The Norwegian Allstar Metal Project NERGARD released the new album "A Bit Closer To Heaven" on 12th of June. The album features 8 strong Melodic Metal tracks and a string of well-known guest artists.
Comment by band leader Andreas Nergård:
"The first material were written in late 2011 and it has been a long journey towards the final result. This album was very difficult to write because I aimed on writing shorter songs than what I did on my first album. I had to totally change my mentality towards song writing and that was a long way of complete failures. I guess I ditched at least 10 songs before ending up with the 8 songs that are on this album. I think this album is very diverse and has something for everyone. We have the very heavy metal tracks like "Lights And Shadows" and "Help Me Through The Night" and more pop/rock oriented songs like "Fall From Grace" and "I Will Find You". My favourit from the album are the epic lead single "On Through The Storm" which is the duet between Elize Ryd and Andi Kravljaca. You can see the fan made video for it right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxiX0RNlMAs"
Line-up:
Elize Ryd (Amaranthe)
Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, ex Gamma Ray)
Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind)
Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus)
Jorn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind)
Andi Kravljaca (Aeon Zen)
Ole Martin Moe Thornæs (Rudhira)
Sunniva Unsgård
Stig Nergård (Tellus Requiem)
Øyvind
Voldmo Larsen (Withem)
Jostein Svarstad (Tony Carey)
Henrik Karlsvik and many more
The album can be found on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7E3KdTZoo5uXtzmlfZ109t
Wimp: https://wimp.no/wweb/album/45496179
Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/!/a-bit-closer-to-heav!/id997844699
Tidal: https://tidal.com/album/45496179
