FROZEN LAND - Frozen Land (CD)

On their self-titled debut album, FROZEN LAND wants to bring back memorable, sing-along melodies to the power metal genre. The band even calmed the solos down so that the melodies would stand out. Obviously, there are still lightning fast guitar solos and higher than hell vocals - but done with taste FROZEN LAND only included one slower song to the album, a heart-breaker that tells a story about dying and finding the same love in the next life. Other than that, the songs are usually socially inclined in terms of lyrics. As for the sound, they tried to catch 90's sound: big snare, long delays and a larger, not so dry sound - because the band feels, that metal these days is mixed too dry, so their goal is to bring back the big sounds! The debut album was recorded during the summer and winter of 2017. Mixing was done by Matias Kupiainen (Stratovarius) and mastering by Mika Jussila (Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Children Of Bodom). FROZEN LAND is a Finnish power metal band from Tampere originally formed as solo project of Tuomas Hirvonen. In 2017 Tuomas had a vision of bringing back the 90's golden age of Finnish power metal and he began pulling together songs. The rest of the band was quickly put together from the most talented Finnish players and the Italian singer Tony Meloni, a YouTube find.