Description

Escape Into The Sun is the debut solo album by former Praying Mantis singer Tony Ohora originally released in 2006. For the solo album to take shape, record label turned to Swedish guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire Magnus Karlsson who has written and performed such highly acclaimed projects as Kiske-Somerville, The Codex and the Allen-Lande trilogy. In fact the entire album is written, mixed and produced by the Swede who also performs all guitars, bass, keyboards and programs the drums on Escape Into The Sun. For that matter O’Hora’s contributing was to perform lead vocals on the songs; but that takes nothing away from the quality of Escape Into The Sun. Indeed this album includes what could possibly be some of Karlsson best ever compositions namely the title track, the decimating Black Wings, the huge No More Innocence and High Enough. In terms of style the album defines the very essence of melodic; from there it falls into melodic AOR, melodic hard rock and melodic metal, depending on the song you pick. And this diversity is very much due to the amazing performing talent of Tony who literally works vocal miracles on the album. He can hit just about every not with incredible precision and clarity and on a personal level I believe Escape Into The Sun is the best showcase of his phenomenal abilities.

Track list:
1. Broken Soul
2. Escape Into The Sun
3. No More Innocence
4. High Enough
5. My Final Prayer
6. Dreamless Nights
7. More Than We Know
8. Close To Me
9. Evil Love
10. Black Wings
11. Start All Over
12. Never Alone