STORMWARRIOR Bassist Yenz Leonhardt - "We Don't Really Care About Trends Or Categories"
March 13, 2008, 16 years ago
Spain's Hall Of Metal has issued an interview with STORMWARRIOR bassist Yenz Leonhardt about the band's third album, Heading Northe, future plans for the group and much more. The following is an excerpt from the interview, conducted by Danyfender:
Q: Nowadays there are a lot of power metal bands coming out from Germany. How did you decide to focus on a more traditional and less popular style such as speed metal?
A: "We don't really care about trends or categories. We take the steps that feel right to ourselves and don't try to please anybody else. For Heading Northe we wanted to broaden the variety of styles and have been working a lot on creating a strong atmosphere matching the lyrical themes, so we've taken Stormwarrior another couple of steps away from being easy to categorize."
Read the full interview at Hall Of Metal.
Heading Northe was released on February 22nd via Dockyard 1.
The album features the following tracklisting: 'And The Horde Calleth For Oden', 'Heading Northe', 'Metal Legacy', 'The Holy Cross', 'Iron Gods', 'Ragnarök', 'The Revenge Of Asa Lande', 'Remember The Oathe', 'Lion Of The Northe', 'Into The Battle', 'And The Valkyries Ride'.
The album was recorded in the band's own Thunderhall Studios. Mixing was handled together with Piet Sielck (SAVAGE CIRCUS, IRON SAVIOR) and mastered by Tommy Hansen (HELLOWEEN, HAMMERFALL, PRETTY MAIDS) at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark.
