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Comment from Thomas Väänänen (acting Editor in Chief, Sweden Rock Magazine) after watching the new OZ video:
“Kolla på den nya videon och bli positivt överraskad över att mina landsmän (i dubbel bemärkelse) fortfarande låter så pass bra. Lyssna sedan på “Turn the cross upside down” och sen lär du inte göra något annat i dag än att lyssna på den om och om igen. Tio av tio.”
“Check out the new video and be pleasantly surprised that my fellow countrymen (in a double sense) still sounds so good. Then listen to “Turn the Cross Upside Down” and after that you will not do anything else today than to listen to it over and over again. Ten out of ten.”
2010 – 2011 NEW OZ LINE-UP, VIDEO, ALBUM TITLE & PRODUCER
The reunited OZ were recording their new album at Park studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The most of AXworks on the new album was performed by Legendary Markku Petander (a former member of Finnish bands Popeda and Yö). Legendary Costello Hautamäki known from Hanoi Rocks‘ 2002-period (Twelve Shots on the Rocks-album) and from voluminous albums and tours with the Finnish band Popeda and young AXman Michel Santunione (Guitar player in the Queen musical ‘We Will Rock You’ in Sweden/Norway) were firering on some of the tracks their best shots. Present in the studio was also Nicke Andersson (ex Entombed & Hellacopters) operating as producer. The new album was having working title ‘Greatezt Blitz‘ and is now having the official title ‘Burning Leather’ and contains both new songs and re-recordings of old OZ classics. Some of the songs included are ‘Dominator‘, ‘Seasons in the Darkness‘ and ‘Burning Leather‘. The new album will be released 18th November 2011 by AFM Records, Germany and Spiritual Beast, Japan.
The new touring line-up consists of 2 new guitarists: Michel Santunione and John Berg, along with the classic trio of Ape DeMartini, Jay C. Blade and Mark Ruffneck. Michel Santunione is previously known as Guitar Player in the Queen Musical ‘We Will Rock You’ in Sweden/Norway. John Berg is a former member of Dynasty and today playing guitar on stage with Chris Laney.
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