Atlas Losing Grip
Atlas Losing Grip is a company incorporated globally active Swedish melodic punk rock band in 2005.
History
2005-2009 Founding and " Shut The World Out"
The band was founded in 2005 by Stefan Bratt (bass and vocals) and his younger school friend Gustav Burn ( guitar). After some initial lineup changes and two demos (2006 and 2007), the line-up with Max Hudden (guitar) and Julian Guedj (drums) was made before the group recorded their first album " Shut The World Out" in October 2007 and in published in July 2008. In the following 18 months, the band toured relentlessly through Europe. As of 2009, the venerated as a punk icon worldwide Rodrigo Alfaro, who already sang in bands like Satanic Surfers or Venerea, hinzustiess was a quintet from Atlas Losing Grip.
2009-2013 "Watching The Horizon " and "State Of Unrest "
For the remainder of 2009, the band ended their tour with a concert tour through Greece, before they ' Watching The Horizon ' released the 5 - song EP, in the same year on Black Star Foundation Records. In early 2010 launched Atlas Losing Grip a headlining tour, which led them through countries such as Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands before the summer a few select festivals and a short Scandinavian tour with Bad Religion played. In May, the second album "State Of Unrest " was released. It was produced by guitarist Gustav Burn and while it was mastered by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room The legendary studios. To be able to give concerts exclusively on the music found Atlas Losing Grip Black with Flo from Hamburg Records of an appropriate management. The album achieved the highest marks in the press throughout the world, so that the band of organizers and fans on their hitherto most extensive two -year-long tour was received with open arms and for the first time also occurred on other continents, such as South America. At this time also found portions tour with bands like Millencolin, NOFX, Donots, ZSK, No Fun At All or Billy Talent held, as well as the images of a 7 "on the can be heard exclusively acoustic songs.
2013 to today
In February 2013 Atlas Losing Grip began in Sweden, the studio work for the third album, which lasted until November. The recordings were interrupted by some summer festivals. A video blog documentation summarizes the work in the studio and shows the band members in an interview how they speak about the making of the album and the production progress.
Musical reception
The band combines the ease of melodic punk with the severity and the technical skill of heavy metal and speed metal. Each musician takes here his own role. Julian Guedj applies in his drumming a few selected heavy metal elements and used - for a punk drummer quite unusual - four tom-toms. Stefan Bratt plays in all situations of his bass fingerboard many complex runs, while Gustav and Burn Max Hudden constantly bring technically sophisticated twin guitar in solo and rhythm guitar. The vocals of Rodrigo Alfaro is most of the time but clearly strong. He sings tenor and the majority of his lyrics are about personal experiences, some of which expressed in metaphors and are not to be interpreted immediately.
Discography
- 2008 Shut the World Out
- 2009 Watching the Horizon
- 2011 State of Unrest