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Hi Christian,
This is Chris from the German Totentanz-mag. I'm gonna contact you right
now via Code 666 because your newest output convinced me a lot with its
various, skilled approach and your twosided strong voice. Congratulations
dude, this album should take you further !!!! For now it's up to the questions
to make the interview running, thanks in advance to give me and the inquiry
enough attention!!!!
Thanks! Cool to hear that you like the album:)
1. In my imagination the title could refer to the
way you compose music. The variety of styles and the succesive arrangements
indicates that you have let yourself go with the flow of inspiration,
without real borders. What do you think about that presumption? Does the
title more reflect the contents of the lyrics?
Well, as goes for not giving a damn about musical borders and so on, I
guess it has alot to do with the self-confidence and trust in yourself,
as a musician, you gain as you go. Once feeling more secure about your
own ability, you start to care less about what others may think and listen
more to what your heart tells you, instead. In a way, both inspiration
and creativity, spring from the confidence of not having to limit yourself,
so I guess you could see the album-title as a way of describing our present
ways of making music, as well as describing anything else, found borderless.
To me, there are no misinterpretations, when it comes to art:)
2. For me the progression of Unmoored is manifested
in more agressive and progressive songs. Where would you see the marks
and effects of musical progression ?
In our case, I think the change of line-up, has a lot to do with
our progression. Inspirationally, it can be a breath of fresh air, in
more ways than one, working with new, extremely talented people! As goes
for becoming more aggressive, I think there are way too many bands today,
trying, intentionally, to become more and more appealing, with each new
album made. To me, that's like a progressive anticlimax. Progression can
never be about always taking the easy way out! I am more inclined to think
that it's all about being open-minded and true to yourself, in order to
remain unpredictable and avoiding stagnation. In the long run, honesty
always pays off!
3. Track 2 "Commit to the fire" starts
with a huge Swedish oldschool-riff. Which bands of the old Swedish death-scene
have fascinated, inspired you most ?
Do you think so? I've never thought of it as an old-school riff, but perhaps
you're right:) As goes for old-school heroes of mine, I'd have to say
Entombed, Dismember, Edge Of Sanity, Cemetary, Grave, Unleashed and Therion.
There's nothing like the good old days:)
4. Most journalists, me included, often fix descriptions
by comparisons. How does it feel for you when your way of singing is compared
with Dan Swanö ?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and since there's nothing you can
do about it, why bother? :) If I was to get upset from every parallell,
drawn between me and other musicians, I would most likely end up mentally
deranged:) It doesn't matter if you're the most original musician on the
planet, people will always find parallells to draw, between you and other
musicians. Cynical as it seems, it's a fact!
5. What is the deeper sense in often using those
cloudformation-pictures. Is it a symbol for endlessness ?
You tell me...haha! As goes for our layout, the sombre landscapes portrayed,
help, as a whole, visualizing the lyrics, that's all! I'm afraid I can't
tell you what the lyrics are about though, since they are very personal
and my intention is to keep them so:)
6. You and drummer Schönström are playing
together in almost four bands. Is Torchbearer, according to the samenamed
song on the last album, a black metal-commando ? How do you differentiate,
priorize between the three other partially similar bands ? Is Unmoored
the most ambitious one ?
Torchbearer is not a black metal band. It's more of a death/thrash metal
band, incorporating some black metal elements, into the music. As goes
for giving priority, we treat Unmoored, Incapacity, Torchbearer and Solar
Dawn, equally. The same goes for ambition. They are all equally important.
As i said before, thanx alot for dedicating yourself
to my questions.....hope to see your guys on tour.......cheers, Chris
Thank you, for your shown interest! C-ya!
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