Announced during late 2007, the Swedish/Finnish Progressive Metal "supergroup" SOLUTION.45, features in its ranks the ANGEL BLAKE, TORCHBEARER, MISERATION, SOLAR DAWN, UNMOORED and SCAR SYMMETRY credited vocalist Christian Älvestam, keyboard player Mikko Härkin, ex-SONATA ARCTICA and KOTIPELTO, second guitarist Jani Stefanovic, from MISERATION and ESSENCE OF SORROW, guitarist Tom Gardiner, of SCORCHED EARTH TACTICS and HATEFORM, bassist Anders Edlund, from ANGEL BLAKE, and drummer 'Stuka' (a.k.a. Rolf Pilve), of ESSENCE OF SORROW, MISERATION and DREAMTALE.

SOLUTION.45 recorded a debut batch of demos produced by Tomas Johansson in November 2008.

A further project saw Christian Älvestam, Jani Stefanovic and Anders Edlund forming THE FEW AGAINST MANY alongside guitarist Patrik Gardberg, of TORCHBEARER, DIVINEFIRE, AMMOTRACK and MISERATION.

SOLUTION.45 signed with Germany's AFM Records in early 2009. The group entered Panic Room studios in September with producer Tomas Johansson to begin recording their next album, which featured lyrics written entirely by Mikael Stanne of DARK TRANQUILLITY.