{"id":71978,"date":"2018-10-19T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=71978"},"modified":"2018-10-19T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T14:21:02","slug":"news-northward-release-self-titled-debut-studio-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-northward-release-self-titled-debut-studio-album\/","title":{"rendered":"NORTHWARD Issue Lyric Video For \u2018Storm In A Glass\u2019 Track (October 19th, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTHWARD Issue Lyric Video For \u2018Storm In A Glass\u2019 Track<\/strong><\/span>
\nOctober 19th, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nEuropean hard rock project Northward have released an official lyric video for the track \u2018Storm In A Glass\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Northward issued their self-titled debut full-length studio album on October 19th, 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records.<\/p>\n

At ProgPower USA in 2007, members Floor Jansen (Nightwish) and J\u00f8rn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan\u2019s Mind) spontaneously performed cover tracks onstage, having never met before. The pair formed a friendship, launching Northward, and composed an album’s worth of material in 2008. Due to tight schedules with their main bands, this never saw the light of day.<\/p>\n

In 2017, while Nightwish were on break, Jansen contacted J\u00f8rn Viggo Lofstad in the hope of resurrecting Northward. \u201cJ\u00f8rn Viggo was positive about the project and we started to make the overall plans, meeting again in March of 2017 in Sweden to go through all the material together to see if we still felt happy with what we had created,\u201d Jansen recalled.<\/p>\n

Jacob Hansen handled production. \u201cThe music is melodic, but also in-your-face and kick-ass rock,\u201d Jansen commented. \u201cCool riffs, good melodies and tasteful arrangements. We would simply like to call it \u2018good music.\u2019 We wanted to explore a basic rock sound, with drums, bass, guitar and vocals. Not the heavy layers of keyboards, choirs etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to Hannes Van Dahl and Chris R\u00f6rland.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018While Love Died\u2019
\n02. \u2018Get What You Give\u2019
\n03. \u2018Storm In A Glass\u2019
\n04. \u2018Drifting Islands\u2019
\n05. \u2018Paragon\u2019
\n06. \u2018Let Me Out\u2019
\n07. \u2018Big Boy\u2019
\n08. \u2018Timebomb\u2019
\n09. \u2018Bridle Passion\u2019
\n10. \u2018I Need\u2019
\n11. \u2018Northward\u2019<\/p>\n

Northward\u2019s recording line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Floor Jansen (vocals, Nightwish \/ ex-ReVamp \/ ex-After Forever)
\nJ\u00f8rn Viggo Lofstad (guitars, Pagan\u2019s Mind)
\nMorty Black (bass, TNT)
\nDjango Nilsen (drums)
\nStian Kristofferson (drums, Pagan\u2019s Mind)
\nIrene Jansen (duet vocals on \u2018Drifting Islands\u2019)<\/p>\n

Produced by Ville Lipi\u00e4inen, a music video was filmed for the track \u2018While Love Died\u2019. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song \u2018Get What You Give\u2019. Both clips can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Marko Simonen.<\/em><\/p>\n