THIS IS THE LAST COPY OF THE ALBUM!!! For the last seven years, Fatal Smile has rocked its home of Stockholm, Sweden, and beyond. Now, they've reached the shores of the United States having kicked off 2003 playing the New Jersey Metal Meltdown. Guitarist Yüksel "Y" Unutmaz breathed life into Fatal Smile when he moved to Stockholm in 1996. The move was made to allow his music to grow. When he got there, he met bassist Markus Johansson who had moved for the exact same reason. Fatal Smile's music is a mixture of heavy and raw classic metal with strong modern characteristics. It is dominated by lush melodies clearly in need of an attitude adjustment. Although Whitesnake, Metallica and Black Sabbath have strongly influenced Fatal Smile's sound, it is clearly contemporary. Since recording its first two-track demo ("Hip M.F."/"Sad & Gone") in 1999, the band has undergone a lineup change at vocals and, more recently, drums. In 2000, the band welcomed vocalist H.B. Anderson (ex-Scudiero). In 2002, rock 'n' roll madman/drummer Robin Lagerqvist (ex-Six Pack Solution) was recruited to join Johansson in the rhythm section. Anderson, the product of a jazz household, is as inspired by Frank Sinatra and Marvin Gaye as he is David Lee Roth and James Hetfield. His melodies and lyrics are the product of his mood, as seen in the cavernous distance between "Warfear" and "Crush On You." A long-time drummer, Lagerqvist displayed the flexibility each band member possesses by taking the drums back up after playing guitar in the band Six-Pack Solution. In the early summer of 2001, Fatal Smile headed into a Stockholm studio with producer Jonas Östman (Yngwie Malmsteen, Mental Hippie Blood) where they spent six weeks recording and mixing its 10-track debut album "Beyond Reality" (a Heavy Metal Resources Top 10 Album Of 2002). The band is now signed a deal with the Swedish label Stars On The Rise / GMR Music Group who helped release "Beyond Reality" in early 2002. With the media providing the accolades ("Kick a** stuff, and one of my biggest hopes for the future of hard rock." ? Metal Dreams; "9 out of 10" ? HardRadio) and fans providing the energy, it is no wonder Fatal Smile has been tabbed as "destined to help revive the ultra-melodic sounds of heavy metal music." (Rockrage.com) "Our music works because we are being true to ourselves," Y says. "We write and play what we like, not what some ***hole says. It's true music from the heart and with a hell of an attitude!" That attitude connects the band with their audience. And if 2003 is any indication, Fatal Smile has a great future in the US.