Named for the Rainbow song (a favorite group of founder Jonas Hansson), Silver Mountain showed a strong classical influence and a sound that crossed Rainbow with the heavier NWOBHM style of the day. This was one of the earlier bands for the "Johansson brothers"; Jens (Stratovarius, ex-Malmsteen) on keyboards and Anders (ex-HammerFall, ex-Malmsteen) on drums, both of whom later enjoyed success with several other artists, among them Yngwie Malmsteen, who himself was in an earlier incarnation of this band. The debut, Shakin' Brains (1983), is really an excellent album. In 1985 Silver Mountain released its second album, called Universe and then, they broke up in the late 80's following their Roses And Champagne effort, with the original lineup later reuniting in 2001 for Breakin' Chains. In 2015, with a completely new line-up (without Jens and Anders Johansson), the new album, titled Before The Storm, was released

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