Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force

Sunday, time for a classic.

"Odyssey" is the fourth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 8 April 1988 through Polydor Records. The album reached No. 40 on the US Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for eighteen weeks, as well as reaching the top 50 in five other countries. As of 2019 it remains Malmsteen's highest-charting release on the Billboard 200.

This album is with Jens Johansson on keys, Anders Johansson on drums, Bob Daisley on the bass on this track and Joe Lynn Turner, as you can hear on the video or the spotify clip his vocals and Malmsteen's guitar work are just marvelous, what a team.

Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, composer, and bandleader. Malmsteen first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 20 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In 2009, Time magazine rated Malmsteen as number 9 among the 11 greatest electric guitar players of all time.

Enjoy the first tune on the album "Rising Force".



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All Star Jam - Highway Star

Saturday, not really sure what to play that have a relationship to Denmark and D-A-D, but I found a pretty cool thing on Youtube that I need to share.

The boat that runs the "70000 Tons of Metal" festival, here is a clip from 2015 with a All Star Jam performing DEEP PURPLES "Highway Star" The band is introduced by Jeff Waters, the main man from ANNIHILATOR. The band consists of Danny Needham (VENOM) on Drums, Nalle Pahlsson (THERION) on Bass, Alex Beyroth (PRIMAL FEAR) on Guitar, Jacob Binzer (D-A-D) on Guitar and Doogie White (Yngwie Malmsteen) on Vocals.

Enjoy!



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GYZE - Black Bride

The Japanese Melodic Death Metal band GYZE is a completely new discovery, with notable Neo-Classical influences, from Tokyo, Japan. It's almost like YNGWIE MALMSTEEN goes death metal, you get the drift.

GYZE was formed in April 2011 after a name-change from SUICIDE HEAVEN.

They have released two albums (Fascinating Violence (2013) and Black Bride (2015)) and one E.P (Without Hesitation, 2011).

The band is comprised of three members: Ryogi (Guitar & Vocals), Shuji (Drums) and Alta (Bass).

The old, former member Shogo (Bass), which was part of the band (and in SUICIDE HEAVEN), left the band in 2013 after the release of their first full-length album. The reason is unknown and no official statement from the band or any of its members have been made regarding his leave. Alta took his place soon after being featured during a live house in the same year. For the albums Fascinating Violence and Black Bride they had a guest vocalist Claudio Ravinale (vocalist in the band DISARMONIA MUNDI) on most of the included songs.

Today's tune is the title track from the album "Black Bride", released 9th June 2015.



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Yngwie Malmsteen - What Do You Want

Sunday, time for a classic.

Eclipse is the fifth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1990 through Polydor Records. The album contains a competent set of neo-classical rockers including today's tune "What do you want" that I play as a memory to the recent loss of Mats Olausson who was the keyboard player on this album.

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became known for his neo-classical playing style in heavy metal.

Personnel on Eclipse album:

Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar, guitar synthesizer, Moog Taurus, arrangement, background vocals, production
Göran Edman – lead vocals
Mats Olausson – keyboard, background vocals
Michael Von Knorring – drums
Svante Henryson – bass, background vocals
Tom Fletcher – engineering, mixing
Keith Rose – engineering assistance
Roger Hughes – engineering assistance
Bob Ludwig – mastering

Little over a week ago I heard the sad news that Mats Olausson have passed away. He was is best known as the keyboard player in Yngwie Malmsteen band throughout the ‘90s, he died in Thailand. He was 54.

The Bangkok Post reports that Olausson was found dead in his hotel in Rayong on Thursday (Feb. 19) by an employee who noted that Olausson had not paid for his room or been seen in the hotel dining room. Upon entering, he found Olausson’s body along with numerous empty bottles of whiskey and cans of beer. He was identified by his passport.

Upon investigating the scene, police found no evidence of a struggle and believed that he had been dead for at least 24 hours. Olausson’s body will be sent to the Institute of Forensic Science in Bangkok for an autopsy.

According to his bio, Olausson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1961 and received formal, classical piano training. Influenced by prog, he moved to Stockholm in the ‘80s and found work as a session musician. This included a stint working with Jean Beauvoir of the Plasmatics, performing on his 1988 album Jacknifed and embarking on a tour where they opened for the Eurythmics. Towards the end of the decade, he joined forces with Malmsteen and was a member of his band for nearly 12 years.

From there, he was in a succession of groups, including a cover band in Thailand, before leaving the road and returning to session work in Sweden.

Today's tune "What Do You Want" is in memory of Mats Olausson, R.I.P.


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Deep Purple - Fireball

Sunday, time for a classic. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members claimed that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre.

Todays tune is the title track from the album Fireball, released in 1971. It was their fifth studio album, and the second with the classic Mk II lineup. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971.

The tune "Fireball" is the opening song of the album and it was Deep Purple's second single release in 1971. The song begins with a whooshing sound (which is a recording of the studio's air conditioner which eventually fades out) being turned on and the drums begin at bar 2 at 240 bpm.

"Fireball" is an odd song for Deep Purple as it features no guitar solo. Instead it features a bass guitar solo in the key of F#m which then modulates into an organ solo in Bm. The song ends with a fade-out, with ad-libbing from the organ. The beat is accented with a tambourine played by Ian Gillan.

It is one of the few Deep Purple songs to feature Ian Paice using double bass drums. When performed live, a roadie brings on another bass drum to perform the song, only to remove it when it is finished.

