Imperium is the solo project of Strike drummer Mika Brushane. The debut album, “Dreamhunter”, will be released on March 18th, 2016 via AOR Heaven.
Mika has been playing drums and percussion in various bands since 1981 and has played all genres from jazz to metal and composed songs for different genres and this legacy of mixed genres can be heard in the Imperium songs! The music is a combination of Hard Rock and Melodic Metal and it has a big dose of 80’s feel and sounds in it.
The project started in 2012 when Mika composed a new song for the new Strike album (check out the review of Strike’s debut “We’re Back”) and realized that there was more songs in him that needed to be released. For this project, Mika is writing all the songs and lyrics, and is playing all drums, bass, keyboards and singing backing vocals.
All the lead vocals and guitars are played by various very talented musicians from the Finnish metal/rock scene. Check out the full list below. The album’s post production was mixed by Erkka Korhonen (Urban Tale, Northern Kings, Ari Koivunen, Raskasta Joulua) and mastered by the legendary Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Children of bodom, Stratovarius, HIM etc.). The album was produced and recorded during 2012-2015 by Mika himself at his Groovehouse studio in Vantaa, Finland.
Tracklist:
01. Dreamhunter
02. Heaven is Falling
03. Wasted Years
04. Always Forever
05. Fire and Ice
06. There Will Be Light
07. 80’s Love Song
08. Reach for the Stars
09. Starlight
10. Victory
11. Finem Vocationem
Line-up:
Mika Brushane – Music, lyrics, drums, bass, keyboards and backing vocals
Guest Stars:
Pasi Rantanen – Vocals & guitars (Thunderstone, Warmne, Strike, King Company)
Markku Kuikka – Vocals & guitars (Kenziner, Status Minor, The Ragged Saints)
Nisse Nordling - Vocals (Dirge Eternal, ex-Dreamtale, ex-Anthriel)
Samuli Federley – Guitars (Standing Ovation, Reversion)
Toni Huovinen – Guitars (Sentiment)
Ade Manninen – Guitars (Enfarce, Ageness, Androids)
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/imperiumproject/
www.facebook.com/pages/StrikeFinland/182538888428257
Mika has been playing drums and percussion in various bands since 1981 and has played all genres from jazz to metal and composed songs for different genres and this legacy of mixed genres can be heard in the Imperium songs! The music is a combination of Hard Rock and Melodic Metal and it has a big dose of 80’s feel and sounds in it.
The project started in 2012 when Mika composed a new song for the new Strike album (check out the review of Strike’s debut “We’re Back”) and realized that there was more songs in him that needed to be released. For this project, Mika is writing all the songs and lyrics, and is playing all drums, bass, keyboards and singing backing vocals.
All the lead vocals and guitars are played by various very talented musicians from the Finnish metal/rock scene. Check out the full list below. The album’s post production was mixed by Erkka Korhonen (Urban Tale, Northern Kings, Ari Koivunen, Raskasta Joulua) and mastered by the legendary Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Children of bodom, Stratovarius, HIM etc.). The album was produced and recorded during 2012-2015 by Mika himself at his Groovehouse studio in Vantaa, Finland.
Tracklist:
01. Dreamhunter
02. Heaven is Falling
03. Wasted Years
04. Always Forever
05. Fire and Ice
06. There Will Be Light
07. 80’s Love Song
08. Reach for the Stars
09. Starlight
10. Victory
11. Finem Vocationem
Line-up:
Mika Brushane – Music, lyrics, drums, bass, keyboards and backing vocals
Guest Stars:
Pasi Rantanen – Vocals & guitars (Thunderstone, Warmne, Strike, King Company)
Markku Kuikka – Vocals & guitars (Kenziner, Status Minor, The Ragged Saints)
Nisse Nordling - Vocals (Dirge Eternal, ex-Dreamtale, ex-Anthriel)
Samuli Federley – Guitars (Standing Ovation, Reversion)
Toni Huovinen – Guitars (Sentiment)
Ade Manninen – Guitars (Enfarce, Ageness, Androids)
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/imperiumproject/
www.facebook.com/pages/StrikeFinland/182538888428257