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BLACK ROSE (Sweden): To Play Show With SOUL SIGN And MIKE TRAMP

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 23, 2013
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Swedish metallers BLACK ROSE have revealed that they will be playing a show along with Mike Tramp (WHITE LION) and SOUL SIGN (with Mark Boals) on 11th May at Rockland i Sala, Sweden.

Check out a video from each band below:

SOUL SIGN:

Bjorn Englen – Bass (Dio Disciples, Yngwie, Uli Jon Roth, Tony MacAlpine, Quiet Riot)
Mark Boals – Vocals (Yngwie, Uli Jon Roth, Royal Hunt)
Mike Cancino – Drums (Unida, H.O.B.P.)
Jan Mengeling – Guitar (Coma Star, H.O.B.P.)

www.soulsign.us

MIKE TRAMP:

www.miketramp.dk

BLACK ROSE:

Peter Thederan – Vocals
Anders Haga – Bass
Peter Haga – Drums
Thomas Berg – Guitars

www.blackrosesweden.com

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Swedish BLACK ROSE: Sign With Doolittle Group AB; Announce Release Of New Album

Posted by Mohsen Fayyazi on November 14, 2012
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Swedish Heavy Metallers BLACK ROSE have recently announced that they inked a deal with Doolittle Group AB. The band has also announced that they are going to release a new album,  entitled “Turn On The Night” via Doolittle Group AB on January 18, 2012 worldwide.

The record company posted: “BLACK ROSE will record a video for the opening song “Rise Again” from the forthcoming album “Turn On The Night“

BLACK ROSE was formed in 1990 in Fagersta, a small town in Sweden. After a couple of member changes the first year, the line-up was stable for almost ten years. The band played lots of gigs in Sweden between the releases. The music style has been constant, even through all different music-trends that has come and gone. The style is Melodic Hard Rock/Metal, often compared to the likes of RAINBOW, YNGWIE, PRETTY MAIDS, TALISMAN, PC 69 and EUROPE. In December 2001 Shark Records got in contact with the band, a contract was signed and a 16-track CD was released late March 2002. The second release, called EXPLODE, on Shark Records was released 2004. Late 2007 two new (well, Thomas is the original BLACK ROSE-guitarist, so he isn’t that new…) members joined: guitarist Thomas Berg and vocalist Peter Thederan.

 

Doolittle Group AB is a new Swedish record label formed in 2011 by former Liljegren Records,Rivel Records, Feedback Records, Soulscape. Pop,Rock, Metal, Jazz, Soul,Blues & Gospel.

BLACK ROSE are:

Anders Haga – Bass
Peter Thederan – Vocals
Peter Haga – Drums
Thomas Berg – Guitar

 

More info on BLACK ROSE:

www.facebook.com/blackrosesweden

Swedish BLACK ROSE: Announced New Show In Stockholm

Posted by Mohsen Fayyazi on April 10, 2012
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Swedish metallers BLACK ROSE have recently announced that they are going to play a gig in Harry B. James – City Rock,  Stockholm on  April 18th, 2012.

For more information on this show:

www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Rose-Sweden

 

BLACK ROSE was formed in 1990 in Fagersta, a small town in Sweden. After a couple of member changes the first year, the line-up was stable for almost ten years. The band played lots of gigs in Sweden between the releases.

The music style has been constant, even through all different music-trends that has come and gone. The style is Melodic Hard Rock/Metal, often compared to the likes of RAINBOW, YNGWIE, PRETTY MAIDS, TALISMAN, PC 69 and EUROPE.

BLACK ROSE is:

Anders Haga – Bass
Peter Thederan – Vocals
Peter Haga – Drums
Thomas Berg – Guitar

 

Metal Shock Finland previously posted a review for last BLACK ROSE‘S  album, “Rise Again”, the article can be read on this location.

 

Review: BLACK ROSE “Rise Again” (2011)

Posted by Mohsen Fayyazi on April 10, 2012
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Swedish metallers are rocking so loud today, from heavy rock to melodic death metal, they always have something great to say- who doesn’t know about WOLF, AMON AMARTH, HYPOCRISY and legendary guitarist Yngwie Johan Malmsteen? I wonder what they have in their country that makes them such amazing metal warriors! Now it’s time to introduce you another great metal band from the metal land ofSweden, and it is BLACK ROSE. Perhaps some of you, especially those who live in the UK will be confused, as there is another BLACK ROSE band in England, but these are not the only ones. In fact there are a few bands with this name, even in one of them you see the name of legendary vocalist King Diamond. I ‘ve asked the band about this, check out their answer: “Anders had an idea for a band named ROSE in the early eighties, that name later transformed to BLACK ROSE. We thought the name suited the band’s sound”.

