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XT - Extended Empire /1995


Год:1995
Страна:Sweden
Стиль:HARD-Rock

Tracklist^

01. Warning
02. Five minutes to midnight
03. Billy the raver
04. Kids on the hill
05. I'm not alone
06. I want love
07. The Battle
08. On The Run
09. XT-Land
10. Can't Live Without You
11. Castles In The Sky
12. Airport
13. Deborah And Barak
14. Midnight

Musicians
Sonny Larsson – Lead Vocals
Bjorn Stigsson – Guitars & Keyboards
Niklas Johnsson - Keyboards
Johan Stark – Bass
Kjell Andersson – Drums














Bjorn Stiggson's new band (well, not really new as this is XT's third
album). This is a straight down the line metal album, full of heavy
crunchin' guitar riffs but with plenty of polished vocal harmonies. A
couple of songs have a Metallica feel to them and "I Want Love" and
"XT-Land" are high energy, full-tilt rockers that should go down a storm
live. Lyrics cover a wide range of subjects from drugs ("Kids On The
Hill") to runaways and abuse ("On The Run") to backsliding and
restoration ("Can't Live Without You"). The stand out track is "The
Battle" with its heavy plodding guitar riff and atmospheric keyboards
singing about the battle between our minds and hearts and the devil and
finishes with the line "I leave my life in your hands Jesus." Sound
advice if you ask me.This is a straight down the line hard rock metal
album, full of heavy crunchin guitar riffs and with plenty of polished
vocal harmonies! ...in closing, if you like a little tamer commercial
sound in your hard rock/AOR, the first is a must and will probably score
a 7 or 8 out of 10 with most. Real hard rockers won't like it as much,
but 'Taxfree' and 'Extended..' are different stories! These should place
the same marks with ALL rock music fans (especially 'Taxfree' IMO).
Cheers:)!(http://robertigno.webs.com/) As you Can cross our
Radiostation(http://christianrockzone.listen2myradio.com/.Bjorn Stigsson
(solo, Leviticus) teams up with Sonny Larsson (stints with Jerusalem,
Motherload, & Charizma) for this nice AOR release. Definitely has a
Scandinavian feel. Not great but fun to listen to.Believe me, the two
releases after their self-titled one are definitely hard rock! 'Taxfree'
(second release) is about five notches above the first release and
'Extended Empire' (third release) adds about another five notches above
that! The latter two are Bjorn and Sonny at their best!!Hard Rock? Uh
... no. Lite AOR all the way. This is one Scandinavian band which HASN'T
disappointed me. They (I mean, all of 2 dudes!) have the goods when
they want to. XT puts out good tunes; though, some could be longer to
showcase Sonny Larsson's voice - which soars but can be too high-pitched
at times. The lyrics are sometimes simplistic & silly.

Discography 


1992: XT (Viva)
1993: Taxfree
1995: Extended Empire (Review: Cross Rhythms[7])

Members
Bjorn Stiggson - guitar
Sonny Larson - vocalist
Hakan Andersson - bass (-1993)
P-O Larsson - bass (1993 - 1995)
John Stark - bass (1995+)
Michael Ulvsgärd - drums (-1993)
Mike Nordstrom - drums (1993 - 1995)
Kjell Andersson - drums (1995+)
Nicklas Jonsson - keyboard (1993+)


XT was a metal band from Sweden. It was formed by Bjorn Stiggson and
Sonny Larson in 1991, following the breakup of Stiggson's earlier band
Leviticus.
The band, whose name means "Christ" released three
albums before their breakup in 1995. They became better known in Japan
than either Europe or the United States.
Prior to forming XT, Sonny
Larson had been involved in a few other Swedish metal bands as lead
vocalist. While in Motherlode (1983 - 1987) he worked with Mark Stanway,
who was later in the British melodic rock band Magnum. Motherlode
released one album, Sanctuary, in 1986. Following Motherlode, he joined
Charizma and stayed with them until 1988.
Beyond Leviticus and XT, Stigsson also released a solo project in 1986 called Together With Friends.
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