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Leverage (Jyväskylä/Helsinki, Finland) hits many of you right out of the bushes, but in a flashy way. Finnish Heavy Rock has long traditions and tough merits, but this type of old school melodic heavy rock with a shade of progressive flavour hasn’t been heard from Finnish bands before. It all started with a heavy dose of Rainbow, but how did we get here, and where has Leverage been hiding all these years? Songwriter-guitarist Tuomas Heikkinen has a few words on the subject:

The story so far…

‘As little kids, me and Lampinen used to sit in a pile of snow on the schoolyard reading comics, besides that I spent most of my free time at home sitting with my headphones on listening to Stargazer by Rainbow a hundred times over. Lampinen said he wanted to get to play the bass in Budokan, I wanted to be Ritchie Blackmore. In a way that still hasn’t changed.

A bit later I used to teach heavy rock guitar to kids, I was about 17 or so, and then this kid by the name of Torsti walked in. He picked up all my licks in no time wanting to play faster than anyone else. He still does.

I heard Heino sing for the first time through a friend’s cell phone recording. He sang like a superstar while the others tried to keep up with acoustic guitars. I knew immediately that here’s the man that I had been looking ever since moving to Helsinki to find a great singer.

Valtteri and Niskala dig all kinds of prog-metal, other than that they are good guys…
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  • umosay

    BEEN TOO LONG LEVERAGE :(

    Wednesday morning

  • rushang

    Power. Not progressive. Good. Not bad.

    February 2012

  • Last_Dawn

    YEAH! ^^ Nr.1 listener! You can't get tired of listening. Amazing! ^^

    December 2011

  • Vggamegod

    this band is stellar :D

    December 2011

  • CoenVen

    I want more of this amazing band and I want it now!

    December 2011

  • Meat_Wolf

    Not power metal? o.O Well, half of the scene draws from hard rock bands of the past now, so what? Doesn't make them less power metal 'cause all the basics and melodies are 90% of power metal. But no, you claim it's... progressive! :D That's a bit too much. Don't know if there's a single progressive element in Blind Fire let's say. It's straightforward as hell.

    November 2011

  • TheOnlyMetallia

    Any band that has roots in Rainbow . has my votes ! nice sound

    October 2011

  • Harmaa_Griffin

    Well, prog/power, like Masterplan.

    October 2011
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"Inside a song"-section updated and 1 gig added!

6 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/leverageband

Hey there folks!"Inside a song"-section is now updated with "Wolf and the Moon" from Circus Colossus. Check it out here: http://www.leverageband.com/music/inside-a-song.htmlAlso 1 gig is …

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