NEW
ALBUM "JERUSALEM" IN AVAILABLE JANUARY 31st ON
METALVILLE RECORDS
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ASTRAL
DOORS upcoming
album, "Jerusalem", shows the band at its very, very best. With
world famous producer Daniel Bergstrand behind the mixing board, their
classic rock/heavy metal is brought to new dimensions. "Jerusalem"
is by far the best album so far from ASTRAL DOORS and the
concept of the lyrics is darker, more political and more provocative than
ever before in the history of the band. The amazing cover artwork has once
again been done by Mattias Eriksson who also did "Of the Son and the
Father" and "Testament of Rock".
Formed in
Borlänge in 2002, accomplished the all but accomplishable: delighting Power
Metal fans and traditionalists alike. Simultaneously, the sound's
unmistakable kinship to Dio-fronted Rainbow and Dio/Martin-fronted Black
Sabbath earned ASTRAL DOORS momentum with old-school
metalheads who frowned at the perceived blandness and lack of substance in
the Power Metal genre.
The debut
"Of the Son and the Father" arrived in 2003 to immense critical
fanfare, although the crucified priests on the cover succumbed to censorship
in Japan where the album was also rechristened (!) "Cloudbreaker".
In the following years, ASTRAL DOORS shrewdly made it
impossible for the audience to forget them by bombarding said audience with
new releases, one more breathtaking than the other: "Evil Is
Forever" (2005), "Raiders of the Ark EP" (2005) and
"Astralism" (2006). The band also performed at the perennial Wacken
and Sweden Rock Festivals, and did tours with Grave Digger and Blind Guardian
- the latter with particular suc-cess.
Sadly,
the delightfully Power Metal-laden "New Revelation" (2007) did not
lead to ASTRAL DOORS expected big break. The album met with
rave reviews, but the band somewhat prematurely ventured their own headline
tour, preaching to a still comparatively small choir. Album sales were
satisfactory but hardly overwhelming. "Requiem of Time" in January
2010 - introducing new bassist Ulf Lagerström - saw the band gracefully back
on track.
Line Up
Patrik Johansson
vocals
Joachim Nordlund guitars
Joakim
Roberg organ
Ulf
Lagerström
bass
Johan Lindstedt
drums
For more info
visit:
http://www.metalville.de
http://www.astraldoors.com
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