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Finally more concrete "Dreamworld Collapse" was announced to feature elements of female vocals, classic arrangements and a massive sound package telling a tale of rebellion and courage set in a dytopian future of mankind.
This teased Heavy Metal Underdogs more than enough so we asked Stefan Zörner, vocalist of the band and Tobias Eurich, guitarist of SpiteFuel to give us some more insights into this promising record. Dreamworld Collapse is set for release on 27nd April 2018 via MDD Records. Be sure to pre-order the Digipack at the Online-Shop of the label or secure a copy at Amazon.
Heavy Metal Underdogs: The album artwork
is very impressive and shows a main scene of the story. Did you have
already an own idea of this or did Kris Verwimp come around with this
scene?
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| The cover of the upcoming SpiteFuel record "Dreamworld Collapse" drawn by Kris Verwimp, (c) by SpiteFuel, used with kind permission |
Stefan: Kris did a
FANTASTIC job. He is a great artist and I am very impressed by his
art! Oh, and I gave him the storyline and some thoughts. Then he
started do draw his sketches and we had a good exchange of ideas
during the process.
- Which part did you work on first: the story concept or the music?
Tobi: The album
itself consists of the story concept written and elaborated by Stefan
and the musical concept by me. So Stefan had this idea of the present
story years ago for his second novel “Die Stadt am Ende der Zeit”
which means town at the end of time and will probably be released in
2019. Independently I’ve started to compose the main songs
“Brilliant White Lies” and “The Dreamworld Suite”. After
talking a lot about our wishes of a concept album and realizing it,
the musical concept grew. Of course with the help of our axeman
Timo(Iconic Failure, Under Fire) and Mastermind Micha Fiedler who did
the orchestration. Simultaneously Stefan finished the story concept.
- The introduction of the world has a little of a political system with it. Did you had real scenarios of our current situation in mind when writing this?
Stefan: Hm, I´m
influenced by life itself. My writing is a kind of reflection on what
I see. Always. On the other hand I really love to be ambiguous,
hahaha! You can also “just” enjoy a cool SciFi story! So… feel
free to interpret and speculate.
- Do you think that your work on the vocals and guitars were the hardest to do to date? Was there a time you thought one track or section would be impossible to complete?
Stefan: Not really!
The practical approach was different, but I think every particular
song, I sing is the hardest one, and the next one will be the next
hardest one and so on. That´s my aim! “Stillstand ist der Tod”,
as we Germans say!
Tobi: It was
definitely more complicated than the “Second to None”-Sessions.
The songs are more complex but there is progress every day and I
totally agree with Stefan we never thought we can’t handle it.
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How do you prepare for laying down vocal tracks? Do you try to get
inside the mood or situation of the track you want to perform? The
story changes many times during the album duration.
Stefan: Jah, it
really depends on moods and true feelings. To perform a concept album
is more like to act in a movie or to recite a poem in many ways. It
was a big challenge for me, but it also was total fun and something
“new” for me to sing. And I really LOVE new experiences, man!
- Do you read Science Fiction stories in your free time?
Stefan: Of course I
do! I used to read hundreds of SciFi books, have visited thousands of
planets, civilisations and cosmic wonders, yeah! I love the golden
era of SciFi and Asimov, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett or Jack
Vance had a major influence, I think!
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| A promoshot of the band SpiteFuel done in 2018, Photo Credit: SpiteFuel |
- Do you think that the creation of Dreamworld Collapse brought the band members closer to each other?
Tobi: YEPP!!
Everyone is a part of this incredible journey and every member did a
great job. We all love the concept and made our own ideas about it
and so all in all we are even stronger than before. One for all and
all for one!
- Did you come around points where you wanted to give up on the concept and record a "normal" album instead?
Tobi: No! It is our
dream to do this. Stefan and I are a bit freaky and megalomaniac
–HAHA -but we like the challenge. We knew it will be hard to do it
but giving up is not an option.
- Finally: do you
believe in love on first sight?
Stefan: No. But I
believe in love. And love is an growing thing, the more you know, the
deeper it gets. Love is everything!
Tobi: I don’t
believe in love it’s never worth the pain that you feeeeel….
Thanks Stefan for reminding me the next two days of this masterpiece
of music. HAHA.
But yes I do. Well,
especially I believe in falling in love at sight. Love needs work,
trust and time …but it’s the most beautiful thing we all can
feel.
Make sure to connect with the band on Facebook to get further hints of how "Dreamworld Collapse" will sound like.
SpiteFuel also has a compact website placed on the web that has a good overview on the upcoming shows that have been confirmed for the album release plus the time afterwards.
