Fredlös (Robert Lindgren, Tomas Karlson, Alex Hellid)

 Interview with Fredlös

(Robert Lindgren, Tomas Karlson, 

Alex Hellid)

Questions compiled by Georgius and Joanna

Hail Fredlös, you are very welcome to my small blog. On the 10th of February your band will release the debut album, “Fredlös”. I’ve got your promo material in 2022 and in my Hungarian review in Kronos Mortus I marked 10, brilliant material. What are the responses to “Fredlös” from the underground press and the fans so far? 

- Hi Archangel's Lantern, Robert, Tomas and Alex from Fredlös here.

To have had the opportunity to make this album in our own way, time and pace and then get to see so many writing about us and liking what we have done so far, has been quite overwhelming actually. 

The album attracts a lot more people from different countries all around the globe than we ever expected it to do. Especially since the lyrics are written and sung in Swedish. And to get a 10/10 review from you guys is a great honor! We are really excited to see what will happen and what people think about the rest of the album when it is released on the 10th of February.

When, where and how did start the Fredlös? What is the correct meaning of the name of your band? Introduce your members please. Who is/are the main song and lyric-writer(s)?

Robert: The band started out of the ashes of another earlier band called ”Barbro Says No”. It was founded by Tomas, Fredrik, Liv, Victor, Micke and myself and was a more traditional rock/metal band. But Tomas and I had a desire to write darker heavier music and he one day showed me a Swedish lyric he just wrote. Reading the lyrics I just felt it was absolutely brilliant. We did a demo and presented it to the rest of the band who all loved it except for our drummer at the time, Micke. He decided it was not for him so he left the band. All on good terms of course.

We continued on in the new direction and the result is what then became the song ”Våt Varm Jord”. Alex joined and Iman was recruited on drums. And there you have it, Fredlös was born.

Robert Lindgren

Tomas:

The name Fredlös directly translated to English is ”OutLaw”, but that isn’t really correct. The word “fredlös” is more like “outcast”. Before Christianity was introduced in the north and a long time after that we had this “social punishment” called fredlös. In the absence of a strong state this was a punishment where the individual was cast out of social context.  In most cases this resulted in death. No one would shelter, hide or feed an outcast.  

Tomas Karlson

Fredlös Members:

Robert Lindgren: Bass, engineering, Recording and Mixing.

Tomas Kalrson: Guitars, and writing all Lyrics

Fredrik Danielsson: Guitars and Vocals

Alex Hellid: Guitars

Victor Dahlin: Keys

Iman Zolgharnian: Drums

Liv Hope: Lead Vocals

Fredrik Danielsson

Alex Hellid

Victor Dahlin

Iman Zolgharnian

Liv Hope

Guest musicians:

Erik Grawsiö: Vocals on the songs ”Våt Varm Jord” and ”Fredlös”

Martin Björklund: Violins on ”Våt Varm Jord”, ”Otto” and ”Requiem”

Britta Zetterström: Erie “Kulning” vocals on Requiem

Tomas: I write all the lyrics for the band. I would say it most often starts with a riff, an idea or a topic the lyric will be based on. Then we work together around that and build the bones of the song. Then I write the lyrics and Liv gets to try out melodies. I adjust the words of the lyrics to fit her melodies. The process is a team effort. 

Your debut will be released through Threeman Recordings. Enlighten us about this awesome alliance. By the way, how did you meet legendary Alex Hellid of Entombed/ex-Nihilist, who joined your forces?

Robert:

Tomas met Alex some years ago and then ran into him again about a year ago and slipped him a demo. Alex just loved it and to quote him: ”Entombed is the best band in the world, but  I want to be part of this, even if it's just me dancing around in a plague mask”. 

And to have Alex onboard has proven to be invaluable with all his skills contributing to the music and all his knowledge how the music business works and to avoid all the pitfalls. For us to be on the same label as such fine bands as Entombed, Nihilist, Wachenfeldt is simply fantastic, it couldn’t have turned out better.

I know, it is hard a bit but tell the readers in your own words all the Fredlös-songs.

Våt Varm Jord: 

The inspiration for the lyric comes from the religious oppression that accelerated after the plague in the mid-14th century. The image of God became increasingly severe. Sin and shame took center stage. Life was an ordeal of mourning in anticipation of purgatory. Misogyny grew stronger among sexually fixated prelates, which sometimes had to take the form of witch burnings or heresy trials. The most famous during the era is the execution of Joan of Arc which we used in our video for the song.

Otto:

The lyrics are about Tomas' grandfather. Born in poor conditions in Jämtland, Sweden, he was politically red-blooded. Believed in a strong and humane state where everyone had the same conditions. Otto is a tribute to Tomas grandfather's values and the blood spilled by the working class to give us the living conditions we have today. It is also Tomas' declaration of love to his beautiful soul. I imagine that images of poor Sweden and Ådalen in 1931 visually explain the song.

Farsot:

The lyrics are about the plague that hit Sweden in 1350. Initially, the plague wiped out a large part of the population. The exact death toll is unknown but estimates place it at ½ or 2/3 of the population between 1350 and 1420. As usual, the clergy blamed the population and declared the plague as God's response to human sinfulness. Movements such as the Flagellants arose who wandered from town to town scourging themselves to appease the wrathful god.

Missväxt:

During the Middle Ages, the middle of the 14th century, a significant cooling of the climate occurred. Partly due to the lack of sunspots. The lyric line "Havet födde väldig rese" refers to the volcanic eruptions at sea that historically threw enormous amounts of ashes high into the atmosphere and caused a cooling of the climate. The result was stunted growth, famines and floods and years of winter. After the outbreak of the Plague in the middle of the 14th century, the colder climate followed, which further added to the population's suffering. At the same time, there were intense battles between noble families similar to the struggle between mafia families, which of course ultimately affected the population. The church, as usual, blamed the sinful people who incurred God's wrath.

Fredlös:

”Gästning” was the duty of the peasants to entertain the king, bishops and grandees with their retinues during their travels. ”Ledungsskyldigheten” seems to have been, along with ”Gästning”, the only charge (tax) that the king could demand from his subjects at the beginning of the Middle Ages. Sometimes the visit turned into pure looting of an already poor peasant home. That's what happens in the song. The lord and his jacks slaughter the last heifer and famine awaits this poor peasant family. The farmer kills a jack in desperation and flees to the forest. What then awaited was to become outcast (fredlös). The outcast could be killed for no reason by anyone and it was forbidden to harbor, feed or help the declared outcasts. You could buy yourself free if you had plenty of money (Nils Dacke did).

