SHADOWS
DANCE
Shadow’s Dance is the kind
of band that makes you proud, since we don’t get often the chance to see
many Greek metal bands working on professional standards and offering us
albums that are real gemstones, albums that bear the stamp of art in its
true essence. If you like heavy and dark atmospheres then check this band
out…
1. FIRST OF ALL MY CONGRATULATIONS
FOR YOUR DEBUT ALBUM. YOU DID A MARVELOUS WORK! NOW I AM INTERESTED IN
LEARNING A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE BAND’S STORY. COULD YOU MENTION THE MST
IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF THE BAND’S LIFE TILL NOW?
OUR BAND CALLED "SHADOWSDANCE"
WAS CREATED IN 1998. IT IS CONSISTED OF FOUR MEMBERS AND UP TO NOW WE HAVE
COMPLETED THE CREATION OF FOUR DEMOS. FOR MORE DETAILS YOU CAN SEE OUR
SITE WWW.SHADOWSDANCE.CJB.NET
2. BEFORE RELEASING THIS ALBUM, YOU
HAVE ALSO RELEASED A VERY GOOD DEMO. IS ANY SONG OF THE DEMO INCLUDED IN
THE NEW ALBUM? HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO CUT A DEAL WITH EBONY TEARS/COLDBLOOD
INDUSTRIES?
IN OUR NEW ALBUM BOTH OF THE PREVIOUS
SONGS OF THE DEMO ARE INCLUDED. WE MANAGED TO DEAL WITH EBONY TEARS/COLDBLOOD
INDUSTRIES JUST BECAUSE THEY REALLY LIKED OUR SONGS.
3. THE LYRICS GAVE ME A SENSE OF SYMBOLISM
AND ESOTERISM. AM I RIGHT? WHO IS MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LYRICS? WHAT
KIND OF THEMES DO YOU REFER TO ON YOUR ALBUM?
THE PERSON WHO IS THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE LYRICS OF OUR SONGS IS OUR SINGER. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO IS EXPRESSED
BY THE LYRICS AND IT IS HIS EMOTIONS THAT ARE EXPRESSED IN A UNIQUE WAY.
4. UNDER WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE YOU
NOTICED THAT YOU CREATE MUSIC? WHEN YOU ARE SAD OR HAPPY AND WHY?
WE CAN CREATE MUSIC ONLY WHEN OUR
FEELINGS, OUR EMOTIONS ARE TENSED. IT IS EITHER SADNESS OF HAPPINESS THAT
CREATES ART IN GENERAL. EMOTIONAL BALANCE IS DEATH TO US...IT MEANS NO
MUSIC AT ALL!
5. EACH SONG OF YOURS HAS A VARIETY
OF IDEAS THAT BRING TO MIND SOME OTHER GREAT BANDS AND AT THE SAME TIME
THEY ARE VERY ORIGINAL. HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO ACHIEVE THAT? DO YOU FOLLOW
ANY RECIPE OR IS IT SPONTANEOUS? WHAT KIND OF PROCEDURE DO YOU FOLLOW WHILST
COMPOSING SONGS?
WE DON'T FOLLOW ANY SPECIFIC PROCEDURE
OR RECIPE TO COMPOSE OUR SONGS. THEY JUST "COME OUT" IN A PHYSICAL, NORMAL
WAY JUST LIKE THE WAVE COMES OUT OF THE WILD SEA.
6. NAME SOME OF THE BANDS THAT HAVE
INFLUENCED YOU AND SOME OF THE ALBUMS THAT HAVE SET THEIR SEAL ON YOU AND
YOUR MUSICAL DIRECTION.
THE FIRST NAME THAT HAVE STRONGLY
INFLUENCED OUR BAND IS Y. MALMSTEEN. APART FROM HIM WE REALLY LIKED THE
TWO LAST ALBUMS OF "DIMMU BORGIR".
7. WHICH IS THIS QUATRAIN FOR THE DAMNED?
WHY ID YOU NAME THE ALBUM THIS WAY? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EXPRESS?
THE NAME OF OUR ALBUM IS A NAME
GIVEN BY OUR SINGER. THIS NAME EXPRESSES HIS INTERNAL VOICE.
8. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ARTWORK?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SUGGEST WITH THIS DOUBLE IMAGE OF THIS WOMAN IN LIGHT
AND DARK COLORS? DO YOU WANT TO SUGGEST THAT GOOD AND EVIL, HAPPINESS AND
SADNESS AND GENERALLY THAT THERE MUST BE A BALANCE?
