Highland Glory

Highland Glory is a power metal band from Norway.

History

Highland Glory has its beginnings in the band Phoenix Rizing, which was founded in 1996. The band was an early representative of the Norwegian power metal scene and released a demo (1997 ) and two albums, " Rise From The Ashes " (1998) and "Eternal Crusade " (2000). Phoenix Rizing also had gigs as support for Saxon, Stratovarius and Edguy.

In 2001, guitarist and singer separated from the rest of the band. The line-up was completed with the vocalists January Thore Grefstad again, keyboardist Lars Andre Larsen Rørvik also took over a little guitar playing and the band name was changed to Highland Glory. These changes meant a restart.

The debut album From the Cradle to the Brave was slightly harder and traditional than the played to date melodic power metal. The cover artwork was created by Mark Wilkinson, who also drew cover of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Marillion. Wilkinson also designed the cover of the album Forever Endeavour, which was recorded in autumn 2004 and mixed by Hugo Alvarstein early 2005.

The sound of Highland Glory has not changed compared to the debut album, the music is based on the classic NWOBHM and the melodic Power Metal German coinage.

Discography

• From the Cradle to the Brave ( CD, June 2003)
• Forever Endeavour (CD, September 2005)
• Twist of Faith (CD, 2011)