W.E.T.
Deluxe CD/DVD edition including a bonus DVD that contains videos for ‘One Love’, ‘Comes Down Like Rain’ and ‘Brothers In Arms’ plus interviews and more. 2009 release from this Melodic Rock/AOR outfit. The study W.E.T. is the acronym for the bands that W.E.T.’s core members are ideal known for: Robert S„ll (Work Of Art), Erik Martensson (Eclipse) and Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman). Frontier.
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Caught in a rock storm – Jeff Scott Soto is back!,
“W.E.T.” is the AOR alliance between guitarist Robert Sall (“Work of Art”), lead guitarist Eric Martensson (“Eclipse”) and iconic singer Jeff Scott Soto (“Talisman”).As all three bands are signed to the same record label, “Frontiers” it is hardly surprising that this project came to be.
Naturally one would expect that W.E.T. sounds like a mixture of the three bands mentioned above. Well there is a certain amount of truth but fact is that this project has a sound of its own. Specifically “W.E.T.” stands right in the middle between AOR and hard rock; it is full of fat guitar riffs and big drums blended with the most melodic keyboard lines and Soto’s unmistakably positive choruses.
As a fan of all three bands one could complain that the project lacks some key elements of the original groups; for example the bass lines are nowhere as intense or inventive as in “Talisman”, while the overblown melodic guitar lines of “Eclipse” are also omitted.
Personally I could not care less. The project is an absolute success as it offers top of the top AOR-Hard Rock tunes in no short supply: “Invincible”, “One Love”, “Damage is done”, “Running from the heartache”, “Brothers in Arms”, “Just Go”,
If you are a fan of any of the three bands you just have to get this. If you enjoy AOR- Hard Rock but never heard any of the above artists then you are in for a surprise… guaranteed!
The limited edition comes with a bonus DVD including three promo videos.
Rock Hard Greek magazine (issue 47) marks this album with 9/10 commenting: “I rarely mark albums as highly… Awesome!”
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|W.E.T. is H.O.T.!,
If you like Journey with extra crunch, this CD/DVD combo is insanely delicious. Incredible songwriting, vocals and interesting timing (such as the hesitation chorus of “Just Go”). The first time I heard “Comes Down Like Rain”, it sent chills through me knowing this is ONE SPECIAL PIECE OF MUSIC. Classic from the first play! [...] gave this CD a perfect score of 100 in their review area, which is all-but unheard of! Own it & buy an extra for Christmas for your rockin’ friends. They’ll love you long time.
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|The Best Melodic Rock CD of 2009,
This CD is the one Jeff Scott Soto fans have been waiting for for years. Very simply every song is flawless. The production is perfect, and the musicians on board in this semi super group give the best performances of their respective careers. This band has it all. Each band member would be foolish not to continue this full time because none of them have acheived this kind of greatness in their “day job” bands. If I were to be able to critisize anthing on this CD it would have to be the name W.E.T. C’mon you could have come up with something better than that! This CD is a MUST BUY for fans of melodic hard rock.
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