the time came to make the new album, we sought to broaden our sound and push the limits of the genre, while still sounding like ourselves”, singer and frontman Alexander Strandell explains. This time around, the songs have more versatility and finesse, together with the melodies, catchy hooks and stellar instrumental performances that Art Nation’s followers have come to expect. The band has been working closely together with selected external songwriters, bringing diversity to the album. The album was recorded once again at Top Floor Studios by producer/engineer Jakob Herrmann (Amaranthe, Evergrey, Hardcore Superstar), and co-produced by Theodor Hedström and the studio’s assistant engineer Christoffer Borg (Kee Marcello, Bob Hund), who is also one of Art Nation’s guitarists. To further emphasise each song’s identity, the producers and the band made the decision to work with multiple mixing engineers to equally share the mixing duties with Herrmann/Borg. Bringing back Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Volbeat), who mixed the previous album “Revolution”, felt like an obvious choice. For a third mixing engineer, they chose to work with Adam 'Nolly' Getgood (Periphery, Devin Townsend). The album was mastered by Dragan Tanaskovic (In Flames, Avatar). Spanning over six months, the recording sessions were both creative and exhausting, as the album’s sound was shaped. “I think we learned more about ourselves and our music in these six months, than we ever have done during our time as a band”, says drummer Carl Tudén. "Liberation" is a musical rollercoaster, starting out with the punchy “Ghost Town”, leading up to the catchy “Kiss Up & Kick Down”, and after taking it down with the intricate ballad “When Stars Align”, the instrumental performances of “What Do You Want” will surely make the listener want to go for another ride. Your first glimpse of the new album will be the single ”The Real Me”, to be released on February 24. The second single “Ghost Town” will be released the following month, on March 24, and will feature a music video filmed by Owe Lingvall (Meshuggah, HammerFall). The band will tour throughout the year, including a highly anticipated show at Sweden Rock Festival, Scandinavia’s largest rock festival.
Line Up:
Alexander Strandell - Vocals (ex DIAMOND DAWN)
Christoffer Borg - Guitars
Johan Gustafsson - Guitars
Rebecka Tholerus - Bass
Carl Tudén - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Ghost Town
02. Maniac
03. The Real Me
04. Kiss Up & Kick Down
05. When Stars Align
06. One Nation
07. A Thousand Charades
08. Take Me Home
09. I’m Alive
10. Paralyzed
11. What Do You Want
+ Video "Ghost Town" (Official Video)
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