The band have been around since 2001, and in 2005 they were Norway’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, they placed ninth with the song In My Dreams. The band split up in 2014 but got back together in 2019, and recorded this album in 2021 with a more harder edged sound. However, fate would step in with the tv show Peacemaker which featured the band’s song Do You Wanna Taste It as the opening theme. Wig Wam are made for America, if only someone would tag them on to a hard rock tour, they would explode.
This album has an harder edge to the tunes, as per main-man Trond Holter’s solo album. The production is absolutely huge and sounds amazing. I love this album to bits and every song is killer with that right amount of crunch added to the melody.
Hypnotized is up there with my favourite melodic rock tunes ever. Killer hook and chorus, and the riff is huge , the middle section will floor you. Epic stuff! Tell me one rock band today that is writing kick ass memorable songs with that hook and chorus you are humming for days as good as these guys. NO ONE IS! Shadows Of Eternity will have you singing, hands-in-the-air, and going mental while your wife thinks you need putting in an institution.
They have a new album coming out in the new year and if it’s anywhere near as good as this it will be epic. Go and buy this now!
10/10 from The Grooveman.
