Heartwind is a Swedish hard rock，since 2017 Hailing from Sweden, HEARTWIND is the brainchild of musicians and long-time friends guitarist Goren Engvall of HITWORKS and keyboardist Mikael Rosengren from such bands as CONSTANCIA, TOKEN, and SCUDIERO. The duo were able to crank out several songs for a debut album and then sought out members to round out the lineup. They recruited several fellow well-known Swedes to create a full band lineup. This included CONSTANCIA bandmate Peter Svensson on drums and German Pascual from NARNIA and ESSENCE OF SORROW on vocals. Pascual was able to convince fellow musical partners Martin Hall from the GERMAN PASCUAL BAND to join on guitar and bass player Germain Leth, previously of THE POODLES and WATCHMEN. Courted by the three different labels, the group ultimately went with Germany's AOR Heaven to release their full-length debut "Higher and Higher" in 2018 to much fanfare from fans and critics alike. The group is back with their sophomore album, upgrading guest singer Nina Soderquist to full-time member but losing vocalist Pascual along with his cohorts. He is replaced by vocalist Stefan Nykvist and they moved to new management with England's Escape Music. Despite the change in lineup and label, HEARTWIND is still truly committed to the mix of melodic hard rock with a strong heavy metal edge. Their highly anticipated follow-up "Strangers" features 10 track of high octane melodic rock and vocal performances from fresh vocalist Stefan Nykvist and newly promoted Nina Soderquist. The album is produced, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Folkare famous for producing CONSTANCIA, DENIED, and ECLIPSE albums. The band are also known for utilizing their industry connections and the album features a lot of Swedish guest artists such as guitarist Mike Laver of power metallers DYNAZTY, Erik Martensson, vocalist of ECLIPSE and W.E.T. and the multi-talented Mats Leven who has sung for symphonic metal band THERION, epic doom metal band CANDLEMASS as well as collaborated with guitar legend YNGWIE