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Sonic Dimensions With FRIDA And JONAS From REXORIA · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: My name is Frida and I'm the singer in Rix's
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  Speaker 1: Oria and Jonas. You want to present yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm Jonas playing the guitar and is a songwriter
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  Speaker 2: also together with Frida.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, fan, thanks for joining us all the way
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  Speaker 3: from the Sweden today, Thank you for having us.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you all.
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  Speaker 4: So, Rex Sonia release your fourth studio album, Fall and
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  Speaker 4: Dimension on MAGA eighth, So not long now.
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  Speaker 3: How do you feel about it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's what is it like two weeks awaight or
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  Speaker 1: something like that. Feels feels insane as well. I've been
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  Speaker 1: working on this a long time and now it's finally
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  Speaker 1: here and it's both exciting and a bit scary to
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  Speaker 1: you know, release it to the world and see how
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  Speaker 1: people will will enjoy it or or not and everything.
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  Speaker 1: So yes, feels crazy.
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  Speaker 4: Can you tell a bit more about the album from
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  Speaker 4: a musical point of view and what you's you gone.
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  Speaker 3: Toward this summer?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this one is a little bit more based on
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  Speaker 2: the guitar riffs. It's a little bit darker still. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: we have the melody in our songs and the catchy
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  Speaker 2: choruses as one, but it's more balanced between the keyboard
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  Speaker 2: and the guitars, so it's a little bit more of
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  Speaker 2: heavy metal riffs here and there blended with the keyboards.
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  Speaker 2: And I think also the backing vocals is a bit
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  Speaker 2: more more powerful, I would say. And yeah, Frida has
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  Speaker 2: a lot of gritting her voice and we're chelling she
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  Speaker 2: herself a lot, I would say in the studio, and
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  Speaker 2: you can I think you really can hear that on
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  Speaker 2: the album. How that it's right, like really where it
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  Speaker 2: should be, I would say, yea.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel feel the same, Like we have been
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  Speaker 1: really trying to develop ourselves and our sound and really
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  Speaker 1: try to find our like sweet spot in what rick
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  Speaker 1: Oil really is, and I think we have managed to
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  Speaker 1: do that, Like this is this album really really showcases
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  Speaker 1: the rics oria and what we stand for in all
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  Speaker 1: the ways, both musically, lyric wise and everything. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's it's It was good that me and
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  Speaker 1: Gionas was like squashing some songs and was like, no,
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  Speaker 1: this is not good enough, No this is not gonna
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  Speaker 1: cut it as to really you know, managed to put
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  Speaker 1: together eleven songs that we're going to stand stand behind
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  Speaker 1: and think that made a great album.
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  Speaker 4: Oh and this one follows a hugely successful album Imperial Dawn.
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  Speaker 4: So when you said they how to do this one
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  Speaker 4: because of the success of that album, was attempting just
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  Speaker 4: to rehash what was obviously.
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  Speaker 3: A winning formula.
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  Speaker 4: Was it important for you guys to sort of carry
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  Speaker 4: us on a little bit more?
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  Speaker 2: I think we when we were start writing the album,
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  Speaker 2: we said that we really want the album dynamic, but
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  Speaker 2: still hearing that it's Risoria. So of course we were
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  Speaker 2: talking about develop our music, our songs and so on.
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  Speaker 2: So that was a little bit hard also, especially for
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  Speaker 2: me and Frida, who is like inside this bubble when
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  Speaker 2: we are writing the songs and feeling is this too
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  Speaker 2: similar work we had before or is it too far away?
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  Speaker 2: And find the right balance there so you still have
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  Speaker 2: the red thread during the complete album. So that was
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  Speaker 2: good that we had our other bandmates that we could
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  Speaker 2: talk a little bit about this, because when you're in
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  Speaker 2: the bubble it's hard to navigate. Sometimes.
