Monday, September 16, 2013
Line Up:
Stephan Haugsnes: Vocals
Magnus Andersson: Guitar, Mandolin
Dennis Osterdahl: Bass
Alexander Hedlund: Drums
Big Wave is a hard rock band from Sweden who released this lone album in 1997, in a valiant attempt to keep the flame of rock and roll alive. In an interesting mix of Slaughter, Kingdom Come and Led Zeppelin, the guys crank out some tough rocking songs, with a really nice beefy production that does the songs justice.
There are plenty of guitar riffs and solos, and vocalist Stefan Haugsnes has a great voice.
Fans of the above mentioned bands, and that Europe meets America style hard rock should definitely check out Big Wave.
The opening track will give you a fair idea of where the band are at, with some great big metal vocals, very much in the style of Lenny Wolf or Mark Slaughter.
There are some mood variations, with a couple of ballads, a couple of slower hard tracks and of course the big rockers.
Highlights include 'Heaven's Edge' for the mood, 'Changes' for the acoustic pace change, and 'Shine On' for the big hard rock sound and nice backing vocals.
