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page shows all the albums released under my own name or Mattsson moniker.
To discover other releases I have wrote/contributed to visit the projects
page.
Most
albums can be purchased as legal digital downloads, follow the link
below the album covers.
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Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards and voices |
Adrienn
Antal
Lead + backing Vocals |
Björn
Lodin
Additional Vocals |
Eddie
Sledgehammer
Drums |
Album
Information
“Dream
Child” is a fine blend of interesting and deep compositions
within great songs. The album took 15 months to complete with
Mattsson taking great care to arrange and record very precisely
with many ideas being reworked during this process to bring
you the album you hear today.
The
material on “Dream Child” is better structured and
more accessible than before and with the inclusion of strings
and woodwinds (courtesy of The Astral Orchestra) along with
better recording and mixing techniques all show how Mattsson
applies the musical influences he has gathered since day one
making Mattsson in 2008 a unique experience.
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his new vocalist, Mattsson proudly states, “Adrienn Antal
is the best singer I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
She has a great voice, is very musical and we click together
extremely well. Adrienn Antal is the star of this album. Without
her the songs would not have come to life in the way they have,
and in my view the main quality boost comes from Adrienn Antal”.
Adding further depth to the vocal arrangements are the inclusion
of vocals from Björn Lodin (Baltimoore) who will be a name
familiar to fans of numerous albums from Lars over the years.
“Dream
Child” is a potent new album and sound for 2008.
Track
Listing
01.
Prelude to Life | 02. I’m Coming Home | 03. Dream Child
| 04. Killing Everything | 05. This is Our Time | 06. See the
Dreamer Behold | 07. Until Our Last Goodbye | 08. Moonlight
Dream | 09. Heart of a Clown | 10. Life in the Shadows | 11.
Heaven and Hell Unite | 12. Goodbye
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Lars
Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards |
Eddie
Sledgehammer
Drums |
Album
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"Earthbound"
was Lars' first instrumental release in over 14 years. Earthbound
found Mattsson in an eclectic mode with open arrangements and
playing right from the soul that travels from the melodic to
the progressive. On the album Lars comments, "After
finishing my progressive metal rock opera "War" earlier
this year I felt the need to do something that was quite the
opposite, so I took an almost minimalist approach and as opposed
to what you hear on "War". My new solo album Earthbound
is just me and a drummer, as few instruments as possible, no
vocals and very little keyboards, so it really is a guitar album
in every aspect. It's not overblown when it comes to production
and recording with the aim to keep things simple while still
exploring new territory."
Track
Listing
1. From the Skies | 2. Earthbound | 3. Time Capsule |4. Delhi
| 5. ShredHead | 6. The Orchid | 7.Free Wind | 8. Song of the
Wood | 9. Closed Eyes | 10. ...Later
All
songs written by Lars Eric Mattsson
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Lars
Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards and voices |
Mark
Boals
Lead Vocals on "Deep In The Shadows". |
Björn
Jansson
Lead Vocals on "This Is The End" |
André
Vuurboom
Leed Vocals on "Smoke & Mirrors". |
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Lance
King
Lead Vocals on "Your Dream" |
Vitalij
Kuprij
Keyboard Solos |
Irene
Janssen
Lead Vocals on "Where's Our Chance" and "A
Dreamer's Lullaby" |
Ella
Grusnner
Lead Vocals on "Requiem" and choirs |
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Cocki
Sarling
Lead Vocals on "Requiem" and choirs. |
Eddie
Sledgehammer
Drums |
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Album
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War
is a non-fictional, progressive metal rock opera featuring: Mark
Boals (Ring Of Fire), Vitalij Kuprij (Artension), Andre Vuurboom
(ex-Sun Caged), Irene Janssen, Lance King, Bjorn Jansson (Tears
of Anger/Imaginery). All the music was composed by Lars Eric Mattsson.
Complex arrangements and highly original compositions fill up
Mattsson's(without a doubt) heaviest release to date.
War - a rock
opera about the state of this planet we call the Earth.
Track
Listing
Where's Our Chance | Your Dream | Deep In The Shadows | Smoke
And Mirrors | A Dreamer's Lullaby | This Is The End | War Suite
Concerto | Requiem.
Composed,
mixed, recorded and produced by Lars Eric Mattsson at the New
Lion’s Cage, Åland, Finland with additional recordings
by Joost Van Den Broek, Arjen Lucassen (Holland), Mark Boals,
Lance King, Vitalij Kuprij (USA), Björn Jansson, (Sweden).
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Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards and voices |
Lance
King
Lead Vocals |
Eddie
Sledgehammer
Drums |
Album
Information
Power
Games featuring singer Lance King (Balance of Power/Empire) features
eight tracks of progressive metal, of which one is instrumental,
the 17+ minute "Beyond the Horizon-Guitar Concerto No. I".
Turn-n-burn fretwork, dazzling flourishes, and lots of melodious
guitar lines mark Power Games.
