Senate of Prevail look back on the past time with new video

Memories can be sweet gifts. Sure they also can be bad and often we tend to look upon the bad those. It's so easy to forget the good things that happened in a world that is filled with problems.

Anyway, the swedish band Senate of Prevail currently is on hold after having powered all around for nearly a full year with recordings and live performances. They gathered some fans during that process including me and I've posted many of their stuff here on my blog. Just click this link to get a fast overview on those posts. I miss those days...

Happily the guitarist Peter Jonsson recently looked through the band's video archives and compiled a clip showing some nice scenes of the band's history. He also mixed a older track of Senate Of Prevail called "October Sky" and put both things together. The video shows material that has never before seen in any of the band's videos that came out during the last months.

It's well worth checking out. It's the music but also the memories that got me so quickly. My favoite scene is Anton Forsman playing the drum kit at the start of the video and looking like the "Wasn't I supposed to do this?" look at the end and then Pecka Wexell (the drummer of the band) comes rushing in with the forklift as some sort of reaction. :-) 

Enjoy these sweet memories and keep an eye on the band's Facebook page. Who know's maybe one day they'll be back? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that!

Decide which newcomer band should play at Sweden Rock Festival 2015

Bollnäs Metal rules! This is the perfect follow up to the last article. Happily besides the older bands from this legendary town in Sweden like Tad Morose and Morgana Lefay there are still some younger bands around to carry on the torch of metal.

One of them is Senate of Prevail, a band I've often talked about here in the last months.
Now I would like to ask you for a little favor:

Please help Senate Of Prevail to get the chance to play at the Sweden Rock Festival. They need your votes to get a chance to play at this well-known festival. It would be their big chance to present their music to a huge crowd.

Follow this link, mark Senate of Prevail, enter the captcha code and hit the button at the bottom of the page! Please vote as much as you can, show it to your friends and help them go further in the competition! Thank you very much for your help!

f you're new to the band just try out their excellent song "Illusion" from the current single "Abandon all hope". This song totally got me into their music, so it's hard for me to stop my enthusiasm for their sound. The riffing is just perfect for my taste.
If you like the track don't hesitate to head over to Soundcloud. You can download it for free(!) from the band's Soundcloud account along with title-track of the single.

Also don't miss out the further band activities on Facebook since the band is working on their brand-new full length album these days.

Senate of Prevail showing Mosh Fest live footage and song playthrough

For years I've struggled to find a way to tell people why I'm so obsessed with gigs of small metal bands. This video that Senate of Prevail just released on Facebook gives some very good insight how it's like to be at a Heavy Metal Underground show.

I like that heavyness, it comes directly from the heart. No overdubs, no big intros but instead it just kicks ass directly from the very first moment up to the very last seconds but without missing out that feeling for vibes and melodies. Few people only know how much these people give to bring you such a fine music. Enjoy!

Update 2014/11/13: The band has announced the next show the band is going to play:

November 26th 2014
Stockholm
Pub Anchor, Sveavägen 90.

For all of you guitar players out there I've got a little extra: if you'd like to know how to play the rhythm guitars in "Abandon all hope" don't worry any longer. Here's a video that shows how to play that song.

Could watch for hours, always fascinates me to see guitar players in Heavy Metal bands. Plus I love to listen to the different sound these playthroughs provide and also some improvisations in this one.

Senate of Prevail offer brandnew single for free download

You guys surely remember that I've talked about the two Senate of Prevail videos the band shot for the tracks "Abandon All Hope" and "Illusion" in my previous posts. Just click on the track name to jump to the article and to see the videos.

Today the band has set up both tracks on Soundcloud for free download! This is something that makes my weekend one to be remembered. Both tracks totally rule, so please give them a try.

Musically the band goes a fresh way with combining new song structures and sounds that are often present in today's generation of Metal bands along with traditionell ways of songwriting by using powerfull riffs and blasting drums. Besides that the vocals of Erik Lund Jonsson put a significant mark on all of the tracks. They're set on a high note but never miss a powerfull note and leave a lot of lasting impression on the listener. If you want to get a visual impression of the band make sure to check out the bands video for "Illusion".

The band is currently working on a new full length album. You can follow the recording process on Instagram or give the band a like on Facebook to stay up to date on activities like live shows or videos from some of their past performances.

Update 2014/08/29: The band has been confirmed for the Mosh Fest 2014 in their hometown Bollnäs! It's going to take place on 4th of October 2015. This festival will feature four young bands from Bollnäs and the area around it. So far Cedron, Faustus and Fearless have been confirmed to play that night. The entrance fee will be very low with only 20 SEK (swedish crowns). For more details please see the event page that has been set up on Facebook.

Update 2014/09/26: The running order for the Mosh Fest 2014 has been announced:

Doors: 19:30h
Senate of Prevail, 20:00
Fearless, 20:45
Faustus, 21:30
Cedron, 22:15

Senate Of Prevail presents video for the brand-new song Abandon all hope

The brandnew video from Senate Of Prevail is finally here! As I told in a previous post the band currently is recording their second studio album. In support to the upcoming record the band shared a video to the brand-new track "Abandon all hope". It was recorded using the good-old VHS equipment.
 
For me it's a great song and video! This track breathes a lot of atmosphere and a style of it's very own. It's hard and riffing but at the same time also catchy, melodic and won't leave your ears for quite some time. The VHS style perfectly fits to the story of the video. It's a fine mixture between today's cutting techniques and the old characteristic of a VHS production. I think many of you out there who ever did a video with that stuff will walk a bit down memory lane with this one and maybe see that it even fit's properly for today's needs.



To stay in touch with the band make sure to hit the like button on the band's Facebook page or head over to Instagram and follow the making of the new album there. The Soundcloud page of the band is also worth a look and moreover listen. ;-) If you carefully look around on all of the mentioned sites you'll find some very cool and nice stuff.

The line-up of the band:

Erik Lund Jonsson - Vocals 
Peter Jonsson - Guitar  
Anton Forsman - Guitar
Thomas Perrsson - Bass
Pecka Wexell - Drums