Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 104 mb
Bio:
Wings of Steel is a Los Angeles based hard rock/heavy metal band formed by vocalist Leo Unnermark and guitarist Parker Halub in 2019. Written and recorded in a bomb shelter turned studio, the band's self-titled debut EP delivers a loud and clear introduction to showcase the band's unique sound.
Leo Unnermark - Vocals - I was born in March 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden. I remember how music would be playing from the speakers in our living room, as my parents were huge hard rock and blues fans. This is where I first started to gain an interest in music. When I was seven years old, my family decided to move to the island of Gotland, which is located southeast of mainland Sweden. Gotland’s size is less than 1% of Sweden’s total land area and has approximately 59,000 residents. Although I believe that Gotland is one of the most beautiful places on earth, growing up there was quite restrictive in terms of musical availability as it was looked upon as merely a hobby.By the time I was 17 years old, I had been writing for a while and began to play acoustic live shows. What I was doing now was not only accepted but also appreciated and supported by the people who came out to watch the performance. By the time I joined my first band, I started playing less guitar and focused more on singing. Ever since I could remember I had been watching, copying, and trying to understand and achieve the very essence of what made my favorite singers as inspiring as they were to me. Whether it was the stage performance, vocal style, songwriting, clothes, or even makeup. I would learn and apply. I found that the stage was the only place where I really felt like I was meant to be, where I would not be alienated, and where I felt happy.After graduating high school, I began working in a factory. That’s when it became clear to me that what matters most in life is doing something you love doing, no matter what it is. For me, doing what I love to do means singing original music and performing in a live setting. I made this my mission.Although the band I was singing in at the time was playing shows and putting out music, it became evident that it was not going to go as far as I wanted to go. Playing shows in my hometown was not going to cut it. A friend of mine suggested that we should make our way to Los Angeles, where some of my biggest idols had made their own careers, and the music scene was thriving. We agreed that we were going to quit our jobs and pursue our dreams. In December 2018, I moved to Los Angeles to attend Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.During my time in Hollywood, I’ve experienced the biggest growth in my life; vocally, musically, and personally. I’ve been able to have experiences and make connections that never would have happened had I stayed home.
Parker Halub - Guitar - Parker, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.I was born and raised north of Los Angeles in the suburb of Thousand Oaks, California. For as long as I can remember, music has always had a divine presence in my life. While I was fascinated by all kinds of music, nothing had (and still has) the same mystique and awe that the guitar has to me. Even at a young age, what I wanted to do was clear. By the time I was ten, I had already started playing and taking lessons. I made it my mission to become the greatest guitarist I could possibly be. I got my first taste of playing in a band when I was 13. The group consisted of my only two friends that played instruments on bass and drums, and myself on guitar. Our first performance was at our middle school talent show.Even though they only let us play one song, the feeling of performing live and of sharing my own music with an engaged crowd was unreal. It was then that I realized the incredible experience of performing your original music and connecting with an audience. The stage was where I belonged. The older I got, the more clear it became that the traditional path of society wasn’t going to get me where I wanted to go. So, during my sophomore year in high school, I passed a diploma equivalency test and effectively finished my time in high school two years early. Later that year, I began studying guitar performance at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. During my time at MI, I was able to grow and hone in on my craft, perform on various occasions, learn how to navigate the music business, meet some fellow amazing musicians, and essentially complete a foundation to get me where I’m going. I attended MI from October 2018 to March 2020, graduating with an AA in guitar performance (three months before I would’ve finished high school).
Album:
Every so often a comment in a review regarding some act we didn’t receive promo from, gets us curious enough to do some research. This is what led us to L.A.’s WINGS OF STEEL. A young, unheralded duo made up of guitarist Parker Halub and vocalist Leo Unnermark, they are about to unleash a very ambitious, wide-ranging ode to classic ’80s metal next October, and it deserves attention.You see, this titanic twosome is highly talented and on “Winds Of Time” they attempt a daring blend of traditional and epic melodic metal with a side of metallic hard rock. And the monster they create is 666% Steel bait!It stitches together influences ranging from Crimson Glory, T.N.T., early Queensrÿche, Masterplan, and Dio-era Sabbath, and somehow shoehorns in some Whitesnake for no good reason.This is an over-the-top piece of ironworks, huge, very well produced with a modern, mammoth sound.Wings of Steel was formed when vocalist Leo Unnermark and guitarist/bassist Parker Halub met while studying music in Los Angeles. They both shared the same vision and musical influences and began working together to create and refine their musical sound and style that would eventually become Wings of Steel.2019 was the year the two started writing songs together, but the band Wings Of Steel did not really exist before the release of their self-titled debut EP in 2022.“There are many, many different influences that helped to shape our sound,” explains singer Leo, who is not fond of attaching a label to his band’s style, “the music speaks for itself, words alone cannot do it justice. But some words that could begin to describe it include: epic, heavy, flashy, classic yet modern, bluesy, energetic, genuine.”A year after the mentioned EP, the first full-length album by Wings Of Steel, ‘Gates Of Twilight’, saw the light of day, and sometime in 2024 the band got in contact with High Roller Records and eventually signed a licensing deal for their work.‘Gates Of Twilight’ received favourable reviews, especially over in Europe, where Germany’s Rock Hard magazine described Leo’s vocals as a cross between Geoff Tate and Bruce Dickinson.All songs on the brand-new album ”Winds Of Time” were written by Parker Halub and Leo Unnermark. Vocals were done by Leo, guitars and bass by Parker. The two form the core of Wings Of Steel. Drums were recorded by Damien Rainaud, who also mixed and mastered the album. ‘Winds Of Time’ was written, recorded, and produced in California between September and November 2024, produced by the duo.Now the band has a complete line-up, and it’s ready to tour presenting the upcoming album.”Winds Of Time is not exactly a full-on concept album, but the songs are generally rooted together with a similar concept,” explains Leo Unnermark. “We reflect on the state of the world today: war, tyranny, oppression, but also unity, hope, and peace. Musically, the album covers a lot of territory, and each song really has its own unique place and identity. But a great ‘overview’ could be the title track as musically and lyrically this was the song that really set the tempo for the album.”It seems clear the duo behind WINGS OF STEEL wrote songs that would showcase their ample gifts and that they certainly do. Unnermark is a gifted vocalist with a very broad range and you hear every inch of it over the album’s runtime. At times he sounds like Geoff Tate, Dio and Midnight, sometimes in the same song. This kind of commitment to excessive overperformance can work against him, as it does whenever he forces his upper range higher and higher into infinity and beyond. Still, this is what metal is about and it’s wild to hear him stretching those vocal chords to their limits.As he does so, Halub supplies a steady diet of ace riffing, tasteful noodling, and wild soloing. The man can tear it up and does so often with dynamic playing that skims multiple genres and styles while always remaining stately and elegant.If you are a connoisseur of traditional melodic heavy metal and hard rock, then you should note Wings Of Steel is name you will definitely hear from a lot in the not too distant future.“Winds Of Time” is a very impressive album and the potential these guys possess is limitless. If you’re a fan of classic metal and want to hear it done in the biggest way possible, let Wings Of Steel carry you to grandiose locales. Big stuff awaits.
Line Up:
Leo Unnermark - Vocals (2019-present)
Parker Halub - Guitars (2019-present)
Stefan John Bailet - Guitar
Mathieu Trobec - Bass
Marcel Binder (Damien Rainaud on the record) - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Winds Of Time
02. Saints And Sinners
03. Crying
04. Burning Sands
05. To Die In Holy War
06. Lights Go Out
07. We Rise
08. Flight Of The Eagle
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