The song, using a fireball metaphor to picture a woman as an alien who makes love as a kind of magic, was one of several, based on Ian Gillan's real life experiences. "She was a complete mystery to me. This is another tale of unrequited love", was the author's comment on the song's heroine.


Guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen stated on the April 9, 2011 episode of 'That Metal Show' that his older sister gave him this album when he was eight years old and - 'it changed everything for him'. Also, Black metal pioneer King Diamond mentions Fireball as the first studio album he bought by himself, when he was a teenager, being an important influence in his future career.

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Candlemass - The Sound of Dying Demons

Today we serve a real double penetration, first this week's album and then a bunch of photos from the band's release party .... erm double penetration sounds a little crazy there, but who cares.

Candlemass is one of the pioneers of doom metal, with the iconic album "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus", released in 1986. Now the band has recorded what Leif say will be their final studio album, "Psalms For The Undead". They still plan to play live, for how long is still unknown.

Psalms For The Undead is the 11:th album and to be the last to feature vocalist Robert Lowe, who has since been replaced by Therion/Krux singer Mats Levén for touring purposes. In addition, keyboardist Per Wiberg (Ex-Opeth, Spiritual Beggars) would also join the band on stage for these live shows.

The album continues in the same familiar path without any significant excesses, the album is the catchiest overall songwriting Leif's done in the past 10 years. Even Rob sounds excellent, it's perhaps the best he's sounded to date. The tunes have a real blazingly melodic with heavy, doomy riffs. And in overall this album is a real highclass Candlemass album a must if you dig this.

Now that the doomsday bells are ringing for the last time, I put in this with a great satisfaction that Candlemass choose to end with the flag on top, an extremely worthy bookend for an incredibly impressive journey. Regardless of how much time you want to waste wondering if they will stick to the ultimatum, but I really hope that they do.

In conjunction with the release of the album, arranged Candlemass a concert (release party) at Debaser here in Stockholm, of course, I was there. A concert that really were of good standard and lots of classic tracks were played, a complete musical enjoyment.

Here is some pictures taken during the evening.

My friend Jojje with Leif

Todays tune "The Sound of Dying Demons" is taken from the last record "Psalms For The Undead". A tune that is very true to its title, as it’s slow, heavy and epic as hell.



Thank you, Candlemass, for all these years and countless hours that are spent together with your wonderfully epic doom. Things simply are not going to be the same without you.

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Black Country Communion- The Outsider

The English/American Supergroup BCC is releasing a new album in june 2011, named "2".
This is produced as their first album "Black Country" by Kevin Shirley.
Kevin has also worked with Bonamasa on his solo albums.

I loved the first album, so its gonna be really cool to hear this one.
Its a mix between rock and blues with both Huges and Bonamassa on vocals.



Glenn Hughes on lead & backing vocals, bass
Joe Bonamassa on lead & rhythm guitars, lead & backing vocals
Jason Bonham on drums, percussion
Derek Sherinian on keyboards



Huges has been a singer in both Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.
Bonamassa is a wonderchild in playing the guitar, BB King has raised him to the sky.
Bonham is son of the late John Bonham that playd drums in Led Zeppelin.
Sheridan was a member of Dream Theater and playd with Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kiss, and Alice In Chains.



Their tour dates are as following:

Date City Venue Country

06/09/11 San Diego, California San Diego Civic Theatre United States
06/10/11 Anaheim, California City National Grove of Anaheim United States
06/11/11 Salt Lake City, Utah The Depot United States
06/13/11 St. Louis, Missouri The Pageant United States
06/15/11 Indianapolis,Indiana Murat Theatre at Old National Centre United States
06/17/11 Hampton, New Hampshire Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom United States
06/18/11 Sayreville, New Jersey Starland Ballroom United States
06/19/11 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club United States
06/23/11 Vitoria Azkena Rock Festival Spain
06/25/11 Sursee Summer Sound Fest Switzerland
06/28/11 Vigevano Castle Sforzesco Festival Italy With John Mayall Buy tickets
06/30/11 Stuttgart Killersberg Germany
07/01/11 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach Germany
07/02/11 Liepzig Parkbuhne Germany
07/04/11 Munich Zenith Germany
07/05/11 Berlin Zitadelle Germany
07/06/11 Hamburg Stadtpark Germany
07/09/11 Deurne OLT Rivierenhof Belgiu
07/10/11 Weert Bospop Festival Netherlands
07/12/11 Copenhagen KB-Hallen Denmark
07/14/11 Bonn Museumsplatz Germany
07/16/11 Vienna Vienna Opera House Austria
07/17/11 Loket Loket Amphitheatre Czech Republic
07/19/11 Paris Bataclan France
07/21/11 Dublin VIcar Street Ireland
07/23/11 Llandudno Cymru Arena United Kingdom
07/24/11 London High Voltage Festival-Victoria Park United Kingdom
07/26/11 Leeds O2 Academy United Kingdom
07/27/11 Newcastle O2 Academy United Kingdom
07/29/11 Glasgow O2 Academy United Kingdom
07/30/11 Manchester O2 Academy United Kingdom
08/02/11 Stockholm Cirkus Sweden
08/05/11 Notodden Notodden Blues Festival Norway

Lets enjoy this mostly sound video, but some real video clip.


Cheers, Thetania




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