Uppror:

The song describes a peasant uprising. During the 15th and 16th centuries, there were a large number of peasant uprisings throughout Europe, including in Sweden. They rarely succeeded and were often put down very brutally. The peasants often rose up against the innovations introduced by the authorities as well as against oppression, exploitation and serfdom. The text was inspired by ”Dackefejden”. It was a peasant rebellion against Gustav Vasa in 1542-1543, led by Nils Dacke, a farmer from Vissefjärda in southern Småland.  The reason for the rebellion was the strong dissatisfaction that prevailed against the king's attempts to strengthen the central power, something that was felt especially hard in the previously relatively independent Småland. The insurgents were mainly dissatisfied with Gustav Vasa's tax levels and with church politics.

Iman Zolgharnian

Undergång:

The lyrics describe the total military defeat of the peasant uprising. Much depends on the treachery and unscrupulousness of King Gösta. Although the peasants were not as poorly equipped as one might think, they were totally inferior to the well-equipped mercenaries that were being trained by the king. The mercenaries often came from Germany but also Scotland and other places. In August 1543 Dacke was shot and fell at the border of Blekinge, after the rebellion his head was put on a stake and placed at the gallows hill. To reduce the risk of another rebellion, Gustav Vasa put Dacke's son in a prison cell where he was starved to death.

Deus:

The Lord's ways are his own

God was never on your side

In ashes, hope prevails

The ice never seems to melt

God was never on your side….

Requiem:

The epilogue to the defeat. After the war, savage reckoning awaited all the farmers in the participating parishes and those who participated in the insurgents' crowd. No amnesty was granted. Dacke's home village was brutally ravaged and Dacke's relatives were either executed or deported. At the same time, the chaos continued through the local peasant chieftains who continued to live on raids and waged their private war several years after Nils Dacke was dead. Economically, the war was a disaster for Småland and initially also for Sweden as a whole. 

Because of  Gustav Vasa´s victory over Nils Dacke, it became possible for him to centralize Sweden even more easily from Stockholm. The ”Dackefejden” is an important part of Sweden's history and it was significant for a long time.

Fredlös created 3 awesome videos, namely “Våt Varm Jord”, “Farsot” and “Otto”. Who made these awesome videos? 

”Våt Varm Jord”, ”Farsot” and ”Fredlös” (coming on release date 10th of February) was done by Robert and Tomas.

”Otto” was made by Staffan Thorström, same guy who do our Album Art.

We have more ideas and hopefully more videos will emerge later this year.

I like a lot your cover, which absolutely fits to your music. Share us some thoughts about it.

Tomas:

The cover art was made by my friend Staffan Thorström. It's truly a masterpiece of art where he tries to be as accurate as possible to the perspective and style of drawings that were made in the medieval times.

The idea was a cover where you could spend some time looking at it and see fine details and new things every time you look at it. For example you can find elements from all the songs, like the burning castle (Uppror), someone burned at the stake (Våt varm jord), people infected with sickness ( Farsot) and so on…

Erik Grawsiö of Månegarm has been invited as a guest vocalist on 2 tracks, “Våt Varm Jord” and “Fredlös”. What should we know about this awesome cooperation? What are your favourite songs and albums of Månegarm? 

Tomas: 

Erik is a friend. We all come from the same area around the small city Norrtälje just north of Stockholm. A lot of good bands and talented musicians can be found here like: Månegarm, Wormwood, MercuryX, Kråkslott and so on. Everyone knows someone who knows someone… Like Liv's Hope's Cousin is the drummer of Månegarm. Our friend Tobias Rydsheim, the man behind Wormwood also plays guitar live with Månegarm on tours and so on. So, it's just a matter of calling them up and asking.

Robert:

Hard to just choose one album from Månegarm, they have made so many great albums. I would have to choose two atleast and that would for me be: ”Fornaldarsagor” and ”Ynglingaättens öde”.  And if I am allowed to choose just one song from each of those albums I would say: ”Hervors Arv” and ” En snara av guld”

As a fun note, in the video of Månegarms ”En snara av guld” you will see our guitarist Tomas acting in the role of the king.

Alongside the Fredlös, in which bands are active your members? What about the past activity of Fredlös musicians in different bands? 

Robert:

Alex has Entombed which will always be his number one of course.

For the rest of us Fredlös is the main band. 

The only fun thing you could do growing up in this small town was to play music in a band. So there have been plenty of unsuccessful bands that started and ended over the years.

Then came the family-life and kids. I met Tomas I think around 2014 and we started to record a bunch of demos in my studio. And everything later grew into  ”Barbro Says no!” And in 2021 Fredlös emerged from its ashes to become what Fredlös is today.

Tomas and Robert

Tomas:

Liv comes from the “sing and songwriter” and Country scene. Before “Barbro says No” she had very little experience in metal music. She has a major impact in our song writing process due to her unique ability to evoke spelling melodies. In Liv we sure have struck the golden motherload. 

Liv Hope

If I mentioned legendary Alex Hellid, what are your favourite Nihilist/Entombed releases? 

Alex:

Let me go cliché supreme on y’all, OK? All of them! As it should be hard to single out favorites among the children. They all mean and represent and mirror a period or moment in time, something that was created with another cliché, blood, sweat and more sweat…and sent out in the world to hopefully find new homes in the orbits of others minds. From our first releases with Nihilist (Premature Autopsy a title we got suggested straight from our idol Chris Reifert of Autopsy!:) leading up to the first album (Left Hand Path) and to our most recent Serpent Saints I never take anything for granted and always find excitement in the possibility that creativity and energy will be picked up and spread inspiration. Sounds corny for sure but that’s the greatest feeling….so everything! :)

What are your favourite historical era and why? Are you have some preferred authors and books? 

Tomas:

I devour books about history as a whole but right now at the moment it's the Middle Ages as my main interest, but that could shift tomorrow ;-)

Man's way of seeing the world shifted dramatically in the Middle Ages.The life and agony of the common people and their reality and living conditions is actually far more interesting and gruesome than just writing about “knights and dragons flying high in the sky with fire”.

I'm heavily influenced by books by Vilhelm Moberg and Professor Dick Harrison. 

But you also need to read Machiavelli and such.

Unfortunately I’ve never been in Sweden. What interesting places could you recommend me to visit, especially from your area? What local foods and drinks are your recommendations to taste it? 

