SBB – “The Rock”

Polish progressive rock trio SBB returns with new material! Full length album entitled “The Rock” will be released via Metal Mind Productions on the 5th November 2007 in Europe and on 22nd January 2008 in US (via MVD). As the title suggests, the band's new music is as powerful as a rock. The follow up to the “New Century” album from 2005 was recorded in early Autumn in a refreshed line-up: Józef Skrzek, Apostolis Anthimos, Gabor Nemethis. Gabor is a very skilled drummer, known from his work with Hungarian bands Scorpió and P. Mobil. The final decision about the line-up change was made during the gig in the Słowianin Club in Szczecin (Poland) earlier this year. It was but their third concert in the new line-up but the warm reception proved it was the right step. Skrzek: “The new line-up means more dynamic and rock sound of SBB. It's very likely that we will start to play older songs in their original arrangements without improvisations on their themes”. With the new album, the band surely get back to their roots. One can find on “The Rock” perfect catchy melodies, wonderful distorted walking bass, and the whole music draws from the years of SBB's greatest popularity while, at the same time, bravely reaching into the future. The music featured on this album refers to one of the best periods in the band's career, crowned with the release of “Memento z banalnym tryptykiem” (considered by many to be SBB's opus magnum). Particular themes interlace and change and the songs relate to each other, thus constituting a single coherent story. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, this is the best prog-rock album of the year 2007!

The Rock” is available in two formats: regular CD and a digipak CD with 2 bonus tracks.

Soon after premiere of “The Rock” album the band will hit the road to play several gigs in Poland. The highlight of the tour will take place at Wyspianski Theatre in Katowice, where SBB will record the show for the purposes of their future live DVD release.