Monday, January 19, 2009

XT - EXTENDED EMPIRE / 1996 / DISCOGRAPHY / BIOGRAPHY / REVIEW
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(12-TRACKS)
1-WARNING
2-FIVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
3-BILLY THE RAVER
4-KIDS ON THE HILL
5-I'AM NOT ALONE
6-I WANT LOVE
7-THE BATTLE
8-ON THE RUN
9-XT LAND
10-CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU
11-CASTLES IN THE SKY
12-AIRPORT
13-DEBORAH AND BARAK
14-MIDNIGHT
CREDIT:line up:
Sonny Larsson – vocals
Bjorn Stigsson – guitars , keyboards
Niklas Johnsson - keyboards
Johan Stark – bass
Kjell Andersson – drums
XT-TAX FREE-1993
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(12-TRACKS)
1-CHAOS
2-THE ONE
3-FACE TO FACE
4-MY FIRST MORNING
5-GOT LOVE
6-THE SILENT CRY
7-CARRY ON
8-THE FALSE PROPHET
9-SIGH OF THE TIME
10-WALK IN THE SHADOWN
11-ONE WAY TO HEAVEN
12-PARADISE
CREDIT:line up:
Sonny Larsson – Lead Vocals
Bjorn Stigsson – Guitars
Niklas Johnsson – Keyboards
P-O Larsson – Bass
Mick Nordstrom - Drums
XT-XT-1992
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(13-TRACKS)
1-TOCCATA
2-LOOKING FOR LOVE
3-THE ROCK IN MY LIFE
4-ALL YOUR LOVE
5-OPEN YOUR HEART
6-I'M IN HEAVEN
7-THEME OF JANDEL
8-EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
9-CALL YOUR NAME
10-DOWN THE STREET
11-WHITE KNIGHT
12-STANDING FOR JESUS CHRIST
13-VOICES IN HEAVEN
CREDIT:Musicians:
Sonny Larsson; All vocals
Björn Stigsson; All guitars and keyboards.
Michael Ulfsgärd; Drums
Håkan Andersson; Bass and backing vocals
PetraStigsson; Backing vocals.













Bjorn Stiggson's new band (well, not really new as this is XT's third album). This is a straight down the line metal album, full of heavy crunchin' guitar riffs but with plenty of polished vocal harmonies. A couple of songs have a Metallica feel to them and "I Want Love" and "XT-Land" are high energy, full-tilt rockers that should go down a storm live. Lyrics cover a wide range of subjects from drugs ("Kids On The Hill") to runaways and abuse ("On The Run") to backsliding and restoration ("Can't Live Without You"). The stand out track is "The Battle" with its heavy plodding guitar riff and atmospheric keyboards singing about the battle between our minds and hearts and the devil and finishes with the line "I leave my life in your hands Jesus." Sound advice if you ask me.This is a straight down the line hard rock metal album, full of heavy crunchin guitar riffs and with plenty of polished vocal harmonies! ...in closing, if you like a little tamer commercial sound in your hard rock/AOR, the first is a must and will probably score a 7 or 8 out of 10 with most. Real hard rockers won't like it as much, but 'Taxfree' and 'Extended..' are different stories! These should place the same marks with ALL rock music fans (especially 'Taxfree' IMO). Cheers:)!(http://robertigno.webs.com/) As you Can cross our Radiostation(http://christianrockzone.listen2myradio.com/.Bjorn Stigsson (solo, Leviticus) teams up with Sonny Larsson (stints with Jerusalem, Motherload, & Charizma) for this nice AOR release. Definitely has a Scandinavian feel. Not great but fun to listen to.Believe me, the two releases after their self-titled one are definitely hard rock! 'Taxfree' (second release) is about five notches above the first release and 'Extended Empire' (third release) adds about another five notches above that! The latter two are Bjorn and Sonny at their best!!Hard Rock? Uh ... no. Lite AOR all the way. This is one Scandinavian band which HASN'T disappointed me. They (I mean, all of 2 dudes!) have the goods when they want to. XT puts out good tunes; though, some could be longer to showcase Sonny Larsson's voice - which soars but can be too high-pitched at times. The lyrics are sometimes simplistic & silly. Otherwise(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)