TUNGSTEN could refer to a number of different artists:
Tungsten is a Swedish power metal band formed by ex-HammerFall drummer Anders Johansson and his two sons.
Anders founded the band in 2016, together with his son Nick and Karl Johansson. The idea for creating a band together arose, after Anders listened to metal music that his sons created, which he enjoyed, eventually leading into the bands formation.Tungsten was later joined by Swedish vocalist Mike Andersson, following which the recording of their first album started.
Their debut album, We Will Rise, was released on 20 September 2019, containing elements of power and folk metal. Rock Hard Germany described the album as "carrying Nordic Folk Metal and predominant Power Metal elements, as well as influences like Rammstein or Modern Metal." The recording of the album and also it's producing and mixing, done by Nick Johansson, took place in the summer of 2018. In spring of 2019, a contract with record label Arising Empire was signed, under which the album was later published.The album contains songs titled "We Will Rise" and "The Fairies Dance", which were both published as singles before the album's release, as well as a song called "Misled", which was released on the same day as the album. All three songs were released as music videos.
In summer 2020, Tungsten was supposed to partake in the metal festival Sabaton Open Air as a supporting performer. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was postponed – at first to August 2021, and later to August 2022.
In 2020, the band released three more singles, titled "King of Shadows", "Life of the Ocean"and "Tundra", all of which were released as music videos.Later that year, on November the 27th, their second studio album called Tundra was published. The albums recording started in late 2019, with final vocals being completed by January 2020. The lyrics of the album tell the story of Volfram, the Guardian of time - who can be seen on the cover of the album - and his adventure through an icy tundra. A guest appearance on Tundra was made by Jens Johansson, Anders's brother, who is knows as the keyboardist of bands such as Rainbow and Stratovarius. He can be heard performing a keyboard solo on the albums closing track, "Here Comes the Fall".
On July 7, 2021, the bands official Instagram account confirmed that a third album was in production.Two new singles were released, "Come This Way" on January 28th and "March Along" on March 3rd, highlighting the release of their new album Bliss, which is set to come out on June 17th 2022
Hailing from Philadelphia, Tungsten has spent the last two years performing its own brand of progressive metal to captivated audiences in Philadelphia and New York City. Having honed their sound through explosive live performances, Tungsten took to the studio in Summer of 2013 to record their material. The result is The Reservoir, the band’s debut LP, an album that captures the band’s signature sound: progressive metal that is dark, innovative, and creative, but still bursting at the seams with classic metal attitude that makes you want to pump your fist in the air. Drawing on influences both timeless (Iron Maiden, Rush, Pink Floyd) and modern (Opeth, Mastodon), The Reservoir features inventive riffs, soaring guitar harmonies, bombastic drumming, and the commanding vocals of Philly’s most intense frontwoman.
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TUNGSTEN hail from Chalmette, Louisiana and have a history… Drummer Mark Talamo and Guitarist Al Hodge formed a band together in 1985 that they called SAM SNOT. The band recorded a few demos and played one show before changing the name to TUNGSTEN in late 1990. Mark Talamo is a seasoned engineer who has recorded some of the heavy hitters from New Orleans area including the second CROWBAR album in 1993 and the very first DOWN demo in 1992. This helped open the door for the band and got their music in the right hands. Pavement Music based out of Chicago picked up on the band and issued their first album "183.85" which features the songs "Born XY" and "I Feel Today" in 1993.
The band remained a 2 piece until 1994 when Mark's brother Steve Talamo was added to the fold on bass and lead guitar. The band then went on to sign with Megrock Records out of Sweden for their second album entitled "74" released in 1995. The band played in and around the New Orleans area and found a following in the European market with the help of Gotz K., from Rock Hard Magazine in Germany and Onno Cromag at Aardschok Magazine in Holland.
The band then signed with Lighttown Records based out of Holland for their 3rd album entitled "The Survival Kit" released in 1997. This was their strongest effort to date and as Al Hodge reflects, "It's when we really started to get our sound which was a mix of the NOLA stuff and the European scene". By 1999 TUNGSTEN retired from playing live and focused on becoming a studio band. "That's how we o
