In 2011, half-brothers Zack Anderson (bass) and Cory Berry (drums), formerly of Radio Moscow, were in Iowa and met singer Elin Larsson, who was staying in California. Together they recorded two demo tracks and published them on YouTube, after which label "Crusher Records" offered them a deal. The band toured to Spain and France, where they met 16-year-old guitarrist Dorian Sorriaux, whom they invited to Örebro and made a member of the band. The name of the band came from their friend, Jens Heide, who had a music blog called BluesPillz with obscure 60s and 70s underground music.

In May 2012 they released an EP called "Bliss", followed by the "Black Smoke" single in July. The band toured extensively during 2013 with appearances in Berlin's "Desertfest" in April, in Bad Kötzting's "Void Fest" and Geel's "Yellowstock Festival" in August, in Bonn's "Crossroads Festival" in October and Melbourne's "Cherry Rock Festival" in November 2013.

In July 2013, Blues Pills signed a contract with the "Nuclear Blast" label and released their "Devil Man" EP in October. Their appearance at the "Crossroads Festival" was recorded and released in the form of the "Live at Rockpalast" EP in March 2014.

Shortly after the release of this album, their debut,  Cory Berry was replaced with new drummer André Kvarnström.

In the summer of 2014 they appeared in the "Sweden Rock Festival", in Gelsenkirchen's "Rock Hard Festival" in June and in the famous Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2014.

The album became successful in Europe, climbing to No. 4 in Germany and No. 10 in Switzerland, while it also reached British charts at No. 68.

It's always fun to discover new good rockbands! This is among the best new music I have heard in a long time. Of course it's not played at all on radio, because there are electric guitars and hardhitting drums playing, and most people can't standing listening to that, be how good the music may! Tragic but true. There is a LOT of Graveyard style riffing on this album but thats not a bad thing...

This is a MUST have album!

1)High class woman (9,0) Absolutely great hardrock shuffle with psychadelic influences.

2)Aint't no change (9,0) Same rhythm as above which builds up to a bassdriven jumpblueshardrocker!

3)Jupiter (8,5) Energic, funky rock'n'roll with stoner-influences and a Led Zeppelin-ish break.

4)Black smoke (10,0) Damn damn and damn again!!

5)River (7,5) Sleazy and slow ballad.

6)No hope left for me (8,0) Very much Graveyard-riffing in this calmer but intense track.

7)Devil man (8,5) Graveyard-copy.

8)Astralplane (8,5) Slow and oh so good! Great feeling in Elin's voice!

9)Gypsy (9,0) Jimi Hendrix-style chaotic and damn good!

10)Little sun (8,0) Ballad and even that they make with so much feeling and power!

Score: 8,60

Elin Larsson-vocals

Dorian Sorriaux-guitars

Zack Anderson-bass

Cory Berry-drums

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