Never Surrender Imperium

• 1The One04:31
• 2Never Surrender04:12
• 3Together Forever05:18
• 4I Still Believe04:47
• 5Never Say Never04:47
• 6Break The Spell04:24
• 7The Dream04:18
• 8Out Of This World04:13
• 9You Will Never Take Me Down04:38
• 10Greatest Desire04:41
• Total Runtime45:49

Info for Never Surrender

Imperium is the solo project of Finnish drummer and songwriter Mika Brushane. Mika has been playing drums and percussion in various bands since 1981, has played all genres from Jazz to Metal and that can be found in the Imperium songs in a positive sense.

The music is Melodic Rock / AOR and has a big dose of 80s feel and sound. The project began in 2012, followed by three albums on AOR Heaven (Dreamhunter - 2016, Beyond The Stars - 2018 and Heaven Or Hell - 2020). At Imperium, Mika is responsible for the songwriting and plays all drums, keyboards, bass, sings all backing vocals and produces.

All lead vocals and guitars are played by top musicians from the rock/metal scene, including RobbielaBlanc, Michael Bormann, Joel Hoekstra. The post-production of the album was also taken over by top professionals.

The album was mixed by Erkka Korhonen (Dark Sarah, Urban Tale, Northern Kings, Ari Koivunen, Raskasta Joulua Tour) and mastered by the legendary Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, HIM etc.).

Michael Bormann, vocals
Mika Brushane, guitar, keyboards, drums
Mikey K. Nilsson, guitar
Robbie LaBlanc, vocals
Stefano Lionetti, guitar

Imperium
Imperium is the solo project of STRIKE drummer Mika Brushane. Mika has been playing drums and percussion since 1975 and started playing live gigs in 1981 when he joined his fathers Big Band as a percussionist at only 11 years old then playing gigs at night and going to school during the days! Mika has played all genres from jazz to metal and composed songs for different genres and this legacy of mixed genres can be heard in the IMPERIUM songs! The music is a combination of Melodic Rock, AOR and Metal and it has a big dose of 80’s feel and sounds in it. ​

​The project started in 2012 when Mika was writing new songs for the upcoming STRIKE album and realized that there was more song’s in him that needed to be released. In this project Mika writes all the song’s and lyrics and play’s all the drums, bass, keyboards and sing’s backing vocals. All the lead vocals and guitars are played by various very talented musicians from the Finnish and worldwide rock scene. ​

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