- Stockholm and the old parts of the city, “Gamla stan ''. Wander around the streets where the “Stockholm bloodbath” took place”. And then go to djurgården to see the Wasa ship museum. To get a nature experience I would recommend going north by train on “Inlandsbanan '' to Kiruna. Or travel by car up north on the east coast to see the high coastal areas (höga kusten). But then again, I know you live in the Carpathians mountains so maybe our hills and nature aren't that much to brag about really ;-)

Food wise I guess it's the same kind of food here just like any other western country.

But some things to try that you might not find everywhere else is:

- Blood pudding, Slice the pudding into 7mm slices, fry it in butter and serve with lingonberry jam and crispy bacon. Best served with Milk.

- Palt / Kroppkakor. depending on where you live it has a slightly different flavor and name. “Kroppkakor” in the south and “Palt” in the north. Kroppkakor are essentially big chunky potato dumplings with meat inside them, and there are many versions of these all over the country. Served with melted butter, lingonberry jam and pork/bacon. Also best served with Milk.

- One thing I like to do out in nature is Kolbulle.

50% wheat flour and 50% water and salt. all mixed up. Make a fire. Put a pan directly into the fire. A big lump of butter and lots of pieces of smoked pork, let that fry for a while. Pour the wheat mixture over it and let it fry for a while. It will become something like a thick pancake with pork. Serve it with lingonberry jam. A beer goes really well with this to warm your bones beside the fire.

I just realized all of the above include pork and lingonberry….

Things not to eat:

- Fermented Herring, just don't do it…smells rotting death. People say it tastes good, but the smell is overwhelming. And why eat something that smells like that….

Tack så mycket Fredlös, wish you all the best! Send your message to the readers of Archangel’s Lantern please to complete the interview.

- Bye and thank you Archangel's Lantern readers, wish you all the best and thanks for all support! Hope to see you at a show in the near future!

Important links: 

facebook.com/fredlosband

facebook.com/ThreemanRecordings

youtube.com/@threemanrecordings7563

https://www.threeman.net/

Mattias Johansson (Karnivore)

 Interview with Mattias Johansson (Karnivore, Goat Skull, ex-In Pain, 

ex-El Camino, ex-Nidhöggr)

Questions compiled by Georgius and 

Johanna (Poland/Germany)

El Camino period

                                                     

Hail Mattias, hope you are doing fine. Let’s start with your latest news: Karnivore released in early November, 2022 a killer single namely “Disintegrate”, it’s an awesome track and a brilliant video. Would you be so kind to talk about it more? There will be a new Karnivore full-length this year?

- Hi I'm doing great. Let's get into it, the new single disintegrate. we started to record it in Spring of last year and released in November of the same year because it was so delayed I don't remember but its typically Karnivore, it is always something coming up and getting in the way. 

But it is a track we have had for some time and finally got around to record, we felt releasing it online with a music video it was the easy and right way to go just to show people we were alive, the music is written by Jens and the lyrics mainly written by me with some phrasing and technical editing by our singer Martin.

The music video is made fairly basic in our rehearsal space and edited by our guitarist Per, it was recorded during a hot couple of hours in the summer ,and it came out really ok for being an real low budget homemade thing, It's our first one so we can't be other than happy with it, it will absolutely be more of that in the future, regarding a new release with Karnivore remains to be seen, we have music for almost an album but we have no record deal for the moment and we really want it to be released in physical formats, time will tell, fingers crossed an all that stuff.

In Pain unleashed a brilliant old-school album “The Thing from the Grave” in 2022, which LP is one of my favourites of latest year. (Thanks a lot for your signature on CD-cover!!!). How went the recording of the drums?

 - The recording for “The Thing from the Grave” went really fast and easy and was done in a couple of hours, I usually listen a lot to the songs taking some notes and then just record it and that’s how it usually is done with the In Pain recording because we don’t do much rehearsing, or any at all to be honest.

I had my companion Jens from Karnivore to assist and to record it, we have a long history of recording and playing music together so it's always a pleasure.

an awesome gift, 'The Thing from the Grave'  digipack CD and signatures of In Pain -G/

Unfortunately, your ways and In Pain separated because of the travel distance. What are your most preferred songs of In Pain where you played the drums? 

- That’s a hard question. I really like the first ones I recorded for the “ A Call from the Grave” and "Summoning the Dead"  EPs because everything was new, but if I'll choose from the first album it is "The Shadow from the Ancient Tomb" and "Battle" that comes to mind, from the latest album it is definitely  "The Beast Within" and "Midnight Rituals".

Back to the Karnivore: it is a pretty old horde and if I’m not mistaken you started in 2002 under the name Karneywar. Tell the readers briefly the band’s history and releases. 

- The short story of Karnivore is that we started a long time ago and recorded 3 demos under the Karneywar name those years was mostly about playing around in the rehearsal place and trying to get a steady line up going which was easier said than done, we finally got a good bunch of people together and did some gigs in our home town and some abroad, in Germany and Denmark supporting old school veterans Pagan Rites. Then we changed our name to Karnivore and recorded the first record “ The Triumphant Khaoz”, shortly after our friend and guitarist Patrik lost his battle with cancer and we were again some people short for live gigs... it was a hard blow to loose a friend and a band member so we lost it all for a while but got back on our feet and recorded a new album as a three piece called "In the Halls of the Wicked'". No steady line up so we started to work on the next record that came to be "Dödsriket" and now we are here in 2023 and have a new hard and heavy line up and working on new stuff and hopefully some gigs in the near future that’s the shortest version  I could do haha 

Karnivore 'Dödsriket' line up

You are active in the Mexican Black metal horde called Goat Skull. What should we know about that Hellish cooperation.

- Goat Skull is in a long sleep I think I haven't heard from them for a while but we recorded and released a split 7” with Sabbat (Japan) and an ep a couple of years ago, it was talks about a full length but we will see when that will happen, when they call I'll answer and pound those drums to dust for my Mexican brothers.

Goat Skull

Tell the readers about your past activity of the following bands, as El Camino, Fear The Future, Nidhöggr and Under Attack, please.

- El Camino is a local Doom band I played with for a couple of years, we recorded and released some really good records ( we share the same rehearsal space for the time being)

Nidhöggr is my good friend Björn Thorups black metal band that I also recorded a bunch of good material with, in that case it was also a matter of distance problem or I would surely still be banging those drums. Under Attack is also a band managed by Björn this is a Speed/Heavy metal band.

