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I always appreciate when new bands come up for interview so that we can start to uncover them. B\u00f6llverk is a really great band that bets on traditional heavy metal and we have the honor to interview them. First, tell us how you decided to start the band.<\/p>\n
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B\u00f6llverk means bulwark, which means something that protects from danger. What does this name represent for the band, and there is a reason behind it?<\/p>\n
B\u00f6llverk is a name from the norse mythology. Odin used to call himself B\u00f6llverk to make sure not being recognized. It means something like troublemaker. That\u00b4s a great name. But Bulwark is also a good name for a Metalband \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are your biggest influences? It need not only be in music and not only in metal.<\/p>\n My personal influences are Judas Priest, Saxon, Accept, Black Sabbath etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n It really impressed me that you have a woman on vocals. Despite having renowned names such as Doro Pesch, it is very difficult to have traditional heavy metal bands with female singers. And why did you decide to have a woman who doesn’t use a high-pitched vocal and whose voice sounds so powerful and imponent?<\/p>\n I think it doesn\u00b4t matter if it\u00b4s a male or female singer. It has to fit in a human and musical way. And it fits perfectly. We were lucky Svenja came to us. I think her voice fits well, so we wanted her to join us.<\/strong><\/p>\n Still about women singing heavy metal, I really liked Zahn’s voice because of her versatility and not trying to sound like a copy of Doro, even though we could notice her influence. What do you think about female vocalists and their vocal styles in metal?<\/p>\n Hahaha \u2026 Svenja is the female vocalist, not Zahn \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n Like I said, I don\u00b4t care if the singer is male or female. There are just singers I like or dislike.<\/strong><\/p>\n By the way, Svenja didn\u00b4t ever listen to a full Doro song.<\/strong><\/p>\n I am not usually (today) the biggest listener of traditional metal anyway because I often find the mainstream bands are always playing the same songs and only changing the titles. But listening to Heading For The Crown, I was pretty surprised by how you do not sound like any metal band, besides a lot of influences from blues, country, power metal and a bunch of other stuff, besides an excellent production that allows you to hear each instrument clearly. How would you classify your music and how did you arrive in this musical genre?<\/p>\n Thank you. Sounding different is a big compliment for us. I\u00b4d say we\u00b4re a Heavy Metal Band. Variety is very important to me and Heavy Metal is a very diverse genre. Everything is possible: fast, slow, hard, soft. I always think of Judas Priest who united things like Blues Hard Rock with Speedmetal etc. When you record songs, I think it\u00b4s really important that you can hear each instrument very clearly. Nowadays lots of bands forget about their bassist \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n My older brother showed me this genre. He made a CD for me with Grave Digger, Iron Maiden, Manowar and Blind Guardian. I still like these bands.<\/strong><\/p>\n How was producing Heading For The Crown? Could you comment a bit on the behind the scenes of the album?<\/p>\n At the beginning there were some problems, because our drummer became sick. Nevertheless he made the records. Strong as steel hahaha\u00a0 \u2026 Besides that everything went well. It was fun to make a record in a professional studio. Working everyday on our songs showed a very new perspective. I feel like it made us stronger as a band.<\/strong><\/p>\n Storytime: Before recording the guitar for \u201eMaster of Thunder\u201c the sun was shining. When I was done it started to thunder and lightning. We felt like Gods of weather hahaha.<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve noticed that your lyrics are about the rock’n’roll spirit of the past, partying and getting drunk and simple things as well. I myself, although I like complex themes and deep, meaningful lyrics, I really miss bands that sounds simple, which I could listen to while enjoying my tenth bottle of beer… and what do you think about all the bands trying to sound complex these days, with songs dealing with very deep subjects and so on? Is there still space for the simplicity?<\/p>\n I hope it\u00b4s possible to enjoy our music without getting drunk \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n There\u00b4s music that is really complex, so you have to listen with headphones to enjoy it. Then there is music that\u00b4s pretty simple. Especially live simple music is so much fun. To me the answer is somewhere in between. The one does not exclude the other. Like Van Halen already said: \u201cI want the best of both worlds!\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n I still think it\u00b4s like forgotten art to keep it simple. It feels like some bands want to prove how good they are and forget that it\u00b4s about the songs and not being perfect. We do anything to make a song strong. I\u00b4m a big fan of keeping songs simple, but everyone can write and play songs they like of course. It\u00b4s also about personal preference.<\/strong><\/p>\n We at Groundcast are a Brazilian site about music and I always ask this: Do you know any Brazilian groups?<\/p>\n I\u00b4m not an expert on the Brazilian metal scene but I know Angra, Nervosa (female vocals ;)), Krisiun and Sepultura of course.<\/strong><\/p>\n I really want to express my thanks for the interview. Please leave a message for our readers. Let’s go.<\/p>\n I also want to thank you for this interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Brazilian metalheads, thank you for taking the time to read this interview. I hope you give Heading For The Crown a chance<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Related Links<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.boellverk.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n