Artist: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Album: THE SHADOW CABINET (CD)

Year: 2006
Media type: CD

Copenhagen's Symphonic Metal band WUTHERING HEIGHTS are rooted in the early 90s act MINAS TIRITH, a unit comprising of vocalist / guitarist Erik Ravn, guitarist Martin Ropcke, bass player Morten Birch and drummer Kenneth Saandvig. This band issued an eponymous 1992 demo cassette after which Ravn and Saandvig founded VERGELMIR. Under this guise the band, rounded out by lead vocalist Troels Liebgott, guitarist Jannik B. Larsen, bass guitarist Tim Mogensen and keyboard player Tim Christensen, issued a 1995 promotion tape. Ravn and Saandvig would then found WUTHERING HEIGHTS, re-working many of the VERGELMIR songs.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1997 album 'Within' saw a line-up comprising Swedish vocalist Kristian 'Krille' Andren, guitarist Erik Ravn, bassist Kaspar Gram, keyboard player Rune S. Brink and drummer Kenneth Saandvig. Andren had already made a sizable impression on the Rock scene having fronted acts such as STREET TALK, FIFTH REASON, MEMENTO MORI and TAD MOROSE. Embellishing touches would be added by flautist Troels Liebgott and violinist Henriette Cordes. The same cast, only substituting Saandvig for Morten Nodgaard, would completely re-record the album with producer Jacob Hansen at the helm for a commercial re-issue during October 1999.

For the 2002 record the Tommy Hansen produced 'To Travel For Evermore' AURORA's Morten Gade Sorensen took over on bass, Gram having left to join MANTICORA, whilst Ravn took on bass duties. Guest bass sessions would come courtesy of Lorenzo Dehу from Italian acts KHALI and TIME MACHINE. Japanese versions of the 2002 album 'To Travel For Evermore', released by the Toshiba EMI label, added the exclusive bonus track 'When The Jester Cries'. Following recording the band added Henrik Flyman of ZOOL and MOAHNI MOAHNA on second guitar.

Morten Gade Sorensen would also be active with melodic Power Metal band PYRAMAZE, cutting the 'Melancholy Beast' album in 2003.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS 2004 album 'Far From The Madding Crowd' featured ASTRAL DOORS and SPACE ODYSSEY frontman Nils Patrik Johansson as guest lead vocalist. Both Flyman and ex-member Kasper Gram featured in the 2004 Heavy Metal side project EVIL MASQUERADE, the 'Welcome To The Show' album fronted by original ROYAL HUNT vocalist Henrik Brockmann and including drummer Dennis Buhl of SINPHONIA.

In September 2005 Nils Patrik Johansson Was announced as the new singer for LION'S SHARE. Kristian Andren joined BLOODBOUND in September 2006. The WUTHERING HEIGHTS album 'Shadow Cabinet' arrived in October, Japanese variants hosting two extra songs in 'Midnight Song' and 'Shadow Of A Gipsy'.

TRACKLIST:

1. Demon Desire
2. Beautifool
3. The Raven
4. Faith - Apathy Divine Part I
5. Envy
6. Snow - Apathy Divine Part II
7. Sleep
8. I Shall Not Yield
9. Reason...?
10. Carpe Noctem - Seize The Night
11. Midnight Song - European bonus track

LINE-UP:

Kristian Andren (vocals)
Erik Ravn (guitar / bass)
Henrik Flyman (guitar)
Rune S. Brink (keyboards)
Morten Sorensen (drums)