Year : 2013 (Limited Edition Digipak 2017)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 180 mb
Bio:
Degreed is a Stockholm based Melodic Hardrock band formed in the beginning of 2005.Before degreed even released their first album they managed to tour Scandinavia and Germany, getting sponsored by legendary brands like Hagström and T-Rex, share stage with greats like Europe, Turbonegro, Millencolin among others and represent one of the largest musical instrument distributors in Europe – Musik Meyer on the largest public music fair in the world back in 2007.After many years of touring and gaining fans the band released their critically acclaimed debut album ”life,love,loss” in the fall of 2010 through Melodic Rock Records (Europe/USA), Spinning INC (Japan) and Rambo/Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden) which was followed by a tour in Sweden and a UK tour alongside VEGA.“..this first DEGREED album could well become THE album of the year!” – Gabor, MyGlobalMind.com (9/10 stars, Nov. 2010)Having recorded the first album with producer Erik Lidbom the band choose the easy way on the second studio album “We Don’t Belong”, having him to produce that one as well.Although on “We Don’t Belong” Erik also wrote/co-wrote a few songs for the album, amongst them two together with multiplatinum and Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Bill Champlin (former singer of Chicago, songwriter for Earth, Wind and Fire etc.). Bill Champlin sang on the Chicago nr.1 hit “Look Away” as well as singles “You’re Not Alone” and “Hard Habit to Break“. On the second album by degreed Bill sings a verse in the song “In For The Ride”. Erik is also the best selling songwriter in Japan with over 16 million sold copies of the work he has done.“We Don’t Belong” was released on the 2nd of September 2013 and already that month it made “Album of the Month” in the 157:th issue of Brittish Powerplay Magazine. By the end of 2013 the album had received great reviews and also “Album of the Year” by Mårten Cederberg at Rocknytt.net.The single “What If” from the album has reached over 30 000 plays on Spotify and the video for the song as well as the video for the second single “Inside of Me” have reached over 15 000 views on YouTube.“We Don’t Belong is a near perfect slice of modern melodic rock which proves the future of the genre is very healthy. I was totally blown away by it and can’t stop playing it; I could get really fanatical about these guys.” – The Midlands Rock, Aug 10 – 2013 (10/10)In 2014 the band signed a management deal with Sun Hill Production and has since then been opening shows for Dan Reed Network on their shows in Sweden 2014, played Väsby Rock Festival and Special Guests at the Swedish Sid-Metal band Machinae Supremacy‘s European tour 2014 which took the band to countries like Poland, Czech Republic and Germany.The band just got back from a UK tour along with Australian White Widdow and Brittish Night by Night and have just finished the upcoming album “Dead But Not Forgotten” which will be released July 19:th through Sun Hill Production.
Album:
Double cd set featuring bonus tracks from the Swedish Melodic Rockers Both albums finally re-available after being out of print for some time. Track listing: Disc 1: B.O.D; Arms Of Misery; A Little Bit; Captured By The Moment; Just Imagine; Story Of Life; Human Being? Colour Me; Catch The Feeling; Keep Me Alive; My Fail; By Your Side; Constant; Bark At The Moon (Ozzy Osbourne cover) Disc 2: Black Cat; What If; In For The Ride; Inside Of Me; Follow Her Home; Blind Hearted; Here I Am; Access Denied; Coming Home; We Don't Belong; Just Another Heartache (Remastered); Saving My Soul (Remastered); What If (Acoustic)
Line Up:
Robin Ericsson - Vocals/Bass
Micke Jansson - Keyboard
Daniel Johansson - Guitar/Backing Vocals
Mats Ericsson - Drums
Tracklist:
CD1: Life, Love, Loss
01. B.O.D
02. Arms of Misery
03. A Little Bit
04. Captured By the Moment
05. Just Imagine
06. Story of Life
07. Human Being
08. Color Me
09. Catch the Feeling
10. Keep Me Alive
11. My Fall
12. By Your Side
13. Constant
14. Bark at the Moon (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
CD2: We Don't Belong
01. Black Cat
02. What If
03. In For The Ride
04. Inside of Me
05. Follow Her
06. Blind Hearted
07. Here I Am
08. Access Denied
09. Coming Home
10. We Don't Belong
11. Just Another Heartache (Re-master)
12. Saving My Soul (Re-master)
13. What If (Acoustic)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
