"Heaven Or Hell" is the third album from Imperium, the solo project of finnish drummer Mika Brushane, who has been playing drums in various bands since 1981, in all genres from jazz to metal. The music is Melodic Rock / AOR and it has a big dose of 80's feel and sounds in it. Mika writes all the songs and lyrics and plays the drums, bass, keyboards and sings backing vocals. All the lead vocals are sung and guitars are played by various musicians from the rock/metal scene, which this time include Robban Ernlund (Treat), Markku Kuikka (Agonizer, Kenziner, The Ragged Saints), Stefano Lionetti (Lionville), Mikey K Nilsson (Sapphire Eyes), Erkka Korhonen (Dark Sarah, Urban Tale) and Robbie LaBlanc (Blanc Faces). "Heaven Or Hell" is a hard & heavy album, full of wonderful melodies. Sometimes it flirts with melodic hard rock more and others with heavy/power metal and melodic metal. If you like your hard rock/metal melodious with 80s touches, then "Heaven Or Hell" will surely make your day.
