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Airbag Co-Founder Bjorn Riis announces new single and mini album
AIRBAG CO-FOUNDER BJØRN RIIS REVEALS NEW SINGLE AND MINI-ALBUM Bjørn Riis is among Norway’s most acclaimed and prolific artists in the progressive rock genre. As a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, he’s transitioned from learning his trade in obscure cover bands to having worldwide success both as a forming member of Airbag and as a solo…
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PRESS RELEASE: FIRST SINGLE IS REVEALED FOR THE NEW OAK ALBUM
Karisma Records announced earlier the release of the highly anticipated fourth album from OAK, The Third Sleep , which will be out on the 25th of April. An album that contrasts light and darkness, both thematically and musically, seamlessly blending folk-inspired acoustic passages with the raw intensity of progressive metal, evoking echoes of Opeth and…
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Review – Lars Fredrik Fr?islie – Fire Fortellinger
‘Fire Fortellinger’ is the debut solo album from Wobbler’s Lars Fredrik Fr?islie. Fitting perfectly into the 70s prog-rock tradition where the keyboardist makes a solo album between the band albums, this is music Fr?islie has been doing, mostly alone, during the pandemic. Had it not been for the pandemic, much of the material would probably…
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Review – Oak – The Quiet Rebellion Of Compromise
Oak is a Norwegian progressive pop/rock band that originally emerged from a folk-rock duo. The four members have a diverse background spanning from classical piano to electronica, prog- and hard-rock, with references to the alternative scene as well as progressive rock – something that has combined to make a distinguished and unique sound. OAK originated…
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Review – Bj?rn Riis – A Fleeting Glimpse
Just when Karisma Records were about to release Airbag co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist Bj?rn Riis‘ fourth solo album, ‘Everything to Everyone’, he approached them with an idea for a new mini album. With ‘A Fleeting Glimpse’, Bj?rn Riis has let his inspiration from Pink Floyd really come forth. In addition to Bj?rn Riis on…
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KARISMA RECORDS REVEALS DETAILS AND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING OAK ALBUM.
Karisma Records has announced that the 11th November will be the release date for the third full-length album from Norway’s Progressive Pop/Rockers OAK. Titled The Quiet Rebellion of Compromise, it is an album in which the band has decided to write about the important, but controversial , subjects of suicide in particular and mental health in…
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First Karisma Records Release of 2021 Announced – Meer – Playing House
The Norwegian 8-piece alternative progressive pop orchestra MEER is welcoming you with a massive sound, fabulous melodies, awesome harmonies and quite a few surprises. MEER started out as a duo in Hamar, Norway in 2008, and since then the duo has expanded considerably to become what it is today – an eight-piece eclectic collective whose…
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Review – Bj?rn Riis – Coming Home – by Progradar
Haunting and Melancholic are two words that can definitely be used to describe the songs that Norwegian musician Bj?rn Riis has delivered on his last two solo releases, ‘Lullabies In A Car Crash’ and ‘Forever Comes To An End’. There is a fragile beauty and poignancy to Bj?rn’s songwriting that gives it a captivating, hypnotic…
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Bj?rn Riis – Forever Comes to an End – Released 19th May 2017 on Karisma Records
Airbag co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist, Bj?rn Riis will release his second solo album, ‘Forever Comes to an End’, in May 2017. The album is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed and awarded debut, ‘Lullabies in a Car Crash’. ‘Forever Comes to an End’ feature seven songs, with inspiration from classic rock, prog and movie…