Influences

Thorbjorn Englund, the guitar magician behind Winterlong, has released his debut instrumental solo album, entitled Influences. As the title suggests, this album pays homage to Thorbjorn's influences and covers a wide range of styles. Thorbjorn has had the desire to do an instrumental album since the first Winterlong album and it's at this stage of his career that Thorbjorn felt there was enough quality material to realise this vision. The songs on Influences are a collection of old ideas some that date back to the very first Winterlong promo demo as well as brand compositions written especially for this album with some additional rarities thrown in such as covers of old NES game soundtracks! Anyone that has appreciated Thorbjorn's virtuoso guitar work on the last four Winterlong albums will find Influences a great insight into what make Thorbjorn tick as a musician. One thing is for certain, anyone that appreciates a well played guitar will dig Influences.