DETERMINUS Will BE RELEASED ON FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL ON APRIL 26TH | FIRST SINGLE & VIDEO “BURN LOVE BURN” OUT NOW
Finnish heavy rockers Leverage finally put an end to their 10 year hiatus between studio albums with the announcement of the release of their highly anticipated new album, “Determinus”. Preceded by the release of the 2018 (digital only) EP “The Devil’s Turn”, Leverage are set to retake their place in the standings of the heavy metal/hard rock community with this new album. First single and video, “Burn Love Burn” is out today and you can see/hear it below:
Leverage is not a power metal band, nor an AOR band, and definitely not a throwback to the 80’s band. Leverage don’t fall into an easy category. Leverage developed their own style of heavy rock in the 2000’s. For the band, it has always been about making and playing music with all of their hearts and souls while having a blast doing it. Their sonic stamp says “Leverage”. That’s it. “The new album is the same but different,” says guitarist and founder Tuomas Heikkinen. “This is the way I write. It is heavy rock and draws from a variety of influences, mine or the other members. I used to make demos that had every bass, drum and keyboard note MIDI programmed to detail and then just asked the guys to reproduce that exactly, but now I only underline the passages that I feel are essential and let them have a go at expressing themselves as musicians. And just as importantly, I always try to hear the vocalist in my head when writing. Pekka and Kimmo are two different singers, that definitely guides the process.”
Leverage landed on the scene in 2006 with the independent release of their debut album, “Tides”. With their blend of symphonic and melodic hard rock combined with some progressive metal twists, Leverage created a buzz on the scene and were signed by Frontiers for the release of their second album, “Blind Fire” in 2008. Spinefarm/Universal picked the band up for their next album, “Circus Colossus” (2009), but the band became inactive not too long after. “People that have heard the music say that it definitely has the Leverage vibe, but also covers new ground. It has variety, ranging from pretty damn heavy to all kinds of far ends at times. This album sounds like a band playing and there’s movement where we didn’t use to have it. There’sless overdubs, not too many huge hired choirs, very little MIDI orchestrations and less tracks all together,” continues Heikkinen.
“Determinus” also introduces their amazing new singer, Kimmo Blom (Urban Tale, Raskasta Joulua) and a new guitar player, Mikko Salovaara. “Kimmo is a phenomenal and very versatile singer. He draws pictures in front of you the way he sings,” concludes Tuomas. “He has a huge presence, both seen and heard and is not the most typical vocalist in this scene. He approaches each song as a short story and really throws himself in there. Mikko is a monster guitar player with a background of very heavy and complex metal with a band called Kiuas. It was like “I am going to get him or Leverage will have only one guitar”. I am happy he wanted to join the band. I have been blessed to get to work with outstanding guitar players in Leverage, first with Torsti and now with Mikko.” “I’m really excited about all this, getting back to making Leverage music with a great group of people, old and new. And getting it out through a solid label to the fans,” concludes Tuomas. “DeterminUs” promises to be one of the highlights of the melodic metal genre in 2019.
Tracklist: 1. Burn Love Burn 2. Wind Of Morrigan 3. Tiger4. Red Moon Over Sonora (album version) 5. Mephistocrate6. Afterworld’s Disciple 7. When We Were Young 8. Heaven’s No Place For Us 9. Hand Of God 10. Rollerball 11. Troy
Line-up: Kimmo Blom – vocals Mikko Salovaara – guitars Tuomas Heikkinen – guitars Sami Norrbacka – bass Valtteri Revonkorpi – drums Marko Niskala – keyboards
Debut Full Length Album To Be Released Late Summer 2019 The Band Is Latest Addition to Label’s New Breed Roster
Formed in Kuopio, Finland by brothers Aarni & Jaakko Metsäpelto while they were still in junior high, Block Buster spent their teenage years honing their sound and identity. While still in the midst of not being of legal age to play clubs and instead of tearing it up at local backyard and basement parties to their sixteen – seventeen year old friends, the band suddenly found themselves being chosen to open for Bon Jovi at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Since then, Block Busterhave been honing their craft playing gigs at festivals and those clubs they are now legally allowed to enter, while also releasing an EP and two singles which have created a nice buzz in the Finnish rock scene and drew the interest of Frontiers.
“All of us in Block Buster feel totally energized to have signed a worldwide deal with one of the truest ROCK labels on the planet, Frontiers Music. It’s taken years of hard work to have built up a great team around the band and now we have all the right machinery behind us to push us to the next level. Our first album, “Losing Gravity” will be released on Frontiers worldwide in 2019 and it is going to be a great year for Block Buster. Please join us on the next stage of our rock ‘n roll journey!” Inspired by the sounds of classic hard rock pioneers while adding a modern “retro” approach, Block Busterare ready to break out from their Nordic homeland on to the world stage.
Line-up:Aarni Metsäpelto – Lead vocals & Guitar Jaakko Metsäpelto – Drums & Vocals Joonas Arppe – Bass & Vocals Elias Salo – Lead Guitar & Vocals
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