Meet Norway’s New Supertrio

Meet Addiktio, a group consisting of several of Norway’s top musicians. On March 9 they`ll release their debut album Verraton, but their first single is due already the first Friday of February. The song is called ‘Unelma’, which is actually the finish word for ‘dream’, and this track is in many ways the essence of Addiktio. It features the heavy guitar riff you love, the groovy drums, harmonically interesting twists, and it´s a dynamic journey from start to end.  ‘Unelma’ sounds both metallic and Radiohead-esque, making it a different treat than you´ve heard before.

Behind the trio Addiktio you`ll find Norwegian music elites regular henchmen and part of a new generation of session musicians. Together they have featured the Norwegian music scene for years. They`ve done rock, they`ve done jazz. Hell, they`ve even done pop, but make no mistake. These guys are metalheads to the bone, and hail from bands such as Shining and Benea Reach.

Now, as a trio, they have created an intricate and progressive symbiose right in the intersection between rock, jazz and metal. An ambient sound with huge soundscapes and with parallels from delicate melodies to contrasting mathematical nature. Håkon Sagens insisting and brutally confronting guitar playing, the backdrop of vintage bass and the drum-aesthetics from Thomas Gallatin and Ruben Oma, tears the listener between in-your-face-rock and uncontrolled but intricate expressions.