CIRCUS MAXIMUS

Members: Michael Eriksen, Mats Haugen, Truls Haugen, Glen Mollen, Lasse Finbråten

Releases: Nine (2012), Isolate (2009), The 1st Chapter(2005)

For this new record the band presents the best of both worlds -- offering their most melodic and at the same time heaviest moments of their repertoire, with class and maturity which is really from another world. "The majority of the material on the new record was written by Mats Haugen and he has taken the music to a kind of simpler and more accessible approach, yet kept the progressive elements and the "nerve" that is Circus Maximus" says Truls Haugen. "We're actually more melodic and heavier on this new record than we've ever been".

The re-defining sound, the songwriting and the clever production, highlights the band as one of the leading, original Progressive-Metal band around. "Nine" is an absolute contender for Top Album of the year, transcending the boundaries and subgenres of Hard Rock music!