Absolute Steel (band)
Encyclopedia
Absolute Steel is a five-piece Norwegian
heavy metal
band from Larvik
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band from Norway
. Formed in 1999, the band’s founding members were Andy Boss (lead guitar), Dave Bomb (lead guitar) and K2 (vocals). Throughout the late 1990s they played live performances and developed a heavy metal party band style that caught the attention of Edgerunner Records, a local heavy metal label
. In 2002, the label released "The Fair Bitch Project", the bands debut recording. Performances after the release further defined their style by featuring female strippers and pyrotechnics.
A second Edgerunner release was planned, but the label folded before it could be issued. The recording was self produced and the band printed and distributed 200 copies in an attempt to attract another label. Black Lotus, a Greek
label heard the recording and signed the band in 2005. Released as "WomaniZer", the recording was distributed world wide and the label plans on remaster
ing The Fair Bitch Project and releasing that as well.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Larvik
Larvik
is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....
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Biography
Absolute Steel is a heavy metalHeavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Formed in 1999, the band’s founding members were Andy Boss (lead guitar), Dave Bomb (lead guitar) and K2 (vocals). Throughout the late 1990s they played live performances and developed a heavy metal party band style that caught the attention of Edgerunner Records, a local heavy metal label
Record label
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. In 2002, the label released "The Fair Bitch Project", the bands debut recording. Performances after the release further defined their style by featuring female strippers and pyrotechnics.
A second Edgerunner release was planned, but the label folded before it could be issued. The recording was self produced and the band printed and distributed 200 copies in an attempt to attract another label. Black Lotus, a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
label heard the recording and signed the band in 2005. Released as "WomaniZer", the recording was distributed world wide and the label plans on remaster
Remaster
Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began...
ing The Fair Bitch Project and releasing that as well.
Current line-up
- K2 - vocals
- Andy Boss - guitars
- Dave Bomb - guitars
- Dr. Schmutz - bass
- Rick Hagan - drums