Seventh One was formed in 1997 by Christoffer Hermansson (guitar) and Johannes Losbäck(guitar). They contacted fellow friends Jörgen Olsson(Bass), Jonny Edvardsson (Drums) and Rino Fredh (Vocals) to complete the line-up. In early 98 the group performed at the finals of the biggest Battle of The Bands on the swedish west coast and took both the crowd and the jury by storm! Seventh One won 3 awards (best instrumentalist, best vocalist and best band) First prize was 4 days locked up inside a local studio with all expenses paid.
The self titled demo-cd was released in 99 and within months Rock Hard featured the band with a song on their Unerhört cd. At the same time they received lots of positive feedback both from metal media as well as from some very well known labels. Around the same time, Mats Karlsson replaced Jonny on drums and in November 2000 they started recording their "The Celestial Prophecy" demo.
A total of 12 tracks were laid down and 6 of those were spread to labels and some metal Zines. They received even better reviews this time around and Heavy Oder Was!? featured one song from the demo on one of their Metal Crusade cds of unsigned bands. Label interest was pretty high and in 2002 Seventh One signed with Armageddon, a label with Lars Ratz (Metalium) at the steering wheel. Shortly before the recording sessions were scheduled to begin, they got a new drummer, Tobias R. Kellgren (SoulReaper,Dissection) they recorded and released their first cd "Sacrifice" in 2002 with very good reviews in such legendary MetalZines such as Rock Hard (8..10), Kerrang (4..5) and Sweden Rock Magazine (8..10) to mention some.
The band performed live at the 2000 Decibel festival in Sweden and at the Party stage of Wacken Open Air in 2003. The Armageddon Over Wacken DVD and Double cd from the festival 2003 was released in 2004 and Seventh One was featured on both releases with different songs.
In January 2004 the recordings of their sophomore cd began and it was released upon the world in September the same year. Again they received some very good reviews and it was evident that the band had progressed as song writers and that the style of Seventh One was further redefined. This cd was also released in Japan and featured an exclusive bonus track for Japan.
Here is a few press statements about What Should Not Be:
METAL TO INFINITY "Great song structures, amazing vocals of Rino Fredh and pretty harmonic and magic twin guitar works,...awesome stuff!"
MAXIMUM METAL "These guys are deserving of bigger and better things." "What Should Not Be" is a high voltage, top notch, upper tier metal effort that few can compete with"
MUSIC EXTREME "Pure metal with killer musicianship"
METAL EAGLE "SEVENTH ONEs new effort is a modern power metal album full of good ideas that reaches a high score in all the levels (even the artwork is interesting) "
CONCRETE WEB "If you're looking for another copycat Power Metal band, Seventh One's the wrong address! If, on the other side, you're looking for a new and exhilerating Epic Heavy/ Power Metal album, this is the band to look out for!"
MELODIC HARD ROCK TODAY "The band combines Melodic Heavy Metal with Power Metal in a great way! Of albums in this genre so far this year this is absolutely one of my favorites"
THE TEMPLE OF METAL "They deliver well played classic heavy metal with several power metal influences. In a field (of classic metal) where repeat is the most usual mistake among the bands Seventh One performs with passion 9 compositions that come in a nice digipack form"
ROCKEZINE "What Should Not Be is classic in every way of the word Normally I am not a big fan of guitar solos but Seventh One deliver a few jewels on this album. Add to that Rinos excellent and varied vocals and you have a recipe for a good album"
MORRIGANS PIT "As the promotional flyer says, the quintet is more than a copy, they really can take the classic metal to a new and modern level!"
STRUTTER WEBZINE "the 9 included songs are a total must for all the True Metalfans!"
BURNING AMBITION "they are on the march to enter the first league of the Melodic Power Metal"
SOIL CHRONICHLES "it is one of the revelations of 2004"
IDBOX.IT "Here is what I consider a beautiful example of modern heavy metal"
HOME OF ROCK "As long as theres bands as SEVENTH ONE and albums as "What Should not be" I do not fear for the future of good old heavy metal"
METAL IS FOREVER..DECIBELS STORM "Resembling no other group, SEVENTH ONE is forging its own style and What Should Not Be directly integrates the group at head of the rising forces of current Heavy-Metal"
LE FANTASTIQUE "This What Should Not Be is an excellent surprise which forecast a beautiful future for Seventh One"
DREUN.BE "these vital swedes brings the traditional metal to new level!"
AMBOSS "this is a true metal jewel"
SONNYS ROCK AND METAL HEAVEN "all nine numbers have speed variety and they know with sophisticated arrangements and harmonies to shine as well as with much melody and multi layered harmony vocals"
IGEL METAL "Seventh One don't give a fuck about the still ongoing and boring Power Metal trend and convince (the listener) by playing awesome songs with demand and depth"
