Blackdiamond from Metal Shock Finland recently conducted an interview with Henrik Flyman (EVIL MASQUERADE) about the Metal For Cancer Dragon Slayer All Star Project. The project is the brainchild of Australian musician Richard Ofsoski. Last year, Richard decided to get together an all star cast including such metal artists as Henrik Flyman (Evil Masquerade), Mats Leven (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Snowy Shaw (THERION, MERCYFUL FATE), Tonny Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA, NORTHERN KINGS), Glenn Drover (MEGADETH, TESTAMENT), Stu Marshall (EMPIRES OF EDEN), Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND, Evil Masquerade) plus many more. The aim is for as many music lovers as possible to buy the song from the Metal For Cancer website with 100% of the proceeds going to the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.

Here is an excerpt from the conversation, followed by the article link:

Discussing the style of the song, Henrik had the following to say: “Basically I wanted to make a song that would cross some borders, for example if you take the old songs from bands like BLACK SABBATH and DIO, most people into metal like those bands, despite what type of metal they are playing now. Most of the musicians involved grew up with that kind of ’80?s music. I wanted to make the chorus a melodic anthem style, but not too cliche. So I chose to make it as it is, it’s still people uniting, but not that cheesy. As for the lyrics, I didn’t want to make it sad, as it’s such a sensitive issue and it could still be a good rock song. If you read the lyrics it’s still 100% about the issue of dealing with cancer. I think people appreciate that and it would make it easier for people to buy it, as it’s just a rock and roll song.“

Read the entire interview at Metal Shock Finland.