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Artist
Tungsten
12+ albums
Power metalsludge metalheavy metalmetaldoom metal
about
TUNGSTEN could refer to a number of different artists: Tungsten is a Swedish power metal band formed by ex-HammerFall drummer Anders Johansson and his two sons. Anders founded the band in 2016, together with his son Nick and Karl Johansson. The idea for creating a band together arose, after Anders listened to metal music that his sons created, which he enjoyed, eventually leading into the bands formation.Tungsten was later joined by Swedish vocalist Mike Andersson, following which the recording of their first album started. Their debut album, We Will Rise, was released on 20 September 2019, containing elements of power and folk metal. Rock Hard Germany described the album as "carrying Nordic Folk Metal and predominant Power Metal elements, as well as influences like Rammstein or Modern Metal." The recording of the album and also it's producing and mixing, done by Nick Johansson, took place in the summer of 2018. In spring of 2019, a contract with record label Arising Empire was signed, under which the album was later published.The album contains songs titled "We Will Rise" and "The Fairies Dance", which were both published as singles before the album's release, as well as a song called "Misled", which was released on the same day as the album. All three songs were released as music videos. In summer 2020, Tungsten was supposed to partake in the metal festival Sabaton Open Air as a supporting performer. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was postponed – at