DIMI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE
ARTWORK OF THIS ALBUM. THE DOUBLE IMAGE OF THE WOMAN SHOWS THE STRONG CONNECTION
OF THE TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF LIFE...SOMETHING LIKE A BIG EXPLOSION, RATHER
THAN BALANCE. BLACK AND WHITE, GOOD AND EVIL ARE TOGETHER TO CREATE EXPLOSIONS
LIKE THAT, TO GIVE BIRTH TO STRONG EXPERIENCES.
9. YOUR MUSIC HAS MANY CLASSICAL AND
OPERATIC ELEMENTS. DO ANY OF YOU HAVE CLASSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION?
NO ONE OF US HAS ANY CLASSICAL
MUSIC EDUCATION. OUR MUSIC IS JUST AN EXPRESSION OF OUR EMOTIONS WHICH
ARE TRANSLATED INTO NOTES AND COLORS...
10. YOU HAVE USED MANY MUSICIANS IN
ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS SYMPHONIC RESULT. CAN YOU NAME THEM? WILL YOU ALSO
USE GUEST MUSICIANS ON YOUR NEXT RELEASE TOO OR WILL YOU TRY TO FIND STABLE
MEMBERS?
WE HAVE USED OTHER MUSICIANS IN
OUR BAND SUCH US LETHE FROM "SEPTIC FLESH", KLARIA FROM "ASTARTE", A CHOIR
AND MANY STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. ON OUR NEXT RELEASE WE WILL USE OTHER MUSICIANS
ACCORDING TO OUR NEEDS.
11. HAVE YOU DONE OR DO YOU HAVE PLANS
FOR LIVE SHOWS? IF YES, WHERE? HOW EASY IS IT FOR YOU TO REPRODUCE YOUR
MUSIC LIVE?
WE REALLY DON’T HAVE ANY PLANS
FOR LIVE SHOWS. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE DUTIES OUR MEMBERS HAVE AT THIS PERIOD
OF TIME.
12. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR A GREEK
BAND TO BE ACCEPTED ABROAD ON ONE HAND AND BY THE GREEK METAL FANS ON THE
OTHER? WHY DO YOU THINK THE GREEK AUDIENCE DOESN’T EASILY SUPPORT GREEK
METAL ACTS?
FOR A GREEK BAND IT IS DIFFICULT
TO BE ACCEPTED ABROAD AND TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE GREEK FANS, AS WELL. THE
ANSWER TO THE SECOND THEME AT LEAST...IS THE FACT THAT "EVERY THING THAT
IS NOT FAMILIAR TO SOMEONE, IS ALWAYS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE"!
13. IF YOUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION,
WHAT WOULD IT BE? IF IT WERE A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
IF OUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION, THAT
WOULD CERTAINLY BY MELANCHOLY. IF OUR MUSIC WAS A PAINTING IT WOULD SHOW
A DARK, DEEP SEA OF RED TEARS.
14. IF YOU HAD A PROPOSAL TO DO A VIDEO
CLIP, WHICH SONG OF YOURS WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND HOW DO YOU IMAGINE IT TO
BE?
IF WE HAD A PROPOSAL TO DO A VIDEO
CLIP, WE WOULD CHOOSE THE FIRST SONG OF OUR ALBUM AND WE IMAGINE IT TO
BE EXPRESSED IN A VERY DRAMATIC AND THEATRICAL WAY.
15. WHICH WORD OR PHRASE DO YOU THINK
COULD SUM UP THE BAND’S EFFORTS TILL NOW AND WHICH WORD DO YOU THINK COULD
BEST DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC?
THE WORD THAT SUMS UP OUR BANDS
EFFORTS TILL NOW IS "EXPLOSION OF EMOTIONS". THE WORD THAT COULD BEST DESCRIBE
OUR MUSIC IS ALSO "EXPLOSION OF EMOTIONS". EVERYTHING IS A WHOLE FOR US!
16. LET'S SUPPOSE THAT WE LIVE IN A
WORLD WITHOUT MUSIC. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN SUCH A CASE?
THERE CAN'T BE A WORLD WITHOUT
MUSIC SINCE THERE ARE HUMANS THAT BREATHE, LIVE AND DIE A THOUSAND TIMES
A DAY. HUMANS ARE NOT ROBOTS AND THIS IS THE MAGIC THAT SURROUNDS US ALL!
17. IN WHICH MOVIE SOUNDTRACK WOULD
YOU LIKE TO HAVE TAKEN PART OR HAVE COMPOSED?
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TAKEN PART
IN THE SOUNDTRACK OF "OMEN".
18. THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO
ASK YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
WE JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU AND WISH
YOU ALL THE BEST WITH YOUR WORK IN THE WEIRD WORLD OF MUSIC. ALWAYS BE
YOU!
Nick "William_Kidd"
Parastatidis
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