STRYKENINE – Strÿkenine I (2021)
STRYKENINE, the new sensation of Swedish Melodic Rock featured in exclusive some months ago here at 0dayrox, finally are releasing their debut albu “Strÿkenine I” via Pride & Joy Music. With influences from classic Melodic Rock, Power Pop and Metal STRYKENINE entered the Stockholm rock scene in 2015.
The band songs are ’80s inspired Melodic Rock / AOR with a classy Scandinavian flavor in the vein of H.E.A.T, Art Nation, One Desire, Brother Firetribe, Sapphire Eyes, etc.
Scandinavia has for many years been known for delivering promising musical acts worldwide, especially in the melodic rock / AOR scene. Don’t be surprised if Strÿkenine becomes the next act from Sweden that takes the world stage on their shoulders.
The band was formed in the southern suburbs of Stockholm by guitarist Andi Sarandopoulos, drummer Henrik Remesaho and singer Jacob Petäjämaa.
At this point they were still in their teens dreaming big while exploring the musical influences from bands such as Europe, Whitesnake, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe to name a few.
In 2016 the line-up changed to what it is today when Sarandopoulos finally found a suitable second guitar player in Alex Zackrisson. The same year, Tony Bakirciouglu joined as the bass player. The A-team was assembled. STRYKENINE started to elaborate their sound, in search for something that they felt was missing in the modern Melodic Rock scene: attitude and adrenaline.
This set a standard for the young Swedish group to write Melodic Rock songs that still have that aggressive rock n roll spirit and to deliver the same energy live.
With this new lineup STRYKENINE perfected their craft, got to play clubs and festivals all around Sweden. Despite not having an album out at that point, they got to play festivals and open up for bigger bands like Hardcore Superstar, Santa Cruz, Shiraz Lane and Art Nation. In 2018 they released the EP ”Nowhere To Run” and went on tour Europe for the first time.
Now STRYKENINE is ready to unleash the beast that is their debut album ”Strykenine 1” and take on the Melodic Rock scene for real! This release was recorded at the Strykenine HQ during Summer 2020. In charge of the recording process were Calle Svennerstedt and bass player Tony Bakircioglu. Rich Gray mastered the album. Keyboards were provided by Patrik Törnblom and Passi Oksman.
Patrik Törnblom was in fact a member of the band between 2017-2020 and a big influence in developing the sound that STRYKENINE stands for today. He played keyboards on half of the album but was definitely an important partner for the songwriting for the whole album.
Törnblom felt the need to step back from the band in the spring of 2020 to explore other things in life. That’ s when we asked Passi Oksman to work his magic on the rest of this amazing album.
01 – Once and for All
02 – All About Us
03 – Toxic
04 – Live and Die
05 – Fool for Love
06 – Religion
07 – Falling Down
08 – Hold on to You
09 – Better Believe
10 – All I Need
11 – Alive
vocals Jacob Petäjämaa
guitars – Andi Sarandopoulos, Alex Zackary
bass – Tony Bakircioglu
drums – Henrik Remesaho
keyboards, synths – Patrik Törnblom, Passi Oksman
Pre order;
www.amazon.de/-/en/Strykenine/dp/B094T3QHWF
