Hedvig Mollestad Trio -"Ding Dong.You re dead"

Bands like E.S.T set the standards and H.M.T is following their path. Fusion jazz, heavy rock and progressive music ,not rock in particular melt in a wonderful blend.KING CRIMSON is the easiest reference for the rock fans,E.S.T for the jazz lovers, MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA for the fusion rock and the labels losing their mind. Listening to the album ,after you get over from the shock of the name, it is a masterpiece of free form expression. Improvising on the steady yet innovative rhythms section, the trio is creating musical landscapes. The industrial "Leo Flash Return to the Underworld" with the futuristic, claustrophobic feeling and the dominating bass line, is the opener that instantly let the mark of the band.Heavy, unlimited, unrestricted fusion that moves from progressive rock to fusion jazz in a scale change.For those who are in to fusion in general, you will love each of the 42 minutes of the albumas this is its other positive point.It isn't another tedious show off, from technical skilled musicians but a  well planned and even better executed exercise in musical creation and performance. 

Compositions like "All flights cancelled' are the more alternative rock/pop influenced as they have the melodic lines dominate the composition, with guitar taking over the vocals role and incorporating elements from garage,surf, musical tastes you wouldn't expect in a fusion album. For the jazz lovers you have "Gimbal" as a prime example that H.M.T are torn between their loves and could be easily a big name in its genre, if they feel like limiting themselves."Magic Moshroom" is another example of different influences fusing in a jazz pice with its 60s overtones and the Santana/Al Di Meola feeling, a bit sunny and latin. Then comes my personal favorite "The art of being Jon Balkovitch" a fusion masterpiece with complex time changes and guitar parts  that Robert Fripp would love to have played.

 Norway was well known for Ronnie Le Tekro and his jazz influences in his playing in TNT. Now we have Hedvig Mollestad and her rock/metal influence in the jazz/fusion genre and we can't wait to get another taste of her musical mind in the studio and hopefully one day on stage.

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