Steelwings

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wedish act Steelwings play classic old-school hard rock and heavy metal mix with roots from the 80's. They were formed in 1982 and were part of the FWOSHM (First Wave Of Swedish Heavy Metal) being very active throughout the 80s and at the beginning of the 90s playing a lot of gigs during this time and much of their material was recorded and released as four consecutive demos in different forms. This was the time before the Internet, so the music was spread by tape-trading. In 1983 the band went to England and recorded two songs for 'Ebony Records' as well as the song Live Your Life. They also appeared on the charity record Swedish Metal Aid, together with other Swedish heavy rock bands such as Europe, Treat and Heavy Load. In 1989, the band's last album before their hiatus, Steelwings, was released both as LP and CD on the 'Air Music Scandinavia' label. Indeed, this was not the band's first 'hiatus' for somewhere around 1985 they changed their name from Steel Wings to the concatenated Steelwings to re-emerge again around 1988 with a single before finally releasing the aforementioned full album.