The songwriter and
producer of hard rock known as Lindbloom has released his latest
official EP album, “Back Tracks.” The EP album contains three
never-before-released Lindbloom tracks for an approximate listening
time of 10 minutes. Part metal, part classic rock and all octane,
“Back Tracks” showcases Lindbloom as one of the most intriguing
rock music artists of the year so far and promises that he has plenty
more where that came from.
For this post-facto
release of “Back Tracks,” Sweden's Lindbloom cites as main
artistic influences Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen, Symphony X,
Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Allan Holdsworth, and John Scofield. With
an emphasis on Lindbloom's signature guitar and howling vocal work by
Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse), “Back Tracks” by Lindbloom has a
little something for every fan of the original metal sound.
Asked to describe the
overall meaning of “Back Tracks,” Lindbloom writes, “In early
2006, Eclipse singer Erik Mårtensson and I recorded several demos
together. 'Back Tracks' contains my personal favorites from that
session. I wrote the music and lyrics (lyrics together with Jerry R.
Steele Jr. on 'Thank You') towards the end of 2005, and I think they
deserve to see the light of day.”
The artist goes on to note
that, as has proven true for many independent recordings,
technological progress may be thanked for the release of these songs.
“I didn't release
them back then because these were demos,” Lindbloom writes, “and
internet publishing possibilities were much more limited than today.
The songs gained the attention of a couple of record companies, but
other things were going on in my life at that time and for various
reasons I lost interest in signing a deal.”
Fans of Lindbloom will
note a different direction from the more progressive material on his
recent “Lady Opium” record.
Lindbloom says of “Back
Tracks,” “These tunes are bursting with energy. At the time of
recording, I was mostly playing metal, and that kind of energy is
still very close to my heart, although these days I combine it with
jazz/fusion/funk etc., as you can hear on, 'Lady Opium.' But my love
for metal remains the same, and I thought it would be fun to release
these tracks, too.”
Magnus Lindbloom has
toured and played with such heavy-hitters as Morgan Ågren (Frank
Zappa) and Göran Edman (Yngwie Malmsteen). His guitar techniques and
performances have been lauded by famed virtuoso Greg Howe. “Back
Track” features singing by renowned lead vocalist Erik Mårtensson
of Eclipse as Lindbloom and Mårtensson were closely working together
at the time these demos were recorded.
“Back Tracks” by
Lindbloom is available from over 600 quality digital music stores
online worldwide now. Get in early, prog rock fans.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
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Tracks” by Lindbloom –
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