Album Review: SOLUTION .45-For Aeons Past

Is the absence of Christian Älvestam in Scar Symmetry got you down? Are those two hacks that took over vocals in the band just not doing it for you? Well,thank Odin for metal-supergroup Solution 45.! 

Founded by guitarist Jani Stefanovic (Miseration, Essence of Sorrow) in the later part of 2007, along with fellow Miseration band mate Rolfe Pilve, Anders Edlund (Angel Blake) and Tom Gardiner (Hateform). And handling the vocals in this swedish metal concoction is noneother than workhorse Christian Älvestam. Exhausted from writing lyrics for so many seperate active bands, 7 to be exact, he chose to let fellow countryman and metal legend Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquility) handle the duties of writing the lyrics. With most of the music written before Christian's joining, this band was touted to NOT be Scar Symmetry pt. II, but you can't help your influences; and this band can't help to sound very similar to early Scar Symmetry, which isn't a bad thing. But at the same time, Solution .45's sound couldn't be more different.  With the otherworldly sounding synth-keyboard, impeccable drumming and twin 7-string guitar attack, this band solidifies that it must be something in the water over in Sweden that produces such ridiculously talented musicians.

Mid-fall of 2009 saw a preview of the new album with the release of the demo track "Clandestinity Now". Greatly reduced from it's 16 minute epic, it gave a glimpse into the direction that the record was heading. Whether you like this album or not, you can't deny that this album has some of the coolest song titles ever: "Gravitational Lensing", "Bladed Vaults", "Wirethrone". 



3.5/5