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1.
Hi, first off I just want to congratulate you on your new album.
To new fans could your please fill us in on the history behind it
all?
We
started to play music in 89
with another band name, in 92 we changed our band name to Seventh
Avenue and I began to sing in the band as well (before that I
played the rhythm guitar).
We
made some demos, one self produced CD and then 2 CD's on a small
Label. In the new Millennium we got a deal with Massacre and two
years ago we released the album "Between The Worlds" and
a new Seventh Avenue Saga was born. Now after all these years I am
the only one left, who has been in the band from the beginning.
Now we have the best Line Up ever and we really love our new
album. That’s our history in a short form.
2.
How has your new album been received by the media?
We
didn’t have so much response so far because all starts now, but
the first reviews were very good, and we hope it goes on in this
way.
3.
I know artists are not happy to categorize their music, but how
would you describe your music to an outsider?
We
play Classic Metal from the 80th with a little modern
sound, its Power metal with speed, melodic,
and a lot of pure Energy. Its rough pure Classic Metal.
4.
Where does your inspiration come from, both musically and
lyrically?
Music:
I hear Metal since I was 12 years old and a lot of bands have
inspired me through the years from Metallica, Whitesnake, Iron
Maiden, AC/DC, Helloween, Rage..... there are many bands. The time
must be right, when I write songs, I must have ideas in my head (melodies,
riffs... ). I must feel the music when I start to write. I can’t
go in a room and write 3 songs in 2 days, because sometime I need
a long time to write one song.
Lyrics:
The main theme of the lyrics are Christian stories from the Bible,
how it is to live as a Christian, the everlasting fight against
evil, and how the best party ever will be in Heaven. Our drummer
mostly writes the lyrics.
5.
What topics do you deal with in your lyrics and why?
Its
as I told its Christian themes, because we are a Christian band
and we want to show the world that Christians can rock and party.
And that Christians love METAL too. We didn’t want to preach too
much, but we want to show, that there is also a Heaven and we hope
to invite a lot of people to our party some day in Heaven.
6.
Who has produced and mixed the album, and are you pleased with the
end result?
We
record the new album again in our own Studio - Woodwind Studio,
because today you don't receive so much money from the labels. I
produced the album completely alone,
except for the
vocals, where we once more had Victor Smolski to produce. We mixed
the album alone in our studio with our sound engineer - Florian
Keupp. Mastering was done at the Gate Studio with Sascha Paeth. It
was only the second album we produced in our studio. I think the
sound is O.K. and we have some ideas, how to take it a step
further next time (and better and better...).
7.
Who has done the artwork? And how important do you feel it is to
have a great cover?
It's
from a guy here in Germany, who we meet him on a Festival - his
name is Peter Gundlach. He is also the singer in a metal band. I
think it's important to have a good cover, and it must also show a
new fan, what kind of music is inside, the cover is the mirror of
the music.
8.
Do you have any touring plans?
We
have a tour in Jan / Feb in South America, where we will be playing
in many different countries. And we also plan to record a live-album
there. But for Europe there are no plans at the moment, but I hope
there will come some soon. But of course we plan to play many
single shows and festivals in Europe.
9.
How do you feel about the co-operation with your label, and are
you satisfied?
For
them we are a newcomer band, but they make a good job. I hope,
they will give us the possibility to play a support tour with a
cool band. But we will see, what the new album will bring.
10.
The Internet is a very important source for many music fans - how
do you use the Internet and how important is it for you and other
bands?
I
like the Internet and I use it a lot (I love email), because its
so easy to write to people, to make interviews, arrange some stuff
.... meet fans there and to read a lot about other bands. It makes
us one big family. And I don’t see the danger in the Metal scene
with so many people downloading, because I like to have the
original CD with booklet..... and I think a lot of fans thinks so
too.
11.
How do you see the heavy metal scene at the moment?
I
think, there is a good scene with a lot of different styles, but
also a lot of bad s... I think the metal scene is an important part
of the music industry. But what I don’t like is when metal bands
talk bad about each other, black metal / classic metal, speed metal
/ hardcore..... its all metal in my book and we must stand
together, no matter what kind of metal we play!
12.
To finish things off - could you pls. make a all-time Top 5 or
sort of the 5 most important albums in your opinion?
1.
Iron
Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
2. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part 1 & 2
3. AC/DC
4. Stryper - To Hell With The Devil (its an important album in the
Christian Scene)
5. Metallica - Kill'em All (SPEEEEED METAL)
I
hope its O.K. for you !
ROCK
ON !!!
Into White
Metal? Into Classic Metal? If so then check out Seventh Avenue's
new album out.
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