Frogtoon Music

Field Of Hope Released Track by Altona

Artist Biography For Altona

There Are Multiple Artists Using This Name. 1. Altona Is A German Band Founded In 1971 In Hamburg Suburbs As Reincarnation Of Krautrock Band Thrice Mice. Dropping Former Band's Classical Edge In Preference For A Jazzier Front On Their Debut Altona Played A Lively Fusion That Crossed Many Boundaries But Kept The Blodwyn Pig Feel That Dominated The Early Thrice Mice Recordings. Mixing Excellent Early Jazz Fusion With Psychedelic Rock Elements Album's Music Is A Real Gem. In Contrast Their Second Album CHICKENFARM Disappointed As It Saw A Mellowing Of Style To Funky Edged Jazz-Rock With Blues And Soul Tendencies And An Indistinctive Anglo-American Type Brassy-Rock Sound. A Few Altona Members Later Reappeared In The Obscure Band Dirty Dogs. 2. ALTONA Was Founded In 1996 And Initial Compositions Were Based On A Pure Thrash Metal Sound. They Performed In Many Venues And Festivals Between 1997 And 2000 Whil E Recording A First EP "Alarm Of The End" In 1999. In 2001 They Attended Rockstation Festival In Ankara And Were Broadcast On TRT's Rock Market Television Show.
From 2000 Onward The Musical Route Started To Change Toward More Progressive Heavy Metal With Eastern Themes And Thrash Rhythms. In 2004 Compositions From This Period Resulted In A Studio Album Simply Titled "Altona". Initially Nine Tracks Were Planned For This Album But To Retain Musical Integrity All Older Compositions Were Removed - Leaving Five Compositions And An Intro And Outro.
Each Track On The Album Has It's Own Theme A Story In Itself. A Good Example Is "City Of Zeugma" The True Story About A City That Is Now Mostly Underwater. 3. Altona Is A Hardcore Band From Stouffville ON.

HOME ALTONA
POPULAR TRACKS MIXES ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50