OULU ALL STAR BIG BAND - Big Band Goes Heavy Album Due This Month; Details Revealed, Music Streaming Now
October 19, 2010, 14 years ago
OULU ALL STAR BIG BAND, featuring vocalist J. Ahola - frontman of the Finnish heavy metal band TERÄSBETONI and one of the vocalists of NORTHERN KINGS - will release an album called Big Band Goes Heavy on October 29th.
The album was recorded in spring 2010 and contains Big Band versions of metal and rock classics, including tracks by DIO, QUEEN, KISS, IRON MAIDEN and BLACK SABBATH among others.
Commented J. Ahola: “The album is a cool mixture of mostly old heavy and hard rock songs arranged for a big band – a jazzy one. It’s bravely mixed thinking today’s standards of sound: no tuning, no effects, no super polishing – just the band and the vocals.”
You can listen to the cover of URIAH HEEP's 'Easy Livin’' at J. Ahola's MySpace page.
Big Band Goes Heavy tracklisting:
'Easy Livin'' (URIAH HEEP cover)
'Stand Up And Shout' (DIO cover)
'Heart Of Steel' (MANOWAR cover)
'Show Must Go On' (QUEEN cover)
'Heaven And Hell' (BLACK SABBATH cover)
'Long Live Rock’n'Roll' (RAINBOW cover)
'Burn' (DEEP PURPLE cover)
'I Was Made For Lovin’ You' (KISS cover)
'Run To The Hills' (IRON MAIDEN cover)
'Vaadimme Metallia' (TERÄSBETONI)
Big Band Goes Heavy got its live premiere at the third Oulu All Star Big Band Festival in November 2009. It was also part of the Oulu Music Festival 2010 program in March. There are several good quality videos available from the first Big Band Goes Heavy gig in November 2009. Check out some footage below.
(Thanks: Night Elves)
