Lars Eric Mattsson "Into the Unknown"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Hard Rock/Metal
Label: Lion Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 9, 2019 (CD, digital), June 2019 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
01.  Killer
02.  Give it All
03.  Hole in My Soul
04.  Epilogue for a Broken Heart
05.  This is Your Storm
06.  Save Me
07.  Time to Change
08.  Into the Unknown
09.  Wind of Desire
10.  Too Close to the Sun
11.  Burning Hot
12.  Soul Mate
13.  Cry of a Leo
14.  Always Recall
11.  '57 Chevy

Line-up: 
Lars Eric Mattsson - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards.
   With
Christer Jansson - drums
Alexander King - piano and keyboard solos

Media/Samples 
Killer 

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Lars Eric Mattsson "Sand and Blood"

Country: Finland
Genre(s): Progressive Hard Rock
Label: Lion Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 16, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Rock Your World (3:37)
2. Snow Queen (3:49)
3. You (4:37)
4. Queen Of Love (3:39)
5. Helena Of Troy (4:24)
6. Stand Up And Shout (4:29)
7. Bleed For You (4:17)
8. I'll Be Your Light (5:15)
9. If Loving You Is A Sin (7:38)
10. Can't Go On Without Your Love (2017 Version) (3:44)
11. Still Here Waiting (4:36)

Total Time 50:05

Line-up: 
Lars Eric Mattsson - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards.
   With
Adrienn Antal -  vocals (11)
Christer Jansson - drums
Alexander King - piano

Description/Reviews: 

...Mattsson's guitar lines range from neo-classical to straight-forward rock to jazz fusion. And he can do all these things within the same song. Which leads us to his song composition. Though Mattsson is reaching for basic melodic hard rock, even with some AOR sensibility, with his creative and eclectic guitar style, his songs are essentially melodic progressive rock.

Read the full review by Craig Hartranft at dangerdog.com

Media/Samples 
You 

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Lars Eric Mattsson "Epicentre"

Country: Finland
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Lion Music
Release date: September 20, 2013
Tracklist: 
01. Wait for the Sunrise
02. A New Devil
03. Cinnamon
04. Land of Dreams
05. Melting Down
06. No One Else
07. South of the Border (Instrumental)
08. No Way, No Surrender
09. Mirror
10. So Far Away
11. Freedom Fighters (Instrumental)
12. Too Late
13. I Don’t Know
14. Cold Inside
15. Andalucía (Instrumental)
16. No More War
17. Scratch My Back
18. Clouding My Eyes

Line-up: 
Lars Eric Mattsson - All vocals, guitars, bass & keyboards
Christer Jansson - Drums and percussion

Description/Reviews: 

Contained within are songs that long-term Mattsson fans will be used to such, as the driving intricate time signatures of opener "Wait for the Sunrise" or the instrumental "Freedom Fighters", yet new textures are served in the likes of the driven "Cinnamon" which fuses acoustic guitar with electric sitar and "Andalucía" which mixes acoustic guitar and violin in a jazz fusion setting.
More traditional metal waters are visited (with the expected Mattsson twists) for "A New Devil" and "No More War" whilst "No One Else" harks back to Mattsson 1980’s works (albeit updated with 7 string guitar) and 70’s hard rock is the influence behind "No Way, No Surrender".

Media/Samples 
Sampler

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