Kingwood , released in March 2005, marked the band’s return to a faster and more traditional punk rock sound, collaborating it with their recently founded rock sound, and completed a world tour in follow-up of the album. The album debuted at No. 2 in the Swedish chart.
The first single ” Max 500 ” was released on 9 February 2005 and reached number one in Sweden and Norway.
spent six months of 2005 in the studio recording the album
In 2005, the band won five Swedish Grammis awards in the categories Artist of the Year, Rock Group of the Year, Album of the Year and Producer of the Year (with collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt), while the video for “Walk Idiot Walk” won the MTV Best Music Video award.
At the 2005 Nordic Music Awards held at Forum København , Copenhagen, Kent received award for Best Nordic Artist. The award was presented by the British band Coldplay .
In 2005, the band released its first live album, Made in Jämtland that featured their live gigs in Jämtland. At the end of 2008, drummer Peter Hermansson left the band, but returned in 2012 and remains active.
Following in 2005, Blindside re-released their two Solid State LPs with bonus tracks and new cover art.
Lyxzén also runs Ny Våg , an independent punk record label he co-founded with former Refused bassist Inge Johansson , and produced the 2005 self-titled album by label signee Regulations. He also co-founded the now-defunct labels Desperate Fight Records and Umeå Hardcore Records.
The band started writing for their seventh studio album as early as October 2004
In the summer of 2004, Europe went on a festival tour through the European continent. The concert setlists included the old hits, but also introduced the title track from Start from the Dark . The album was released on 22 September 2004, the same day that John Norum became a…
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