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Heavy Metal Symphony - Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition

Hardrock Sallinen

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Release Date:  27 January 2023

Label:  Svart Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  6430080230938

Genres:  Hard Rock & Metal  Heavy Metal  

Release Date:  18 November 2022

Label:  Svart Records

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  6430080230921

Genres:  Hard Rock & Metal  Heavy Metal  

  • Description

    Finnish metalheads have always been puzzled by the question of which is our country's first heavy metal band. Svart Records gives the answer. It's Hard Rock Sallinen, which was founded in 1974, and so far we haven't found an older Finnish metal band. If you have better information, you can contact the history and UFO department of our record company. In any case, the band's founder and bass singer Seppo Sallinen says he is looking into the band's background.

    -"Even though Hard Rock Sallinen was our country's first heavy band, it wasn't my first band. I already played with my nephew Juke Salline in various gigs in Ostrobothnia, covering Led Zeppelin, Cream and other contemporaries with the band Jew's Harp",



    When Hard Rock Sallinen was founded, the source of inspiration for the line-up moved to the heavier department, when Rainbow, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Mountain, Aerosmith and Cactus were selected as influences. The band started with the name Sallinen, but the words hard and rock were soon added to the name. This was simply due to the fact that the band was mistaken for a hit band based on the name at early gigs. After facing an aggressive and drunken crowd, the band changed into Hard Rock Sallis to make a clear difference to the music taste of the trampers.



    It took a long time before the band signed their first recording contract, when in the early 1980s the Finnish Zero Records signed the band. The debut album Heavy Metal Symphony began to take shape quickly and the album recorded at Esko "Suikki" Jääskä's Botnia Sound Studio still evokes emotions in its creators.

    -"Contemporary critics and the public liked the record, musically it is on point, but of course the overall sound is a product of its time. Of course, it's great that the album is being re-released after 40 years, because the original edition has become a valuable collector's rarity", Seppo Sallinen says about his feelings.



    Why then did Hard Rock Sallinen stop already in 1984? The background is a familiar story: the band worked excellently, but in Finland at that time there were no managers, proper gig sellers or really any infrastructure that could have pushed heavy rock forward. The result was only frustration and the band simply disappeared from the world map.

    Description

    Finnish metalheads have always been puzzled by the question of which is our country's first heavy metal band. Svart Records gives the answer. It's Hard Rock Sallinen, which was founded in 1974, and so far we haven't found an older Finnish metal band. If you have better information, you can contact the history and UFO department of our record company. In any case, the band's founder and bass singer Seppo Sallinen says he is looking into the band's background.

    -"Even though Hard Rock Sallinen was our country's first heavy band, it wasn't my first band. I already played with my nephew Juke Salline in various gigs in Ostrobothnia, covering Led Zeppelin, Cream and other contemporaries with the band Jew's Harp",



    When Hard Rock Sallinen was founded, the source of inspiration for the line-up moved to the heavier department, when Rainbow, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Mountain, Aerosmith and Cactus were selected as influences. The band started with the name Sallinen, but the words hard and rock were soon added to the name. This was simply due to the fact that the band was mistaken for a hit band based on the name at early gigs. After facing an aggressive and drunken crowd, the band changed into Hard Rock Sallis to make a clear difference to the music taste of the trampers.



    It took a long time before the band signed their first recording contract, when in the early 1980s the Finnish Zero Records signed the band. The debut album Heavy Metal Symphony began to take shape quickly and the album recorded at Esko "Suikki" Jääskä's Botnia Sound Studio still evokes emotions in its creators.

    -"Contemporary critics and the public liked the record, musically it is on point, but of course the overall sound is a product of its time. Of course, it's great that the album is being re-released after 40 years, because the original edition has become a valuable collector's rarity", Seppo Sallinen says about his feelings.



    Why then did Hard Rock Sallinen stop already in 1984? The background is a familiar story: the band worked excellently, but in Finland at that time there were no managers, proper gig sellers or really any infrastructure that could have pushed heavy rock forward. The result was only frustration and the band simply disappeared from the world map.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Heavy Metal Symphony
      • 2. Show Me That Woman
      • 3. Just Feel And Dig It (Take It Home)
      • 4. No Lies
      • 5. Bye Bye Girl? Hello Woman
      • 6. One Night - Two People
      • 7. Let's Make Love
      • 8. Soul-Rocket
      • 9. So Long My Friend
      • 10. Paint It Black

      Disc 2

      • 1. Let's Make Love (7" version)
      • 2. So Long My Friend (7" version)
      • 3. My Real Fantasy (demo)
      • 4. Burning Pain (demo)
      • 5. Russian Blues (demo)
      • 6. Stillborn (demo)
      • 7. The Queen Of The Highlights (demo)
      • 8. Oidipus Feeling (demo)
      • 9. These Boots Are Made For Rockin' (demo)
      • 10. Band Keep On Rollin (demo)

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Heavy Metal Symphony
      • 2. Show Me That Woman
      • 3. Just Feel And Dig It (Take It Home)
      • 4. No Lies
      • 5. Bye Bye Girl? Hello Woman
      • 6. One Night - Two People
      • 7. Let's Make Love
      • 8. Soul-Rocket
      • 9. So Long My Friend
      • 10. Paint It Black

      Disc 2

      • 1. Let's Make Love (7" version)
      • 2. So Long My Friend (7" version)
      • 3. My Real Fantasy (demo)
      • 4. Burning Pain (demo)
      • 5. Russian Blues (demo)
      • 6. Stillborn (demo)
      • 7. The Queen Of The Highlights (demo)
      • 8. Oidipus Feeling (demo)
      • 9. These Boots Are Made For Rockin' (demo)
      • 10. Band Keep On Rollin (demo)