STEEL ATTACK is a new power metal band from sweden with epic lyrics. Their music is great and beutifull. They have released a new album entitled "Fall Into Madness". Here we have a very interesting chat with the lead - guitarist of the band John Allan.
 
 

1.FIRST OF ALL GIVE US A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BAND IN  A FEW WORDS AND WHICH IS THE CURRENT LINE UP?

• Line up on the new album: John – Lead guitar, Steve – lead vocal and bass, Dennis – guitar and Andreas – drums. The change since the new recording is that we got a new lead vocalist, Dick Johnson who joined the band earlier this year.

2.HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC?

• Fast melodic metal, categorize it is not what I would like to go in to. I guess that will be other if you see to the lyrics and so. That will be the listeners judgement. Ha ha ha ha.

3.IS THERE A LEADER IN THE BAND? HOW DO YOU WRITE THE MUSIC AND LYRICS? DO YOU THINK THAT A BAND CAN'T BE COMPLETELY DEMOCRATIC AND THAT MUST HAVE A LEADER?

• No single leader in Steel Attack and we think that is best if everybody can feel that they are equal to the song writing, that means if someone will come up with this part or that line in the lyrics we all take credit for it, but a typical Steel Attack song are made up like this. Some one shows up at the rehearsal with an idea and then we jam on it and normally some of us in the band can add a part or to right to it and then the song will be finished very soon. For the lyrics we do the same got the melody for the song and then we add the story to the song, so that’s the way we work and as you can see there wouldn’t be any need for a leader.

• The lyrics are referring to fantasy and that will make it fun to write is as well, its like improvise, you know. You got a part, an idea or just a place, person or so and then the story builds up from what we got.

• Lyrics we write is just from fantasy and if you got imagination you may get it to suite your life ?. No to tell you the truth we write the fiction and that works best for us cause we are not the ones that tell someone to do this and that etc.

• It all started out for fun and as fans to the melodic metal music, then it went from there. But if you don’t think its fun you should not do it, the life is a gift and you should take care of it and do the things that you really having fun to do, and that is my point of view, and to make a living out of music are my view, play live and have a great time.

• You are right and there are so many many more, there are bands that influenced us and still do some of them are inspirational not just what they do musically, I think if a band is really cool towards the one who love there work are a real source for inspiration as well.

• As long as you do what you do and not trying to get the sound from another band I think it is interesting. But it is difficult to get a line of chords that never been used before, if you know what I mean. I think there is only one place where lot of people analyse the structure of the contents and that is in the music, I never heard of a sprinter that got compared to another sprinter, with thoughts like, hmm he/she runs like him/her or the body movements looks like ……. Etc. Have fun and do your thing.

• I think you are thinking of Steve who plays the drums in Carnal Forge, yes I think he will bring some of the aggressive sound to our music.

• Do it just to get your own opinion, we are playing the music that are Steel Attack and what you hear is us.

• From “Where Mankind Fails” I think “The Dragons Skull” and from the new one “Fall into Madness” its very hard to say since the feel for each single changes and the answer you get here is the one that feels right, right now.

• I think it is important, and to have an own voice not trying to copy one cause you like him or her, cause they are born with that voice and you got your own. But if a good singer hides the imperfection of the music is very hard to say.

• Symphony X, they really looked like they had a major blast when I saw them live and they are really great musicians as well. But to say a new band is very hard cause I rarely listen to so much music right now. But what I heard from friends etc there are lot of great music out there.

• Yes. We really love playing live and the feeling with a really crazy audience with you is something you cant type in words.

• Fantasy, fiction or an action movie would be so cool.

• I use to read, but the books I read now is children books, I got 2 kids so that is what I read nowadays. Cant tell you who I would be, I really enjoy being myself. ?

• As you said it is very hard to find our album “the first one” since the promotion was close to dead ? I really hope that you will get a chance to know about us, cause we know you are great and wild fans and we really would like to meat you all in your country. If we would like to come, you mean love to play in Greece, you bet. Get us there and we will have a great time with you.

• Thanks a lot!
• Thank you all that been in contact with us and for the email and ICQ chats and we really hope we will be playing live soon in Greece. For you who not been in contact with us, here is your chance. www.steelattack.com or if you got ICQ: 37375224
• Keep in touch and be cool.
• John
• Steel Attack