IHSAHN - "When You're Solo, You Have To Have Some Parameters..."; angL Track By Track Summary Available
May 1, 2008, 16 years ago
Vocalist/guitarist IHSAHN (ex-EMPEROR) will see his new solo album, angL, released through Mnemosyne Productions/Candlelight Records on May 27th in North America (26th in the UK).
BW&BK;/Kerrang!'s Dom Lawson spoke to the legendary frontman about the record. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: There seems to be a lot more guitars on this album. It’s a lot heavier than The Adversary. Was that something you set out to do?
A: “I really wanted The Adversary to be quite thin-sounding and I didn’t overdub any guitars, and things like that. This time, the way the material developed, even before I started writing I realised that when you’re solo, you have to have some parameters, so I wrote some guidelines. I have this book where I write musical ideas, lyrical ideas and sketch out the idea of what kind of album I want to create, with some key words and all that, and a modern and heavier sound was one of the main things. Last time I wanted to have a go at being very pure in how I picked the sounds, with just one guitar in each speaker. We recorded it in a very old school studio. This time, I wanted to have a go at a more modern, overdubbed, massive sounding album. That’s the privilege of being a solo artist. You can really indulge your curiosity for doing different things.”
Read the full interview, including Ihsahn's track by track summary of angL at Candlelight Records.