Fear The Future is not much to talk about for my part, the plan was to record drums for their second album but nothing became of it, good people and good friends though.

Nidhögrr

Perhaps you know, that my small blog is eternally dedicated to Jon Andreas Nödtveidt and Lars-Göran Petrov amongst others. Did you share with your bands the stages with them and meet them in person? Have you any favourite LPs/tracks from their heritage? 

- I have actually played (amongst many other bands on the bill) as an opening act for Dissection sometime in the mid-nineties with a black metal band I joined when I was maybe 16 years old. I have talked a couple of times with Jon both before and after prison but not more than in a fan kind of way. Really like all their albums but "Storm of the Light's Bane" is a fav.  

I don’t think I ever played anywhere near L-G but I'm a big fan of Entombed and LG was that kind of person you'll bump in to now and then which always was fun.

When did you start to play the drums? Which musicians influenced you in the past? What are your favourite ones nowadays?

- I started to play the drums in the late 80s but have never been a practice kind of guy, something I regret now, not that I practice much now either. 

My absolute inspiration back then was Kiss and especially Eric Carr, he got my interest for drums to awake, Nicke Andersson was a big inspiration during his Entombed years, Gene Hoglan of Death is of course a big one too.

Beside the drums do you play other musical instruments? 

- I play guitar and bass but not in any bands right now but I write some stuff so we will see what happens in the future.

Name us your eternal favourite albums.

Deicide - Legion

Iron Maiden- Killers

Entombed - Left Hand Path

Death - Human

King Diamond - Abigail

Kiss - Creatures of the Night

Bathory – Blood Fire Death

And of course many more but that’s the fundamental records  that never stopped spinning at my place.

Would you be so kind to describe your local Swedish scene? Alongside Karnivore which bands are there?

- It's not a long answer to this, my town used to be a really great music city so growing up here was all about playing and hanging out in the rehearsal room. lots of good bands playing all kinds of music.

Nowadays it's not the same, it is probably bands playing that I don't now about, but the bands worth mentioning is :

El Camino that I used to play in they are still an active band.

Pile of Death that play old school death metal and we are all sharing the same rehearsal space.

Tack så mycket/Thanks a lot, Mattias, we wishing you all the best. Send your message to the readers, please.

- Thanx a lot for giving me the opportunity!

Keep your eyes open for more metal from me and my bands in Sweden, and maybe Mexico who knows.

Important links: 

facebook.com/karnivoremetal

youtube.com/@karnivore9204

Ed Mowery (Tiwanaku)

 Interview with Ed Mowery (Tiwanaku)

Hail Ed, you are welcome to my humble blog Archangel’s Lantern. Tell the readers in brief the beginnings of Tiwanaku and introduce your bandmates please.

- Thank you for having me in Archangel's Lantern man. We appreciate it. I started Tiwanaku in 2003. I could see the writing on the wall. Nocturnus was on its way to disbanding again. The sale exact arguments were going on between us. I wanted to tour. They didn't. So I quit. I started thinking of a new band name and looking for new people to work with when I noticed what was going on in Nocturnus. It took me a few months and after reading about it in books and seeing the native spelling of Tiwanaku. Tiahuanaco is one spelling that is used mostly but Tiwanaku is the native spelling and looks much cooler and is more symmetrical. Tiwanaku makes for one hell of an awesome logo! Our Klingon Bat'leth logo by Christophe Szpajdel and Nino Mejia is our latest logo. I read it as Tiahuanaco in many places before. As soon as I saw the name Tiwanaku on paper I knew that was the name I was looking for. I wanted a one word name that had never been used in metal before. Tiwanaku is a magical mystical place with a lot of mysterious history, statues, megaliths, a pyramid, Sungate, Moongate, and more. There is a stone wall of faces that depicts humans from all over the planet and grey aliens. Its in Bolivia near La Paz just a quarter mile away from the mysterious megaliths of Puma Punku, Bolivia on the Altiplano. Puma Punku was the place space vessels would land and Tiwanaku was the place they celebrated together. The band is a group of guys that were meant to come together to make Earth Base One. I have had a lot of people come and go but now the guys I have are a solid group and all as hungry as I am and believe in the band as much as I do. All of us help with the different things a band needs. 3 of us live in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, our drummer in Orlando, Florida, and I am in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are getting together in Pittsburgh in 7 days from today to finish writing the next album and work on our live set. We have some announcements coming after the holidays. We have versatile and very creative shred monster Sean "Hairy" Valentine on guitars, Wizard of the keyboard Ryan O'Neill on keyboards/orchestrations. The multi-instrumentalist and giant sound of Ian Spencer on Bass. Our newest member to the band is multi-genre playing bad ass hard hitting and kicking drummer Gabriel Lewandowski (xResurrection, xHellwitch, xEquinox) on drums. Gabriel and I were both close friends of Michael Estes who was trying to get Gabe and I in a jam room to see what would happen before he tragically passed away. Its better to be late than never at all. Michael may be gone but he is getting his wishes to come true and Gabe is now a permanent member Tiwanaku. Our first jam session we locked in on the first or second song. We played Giants Below Us off Earth Base One perfectly on the first run. I knew the first night playing with Gabe he was our new drummer. I think he did too. 

Ryan and Liam Hurka were the drummers on the album. Then they had to do their thing and gracefully bowed out of the band. Ryan has a business to run and it eats up all his time. Not enough time to do music too. We are all still friends. I ran into Gabriel Lewandowski   online just a couple days after they left. We got to messaging and that turned into talking on the phone that turned into me flying to Florida to hang out and play music with him. Gabe and I had a mutual friend, amazing guitarist Michael Estes (RIP). Gabe is an amazing drummer. Not taking anything away from Ryan and Liam Hurka on the album. They did their jobs awesome and we appreciate everything they did.  I can't wait to get together with the band next month. Once I come home from this trip I'll start making guitar and click tracks for Gabe to record his drums with once we all decide the arrangements and riffs are all in the right place.

Our first demo line up. 

