…creating music, and how do you harness that inspiration into creating the complex compositions that make up Fires in the Distance’s music? Rippe: It’s hard to put into words, but personal experience is the well from which our creativity is drawn. Dead Rhetoric: What defines success in the music industry is certainly unique to the individual and what they want to do with their creative works. What defines success to you, and where do you aspire to…
…agram, YouTube! The songs/albums you can purchase via MDD Records Shop, all music platforms like Spotify, I-Tunes, Deezer Music etc. Stay tuned and rock on!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkgWUAZMGzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpUQOMH6sKo Lankester Merrin on Facebook…
…1990’s. Having the luxury and the opportunity to be able to continue to create, instead of just letting it all simmer up (in your brain), is a blessing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84mDXOraYRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIsM81o1bSY Oryad on Facebook…
…s in the end, Nightflyers is a mandatory record for all who love progressive rock/metal that pulls from a variety of intriguing sources in its aural tapestry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYvlqMI_Mb4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrvQa-rVpQw Heir to Madness on Facebook…
…head to Sweden for a couple of shows. We have some support shows for bigger Danish bands in November, December. We want to stay busy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FXYqZQUkp4 Chronicle on Facebook…
…a lot of the slots are full. Bands were booked for 2020, rebooked for 2021 and 2022. It’s tough, we will book some nice shows, and then we are good to go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dT27ZGQtbc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrD9sRXZiwc Roadwolf on Facebook…
…rts what is true to the magnificent power of the genre – a platter that most will treasure as they have with all the previous records in the deep catalog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjm4OyFrGY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhfrJAPbOCY Enforcer on Facebook…
…ps, things like that because they’ve transitioned everything to being on a computer, online. Now we have a whole generation that will end up paying $300-$400 an hour for a plumber because there is no one to take his place. Anything that teaches you about how the government is screwing you, taxes. They don’t teach you about finances until you are blindsided by it in life. Dead Rhetoric: Battlecross recently announced that you would be going on an i…
…ted to show this side too. Together with them, they made great stories and helped us come up with some ideas. I think for me, and for everyone, we had so much fun doing it. We were also playing little parts, acting a bit with some fans. One guy arrived in the morning, and we told him he was going to torture everyone. Great! Dead Rhetoric: Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák returns to do the front cover, who the band worked with for three out of the…
…they have four songs ready for the next album, iPhone, demo recordings. What I picked out sounded pretty okay. We are going to focus on War Remains first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc0fdgDH0Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1kHtoirxX8 Enforced on Facebook…
…with the riffs. Drummer Max Sepulveda is a highlight, as his contributions help add much needed muscle to Atavistia’s sound, especially notable on “Divine Destruction,” where he sets the tone with a solo to begin the song, while relentlessly blasting away throughout Cosmic Warfare to this writer’s delight. Notable is the length of each entry, with the shortest at 7 minutes in length (not counting the intro track), and the longest is album closer “…
…gs rather than a single journey. I always think I like to listen to albums that have one very fluid experience. I don’t know, I’m all quite lost with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxPPeiNX-b8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm8xPOiHJ-U Sermon on Facebook…
…Ronnie Romero. And hopefully after that, I will do the next Heart Healer record. I think that’s the plan. I know what I will be doing for the next couple of years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB8zx0IF9sU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIQnu29VqnE Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall on Facebook…
…Rosslyn with Totentanz need to shore up a few loose ends if they hope to make more of an international splash through their output. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HGfVZzLcQs Rosslyn on Facebook…
…rovides some breathing room towards the end of the album, which could have come in handy if inserted a little sooner in the tracklist to allow one to come up for air. Nevertheless, this all leads to the 11 minute epic “Forlorn Portrait: Ruins of an Ageless Slumber.” Far and away the entry with the most coherent songwriting, well-placed changes in direction, and an equal abundance of memorable melodies and riffs. The band’s proficient technicality…
