BW&BK; has received the following press release:

LEVERAGE is thrilled to announce their signing with the metal powerhouse Spinefarm Records (the home of artists such as NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA and SWALLOW THE SUN).

Leverage is a Finnish melodic metal band that came out of nowhere in 2006 causing quite a stir with their debut album Tides and continuing to impress with their sophomore, Blind Fire, in 2008. The group's blend of modern metal sound and old-school, melody-based songwriting earned rave reviews from the media and created a fanbase both in Finland and throughout the rock community in many countries, as far as in the USA and Japan.

Leverage's main songwriter on the first two albums, guitarist Tuomas Heikkinen, says: "Actually, this is Leverage's first real artist deal with a record company. Before, we've had distribution and licensing agreements. Personally, I have no complaints about anything in Leverage's last couple of years, but I'm very pleased that we're now with a very well recognized heavy music label, and that we now get to make our next album concentrating solely on just that. We're in full steam writing new songs, and the overall feeling is great! In addition, our bass player Pekka is now rapidly recovering from a serious disease, which really is the best news of the moment for this band."

The band's new A&R;, Mr. Hannu Lehtonen, comments: "I am happy to start working with Leverage and I look forward to hearing their new material. With a strong new album, like both their previous ones have been, I am certain that we can take Leverage into the right direction, step by step. There's tons of work to do for Leverage to conquer the world, but '09 will hopefully be a good kick off for that!"

Leverage will now concentrate on writing new material for the next album, due to be recorded and released via Spinefarm Records during the fall of 2009.

Leverage are:

Pekka Heino, vocals

Tuomas Heikkinen, guitar

Torsti Spoof, guitar

Pekka Lampinen, bass

Marko Niskala, keyboards

Valtteri Revonkorpi, drums

Visit Leverage's MySpace site by clicking here.