{"id":4305,"date":"2017-04-18T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T13:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progradar.org\/?p=4305"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:52:17","slug":"bjorn-riis-forever-comes-to-an-end-released-19th-may-2017-on-karisma-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/bjorn-riis-forever-comes-to-an-end-released-19th-may-2017-on-karisma-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Bj?rn Riis – Forever Comes to an End – Released 19th May 2017 on Karisma Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Airbag co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist, Bj?rn Riis<\/strong> will release his second solo album, ‘Forever Comes to an End’<\/em>, in May 2017. The album is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed and awarded debut, ‘Lullabies in a Car Crash’<\/em>.
\n‘Forever Comes to an End’<\/em> feature seven songs, with inspiration from classic rock, prog and movie scores. Bj?rn’s unique guitar playing has a centre role, with soaring leads, heavy riffs and beautiful textures.
\nLyrically, the album deals with broken relationships and loss and the emotional duality between resentment and forgiving.<\/p>\n

The album is very much a tribute to all of Bj?rn’s musical influences. From the dark and dirty riffs of Toni Iommi<\/strong> and Zakk Wylde<\/strong>, to the emotional playing of David Gilmour<\/strong> and Steven Rothery<\/strong>. The melodic and sombre voice of Steven Wilson<\/strong> and Tim Bowness<\/strong> and the cinematic landscapes of composers like Thomas Newman<\/strong> and John Barry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

‘Forever Comes to an End’<\/em> feature appearances from Airbag’s<\/strong> Henrik Fossum<\/strong> (drums) and Asle Tostrup<\/strong> (programming), Simen Valldal Johannessen<\/strong> from Oak<\/strong> (piano) and Norwegian singer, Sichelle Mcmeo Aksum<\/strong> (vocals).<\/p>\n

Norwegian photographer Kjetil Karlsen<\/strong>, has provided the front cover image, taken in beautiful Beisfjord near Narvik in Northern Norway. Design and layout is by Asle Tostrup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

DISCOGRAPHY
\n<\/strong>“Lullabies in a Car Crash” <\/em>(CD\/VINYL, Karisma Records, 2014)
\n“Forever Comes to an End” <\/em>(CD\/VINYL, Karisma Records, 2017)<\/p>\n

TRACKLIST<\/strong>
\n1.? Forever Comes to an End
\n2.? Absence
\n3.? The Waves
\n4.? Getaway
\n5.? Calm
\n6.? Winter
\n7. \u2013 \u2013 Where are You Now<\/p>\n

Band website: www.bjornriis.com<\/a>
\nLabel website: www.karismarecords.no<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[926,927,1999,929,2000,15,2002,2001],"class_list":["post-4305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-album-releases","category-news","tag-asle-tostrup","tag-bjorn-riis","tag-forever-comes-to-an-end","tag-henrik-fossum","tag-karisma-records","tag-progradar","tag-sichelle-mcmeo-aksum","tag-simen-valldal-johannessen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phnn7q-17r","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/progradar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bjornriis_photo-anita_stostad.jpg?fit=3792%2C2529&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17093,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions\/17093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progradar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}