Her Bright Skies
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Her Bright Skies is a Swedish
Pop punk
-/Post hardcore band based in Jönköping
in 2005.
), Peter "Pete" Nilsson (Guitar, Vocals), Joakim "Jolle" Karlsson (Bass guitar
, Vocals) and Jonas "Mr.X" Gudmundsson (Drums). The first CD was released in 2007 and is called Beside Quiet Waters. The EP was produced on their own.
Lead singer Johan "Jaybee" Brolin is notoriously known for his stage presence. He often maintains eye contact with a single member of the audience throughout a whole song.
Just one year later their debut full-length album called A Sacrament; Ill City followed. The album was produced at District 19 Records. Their second full-length CD is called Causing a Scene and was produced at swedish Independent record label Panic & Action. Causing a Scene was released in 2010. The same year HBS played at Pier Pressure Festival together with 30 Seconds to Mars
, HIM, Pendulum
and Paramore
. The Used
cancelled their gig at Pier Pressure. The band shared stage with swedish Metalcore band
and label mates Adept
through Germany
and with Bring Me the Horizon
through Scandinavia
.
HBS co-headlined Panic & Action Tour with Kid Down
through Sweden
. The band played concerts in Germany
, Norway
, Austria
and the Netherlands
.
In June 2011 HBS will share stage at Siesta Festivalen together with Asking Alexandria
, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
, August Burns Red
, Adept
, Bullet
and many more bands.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
-/Post hardcore band based in Jönköping
Jönköping
-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...
in 2005.
Bands history
HBS consists of Johan "Jaybee" Brolin (Vocals), Niclas Sjostedt (GuitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Peter "Pete" Nilsson (Guitar, Vocals), Joakim "Jolle" Karlsson (Bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Vocals) and Jonas "Mr.X" Gudmundsson (Drums). The first CD was released in 2007 and is called Beside Quiet Waters. The EP was produced on their own.
Lead singer Johan "Jaybee" Brolin is notoriously known for his stage presence. He often maintains eye contact with a single member of the audience throughout a whole song.
Just one year later their debut full-length album called A Sacrament; Ill City followed. The album was produced at District 19 Records. Their second full-length CD is called Causing a Scene and was produced at swedish Independent record label Panic & Action. Causing a Scene was released in 2010. The same year HBS played at Pier Pressure Festival together with 30 Seconds to Mars
30 Seconds to Mars
30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1998. Since 2007, the band has consisted of actor Jared Leto , Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević...
, HIM, Pendulum
Pendulum (band)
Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
and Paramore
Paramore
Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York...
. The Used
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...
cancelled their gig at Pier Pressure. The band shared stage with swedish Metalcore band
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
and label mates Adept
Adept (band)
Adept is a Swedish post-hardcore band from Trosa.-Formation:Adept was founded in 2004 and consists of musicians Robert Ljung , Jerry Repo Filip Brandelius and Gabriel Hellmark . In their first year, they released their first demo, Hopeless Illusions, recorded and sold on their own...
through Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and with Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon are a British metalcore band from Sheffield, Yorkshire, who formed in 2004. Bring Me the Horizon constits of Oliver Sykes as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist Lee Malia, rhythm guitarist Jona Weinhofen, bassist Matt Kean and drummer Matt Nicholls...
through Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
.
HBS co-headlined Panic & Action Tour with Kid Down
Kid Down
- Biography :The band is currently signed on Burning Heart Records and released three albums called The Noble Art Of Irony , I Want My Girlfriend Rich and Murpy´s Law .In 2007 the band won the Rockbjörnen Music Award ....
through Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The band played concerts in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, 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...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
In June 2011 HBS will share stage at Siesta Festivalen together with Asking Alexandria
Asking Alexandria
Asking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...
, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is an American alternative rock band from Austin, Texas. The chief creative members of the band are Jason Reece and Conrad Keely . The two switch between drumming, guitar and lead vocals, both on recordings and live shows...
, August Burns Red
August Burns Red
August Burns Red is an American metal band, from Manheim, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2003, the group began their first performances while a majority of the members were attending their senior year of high school, and soon began playing shows around Lancaster, before being signed to CI Records, and...
, Adept
Adept (band)
Adept is a Swedish post-hardcore band from Trosa.-Formation:Adept was founded in 2004 and consists of musicians Robert Ljung , Jerry Repo Filip Brandelius and Gabriel Hellmark . In their first year, they released their first demo, Hopeless Illusions, recorded and sold on their own...
, Bullet
Bullet (band)
Bullet was a one-hit wonder American rock band. Its only hit, "White Lies, Blue Eyes", peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1972. Band member Roget Pontbriand went on to play with K.C. and the Sunshine Band and Wild Cherry...
and many more bands.
Albums
- 2008: A Sacrament; Ill City (District 19)
- 2010: Causing a Scene (Panic & Action)
Singles
- 2010: Little Miss Obvious (Panic & Action)
- 2011: Ghosts Of the Attic (Panic & Action)