Lars Eric Mattsson: No Surrender + Live
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Topic: Lars Eric Mattsson: No Surrender + Live
Posted By: Nightrocker
Subject: Lars Eric Mattsson: No Surrender + Live
Date Posted: 22 Août 2009 at 19:37
‘No Surrender + Live’ is a re-recorded version of one of Lars Eric
Mattsson’s earliest albums originally released in 1989 to celebrate 20
years since its original release. This new version sees all vocals and
guitars being re-recorded with the addition of a few live tracks tagged
on the end for good measure.
‘No Surrender’ is classic hard rock fused
with neo-classical metal all with the unique Lars Eric Mattsson
flavour. Whilst the song writing might not be as advanced as more
recent efforts released under the Mattsson name such as “Dreamchild”
and “War”, this is a slice of history which shows an artist that has
continued to grow over the 20 years since its initial release. To go
with the 15 studio tracks there is the bonus of 5 live tracks
discovered in the Mattsson archives which features tracks from the
albums ‘Electric Voodoo’ and ‘Eternity.’
On the new version Lars
comments, “It's now 20 Years since I released my second album "No
Surrender" which landed me a Japanese record deal a year after the
debut album "Eternity". While the original recordings were rushed and
quite poor in quality the song writing was much better than its
predecessor and I remember writing these songs with great pleasure.
Most of these songs were then performed live in a number of different
settings and they all seemed to transform quite well to the live stage.
I have always wanted to return to this material to polish up all the
rough ends and finally I found the perfect timing to make it happen. I
think these songs showcases my early influences as well as the typical
80-ies mood that we all were in back then. Of course some things do
mature better than others over time but overall I am quite happy with
these songs representing my early career, and most of all, I had a
really great time playing them again. I tried not to change things more
than I had to and where possible maintain the original ideas rather
than include more modern elements as my intention was to try to present
the songs as I wanted them to have sounded at the time of composing
them. Even if most guitars have been re-recorded I have copied my
original ideas and basically just make them sound "the same but
better"
Genre: Neoclassical Metal
Date de Sortie: 22.05.2009
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