Year : 2017 (Deluxe Edition Digipak 2022)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 184 mb
Bio:
Wildness was formed by Erik Modin in Stockholm, Sweden early 2014.Being both drummer, guitarplayer, songwriter and music producer - Erik's original plan was to make a solo album/co-project, with original songs and collaborate with friends and other musicians for additional lead vocals, lead guitars and stuff.With influences like Dokken, Def Leppard, KISS, FM, Europe, Talisman and stuff like that, the plan was to carry on the torch and make melodic hard rock masterpieces.Guitar players Adam Holmström and Pontus Sköld were already included when lead singer Gabriel Lindmark joined in early 2014, and shortly after it was decided to make it into a full band instead under the name "Wildness".Two songs ('Alibi' and 'Stranger') was recorded and released trough Youtube during the spring 2014.The debut single "Collide" has been recorded during the spring, and is written, produced, mixed and mastered by Erik Modin at his production company ERFX Productions.The band has been spending the last year working on material for a full album, which will be released in the near future.
Album:
Swedish melodic rockers WILDNESS released past month ‘Resurrection’ one of the best albums of the year, and now a reissuing their debut record, ”Wildness” in a Deluxe Edition Digipack featuring 5 bonus tracks, incluiding the original bonus for Japan and a new 2022 version of the killer AOR song ‘Collide’ sung by current singer Erik Forsberg, a track which has been re-mixed as well and now sounds even better.Formed by drummer and songwriter Erik Modin in 2013, WILDNESS independently released their self-produced debut single ‘Collide’ which immediately gained a lot of spins at various digital platforms such as a number of online radio stations focused on AOR and Melodic Rock. Live performances (with WHITE WIDDOW, DYNAZTY and more) that followed showed that the band was capable to deliver on stage as well.WILDNESS recorded other two singles which caught the attention of AOR Heaven Records who signed the band and sent them to the studio for this debut CD. “Wildness” was produced, mixed, and mastered by Erik Wigelius (Wigelius, Care Of Night), so expect a pristine sound.Very nice reissue with worthy bonus tracks, updated cover art, CD print in classic retro style, and full booklet with lyrics.WILDNESS plays ’80s inspired melodic hard rock with a little edge and then neatly packaged with an AOR feel here and there. Much of the ‘edge’ comes from the brisk and assertive twin guitar riffage, yet without losing the essential and necessary twin guitar harmony. Following the riffs, the guitar solos are abundant and immense throughout this album.The hard rock groove comes from a steady and heavy rhythm section that has all the subtleness of a sonic boom. All this hard n’ heavy bravado is tempered by catchy melodies and choruses, clean vocals and fine vocal harmonies, and a sweet dash synths for embellishment and atmosphere in the song arrangements.For a small taste of the songs, you can expect racing rockers with ‘War Inside My Head’, ‘Stranger’, ‘Falling Down’, and ‘Highlands’. Those latter two songs have swift pacing which may remind some melodic rock bands from the ’80s.For numbers with a larger synth presence look to ‘Alibi’, ‘Down In The City’, or ‘Turning The Pages’ where both orchestration and piano are essential elements. With ‘Welcome The Night’, you get a light acoustic guitar. But don’t be fooled, the song rips into a rocker with some stinging solos to start.The ballad ‘The Flame’ (not the Cheap Trick song) features a strong piano line before giving way to a crescendo of rising riffs and a large soaring guitar solo.Mixing muscular (yet extremely polished) riffs and melody galore, Wildness’s debut album is a really, really strong first effort, a bright slice of classic AOR-tuned melodic hard rock with an edge.Listening to the album, a typical Scandinavian feel come from the speakers (namely Erik Mårtensson’s ECLIPSE), punchy and melodious at the same time.
Line-Up:
Gabriel Lindmark – Lead vocals
Adam Holmström – Guitars
Pontus Sköld – Guitars
Erik Modin – Drums, vocals
Erik Forsberg – Lead vocals on 17
Tracklist:
01. War inside my head
02. Stranger
03. Shadowland
04. Alibi
05. Collide
06. Highlands
07. Your last romance
08. Down In the city
09. Falling down
10. The flame
11. Welcome the night
12. Turning the pages
13. Eyes Of Fire (Japan Bonus Track)
14. War Inside My Head (Demo) (Bonus Track)
15. Down In The City (Demo) (Bonus Track)
16. Turning The Pages (Demo) (Bonus Track)
17. Collide (2022 remix, Erik Forsberg lead vocals) (Bonus Track)
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