• What my experience is telling me is that you can't achieve anything -at least in the heavy metal music speaking- without sacrifices and without facing any problems. You have to fight for your success and fight your way through difficulties and hard times. So, Death Or Glory are caught "In The Middle Of The Storm" and are interviewed for that...

1.GIVE US A SHORT BAND BIO. WHO ARE THE FOUNDERS AND    LEADERS OF DEATH OR GLORY?

• LEX: THE BAND WAS BORN IN THE MIDDLE OF 1998 TO PLAY LIVE IN A COUPLE OF LIVE SHOWS. I WAS THE MINDCRIME OF THIS PROJECT AND THE OTHERS WERE MY ACCOMPLICES. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM IS THE RESULTS OF 4 YEARS OF HEAVY METAL ATTITUDE BETWEEN FRIENDS AND BULLSHIT ENEMIES.

• LEX: OUR FIRST NAME WAS "AFTER MIDNIGHT" BUT AFTER SEEN RUNNING WILD’S "DEATH OR GLORY"  LIVE TOUR ON VIDEO I CHANGED THE BAND’S NAME. I LIKED THIS NAME. IT SOUNDED VERY GOOD! BUT DON’T FORGET HEAVY LOAD’S "DEATH OR GLORY" ALBUM THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF EPIC-METAL!

3.IS THIS THE FIRST BAND RELEASE? HAVE YOU RELEASED ANY DEMOS BEFORE?

• LEX: WE PRODUCED TWO LIMITED EDITION DEMOS. "IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM" IS OUR FIRST RELEASE, MAYBE IT COULD BE THE LAST!

• LEX: NO, IT ISN’T. THESE SONGS ARE OUR HEAVY METAL FANTASIES AND WE WANTED TO PLAY THE WAY WE LIKE. BUT SOMEONE CREATED SO MANY PROBLEMS TO US THAT OUR CD IS HALF GOOD AND HALF FUCKED. BUT WE GOT OUR ATTITUDE AND THE SECOND ALBUM WILL REVENGE FOR IT!

5.YOU ALL USE NICKNAMES AND NOT YOUR REAL LIFE NAMES. WHY IS THAT? IS THERE A SPECIAL REASON?

• ACE: SOME MORON IN THE BAND CAME WITH THAT INTELLIGENT IDEA!
• VYPER: Simply - why not?
• LEX: THESE ARE DETAILS. MUSIC IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY. EVERYTHING ELSE SUCKS! BUT PEOPLE LIKE OUR NICKNAMES!
• ACE: AND SO WE GOT ALWAYS ANOTHER QUESTION TO ANSWER TO...

• VYPER: "ITMOTS" was released in July 2002. Can you wait ‘till July 2003 for my answer?
• LEX: SO FAR I DON’T SAY A WORD LIKE: MONEY TALKS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM IS OUR PAST (2002) . WE BELIEVE IN OUR FIRST ALBUM, BUT ALSO IN THE YEARS TO COME. THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

7.IN SOME SONGS YOU USE FEMALE VOCALS. CAN YOU TELL US  WHO IS THE FEMALE VOCALIST? IS SHE A FULL TIME MEMBER OR IS SHE SINGING TO ANOTHER BAND AS WELL? HAS SHE DONE ANY STUDIES?

• LEX: SHE’S OUR FRIEND, SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF OUR LYRICAL FEMALE TEACHER. SHE IS PRETTY BUT ON LIVE ACTS WE  PLAY WITHOUT HER.

8.RUNNING WILD IS A GREAT INFLUENCE TO YOU. I THINK THAT THIS IS OBVIOUS IN YOUR MUSIC AND LYRICS. WHICH OTHER BANDS INFLUENCED YOU?

