SOURCE – Congratulations on your fantastic album, The Bereaved. Could you please tell us a little about it? What is your strongest memory from the recording process?
Jaakko Mäntymaa (Vocals) – Thank you! Musically, we wanted to expand the horizon a bit, to make different kinds of songs that still sound like they are coming from the same band, and we wanted this to show in the story as well. The theme is death and letting go of someone or something important. As we all know, these sorts of topics have been thoroughly explored in metal. It seemed fitting to challenge ourselves a bit and see if we could add something to the mix. Our take was to concentrate on the many different aspects and emotions of grieving.
The recording felt like an exploration. We did everything we possibly could ourselves, so there was a lot of new stuff to learn, and a lot of unease as well…
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