The story of Chrome began in the year 2001 when Mikko Suuronen (vocals), Risto Ylönen (bass) and Pete Hokkanen (guitar) decided to form a metal band. As a product of lunacrous rehearsing and songwriting they came up with a bunch of songs, slightly influenced by progressive rock. Three of those songs ended up on the “Irony” – promo, which was finished in the year 2002.

The band made some gigs, mainly at local rock and metal happenings and on those occations Joni Romo played drums as a session drummer and Saku Manninen (Exit Wounds) played the 2nd guitar as a session guitarist. Soon Joni Romo joined the band as a full time member and the problems concerning the deficit of a proper live line-up were solved.

In the autumn of 2003 it was time to begin the recordings of the new material and a course was set to the studios of Orimattila – Institute. Harri Nykänen (Reamer) both recorded and mixed the demo which contained four, a lot more aggressive and “stoner” - sounding songs than their predecessors on “Irony”. The demo was entitled “Prescription for Bullets” but it was never publicly distributed.

Inspired by the new material, Chrome made a few gigs in Kangasniemi but also in nearby towns. In the autumn of 2004 Jere Laitinen joined the band as the 2nd guitarist. The music started to get heavier and more brutal nuances were emphasized. Even though the new material differed radically from the earlier, this new direction felt like the most natural for the band. In the winter they headed again to the studios at Orimattila and Harri Nykänen once again engineered the whole project. The whole session was painless and the result was four merciless thrash songs which ended up on the latest Chrome Ep, “Ground Zero” that was finally released in the summer 2005.

To be continued…