Rich Catino at MetalAsylum.net recently caught up with BENEDICTUM vocalist Veronica Freeman. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Q: How did the band get to have George Lynch (ex-DOKKEN) and Manni Schmidt from GRAVE DIGGER contribute solos to the new album Seasons of Tragedy?

Veronica: "We met Manni Schmidt during the tour with Doro. We had joked around about the idea that 'Hey maybe you could be on the second album.' Once we got the album well under way I thought I would give him a call just to see if by chance he would be interested. He didn’t hesitate one bit and we are so happy that he was a part of this production.

As far as George Lynch, truly we were too scared to ask Jeff Pilson about it for the first album but since we have such a great relationship with Jeff now we got the 'balls' if you will, to just out of the blue ask Jeff… 'So Jeff, what about ringing up George Lynch and seeing if he wants to be on the album?' Of course we were half joking. Jeff turned around, picked up his cell phone and called him. 'He said cool, he will be here next week!' Well, you can imagine we were pretty damn excited about that!"

Q: Why did you choose to cover ACCEPT's 'Balls To The Wall' and what did the band try to do differently with it if anything?

Veronica: "I chose it because I thought it would be a blast for a woman to sing it. Everyone was on board with the idea and we had fun doing it. It was hell for me recording it but everyone else had fun with it. When you listen to it you can see that we put our own spin to it, changed the drums etc and but still stuck to the basic format."

Go to this location for the complete interview.