Year : 2013 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 160 mb
Bio:
W.E.T is the collaboration between Jeff Scott Soto, Erik Mårtensson, and Robert Säll. The name of the band is formed from the first letter from which each band the band had played with: Work Of Art, Eclipse, and Talisman.This was the last album to feature Marcel Jacob, who died that year the project was completed.In 2013, W.E.T. released their sophomore album RISE UP on the 22nd of February on Frontiers Records. Whereas the first album already had pre-written material by Erik Mårtensson and Robert Säll, this one features all of the band members contributing to the song writing. In December 2012, the first single from the album called "Learn To Live Again" was released and a second single "Love Heals" was released in January 2013. Both singles have had music videos shot for them and both have been released and can be viewed on the YouTube channel of Frontiers Records.On January 17, 2013, W.E.T. played a pre-release show in Stockholm, Sweden to promote the album. During the show they played songs from RISE UP as well as the debut album from 2009. They also played two Talisman songs as well as one song each from Eclipse and Work of Art. The Eclipse song was "Bleed & Scream" which was sung by Erik Mårtensson and the Work Of Art song was "The Great Fall" where the band were joined by Lars Säfsund who is the lead singer for Work Of Art. The show was filmed and recorded for a live CD and DVD which will be released sometime in 2013. Bonus tracks were recorded for the album and will be released on the CD version of the Live in Stockholm show as stated by Jeff Scott Soto in a recent interview. The album debuted at #22 on Swedish chart, and at # 68 on Swiss.ONE LIVE - IN STOCKHOLM is the first live CD & DVD released by W.E.T. on Frontiers Records and will be available in February 2014. The show was filmed and recorded on the 17th of January 2013 at the Debaser Club in Stockholm, Sweden and features performances of songs from the debut album, the sophomore release RISE UP and songs from the band Talisman, Eclipse and Work of Art. The live show will be packaged as a digipak which will contain both the CD and the DVD version which will both contain bonus content including 2 unreleased studio tracks from the RISE UP sessions on the CD and music videos for the singles 'Learn to Live Again' and 'Love Heals' on the DVD.
Album:
Members of three different bands got together to make up the acronym W.E.T. – Robert Säll (keyboards and guitar) from Work of Art, Erik Mårtensson (guitar, bass, and more), from Eclipse, and vocalist Jeff Scott Soto from Talisman. For the band’s second album, they’ve also added drummer Robban Bäck and Magnus Henriksson, both from Eclipse. Seeing the lineup, I figured I was in for some well-made melodic rock with great vocals, and I was right, except that this is melodic rock that flashes a harder edge than I expected – and I have to say I like that surprise a lot.The album has the clear, glistening sound that defines a lot of Swedish melodic rock productions, but the sharp guitar work, and Soto’s voice adds some luscious warmth to the sound on some tracks, and some real fiery heat on others.As I’ve confessed in previous reviews, I have a terrible, terrible soft spot for good vocals – it’s almost a condition of some kind. Yes, I fall for guitars, rumbly bass-lines and slamming drums as well, but put a good voice in and I’m pretty much done for. And while the entire band wields some massive skills, W.E.T.’s real edge is in the vocal department – simply because Jeff Scott Soto has some amazing pipes. Listen up people, this is what a real singer sounds like, one with a truly powerful voice that can bring the rock like nobody’s business, but also be caressing and gentle enough to give you goose-bumps.WETBand.Pair those pipes up with this band of Swedes, and you get something rather exceptional. The skill and power of the performances here are occasionally breathtaking – not on every track maybe, but when it all comes together for these guys it is truly something to behold.There are a lot of those kinds of tracks on “Rise Up”, starting off with “Walk Away”, which has that summery, sing along in the car feel to of the best kind of melodic rock. It’s there too on “Learn to Live Again”, a duet with Mårtensson and Soto, and “Rise Up” which flaunts W.E.T.’s harder and heavier power, and just flies with the soaring guitars.“Love Heals” is one of the best tracks here, a dark and glistening power-ballad with some great guitars shining through, and “On The Run” is another keeper, with the band going heavier and harder again, the guitars screaming, the vocals strong and heartfelt.“Rise Up” is a finely crafted piece of hard and tasty melodic rock goodness. The level of craftsmanship is top-notch from start to finish, and with a vocalist like Soto elevating things just that much more, it’s an album that’ll fit right into your summer.
Line-Up:
Jeff Scott Soto – vocals
Robert Säll - guitar and keyboards
Erik Mårtensson - rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards
Magnus Henriksson - guitars
Robban Back - drums
Tracklist:
01. Walk Away
02. Learn to Live Again
03. Rise Up
04. Love Heals
05. What You Want
06. The Moment
07. Bad Boy
08. On the Run
09. Broken Wings
10. Shot
11. Still Believe
12. Still Unbroken
13. Victorious (Japan Bonus Track)
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