DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA

DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA Asking Fans To Vote Them Into Metal Female Voices Festival 2007 Line-Up




Picture by Amy Lagerman

As previously reported, AFTER FOREVER recently pulled out of the Metal Female Voices Festival, taking place on October 19th and 20th in Wieze, Belgium, in the interest of a North American tour. A fan forum is now up and running asking who should replace the band, and Sweden's DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA has stepped up with the following message to the fans:

"If you wanna help us to get a gig at the FMVF 5 festival (Belgium) you can follow this link. You need to sign up to the board in order to be able to vote.

Everyone who can't read French can follow this:

1. Click "S'enregistrer"

2. Click "J'accepte le règlement"

3.
-- Nom d'utilisateur: * means username
-- Adresse e-mail: * means email (lol)
-- Mot de passe: * means password
-- Confirmer le mot de passe: * means retype password
-- Also fill in Country and Birthday

4. Click "Envoyer"

5. Then just go to Connexion and type Username and Password.

You are ready to vote. Thanks!"

Diablo Swing Orchestra's debut album, The Butcher's Ballroom is now available via The End Records. Go to this location to order

For more information on Diablo Swing Orchestra go to their official MySpace page.





Diablo Swing Orchestra: Infos générales

Membre depuis
17/06/2006

Site Web du groupe
diabloswing.com

Membres du groupe
Daniel Håkansson
- Guitars & Vocals
Pontus Mantefors
- Guitars & FX
Annlouice Loegdlund
- Vocals
Anders Johansson
- Bass
Johannes Bergion
- Cello
Andreas Halvardsson
- Drums

Label
Guillotine Grooves

Type de label
Indie (Indépendant)

DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA - Live Schedule Updated, Confirm Appearance At ProgPower UK 2008

Sweden's DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA have confirmed reports they will be performing at the 2008 edition of ProgPower UK, which takes place on March 28th and 29th in Bristol. D:S:O will perform on the 29th. Other bands confirmed include VANDEN PLAS (headliner), CIRCUS MAXIMUS, THY MAJESTIE, POWER QUEST and SERENITY.

The band will also play Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden on June 16th, 2007.

As previously reported, Diablo Swing Orchestra recently signed a licensing deal with Candlelight Records for Europe. Their debut album, The Butcher's Ballroom, will be released on August 13th.

The Butcher's Ballroom is currently available via iTunes and at the following links.

The album is also available via The End Records. Go to this location to order.

DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA - "We Could Have Been Seen As A NIGHTWISH Or WITHIN TEMPTATION Rip-Off; Luckily The Crowd Sees Through That






Mindview correspondent NeoGeisha recently caught up with Sweden's DIABLO SWING ORCHESRTA to discuss the band's debut album, The Butcher's Ballroom. The following is an excerpt from the story.

D:S:O stands out amongst the melodical thrash bands that are traditionally associated with Sweden. It shows. "The reactions from our fellow-Swedes are a lot less enthusiastic than those from abroad. Yet we get good responses overall. We were afraid people would see us as copycats, even though our approach to music is very different from other bands. You never know though, because of the female opera vocals we could have been seen as a NIGHTWISH or WITHIN TEMPTATION rip-off. Luckily the crowd sees through that, for them we’re something totally new. We handle things differently, different genres such as jazz, swing and folk find their way to D:S:O. Our musical backgrounds are so far apart and the styles often don’t come close to what Diablo Swing Orchestra sounds like. Personally I was raised with opera. When I was five years old and still fitted my dad’s lap, he allowed me to hit the strings while he formed the chords. That’s how I played music (laughs)"

Diablo Swing Orchestra see their music as theatrical. Pontus explains: "The plan was to integrate a lot of theatre elements in The Butcher’s Ballroom so it would look like a complete theatre show. We wanted to create the feeling of an opera house. Due to the time limit, we had to cancel that and the only element that was left, were the two different acts on the album."

Daniel goes on: "Unfortunately our budget doesn’t allow a big set up, but we would like a big stage with big curtains and again, that opera approach. Like it is now, our clothes are the only way to call up that opera house feel. We would like to keep our costumes timeless, but right they are supposed to remind of the Dark Ages, 15th century maybe? Oh well, pick an era (laughs)."

Go to this location for the complete story.