Label: DVS Records

Tracks:

1. End (inst.) 0:45 (Baglien)
2. My Room 8:04 (M. & S. Zell, Baglien)
3. His Cold Touch 9:42 (Wolverine)
4. Three Dots (inst.) 1:52 (Brodesson)
5. Leaving Yesterday 7:11 (M. Zell, Brodesson)
6. Towards Loss 5:55 (M. Zell, Baglien, Brodesson, Losbjer)
7. The Storm Inside 7:56 (M. & S. Zell, Brodesson, Losbjer)
8. Coma 7:25 (Brodesson, M. Zell, Baglien)
9. Release (inst.) 2:12 (Baglien)
10. Post Life 5:57 (S. Zell)

Musicians:

• Marcus Losbjer - drums, grunt
• Mikael Zell - guitars
• Stefan Zell - vocals, bass
• Andreas Baglien - keyboards
• Per Broddesson - guitars

Guest musicians:

• Thomas Jansson - bass
• Jamina Jansson - vocals on track 5
• Joakim Jahlmar - priest on track 1

None others than three ex-members of the Swedish band Book of Hours, are in this band, of course, Swedish too. But Wolverine plays a very different style to Book of Hours. While the album of BoH was clearly in a Landberk and Anekdoten vein, Wolverine are in prog-metal. And as I supposed, I like Wolverine less than Book of Hours, probably because I am not a great prog-metal fan. Wolverine are in a similar vein to Pain of Salvation or Fates Warning, not too original certainly, with some more symphonic and melodic moments.

I don't like the album too much, but nevertheless vocalist Stefan Zell seems to me to be owner of a great personality, as I already said in the Book of Hours' album review. Therefore, the vocalist is the one who more pleases me here, though curiously, being a band related to Dream Theater and similar groups, they play also with some Opeth like grunt vocals by the drummer, though very few ones.

Personally, I like the most symphonic and melodic tracks as "Leaving Yesterday" with a guest female singer, or "Post Life". The rest are typical prog-metal tracks with few good moments.

Anyway, it is a good recording, that moreover surely it will please to many Dream Theater or Pain of Salvation fans.

Rating: 6/10

Ferran Lizana