Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 104 mb
Bio:
Leverage is a Finnish hard rock / Melodic heavy metal band that comes from the area of Jyväskylä. Your style is reminiscent of Rainbow and Stratovarius, they even call him a melodic heavy rock.The band was founded in 2002 by Pekka Heino, Tuoppi Heikkinen and Torsti Spoof. Together they began to work on songs. In 2006, she released her debut album Tides, which is influenced by the metal of the 1980s.Could there be anything more cliched than that? And what kind of name for a metal band is Leverage anyway? It’s a TV-show! And what is that cute singer of that other band doing with a bunch of sorry ass wanna-be metal guys such as this lot? Right on, stop reading.You know what. We’ve made three albums that kick ass. Tides (2006), Blind Fire (2008) and Circus Colossus (2009). Don’t take our word for it, read the reviews or even better, tune up and open your ears. You might be surprised.And you know what, also. We’re not a power metal band. We’re not an AOR band, for God’s sake. We’re not a tribute to the 80’s band. We don’t fall into a category, not because we couldn’t but because we don’t want to. For us it’s about making and playing music with heart and soul and having a blast doing it. Been like that since day one and will remain so.We’ve got our own style, our very own way of making heavy rock in the 2000’s. Our stamp says Leverage. No more needed.
Album:
Following the untimely passing of singer’s Kimmo Blom in August 2022, Leverage’s future seemed uncertain. However, after some months of hiatus, founding member and main songwriter Tuomas Heikkinen, decided it was time to give the band another shot of life. The result of this process of rebuilding saw the outstanding singer Paolo Ribaldini (Delain) and violinist Lotta-Maria Heiskanen joining the band with the precise task to renew and refresh the sound of the band.The resulting album “Gravity”, which is the band’s sixth full-length album in slightly less than 20 years, aptly showcases contemporary heavy rock sound, which takes influence from the golden past while still offering their own unique personality. Plenty of ear-catching melodies delivered skillfully with pristine production on the band’s latest album.Finland’s Leverage are not a power metal band, nor an AOR band, and definitely not a tribute to the '80s band. Leverage doesn't easily fall into a genre category because for the band, it’s all about making and playing music with heart and soul and having a blast doing it. Leverage thus have developed their own style of making heavy rock and that is their mission. The sonic stamp says Leverage. No more needed.Leverage first landed on the scene in 2006 with the independent release of their debut album, “Tides”. With their blend of symphonic metal and melodic hard rock, with some progressive metal twists, they created a buzz on the scene and were signed by Frontiers for the release of their second album, “Blind Fire” in 2008, before moving to Universal/Spinefarm for their next album, “Circus Colossus” (2009). The band became inactive not too long after the release of that third album though, sadly leaving fans craving more music from the band. In 2018, Leverage returned with a new lineup featuring singer Kimmo Blom (ex-Urban Tale, Raskasta Joulua) and guitarist Mikko Salovaara. They first released an EP, “The Devil’s Turn” and then a full-length, “Determinus”. The band showcased that they are still able to cover a pretty wide ground musically. Again, not power metal, not AOR, not thrash. Just great heavy rock with stunning melodies.
Line Up:
Paolo Ribaldini - Vocals (2023-present) - See also: Seraphiel, ex-Skiltron, ex-Odyssey, ex-Paolo & Jouni, ex-Sacred Heart
Tuomas Heikkinen - Guitars (2002-present)
Sami Norrbacka - Bass (2009-present) - See also: Crossroads, Rainbow Connection (Rainbow tribute), The Magnificent
Elias Ojutkangas - Drums (2025-present)
Marko Niskala - Keyboards (2002-present)
Lotta-Maria Heiskanen - Violin (2025-present)
Tracklist:
01. Shooting Star
02. Tales Of The Night
03. Hellbound Train
04. Moon Of Madness
05. Eliza
06. All Seeing Eye
07. King Ghidorah
08. Gravity
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