Svarte Pan plays 70’s hard rock influenced by
progressive rock, but on some of the songs the
progressive sound takes over and the musical
direction turns to the opposite. The band has chosen
to sing in Swedish and it works really great, it’s
very unusual to hear hard rock in Swedish, not many
bands do that.
There are 10 tracks on the debut and for the most
part, they are written by Björn Holmdén. Björn is
plays incredibly with words in his lyrics; it’s kind
of like poetry.
Pelle Engvall - drums
Svarte Pan has done a great amount of touring both
before and after the album, and when I talked to
Björn he told me that it was time to work on the
second album. They had a few gigs left to do in
Norway before the tour was about to end. Even though
they sing in Swedish they have a big response from
the rest of Europe.
There is not a bad track on the album at all, this
is impressive. If you like 70’s hardrock with
progressive elements, this is definitely something
to check out.
More info about the band
Label
www.antnestrecords.com
Reviewed by: Anders Sandvall
Album Rating: Rating 7/10
Svarte Pan
This is the
debut from the Swedish Svarte Pan recorded in
Roastinghouse studio during January '02 by Anders
"Theo" Theander, and also mixed in the same studio.
I’m not a big fan of Anders productions, I think
that he has failed with a lot of productions through
the years, but this works. Both the production and
the mix sound great.
Björn Holmdén - lead vocals, harmonica
Conny Andersson - acoustic/electric guitar, b-vox
Christian de Lux - bass, acoustic guitar, b-vox
www.svartepan.com