NERGARD: New Album Trailer “I Will Find You” Released

I Will Find You is the second trailer to be revealed from the upcoming new NERGARD album entitled “A Bit Closer To Heaven” which is due for release in April through Battlegod Productions. Check out the trailer below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbF7TCXulX8

Comments Andreas Nergard:

“I Will Find You” was written couple of years ago in the final days of the Memorial for a Wish session. I decided not to include it on that album because it was not ready both musically and lyrically. It has been through a series of updates before being recorded for the new album.

Originally it was meant for a female singer but in the end I ended up choosing Andi Kravljaca for this one because he has a wide range and sounds very good in the mid-range register which this song is based on.

What I like best with this song is the stripped-down sound, no distored guitars and its very floating atmostphere. It’s a dark lovesong based on the rather dark concept of the previous album Memorial for a Wish and the new one, which is ACT 1 & ACT 2 of a rock opera. This is a song that explores the softer side of the Nergard-project and I’d say it is closer to pop than metal and that was the intention. I wanted this album to be a nice mix of the genres I like the most, pop, rock and metal. There’s some really heavy stuff on it and some very soft stuff as well.”

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Line-up for the new album:
Andreas Nergård: drums/keyboards/piano/bass
Elize Ryd (Amaranthe): vocals
Nils K. Rue (Pagan’s Mind): vocals
Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear): vocals
Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus): vocals
Andi Kravljaca (Aeon Zen): vocals
Sunniva Unsgård: vocals
Ole Martin Moe (Rudhira): vocals
Jørn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan’s Mind): guitar solo
Stig Nergård (Tellus Requiem): guitar solo
Øyvind Voldmo Larsen (Withem): guitar solo
Jostein Svarstad (Tony Carey, Jan Holberg Project): guitar solo
Henrik Karlsvik: rhythm guitars
Raymond Hellem: acoustic guitars
Øyvind Wærnes: rhythm guitars
Martin Aas: bass

Coverart by Bernt Kulseth
Mixed and mastered by Achim Köhler

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