The Album That Changed My Life: Emil Amos (Om, Grails)

Tiger-friend and drum-wonder Emil handles the sticks for the master practicians of meditative metal, Om, who visited Oslo this week for two packed gigs at the Jakob Church, courtesy of Høstsabbat. Emil dropped by the store to talk about Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal's evolution from 1967 and 1968, discuss the wind harp release on record label O. Gudmundsen Minde and last but not least, the album that changed his life: Youth of Today's legendary "Break Down the Walls" record straight out of New York, 1986. Here follows Emil's story with the album