RockWeekend AOR

Eternity LP

A limited edition of ALIEN 'Eternity' (2014), transparent red vinyl 12″ LP, 
will be released by Blastzone Entertainment (US).

 A (crowd funding) pre-order site is online now!
Please, go check out!.. and sign up for your copy

Various additional perks available, limited Eternity t-shirt, signed stuff etc.

Wall of fame

ALIEN on the 'wall of fame' at Harry B James rock club,
Stockholm... amongst Deep Purple: Burn a.o. classics ;)

ALIEN: Only One Woman / Dreamer  7" 1988

Nippon ღ Alien

Eternity Japan edition gets a 87/100 review in 'Burrn!
Magazine' #7 July edition. Plus, Eternity EU edition
top 10 in the Burrn! 'Import' chart.

Bickee Music/PCI Music throw an open listening party
for the Japanese release, at Sweeet Rock, Tokyo.
June 7th @ 21:00  www.sweeetrock.com

Eternity Japan edition

Bickee Music, Japan will release an edition of 'Eternity'.
A couple of bonus tracks will be added, the album cover
altered etc. Release are set for June 18th.

We were happy about the 'No Remorse'/EMI re-issue of our
1988 debut album ('Alien', Scandinavian edition) making it
to the #1 spot in 'Burrn! Magazine' import album chart!

We're now looking forward to work with BICKEE and the
'Eternity' release in Japan!

Eternity artwork

The ambition with this new album was to make it feel like a
natural follow up to our 1988 debut, and for the original lineup
it IS the sequel! Working title has been ALIEN II, even.
That would obviously have been a WAY too confusing title,
though! So, ETERNITY it is...

As with the music, we wanted the artwork to connect to the
debut album feel, as well. Think we stay quite true to the genre ;)

Photo shoot...

Promo photos in the making! For the upcoming album release...



Cherie Wandroph made an awsome job with makeup and
photo. You rock!! xoxo

Risen from the caches...

Taking a dive into ny Alien memorabilia stash,
I found some sheet music from the 1st album.
Pretty cool!



Hoarder?.. me?..  :)

Firefest top 10!

With around 140 bands over ten years, Firefest polled
the fans via Facebook (prior to the 10th Anniversary)
to discover the top 10 greatest performances.

We're absolutely thrilled to find Alien (2011) at 8th!
Thanks FF, you're the greatest crowd ever!

Old flames die hard

Fans of our debut might like to know that we've reconnected
with co-writers Pam Barlow & Janet Morrison Minto for the
coming album!! The girls have written lyrics to a whole bunch
of our new songs, turned out great... just you wait! ;)

Jim, last time around... hard at work at Sound City, LA in '88.

We're now taking a short break in the album production,
preparing for the "Firefest, 10th Anniversary" show. Looking
forward to meet all you AOR heads in Nottingham again! :)

Classic Rock Magazine: AOR

Classic Rock (presents) AOR #9 feature an ALIEN interview,
talking about the upcoming Firefest (10th annviversary show)
performance... and of course the new album in the making.

Also, Ken is on the (15 track) CD sampler "AOR: Supersonic",
coming with the magazine - in Chasing Violets "Deception In
Heaven" (of the Jade Hearts album).

Studio diary: Bohus Sound peek

Work in progress!

Alien finally started recording the new album last weekend.
Drums were cut at Bohus Sound Studios Aug 1st-3rd.

Toby did an awsome job, so did Bohus Sound drum tech/
in-house engineer Stefan Karlsson. Great fun!!

Alien 80's Artwork

For the first four 7" singles, as well as the
Scandinavian version of the debut album,
we chose airbrush pieces by Gothenburg
artist Anders Holmberg for cover artwork.

Here are some Polaroids of the originals :)
'Only One Woman' was made /w our logo in
the actual paintings!

"Swedish Metal Classics"

Sweden Rock Magazine #103 feature a full page
ad for the "Swedish Metal Classics" collection.
Also, a review (7/10).

Italian Girl

Digging (in) the archives - this is a funny one!

Tape Op lost the title of a song we just recorded.
"Italian Girl"?!

...right answer: "Only One Woman" :)

Swedish Metal Classics

Rare and expensive classics get reborn!
EMI Music Sweden is proud to present the reissues of some
Swedish sought after hard rock and metal classics.

March 25th marks the release of the campaign Swedish Metal
Classics, a pack of well hidden gems and forgotten jewels get
a chance to reach a brand new audience across the globe!

24 albums, 10 of them haven’t been available since the 80’s.
A 16 track compilation feature each band in the campaign;
Alien, Biscaya, Bedlam, Dalton, Talk of the town a.o.

No.1 in Japan!

Alien hits the No.1 spot in the import album chart in Japan!
Burrn! magazine feature a special ad/article on the reissue
of the 1988 debut album, due to topping the chart.

Clippings

Debut album evening paper advert, 25 years ago.
Nicely cut-out pic ... NOT! Pre Photoshop... :)

The Anniversary Bonus Edition coming soon!

Remastered & Reloaded

EMI Music Sweden are releasing the Alien back catalog,
remastered for digital download. First out are
Alien Bonus Edt, /w 2 unreleased Polar St. session outtakes.
Shiftin' Gear, /w 4 unreleased Bohus Sound St. demos
(the Original Lineup versions).