According to Pug-Nose Records, The Norwegian melodic metal all-star band NERGARD is back with the EP “Intermission”. Release date is January 18th. The EP features vocal performances by Andi Kravljaca (Aeon Zen, Silent Call) and Thomas Løseth (Tempo) and contains cover songs of U2 and A-ha.
Intermission -tracklist
1. Acrobat (U2 cover) – 04:04
2. The Bandstand (A-ha cover) – 04:06
3. With Or Without You (U2 cover) – 03:41
Mixed by Øyvind Voldmo Larsen (Lionheart Studio) and mastered by Henning Bortne (Oslo Mastering). Released through Pug-Nose Records.
Line-up:
Andreas Nergård – drums, keyboards, bass
Andi Kravljaca (Aeon Zen) – vocals on “Acrobat” and
“The Bandstand”
Thomas Løseth (Tempo) – vocals on “With or Without You”
Henrik Karlsvik – rhythm guitars
Øyvind Wærnes – guitar solo on “Acrobat”
photo: Ina H. Stenvig
After the release of the critically acclaimed all-star concept album Memorial for a Wish, Norwegian melodic metal project Nergard delivers yet another release. This time an EP including only cover songs from bands that Andreas Nergård holds dear.
“U2is my all-time favorite band and I’ve come to love A-haduring the last couple of years. If I was to do cover songs it had to be songs from those bands,” Andreas explains. “I wanted to make this a bit more interesting than just covering other metal bands. I thought it would be very interesting to hear how these songs would sound like if I approached the song arrangements the metal way. Both “Acrobat” and “The Bandstand” are very dark songs and aren’t the most well-known tracks from those two bands. They have the perfect heavy metal foundation; it would be a shame not to cover those tracks.”
Andreas also made the bold decision to cover U2’s biggest hit “With or Without You.” “I’m very satisfied with the version Thomas Løsethand I came up with. The whole idea was to do something Nergardhas never done before; an acoustic track. Up to this point I’ve included walls of guitars and keyboards. It’s great to do something like this for a change.”
All income from this EP will be donated to the children at the cancer ward at St. Olav’s Hospital in Trondheim.
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