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Vildhjarta Is A Progressive Metal Band From Hudiksvall Sweden. The Band Plays In An Aberrant Meshuggah-Influenced Musical Style With Use Of Djent Guitar. The Band Is Characterized By Harmonic Minor Progressions Jarring Enharmonic Staccato Riffs Layers Of Reverberant Guitars And Dual Lead Vocalists. They Were Signed To Century Media Records In 2011. The Band's Name Vildhjarta Originates From The Swedish Role-Playing Game Drakar Och Demoner. Vildhjärta Not "vildhjarta" Means "wild Heart" In Swedish. Vildhjarta Was Formed By Daniel Bergström Jimmie Åkerström And Johan Nyberg In 2005 In Hudiksvall Sweden. Hyped Since Their Early Days Thanks To Short Demos That Circulated The Web They Have Taken More Than Half A Decade To Musically Craft Their Style Of Music. With The Three Spread Throughout Sweden Bergström The Main Songwriter Of The Bunch Would Email Ideas To The Others To Get Their Feedback And Suggestions. A Groovy Down-Tuned Riff Would Soon Become A Verse. After A Few More Rounds Of Emailing That Verse Would Become A Song. As More And More Songs Started To Develop The Natural Progression Was To Add More Members And Become A Band. More Members Brought More Input And Ideas And Soon Their Own Take On Metal Was Created. As The Songs Developed And Appeared Online So Did A Rabid Fan Base. They Spread Links To The Band's Songs Promoted Them On Message Boards And Rallied Behind The War Cry Of THALL A Word That Has Almost Become Synonymous With The Band's Name. They Demanded To See The Band Perform So The Band Got Together And Appeared On A Few Festivals And Shows Throughout Europe Most Notably The 2010 Edition Of Euroblast. According To Vildhjarta Guitarist Daniel Bergström Commitment To Their Fans And "the Art Of Music Itself" Only Allowed For Three Songs To Be Released In The Four Years Before The Release Of Their First Full Length Album. After Years Of Negotiation With Metal Label Giant Century Media They Signed A Worldwide Record Contract In The Spring Of 2011. Their Debut Album Måsstaden Is A Concept-Album That "tells The Tale Of A Hidden And Isolated Town Narrated In A Classic Fable Manner". Sources Of Inspiration Included The Jungle Book And Mumindalen. The Album Received Favourable Reviews From Critics Who Called It "a Harsh Fantastic Concept Work.".

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