Membres / Members: Per Johansson - vocals Peter Steincke – bass Søren Hoff – guitar Micke Kvist – drums Présentation / Presentation:  Difficile de présenter un groupe tel que Fate sans faire un petit retour en arrière. 1984, le guitariste Hank Sherman quitte Mercyful Fate alors en pleine gloire. Associé au bassiste Pete Steiner (alias Peter Steincke), au batteur Bob Lance (alias Bjarne Holm) et au chanteur Jeff " Lox " Limbo, il forme Fate avec l'idée d'en faire une sorte de version danoise de Van Halen. Leur premier album devient rapidement un classique apprécié par les fans de hard rock, d'AOR, voire de heavy metal mélodique. En 1986, " A Matter Of Attitude ", établit définitivement Fate sur la scène internationale. Ce succès croissant n'empêche pourtant pas Hank Sherman de raccrocher deux ans plus tard et de céder ainsi sa place à The Mysterious Mr. Moth. C'est sous cet étrange pseudonyme que Jacob Moth (c'est son vrai nom) signe toutes les guitares de " Cruisin' For A Bruisin' ", un album, qu'à l'époque, David Lee Roth n'aurait pas renié. En 1990, " Scratch N Sniff " surprend tout le monde avec l'arrivée d'un nouveau chanteur Per " Johansson " Henriksen et, une fois de plus, d'un nouveau guitariste, un gamin suédois nommé Mattias " IA " Eklundh qui a depuis connu le succès que l'on sait avec Freak Kitchen. Après quelques tournées et autres démos en compagnie d'un certain Søren Hoff à la guitare, en 1993, Fate met sa carrière en suspens. Cette longue période de silence ne prend fin qu'en 2004 à l'occasion d'une prestation inattendue au Deep Impact Festival en Allemagne. Dopés par les réactions positives engendrées par ce concert et la réédition récente de leurs albums, les musiciens décident de reprendre du service, histoire de pousser l'aventure un peu plus loin. C'est avec le renfort du batteur Mikael Kvist (Elsesphere) que Per Johansson (chant), Peter Steincke (basse) et Søren Hoff (guitare) enregistrent, pendant l'hiver 2005/2006, le cinquième album de Fate. Simplement intitulé " V " et produit par Tommy Hansen (qui, après s'être illustré avec des groupes tels que Helloween ou Pretty Maids, avait d'ailleurs déjà réalisé " Scratch N Sniff "), ce nouveau disque annonce le retour en grandes pompes de cette légende du hard rock scandinave ! Distillant une musique actuelle, servie un son énorme, en 2006, Fate possède toujours un chanteur unique et un guitariste impeccable. Superbement mélodique, chaque composition, à l'image des percutants " Butterfly " ou " Burned Child ", abrite des riffs heavy et directs qui font honneur au hard rock. Note après note l'on sent que l'expérience de ce quatuor fait la différence. Les fans d'hier et d'aujourd'hui ne seront pas déçus et ne pourront qu'être impressionnés par tant de maîtrise. Welcome back sirs !
 The hard rock legend known as FATE came to life in 1984 when guitarist Hank Sherman left Mercyful Fate. Hank hooked up with fellow Copenhagen musicians bassplayer Pete Steiner (a.k.a. Peter Steincke) and drummer Bob Lance (a.k.a. Bjarne Holm). Together they formed Fate with singer and entertainer Jeff "Lox" Limbo. Originally heralded by the press and fans worldwide as the Danish version of Van Halen (first and foremost due to Limbo's stage appearance), the band rocketed into success with the self titled debut album becoming quite a classic on it's own among the hard rock / AOR / melodic metal fans. With the follow-up in 1986, "A Matter Of Attitude", Fate established their success, and gained even more fans. However, 1988 saw the first line-up change in the history of Fate, as Hank Sherman left the band, and the guys had to find a new guitarist to fill the vacant spot. Enter The Mysterious Mr. Moth (a.k.a. Jacob Moth). Output number 3 was the "Cruisin' For A Bruisin'" album, which was less of a serious album, and more in the vein of the albums David Lee Roth were putting out at that time .. in other words, an album fitted perfectly at Limbo's voice and stage antics. The album did quite okay, especially thanks to the single & video "Lovers", but it was evident that the band needed to make some changes to get back to their classic hard rock roots. With "Scratch N Sniff" in 1990, the band had returned to the same ballsy sound as on the first 2 albums, but also ventured a step further to becoming a more mature and serious band. This was due to 2 major changes; Limbo was out of the band and new singer Per Henriksen (later he changed his last name to Johansson) took the place as frontman with bravour. Per's voice was made for this kind of music, and his input on the sound of "Scratch N Sniff" was tremendous. Also, this album featured the huge talents of Swedish guitarist Mattias "IA" Eklundh, a young dude, who'd later shoot to stardom with his own band Freak Kitchen. Yes, the sound of Fate was intact, but also more daring and adventurous than ever before. After several tours in 1990/91, on their own, as well as with Danish collegues Pretty Maids, Fate and Mattias parted ways, as Mattias wanted to focuse on his solo-career and own material. The band then found a new guitarist in local talent Søren Hoff, and they did a couple of demo's and gigs with this line-up, before the band however officially closed down in 1993. Years went by, and Fate was still a name that reminded people of how great classic hard rock could actually be. In 2004 the guys got the offer to play the prestigious Deep Impact Festival in Germany, and of course this was too good an offer to turn down. So Peter, Per, Søren and temporary drummer Rasmus Duedahl took the trip down there, and had really good response from fans and media - and this also lead to MTM Music wanting to license the "A Matter Of Attitude" and "Scratch N Sniff" albums from EMI, remaster them and release them with some additional bonus tracks. Now, ignited by the overwhelming response to the re-releases, Fate has decided to give it another shot, and with the line-up of Peter, Per, Søren and new drummer Mikael Kvist (from Swedish prog-metal band Elsesphere) Fate is back in action. In the winter of 2005/2006 the band finished recording their next album, "V", with producer Tommy Hansen (who did "Scratch N Sniff" back in 1990, as well as having produced bands like Helloween, Pretty Maids and many more), and promoted worldwide by Intromental Management, 2006 looks to become the year of the Fate-boys. Signed to MTM Music for Europe/Australia/South America and Replica Records for France, Fate are looking forward to an April 2006 release of "V", followed by some gigs in and out of Denmark. The legend has returned :-)
Discographie / Discography: 1984 : Fate 1986 : A Matter Of Attitude 1988 : Cruisin' For A Bruisin' 1990 : Scratch N Sniff 2006 : V RPL 038 Site officiel / Official site: www.fateband.dk 
Booking agent / Management : www.intromental.com
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