Leverage - 'Shooting Star' (official music video)

See the dark edge of horizon
Where the world fades away
Can you feel the wind arising
Storm fills the skies

There’s no hope for retribution
Through the ages I have fought
Resurrection, grand illusion
Where dreams defy

Gotta get out of here
Break the barriers of the sky as it falls
No right, no wrong
To the end of the rainbow
We fly...
We fly!

Thousand trails across the desert
Underneath the burning sun
No escape, no shelter
Fate in disguise

Gotta get out of here
Break the barriers of the sky as it falls
No right, no wrong
To the end of the rainbow
We fly...

Ride the shooting star
The skies above
Heaven help me

Ride the shooting star
No one to catch me
I will fly until I fall

Gotta get out of here
Break the barriers of the sky as it falls
No right, no wrong
To the end of the rainbow
We fly...

Leverage: Φινλανδικό συγκρότημα μελωδικού heavy / power metal. Δραστηριοποιήθηκε δισκογραφικά την πρώτη δεκαετία της παρούσης χιλιετίας κυκλοφορώντας (από το 2005 έως το 2009) με τρία full length albums, ένα single, ένα ep και ένα demo. Στην συνέχεια "χάθηκαν" τα δισκογραφικά τους ίχνη για εννέα έτη.

Το 2019 "βγήκε" ο πρώτος "ολοκληρωμένος" δίσκος τους μετά από μία δεκαετία υπό τον τίτλο "Determinus" και ακολούθησε το album "Above The Beyond" προ τετραετίας. Το 2022 απεβίωσε απεβίωσε ο τραγουδιστής Kimmo Blom σε ηλικία 52 ετών και η μπάντα οδηγήθηκε σε (προσωρινή) διάλυση.

Εν τέλει αποφασίσθηκε να δοθεί συνέχεια στο συγκρότημα, με τον Ιταλό τραγουδιστή (που κατοικεί μόνιμα στο Ελσίνκι από το 2012) Paolo Ribaldini (τον ακούσαμε και στα προηγούμενα albums της μπάντας στα δεύτερα φωνητικά). Το νέο τους πόνημα τιτλοφορείται "Gravity" και αναμένεται τον πρώτο καλοκαιρινό μήνα...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Following the untimely passing of singer’s Kimmo Blom in August 2022, Leverage’s future seemed uncertain. However, after some months of hiatus, founding member and main songwriter Tuomas Heikkinen, decided it was time to give the band another shot of life.

The result of this process of rebuilding saw the outstanding singer Paolo Ribaldini (Delain) and violinist Lotta-Maria Heiskanen joining the band with the precise task to renew and refresh the sound of the band.

The resulting album “Gravity”, which is the band’s sixth full-length album in slightly less than 20 years, aptly showcases contemporary heavy rock sound, which takes influence from the golden past while still offering their own unique personality.

Plenty of ear-catching melodies delivered skillfully with pristine production on the band’s latest album. Finland’s Leverage are not a power metal band, nor an AOR band, and definitely not a tribute to the '80s band.

Leverage doesn't easily fall into a genre category because for the band, it’s all about making and playing music with heart and soul and having a blast doing it. Leverage thus have developed their own style of making heavy rock and that is their mission.

The sonic stamp says Leverage. No more needed. Leverage first landed on the scene in 2006 with the independent release of their debut album, “Tides”.

With their blend of symphonic metal and melodic hard rock, with some progressive metal twists, they created a buzz on the scene and were signed by Frontiers for the release of their second album, “Blind Fire” in 2008, before moving to Universal / Spinefarm for their next album, “Circus Colossus” (2009).

The band became inactive not too long after the release of that third album though, sadly leaving fans craving more music from the band. In 2018, Leverage returned with a new lineup featuring singer Kimmo Blom (ex-Urban Tale, Raskasta Joulua) and guitarist Mikko Salovaara.

They first released an EP, “The Devil’s Turn” and then a full-length, “Determinus”. The band showcased that they are still able to cover a pretty wide ground musically. Again, not power metal, not AOR, not thrash.

Just great heavy rock with stunning melodies. The band is now composed by longtime members Tuomas Heikkinen (guitars), Marko Niskala (keyboards), Valtteri Revonkorpi (drums), Sami Norrbacka (bass) along with Paolo Ribaldini (vocals) and Lotta-Maria.»

Band: Leverage
Country of origin: Finland
Location: Helsinki/Jyväskylä
Formed in: 2005
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Lyrical themes: Life, Nature
Years active: 2005-present

Video: "Shooting Star"
Album: "Gravity"
Type: Full length
Release date: June 20th, 2025
Label: Frontiers Music srl
Format: CD, Digital

Track listing:
1. Shooting Star
2. Tales Of The Night
3. Hellbound Train
4. Moon Of Madness
5. Eliza
6. All Seeing Eye
7. King Ghidorah
8. Gravity

Band members:
Paolo Ribaldini - vocals
Tuomas Heikkinen - guitars
Marko Niskala - keyboards
Valtteri Revonkorpi - drums
Sami Norrbacka - bass
Lotta-Maria Heiskanen - violin