ANNIKEN - CLIMB OUT OF HELL

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BAND ANNIKEN

ALBUM CLIMB OUT OF HELL

LABEL Rockshots Records

OUT May 13th, 2022

OUR RATING 75/100

Norwegian solo metal artist Anniken will be releasing her debut album "Climb Out of Hell" on May 13th, 2022 on Rockshots Records.

Anniken has been a part of the Norwegian HM scene with band Darkest Sins, the studio project Ana – Metal for Charity, as well as being a part of Marius Danielsen's trilogy Legend of Valley Doom, both in the studio and with the live band.

While Darkest Sins shared stages with bands such as Anthrax, Jorn and UDO, among others, along with Legend of Valley Doom she has worked with legendary musicians such as Ralf Scheepers, Amanda Somerville, Roland Grapow, Matt Barlow, Doogie White.

Writing her own songs and having a profound love of lyrics, Anniken is now progressing into her solo journey.

Anniken's debut album "Climb Out of Hell" features nine tracks, a few of them co-written with her husband Marius Danielsen.

It’s varied metal album able to be melodic, raw and catchy at the same time.

She said about this platter:

"Firstly, I want people to enjoy the music. Secondly, I want them to notice the lyrics. I love listening to music while reading them and trying to understand the stories that are being told. I hope that the listeners feel the same way. I like to also add, that some of the songs were written a while back. I had others that didn't make the cut. Overall, it is fun to write with other artists and see how the songs turned out both in the studio and live. But writing with others also means compromising. And that is one of the main reasons behind starting my solo project. I wanted to show what I could do, without the guys (yes, the bands I've played with always consisted of all guys and me). It is, unfortunately, easy to underestimate female artists in metal. At least, that is my experience. There aren't as many women within the genre as there are men. Very often I experienced that people just assumed everything was written by the men in the group. I don't mind being "just the singer", but I would love to show the world that I am, in fact, more."

She starts with SPOTLIGHT, a song that grows second after second, being both catchy and melodic, followed by the title track, that moves itself on the same line.

BACK THEN is a melodic ballad enriched by a gorgeous solo part, while JUST WALK is an heavier track which you’ll appreciate.

KEEP THE LIGHT works great and sounds really inspired, while STAR is another sweet ballad.

More rhythmic and heavier NO NAME, followed by brilliant SAVE US.

AMPLIFIED, more powerful and multifaceted, ends in the best way a great debut album.

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TRACKLIST

1. Spotlight (3:52)

2. Climb Out of Hell (3:58)

3. Back Then (4:12)

4. Just Walk (5:05)

5. Keep the Light (4:15)

6. Star (4:49)

7. No Name (4:04)

8. Save Us (4:48)

9. Amplified (3:17)

Vocals: Anniken

Guitar and Bass by: Marius Danielsen

Orchestrations by: Gabriels (Tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7,9), Peter Danielsen (Tracks 5,6)

Drums by: Alessandro Kelvin

Choirs by: Marius Danielsen, David Åkesson

Growl vocals by: Brandon Bordman

Solos by: Gabriels (Track 1), Bill Hudson (Tracks 2,5), Nick Giannakos (Track 3), Fredrik Enochson (Track 4), Tommy Johansson (Track 5), Jimmy Hedlund (Track 6), Nils Courbaron (Track 7), Marius Danielsen (Track 8), Terry Wapram (Track 9)

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