Category: OSUKARU

The brainchild of Swedish guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter Oz Hawe Petersson (formerly known as Oz Osukaru) OSUKARU are releasing “Starbound” tomorrow, their sixth album, via AOR Heaven Records.
With roots in classic Stadium Rock, the band’s first few releases had a more AOR flavour to them, however since their properly titled effort ‘Transition’ you can hear hints of a heavier spark deep within the tracks.
Osukaru started to gain a unique, harder yet melodic sound and with their last album ‘House of Mirrors’ they landed a rock & roll homerun on which they have built upon to create this brand new comet ride titled “Starbound”.
Combining the heart and soul of classic giants such as Dokken, Winger, Def Leppard, and Whitesnake with the modern counterparts like Eclipse, Human Zoo and Brother Firetribe, “Starbound” serves a palatable slice of traditional melodic hard rock with a modern sound.
The album features a cool guest appearance from AORsters Boulevard sax player Mark Holden…

After only a one-year break, Swedish melodic hard rockers OSUKARU report back with a stable line up and a new album entitled “House Of Mirrors”. And stable line up is not a minor point because this was what Osukaru needed. Fredrik Werner is still on the mic, and it’s the only vocalist on the record providing a more homogeneous flow....

This little album was requested in one comment some time ago, the EP “Covered Up” by OSUKARU appeared as bonus CD with the band’s release ‘Triumphant’. It was a Limited Edition of 500 copies, now out of print. As title says, “Covered Up” is Osukaru’s rendition of classic Melodic Rock / AOR songs done with the band’s own spin, including...

* OSUKARU are back with a new album, “Transition“, which makes it their 5th official release to date and second with the same line-up, and they seem to have found the chemistry together.Created by Swedish guitarist Oz Osukaru, the band is his vehicle to spread his love for AOR / melodic rock sounds.On this new record there’s 5 new songs...

* “Believe”, the new single from Swedish / American AOR combo OSUKARU just published on January 23, is the first taste from the new album ‘Triumphant’, released on April 7. The single features new singer Fredrik Werner and an extra version (Uniting the World) in a duet with female vocalist Cecilia Camuii. This alternate version won’t be included into the...

* Swedish / American combo OSUKARU finally released their full length album “Salvation” this year. They have already impressed the AOR community with the previous EP’s ‘GBG2LA’ (2012) and ‘Never Too Late’ (2011). As both never were published in Japan, Osukaru has released a very special version of “Salvation” there. “Salvation; Japanese Deluxe Edition” includes the new album with a...

* The Swedish / American combo OSUKARU finally hit the streets with their full length debut album “Salvation” on February 15th. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Osukaru was founded by ex Eye / Katana guitarist Oskar ‘Oz Osukaru’ Petersson together with L.A. drummer Ryan Coyle. They have already impressed the AOR community with the previous EP’s ‘GBG2LA’ and ‘Never Too Late’,...

Gothenburg, Sweden based AOR band Osukaru was formed by ex Eye guitarist Oskar ‘Oz Osukaru’ Petersson.The group made their debut last year – already presented in 0dayrock – with the album ‘GBG2LA’ (Gothenburg to Los Angeles). It was a nice AOR/Rock album with good songs, but Oz Osukaru wasn’t completely happy with the singer and the production needed some more...

OSUKARU was founded in late 2009 by the former EYE and KATANA guitarist Oz Osukaru and the awarded American drummer Ryan Coyle, this band quickly found its place in the reborn AOR scene.The idea was to deliver high class harmonic Scandi AOR for the true dreamers out there. Along the way Oz was reunited with his former Katana band mates;...