Artist: WINTERBORN
Album: COLD REALITY (CD)

Year: 2006
Media type: CD

Winterborn saw the light of the day in December 2004. The group was formerly known as Mean Machine, a heavy metal cover band which did make quite a bit name for themselves. Mean Machine had the same line-up from the beginning as Winterborn has now. The Mean Machine project was formed in the spring of 2003.

Most of the guys in the band have years and years of experience out there in the fields of rock 'n' roll. And one of them has not. Vapola came out straight from the woods, so to speak, but he has adapted very well and has proven to be one hell of a musician!
The band has set their their goals very high and are working their asses off to achieve them. There's no doubt about that they will be heard and noticed amongst the true metal fans, who love striking riffs and strong and capturing melodies.

The wide range of musical talent and exceptional personalities can be heard in the music of Winterborn. The variable musical tastes and backgrounds has shaped the basic heavy metal style into something that really stands out from the ever expanding number of heavy metal bands.

As Vapola says: "The chemistry in the band and songwriting as well, has really clicked. Can it be said like that? Well, I just did so fuck it! It clicked, if you know what I mean. It's like there's 5 totally different personalities melted into this one very functional rock 'n' roll power machine. And it guides the songwriting process quite naturally as well. Usually I make the basic structure and riffs to our songs and some of the melodies and lyrics as well. And then Jukka kicks in and starts doing his thing and it very often changes the song quite a bit as we work them out together. Little bit after that Teemu comes in and we start really working on the melodies and lyrics. So the songs really come alive when Jukka and Teemu bring their own ideas and personal touches into them."

Vapola continues: "The musical tastes and backgrounds of Jukka and I bring certain elements to our songs that can be stated as the sound of Winterborn. And not to mention Koskela's undisputed vocal sound, of course. He must be one of the best heavy vocalist in the country and everybody knows the high quality of Finnish heavy metal scene. Because of our different backgrounds there's a lot of variety in musical styles that affects our music. From movie sountrack scores to progressive metal, from classical music to even some big band stuff and jazz and so on. Jukka is very educated musician and very exceptional musical talent who's heart is, to our luck, in melodical metal music. My output and approach is more straight forward heavy type with some progressive twists and turns in it. But I have my skeletons in my "musical closet", some pop stuff has influenced me a bit over the years. And our rhythm section is tight as hell when they come down to it. There may be a little twisting and turning with them about what will sound good but that's just good because they add two new ways to see the songs. They breath some extra life into the songs and when they're on fire, they are solid as a rock. Saimis is the most experienced guy in the band and it can be heard in his very tasty bass lines. Just listen to the guy! The main thing in our music is that we make sticking riffs and excellent melodies.

The band's music combines the classical heavy rock elements to the more modern sides of it. There's that something in the band's music. It's a sum of many small things and details. And something that can't be discribed. It's a matter of some kind of a "spirit".

TRACKLIST:

1. Wildheart
2. Last Train To Hell
3. On The Edge Of Eternity
4. The Real Me
5. Lovehunter
6. New Dawn
7. In My Dreams
8. The King And The God
9. Coming Home

LINE-UP:

Teemu Koskela – Vocals
Pasi Vapola – Guitars
Jukka Hanninen – Keyboards and Backings
Janne “Saimis” – Vocals
Suvanto – Bass
Rami Heikkila - Drums