SEVENTH WONDER
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Hailing from Sweden, progressive metal greats Seventh
Wonder are thrilled to be releasing their long in the making fifth studio album
“Tiara”,
their first batch of new material since “The
Great Escape,” originally released in
2010. Having previously released via Frontiers the live album and long-form
video, “Welcome to Atlanta” (recorded at the ProgPower Festival in
2014), the band is now ready to “unleash
the beast”!
Says bassist Andreas Blomqvist, “It has been many years in the making, but
it is finally done and we couldn’t
be happier with it. Tiara is everything you have come to expect from Seventh
Wonder, but I also hope there are some new flavors in there to keep it
interesting. We really didn’t
think too much about what sound we were going for, nor did we have to force it,
it all came natural, albeit slow this time around…We
are super proud of this album and we are so much looking forward to sharing it
with you!”
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 in late 2000, the new sound was
cemented further.
Two demos were recorded (2001 & 2003) and the latter
caught the attention of label Lion Music, who signed the band in 2004. This
collaboration spawned the first release of Seventh Wonder and ‘Become’ saw
the light of day in June 2005.
“Become” was well received by the press and top
scores were given everywhere. However, the band and singer Andi decided to part
ways shortly after the recording process had ended and once more the search for
a singer started once again… The
brilliant Tommy Karevik (ex: Vindictiv and later chosen by Kamelot as Roy Kahn
replacement) was spotted and he joined the band in 2005, actually prior to the
release of “Become”.
The next album entitled ‘Waiting
In The Wings’ was recorded in 2006 and
was mixed and mastered by legendary Tommy Hansen. This being a huge leap forward
in song complexity and maturity and received outstanding reviews all over the
world.
2007 was spent playing live all over Europe, including
sharing stage with great bands as Queensryche, Testament, Redemption and many
others in England, Holland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
A sequel to ‘Waiting
In The Wings’ was also written during
2007 and the band hit the studio in May 2008 to record the third full-length
album entitled “Mercy Falls”, which was supported with live shows in
several European countries such as Italy, Norway, Finland and Holland.
In 2010 the band released their latest album, “The Great Escape”. The band appeared live in the USA and
Europe at the ProgPower Festival. One last change in the line-up saw Johnny
Sandin leave, to be substituted by Stefan Norgren (ex: Lion´s Share).
PRODUCED
BY: Andreas Blomqvist, Tommy Karevik
STUDIO:
Studio Wonderland, Stockholm, Sweden 2016-2017
RECORDED
BY: Seventh Wonder
MIXED
BY: Øyvind V Larsen,
Lionheart Studio, Oslo, Norway
MASTERED
BY: Jens Bogren, Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden
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