Epic Scrap Metal is the Norwegian

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...

 rock band

Rock Band

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 BigBang's eighth studio album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

. It was released on March 4, 2011 in Norway and jumped straight into #1 on its week of release, staying on top of the Norwegian Albums Chart for 4 consecutive weeks.

Overview

The album's title draws upon a metal recycling plant in California, named "Star Scrap Metal". Among the guest artist appearances is a duet with U.S. singer Lissie

Lissie

Elisabeth Maurus , known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.-Early life and career:Lissie was...

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Track listing

1. "How Things Rot" – 2:02
2. "Everybody and Their Broken Hearts" – 4:15
3. "Cigarette" – 3:41
4. "Deserve Everything" – 2:56
5. "New Woman" – 4:33
6. "No One" – 3:06
7. "Cities of the Plain" – 4:57
8. "Don't Kill My Buzz" – 3:25
9. "Nothing Finished Yet" – 4:42
10. "Cape" – 4:38
11. "Don't Believe in Change" – 4:01
12. "Epic Scrap Metal" – 4:43
13. "Magic Hour" – (bonus track on iTunes and limited deluxe edition) - 7:32

Personnel

• Øystein Greni
  Øystein Greni
  Øystein Greni is the singer and lead guitar player of the Norwegian rock and roll band BigBang.-Biography:Øystein Greni is the son of Thor Sigbjørn Greni, singer and songwriter of the Undertakers Circus, a 60/70s soul band...
  
   - Lead vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  s. bass, drums
  Drum kit
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• Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen
  Nikolai Eilertsen
  Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen is a Norwegian bass guitarist. He is primarily known as a member of BigBang and The National Bank . Eilertsen also participates in the bands Lester, Needlepoint and Elephant9....
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , piano
  Piano
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Olaf Olsen - drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Joshua Moore - Piano
  Piano
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   on tracks #2, #4, #10 & #11
• Lissie
  Lissie
  Elisabeth Maurus , known by her stage name Lissie, is an American folk rock artist and Paste Magazine's #1 best new solo artist of 2010. She released her debut EP, "Why You Runnin'", in November 2009. Her debut album, Catching a Tiger, was released in June 2010.-Early life and career:Lissie was...
  
   - vocals on "No One"
• Thom Hell
  Thom Hell
  Thom Hell, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. His birth name is Thomas Helland. He has released two EPs and four albums....
  
  - vocals on "Cities of the Plains"