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Album Details
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· Produced By: Harry Hess & Pete Lesperance
· Running Time: 40.41
· Release Date: May 25
· Released: EU
· Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
· WebLink: Harem Scarem
· LabelLink: Frontiers
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Artist Bio
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No other band in the melodic rock genre has delivered such a varied discography throughout their career as these heroes from Canada.
From the high quality poser rock of their early days, to “Mood Swings” considered by many to be the best melodic rock album of the 90`s and tracks from it are still filling dance-floors around Europe, over the almost progressive song structures ("Voice Of Reason" album), to the power pop of the Rubber releases, Harem Scarem always surprised their fans with new ideas.
No album sounds like the other, but due to the distinctive vocals of Harry Hess and the harmonic guitar playing of Pete Lesperance, the unique style of Harem Scarem is always recognizable.
With their 2002 come back album “Weight Of The World”, Harem Scarem gained finally their first European independent release with much critical acclaim. The band also performed at the GODS festival 2002 in the UK and their performance was recorded to give birth, a few months later, to a successful live cd/DVD release.
In January 2003, the band went back into the studio to work on the new songs which brought to the release of the follow up album “Higher” in September 2003. Once again a huge critical (the album scored a #1 place on the Rock Hard Germany soundcheck!) and fans' success “Higher was a continuation of the last record, but even more defined as far as its sound.
But once again – the new album “Overload” is a step forward. In band's singer Harry Hess words: “Overload includes moments of classic Harem Scarem", but also some "...crazy guitar stuff...", adding that in parts it's "really heavy".
New elements have been added to the recording: “Baritone guitars were used in a lot of the songs”, explains Hess. “This gave a different flavor to not only the songwriting but also to the sound of the guitars. I really sang a lot of these songs at the top of my range!”.
The final result is Harem Scarem's most intense, moody and passionate album to date. A top production and a straight forward melodic hard rock sound make Overload an unmissable opportunity for all the fans to enjoy one of the year's top quality releases.
"For our tenth studio record” concludes Hess, ”We've done a great job of pushing ourselves to do something different once again. True fans of Harem Scarem will appreciate the time and energy that went into this record to give them something special. When you listen to this recording I think you'll agree that in 2005 we've bridged the gap between past and present. I'm very proud of this one!"
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