ALYSON AVENUE – Omega II [YesterRock remaster, remix & bonus] *HQ*
Formed in Sweden, 1989, ALYSON AVENUE originally was a male fronted band when backing singer Anette Olzon took over the mike duties for the band’s 2000 debut album with the aim to take the resurgent Melodic Rock world by storm.
Highly praised by fans and the press that album was followed four years later with the equally impressive ‘Omega’ CD. The time that followed saw the band take a hiatus, as the various band members embarked on different projects and more significantly in 2007, when Olzon was named as the new singer for Nightwish.
These news were some kind of double edged sword – in one way the band had lost a great vocalist, but in another it also got the name of Alyson Avenue exposed to an even wider audience, which resulted in added interest in the bands first two albums, so much so that the band re-released their debut.
Then their second album ‘Omega’ was re-titled “Omega II“, after the band decided to redo the many of the instrumental parts, remix some and remastering, while keeping Olzon’s original vocals. Remastered by Tony Ubler for YesterRock, the release also features 5 previously unreleased tracks that are so good it makes you wonder why they were abandoned on the original release…