Artist : Gathering of Kings

Album : Discovery

Release Date : 15-05-2020

Added : 21-06-2020

‘Victor Olsson’ put it back just over a year after the heady ‘First Mission’ with a new album, ‘Discovery’. Lovers of 80s melodies that run through your head during all day, you are in the right place because this last baby contains 11 melodic nuggets for... 12 tracks, simply because the 12th track is only a short atmospheric and instrumental introduction. So we find a good part of the small Swedish family who participated in the first chapter some new kids, the singer of 'Nocturnal Rites', 'Jonny Lindkvist', the keyboard player 'Mathias Kihlberg', or the flutist 'Mathias Kihlberg' but we can regret that 'Erik Martensson' is no longer part of the adventure.

After the instrumental introduction 'Starsleeper', let's go for more than 60 minutes of unstoppable melodies which immediately enter your head starting with 'Riders of the Light' and his first guitar solo which puts you in shape for a whole day, then, 'Heaven on the Run' continues on this path with a second guitar solo just as enjoyable. Each title deserves to be cited and I will take a few other examples with 'Highway to Paradise' which brings us back to the 80s with formations like 'Toto' or 'Alan Parsons Project, the magnificent ballad 'The One That Got Away' , the catchy and joyful 'Lorelei' with a new heady chorus or the energetic 'Revelation' that makes you stomp from start to finish.

In summary, no need to draw a picture, we are having a wonderful time listening to this last Swedish album from 'GOK' which confirms to us that this country is magic for this kind of music and 'Discovery' is to be advised to a very large public loving the beautiful melodies that give you energy for a whole day : to consume without moderation...

Line Up / Musicians

Victor Olsson (Vocal, Guitar, Keybords, Choirs), Alexander Frisborg (Vocal), Apollo Papathanasio (Vocal), Efraim Larsson (Drums), Jonas Källsbäck (Drums), Jonny Lindkvist (Vocal), Rick Altzi (Vocal), Stefan Helleblad (Guitar), Tobias Jansson (Vocal) + Guests : Erik Wiss (Keybords), Henrik Sethsson (Choirs), Joel Selsfors (Keybords), Mathias Kihlberg (Flute), Nalle Påhlsson (Bass), Ron Dahlgren (Choirs), Theresia Svensson (Choirs)