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SOURCEWEBZINE – Tell us about your upcoming album “Rise of Phoenix”? Tuomas Saukkonen (Guitars/Vocals) – The new album is definitely the most varied and the most aggressive album from Before The Dawn so far. It is also the 1st album where there is no clean vocals and the past gothic influences has been replaced by melodic death/black metal elements. It is also the most “positive” Before The Dawn album when it comes to the mood in the studio and surely that reflected also into the music as a very energig result.   SOURCEWEBZINE – What makes “Rise of Phoenix” Before The  [ Read More ]

SOURCEWEBZINE – Can you tell our readers how this new album was developed and how much time the band has put in this album? Kristoffer W. Olivius (Vocals) – We’ve been working on and off on the material pretty much since the release of Harvest. Most of the material was composed in my studio where also the album was recorded.   SOURCEWEBZINE – What makes “Teras” Naglfar’s best album to date? Kristoffer W. Olivius (V) – For me personally I have to say that we’ve managed to bring everything one step further. It’s an album filled with what I’d like  [ Read More ]

SOURCEWEBZINE – Actually what can you say us about “Odalheim”. How would you like to present your latest piece of work to our readers? Anders Schultz (Drums) – It’s an album we are very happy with, first off! It follows the tradition of taking what we do to new levels, and on this one we feel it’s more so than ever.   SOURCEWEBZINE – I have noticed that the cover artwork is pretty different from the one that was done for the previous record? It is really interesting piece of work. Who has done it and why did you decide  [ Read More ]

SOURCEWEBZINE – How did the songwriting process for “Mnemesis” compare to your previous albums ? Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (Guitar) – Well, due to the new members it was quite different. On the old albums we used to track demo songs at our stations, and review the material in the rehearsal. It used to be Brian, Rune and my self, who used to go through all the written material and basically start throwing out ideas and compose songs. This time around, it was more Victor (new guitar player) and my self who sat at a computer  on a frequent basis and  [ Read More ]

SOURCEWEBZINE – How’s the tour going? Jonny Davy (Vocals) – Can’t complain, good times.   SOURCEWEBZINE – How did the band’s sound evolve on this “Demonocracy” CD? Jonny Davy (V) – The band has progressed into a more technical band on this record with more storytelling involved. The arrangement of the songs has matured a lot in my opinion.   SOURCEWEBZINE – You worked with Jason Seucof on the new album, what was that like? Jonny Davy (V) – This is the third time we’ve been working with him at this point. It’s great, we really respect the guy and  [ Read More ]

SOURCEWEBZINE – So “Circus Black” is your fourth record. What would you say makes this record different than your first three in terms of its sound? Tuomas Seppälä (Guitar & Keyboards) – We put more effort on production and you can really hear it on the sound. We also used more vocalists than before. We had several guest vocalists on this album, for example Timo Kotipelto of Stratovarius. And of course we have the best AD songs so far on this album. Heidi Parviainen (Vocals) – The sound is bigger again and the first time we used real choirs. Also  [ Read More ]