Wade Black, Rick Renstrom, Ed Mowery, Richard Christy

Tiwanaku is:

Ed Mowery (xNocturnus) - Vocals/Guitar

Sean Valentine (Plague Rider) -Guitars

Ryan O'Neill- Keyboards/Orchestrations

Ian Spencer (Plague Rider) - Bass

Gabriel Lewandowski (xResurrection, xHellwitch, xEquinox) - Drums

Ryan Hurka - Drums on the album

Liam Hurka - Drums on Ghost War

Guests:

Michael Estes (RIP) (xTiwanaku, xBurning Inside) Guitar Leads and wrote parts of Today in Battle

Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) - Bass, Today in Battle

Daniel Heiman (Warrior Path, xLost Horizon)-Vocalist Interdimensional

Steven Martinez-Lead Guitar Interdimensional

Tiwanaku unleashed a fantastic debut LP, namely “Earth Base One” on the 4th of November. How went the recording process? Where did you recorded all the tracks? Who was the producer?

- Thank you! We really appreciate that man! We are now booking tours and appearances for 2023 and 2024. The recording process was an interesting one. Ryan, Liam, and I went into Cerebral Productions in Pittsburgh. Shane Mayer is a great engineer and has an absolutely amazing ear. We did the drums for the album in two days’ time. Then we used those tracks and my scratch guitars to record the keyboards which I recorded with Ryan O'Neill in his home studio. The rhythm guitars and my Vocals were recorded in my home studio. Alex recorded his bass parts in his home studio and Daniel recorded his vocals in his studio in Stockholm Sweden. We had our ups and downs during the recording process but the most important part for me is that we prevailed and got through it all to put this album out. 

I like a lot art of Spanish painter, Juanjo Castellano, who created for Tiwanaku an awesome artwork, which totally fits to your music. How did you meet him? Do you plan to work with him again?

- Our label contacted Juanjo to do an album cover for us. I gave him a short description, some background, and photos of Tiwanaku and he accepted the job then grabbed the ball and ran with it. It came out so killer and blew my expectations out of the water. Look for the hidden things in the art. They're in there. I would love to work with Juanjo again. He is a professional and even helped promote Earth Base One quite a bit on social media alongside us. He didn't have to do that. He is a very nice guy and a gentleman. I do have a couple artists in mind for album 2 and he is in the mix of 3 artists. I can say we'll lean in his direction when the time comes which will be soon. It would be amazing to have him paint the concept I already have for album 2.

Would you be so kind to share your thoughts about “Earth base One” track by track? 

- Visitor from Titan - This is a true story. It happened right here in Northern New Mexico. Michael Estes (RIP)was in town working with me on Tiwanaku. I had a gig one night filling in for my friends’ band End to End in Albuquerque New Mexico. It was opening for Goatwhore. Fun show! At the time I lived in the Northern New Mexico mountains so Mike and I loaded up my truck after the show and headed home. This was during the Perseid Meteor shower. The sky was lighting up night like day off and on the whole way back. After driving through Jemez Pueblo, we were near Virgin Mesa near Jemez Springs when we started seeing a light down the road off and on. I figured it was a light on a house or barn until we drove around a bend and it was hovering in the middle of the road. I had to stop the truck right in front of it. Then it’s kind of erupted and then doubled in size. I asked Mike three times "Are you seeing this?" About that time lightning bolts shot out from under the ball of light and then it shot up the mountain at lightning speed and disappeared. I then started asking Mike again if he saw it and I looked at him. He was in complete shock with his eyes and mouth wide open in surprise. He finally snapped out of it when I started driving again and said "Bro, what the fuck was that?" The next week the Jemez Springs newspaper reported UFO sittings at Virgin Mesa the same exact time we were driving through. We didn’t start telling people about it until after it was in the newspaper. So, we weren't the only ones who saw it. I think what we saw was a being made of electricity. Later I read if there was life on Saturn's moon Titan it would be electricity based. Right then was when I named the song.

Ghost War is about a dream I had about a war between human beings and our reality and ghosts and the paranormal reality. Something the human military was experimenting on was screwing with their reality so they found a way to start attacking humans from the paranormal side. Killing us just to join their side of reality. Gaining fighters as they kill humans, they won the war.

Swarm is about a flock of birds that mishap upon some tainted meat. They eat it and transform into a tornado of flesh-eating metal machines. 

Nightmare Hall is a song about the story of Phil Schneider's adventure and escape from an underground military base in Northern New Mexico. Nightmare Hall is a level in the base where animals, humans, and aliens are experimented on. I've studied this base, have friends that live in the town above it. I agree. It’s a real thing. I think there are underground bases all over the planet. I've read about and now been told by Bolivian descendants of Tiwanaku that there is an underwater government/alien base next to Tiwanaku in Lake a Titicaca.

Closed Minds is about the wool that has been pulled over the human race's eyes by who is truly running our planet. Our leaders are all the puppets of the true leaders of the world.

Giants Below Us has two meanings. One is about how Giants used to walk this planet. I'm not talking dinosaurs. I'm talking Giant bipedal beings. The evidence has been found of giant human-like bones and giant graves. I have a theory that Bigfoot and these Giants are related and could be the same thing. For me. Bigfoot coming from inside our planet is much more realistic to me than them acting as interdimensional beings coming from another reality like some rumors say. But I am not 100% convinced on anything. 

Vision Abducted is about when I had a total knee replacement surgery in 2009. While I was under I either had a vivid dream or a vision. I was walking around Tiwanaku Bolivia itself. I looked at the statues, the moon gate, and the sun gate. Then I found an opening behind some rocks. The door opened and there was a large stairwell. What I found is in the song.

Today in Battle was written by myself and Michael Estes. It is about the Mayan Apocalypse and different Mayan blood rituals.

Falling Stars is the piano piece that Ryan O'Neill wrote. It was something he used for warm ups some years ago. Him and I were roommates when I lived in Pittsburgh. I used to hear him get up for work. Right before leaving he would get on the piano and play those parts When I asked him if he had a piano type thing that could show how damn good, he is, he sent me this. As soon as I heard it I recognized it and said hell yea this is it! I suggested Falling Stars for the name and he agreed. 

Interdimensional is meant to be a completely different animal as anyone who hears it can tell. My best friend Brian (Progcop) Goldsmith introduced Daniel Heiman and I through an email.  We started talking about doing something together. Brian ended up passed away from complications due to diabetes in 2019 right before I was to go into major neck surgery. When I got out, I wrote and explained what happened to Brian to Daniel. That was when we decided 100% to do this song together and when I decided the song had to go on this album. Brian deserves it. I wrote every single note, lyric, and vocal throw to the song. I did it while I was grieving for my best friend. It chokes me up to write and talk about it over 3 years later. Brian believed in me when everyone had written me off to neck and back surgery. Interdimensional and the whole album is dedicated to his memory. I'll see you Interdimensional Brother!! 🤘🏼👽🤘🏼

Tiwanaku Sungate with alien ship/drone hovering above

Are you working with new material currently? 