• LEX: ALL 70’S AND 80’S  HARD N’ HEAVY MASTERS AND MANY OTHERS! JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK SABBATH TO NAME A FEW.
• ACE: OH C'MON... YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHO THE FUCK INFLUENCED US, THE SAME THAT INFLUENCED ALL THE OTHER GUYS! UNTIL WHEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE OLD DAMN QUESTION: "WHO INFLUENCED YOU?" DO YOU THINK FRANK SINATRA, JOHN COLTRANE OR JOHN TRAVOLTA INFLUENCED US? YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT! THEY DID... I MEAN, WE WHERE INFLUENCED BY THE SAME ASSHOLES, ZEPPELIN, PURPLE, IRON, ETC., THAT INFLUENCED ALL THE OTHERS MOTHERFUCKERS. GIVE US A BREAK, WOULD YOU?

9.YOU ALSO DID BY YOURSELVES THE PRODUCTION. I DIDN'T  LIKE IT A LOT, ESPECIALLY THE SOUND OF THE DRUMS. DID  YOU DO IT ONLY FOR FINANCIAL REASONS OR CAUSE YOU ALSO  WANTED TO HAVE FULL CONTROL OF THE CREATION?

• ACE: IT WAS FOR FUCKIN' FINANCIAL REASON, AND FOR  WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK ON MUSIC.
• LEX: THE TITLE IS "IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM" AND IT ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION! WE PAID VERY HARD OUR INEXPERIENCE WITH MUSIC BUSINESS.
• VYPER: You have forgotten to ask if we had other possibility.

10.ARE YOU AWARE OF A RUNNING WILD CONTEST TAKING PLACE ON THE NET? A TRIBUTE ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED FOR RUNNING WILD. THE BANDS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN IT SELECT A SONG AND THEN THE SONG IS PUT ONLINE AND THE   FANS GET TO CHOOSE THE COVERS THEY LIKE THE MOST TO BE  INCLUDED IN THE TRIBUTE. HOW DO YOU FIND THIS IDEA?

• ACE: I TRIBUTE TO PEOPLE WHO RUNNING WILD COULDN'T EVEN SHINE SHOES!
• LEX: ACTUALLY WE HAVE NO TIME TO TRIBUTE NOBODY.WE PLAY LIVE OUR TRIBUTE COVERS TO RUNNING WILD, JUDAS PRIEST, OZZY OSBOURNE AND MANY MORE! MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WILL BE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LISTENING TO A DEATH OR GLORY’S COVER VERSION???

• ACE: FOR NOW WE JUST PREFER TO SIGN!
• LEX: WITH BLOOD!

• ACE: TO PROMOTE OUR WORK: PLAY WELL, WRITE BETTER, TOUR A LOT, KICK ASS!

• ACE: CLIMB MOUNTAINS.
• LEX: A PRODUCER OR A JOURNALIST.
• VYPER: The "musician" like many others!

• ACE: I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS THE WORST PART, MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHICH IS. FOR THE FUTURE I WANT TO CAPTURE PEOPLE'S IMMAGINATION WITH OUR MUSIC AND TRANSPORT THEM TO A HIGHER GROUND.

• ACE: WHO ARE YOU? "WHO, WHO, WHO ARE YOU..." (GOT IT?)

• ACE: THE PERIOD WHEN THE ANCIENT RACE CAME FROM OUTER WORLDS. OUT FROM OUR TIME, ANY TIME YOU'D VISIT YOU'LL MISS HIGH LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITTLE DISEASES, LITTLE WARS, AND HIGH QUALITY LIFE. 'CAUSE EVEN IF THEY SAY A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, (EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE EVEN THE WORST!) BE SURE THAT THIS IS THE BEST WE HAD IN A LONG-LONG-LONG TIME!
• LEX: ALL THE ROCK N ROLL REVOLUTION!

• ACE: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE D.O.G.S: A BUNCH OF PLAYERS TRYING TO SING A STORY!

• LEX: THANX FOR THIS INTERVIEW AND NICE REVIEW. SEEYA IN OUR NEXT ALBUM!
• ACE: WE THANK YOU SIR, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME. WE'LL BE GLAD TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN.