TEASER SWEET - Night Stalker LP HRR 1010LP, ltd 600, 300 x black + 300 x opaque red vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert, download code Therese Damberg - vocals Marcus Damberg - lead guitar Hampus Steenberg - bass & background vocals Kent Svensson - drums 01 Intro 02 Night Stalker 03 Deep in the Woods 04 Living in Sin 05 Blue Sky 06 Eat You Alive 07 Turn Me on 08 Killer Machine 09 Cold is the Fire AVAILABLE

Consisting of vocalist Therese Damberg, her brother Marcus Damberg on guitar, Hampus Steenberg on bass and Kent Svensson behind the drums, Teaser Sweet have already made some waves in the Swedish metal scene. They originally started out in 2013, when Marcus Damberg asked his sister and former bass player Christoffer Cardell “shouldn’t we start a band?” The initial line-up was completed by Kalle Krantz on drums. Before writing their own material, they used to be playing Kiss cover songs. After recording a demo they took to the stage and eventually releasing three albums and an EP: »Hit And Run« (2015), »In The Night« (EP, 2017), »Hypnotized« (2018) and »Monster« (2020). The band has now signed a deal with High Roller Records as singer Therese Damberg explains: “We have always worked as an independent band but felt it was difficult to reach a larger audience. High Roller Records is a company with a good reputation, so we decided to share our latest record with them, which they loved – and there was a deal.” The name of the album is »Night Stalker«. “We recorded and mixed it at South Banks Studios, located in Huskvarna, Sweden, in August 2024, it was mastered by Carl-Johan Grimmark,” says Therese, who describes the music of the band as “classic hard rock with a touch of old school heavy metal.” Therese’s vocals on »Night Stalker« are very powerful yet melodic, at times sounding like a cross between Acid’s Kate, Leather Leone and Johanna of Lucifer. However, Therese herself sees it in a different light: “If I must name a female singer, it is Doro Pesch that I love to listen to. Otherwise, it's male singers that catch my attention, such as Rob Halford with his great feeling and attitude in his vocals.” When asked about the big number of high-class female-fronted or all-female hard rock and metal bands in Sweden – from Crucified Barbara and Slingblade to Thundermother and The Gems –, the singer searches for an explanation: “Hard to say what the reason is for that. My guess is that Swedish women probably have an ear for hard rock and a confidence to follow their own path. ABBA laid the foundation for female singers from Sweden, and it is natural that hard rock bands have female singers just as there are bands with only men.” Apart from being influenced by the music of Judas Priest and Dio, a song like “Deep In The Woods”, with its galloping bass work, owes a lot to Iron Maiden. Therese laughs: “You have a really good ear, that’s correct!” The main riff of “Killer Machine”, however, evokes the spirit of Black Sabbath. “Yes, we agree,” says the vocalist, “it has a touch of Black Sabbath but our influences for that particular song are split between Judas Priest and the modern style of the band Europe.” Elsewhere, numbers such as “Cold Is The Fire” and “Turn Me On” are also full of great hooks, making »Night Stalker« the band’s best album so far. MATTHIAS MADER