…g two primary members in the band make it easier or more difficult when it comes to composing new music? Cooley: It makes it easier in my opinion, because we’ve a very clear vision about what we’d like to do. We’ve also been writing music together since 2006, so we can adapt to what each other will write fairly well at this point. Dead Rhetoric: There was some usage of a few instruments that aren’t all that common in metal music on Triumphs. What…
…e. It’s looking cooler. I’m excited. We have some other things for the end of the year that I can’t mention yet, but we are pretty much booked up until December! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kR30Mvh9WA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBn_lot3xWs As Everything Unfolds on Facebook…
…D.O., in April we will go to Australia, Japan – and I may stay a little longer. It depends. My future is open, I’m a busy man, and I’m creative every day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzNpkZmZOV0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBL0Uy0_YD8 Ashrain on Facebook…
…over again. A relevant record needs a relevant schedule too. We want to stay hungry for that stage. That’s my drug and I have been chasing that for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga4Vw9OofZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Hn0olArRo Overkill on Facebook…
…e” adds percussive marches and more stylized chants to the mix. Closer “Go Free as Companions” begins with heavy violins before organs take over mid-song, transforming to a nearly doom pace accompanied by, you guessed it: more chants. To Know the Light is an enigma; a mystery wrapped in a riddle, to paraphrase Winston Churchill (or in my stupid case, Elaine on Seinfeld when trying to unravel the puzzle that is Newman). A classic yet refined style…
…in two months, maybe, hopefully to release… next year in the spring. If the CD from Vanden Plas is finished, then I will finish the songs for All My Shadows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYrQPpwx2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqY55vucbAg All My Shadows on Facebook…
…hat would come into a long album, but something in between. That’s still under consideration, we will have to see how busy we are after releasing this album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Q4LN293m4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0bgu3bi5lk Marianas Rest on Facebook…
…musician. I hope to play a lot, looking forward to playing in Europe. We will write new stuff in the meantime, we are already busy to keep the flow going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_2OGgxD7Fg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHYyqdApdU4 Haliphron on Facebook…
…etal bands. I’ve never played Metalcamp in Slovania, that’s a cool setting I would like to play. We will take whatever life throws at me – or us (laughs). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLp1wSGC7Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqRFWCbQ9Lk Kamelot on Facebook…
…w the folks around me a bit. Fans came from all over for this; Washington, Alabama, Connecticut, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, and Pennsylvania were just some of the locations, along with myself (and husband) hailing from Florida. Folks not only traveled from all over though, they dressed up! There were Jesus’, wolves and many in Powerwolf-esque face paint. Seven Kingdoms Before our resurrection we got to enjoy a fun time with Seven Kingd…
…vocals for, we should have a vinyl pressing for a record on Nameless Grave. And there is some other stuff I wish I could talk about, but I can’t (laughs). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EJsELXQ4ew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8LGyFtrVv8 Majesties on Bandcamp…
…n the road with our new record. For sure it is something we are working on. Keep your eyes open to see if all of you can catch us somewhere out on the road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0prWROoYqpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbpJ5ztWZAo Trial (swe) on Facebook…
…opens with an acoustic medley that soon erupts via Niilo Sevänen’s roar, accompanied by a weeping guitar lead that is commonplace to the band’s trademark style. First single “White Christ” sprouts black metal roots within the pacing and guest vocal performance of Rotting Christ’s Sakis Tolis, to which adds a unique dimension. Don’t be fooled – this is unmistakably Insomnium, with rousing melodies being a key component, but with a different flavor….
…us if it goes on like this and then it can recover. In the end, everything comes to an end, including our world. We are only a small marginal note compared to the big picture. Dead Rhetoric: Choosing “Memories…a Raging River” as the first single was brilliant. It has all your hallmarks. What made it suitable for the first single from the new album? Horaz: Exactly, for this reason. A dense atmosphere, melancholic melodies and desperate screams, fas…
…that. Playing live is wonderful, connecting with the fans is important too. I would anticipate we will get to work on another album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCnTk6gfn4E Ice Age on Facebook…
