‘No
Surrender + Live’ is a re-recorded
version of one of Lars Eric Mattsson’s
earliest albums originally released in 1989
to celebrate 20 years since its original
release. This new version sees all vocals
and guitars being re-recorded with the addition
of a few live tracks tagged on the end for
good measure.
‘No
Surrender’ is classic hard rock fused
with neo-classical metal all with the unique
Lars Eric Mattsson flavour. Whilst the song
writing might not be as advanced as more
recent efforts released under the Mattsson
name such as “Dreamchild” and
“War”, this is a slice of history
which shows an artist that has continued
to grow over the 20 years since its initial
release. To go with the 15 studio tracks
there is the bonus of 5 live tracks discovered
in the Mattsson archives which features
tracks from the albums ‘Electric Voodoo’
and ‘Eternity’.
On
the new version Lars comments, “It's
now 20 Years since I released my second
album "No Surrender" which landed
me a Japanese record deal a year after the
debut album "Eternity". While
the original recordings were rushed and
quite poor in quality the song writing was
much better than its predecessor and I remember
writing these songs with great pleasure.
Most of these songs were then performed
live in a number of different settings and
they all seemed to transform quite well
to the live stage".
"I have always wanted
to return to this material to polish up
all the rough ends and finally I found the
perfect timing to make it happen. I think
these songs showcases my early influences
as well as the typical 80-ies mood that
we all were in back then. Of course some
things do mature better than others over
time but overall I am quite happy with these
songs representing my early career, and
most of all, I had a really great time playing
them again. I tried not to change things
more than I had to and where possible maintain
the original ideas rather than include more
modern elements as my intention was to try
to present the songs as I wanted them to
have sounded at the time of composing them.
Even if most guitars have been re-recorded
I have copied my original ideas and basically
just make them sound "the same but
better".
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20TH Anniversary re-mastered re-release
with re-recorded guitars and vocal,
plus 5 live tracks from the Mattsson archives.
• Lars Eric Mattsson has a long pedigree
in the rock world and is known for
releases under his solo name as well as
Mattsson, Book Of Reflections, Vision,
Condition Red and Eli.
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Reviews in all leading rock/metal
press both printed and electronic.
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leading rock/metal websites.
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Lars Eric Mattsson is available
for interview
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