Fans had to wait eleven years for the
new Album (release date July 20, 2018) of Swedens death /doom underground
cult act RUNEMAGICK. But let me say first, the new album was worth the wait. Guitarrist and
vocalist Nicklas Rudolfsson answered
my questions.
First of all I have to say that the
new album is really great, but I didn’t expect anything else.What can you tell
us about the process of creating this
album and writing the songs ? When did you start with writing new songs and why
did it take 11 years for the new album ? How would you describe the new album
in your own words , maybe in relation to the prior Runemagick releases as well
?
Always nice to hear that there are
people who like our music. Especially now that it was many years ago we
released something new. Most of the material, both riff arrangements and
lyrics, are written in 2017 and early 2018. Possibly there is some older riff
here and there too.
If I describe the material from my
point of view, I can probably say that it is quite straightforward arrangements
and songs. As for tempo, it is often heavy mid-tempo riffing and drumming the
“Runemagick style” mixed with some heavier doom parts and
some more up-tempo stuff.
I do not know for sure, but I imagine
that if you like any of our previous albums, you should recognize the new
material as well. It may not be so obscure material as on "Envenom"
rather more about "Enter The Realm Of Death" and "Darkness Death
Doom" I suppose.
11 years… time flies. Yes we decided
to start up again in 2017. Before that we can say we had a long break. However,
no quiet break, it has been full of other bands, projects and other activities
in life. Then it has probably also been that inspiration from our side during
that period has been partly gone so to speak. Then you
can say that there was some lack of inspiration too.
