Akioshi Eternal Duo!

Eternal are from Sweden and "Chapter 1" was produced by no one else than Peter Tägtgren (Dimmu Borgir, Celtic Frost, Destruction, Dark Funeral, Children of Bodom, Cradle of Filth, Sabaton, Amon Amarth). He proves to be a top notch producer not only for extreme metal bands. This is an awesome Melodic Metal Debüt from a band releasing a debut album! The two brothers Gärds, Christer, who sounds like a mix of Graham Bonnet and Joey Tempest, and the guitar wiz Bosse delivers power, energy, melody, headbanger guarantee - a great debut!

Eternal Rhythm is a masterpiece on several levels. It was one of the earliest major examples of the idea that it was possible for any and all musical cultures to exist simultaneously, a philosophy that rejected any innate musical hierarchy and had no trouble placing the earthiest blues alongside the most delicate gamelan. It was also a summit meeting between representatives of the American and European jazz avant-garde, black and white, dismissing as meaningless both the cautious attitude of American jazz musicians toward Europeans edging onto their turf and the tentative stance of Europeans playing a music that was not "theirs." More importantly, Eternal Rhythm exists as an utterly spectacular, movingly beautiful musical performance, one of the rare occasions where the listener has a visceral sense of borders falling and vast expanses of territory being revealed for the first time…