Swedish band BLACK ROSE formed in 1990 in Fagersta, a small town in Sweden. By listening to their music you would start a journey from Heavy Rock through Heavy Melodic Power Metal. The story of my knowledge about Black Rose started 8 years ago, when I found a half length song named “Everlasting Rain” by them. The song started with such a great Heavy Power Riff and I liked it from the first time I heard it. The song continued with great riffs and vocals but it ended when the guitar solo was about to start. Perhaps you understand how frustrating this was for me, so I started searching for them and for a full length version of that song. But in those days, the cyber world did not have a huge amount of data about the world of Heavy Metal like it does today. I kept seeking and searching for months but couldn’t find any clues, so I gave up for 8 years, until few months ago when I found them on facebook. After that I started to know and learn more about them and their music. BLACK ROSE released a new album, “Rise Again” in 2011, which includes 9 tracks and the album is following the same themes and music that they used in their previous albums, with such great artwork which reminds me of resurrection that I also could see it in the songs as well.

The album “Rise Again” sounds like a resurrection indeed, as they were not active from 2008,but the warriors are back now and they are ready to rock! “Rise Again”, starts with “My Enemies” and it is very epic, a very strange bass note which sounds like a spaceship appearing from behind the dark clouds, resurrection, and suddenly drummer Peter Haga starts to rock the flames on his drums.Also an epic keyboard rhythm joins them to complete this circle of greatness. You can see the traces of legendary guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen on this song and the whole of the album, in riffs and solos which are fast, powerful and Metal. The band’s new singer Peter Thederan who sings in a higher range than the previous singer, performs very well and the range of his voice reminds me of the legendary Kai Hansen in some of the songs.The second track is self titled and it’s a heavy rock song, which will bring you back to the golden age of rock and metal music; the ’80s, and it sounds like Blackmore’s Rainbow with modern technology mixed by Swedish rock taste.

All the lyrics of this album were written by vocalist Peter and he wrote very positive lyrics for this track, the lyrics like this reminds me of German power metal generators, HELLOWEEN and GAMMA RAY ‘S work, check the lyrics of “I Can” by HELLOWEEN or “Shine Forever” by GAMMA RAY out. Peter used psychology themes in written of the lyrics of “Rise Again” by using some symbols like a woman or soldier or even enemies. You can feel positive energies when you are listening to this album especially with the Rise Again track and you feel resurrection inside, something that pushes you to go forward and shine.

“Turn On The Night” is another Malmsteen ish track with a strong guitar riff and blast of drums in background, but before that Peter ask you to “Wake Up” so you better be ready for a true rocking song with melodic riffs and wonderful guitar solos which remind me Rising Forces’s Yngwie Malmsteen work in 80s-Era plus powerful bass riffs in background and fast and strong rhythms by drums. Next track is “Never Let Me Down” with some old school ish heavy metal riffs, at 1:50 bassist Anders Haga starts the solo part with rocking his fender bass, guitarist Thomas Berg joins him after few seconds to give you the joy of listening to a good solo guitar. “We Were Winners” is the only sad song in this album, it starts with a lovely guitar arpeggios which will is followed by a very good performance by vocalist Peter, vocal chorus and another amazing guitar solo. This song will really make you feel emotional for a while. But as I said BLACK ROSE only wishes you power and metal, so in next track they will give you the taste you of a Swedish version of melodic power metal, the track entitled “Hunter” and it’s the sixth track of this album, filled by powerful and fast riffs and guitar solos which remind you of Yngwie again.The seventh track is “The Bold And The Beauty” which is another great song for rocking. “Busted” starts fast, drums will rock your heads and it’s a mixture of Scandinavian melodic power metal and NWOBHM, when Thomas starts the solo part with a chromatic scale, that’s the bold time. The final track is “Our Wisdom” a very thoughtful track and lyrics, you can see the tracks of Yngwie on this song again and you will have a vision of him rocking and rolling on stage with his famous Fender. But WAKE UP this BLACK ROSE from Sweden who want to rock you, fast, strong and powerful.

