DARK TRANQUILLITY's STANNE To Write Lyrics For SOLUTION.45 Debut

Mikael Stanne of DARK TRANQUILLITY will write all the lyrics for the forthcoming debut album from the Swedish/Finnish progressive metal "supergroup" SOLUTION.45, which features in its ranks former SCAR SYMMETRY vocalist Christian Älvestam, Mikko Härkin (ex-SONATA ARCTICA, KOTIPELTO) and Jani Stefanovic (MISERATION, ESSENCE OF SORROW).

Commented Älvestam: "[Mikael] recently wrote some additional guest lyrics for another band of mine, called THE FEW AGAINST MANY (in which Jani [Stefanovic, guitar] can also be found) and since he did such a great job on that one (and also being a great lyricist in general),we thought we'd ask him if he'd be up to making a lyrical contribution to the SOLUTION.45 album as well.

"After some discussion between us, he agreed to the proposal of not only writing some parts, but to write all lyrics for the album. We couldn't be happier, man! I've personally been a huge fan of his earlier work and writing skills, for quite some time now, so it's a great honor and privilege to have him aboard. However, I will still compose the vocal arrangements and melodies for the album, so do not fear in that regard.

"Why don't I write the lyrics myself, you may wonder? Well... for starters, I do intend to write some for the album, but mainly just bits and pieces, here and there. The thing is, over the years I've kind of lost the spark, or the driving force (or whatever you'd like to call it),needed in order to write lyrics good enough to satisfy my inner critic. However, on an impulse, I can still write some decent stuff every now and then, but unfortunately, these occasions have grown further and further apart over the last couple of years. Therefore I rather delegate this duty to more suitable people nowadays, who I know can deliver the goods, so to speak."

SOLUTION.45 will enter Panic Room studios in September with producer Tomas "Plec" Johansson to begin recording the band's debut album for an early 2010 release via AFM Records.

Älvestam previously stated about SOLUTION.45: "For all of you who like my multi-vocal stuff in SCAR SYMMETRY, I'd like to introduce a somewhat new band I've got going since the late fall of 2007 called SOLUTION.45. Since I'm responsible for introducing the multi-vocal style in SCAR SYMMETRY, as well as writing like 75% of all the vocal-melodies and 90% of all the growled parts, you will most likely recognize the style and hooks in SOLUTION.45. I've been writing and doing these multi-vocals since the early '90s in several bands (such as UNMOORED, SOLAR DAWN and SCAR SYMMETRY, to name a few) and since this style very much reflects who I am, musically, I have no plans abandoning it any time soon! All the aforementioned bands have vocally been a lengthening of my urge to write and experiment with these different vocal-styles and hooks and SOLUTION.45 feels very much like the next natural step, in this 15-year long journey, starting back in 1993 with the birth of UNMOORED! It's been a while since it felt this inspiring and rewarding though!"

SOLUTION.45 is:

Christian Älvestam (SCAR SYMMETRY) - Vocals
Mikko Härkin (SONATA ARCTICA, KOTIPELTO) - Keyboards
Jani Stefanovic (MISERATION, ESSENCE OF SORROW) - Guitar
Tom Gardiner (HATEFORM) - Guitar
Anders Edlund (ANGEL BLAKE) - Bass
Rolf Pilve (MISERATION, ESSENCE OF SORROW) - Drums