CONSTANCIA – IV Evermore (2024) HQ *0dayrox Exclusive*

CONSTANCIA was formed in 2007 by former Token keyboardist Mikael Rosengren. He got in touch with guitarist Janne Stark (Overdrive, Grand Design) and asked him to lay down some guitars. Janne loved the songs and got more and more involved in the process, and the seeds of Constancia were sown. Peter ‘TrumPeter‘ Svensson (Mercy, Faith, Overheat, Locomotive Breath, Mountain Of Power) came in on drums and the band was completed with bass player Michael Müller (Jaded Heart) and singer David Fremberg (Andromeda), and in 2009 the band’s debut Lost And Gone was released.
In 2015, the band’s second album Final Curtain was released, which saw Linus Abrahamson (Andromeda) replacing Müller. Maintaining the six-year gap, the band’s third album Brave New World was released in 2021. The album saw UK-based singer Pete Godfrey (In Faith, Blood Red Saints) replacing David Fremberg (who was too busy with his studio and other projects).
Breaking the six-year gap, the band has managed to finish a new album in only three years! Out via Pride & Joy Music, ‘‘IV Evermore” (yes, there’s a pun in there) features twelve new songs that show the band at an even higher level, mixing melodic hard rock with AOR and progressive.

This time the ‘melogressive’ label fits even better, with some songs having an even more aggressive punch with some heavier riffs yet maintaining the high degree of melodies and hooks.
A song like “Build This House” could probably have been a big hit back in the 80s (and there may still be some fans of classic epic melodic pompiness out there), while a song such as “Evermore” displays some heavy, crunchy and detuned guitars.
Then there’s the melancholic “Rise” and “Tears I Cry“, which takes you on an emotional and musical journey. Overall, there’s a bit more power in the mix and the heaviness has definitely been pushed up a notch.

This time Janne mixed and mastered the album with remote tips from his longtime friend and colleague Mikael Nord Andersson (Scorpions, The Rasmus, Roxette, BALLS etc.) and Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica).
This is one one finest records we heard this year folks…
HIGHLY Recommended

01 – Evermore
02 – Feel My Heartbeat
03 – Higher
04 – My Redemption
05 – Call My Name
06 – Build This House
07 – Live Life On The Run
08 – You Don’t Know Love
09 – Rise
10 – I Can’t Believe (That This Is Love)
11 – Stand Up
12 – Tears I Cry

Pete Godfrey (v)
Janne Stark (g, b)
Peter ‘TrumPeter’ Svensson (d)
Mikael Rosengren (k)

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www.amazon.co.uk/IV-Evermore-Constancia/dp/B0D7QY6MDY/