- Absolutely! I am always writing down lyrical ideas and writing guitar riffs. I have a riff bank I put all my new material into. It’s a protools folder on my hard drive. I have about 5-6 songs worth of riffs and I know Hairy, Ryan, and Gabe have song ideas too. We are getting together in January to work on our set and get the songs together for the next album. We'll start recording sometime next year depending on when our live appearances are confirmed.

What should we know about your live performances in the near future? (I really hope to see and meet you live in Hungary or Slovakia)

- Fuck yes man. We are in talks for some United States, European, and South American appearances in 2023. It will be great to meet you in person man. 🤘🏼👽🤘🏼

("In January 2019 I had the same surgery as my neck from L4-S1 and I have electronics in my lower spine. This is part of why I am able to get on stage again."- Ed Mowery)

When did you start to play the guitar, bass, keyboards and vocalizing? Who inspired you back in the day? What are your favourite musicians? 

- I started on guitar when I was 14 years old. A friend of mine moved into town and he played electric and acoustic. I hung out with him a few times and I wanted to start learning guitar myself after he let me borrow a guitar. I was fuckin hooked! I fell in love with playing metal music very early on. It took a lot of hard work to be able to play like I do today. I was no natural. Haha. When I was 19, I joined Fallen Idols on Guitar. We started searching for a drummer and bassist. We got tired of being offered gigs and not being able to do them. We found a drummer pretty quickly but finding a bassist to play our stuff back then was tough. So that's why I moved to bass for a few years. So, we could move on as a band and start playing clubs. I was 19 and was only allowed into clubs if it was all ages. If it was 21+ I was sometimes allowed to play with the band only and then was escorted out by security right after our last note. I started doing backup vocals in Fallen Idols. We were a trio. I started playing the keyboard while I was in Nocturnus still. When Louis Panzer quit the Nocturnus I went out and bought a Korg Triton 76 key. Fell in love with that instrument too. Our keyboard player Ryan O'Neill is much better than I am at execution so I leave most of that to him now. He is a monster on the keys. When we started talking about putting Nocturnus together for Ethereal Tomb and I threw my name in the hat for vocalist. They went with me. That was my first time as Lead vocalist for any band, ever. Back in the day I was mostly inspired by Ronnie James Dio, Judas Priest, Metallica, and Megadeth. My favorite musicians right now would be a variety. Ronnie James DIO, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Mike Patton & Faith No More, Jaco Pastorius, Beethoven, Paganini, Michael Keene, and Bill Steer of Carcass off the top of my head. 

("On my way home from C3-T1 fusions and disc replacements. This surgery saved my guitar playing and having normal use of my arms and hands" - Ed Mowery)

How do you describe your past activity in following bands as Fallen Idols, Nocturnus and Leash Law? 

- I joined Fallen Idols as guitarist. I moved to bass and backup vocals because we wanted to play gigs and we REFUSED to be unprofessional and go out without a bassist. We got tired of looking for one and I picked it up one night just to see how we would sound and we sounded AMAZING and we were a 3 piece. When I joined Nocturnus as bassist just 3 months before the European Thresholds tour. We broke up after we recorded the Possess the Priest/Mummified EP in 1993. Mummified was the first song that I had a hand in writing. Fast forward to 1999 we regrouped Mike Davis, Sean McNenney, Lou Panzer, and myself. That was when I stepped up and said "I'll sing!" I had to prove myself in rehearsals first then the studio and I did. Finding out I was a lead singer really helped me finish blooming as a musician. I love it. 

Ed, 22 years old on tour playing bass in Nocturnus with Confessor as direct support 1992 European Thresholds Tour

"Fallen Idols 19 years old. Seattle Washington. 1989. I played bass and we were doing dual vocals before we disbanded. Ed Mowery (bass, vocals), Scott Sanders (drums RIP), Willem Reeders (Lead Vocals, Guitar)" -Ed Mowery

What is your opinion about Brazilian Death metal band LoneHunter? Which hordes from the United States could you recommend us? 

- Lonehunter are awesome! I am friends with Juliano Bonacini who played keys with the band.  I have their latest release on cd. Great fucking band man! From the States? They recently signed to Unique Leader Records. I played some shows with them while filling in for a friend’s band. I really liked the band. Embryonic Devourment.

Are you having some special hobbies? What are your most preferred books and movies? 

- Most of my special hobbies are centered around the band Tiwanaku. I have love for Ancient Archaeology, Ufology, Ancient Aliens, and the Paranormal, Science Fiction, and Science Fact. Anything that causes mystery in our world, and beyond, fascinates me. When I was younger, I loved playing Football/Soccer, rock climbing, and was a dart and extreme jumper on snow skis. Adrenaline Junkie kind of stuff. I stopped doing it all after my first knee surgery. That was right about the same time I started playing guitar.

Name us your eternal favourite top 10 albums, please.

- 10 is too short of a list. How about 20 instead brother? Haha!

Metallica: Ride the Lightning

Metallica: Master of Puppets

Black Sabbath: Mob Rules

Black Sabbath: Heaven & Hell

Judas Priest: Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest: Defenders of the Faith

Megadeth: Rust in Peace

Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction

The Faceless: Autotheism

Pink Floyd: Meddle

Yngwie Malmsteen: Rising Force

Dimmu Borgir: Spiritual Black Dimensions

Dimmu Borgir: Puritania

Deicide: Legion

Death: Individual Thought Patterns

Carcass: Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious

Carcass: Symphonies of Sickness

Carcass: Heartwork

Emperor: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

Faith No More: Angeldust

Primus: Sailing the Seas of Cheese

Jason Becker: Perpetual Burn

That’s more than 20. I know there's many more. 🤘🏼👽🤘🏼

Thank you very much Ed, wish you and Tiwanaku all the best. Send your message to the readers to complete the interview. 

- The band is planning our live appearances for 2023 and 2024. Right now, we have a large concert in Florida we are being considered for. Two European tours and a South American tour. Hopefully they'll be confirming us for all of them. We are looking forward to bringing Earth Base One to as many corners of the planet we can. We are ready to see all your metal faces, throw horns, and fist bump you all! Thank you for having me in Archangel's Lantern, Georgius. 🤘🏼👽🤘🏼 

Important links: 

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facebook.com/tiwanakumetal

facebook.com/redkenyi666 

youtube.com/@tiwanakumetal7469 

Olly Zubor (HammerWorld, ex-Cerebral Haemorrhage)

  Interview with Olly Zubor 

(HammerWorld, 

ex-Cerebral Haemorrhage)

Hail my good old Hungarian friend Olly! Castrum videos you made and edited, are celebrating 25th anniversary this year and we are still so honoured to you! How do you remember your clip-making process for those old tracks? 

