On the heels of their second album “Suburbia”, FANS OF THE DARK are presenting a new covers EP titled ‘Cover Me‘, a special Frontiers Music release. The band covers tracks by AORsters Balance, Blue Öyster Cult, REO Speedwagon, and Rush, all of whom have been an influence on the band’s style.
These Swedish upstarts are seamlessly melting melodic rock with their 80s hard rock influences. Drummer Freddie Allen’s vision for the band is to do as the great hard rock and metal bands of the 70s and 80s did, which was to constantly work on their craft and release new music with regularity.
This time they wanted to play some of their favorite classic tunes from the era. And FANS OF THE DARK did a stupendous – and fun – job at it.
As with ‘Suburbia‘, Allen and vocalist Alex Falk are once again joined by guitarist Oscar Bromvall and new bassist Rickard Gramfors for the ‘Cover Me‘ EP.
The quartet’s musical prowess displayed on that album is perfectly suited to tackle the four artists and tracks on this EP. The songs were also picked specifically for having connections to the overall theme of the band’s second album: the world where the band grew up and where they first got in touch with hard rock music, horror films on VHS, 80’s teen culture, and all else that shaped them – the suburbs.
And also because, quite simply, the band loves the songs.
Like ‘Suburbia’, ‘Cover Me’ was produced and mixed by multi-talented musician and producer Lars Fredrik Swahn (Dungen, The Amazing) and co-produced by Allen.
01 - In for the Count
02 - Dancin in the Ruins
03 - In My Dreams
04 - Subdivisions
Fans of the Dark – Cover Me – 2022 EP
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