{"id":72097,"date":"2023-08-13T06:52:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T11:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=72097"},"modified":"2023-08-13T06:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T11:53:58","slug":"lancer-release-new-studio-album-tempest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2023\/lancer-release-new-studio-album-tempest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancer Release New Studio Album &#8211; Tempest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Swedish Heavy Metal force&nbsp;<strong>LANCER<\/strong>&nbsp;release their fourth, new studio album&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Tempest&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lancer-Tempest-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lancer-Tempest-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lancer-Tempest-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lancer-Tempest-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lancer-Tempest-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lancer-Tempest-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lancer-Tempest-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The band and album have all the best metal elements for a bombastic power metal ride&#8221;<\/em>, wrote dangerdog.com, while myglobalmind.com recomend it to\u00a0<em>&#8220;newcomers looking for some great &#8217;80s-inspired heavy\/power metal would be well advised to give the album a listen.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>To sum it up,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Tempest&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0is a fresh, hymnic and powerful metal album for all treasure hunters and fans of bands like<strong>\u00a0Stratovarius<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Edguy<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0HammerFall.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate the release day,&nbsp;<strong>LANCER<\/strong>&nbsp;also reveal a new lyric video for the album opening track &#8220;<strong>Purest Power<\/strong>&#8220;.<br \/>The song title says it all, but still the track reveals a lot of new sides within the bands genre.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;It was one of the first songs written for this album, with the original idea dating back to 2018. Doing a majestic chorus in 5\/4 time signature is a new move for LANCER, widening their musical landscape. Lyrically it&#8217;s about rising up to madness, that we the people have the power to get rid of tyranny and injustice. Or if you&#8217;d rather, we are singing about ourselves being the best and most powerful metal band on the planet!<\/em>&#8220;, comments the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch &#8220;<strong>Purest Power<\/strong>&#8220;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LANCER - Purest Power (official lyric video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_L_dMykq6p0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Tempest&#8221;<\/strong>will be releases in the following formats:<br \/>CD Digipak incl. 2 bonus-tracks<br \/>2-LP Gatefold Vinyl incl. 4 bonus tracks (purple, limited to 300 copies)<br \/>2-LP Gatefold Vinyl incl. 4 bonus tracks (orange, limited to 300 copies)<br \/>Digital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the&nbsp;<strong>Atomic Fire Records Records&nbsp;<\/strong>Webshop you can also order any format along with an exclusive bundle t-shirt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Order: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/LancerTempest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lnk.to\/LancerTempest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out as well:<br \/><strong>&#8220;Fan The Flames&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LANCER - Fan The Flames (official lyric video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yx04TTmCRU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><strong>&#8220;Entity&#8221;<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LANCER - Entity (official music video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NK2SNP_gRzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LANCER<\/strong>&nbsp;invaded the metal scene in the spring of 2012 with their debut EP&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Purple Sky&#8221;<\/strong>. The EP got a warm welcome from all around the world and gave the band a record deal with the Swedish label&nbsp;<strong>Doolittle Group AB<\/strong>, owned by the famous metal vocalist&nbsp;<strong>Christian Liljegren<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>NARNIA<\/strong>), and they also signed a deal with Japanese label&nbsp;<strong>King Records&nbsp;<\/strong>at this time.