You want it true, heavy and loud? You love the 80s and you would die for pure fuckin’ Heavy Metal? Then Löanshark is your band! You will find everything your metal heart is beating for within their traditional sound, that takes no prisoners! Löanshark was founded as a power-trio in 2017, in the heart of Barcelona and is currently taking the scene by storm as an uprising star on the NWOTHM heaven, just alongside Spanish fellow acts such as Hitten, Savaged, Witchtower or Iron Curtan. Following their 2018 debut EP “The Warning Session” and two singles – including their Underground hit “Fast, Heavy, Loud‘N Proud” – which were all featured on the “The Gangland Tapes” CD in 2021, now, Löanshark are gearing up for the release of their much-awaited, new studio album, entitled “No Sins to Confess”.
“It’s a great honor to join ROAR to introduce our first album and become part of this family that includes many of the best and most legendary artists of the genre”!, the band comments on their label signing. “We want to rise to the occasion, the Heavy Metal vice is burning in our veins and we can’t wait to spread the fire around the world”! A music video for the trio’s first single, the furious album opening track “Electric Shoking Waves”, is now premiering below! The band reveals: “‘Electric Shoking Waves’ is a full-fledged declaration of intent, through electric riffs, frenzy in percussion and wild changes of tempo the band describes the adrenaline that emerges in their performances, which are like a ritual of liberation and metal brotherhood”.
Everything about Löanshark is old-school and like a flashback into the early 80s metal scene. “This is what we feel and what we are, so it’s kinda impossible for us to not sound old-school, because it is in our DNA”, describes bassist Aless. You can already see that spirit within their artwork, their logo or their look. ”For the cover artwork, we wanted that 80’s movie atmosphere, something eye catchy, dangerous, exciting and sexy! So we have choosen a smoky alley as the setting, long and sexy female legs, that hide a lethal weapon behind them, and there we are, about to die at the hands of this hitwoman who already has ‘another man in the trunk’. We want to maintain that ‘mafia’ atmosphere in our work, we want it to be our identifying seal, in accordance with the name we chose for the band”.
“No Sins to Confess” will be featuring re-recorded, early tracks “Machine Gunner” and “Heavy Metal Addicts” as well as a cover version of NWOBHM cult band Marseille and their track “Open Fire”. In the end you will get ten exciting tracks of a young band, that is obviously on fire. ”I think we managed to sound fresh within the genre”, summarises Aless. “Obviously we play traditional heavy metal and that aura is going to reach you when you hear it, but at the same time we try to ensure that no riff reminds you explicitly of any other song. Another virtue we have is, that we are what you hear on the album. We try not to be pretentious with the production and when you see us live you will get a very similar experience. People are usually surprised by our live sound, created by just three crazy people”. “No Sins to Confess” will be released on February 14th, 2025, via ROAR
01. Electric Shockin’ Waves
02. Machine Gunner
03. The City Goes Fast
04. Another Man in the Trunk
05. Backstabber
06. Wet n’ Wild
07. Midnight Shooter
08. Bad Guys Don’t Lose
09. Open Fire
10. Heavy Metal Addicts
Lögan Heads – Guitar, Vocals
Aless Oppossed – Bass
Angel Smolski – Drums