INTERVIEWS

Hi Edwrds, thanks for speaking with us today. To start, tell us a little about your background in music. Hi, and thank you for having me. As a child I always loved music. I was a competitive dancer so music was always around me. I was fortunate to take private …

What was it like the first time you realized music is what you wanted to do as your life’s work?   It was like a light switch turning on. This is my focus, this is my goal and I’m gonna get there. Who was the most encouraging with your talent? Obviously …

How would you classify your music? I call it kantele metal. I’ve also used the definition “pagan heavy metal with electric and bass kantele” for promotional purposes. Basically it’s metal music made with kantele, the ancient Finnish string-instrument. I’ve made the kantele a metal instrument: I use both electric kantele …

Talk to us about your new music!  Upcoming 4th album is going to be cathartic, as I always try to stay synchronized with the outside environment.  Also my first song was remastered recently and it’s titled “Travel Freely” instead of “Travel Far”. Do you have any unreleased tracks?  Yes, but a …

 How would you classify your music?  Even though I was a teenager in the eighties and I grew up with 80’s pop music, I love most music from before that era. Starting with the old jazz, blues and country guys from the 1930’s. My music is similar to the rock …

How would you classify your music? Retro vibes wearing a jacket of rock. Who are some of your top 5 musical influences? Ministry, Pet Shop Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Primus, Beastie Boys What do you want fans to take from your music? Music connects us all in defiance of human prejudice. …

What do you hope to achieve with the music you create?  We hope our music inspires and maybe gives others a nice break from their day! How much time do you spend in your day on your music?  Not that much to be honest; we’re full-time students! But the time …

What is the most proud piece of work you’ve put out so far in your career? I think we always love our most current piece. As we move along, we get more insight into ourselves, our writing methods, our instruments, recording technology, production skills etc etc. So, in this case, …

Rocky Kramer is a Norwegian artist relocated to California with a love for the energy of seventies and eighties hard rock, as seen on his record “Firestorm.” I sat down to talk with him about his musical inspirations. One of my questions is about Scandinavia generally, or more specifically Denmark. …

How has your 2021 been so far? Any projects in the works that you can tell us about? Absolutely wild. My husband and I recently made the move to Nashville, we moved into a fixer upper so there’s been a lot of renos and projects going on. For the first …