Responsible for one
of the major suprises 2005, their debut album
released by I Hate Records have made a pretty huge impression on me so a interview was needed. Replying my questions are frontman Andrei Amartinesei.
Interview
with Burning Saviours
Its been a while since your debut album came out,how has the response been so far ?
The response has been very good! We have
had the honour to recieve quite a few really
flattering emails and reviews the past months.It's
seems to be a good year for 70's rock music.
You made a few demos in the past before the album, fill me in on the
background on Burning Saviours ?
We did record three demos to be precise.
The first two were written during a time of pure development for Us. We were trying to come up with a sound that suited the
bands image and intentions.I belive
things got better with third one
Right before the album came out, you played at this years Doom Shall
Rise, how was the turnout for that one ?
It was a fun gig to play, and we had a
really good time hangin out with the people there.
Also, I suppose it gave us somewhat of a kick towards where we are now, since
it is quite a big festival.
Fill me in on the concept of the band, what concept do you have ?
We are a 70's heavy rock band... We do
have some doom-influences as well but we don’t consider ourselves to be a metalband.
The bandname is right out of that combo that
is the main influence here, Pentagram. How much influence are Pentagram for
Burning Saviours ?
Pentagram along with Black Sabbath was
the main influence when we started the band. I'm a huge fan of Pentagram in the
70's. they did some brilliant work in the 80's too
though.
Fill me on the recordings of your first album, looking back at the
recordings, did you made it live or did you made tracking also any cool
memories from the recordings that you have ?
We recorded the album by tracking it,
over about six or seven days which is very little time.So
we all felt a bit stressed while recording, but I think the record turned out
just fine anyway! People have really liked it so far so we couldn’t possibly be
unhappy with the way it sounds. Don’t actually have any particular stories to
tell but we Did have a really good time in the studio.I
used a megaphone when I recorded the vocals for the chorus of “Pytho” to
get the kind of distortion you hear on the album. That was very cool.
You hooked up with I Hate Records, how did you hook up with them and how
pleased are you with their support so far ?
We knew that Ola
from I hate records had liked us since the first demo,so we got in touch with him and basically secured
the deal. Nothing dramatic really.
I have tracked the disc back to back a lot and I must say that this is a
brilliant first album, even though your influences are very obvious and crystal
clear I must say that you have created a pretty personal album, I dig the
passion that is in here, the atmosphere and the visual standpoint, there is
also a bit of old folklore as well, how pleased are you with the performance
here?
Thank you! That means alot. I feel it’s important to say that, even though we
play music heavily inspired by the 70’s, we’re still writing our own material
and we do write personal songs. Alot of people like
to go on about how unoriginal bands like us are, but liking 70’s rock music,
and playing it is no different from really liking metal bands from the early
90’s and playing that. Anyways! The more folkish
elements came very naturally. We didn’t plan to become a folk influenced band.
It just happened. I think It was Mike one day who said
that “it would be cool to have some flute on the two more folkish
songs on the album”. And As I happened to know someone who knew someone who
played the flute it was all easily fixed Erica who plays flute the album did a
great job and the songs turned out far better than expected!
I guess you are in the process of the following album, how is that going
to sound like compare to the first one ?
We are! Maybe it will be a little more uptempo. A little more “heavyrock”
but I can’t say for sure yet. We still have some songs left to write and
finish. So far, we are really pleased with the songs written for the upcoming
album.
Looking at the very cool album cover, from where came the idea to have
that kind of cover ?
We didn’t really know what kind of
artwork we wanted for the album cover. All we knew was that it had to fit the
music. And since the lyrics on the album mostly are about demons and that sort
of thing, we were looking for something scary and A little occult. Mike was
searching on the internet for some artwork and came across this old churchpainting depicting the devil by an old
Italian artist called Taddeo di
Bartolo. We all liked the picture so we used it.
I saw you live a number of months ago when you supported Witchcraft, now
after the release, how has your liveperformance
progressed since then ?
I believe alot
has happened since then! I reckon that was our 6th or 7th
gig ever, so now after a few smaller gigs
and an european we are all more secure on stage and
more comfortable with what we’re doing.
More on the album, beside the brilliant vocals there is also a great leadguitarwork along with a excellent backing section along
with
Cheers! I was actually very pleased with
the vocals. Alot thanks to some really useful help
from Oscar Cedermalm who engineered the recordings.He’s also a singer and came up with some really
cool ideas and angles. Not only for the vocals but for some
other stuff aswell. About the guitar solos, I
think both me and Mike felt that there wasn’t enough time to get it exactly the
way we wanted, but overall we’re both pretty satisfied. I think all the
experiments such as the flute and the
More on the follow up, are you going to experiment a lot more on that one ?
I think so, we
have some really cool ideas that we wish to include on the upcoming album. But It’s all about finding the right people willing to contribute...
What have happened with Burning Saviours after the album came out, have
you made any gigs around
We have. We’re just back from an european tour which we did
together we our labelmates Centurions Ghost in
Looking at Örebro, there has been a number of
great acts coming from there, Norrsken, Dead Man,
Strollers, yourself and Witchcraft that really start to get a following and a
number of other combos, what is your views on the Örebro
scene ?
I honestly think that some of the
greatest bands ever, are from Örebro. We have a great
scene here for people into sixties and seventies garage/heavy/psychadelic music, so it’s really the right place to live
in if you’re into that thing.
Looking at your next plans, whats up right
now, fill me in, any eps that is coming out, the new
album, any livedates etc. etc whats
going on ?
We’re playing on a ferry the 26th of november together with some bigger
names such as Crucified barbara,
Grand magus, and Budgie!Also, we’re going to
Thanks for the interview, a bit late though but all the best and hope
the next album will be another classic just like the first album. Take care
Thank YOU see
you around!
BURNING SAVIOURS
70´s style heavyrock
Info/Order www.burningsaviours.com
Label www.ihaterecords.cjb.net