Seventh Wonder was formed in 2000 by bass player
Andreas Blomqvist, guitarist Johan Liefvendahl and
drummer Johnny Sandin after their previous band fell apart. The
music turned towards the progressive side of metal and as the band was
joined by keyboard player Andreas “Kyrt” Söderin late 2000, the
new sound was cemented further.
Two demos were
recorded, the first in 2001 (Seventh Wonder) and the second in 2003
(Temple In The Storm), both of which received good press.
Many singers have
come and gone in Seventh Wonder over the years, among others Ola
Halén of power metal band Insania Sthlm. The longest living member
in the past was Andi Kravljaca (ex: Heave, Elsesphere), and it
was with Andi at the microphone that the band recorded their debut album
Become (released in 2005), after landing a record deal
with Finland’s Lion Music. Become was well received by the press and top
scores were given everywhere.
However, the band
parted ways with Andi shortly after the recording process had ended and
once more the search for a singer started…The brilliant Tommy
Karevik (ex: Vindictiv) was spotted and he joined the band in 2005,
actually prior to the release of Become.
The new album
entitled “Waiting In The Wings” was recorded in 2006
and was mixed and mastered by legendary Tommy Hansen
(Helloween, T.N.T) and engineered by Daniel Flores
(Mind’s Eye) and Seventh Wonder.
Seventh Wonder,
currently signed to Intromental Management are now looking forward to
get out and play as much as possible and show the world the incredible
treasure their music constitutes!
“Waiting In
The Wings” is home to nine tacks spanning a wide musical
landscape. Even more so than ‘Become’ did. The most significant
difference of this album when compared to Become is definitely the
entrance of Tommy behind the microphone. He is something as
extraordinary as a totally unique singer. The songs are long and short,
fast and slow, soft and heavy and above all else damn good! The band did
everything they wanted on this album and it shows throughout giving the
album longterm appeal for the listener. “Waiting In The
Wings” is set to break Seventh Wonder to the masses.
Waiting In The Wings –in my words
-by
Andreas Blomqvist, bass
What’s
new
The first thing that comes to mind when asked to
describe the new Seventh Wonder album Waiting In The Wings is of course
Tommy.
This man is gonna shred any conception you might have had
about what you can do with vocals in a metal band. The most suitable
word for Tommy is unique. He’s simply one of a kind. Aside from that I
guess the biggest difference when compared to Become is the production.
Perhaps we bit more than we could chew when we wanted to mix the first
album ourselves. Seeing the world famous Tommy Hansen put his magic to
work on our songs also brings them to a new level. It’s got the modern
compressed sound, but we still differ a lot from the mainstream mixes.
Everyone in the band is still there and it’s still organic –just the way
we want it!
Style
I think that we technically surpass
everything we’ve done so far on this album when it comes to difficulty
of execution, but at the same time I think we have used such passages
with a little more finesse and thought this time.
Songs
The album is nine tracks this time and
contains more music than Become did. We have pretty much everything we
want to do covered on this album.
The pounding, heavy songs with the
great choruses by Johan, the long and epic stuff, as the 9 minutes plus
title track, by me and the strange, mesmerizing melodies of Tommy and
the movie score-like passages by Kyrt (Andreas S). The true trademark of
our sound still being Johnny’s drumming and man is he all over the
place!
Writing the
record
As Tommy joined the band even before Become was even
released we were very anxious to get this release out as soon as
possible, you know just to show the world what we are like now and that
we can do even better!
We had one whole and two half songs done after
Become was recorded. From that time on we spent the remainder of 2005
writing what was to become Waiting In The Wings.
Lyrics
The lyrics are handled by Tommy and
me, and I can tell you right away that there is no omnipresent theme
here or anything like that. Each song is its own entity. Without really
thinking about it, I can still say that we kept true to how we’ve done
it before. Some stories are pure fiction, some more reality based and
some might be more thoughtful. The lyrics are very important to us so we
put lots of time on getting it right. Tommy and I usually help each
other out a bit as well...
A very important note: Seventh Wonder will
NEVER be a political band. We will never take a stand for what You have
to think or do, and this is simply because we are too different as
individuals ourselves, plus the fact that we like to let music be music,
and nothing else.
In
summary
I think you have a killer album in your hands. This
is a far more mature record than anything we’ve done before. The sound
is great, the packaging is fantastic and the songs will blow you
away!
