This article commentary is about Real Scandinavian AOR, so if you hate this kind of music or if you're only interested by the new hype in Metal, the following words and phrases will lead you nowhere, better switch to another critique than wasting your precious time with my praise.

Ok, now, I hope we are all in the same mood and ready to celebrate one of the few delightful Pure AOR album of 2012. In fact, this new band directed by the amazing vocalist Anders Wigelius and his brother Erik Wigelius on drums, it's a real wet dream for the lovers of that tidy sound. It is polished, suave and quite sophisticated, with big keyboards, equally good guitars and obviously huge chorus, but most of all a powerful and a softly raspy voice that can compete with the greatest in the classic melodic Rock genre.

The energetic tracks like the final "I Reach Out" with a great guitar solo, "Talking About Love", "Do You Really Know" and "Angeline"are all sheer rocking with memorable hooks, and sounds evident and almost familiar even if some softer songs like "There is No Me Without You", "Love Can Be That Much", and "My Cassandra" show a mellower side, there is no flat cuts here, not a single trace.

The recipe is well known and applied to the letter here, so I agree about the lack of creativity & the absence of surprise both in the song-writing than in the lyrical purpose of this album that some would call as formulaic and predictable. But honestly once and for all, who cares? Because this CD is highly enjoyable, fun, jubilant and beside some impressive yet unbeatable full mark releases like "Address The Nation" by H.E.A.T or LOVER UNDER COVER and his brand new "Set The Night On Fire", there is nothing better for the nostalgic fans of this style once king of the airwaves that's why the Frontiers Records A&R people signed them so quickly. So from now on, you have the choice, appreciate it and the life who goes with it, or become the old grumpy Ayatollah Purist that sulking & who loathe all that was created after 1984.

We all recognize and identify clearly those guys, don't we ??? Or the other clever path is taking this platter for what it is: A Bloody great record that deserve a place in your collection side by side with The monstrous return of TREAT with "Coup De Grace", the genuine brightly "Saturn Skyline" by LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM, 2008's first WORK OF ART or the unsung "Dis Con Nec Ted" by ANGELINE. You'll notice that I won't rely to the popular giants of the 80s to qualify their music, because is useless and could be  interpreted by the AOR Mafia as a sacrilege. The technical side is flawless because the team behind the production & the recording séances is like the cream of modern melodic Rock.

Indeed, both Harry Hess (HAREM SCAREM) & mostly Daniel Flores(CRASH THE SYSTEM / MIND'S EYE) are involved in the making of this album, and for me, this is not a fluke, it's another strong sign that the debut disc by WIGELIUS is essential and that the band belong to the big league hopes.