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  Speaker 5: I would say, yeah, today you released the singles up
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  Speaker 5: Break the Wave and Heart and Sorrow, So they good
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  Speaker 5: sonny representation of what do you expect in the full
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  Speaker 5: album or do they descritch the surface?
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  Speaker 1: I think they are good representation since we strategically decided
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  Speaker 1: to release first and more usual Ricksoria song that people
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  Speaker 1: are very familiar with, and even if it's a bit
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  Speaker 1: heavier than we have done before and a bit yeah
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  Speaker 1: kind of cool melody, it's more a Ricksa sound, so
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  Speaker 1: we can like feel the people Okay, this is gonna
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  Speaker 1: be ricks O.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But then we did you know, heart of Sorrow. That's
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  Speaker 1: kind of way out what we have done before. And
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  Speaker 1: I think it was a good match because it showcases
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  Speaker 1: the two parts on the album, some Rixsoria songs that
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  Speaker 1: are always there, like that you're familiar with, and then
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  Speaker 1: also some surprises and unexpected songs. As I think it's
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  Speaker 1: it shows cases that both sides of the album.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, the album opened through the song Metallic Rage. If
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  Speaker 4: it starts with a bit of water on chatter before
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  Speaker 4: exploding the fury of drums and guitars, right, it's a
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  Speaker 4: massive way I opened the album. But what was the
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  Speaker 4: thought process behind starting there?
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  Speaker 2: And I think it was when we were like, had
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  Speaker 2: written half of the song and so on, then we
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  Speaker 2: were thinking like this sounds like a good opener for
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  Speaker 2: the album because this was the last song we wrote
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  Speaker 2: for the album, and we.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and why was that.
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  Speaker 2: We thought that we that we thought that we had
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  Speaker 2: written all the eleven songs for the album, but then
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  Speaker 2: when we were we were like celebrating a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: and then shortly after we realized it was just ten
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  Speaker 2: songs on the album. So that yeah, so that's why
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  Speaker 2: this riff became as it became, because I like came
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  Speaker 2: up with that by pure frustrations, and Freda said, of
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  Speaker 2: course she freedom was also very very frustrated about this,
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  Speaker 2: and then she was like faster, faster, faster. So then
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  Speaker 2: it's like we raised its thirty bpm or something like this.
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  Speaker 2: And then when we had this part, like this is
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  Speaker 2: this should be the opener because the other songs we
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  Speaker 2: never really felt like that, And then we talked about
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  Speaker 2: we need some kind of ink or something like this.
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  Speaker 2: And then when Frieda was thinking a little bit about
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  Speaker 2: what the song could be, about what it should and
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  Speaker 2: then we said, yeah, then we should have something like
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  Speaker 2: war things with walkie talki or this radio thing and
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  Speaker 2: everything what's going on in the background. So then it
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  Speaker 2: likes tiding up the song and also having that part
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  Speaker 2: in the in the middle or end of the song
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  Speaker 2: and so on. So I really I'm really happy how
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  Speaker 2: that turned out.
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  Speaker 3: It's very very effective.
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  Speaker 4: By the start just grabs you straight up and it
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  Speaker 4: makes you listener, you've done well. I'm not just looking
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  Speaker 4: through the track list that there's no song called Faller Dimensions,
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  Speaker 4: So the obviously means that the title has got a
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  Speaker 4: bit greater significance.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is about you know, says a lot of
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  Speaker 1: the thing is about society and what's going on and everything.
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  Speaker 1: Were inspired songs and everything. We felt like this is
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  Speaker 1: it should be called fall and I mentioned but also
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  Speaker 1: with the hint of hope in the cover art, where like, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: we're going up for the worst times right now, but
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  Speaker 1: behind that the sun is rising and we're like, like
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  Speaker 1: can pushed through together to you know, come out stronger.
