Aktor
Aktor is another project lead by one Chris Black, a prolific metal
musician from Chicago who's got his hand in several bands
(he leads
Superchrist,
plays in
Pharaoh,
and two other bands of his,
Dawnbringer
and
High Spirits
should find their way to these pages at some point).
Here he's teamed up with two Finns and the result is the quite
odd and intriguing
Paranoia, an album rooted in 70's hard rock/metal.
Often this album screams 80's, but not 80's metal, just the Eighties
(BNR fave "The Mover" comes across as an early Devo
track with a metal edge).
Perhaps it's synthesizers (which don't dominate every song, but do
make their presence felt) that bring that cherished decade to mind.
It's the oddest thing, and in this age of harsh vocals and anti-melody,
a strange but refreshing change of pace.
Discography
Paranoia
2015
High Roller
 |
- Devil and Doctor
- Gone Again
- Stop Fooling Around
- Too Young to Die
- Six Silver Suns
- I Was the Son of God
- Something Nasty
- Where Is Home
- Never Ending No
- The Mover
|
-
Chris Black
-
Jussi Lehtisalo
-
Tomi Leppänen
|
|
Placebo
2020
Full Contact
 |
- Bad Mirror
- Washed Away
- Save You from Me
- Astronaut
- You and Me
- The Ghost of Time
- Get Me Outta Here
- Seeing Rocks in the Sky
- Clean Machine
|
-
Chris Black
-
Jussi Lehtisalo
-
Tomi Leppänen
|
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