Giada "Jade" Etro, the new vocalist for Croatian doom/gothic metallers ASHES YOU LEAVE, is featured in a new interview with WickedChannel.com. An excerpt is available below:

Q: Right now there is a huge influx of bands with female lead singers. What separates Ashes You Leave from all the other ones? What do you have to offer that they do not?

Giada: "Yes. I think that we are pretty different from the huge symphonic parts, choirs, suites and commercial tracks that many female fronted bands propose. Our pieces are straighter to the core. We have real violin and flute players, and we try to highlight them in the pureness of their instruments, and not put beside other orchestra instruments. This is already excellent done by other great bands. We go through other ways and atmospheres, a mix of doom and many other influences that is uncommon to hear in the formula we propose, in my opinion."

Q: When you play live with this band, do you enjoy playing the other female singers music from the past? Or do you think this band should start fresh with you, and just play that stuff live?

Giada: "I really like some old tracks (like 'Shadow Of Somebody Else’s Being', 'Hurt', 'Song Of The Lost') so it’s a pleasure for me to sing this pieces of AYL’s history. I thank Dunja, Marina and Tamara for the work they did in the band and their qualities, that are really different the one from the other! This was, actually, a challenge for me: to sing my way tracks from three different singers with three completely different styles. But this enriched my skills so; it’s good to play old tracks, also for the fans who like them."

Q: You are a very attractive woman, does it get to you that magazines and fans may concentrate on your looks more than the music? Do you feel your sex appeal has any bearing in CD sales or ticket sales?

Giada: "Thank you. I actually don’t think that a good image could attract that huge amount of fans, also because it could be a double blade: is she able to sing/play, or is she just there for marketing? So, everything is to be proven, and nowadays there are many beautiful and good musicians or great singers!"

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Ashes You Leave released their sixth full-length album, The Cure For Happiness, on November 29th, 2012 worldwide via Rock N Growl Records.

The Cure For Happiness tracklisting:

'Devil in Disguise'

'Only Ashes You Leave'

'For the Heart, Soul and Mind'

'The Ever-changing'

'Meant to Stray'

'Summer’s End'

'Reality Sad'

'The Cure'

'…For Happiness'

The song 'Summer’s End' can be streamed below

The Cure For Happiness will be available as digital download and on CD only at the band’s Rock N Growl Records website.

The band lineup:

Giada “Jada” Etro – lead vocals

Berislav “Bero” Poje – vocals and lead guitar

Matija Rempesic – guitar

Marta Batinic – violin

Luka Petrovic – bass guitar

Sasa Vukosav – drums

For more details visit Ashesyouleave.org.