Year : 2024
Style : Melodic Hard Rock, Melodic Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 77 mb
Bio:
Erika was born on a cold January day in Skellefteå, north Sweden.Joining her first punkband at the age of 12, she continued to found, play and write for several local hardrock/ metal-acts such as Hardware and Algerroad. Having turned down her first recording contract at age 15, she relocated to Stockholm a few years later.There she was involved with bands such as Moria and later particiapted in Rock SM (The Swedish national rock contest) with her newly founded act Duchess. Shortly after that, Erika signed a generous recording deal with Lionheart records, with the debutsingle ”Together we’ re lost” becoming no one in Sweden and the debutalbum ”Cold winter night ” selling about 70 000 copies nationwide and a fair amount internationally.She continued to successfully write and record with Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist of Lionheart records for another two albums.Her tours in Sweden produced several attendance records, as well as some infamous incidents when shows had to be cut short due to security reasons – the crowd just went too wild for the guards and police to handle. (..and then we haven’ t even mentioned the amount of underwear thrown on stage by the male fans…Erika ‘s fourth and fifth album we’ re released through Swedish and Japanese labels as joint ventures. This resulted in great airplay, PR-tours and a greatest hits album in Japan.Her first two albums were then re- released in Germany, almost 15 years after their original releasedate, and quickly sold out.Erika spent the first decade of the millenium writing for other artists ( f e the winner and the runner up in the European Song Contest and a Grammy nominee in the dance category;) whilst being a full time mother to her three children.In 2014 she began recording her sixth album in collaboration with some flatteringly high profiles.Mic Michaeli of Europe, Jesper Strömblad of In Flames, Hammerfall etc and Leif Edling of Candlemass are among Erika’s collaborators on the ” Deaf, dumb & blonde”- album, released in May 2016.
Album:
Do you remember Swede female rock singer ERIKA? Her debut album ‘Cold Winter Night’ with the huge European hit ‘Together We’re Lost’ in 1990? She was Yngwie’s girlfriend, but a true artist in her own right. ERIKA never quit the music business and now the singer is releasing today “United States Of Erika“, her eighth solo LP.Those who know Erika’s 90s music history know that there were several local hits and many collaborations with other artists, in parallel with songwriting for others. On the later albums, you get a rawer and harder Erika compared to the neat AOR that applied in her origins, but still with the same strong melodies.“United States Of Erika” does that too, incorporating some current commercial power metal influences, although still with one foot left in the classic ’90s hard rock sound. Vocally, Erika remains strong, mature, powerful yet in control and melodic.The new album is benefited by short and effective songs – 10 tracks at 34 minutes – and variation from glammy rockers and Metalite-like numbers to power ballads / midtempo melodious songs. It’s well produced and mixed, with a modern sonic output.A fine new record, enjoyable easy listening.
Line Up:
Erika - vocals
Tracklist:
01. Northern Comfort
02. Praise The Loud
03. G-String Drop (feat Chaq Mol)
04. Road To Nowhere (Ralf Gyllenhammar)
05. Choking On My Silverspoon
06. Poison Ivy Punch
07. Sugarcoated
08. Give Up The Ghost
09. Meet, Greet, Repeat
10. United States Of Erika
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