DRACONIAN - New Interview

DRACONIAN - New Interview Available

www.Baskanji.Punt.nl has recently uploaded an interview they conducted with DRACONIAN vocalist Johan Ericson. The following is an excerpt:

Q: Why was the name KERBEROS dropped and why the switch from a black metal oriented sound to a more dark and gloomy one?
?Johan: “Simply because we found out there was another band with the same name. Besides it was time for a change anyway since our music didn’t quite sound like it used to compared to when we first started out. Don’t really know how it happened; it just did. And to be honest, Kerberos was actually just an experimental band without any particular style. So, it seemed only appropriate to change the name.”

Q: How exactly did (vocalist) Lisa Johansson join in?
?Anders: “Well, we heard her sing in her previous band and we immediately liked her voice, thought it would fit well with our music and since we were in need of a female vocalist…”

Q: How did the deal with Napalm Records come around?
?Johan: “We just send them one of our demos, which was in fact surprising. You see, before that we were really kind of lazy. But then at a certain moment we realized we needed to get more focused in order to get anywhere. That’s when we decided to contact some labels. Napalm responded. Nothing more, nothing less.”

Q: What was the reason for recording the EKSEPTION song ‘On Sunday They Will Kill The World’ for the Black Halo album?

Johan: “Haha. That all goes back to my parents who had a couple of their albums. I used to listen to these albums quite a lot. This particular song is my personal favourite, because it’s so heavy and has this gloomy feeling over it. On top of that, it has totally weird lyrics that completely freak you out.”

Head to this location to read the interview in its entirety.

Draconian's forthcoming album, Turning Season Within, is scheduled for release on February 29th (Europe) and March 4th, 2008 in the US through Napalm Records