Jackwave (Swe) - King of the Sea (2020)

Comes with hand-numbered certificate.

Tracks 01-03 - Demo 1986
Tracks 04-05 - King of the Sea / I'll Be There, 7" Single 1986
Tracks 06-07 - Demo 1987
Tracks 08-09 - Rising Star / Release Me, 7" Test Press Single, 1988

The Swedish band Jackwave was active only in a short three years period beginning in 1985. A changing of bandmembers ended the career from these young hopefuls fast. Two bands playing a similar Heavy Metal style are much more well known today: Ironcross from Finland and... Heavy Load... the domestic competitors. The songwriting was on the same high level and even the vocals were powerful and high class! but Jackwave made only two 7 inchs and two demo tapes spreading over the world only in self distribution. By living not in a big town, but Boxholm, which probably nobody outside Sweden knows, it was definitely impossible to reach a useful number of Metal fans without a strong label in the background. So today the band Jackwave is only known to a few specialists. With the reedition of all the material the band made during their time of existing, this will hopefully change a bit. There is a bunch of strong songs which probably will fasinate the listenever even over 30 years after their apperance - Stefan Riermaier, July 2020