Year : 2015
Style : Heavy Metal
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 119 mb
Bio:
RAM was created back in '99 by Harry Granroth, who wanted to form a real heavy metal band; he was sick of the misinterpretation of metal that ruled the scene back then and had a pile of material that he wanted to bring to life. He soon found Daniel Johansson, a young but experienced and very talented guitar player who welded a traditional metal guitar style. The two started working on some of Harry's earlier material and began to write new songs. After a long and tiresome search, Harry then found Oscar Carlquist; a powerful heavy metal vocalist with a mutual hatred for the current metal scene. Oscar quickly became involved in the song writing process and quickly crafted interesting lyrics to accompany the music. The backbone of RAM was formed. Oscar brought in drummer Morgan Pettersson, one of the few drummers left who still played the 70/80's hard and heavy drumming style. They then recruited the legendary Leif Larsson, an icon in Gothenburg metal as he had previously been a member of "Frozen Eyes".The five members started to rehearse and write new songs and in 2003 they released their first E.P., Sudden Impact, through partly their own label "Black Path Metal Recordings". The EP created a sudden impact on the underground metal scene, the first 1000 copies were sold out in a few months. RAM hit the road and played a number of festivals in Europe and went on tour as support for Sebastian Bach. The band was also recognised by Germany's Rock Hard magazine as one of the best newcomers of 2004.RAM kept on playing live throughout most of '05 and started working on their full-length debut album Forced Entry, which was released in late 2005. Forced Entry brought the entire old school heavy metal community to its knees. The album is a pure sonic attack of real and innovative heavy metal. Great reviews followed and the band grew even bigger. In December '05, RAM hit the road with Dark Tranquillity and in Jan '06 they performed at several Scandinavian shows with Gamma Ray.Playing live is what RAM does best and in 2006-2007, the band delivered a devastating metal crusade over Europe. Reaching places such as Greece for the first time and Spain for the second time, the Teutonic hordes went wild. In the summer of 2007, bass player Leif Larsson was asked to leave the band due to personal differences and Tyrant of the Black Metal ultra cult act Nifelheim answered the call and joined RAM as a session bassplayer.In 2008, the band returned to the studio with producer Johan Reivén to record the album Lightbringer. This time they really took the time to explore the true heavy metal sound. The recording of the album took 10 months of nothing but strife for pure heavy metal perfection.In 2009, RAM signed a deal with AFM records and released Lightbringer, which received very good reviews. It landed a spot as one of the best albums of 2009 in Sweden Rock magazine. The band also headed out on headline European tour to promote the album. Tobbe Petterson joined the band and through his amazing bass skills made this the strongest RAM lineup ever.In 2010, RAM began recording their 3rd full-length album entitled "Death". The album was produced by Per Stålberg and Olle Björk. In 2011 they signed a world wide deal with widely renown metal label "Metal Blade Records" and Death was released in January 2012 once again great reviews followed. RAM hit the road in support of "Death" returning to Spain and Tyrannyzing Portugal for the first time, of course Germany was visited and some Swedish stages were betrodden. In June 2013 Daniel Johansson decided to quit the band due to personal reasons. Daniel was quickly replaced by guitarist Martin Jonsson from Gothenburg. On the 13th of September 2013 RAM celebrated the 10th anniversary of the release of the "Sudden Impact" E.P with a special concert in Gothenburg. RAM are now preparing for another 10 years upon the throne of underground Heavy Metal!
Album:
RAM maybe isn't most hard working band around as they did just four albums in 16 years, but everything they release could have "high quality pure Heavy Metal" sticker. "Svbversvm" - allright guys, couldn't you come up with easier title? Writing it down is real pain in the ass and I believe all fans will call it "Subversum" anyway. So, album #4 (yeah, we can call it like that too) includes 10 new songs, which seems to be RAM's return to more Classic Metal. Of course RAM always played Classic Metal, but their last studio album ("Death" from 2012) was like looking for new path to follow and was a bit experimental at parts, and this new one is like saying "fuck this, we are Heavy Metal band". There are more riffs here, more guitar work in general, and basically the compositions are much more traditional. Some of those melodies could land on some classic JUDAS PRIEST ("Killing Machine" era perhaps? Just listen to the opening riff of "The Omega Device") or MERCYFUL FATE album, and it's hard for a better compliment in this genre. Actually it's not hard to guess that this album will land on many "best of 2015" kind of lists - not because 2015 wasn't very good year for traditional Metal, but because RAM managed to record REALLY great album.Production of the album also deserves to be mentioned separately: the album has massive and solid sound, but also very natural and enjoyable. While many other bands masturbate with sound and try to be extreme and offer something new and over the top, RAM decided to stay classic - not to play it safe, but because they know what they do - and they won this game. Once again. So remember: October 30, 2015, you're going out to buy the new RAM album, because you need dose of high quality and pure Heavy Metal in your life.
Line Up:
Oscar Carlquist - Vocals
Harry Granroth - Guitars (1999-present)
Tobias Petterson - Bass (2010-present) - See also: ex-Vornth, ex-Jormundgand
Martin Jonsson - Guitars (2013-present)
Morgan Petterson - Drums - See also: Commander, ex-B-Thong
Tracklist:
01. Return of the Iron Tyrant 05:24
02. Eyes of the Night 02:57
03. The Usurper 05:15
04. Enslaver 04:06
05. Holy Death 05:10
06. Terminus 02:21
07. The Omega Device 05:53
08. Forbidden Zone 07:42
09. Temples of Void 05:45
10. Svbversvm 05:30
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