- Hello Georgius! Wow, 25 years already? Like it was yesterday. I remember you asked me to make a music video for one of the songs of the Pleasure in the Deeds of Horror demo, and for that I also received a complete concert recording from Ungvár/Uzhhorod. Then I got so excited that I made a video for both songs and the intro of the demo. It was great fun! And it was also my first music video cut after the video I made for my own band, Cerebral Haemorrhage. By the way, may I ask where you first saw the Castrum videos? And what was your opinion of them 25 years ago?

(I suppose in 1997, when Cornelius of Castrum brought VHS tape with your awesome stuff you created for us  and I/we are still so grateful for your amazing job! -G//)

Are you playing the guitar nowadays? Are you planning to make some special stuff for your old band Cerebral Haemorrhages’ honor? 

- I haven't held an instrument in my hands for years. I have no specific plans for Cerebral Haemorrhage at the moment. However, two of our old musicians, the bassist Brutal and the drummer Pitty, used to play together recently. True, their musical style is far from what we played around 1995. Still, I wouldn't mind if they made new songs under the name Cerebral Haemorrhage. But I prefer to stay on the "other side". I mean, I don't play in bands, I write about people who play in bands. 

It’s a bit sad question… Unfortunately, László Lénárd of Hungarian Metal Hammer/HammerWorld passed away this year…May he Rest in Peace…Share your memories about him please…

- This is very difficult for me to talk about... Laci was my mentor. I am a music journalist thanks to him. He was like my second father to me. At the time of his death, I thought very seriously about it would be worth and I should continue doing journalism? But then I decided that I had to keep doing it for his memory. Because that's what he wants too... 

What are your latest reviews in HammerWorld and what are your favourite albums this year so far? 

- I wrote about the new records of Cabal, Lacuna Coil, Lacrimas Profundere, Architects, Souldrainer, We Came as Romans and Therion. I don't want to reveal my favorite albums of this year yet, as I will soon make a top 20 list that will be published in HammerWorld magazine. However, I may surprise you, but I really like Rakshak by the Indian band Bloodywood. 

My old friend Cornelius of Castrum/Encomium joined the forces of our local Grindcore/Goregrind horde Hulla in 2021 as a guitarist. What is your opinion about their releases? 

-  I really like the goregrind style. That's why I was happy that Cornelius and Hulla are also making EPs in this genre. Moreover, at a very high standard. Considering the difficult situation in which the ‘Recovery’ EP was born, it contains great songs. I trust that the situation in your country will be settled soon, and then the future studio recordings of Hulla will take place in ideal conditions. 

Another question about my old friend’s activity. Did you listen to Cornelius’ ambient tracks? For me all of them sound awesome. 

-  I think Cornelius is Dan Swanö of Ungvár/Uzhhorod, ha-ha! He creates great songs in any style. Speaking of the video from 25 years ago, 'Tears of Eternal Expiation' was also an excellent intro. So, Cornelius already proved in the 90s that he has a very diverse musical knowledge. In recent years, he has gained even more musical experience. I hope I can make a song with him one day, ha-ha! It could even be rap or pop from me, ha-ha! What's more, if Cornelius composes a joint song for us for the Eurovision Song Contest, I'll be happy to sing it too, ha-ha! But on a serious note, I salute my friend Cornelius, who I respect a lot for his persistence and his work for metal music!

Perhaps you know, that Archangel’s Lantern is eternally dedicated to the memory of Jon Andreas Nödtveidt and Lars-Göran Petrov amongst others…Name us your most preferred albums and tracks by their heritage. Did you see and meet them live? 

- This is also a difficult question... I loved LG Petrov's voice in every song. But if I can only say one record, it would be 'Wolverine Blues'. As for Jon Andreas, it's hard to choose between Dissection's classics ('The Somberlain', 'Storm of the Light's Bane'). Moreover, I also listened to Ophthalamia's record, ‘A Journey in Darkness’, a lot. I saw Lars-Göran in Hungary with Entombed, but I never saw Jon live.

You are living in Budapest. What do you recommend to the readers to visit in Budapest (interesting places) and to taste local foods and drinks?

- Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer good restaurants in Budapest. Due to the current economic situation, many entertainment venues are closing down in our country as well. So, if I told you a good restaurant now, it might not be open tomorrow. So, let's come back to this question in a few months! 

What are your favourite books and movies? 

- That's an easy question. I love Stephen King's books. My favorite is 'Pet Sematary'. I also like the movie based on the book. Even my phone ringtone is the 'Pet Sematary' soundtrack. 

About Italian Juventus: What are most preferred your players back in the day and currently? 

- I felt in love with Juventus during the Michel Platini era. Then the attacking duo Vialli-Ravanelli became my favorite. Then came the others: Del Piero, Zidane, Nedved, Camoranesi. Today? No player can match the previous ones. But maybe Chiesa will lead the team back to where it belongs.

Nagyon szépen köszönöm/Thank you very much my dear friend Olly. If there's anything you would like to add in the end of this conversation, please feel free to do it.

- Dear Georgius, I thank you for the opportunity! Take care and do many more interesting interviews with interesting people and bands in the columns of Archangel’s Lantern! It's an honor to call you my friend! Wish you all a Very Happy New 2023 Year! 

Martin Missy and Carl-Gustav Karlsson (Protector)

 Interview with Martin Missy 

and Carl-Gustav Karlsson (Protector)

Questions compiled by Georgius, Paco (Spain)

 and Joanna (Poland/Germany)

Hail Martin and Carl-Gustav! We would like to congratulate you both with the release of 8th Protector LP, "Excessive Outburst of Depravity" (It’s just brilliant one, I’ve marked 10 in my Hungarian review on Kronos Mortus -G/). How went the whole process of composing it? 

C-G: Thank you! We are really amazed over the reaction of the album and very thankful that everyone likes it so much. The process of the composing is that Mathias a Mike and Martin have had some ideas and riffs Both Martin and Mathias have written lyrics also, then we have tried all ideas and song arrangements in our rehearsal space. You can say that we rehearse and create at the same time.