“Rise Again” by Swedish BLACK ROSE is a heavy metal album, with a huge amount of powerful positive energies in the background and great guitar riffs and solos which remind you of 80s style of the amazing Yngwie Malmsteen. In other words, if you love a mixture of heavy metal and fast riffs and solos, this album is yours. My rating for this album is 9/10 with out any doubt. Keep on rockin…

 

BLACK ROSE “Rise Again” tracklisting:

My Enemies
Rise Again
Turn On The Night
Never Let Me Down
We Were Winners
Hunter
The Bold And The Beauty
Busted
Our Wisdom

BLACK ROSE is:

Anders Haga – Bass
Peter Thederan – Vocals
Peter Haga – Drums
Thomas Berg – Guitar

 

Review by Mohsen Fayyazi

BLACK ROSE Preparing Two New Releases

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 6, 2012
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Veteran NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) band BLACK ROSE is kicking off 2012 with a some festival dates and two new album releases. The group will open this year’s Hammerfest “Hammer Of Thor” on the VIP night, Thursday, March 15 at Pontins Holiday Park in Prestatyn. They will also play at the Headbangers Open Air festival on Saturday, July 28 in in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany, an event which is being headlined by U.S. metallers RIOT.

BLACK ROSE is preparing to release two new albums, the first of which is an 18-track CD on Hellion Records called “The Early Years And More – Remastered”, which has eight previously unreleased songs from the 1980s as well as five bonus songs from the 2010 album “Cure For Your Disease”, which were only previously available as a download. Also due in the summer through the High Roller label is a limited-edition vinyl record which features the band’s very first demos and single.

BLACK ROSE‘s current lineup features original members Steve Bardsley (lead vocals, guitar) and Kenny Nicholson (lead guitar) plus Kiko Rivers (bass) and Chris Bennett (drums).

For more information, visit www.blackroseuk.co.uk. Source: Blabbermouth.net

Interview with BLACK ROSE From Sweden: It’s always been great fun to play and perform our own songs

Posted by Mohsen Fayyazi on November 6, 2011
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Black Rose is a Heavy Rock Metal band from Sweden formed in 1990. By listening to their music you would start a journey from Heavy Rock through Heavy Power Metal. They released a new album, “Rise Again” in 2011, which includes 8 tracks and the album is following the same themes and music that they used in their previous albums.
The story of my knowledge about Black Rose started 8 years ago, when I found a half length song named “Everlasting Rain” by Black Rose. The song started with such a great Heavy Power Riff and I liked it from the first time I heard it. The song continued with great riffs and vocals but it ended when the guitar solo was about to start. Perhaps you understand how frustrating this was for me, so I started searching for them and for a full length version of that song. But in those days, the cyber world did not have a huge amount of data about the world of Heavy Metal like it does today. I kept seeking and searching for months but couldn’t find any clues, so I gave up for 8 years, until a month ago when I found them on facebook ….

Hello guys, How are you doing? Any Shocking news?

Black Rose featuring Kee Marcello & Churchchoir (Fagersta Church in Sweden- Sept. 25th 2011) Photo by Gerry Helders

Hi Mohsen! We’re all great, hope U are the same :)
We recently did a gig in a church with Kee Marcello (ex. EUROPE-guitarplayer)
and a big choir where we played EUROPE-songs. The church was packed, approx. 600 people. Great and very fun gig. We’ve also had a release party for our brandnew cd ”Rise Again”! That gig also went great.
From “Lady Luck” to “Our Wisdom”, It took 18 years, how do you see those days now, when you look back?

It’s always been great fun to play and perform our own songs and this style of music, nothing’s changed in that aspect.

There were/are 2 bands with this name, Black Rose, even they are older than your band, one of them is a British Heavy Metal band formed in 1976 under the name ICE but changed it to Black Rose in 1980 and the other one is a Danish Hard Rock band started in 1979 with legendary King Diamond on vocals, but what’s the reason that you choose this name? and would you tell me the story of how you chose that name’?

Anders had an idea for a band named ROSE in the early eighties, that name later transformed to BLACK ROSE. We thought the name suited the band’s sound.

