Swedish hard rock act Horse Of Troja have released a video for their track “Leaving” which can be seen below.
Reminiscent of classic acts such as Rainbow and hints of Ritchie Blackmore, Horse Of Troja unveil a tough uptempo punk style that has given way to an edgier sound but the band also has heavier veins that can be heard in other tracks such as “No Mercy” and the previous single “Live Love And Die” off their latest release “Night Ride” which is available on digital platforms now.
“Leaving” is one of the band’s favourite songs. The lyrics is about letting go and leave your safe world behind, which all of us restless souls probably can relate to. It is like when you reach a point where you simply have to make a change – and you go for it!
The band comments: “The composition consists of a couple of different sections that actually fit together really nice: The main riff that runs as intro and also serves as foundation for the chorus part is quite agressive, with a not so common 6/4-time signature, the verse section modulates to a major key, and in the pre-chorus the rythm drops to half-time, building up again towards the main riff.
After the second chorus, we again take it down to half-time for the instrumental part and guitar-solo, starting with a chord-progression probably recognisable to all neoclassical-heads with a sequence of intermediate dominants finally releasing back into E-minor.
The inspiration for the song probably came a lot from the progressive rockbands of the 70-80s, with an essence of Yngwie-harmonies put in there when reaching the solo-section. But most and foremost, it is a piece trying to communicate the energy that stems from transition of any kind, for those daring to take a step towards the unknown. Hope you like the song as much as we do!”
Horse Of Troja hail from Hudiksvall, Stockholm in Sweden and have been active since 2020. The band received glowing reviews from media including Sweden Rock magazine stating that Night Ride sounded like Rainbows’ “Spotlight Kid”. That song charted for 18 weeks in the top 5 List in Detroit and 13 weeks at nr 1 as the most requested song during the week. The band plan a 6 track EP for release in the future.