Track
Listing
1. Open the Gate | 2. Victim of Freedom | 3. Blind Faith | 4.
Chained to My Pain | 5. Bridge to the Past | 6. Safely Through
the Past | 7. Beyond the Horizon (Guitar Concerto no 1) | 8. Lead
Me On My Way
All songs written by Lars Eric Mattsson
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Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards and voices |
Björn
Lodin
Lead Vocals |
Erik
Norlander
Keyboards on "Don't Chain My Mind" |
Patrick
Rondat
Guest Guitars on "Crash & Burn" |
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Rob
Johnsson
Lead Guitar duel on "Burning My Soul" |
Par
Lindh
Hammond solos and Mellotron. |
Ella
Grusnner
Violin on "Angel Blue" |
Cocki
Sarling
Additional Vocals |
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Eddie
Sledgehammer
Drums |
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Album Information
Another Dimension features over 70 minutes of powerful progressive
metal full of inspired performances. Fourteen new songs mark this
release, recorded with singer Bjorn Lodin and drummer Eddie Sledgehammer.
Another Dimension is jam packed with intense musical ideas influenced
by classical music, classic hard rock, heavy metal and progressive
rock/metal with a virtuso performance from Lars Eric Mattsson,
including his best lead work ever. Shred fans will die for the
duet showdown between Mattson and Rob Johnson on "Burning
My Soul" -- absolute intensity!
Track
Listing
1. Hell | 2. Crash and Burn | 3. Don’t Chain My Mind | 4.
Angel Blue | 5. Burn the Witch | 6. Burning My Soul | 7. Don’t
Lose Your Patience | 8. Another Dimension | 9. Road of Babylon
| 10. In Both Ends | 11. Save Our Souls | 12. Memory Lane | 13.
Wait for the Angels | 14. Cry No More
all songs written by Lars Eric Mattsson
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| Lars
Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards and voices |
Björn
Lodin
Lead Vocals |
Eddie
Sledgehammer
Drums |
Album
Information
Eternity was my first album, originally released in 1988 in Europe
and Japan. The recordings were of extremely low quality due to
lack of money and knowledge. Even though the album was received
well, I was always quite unhappy with the sound and some performances
on it. Since there have been requests for a re-release of Eternity,
I decided the material would need a serious upgrade. This is why
this version contains totally re-recorded versions of every song
on the original album. "Children Of The Sun" is a song
that should have been on the album originally but somehow didn't
make it - here it is at last. I hope that you like it."
Track
Listing
1.Break
Your Chains | 2.Let it Rock | 3.Where Do We Go? | 4.Mujahedin
Warrior | 5.Can't Go On Without your Love | 6.Devil in Your Mirror
| 7.Eternity | 8.Love is the Answer | 9.Tales Untold | 10.Waiting
for the Night | 11.Midsummer Night's Magic | 12. Children of the
Sun.
All
songs written by Lars Eric Mattsson
Released August 28 2001. Totally new version of Lars debut album
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Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards and percussion. |
Album
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Electric Voodoo, (also released in the United States as "The
Exciter") and known in some circles as Electric Woodoo",
blends hard rock and neo-classical metal in the European tradition,
as Finnish guitarist Lars Eric Mattsson plays impossibly fluid
lines over ten pumping, metallic rhythm tracks. Drawing from influences
such as Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Paco De Lucia, Mattsson
straddles the line between finesse and fury, and between passion
and aggression. Electric Woodoo also finds Mattsson playing all
the instruments, augmenting his fretboard wizardry with keyboards,
electric percussion and bass. High energy instrumental statements.
Lars Eric Mattsson - guitars, bass, keyboards,
percussion
Track
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1. Chrome Kills | 2. Electric Voodoo | 3. The Exciter | 4. Adagio
| 5. Apocalypse | 6. Reflections | 7. Way Out | 8. Green Cats
| 9. Little Rock | 10. The Cry of Love | 11. Sacrifice of Love
(bonus track)
All
songs written by Lars Eric Mattsson
remastered re-release March 2001 of the 1991 classic with bonus
track.
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Musicians
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| Lars
Eric Mattsson
Guitars, bass, keyboards |
Björn
Lodin
Lead Vocals |
Christer
Jansson
Drums |
Album
Information
After a few years that I don't consider to be the
best part of my life I finally got that sparkle to try to do the
absolutely best music I can, or rather music I would personally
like to hear. I think I found myself in a very creative mood and
I was able to come up with 12 really good songs that fuses a lot
of influences from the 70-ies and 80-ies but specially from the
70-ies. I think Obsession is my first good album since this was
the first time I allowed myself to take the time I needed to complete
everything. Still today I think most of these songs are really
good.
Lars Eric Mattsson - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards,
Vocals Bjorn Lodin - Vocals , Drums - Christer Jansson
Track
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1. Caught in Your Web | 2. Alive | 3. Just a Leo | 4.Messenger
| 5.Long Way Home | 6.Time and Again | 7. Sense and Obsession
| 8. Mother Forgive | 9.As the Sun meets the Sky | 10. Eyes of
a Child | 11. Lay it on the Line | 12. And the Road goes On
All
songs written by Lars Eric Mattsson
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