Joe Hasselvander Fire on the Mountain CD (LP coming january/feb 2025)

Brand New 2025 Studio Album release from the American Heavy Metal "Godfather of Doom" Legend, Joe Hasselvander. This album features Joe at his best, reviving the One-Man-Power Trio studio recording style, this time handling ALL vocal duties as well. The Death Row / High Voltage Band Co-Founder of Pentagram and long time
50-year veteran of the NWOBHM (35+) and American Heavy Metal scenes (50 and counting) respectively. This American musician known widely for his distinctive drumming style offers his fans a special release of Monolithic proportions.

Savant Guarde Records is extremely honored and proud to present this Monolith of Heavy Metal Rock. Get it on CD while supplies last. Please stay tuned for more information on our Vinyl/LP/Record release coming early 2026.

"Early on in Hasselvander's career regularly played the military club circuit in and around the Washington, D.C. area until 1973, when he was asked to join The Platters after playing a show with them in Waldorf, Maryland. Hasselvander declined, saying he had to finish high school. He later joined a jazz fusion ensemble called the Ra Notra Sextet that was writing and performing music similar to Chick Corea or The Mahavishnu Orchestra. In 1973, Hasselvander, citing a desire to play heavier music and knowing the limited accessibility of jazz fusion, began playing with the Washington D.C. band The Boyz in the Washington/Baltimore area. The Boyz would gain a sort of popular reputation in the area, even if the majority of their set was just covered (And Hasselvander claiming they'd practice Mountain songs just to warm up.) In 1976, Hasselvander was asked to play in Mountain with Leslie West in a small club in Alexandria, Virginia. West would invite Hasselvander to tour with the group full-time, but Hasselvander ultimately declined. However, a few weeks after the performance with Mountain, members of The Boyz and Pentagram would form a "supergroup" known as Sex. This would lead Hasselvander to moving in with one Bobby Liebling to join Pentagram as the band's drummer and fellow songwriter, along with filling Hasselvander's desire to play heavier music.
(From Riffipedia.com)