Year : 2019 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 125 mb
Bio:
Work Of Art was formed in 1992 when Herman and Robert met while they both attended SÖL school of music. They quickly took a liking in each others songwriting and soon started to record demos together. Herman brought along his friend Lars to play keyboard and sing backup. However, the task of finding a singer was harder than expected and band was temporarily laid on ice. Meanwhile, being exposed to a lot different styles of music while studying, Herman and Robert soon ended up in a lot of different projects that musically had very little in common with WOA. Upon graduating from school in 1995 the band went their separate ways. [1998-2000] In 1998 Herman brought up the idea to start recording again, this time with Lars on vocals. Being a bit reluctant at first, Robert soon changed his mind when he heard the first results of Lars singing their songs. During the following year the guys worked on a bunch of songs in Lars' Krater studio. Four songs made it to the mixing stage in summer of 1999. Only now, Lars became busy with other projects and suggested that the band should temporarily be put on hold for the time being. [2002-2007] Getting tired of waiting, Herman and Robert, recorded the basic tracks for 8 new songs and decided to look for a new vocalist. Once again, Lars was asked to help out, this time as a recording engineer. Lars invited the band to his studio for a drum recording session. Luckily, when Lars heard the new material, it didn't take long before he expressed his desire to sing with the band again.
Album:
“Exhibits” has been in the works for more than a year and a half, but will finally get unleashed to the legions of hungry melodic rock fans that this band has enraptured with their first three albums. "It’s been a long time indeed, five years”, says guitarist and producer Robert Sall. "Funny enough, it didn’t seem that way. Everyone in the band was busy doing his own thing and it wasn’t until mid-2017 when Serafino (Perugino, President Frontiers Records) asked us about our plans for a new album and it hit us that, it REALLY was about time. So we spent the better part of 2018 writing and recording it and here we are!” Work Of Art debuted in February 2008 with the release of their album “Artwork”. Coming out of nowhere, the album immediately struck a chord with melodic rock aficionados around the world. With a sound inspired by genre greats like Toto, Giant and Journey, Work Of Art quickly established themselves as one of the most promising newcomers in the genre. Soon after their debut, WOA guitarist and main composer Robert Sall joined W.E.T, the project featuring Jeff Scott Soto and Erik Martensson from Eclipse, thus immediately cementing his status as a star in the genre! Expectations for the follow-up album, “In Progress” were sky high. Work of Art lived up to the hype, entering the Swedish album charts at number 30 upon release of the album. The next step for the band was to start performing live, which they did for the first time in Madrid, Spain in January 2012 and followed that performance with several other shows in various European countries. Third album “Framework” followed in 2014 and kept the momentum going for the band which, simply put, became the top new AOR band from Europe.“Exhibits” is therefore the logical next step for WOA, an album which encompasses all that they have managed to create until now. Offering another bunch of unforgettable songs with soaring melodies (courtesy of singer Lars Säfsund) and amazing instrumental prowess (offered by Robert and Herman), "Exhibits" will thrill fans of the band and of the genre as a whole. "Like always, when Herman, Lars and I get together, it sounds like us, it sounds like Work Of Art,” tells Sall. "However, with this record I tried to bring out more old school AOR influences and get rid of some of the West Coast influences that were on our previous albums. I wanted it to be an AOR album, not a melodic rock album, not a West Coast album, just a classic AOR sounding album, start to finish!” Overall this is certainly Work Of Art’s most up-tempo and straight ahead album thus far, but – as it should be – some unbelievable softer moments are there as well. One notable highlight, legendary keyboard player Vince DiCola (author of the immortal “Training Montage” piece on the Rocky IV soundtrack) is a special guest on “This Isn’t Love.” "If I had to pick one favorite track it would be ”This Isn’t Love”, concludes Robert. "It’s definitely old school sounding, it’s catchy, yet there’s a lot of things going on composition and arrangement wise. It reminds me of a time when this kind of music was allowed to be musically interesting. Jim Peterik wrote some beautiful lyrics for it like only he can do, Shem von Schroeck plays bass and to top it off, it’s got an amazing solo by Vince DiCola. We asked Vince for a keyboard lead, he came back with a whole keyboard symphony! Easily one of the personal highlights for me on this album!” If you are an AOR fan, this is a record you simply cannot miss!
Line-Up:
Herman Furin - Drums
Lars Säfsund - Vocals
Robert Säll - Guitars
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Jonas Gröning (k on tr. 2, 7, 10)
Jonas Öijvall (k on tr. 5, 6, 8, 9)
Marcus Möller (k on tr. 4)
Robert Elovsson (k on tr. 6)
Vince DiCola (k on tr. 4)
Shem von Schroeck (b on tr. 2, 4)
Andreas Passmark (b on tr. 3, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Nalle Påhlsson (b on tr. 5, 9)
Henrik Linder (b on tr. 1)
Figge Boström (b on tr. 11)
Mikael Emsing (p on tr. 1-4, 6-11)
Tracklist:
01. Misguided Love
02. Be The Believer
03. Another Night
04. This Isn't Love (ft. Vince DiCola)
05. Gotta Get Out
06. Come Home
07. If I Could Fly
08. Destined To Survive
09. Scars To Prove It
10. What You Want From Me
11. Let Me Dream
12. Scars To Prove It (Acoustic Version) (Bonus Track)
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