Category: SAPPHIRE EYES

While not the most prolific acts from the scene, SAPPHIRE EYES is one of the best Scandinavian melodic rock AOR bands out there.
Started as a solo project by keyboard player Niclas Olsson (Alyson Avenue, Second Heat), the self-titled debut album resulted highly praised. Then Olsson decided to form a full band made up of friends and familiar Swedish musicians, and Finnish vocalist Kimmo Blom (Leverage, Urban Tale). This crew produced Breath Of Ages, the second album. Now Sapphire Eyes returns with their effort ‘Magic Moments’, indeed, a magic set of amazing AOR hooklines, versatile melodic arrangements and a very detailed production.

SAPPHIRE EYES is the realization of an ambition that has been knocking about in Alyson Avenue keyboardist Niclass Olsson’s head for several years; to form a male-fronted AOR band. Sapphire Eyes already pleased us four years ago with its self-titled debut, and now are back with second opus “Breath Of Ages” to be released tomorrow in its physical CD edition...

With the really good SAPPHIRE EYES new album featured here, one of you asked to revisit the band’s self-titled debut but we will do it with its quite unknown “Sapphire Eyes [Special Edition +1]“, later re-issued including a previously unreleased song as bonus track. Sapphire Eyes is the side project from Alyson Avenue keyboard player Niclas Olsson and singer Thomas...

     the REAL one SAPPHIRE EYES is the realization of an ambition that has been knocking about in Alyson Avenue keyboardist Niclass Olsson’s head for several years; to form a male-fronted AOR band. Sapphire Eyes already pleased us four years ago with its self-titled debut, and now are back with second opus “Breath Of Ages” to be released in a...