Atomic Winter (album)

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Atomic Winter
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Studio album by
Destiny
ReleasedSeptember 1988
RecordedMusic.A.Matic Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1988
Genre Heavy metal
Length42:59
Label US Metal
Producer Destiny
Destiny chronology
Beyond All Sense
(1985)		Atomic Winter
(1988)		 Nothing Left to Fear
(1991)

Atomic Winter is the Swedish heavy metal band Destiny's second studio album. It was released in September 1988 on both vinyl and CD. [1]

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

Destiny is a Swedish heavy metal band that was formed in 1982 by Stefan Björnshög (bass) and Magnus Österman (guitar). The band has released 7 full-length albums to date. Their debut album Beyond All Sense was released in 1985 and their latest one, Climate Change, in October 2016. The band categorises its music as "mörk rock", which in English translates to "dark rock". Stefan Björnshög is the only remaining member from the original line-up.

Contents

The album contains a re-recording of the song "Spellbreaker" from the previous album Beyond All Sense . The album cover was painted by Derek Riggs, of Iron Maiden fame.

<i>Beyond All Sense</i> 1985 studio album by Destiny

Beyond All Sense is Destiny's debut album. It was released in March 1985 on vinyl only.

Derek Riggs is a contemporary British artist best known for creating the band Iron Maiden's mascot, "Eddie".

Iron Maiden English heavy metal band

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The album plunged into obscurity, despite positive responses from reviewers. "I won't waste space with their history, since I need all the space to praise them", a fanzine reviewer wrote.[ citation needed ] Paul Miller of Kerrang! claimed that "Quality of this sort his hard to find" and gave Atomic Winter KKKK½. [2] Domestic reviews were also favourable: "Without doubt one of the most interesting bands" was Tore Lund's verdict on the tabloid GT [ citation needed ], whereas Fia Persson of Expressen found the album to be "surprisingly fast and good".[ citation needed ]

<i>Kerrang!</i> British magazine about rock and metal music

Kerrang! is a British weekly magazine devoted to rock and heavy metal music, currently published by Wasted Talent. It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar, Kerrang! was initially devoted to the new wave of British heavy metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music weekly.

Expressen is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being Aftonbladet. Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue".

Track listing

  1. "Bermuda" (Floyd Konstantin, Zenny Gram, Jörgen Pettersson) - 4:15
  2. "Who Am I" (Konstantin, Gram) - 3:40
  3. "Spellbreaker" (Magnus Österman) - 3:55
  4. "Beware" (Konstantin, Gram, Pettersson) - 4:49
  5. "Religion" (Stefan Björnshög, Gram, Pettersson) - 5:25
  6. "The Extreme Unction" (Petterson, Håkan Ring) - 2:48
  7. "Dark Heroes" (Gram, Pettersson) - 6:38
  8. "Living Dead" (Björnshög, Gram) - 3:20
  9. "Atomic Winter" (Konstantin, Gram) - 8:09

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Henryk Lipp is a well-known Polish-born Swedish musician, songwriter and music producer from Gothenburg, Sweden.

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References

  1. ↑ "Destiny - Atomic Winter". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Paul (24 September 1988). "Destiny 'Atomic Winter'". Kerrang!. 206. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. p. 30.


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