Constancia - The Next Step (EP) (CD digipak in plastic bag)

Celebrating the first ever live gig in the long history of Swedish outfit CONSTANCIA around Janne Stark (g, MOUNTAIN OF POWER, FALLING HAZARD) and keyboarder Mikael Rosengren at this year's edition of the Malmö Melodic festival they release a nice EP with five (pun intended!) strong songs. The new frontman Jonas Erixon (ALICATE) is a great match, too. Compared to the last two records with former frontman Pete Godfrey, the band sounds a little bit heavier on "The Next Step". Just check out "Chasing Your Lies" with its fine guitars allover the place. (MS)