REDEMPTION guitarist / fouder Nick van Dyk is featured in a new interview with GoldMineMag.com, discussing the band's new album Snowfall On Judgement Day. An excerpt is available below.

Q: How was it working with James Labrie (DREAM THEATER vocalist) on 'Another Day Dies'?

Van Dyk: "When we were touring, James was particularly gracious and told me he really liked what Redemption was doing. I asked him if he’d be interested in doing a guest appearance and he was totally fired up about it. I didn’t write that song for him, and I didn’t really even know what type of guest appearance would work, but when the songs were all finished, I knew the verses in 'Another Day Dies' would sound great with James’ delivery, and the idea for the duet during the chorus came to me as well, and I sent him the pre-production demo and asked him what he thought. He loved the idea, and here we are. Working with him was a great experience — he’s a complete professional, a very nice guy, very collaborative and a true friend. We spent a few hours in the studio, he brought the goods and delivered a great performance. I’d love to do more with him one day."

Q: With so much going on in your world, what kind of activity can we expect from Redemption in the next few years?

Van Dyk: "We will be playing some dates in the US, and had hoped to do some European dates this summer but unfortunately that’s not going to be in the cards. Ray has some shows to do with Fates [Warning] and it would have been too much for him to try to do both. So come this fall, I will probably start working on new music. The bar has been raised again, so I’m going to spend a lot of time on the music — as I always do — to try to make this next CD even better than the last."

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Following is Van Dyk's previously issued announcement calling off Redemption's European tour:

"I am sorry to say that we are faced with the reality of having to cancel Redemption's intended European shows the summer.

Part of our unique sound comes from our vocalist, Ray Alder of FATES WARNING. As a long-time fan of Fates myself, I have always maintained that Redemption would not interfere with Ray's commitment to Fates, and we have worked very carefully and diligently since Ray joined Redemption in 2005 to ensure that both bands would be able to record and perform without conflict.

We intended to play several shows in several countries this summer in support of our new CD, Snowfall On Judgement Day. Our management and local promoters in Europe worked hard to line up some great shows that we were very much looking forward to playing. Originally, there was no conflict, even when Fates announced some special shows and festivals to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their fantastic Parallels CD.

However, some additional shows were then added on Fates' schedule. We intended to carry on and simply reschedule some of our dates, shortening the tour to ensure that there would not be a conflict. Again, our management and local promoters worked hard to ensure we'd be able to do this. It became economically more difficult, but Redemption was prepared to accept that since we really wanted to play for our fans in Europe. As of a week ago, we still intended to move forward.

However, after considering it, Ray determined that the schedule -- which would have involved him performing headline sets with us, then taking a very long flight, having only a brief time to recover before performing headline sets with Fates, then having to fly back to Europe and perform again -- is simply too much to take on. There's just no way to do it while performing at the level that I know Ray wants to.

So I'm left with the unfortunate reality that we're not going to be able to play Europe this summer. Please understand we've done everything we can to find a solution -- but none were available to us. We look forward to coming to Europe at another time, and thank you for your interest and support."