Out to Every Nation

Occupation

Jørn land: Voice
Jørn Viggo Lofstad: Guitar
Magnus Rosén: Bass
Stian Kristoffersen: Drums
Ronny Tegner: Keyboard

Out to Every Nation is the third solo album by Norwegian singer Jørn land, published under the name of Jorn. It was released on 26 April 2004 on AFM Records and is stylistically attributable to the genre Hard Rock and Heavy Metal.

Formation

After two solo albums in 2000 and 2001 as well as various guest appearances on various studio projects (Millennium, Beyond Twilight, Ark, etc.) Jørn country was from 2002 with the band master plan active. Following the release of their self-titled debut album of the band in January 2003 and long tours through Europe ( January / February 2003), Japan ( August 2003) and South America ( November / December 2003) and festival appearances at renowned festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Bang Your Head, Graspop Metal Meeting or the Sweden Rock put the band in the first half of 2004, a pause, the land for production.

Compared to the previous solo album "World Changer " took land on the album with other musicians. With guitarist Jørn Viggo Lofstad, keyboard player Ronny Tegner and drummer Stian Kristoffersen worked with three members of the band Pagan's Mind, on bass, a well-known musician was with Magnus Rosén from Hammerfall also involved in the recording. Lofstad participated also at the origin of the song while the lyrics were written solely by the country. The recordings took place along with the sound engineer Espen Mjøen in the studio Media Maker in Skien place and were much less tedious than for the master plan album, which is said to have located according to the testimony of the singer because, according to Jørn land that the recording process for the master plan "from the beginning had been " planned out and analyzed to finish.

The album cover shows a photo of bearbeitets Jørn land, who holds a Norwegian flag in his hand. According to country information, the idea for the cover came from the label and he felt not the image as nationalistic.

For albums title Commenting land, the title to hear " very powerful " to. Furthermore, it is through the success of the master plan, the increased interest in his music:

" This is the title song was Here I am, my time has come! "

The album was released on 26 April 2004 on AFM Records, making the album on the same label as already published the Master Plan debut. The album was released as each CD in a jewel case, with a " Limited Edition" with a music video for the song "Living with Wolves " was released as a multimedia track as a bonus. In addition to the European edition also a Japanese edition appeared on the label Avalon / Marquee, which was expanded to include the bonus track " Big". Furthermore, have been published pressings from France and the United States. For each country, the cover has been changed so that Jørn country bears on the cover now a Tricolore, a star banner or a solar disc instead of the Norwegian flag.

Before the release of the album a shortened version of the song " Young Forever " was released on various compilations, so among other things, on the cover CD " Dynamite Vol 41 " Rock Hard. Furthermore, a label sampler was released, at the four songs from the current album from Jorn and the bands Annihilator ( " All for You " ) and Perzonal War ( " Faces" ) were included. Retrieved from " Out to Every Nation " These were in addition to a further shortened version ( snippet ) of " Young Forever " or the title track " Out to Every Nation " as a full version and more snippets of " Something Real " and "Living with Wolves ". The cover of this promo CD corresponds to the Annihilator album. Further, the title song on the compilation " Off Road Tracks Vol 79 " was published the magazine Metal Hammer.

Title list

Reception

In Rock Hard was " Out to Every Nation " is selected in issue 204 in the Richter scale on the fifth of the month and received from the eleven editors an average rating of 7.8 / 10. In the individual review of the album Frank Albrecht commented that the commitment to master plan did land the " international breakthrough " brought, whereupon the singer with his solo album " bombastic Metal at its best " offer. Stylistically, the album was pushed one hand near the " main band " master plan, but on the other hand also associated with Dio and Black Sabbath with vocalist Tony Martin. Criticized the song " One Day We Will Put Out the Sun", which was referred to as " get a little tough ."

Also on Powermetal.de was the assessment of the album a positive effect. Björn Rackes commented, with the album show the country like on the previous albums, " over and what a vocal ability he has. " Was emphasized and the rich variety of the song material, with the " country always manages to reinvent themselves " what the " long-term effect of the material " guarantee. Finally called Rackes country " one of the best singers of our time. "

In the direct result of the release of the album does not live activities by Jorn have been made since the country was again very soon involved in the recording process for the second Master Plan album " Aeronautics ". Only in 2006, after the departure Jørn country from the band Masterplan, appearances could be completed with solo material. The performances, however, the then published follow-up album "The Duke" was the focus of so of " Out to Every Nation " for example on the on the ProgPower USA festival recorded through in Atlanta in September 2006 live DVD "Live in America" only the title song has been documented.

In the 2007 released by AFM Records best-of album, " The Gathering " songs " Something Real ", " Young Forever " and " One Day We Will Put Out the Sun" are included. For the two years later published compilation " Dukebox " " Young Forever " and " Out to Every Nation " have been added, along with more "Living With Wolves " is included.

Others

"One Day We Will Put Out the Sun" uses a sample from an American sermon:

"We children, we children are born of sin. We are born of sin. That is why we must let the light of God, the light of God into our hearts, children. We are all children of God, but to the Lord we are sinners. We are sinners. We must let the light, let the love of God, the eternal love of God into our hearts. Or we will burn, burn in Hell. Burn in eternal damnation. "

This sample was also used in 2006 by the Slovenian band Laibach soundtrack to their interpretation of the U.S. national anthem on the album "people".

The chorus of the song "Rock Spirit" is an allusion to the band name Michael Learns to Rock.

Record label Singing Electric guitar Bass guitar Electronic keyboard Norwegians Ark (Norwegian band) Masterplan (Band) Bang Your Head Flag of Norway Nationalism Flag of France Flag of Japan Annihilator (Band) Laibach (Band)

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