SMACKBOUND To Release Second Studio Album ‘Hostage’
April 18th, 2023
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Finnish melodic metal band Smackbound issue second full-length studio album Hostage on April 21st, 2023 through Frontiers Music Srl.
“We started writing the album in early 2021 and even recorded the drums for a couple of songs we had ready in the fall, but then stopped the process because a lot was going on in our lives,” commented frontwoman Netta Laurenne. “Given a deadline for getting the album done, most of it was written and recorded in September and October 2022 and I remember writing lyrics and singing lead vocals just days before mastering. And we mixed the album until the very last minute, with Vili (Itäpelto) and Tuomas (Yli-Jaskari) taking turns between working on the record and sleeping! It was a hell of a ride, but we were able to pull through and give birth to our beloved second child, Hostage.”
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The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘Reap’
02. ‘Change’
03. ‘Razor Sharp’
04. ‘Rodrigo’
05. ‘Break’
06. ‘Imperfect Day’
07. ‘Graveyard’
08. ‘Traveling Back’
09. ‘Hold The Fire’
10. ‘Hostage’
11. ‘The Edge’
Smackbound’s line-up is as follows:
Netta Laurenne (vocals)
Teemu Mäntysaari (guitar, Wintersun)
Tuomas Yli-Jaskari (bass, ex-Lithuria / ex-Tracedawn)
Rolf Pilve (drums, Solution .45 / Stratovarius / The Dark Element)
Vili Itäpelto (keyboards, Seraphiel / ex-Tracedawn)
Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Change’ and ‘Imperfect Day’. Both clips can be viewed below.
Debut studio record 20/20 was released in June 2020 via Frontiers Music Srl.
Promotional photograph by Lauri Hämäläinen.
