"Details of the highly anticipated and much talked about Planet Alliance project are finally available.
The highly respected producer Anders “Theo” Theander was asked to put together an “All star” project and with great enthusiasm and a lot of work Planet Alliance was born.
Mike Andersson (Cloudscape) and Magnus Karlsson (Last Tribe, Starbreaker, Allen/Lande Project) started to compose songs for Planet Alliance in early 2005. Bob Daisley (Gary Moore, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) and Janne Stark (Locomotive Breath, Overdrive) were also invited to contribute with songs in order to complete the setlist. Anders Johansson (Hammerfall, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen) and Jaime Salazar (Last Tribe, Allen/Lande Project, ex-Flower Kings) was asked to share the drum responsibilities and shortly thereafter also Magnus Ros©n (Hammerfall) and Bob Daisley joined to share the bass responsibilities.
There are another 3 fantastic guitarists that perform on the album. Each guitarist has their own style and puts their own personal flavour which has made a very exciting vibe to the album and all guitarists are very different from one another style wise. Except for Magnus Karlsson on guitar there are another 3 fantastic guitarists that perform on the album. The guitarists are Carl-Johan Grimmark (Narnia, Rob Rock), Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen), Janne Stark and of course Karlsson.
The musical direction is melodic hard rock/metal with strong hook lines. This is a high class performance and collection of songs in order to please every whole-hearted metal/hard rock fan that has sense for great melodies. The album was produced, recorded and mixed by Anders “Theo” Theander at the famous Roastinghouse Studio AB in Malmoe, Sweden.
Track Listing: The Real You . Remember Me . Ain´t No Pleasin´ You . Calling My Name . A Taste Of Paradise . The Quickening . Divided We Stay . It´s Your Cross To Bear . The Great Unknown . Where To Go . Digging Your Own Grave.
Thanks to Metal Heaven, who will be releasing the album on September 15 in Europe, I have a world exclusive first taste of the album. Please check out the album's opening track with this 2 minute MP3 Preview. Download: Planet Alliance - The Real You."
