Norwegian quintet GRIFFIN was one of the country's finest exports in the 2000's along with those Black Metal bands and of course salmons! It's no secret that Alexi Laiho of CHILDREN OF BODOM wanted the founder Kai Nergaard as his guitar partner when Alexander Kuoppala left the band. Following "No Holds Barred" produced by non other than Alexi himself and a successful appearance at "Wacken Open Air" in 2004, "Lifeforce" was the band's 4th album produced by the Grammy-nominated Andy LaRocque from KING DIAMOND. They ended up in touring with KING DIAMOND throughout Europe in 2006. Lead guitar player Marcus Silver went on to form his own band TRIOSPHERE and released "Onwards" in 2006, touring with ARCH ENEMY recently. |