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!
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