Press / Reviews
“This record is full of first class AOR and is highly recommended. I think the fact that the artist is not affiliated with any record label speaks in his favor. This release belongs in the collection of any enthusiast of good music. Nothing is left to the coincidences. Highly recommended. 6 out of 6.” - Stian Ødegaard
“This album has been well worth the wait; Terje Eide’s voice sounds better than ever and his guitar solos, full of squealing histrionics, mean this rounded album should be given a listen.” - Rob McKenzie
“About the song ON FIRE on Instagram: Yeah man! Great track. Well done my friend.” - Steve Lukather
— Toto
“The Norwegian delivers a strong AOR record with huge melodies and timeless arrangements. ’Recalibrate’ convinces with very pleasant hooklines, a nice portion of solid rock and exciting songwriting. Hats off!” - MS
“With ’Recalibrate’, Terje Eide, a Norwegian musician who is well known in the music scene with the project On The Rise, has released a fine melodic rock album. ’Recalibrate’ is characterized by a first-class songwriting, strong instrumentation and a powerful sound.” - Alex Möller
“Compared to the ON THE RISE era, when BOSTON, TOTO, and others were compared, this is a melodious hard line that maintains high-quality melodies, but has a stronger texture. Although the direction is not fresh, it has a high level of perfection as expected, and if you like melodic hard music, you will be satisfied with this album.”
“Terje Eide hitting all the right buttons. Described as a cerebral AOR or the thinking man's melodic rock. He's taking his debut down a path away from the stereotypical, pointing it towards an exciting future.” - Rob Evans
“Terje Eide has been on my musical radar for many years as part of On The Rise, but now his solo debut is here and I’m thrilled to say it is a very classy melodic hard rock record with a lot of musical depth. Heavier than On The Rise but no loss of melody and some surprisingly intricate tracks. Highly recommended for fans of European melodic hard rock and certainly for all fans of the two great On The Rise albums.” - Andrew McNeice
“Overall. ’No Compromise’, delivers a highly diverse slick and sophisticated album, the music is often beautifully performed and synth led, yet complex showing progressive rock sign, this is not melodic rock by numbers, this is melodic rock from the soul and you can feel it vocally and musically, let’s hope we don’t have to wait another twenty years for the next album. Highly recommended.” - Nick Swansea
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TERJE's First Single - ON FIRE (released Aug. 4th)
As flames occult our primary source of illumination, TERJE's tech-noir inspired single ON FIRE grasps at breaths of hope amidst ingested cityscapes and feverish smog. It is also reminiscent of his days as a UN peacekeeping soldier in the early 80s, when the apocalyptic sci-fi genre was yet a bad omen of today's heated reality.
TERJE's 2nd Single - PLAY IT LOUD (released Aug. 25th)
Play It Loud is an homage to the beginnings and evolution of rock music. It comments on the transformation from analog to digital, which (if you can circumnavigate the algorithms) provides global access, but paradoxically hardly remunerates artists. "Are we blindly caved by the digital magic / The physical touch lost in a battle of tragic".
TERJE Releases 3rd Single - RECALIBRATE (releases Sept. 15th)
RECALIBRATE is the title track of TERJE's upcoming rock album. The theme is self-reflection, hope and intent. The past, however painful, is but a fading memory. Like the two-headed Janus, facing opposite directions, each of us should confront our past and recalibrate, in order to make the most out of our future. The sound ruminates between nostalgic and motivational: syncopated heavy drums, powerful vocals and an explosive chorus.