Captain Black Beard Sonic Forces

Captain Black Beard made their live debut in Stockholm, Sweden on October 31, 2009 and released their self-titled album in May 2011. It was acclaimed by press around the world, so much so that it was named one of the "Albums of the Year" by legendary journalist Geoff Barton of Classic Rock Magazine. After concerts in America and the UK, most of 2013 was spent working on the second album, "Before Plastic", which was released in May 2014. The band also returned to the UK and played at the Hard Rock Hell Festival, opening for Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, MSG). This album also received excellent reviews and featured a guest appearance by Bruce Kulick (KISS, Grand Funk Railroad). In February 2015, Captain Black Beard entered the studio with producer Chips Kiesbye (Hellacopters, Bonafide). They also toured Scandinavia as support act for Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen), Robin Beck and House Of Lords. "It's A Mouthful" was released in March 2016 and the tour began with a comeback at the Hard Rock Hell festival and - again - supporting Joe Lynn Turner. At the end of the year the group amicably parted ways with singer Sakaria Björklund. In 2017 a "new" Captain Black Beard went into the studio to record with producer Jona Tee (keyboardist for H.e.a.t) and in April 2018 "Struck By Lightning" was released to rave reviews. This line-up was short-lived however and the tour dates following the release featured the amazing Linnea Vikström (Therion) as temporary lead singer.

In early 2019, the band brought singer Martin Holsner on board for a co-headlining tour with Osukaru through Germany and started working on a new album with producer Dave Dalone (guitarist of H.e.a.t), which led to the band completely reinventing themselves in time for their 10th anniversary. After a bombastic start to 2020 supporting Geoff Tate on tour, Captain Black Beard are proud to release their "Sonic Forces", recorded at Yardstreet Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, on AOR Heaven in April 2020.

Pride & Joy Music Classixx is now re-releasing the long-sold-out "Sonic Forces" album with 2 bonus tracks! The CD is limited to only 300 copies and is available as Vol. 9 in the Pride & Joy Music Classixx series!

Line-ups: Christian Ek - guitar, Martin Holsner - vocals, Robert Majd - bass, Vinnie Stromberg - drums