Magnus - guitar
Road consist of three members so far, and they don’t
have any permanent bass player yet. When it’s time
for a show they use friends to play bass, but now
they are seeking a full time bass player. This promo
sampler contains 4 tracks and one video for the
computer. The point of this sampler is that they
send it to different labels to see if someone wants
to pick them up.
More info about the band
Reviewed by: Anders Sandvall
Album Rating: 6/10
Road
Another band
from Malmö, Sweden. This is their second demo
recorded in Wickerman Studio during July/August '03.
It’s produced and mixed by Micko Tweedberg (usually
the bassist in the metal icons from Malmö, Debase)
and he is getting better and better at producing. Of
course it would sound better in a real studio, but
this sounds really nice considering that Wickerman
Studio is really the rehearsal space for Debase.
There are some more connections to Debase, Tomas is
the younger brother of the drummer in Debase and
Road’s rehearsal space is located in the same
building as Debase's.
Road plays 70’s hardrock with their roots deep down
in blues with a lot of tempo changes. Most of the
songs revolve around Magnus on guitar. This works
very well, Mike on lead vocals has a voice that
really suits the music, Magnus is brilliant on guitar
and Tomas is really good on drums, but there’s a bit
left to his brother Johan’s standard. The production
sounds really thick despite the fact that there’s
only one guitarist, but I think that in the end the
band needs two guitarists to create an even fuller
sound.
Tomas - drums
Mike - lead vocals
Session bassist
This is extremely good if you’re a fan of 70’s
hardrock. You can hear what the members are
influenced by, like Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Deep
Purple, and Status Quo amongst others. This band, with
competent musicians and a real good singer, clearly
has the potential to go far in the future.
www.road.nu