<br \/>In early 2013,&nbsp;<strong>LANCER<\/strong>&#8216;s self-titled debut album was released worldwide. Produced by&nbsp;<strong>Tommy Johansson<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>SABATON, MAJESTICA<\/strong>) and&nbsp;<strong>Ronny Milianowicz<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>SHADOWQUEST,&nbsp;<\/strong>ex-<strong>DIONYSUS<\/strong>),&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Lancer&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;received great reviews from all around the world, including &#8220;<strong>Sweden Rock Magazine&#8221;<\/strong>,naming the band&nbsp;<em>&#8220;a new hope for European power metal&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LANCER<\/strong>&#8216;s sophomore album&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Second Storm&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;was a lesson in melodic metal and followed a long tradition of outstanding Swedish metal bands, like H<strong>AMMERFALL, MORGANA LEFAY, DREAM EVIL, TAD MOROSE<\/strong>&nbsp;and many more. The album was recorded in the famous&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Leon Music Studios&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;with producer&nbsp;<strong>Gustav Ydenius<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>ENFORCER, SISTER SIN<\/strong>&nbsp;a.o.). Being released on&nbsp;<strong>Despotz Records&nbsp;<\/strong>in April 2015,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Second Storm&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>earned amazing reviews from metal press all over the world, naming the band&nbsp;<em>&#8220;future successors to the throne of melodic metal&#8221;<\/em>. During the fall of 2015<strong>&nbsp;LANCER&nbsp;<\/strong>joined German power metal band&nbsp;<strong>FREEDOM CALL<\/strong>&nbsp;as support act on tour and received a fantastic reception from the fans!<br \/>When&nbsp;<strong>LANCER<\/strong>&nbsp;announced that they would start the recordings of their third album in summer 2016, the renowned German metal label&nbsp;<strong>Nuclear Blast Records<\/strong>&nbsp;reached out to the band, and a new record deal was signed.&nbsp;<strong>LANCER<\/strong>&nbsp;entered&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Leon Music Studios&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>once more with producer&nbsp;<strong>Gustav Ydenius<\/strong>. This time the band chose to let the world famous mastering engineer&nbsp;<strong>Miro Rodenberg (AVANTASIA, RHAPSODY, KAMELOT<\/strong>) of&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Gate Studio&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;in Wolfsburg\/Germany, master the album. Following the signing to&nbsp;<strong>Nuclear Blast<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>LANCER&nbsp;<\/strong>went to Japan for the first time and performed at a sold-out show at the&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Astro Hall&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;in Tokyo. The third album&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Mastery&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>was released worldwide in January 2017, and the band immediately embarked on a European tour supporting&nbsp;<strong>HAMMEFALL<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>GLORYHAMMER<\/strong>. Back home,&nbsp;<strong>LANCER&nbsp;<\/strong>made their debut at renowned&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Sabaton Open Air&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>festival, before singer&nbsp;<strong>Isak Stenvall&nbsp;<\/strong>and drummer&nbsp;<strong>Sebastian Pedernera<\/strong>&nbsp;announced their departures from the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After recruiting singer&nbsp;<strong>Jack L. Stroem<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>VANDOR<\/strong>) and drummer&nbsp;<strong>Pontus Andr\u00e9n<\/strong><strong>LANCER<\/strong>&#8216;s line-up is yet again complete and stronger than ever!&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Finding both Jack and Pontus seems like a one-in-a-million hit! Jack with his powerful and diverse voice, and Pontus&#8217; technical brilliance and groove made them a perfect fit for the band&#8221;,&nbsp;<\/em>comments&nbsp;<strong>Fredrik<\/strong>&nbsp;about the new members.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Words cannot describe how excited I am to unveil the music on the new album, my Lancer brethren have pushed my abilities as a singer tenfold and I am so happy with the end result&#8221;,<\/em>&nbsp;says&nbsp;<strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>and his new bandmate&nbsp;<strong>Pontus<\/strong>&nbsp;sums it up:&nbsp;<em>&#8220;It feels great to be part of this next chapter for Lancer. &#8220;Tempest&#8221; is an exciting new direction for the band, while it still keeps some of the elements of the old material which I love.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Tempest&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>will be released on August 11th, 2023, be prepared for a powerful metal strike \u2013 made in Sweden!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LANCER is:<\/strong><br \/>Jack L. Stroem &#8211; Vocals<br \/>Per-Owe &#8220;Ewo&#8221; Solvelius &#8211; Guitar<br \/>Fredrik Kelemen &#8211; Guitar<br \/>Emil \u00d6berg &#8211; Bass<br \/>Pontus Andr\u00e9n &#8211; Drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LANCER online:<\/strong><br \/>web @lancermetal.com<br \/>facebook @lancermetal<br \/>Instagram @lancermetal<br \/>Twitter @lancermetal<br \/>YouTube @fireflashrecords<br \/>Bands-in-town Lancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Swedish Heavy Metal force&nbsp;LANCER&nbsp;release their fourth, new studio album&nbsp;&#8220;Tempest&#8221;. &#8220;The band and album have all the best metal elements for a bombastic power metal ride&#8221;, wrote dangerdog.com, while myglobalmind.com recomend it to\u00a0&#8220;newcomers looking for some <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2023\/lancer-release-new-studio-album-tempest\/\" title=\"Lancer Release New Studio Album &#8211; Tempest\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-wires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}