26.10.2005 |
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SIEBENBÜRGEN : interview with
Richard Bryngelsson
mailer by Dimitris "Heartcollector83" Theodoropoulos ___ 15.10.2005 organized by Richard Bryngelsson and Dimitris Theodoropoulos |
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INDUSTRY IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE ART OR THE ARTIST
Speaking about the new album "Darker Designs and Images", lyrics, comparisons with the previous cd, creation of the songs, cover art, promotion and tour, videoclips, bands/projects outside Siebenbürgen, guest musicians, music industry , and....the Game of the Tower!
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Richard!
Tell us a few things about the creation of the latest Siebenbürgen album. It
was hell from the start and it got even worse as time progressed. It took
us 2 years to even want to do it and when we finally had written all the
material for it and went to our label and said “We’re ready, lend us
the money to go into the studio” they dragged it out another six months.
During that time we had to fire our lead guitarist just as we got the
go-ahead from the label. That forced us to take out all of the material he
had a part in and even writing 3-4 completely new songs. It was hectic but
we managed to do it. What
has been the press’ reaction to your latest effort? Most
of the press that I’ve seen has rated it as our best one to date with
the exception the Swedish press of course. They seem to hate us for some
reason. But I’d rather have a rating of 1 of 10 instead of 5 of 10 if I
had a choice hehe. What
do the lyrics of the album deal with? Demon
kings and vampire queens, nightmares, blood, sex and other dark tales as
your usual Siebenbürgen album ;) They are a bit more harsh and aggressive
than usual and most of the “thee” and “thy” things are gone. The
concept that the album is built around is an ancient myth about this demon
and his summoning unto an unsuspecting world. This story will most
probably continue on our next album. How
would you compare "Darker Designs and Images" with your previous
album? We
only put one limitation on ourselves before we recorded this album and
that was that it should sound and feel new, but still have the spirit of
the old Siebenbürgen. I think we managed to do that very well. The album
feels fresh and new but at the same time it could have been released 10
years ago. It is probably the most “even” album we’ve done so far
and there is an underlying theme to the it, a concept of sorts, but all
the songs are strong enough to live on their own. How
is a Siebenbürgen song created? Do you write the material all together? Sometimes
we do but most of the stuff we write at home. We meet up and play it to
everyone and if we like it we put it on the album. Most of the tracks for
“Darker Designs and Images” were not finished until we recorded them
in the studio. There were always some last minute changes to be done, the
only song that made it through without any change was “Rebellion”. The
cover of the album is really good, who came up with the concept and who
designed it? I
just happened to come across it when I browsed the internet. It was made
by a guy called Stephan Stölting. I asked him if we could use it as a
cover for our album and he agreed and sold it to us. That cover was not
our first choice though and if you knew how much bullsh*t we had to wade
through before the “industry” was satisfied you would be amazed….But
the finished cover looks damn sweet and it really fits the music as well
so we are very happy with it. Will
you promote the new album with a tour? We
are checking things with a booking agency as we speak. It is hard to get
dates where it is possible for all the six of us to get together though so
we might have to do a couple of shorter ones instead of one long. We’re
also talking about some festivals including Wacken so expect to see some
live Siebenbürgen soon one way or the other. Do
you have any plans to shot a video clip? Yeah
we have some loose plans to get one or two clips done. Marcus and me will
probably do something ourselves, we like to be in total creative control
hehe. If it goes well we will release it to our fans as a download most
likely. We had some wild plans when we did “Plagued be thy Angel” but
our label wouldn’t pay for it so we had to toss it because we couldn’t
finance it ourselves. Do
you have any other bands/projects outside Siebenbürgen and if not would
you be interested in doing something? No
I don’t have anything outside of Siebenbürgen at the moment, it takes
up most of my free time, but I recently found some really old recordings
that I made back in the mid 90’s that I will probably record again and
do something with soon I hope. I’m always up for trying new things if it
sparks my interest and everything feels good. Are
there any other artists which you would like to have as guests in a future
Siebenbürgen release? Well;
Jeff Loomis, Tony Iommi, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, King Diamond, James
Hetfield, the list is endless, but seriously I can’t see it happen. We
will probably have to settle with some local ones hehe. What
aspect of being involved in music do you hate the most? That
would have to be without a doubt at all; dealing with the “industry”.
They are not interested in the art or the artist, all they care about is
how much money they can make from your work and they will almost stop at
nothing to get it. Last
question is sort of a game. There is a Tower and on top of it we have 3
bands and you have to push down 2 of them and let the best one on the Tower.
The 3 bands are: Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir and Rotting Christ. Which
bands will you push down and which one will you leave on the Tower? I
can only do this based on their music because I don’t know any of them
personally. Since I never really heard anything from Rotting Christ (that
I can remember) I guess I’d have to push them off first, sorry Greece
hehe. The second one is a bit harder but I must make it: Dimmu Borgir. I
never really liked the last two albums they made. So the winner would be
Cradle, I like their work and I always have even though I find
“Damnation and a Day” a rather bleak effort I think they repaired it
with “Nymphetamine”. Thanks
very much for the interview Richard, have a nice day! |
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