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  Speaker 1: And so we felt like that was a strong title,
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  Speaker 1: and we didn't feel like any of the songs had
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  Speaker 1: like the the perfect name for album, so we just
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  Speaker 1: came up with this that collect all the songs in
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  Speaker 1: one in one name. And then we worked with Gilbert
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  Speaker 1: Mellow in Brazil who has been working with us a
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  Speaker 1: lot on our cover arts, and he understood the feeling
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  Speaker 1: and what we were aiming for right away and came
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  Speaker 1: up with a really good artwork for the for the
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  Speaker 1: album as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, and the album also features two duets.
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  Speaker 4: We guess artist you've got Mike Anderson from Hunston and
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  Speaker 4: Johnny so personally watching them to be on the album.
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  Speaker 4: And secondly, what did they bring to the song thereon?
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  Speaker 2: I think when we started to write the album, then
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  Speaker 2: we started actually with Heart of Sorrow. We said that
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  Speaker 2: we want to like have something special, we want to
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  Speaker 2: start with that, and then we came up with this
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  Speaker 2: ballad and said, we really need to challenge ourselves on
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  Speaker 2: this album, so we start with this one, which we
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  Speaker 2: thought this can be the most challenging song. And then
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  Speaker 2: when we were writing this, we were realizing that this
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  Speaker 2: one sounds pretty good. We should actually have a male singer.
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  Speaker 2: And then when we were thinking about what kind of
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  Speaker 2: singer would would fit for this and so on, and
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  Speaker 2: then we Johnny came up right way in our heads
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  Speaker 2: because we also know that he has done so many
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  Speaker 2: ballads with a hardline or accent with the pell so
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  Speaker 2: and then we asked him and he was he liked
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  Speaker 2: the song and really wanted to join. So then we
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  Speaker 2: said that perfect better than we thought that he could
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  Speaker 2: be actually, and then it was the second song which
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  Speaker 2: is dominion. Freda came up with with a chorus sent
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  Speaker 2: me over the phone and I heard like right away, okay,
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  Speaker 2: I get the feeling right away about this song. And
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  Speaker 2: when we were sitting and writing this more of the
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  Speaker 2: complete song and recording, and I think, Freda, you came
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  Speaker 2: up with like it's so much power in this, a
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  Speaker 2: bit different what we have done before. Also, so what
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  Speaker 2: about the guests singing here as well? And then we
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  Speaker 2: came up with Mike and he was like really fast
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  Speaker 2: with responding and helping us. I would say, or what
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  Speaker 2: do you think for that?
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  Speaker 1: It took like from me writing to him like asking
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  Speaker 1: him do you want to join on this song? It's
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  Speaker 1: just like two days and then he had sent over
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  Speaker 1: all the vocal tracks back in vocal tracks everything. It
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  Speaker 1: was like we were oh, well, okay, this this was great.
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  Speaker 1: So it was a really fast, really fun guy to
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  Speaker 1: work with. And as you want to said, the song
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  Speaker 1: became as a as a mission for us, more of
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  Speaker 1: a Sabatan feel over it. And since I wanted like
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  Speaker 1: that back in vocals with a male kind of raw power,
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  Speaker 1: I think it went really good to to have Mike
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  Speaker 1: to join there to make it something something special, right, This.
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  Speaker 4: One was directed to you, afraid something I've always sort
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  Speaker 4: of wondered with bands, like as the vocalist, that's the
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  Speaker 4: rug person.
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  Speaker 3: Of a band.
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  Speaker 4: Is it is it difficult to roll to ask someone
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  Speaker 4: else to sing on your album? Like, does it feel
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  Speaker 4: like you've given away some of your control we have
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  Speaker 4: someone else sing on the other.
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  Speaker 1: No? For me, everyone can sing and I don't need
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  Speaker 1: to sing at all. No kidding aside is like, I
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  Speaker 1: don't have that feeling at all. I want the songs
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  Speaker 1: to be the best they can be. And even if
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  Speaker 1: it's like a duet or anyone else singing, like of
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  Speaker 1: courses so versus, it doesn't matter the best. The most
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  Speaker 1: important part is that the song's becoming good and says
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  Speaker 1: it's not it's not me showcasing Ricksoria in my voice.
