Swedish heavy rockers, HORISONT, are gearing up to release their new album - entitled Odyssey - via Rise Above Records - this September. The album will pave the way for an extensive European tour with fellow retro rock enthusiasts, Kadavar, and The Shrine.
Big of moustache and tight of trouser, HORISONT drink from the bottomless wellspring of inspiration that's been bubbling up through the layers of time since the birth of the blues - or Blue Oyster Cult at the very least. Theirs is a sound that harks back to the dawn of the 70s, when a new clutch of heads decided it was time to harsh the 60s hippies' mellow and paint it black; those years when the twin spirit of hard rock and prog rose to redefine sound.
This quintet's rock trip might be retro but their songwriting is timeless; a good melody lives forever and HORISONT have songs in abundance. New album Odyssey is exactly as its title suggests: an epic journey into the known. A sonic trip. A mighty voyage of sound.
Bassist, Magnus Delborg, explains the concept behind the album: "Most of the songs are in some way connected to the bigger theme, so ' yes - it is a concept album. It concerns a supreme race of mysterious being who experiment with the creation of life and start to populate planets around the universe. And this is the story of one of those planets..."
Odyssey was recorded in Studio Kust in Gothenburg with producer by Henrik Magnusson. Artwork by Henrik Jacobsen harks back to both classic sci-fi paperbacks and prime prog rock albums of the 70s.
1. Odyssey
2. Break The Limit
3. Blind Leder Blind
4. Bad News
5. Light My Way
6. The Night Stalker
7. Flying
8. Back On The Streets
9. Beyond The Sun
10. Red Light
11. Städer Brinner
12. Timmarna
Odyssey will be released on September 18 via Rise Above Records.
Catch HORISONT on tour in the UK:
08.11. UK Manchester - Sound Control
09.11. UK Glasgow - Audio
10.11. UK Leeds - The Brudenell Social Club
11.11. UK Wolverhampton - Slade Rooms
12.11. UK Bristol - Marble Factory
13.11. UK Cardiff - The Globe
14.11. UK London - The Dome
For full European tour dates, check HORISONT's social media.
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