CausticTruths.com recently caught up with new VISIONS OF ATLANTIS vocalist Melissa Ferlaak to discuss the band's latest album, Trinity. The article appears below:

By Morley Seaver

If you were to give Nightwish a makeover with an aquatic theme, you’d have Visions of Atlantis. The Austrian band recruited Minnesota vocalist Melissa Ferlaak a few years back but are only now releasing their next (and third) record Trinity.

“All the songs are definitely very personal,” admits Ferlaak. “We kinda shifted the direction as far as not doing the mythological side of you know, the ocean and all that. We took a sort of conscious effort to use water more as a metaphor than something literal. So you know, we use water as like describing emotions or tied with these personal events. We still wanted to kinda keep the theme of Visions of Atlantis that they had but move the theme in a different direction kind of thing. And with three new members coming from different backgrounds, we wanted to give everybody something very personal that would be part of all of us.”

Ferlaak admits to being surprised at the level of musicianship when she joined the band, along with how quickly the band became like family. “I’m still in Minnesota and how we worked it out last year is that I would come in a week before a performance and practice and the guys had everything down. It was very tight already and it really only took a couple of practices before we got it all together. I think that’s what really stood out a lot and just the creative energy from everybody. It was a different experience for me. Everybody was so open to ideas. For instance Wolfgang (Koch) wrote a song and was like, ‘Okay, what do you want to change? What fits you more?’ And that really took me aback a little in a very good way. After my first time over there, we all felt like we had known and worked with each other for years because it was so comfortable. It was just like the guys down the street that I grew up with.”

As previously reported, Trinity will be released in North America on June 5th via Napalm Records. Visions Of Atlantis will be touring North America this September and into early October supporting EPICA.

The tour will be Visions Of Atlantis' first time playing these shores. Dates include:

September

5 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
6 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
7 - Pughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
8 - Bedford, NH - Mark's Place
9 - New York City, NY - Highline Ballroom
11 - Montréal, QC - Club Soda
12 - Québec, QC - Impérial
14 - Toronto, ON - The Funhouse
15 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
16 - Detroit, MI - I-Rock
18 - Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
19 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
22 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
23 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater & Grill
25 - West Hollywood, CA - Whiskey a Go Go
26 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
27 - Mexicali, MX - The Metro
28 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
30 - San Antonio, TX - Sanctuary

October

1 - Houston, TX - Meridian