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  Speaker 1: Ricsoria is built on everyone, So it's not it's not
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  Speaker 1: hard at all. It's just fun to, you know, work
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  Speaker 1: with other people and explore other other points of views
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  Speaker 1: and everything.
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  Speaker 3: So cool. It's just really fun nice.
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  Speaker 4: So musically, like Rickstory is music blames heavy metal, that's
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  Speaker 4: power metally, You've got some funny elements electronics, Like there's
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  Speaker 4: a lot going on in there, like, how do you
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  Speaker 4: find the balance in the creative process.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's sometimes the hard thing because we normally just
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  Speaker 2: write the songs how we want them to be, what
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  Speaker 2: we like. But then it's a challenge, of course for
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  Speaker 2: the mixer guy who is like, need to okay, now
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  Speaker 2: it's a lot of going on, need to balance and
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  Speaker 2: sort some things up. But we always like start with
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  Speaker 2: the basic, which is the chords and some guitar riffs,
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  Speaker 2: and from there we are adding more and more instruments.
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  Speaker 2: That's why we haven't really before found our style what
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  Speaker 2: we are playing. So then we came up with that
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  Speaker 2: we are playing royal metal, and I think Freda has
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  Speaker 2: a good explanation about what that means.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not about if you say royal metal, you
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  Speaker 1: may be thinking about like kings and queens or knights
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  Speaker 1: or something like that. But royal metal for us is
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  Speaker 1: since you say, as you said, and so many people
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  Speaker 1: have said before, like you have both power, you have
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  Speaker 1: both symphonic, you have both heavy. But we wanted to okay,
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  Speaker 1: but what are we them? Then we are something else,
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  Speaker 1: And then we said, like this is royal metal because
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  Speaker 1: royal metal stands for unity and that we're united in
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  Speaker 1: our empire with our fans, like we're building something together
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  Speaker 1: with them, and a lot of our songs is about
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  Speaker 1: empowerment and racing up against like the authorities, like doing
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  Speaker 1: something like if you're feeling little or small, we can
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  Speaker 1: stand united and do something else and it's both greatness.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that that concept really really helped us
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  Speaker 1: to develop what Ricksore is now and what we're becoming
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  Speaker 1: with this album. And I think the people really would
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  Speaker 1: understand that because we have always been royal, that we
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  Speaker 1: just didn't have a.
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  Speaker 3: Name for it before.
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  Speaker 1: You have always like written in that sense. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think that that really tie things up nice.
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  Speaker 3: So I can add to this one separately individually.
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  Speaker 4: But can you remember the first time you ever heard
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  Speaker 4: one of his songs on the radio and where you
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  Speaker 4: were and what song it was?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, we were actually together after a rehearsal. It was
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  Speaker 2: one of the very very old songs from our demo
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  Speaker 2: and it was played in in the know some kind
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  Speaker 2: of rock radio for new upcoming bands. It was the
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  Speaker 2: song Moonlight, and it.
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  Speaker 1: Was it was not the kind of rocker. It was
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  Speaker 1: the national big radio rock classic, So it was like
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  Speaker 1: a really.
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  Speaker 2: Big Yeah, and we were very excited about that. I
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  Speaker 2: remember this yeah, where we were like, wow, now we
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  Speaker 2: need to listen. So we were listening to it live, actually.
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  Speaker 1: Standing outside like jumping around like oh yeah, this is
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  Speaker 1: not radio.
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  Speaker 3: That's a really cool moment. Thanks very much, you talking
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  Speaker 3: the pluget speak with you.
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  Speaker 4: One Dimension is the out made the eighth and a
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  Speaker 4: bloody good, good slab of music.
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  Speaker 3: I have done a good job with it, so best
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  Speaker 3: of luck.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much, thank you, thank you so much.