Fatal Fusion

[Prog Head]

Norway is now pumping out many good bands and FATAL FUSION is no exception. On their debut album ‘Land Of The Sun’ I got a nice surprise. All trademarks are there, but this five-piece didn't simply give another typical progressive product. These guys went out to make something unique. A superb melting pot of styles. This CD combines the best in hard-rock and neo-prog, funk and latino, space and jazz, blues and classical music.

http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=10570

If you think of heavy Atomic Rooster, very old Deep Purple, early Marillion, in places Carlos Santana and young King Crimson, psychedelic Pink Floyd, you will have a good idea for the general sound of Fatal Fusion. This new group conglomerates many influences together in eight songs - well built and runs superiorly, with lots of instrumental fireworks, blinding solos and time changes. Skillfully balancing with tempos, loud and gentle fragments, create with delicious guitar playing and amazing keyboards (Hammond, Moog, Mellotron), raging percussion and seductive bass, it’s worth the plunge! Of course, the great asset to originality lies in ability of singer Knut E. Grontvedt to combine his bluesy timbre with bitter-sweet performance. CD ‘Land Of The Sun’ indicates that Fatal Fusion has the potential for outstanding music.
I am going to recommend this release to anyone who’s devoted to ‘Golden Era’. The sound has more of similarity to the 70’s period rather than that of the 80’s - very dynamic, energetic and also very catchy. It should steal your heart.

Several tracks are available to listen to as full length mp3 files at the band’s website – check them out.

http://fatalfusion.com.hostbaby.com/listen

[Prog Head]

An article from Classic Rock magazine.

[Prog Head]

An article from Music Street Journal.

http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/ar....cfm?id=103157

[Prog Head]

A link to Background's review.

http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDr...dOfTheSun.html