Martin, official release of "Excessive Outburst of Depravity" has happened 1st of July (the birthday of Michael Hasse (R.I.P.) and my humble person as well -G/). What are your favourite albums and tracks by heritage of Michael Hasse?  

- The first demo from 1986 is a great recording. It made me a fan of the band right away. Also, the whole Shedding of Skin album, which Michael and Olly recorded together, is great. 

Martin, you always write some historical lyrics. Where do you get inspiration from? Have you any favorite historical eras? Which historical books are you preferring most? 

- I get inspiration from movies, books, tv documentaries and the internet. I have no favourite historical eras; I'm interested in history overall. I'm especially interested in novels that have a historical background like "Im Westen nichts neues" and "Tuntematon Sotilas". 

Who were the guest musicians on your new album? 

MM: We had some background singers from other bands on this album. Ollie sings in Phidion, a band I was singing in 2003-2012. Ludde plays Bass and sings in Talion, another one of my old bands here in Stockholm. Shayan has played Bass and been singing in a band called Obscyria. Today he is a member of the Stockholm based band Putrid Vision. 

How were your live shows this year? Your experiences?  

C-G: I think all of the shows Stormchrusher festival and Gothoom open air and Chronical Moshers where very special this year, sins we have been looked down for two years.  it was fantastic to play live again. The audience and our fans were awesome to meet again :) 

MM: All five gigs we played this year were great. I am really happy that we finally were able to play these shows, that were all originally planned for 2020.

Are you planning to play next year in Spain? Where will be your next shows in 2023? 

MM:

- Spain is unfortunately too far away from Sweden, and because I don't fly, it will be very difficult for us to play in Espana. Our shows next year will be in Stockholm / Sweden in June, two shows in Germany in September and two shows in Poland in November. 

On the 21st of September Protector’s still awesome EP “Misanthropy” had its 35th anniversary. How do you remember the recording, Martin? Carl-Gustav, what is/are your favourite tracks of Misanthropy? 

C-G:

My favorite tracks are Misanthropy and Agoraphobia, but I love the whole EP.

MM:

- It was awesome, but also very nervous to be in the studio for the first time. In the beginning I couldn't get the voice quite right, but after a lot of screaming and shouting it all went well.

Martin we are so thankful for your kind dedication on the cover of the “Apocalyptic Chronicles” written by you, excellent book! Share please some thoughts about the Apocalyptic Chronicles. 

- It was a lot of work to put all the information together, but it was also a lot of fun. It was great to see how much the band had done and achieved through the years. I'm very grateful to all bandmembers who helped me put together the information from the period in the history of Protector when I wasn't a member of the band. 

Carl-Gustav, I saw a photo, you posted about your first tour with Grief Of Emerald accompanied by Bestial Mockery, Obtest, Skyforger and last but not least Hungarian Sear Bliss. Would you be so kind tell us about that tour more? 

- It was my first experience of being able to play outside of Sweden. I probably had too high hopes. I was very inexperienced and really didn't know very much.

The following dates were:

Oct 18, 2002, Germany  Hagalaz Club.  SAT - Oct 19, 2002  , Germany  Festung.  Oct 20, 2002 Arnhem, Holland Goudvishal .Oct 22, 2002 Ljublana, Slovenia  Metelkova Oct 28, 2002 Finland Helsinki Factory 

Unfortunately, the tour was not very well organized. We had a small bus where only 3 of the bands were allowed to come along, so poor Sear Bliss had to go in their own car. There was no toilet and our equipment went in a trailer. No sleeping places were booked on the road and the drivers were not too happy. When the organizer tried to fool us and them. And went to hostels where it always was some misunderstanding. 

There was a lot of partying on the bus and in the evenings after the gig. there was a lot going on all around. very fun but also very hard. Everyone on the bus was hiding in need of a pee, so we had to pee in bottles on the bus after the route was so badly planned. It was both funny and terrible when all the bottles went around in the bus, maybe Sear Bliss had a good time in their car anyway. A few times on the road I woke up in a panic and thought I was driving. and looked for the steering wheel. I had a period right then that gave everything. I was sober the whole tour, but in Finland I freaked out- The tour broke me after building up and down my own drum kit every night, no sleep. No compensation at all, my cymbals and drumheads where totally broken. So, Grief Of Emerald cancelled that gig and I really did party that night. I have a faint hunch that we played the gig anyway, but I'm not sure.

Nevertheless, this is one of the funniest things I've done and now in retrospect it was great fun even how miserable it was. We did a really good gigs and so did the other bands as well. Word spreader and there were more and more people at each gig.

Martin, which interesting places, local food and drink are your recommendations from Wolfsburg? And from Sweden? 

Carl-Gustav, what would you suggest to visit in Strömstad? Are there some local drinks? 

C-G:

- We have an area in Strömstad called Blomsholm that is one of Bohuslän's finest cultural heritage landscapes, with lots of remains from the Stone Age until medieval times. Blomsholm has ancient remains of national interest. For this reason, it may be the most exciting pre-historic site in Bohuslän. Strömstad is very close to the Norwegian border, so this is where you should really drive by first if you want to visit Norway. 

MM:

- When I was living in Wolfsburg (until 1995) there wasn't really so much to see in the city. It was a typical working-class town where half of the inhabitants worked at the VW factory. Today we have the Autostadt, which is interesting to visit, especially if you like cars. We have the Phaeno and the Badeland, which is great for Families. And of course, you should also go and see a match of Wolfsburgs soccer teams when you are in town. The men’s team play in the Volkswagen Arena, and the ladies in the AOK Arena. And the castle from the 13th century, which gave the city its name, is also nice. 

There actually exists no special food or dish in Wolfsburg. Probably because the city is so young (founded in 1938). But of course, sausages and potatoes always work out fine. 🙂 

In Sweden there are a lot of beautiful places. My favourites are Småland and Stockholm. 

my Protector signatures from Poland, which ones brought me Andrey Misanthrope-G/

Danke Schön Martin, Tack så mycket Carl-Gustav for the interview, we wish you both all the best with Protector and in your private life. Hope to see you live very soon! Send your messages to the readers please.

C-G:Thank you so much for the support. If you have missed listen to our new album Excessive Outburst of Depravity you will find it on all digital platforms. Stay Metal.   

MM: Thank you for doing this Interview with us! A big Thank you to all our fans for supporting the band over the years! Stay Metal everyone! 🤘 

 

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