Peter Thederan and Thomas Berg

It seems “Black Rose” is your first signed studio album but you released other albums before it, like “A NEW BEGINNING” that was released in 2001 and also you released some promo cds and demo albums independently. can you tell us about those previous albums?

Our first cd was released in 1993 by a Danish label named Bums-Records (a shitty label by the way…). The title of that album is ”Fortune favours the brave” and is out of stock.
It featured 10 songs that we recorded in Denmark. Every now and then the cd surfaces on Ebay for a ridiculous amout of money :) The other releases were ”only” meant for promotional purposes.

Tell us about the roles of promoters companies and record labels in Black Rose band history? it seems you didn’t get a good support from them for years!

We had a Swedish management called PA-Promotion, run by our dear friend Osmo (R.I.P.) that booked our earlier gigs. We also had a good German record label (Shark Records) that released two Black Rose-albums (S/T and Explode) and Our current booking agency is called Musikevent (Musikevent.se).

Black Rose, Release Party 2011

Anders Haga

Would you like to tell us about your last shows, especially if you have any particular memories of them. And feel free to promote your upcoming tours or concerts!

See first question/answer :) We’re currently trying to book more gigs to support the new album.

18 years on from the formation of Black Rose you must have had some line-up changes. Could you tell us about them, especially your last one when Peter Thederan took the place of your last vocalist Johan Spinord?

We’ve had a few lineup-changes over the years. Our current guitarplayer, Thomas Berg, is actually the original guitarist of the band. He was out of the band on the Shark-releases but is now back on track. We’ve had two different keyboard players over the years, now we have none!
We found our singer Peter by accident.. He walked past our rehearsal room as we were playing the Yngwie song Trilogy. He entered the room and said he was a singer, so we asked him if he’d like to sing a couple of cover-tunes then and there. The songs were Scream of anger (Europe) and Bark at the moon (Ozzy) among others. He did a great perfomance and was offered the leadsinger-role on the spot.

Let’s talk about your new album “Rise Again”, The first thing i like to ask is about your artwork, who designed it? It reminds me of a resurrection, but what’s your opinion behind that artwork?

The artwork of the album is designed by our friend Morgan Sundell, he’s also our webmaster. We had the title for the album, Rise Again, and it’s meant to be seen as a resurrection of the band. We gave him totally free hands to create the cover-concept.
He did a great job!

Peter Haga

How was the recording process, did you use your private studio for recording the songs? and would you tell us about the producer and the releasing process?

The basic tracks for the album were record at a friends (Anders Gustafsson) studio called ”The Smithery”. All vocals and mixing were done in a different studio by Johan Gren (a great allround-musican and sound-wizard) och Peter Thederan. We’ve released this album independently so we can have total control of the album. We’re using some really good distribution-companies to help us out. Follow this link if You’re interested in purchasing the album, physically or digitally:

http://goto.glocalnet.net/black_rose/riseagain/rise.htm

Have you any plan to shoot a video for one of your songs? if yes which of them would be your choice?

We have talked about shooting a video but there are no definite plans yet. The song we would choose is the title track of the album Rise Again.

Can you tell me what feedback you have had from the fans about your latest album, especially after the line-up change?

We’ve only had great feedback from fans, they seem to really like the lineup-change, so do we

As i see, you are still influenced by Yngwie Malmsteen and Rainbow in your new songs, and also i recognise the same Heavy/Melodic Power Metal elements that you used before, but can you tell me if you are influenced by other artists and kind of music? Also it seems with the new singer you are going to be more of a Rock band than a Metal band, do you agree?

We still have the same influences as before, but of course we have alot of new influences as well. Our style of music is still the same as it’s always have been. Our new singer has brought in some new angles and influences for the vocalmelodies and we think they fit our style just perfect.

BLACK ROSE from Sweden

For your final words, please feel free to send a message to your fans around the world.

Thanx for reading this interview and we hope that You’ll get interested in Black Rose and will check out our latest release RISE AGAIN!!!!
Hope to see U at a gig somewhere :)

Thanks for giving me your time. Wish you a great year full of Rock and Metal.

A BIG thanx to Mohsen and Metal Shock Finland for Your interest in Black Rose!! :)

Visit BLACK ROSE On:

* Official Website

* Official Facebook

* Official Myspace

* Youtube!

Interview by Mohsen Fayyazi