“‘Dazed’ is about living in the post-truth era with fact-spinning politicians and deep-faking AI in a synthetic reality, when you no longer can believe your eyes, nor your ears. It’s been worth the wait, I promise,” said lead singer Tommy Nilsson.

The Swedish hard rockers have plenty of history worth revisiting. Formed in 1983 and signed by Seymour Stein to Sire Records, Easy Action became the first Swedish hard rock band to land a major US deal, with their eponymous debut arriving the following year. Within a couple of years they were scoring chart positions with their singles.

As more major labels came calling, guitarist Kee Marcello was offered a place in Europe, a move that led to three world tours and co-writes on two multi-million selling albums. That pulled Easy Action apart, while Nilsson went on to a hugely successful solo career at home in Sweden.

In 2019 the band reunited to play the Sweden Rock Festival, and the crowd response relit the fire, pushing them back into writing new material.

Now featuring Nilsson and Marcello alongside guitarist Chris Lind, bassist Nalle Påhlsson, keyboardist Jörgen Ingeström and drummer and backing vocalist Björn Höglund, Easy Action have a new studio album ready. ‘Dazed’ is drawn from it, folding prog influences into their established AOR sound.

With 2026 marking the 40th anniversary of their That Makes One album and a fresh record on the way, a festival tour beckons.

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Eta Frontiers Music Srl. The track is accompanied by an official video, available below.

Talking about the new single, Ronnie said: “’Eternally‘ is another very special song I wrote together with my dear friend Roy Z. We had been talking about doing something together for many years and, when it was time to write my album, I asked him if he had any idea and he immediately sent me this music with a very cool riff that Jose (Rubio) and I we adapted to the song you can listen to now!

“Since I live in Romania, I had the idea to write about Vlad Tepes (Dracula) so I thought this song was the perfect opportunity. The lyrics is about his loneliness and desperation… A different point of view and how love can keep us alive even in the hardest times.”

“I actually have to thank my dear friend Russ Ballard!” said Romero of the record. “Before I started writing the songs, I had this idea to make a song together, to link somehow the Rainbow connection we have. He immediately said yes and sent a cool idea which ended up being the song ‘Hideaway’. From there it was so easy to get inspired for the rest of the songs.

“Also, the song we did with my dear Roy Z, and of course the amazing guitar solo of one of our heroes Kee Marcello for the song with Russ… It’s so easy to write music when you are surrounded by such great people!”

Romero continued: “Nothing would be possible without the help of my friend Jose Rubio, in the songwriting process and the wonderful job he did to get the powerful sound through all the album, since he took care of the mixing and mastering. I really believe it’s an important improvement from the previous album. I hope you all gonna like this one!! We feel very proud of what we achieved with Backbone”.

The Backbone album, is said to mark a major step forward in his solo career. Produced by Romero himself and mixed and mastered by his guitarist Jose Rubio Jimenez, Special contributions include guitar legend Kee Marcello, as well as acclaimed songwriter Russ Ballard, who penned the track ‘Hideaway’. The album also features a thunderous cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Devil And Daughter’ reimagined.

Romero has sung with the likes of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, The Michael Schenker Group, Lords Of Black, The Ferrymen, Sunstorm, and most recently, Elegant Weapons, alongside Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest.

Backbone follows Romero’s first solo album of original material, Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters, and two covers records. Tracks featured are: ‘Backbone’, ‘Bring The Rock’, Lost In Time’, ‘Never Felt This Way’, ‘Hideaway (Run)’, ‘Lonely World’, ‘Keep On Falling’, ‘Eternally’, ‘Running Over’ and ‘Black Dog’ – It can be ordered here.

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“I’ve never been in a position to write about such a personal painful subject,” said Collateral’s frontman and guitarist Angelo Tristan about the new single. “During the pandemic, my partner’s mum passed away with no real warning. It was a real dark time, and there was no way of escaping it, so I did the only thing I know how, and that was to try and get those feelings out. It’s about tragedy, but I’m starting to see an underlying hope within the song. After all, it’s a story that sooner or later, we all take part in.”

New single ‘On The Long Road’ is available on all streaming platforms here and you can check out the official video her at RAMzine.

Both single and forthcoming album  were produced by Dan Weller (Those Damn Crows, Elles Bailey, Enter Shikari, Monster Truck, Kris Barras).

Since the band released their eponymous debut album (Top 5 UK Rock Album Chart) at the start of 2020 Collateral has spent little time standing still. Covid came only weeks after the debut album was released and forced the band to cancel their highly successful tour with Phil X (Bon Jovi) halfway through. This made the band hungry to keep the momentum. With innovative ways to produce top quality live streams, the band became special guests supporting the likes of Skid Row, H.E.A.T and Reckless Love.

The Kent-based rock and roll band featuring Tristan, lead guitarist Louis Malagodi, bass player Jack Bentley-Smith and drummer Ben Atkinson, independently released a remixed and remastered a version of their debut album retitled as Re-Wired in October 2022, with Jeff Scott Soto, Phil X, Kee Marcello, Rudy Sarzo, Danny Vaughn, and Joel Hoekstra putting guest appearances, with the record reaching #12  in the Official UK Rock Charts.

After the gruelling back-to-back tours with Skid Row, H.E.A.T and Reckless Love, the band ignited a spark and strengthened their already loyal fanbase leading them to win the opening slot at 2023s Stonedead Festival, leading the band to perform their biggest show.

Collateral’s “hotly tipped” sophomore album looks like it will take them to the next level. A lot of people don’t know what to expect from the new album, as the band have been tight-lipped about the new songs. However, word has it they’ve created a state-of-the-art rock album that will immerse listeners in their rock music universe, enabling fans to feel the blood, sweat and glory that went into the recording of every song.

“We felt that our debut album was lacking the production,” reflected Tristan. “For the sophomore album, I wanted to make sure that this time we left no room for error and so got one of the hottest producers in the music industry, Dan Weller, to help lift these songs into a new dimension. With Dan’s pioneering studio expertise, this album has massive production quality that enables you to get lost in each character-filled track. Dan really brought out the emotions we were trying to portray and has achieved it with his own unique style.

“We wanted this album to express where we were in our own lives since the release of our first. So much has happened since then, I mean the world shut down for what felt like a lifetime! And it was obvious that people were going to need some sort of optimism.  I hope ‘Glass Sky’ is one of those songs that gives people the belief to find themselves again.

“Whereas, the feel-good ‘Just One Of Those Days’ is trying to find the good side of a bad day. Me being me, couldn’t help but to write a big power ballad, ‘The Long Road’, that I wrote from a very hard and deep place, in hope that it could maybe bring some peace and comfort to people who need it. I think there’s all aspects of life running though this album and what it means to us will remain in our hearts forever.

“Should’ve Known Better is an album that goes beyond specific music genres,” the singer said. “It’s almost like a soundtrack to a beating heart.  It’s an album that will remain timeless in years to come.”

The full list of tracks on the album is as follows: ‘Glass Sky’, ‘Original Criminal’, ‘Just One Of Those Days’, ‘Teenage Dreams, ‘Elysium’, ‘On The Long Road’, ‘No Place For Love’, ’Game Changer’ and ‘Final Stand’.

Should’ve Known Better will be out on 24^th May. It will be released by Big Shot Records on red vinyl, picture disc, CD and digitally with worldwide distribution by Cargo Records Direct. The album is available to pre-order from Collateral’s website and Cargo Records Direct.

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