ART METAL (JONAS HELLBORG ART METAL)
Genres: Eclectic Fusion, Classic Fusion • Sweden

Jonas Hellborg launches a new platform for integration of east and west. The project is called Art Metal. Borrowing the esthetic of contemporary Metal, expanded with Indian and Jazz improvisational disciplines, it is a proposal for what a new musical canvas could be. With long time collaborator, South Indian percussion master Selvaganesh, he explores this new path with two legends of the Metal Scene, Jens Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen, DIO, Stratovarius) and Anders Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen and Hammerfall). Completing the Ensemble is the Swedish guitar phenomenon Mattias Ia Eklundh who was voted best new talent 2007 by Guitar Player Magazines readers and is heavily featured in Guitarist, Guitar Techniques, Total Guitar, Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Powerplay and Fireworks. His recent success is much thanks to his critically acclaimed "Freak Guitar" releases for the Favored Nations label. Eklundh is also founder of acclaimed Swedish metal outfit Freak Kitchen. from www.propermusic.com