interview with Stormhold
Have any of you played in other bands? Yes, Jonas played in a metal band called Medicamentum and Jakob played in a rock band called Uncover.
Filip and Jan are also playing in a Iron Maiden tribute band called Ruskin Arms and Robin is working hard with his drums only, as an example he won the best Swedish drummer 2013.
How is it that you started playing music? We were some friends that wanted to play in a band and some of us, like Robin and Jan played together from the beginning of their musical career as young teenagers and just kept on going.
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
Jan Ekberg-Bass and backing vocals- 24 years old
Robin Hermansson-Drums-25 years old
Jakob Morhed- Guitar and backing vocals- 19 years old
Jonas Nilsson- Guitar and backing vocals- 24
Filip Peterson- Lead Vocals- 26
Have you had other previous members? Yes, Oscar Kroon, Eddie Skarp and Rasmus Svedberg
Where are you from? Gislaved, Sweden
What year did the band form? 2008
What's your style of genre? Heavy/Power metal from the 80s
What inspires you? Iron Maiden and dragons
How often and where do you reherse? 2 times/week in Gislaved
How have you developed since you started with the music? We’ve just got better and better in what we’re doing.
What are your songs about? On our upcoming album, Battle of the Royal Halls, is a concept about how a young boy can claim back the throne from the evil king.
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? Mostly the musical ideas is written by Jan and the lyrics is written by Filip but everyone in the band is a part of process of arrengement and putting the songs together.
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Most of the times we start with the music and the lyrics comes after.
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? No, it doesn’t matter, it just pops up
What language do you sing in? English
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? At Gisleparken on our release party and at the Rock & Art festival in Husqvarna
Where can people buy your merchandise? Send us a mail what you want and we will send it to you
Do you have any role models or idols? Iron Maiden, Helloween, Hammerfall
Do you have any new material? The new album, BATTLE OF THE ROYAL HALLS!!!!!!!
What are your web sites? facebook.com/stormhold.swe
What are your plans for the future? Make more music and play live and make the world a part of the kingdom of Stormhold