Tungsten (band)

Tungsten
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Power metal heavy metal
Years active	2016–present
Labels	Arising Empire
Website	tungstenofficial.com
Members	Anders Johansson

Tungsten is a Swedish power metal band formed by ex-HammerFall drummer Anders Johansson and his two sons.

History[]

Anders founded the band in 2016, together with his son Nick and Karl Johansson.^[1] 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.^[2][3] Tungsten was later joined by Swedish vocalist , following which the recording of their first album started.^[4]

Their debut album, We Will Rise, was released on 20 September 2019, containing elements of power and folk metal.^[5][3] 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."^[6] The recording of the album and also it's producing and mixing, done by Nick Johansson, took place in the summer of 2018.^[2] In spring of 2019, a contract with record label Arising Empire was signed, under which the album was later published.^[2] The album contains songs titled "We Will Rise" and "The Fairies Dance", which were both published as singles before the album's release,^[7][1] 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.^[8][9][10]

In summer 2020, Tungsten was supposed to partake in the metal festival as a supporting performer.^[11] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was postponed^[12] – at first to August 2021, and later to August 2022.^[13]

In 2020, the band released three more singles, titled "King of Shadows",^[14] "Life of the Ocean"^[15][16] and "Tundra", all of which were released as music videos.^[17][18] Later that year, on November the 27th, their second studio album called Tundra was published.^[19][20][21] The albums recording started in late 2019, with final vocals being completed by January 2020.^[4] 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, Andersen'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".^[4]

On July 7, 2021, the bands official Instagram account confirmed that a third album was in production.^[22] A new single titled "Come This Way" was released January 28th, highlighting the release of their new album Bliss, which is set to come out on June 17th this year.^[23][24]

Members[]

Current members^[25][26]

• – lead vocals
• – bass, keyboards, unclean vocals
• – guitar
• Anders Johansson – drums

Timeline

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

• We Will Rise (2019)
• Tundra (2020)

Singles[]

• "We Will Rise" (2019)
• "The Fairies Dance" (2019)
• "Misled" (2019)
• "King of Shadows" (2020)
• "Life and the Ocean" (2020)
• "Tundra" (2020)
• "Come This Way" (2022)
• "Come This Way" (2022)

Music videos[]

• "We Will Rise" (2019)^[27]
• "The Fairies Dance" (2019)^[28]
• "Misled" (2019)^[29]
• "King of Shadows" (2020)^[30]
• "Life and the Ocean" (2020)^[31]
• "Tundra" (2020)^[32]
• "Come This Way" (2022)^[33]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Tungsten at Arising Empire