Formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2006, Horisont immediately made their presence felt with a familiar but ingenious sound that took in everything from the gritty bluster of the New Wave Of Heavy Metal to the shimmering squall of prime psychedelic rock, with plenty of subtle surprises thrown in for good measure. The band’s first two albums, “Tva Sidor Av Horisonten” (2009) and “Second Assault” (2012) firmly established the Swedes as the modern era’s most instinctively idiosyncratic and inventive purveyors of so-called retro rock. In these men’s hands, however, nostalgia became as much about pushing the past into a new future as it was about saluting the ancient greats.
2013’s “Time Warriors” album was a euphoric exercise in intuitive evolution, as Horisont’s diverse but focused sound assimilated more vivid colours and a greater sense of dynamics, without ever forgetting that the accelerator demands to be regularly floored. Two years later, Horisont’s fourth studio album “Odyssey” emerged to widespread acclaim, as these most deft of analogue craftsmen expanded their musical remit yet further, with everything from symphonic pop and folk rock to the glamour days of Bowie and Bolan making a seamless appearance on board the usual rollercoaster of riffs.
Fast-forward to February, 2017, and Horisont are newly signed to Century Media Records and poised to unleash their finest and most dizzyingly diverse collection of songs to date. Nothing short of a future classic in the making, “About Time” marks the start of the band’s second decade with an audacious flourish: brimming with smart ideas, steeped in old school soul and every bit as vivid and substantial as the classics albums that first inspired Horisont to rock out together, it’s a great leap forward for all concerned.
The latest album "Sudden Death" is released in 2020.