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  DangerAngel -Interview (2016)

 

 

Danger Angel
Revolutia
All The King's Horses
Release Year: 2010
Release Year: 2013
Release Year: 2016

 

Interview taken from Ethan Snow.

 

GEORGE: Welcome to BeRock Radio Ethan, the most melodic place! I am George, please make yourself comfortable!
We’re glad to have you here Let’s start with the changes to the lineup. For quite some time, you’ve been with a
new frontman, BJ. You’ve in-troduced him to the crowds with an amazing track, “Will You Follow”!
Tell us a few words about what the band’s like now with BJ.

ETHAN: Good to be here! Hi George!
Indeed, we’ve been with BJ for some time now, almost 2 years.
The band is completely different with BJ on the vocals.
The new sound is created with him in mind now and the whole thing is inevitably more melodic but still more powerful.
We made those new songs trying to take advantage of his powerful voice and his performance abilities and it shows
throughout. He brought a new vibe and a new attitude and he is a perfect match.
We changed things, we want people to see the band anew, hence the slight change in name.
It’s now DangerAngel, one word, one final version of the band.

GEORGE: Your latest work, “All The King’s Horses”, will be released on September 30th 2016 by MelodicRock Records.
Can you tell us some information about your new album, and how many tracks it has?

ETHAN: The new album consists of 13 tracks, as I said it is more melodic but still heavier than the previous one.
It’s the evolution of what we did with Revolutia in 2013, the direction we always meant to go.
The new songs are more complex, the production is different and heavier, the melodies more distinct.

We came to terms with MelodicRock Records very quickly.
They have a promo plan we were very interested in and they breathe the music, they love it. It was an easy decision.
We are looking forward to great things with them!

GEORGE: Was it difficult composing the tracks?
How long did the recording sessions take?

ETHAN: Not really. The song process happened as usual.
The only difference was that we had to send everything to BJ in Brazil to record there and then send back to us to put
into the mix. Other than that, and the additional time it took to do it, nothing was really different. It took more time,
of course, with the change in lineup, we had to adjust to BJ, some of the songs where ready and had to be altered to take
advantage of BJ’s interpretations and new melodic lines that he produced. Overall it was quite fluid and easy.
The songs just happened as always and the whole thing took its course.

Our new sound engineer, Steve Lado, did a splendid job too, helped the process move along swiftly.

GEORGE: In your new video clip, “Who You Are”, which you released on August 5th 2016,
we heard an amazing Melodic Hard Rock track.
Should we ex-pect more tracks of this genre in the album?

ETHAN: Yes. This is a perfect example of what DangerAngel sound like in this new album.
Harder, more melodic, heavier and more complex. There are so many things in there too,
while Who You Are is indicative of the rest of the material you will find some intriguing things
in the album, for sure.

GEORGE: What are your plans for the promotion of the album, but also generally speaking?
Should we wait for another video clip? What plans do you have for live shows/tours,
will we see you in other European countries as well?

ETHAN: As far as promo goes this is the label’s job and it hasn’t started yet in its full effect.
We will do our part, of course, We have two more videos on hold for later and we will definitely do at least one more.
There are other promo options we are exploring, we will try to promote to new regions and markets as soon as the
album comes out. As far as shows, we will wait for the album to come out and announce at that time.
We will try to tour as much as we can, not only in Europe.

GEORGE: Speaking of tours, after your worldwide tour with JSS, which was an amazing success,
you have made your name known to many countries of the world. How do you handle such a large success,
and what’s the most difficult part of staying at the top level?

ETHAN: That’s exactly why we did that tour and the plan was to follow up with more international shows right after
that but thing’s rarely come as you plan. With the lineup change and the new album process we took a step back and
waited until all the new things were in place. I don’t know how big a success that was, we didn’t look a it that way.
All we knew was that we were given an opportunity to present our music to a larger audience and we did.
We kept that audience and we are in touch with them on a daily basis, we keep them asking, interested in
DangerAngel, looking forward to our next thing and that’s nice.

GEORGE: From the very beginning, you’ve made some great deals and released your work with amazing labels,
something that is not easy to accomplish nowadays in the music industry.
Does having really good management help a band much?

ETHAN: We wanted to work as professionally as we could, take our band to a higher level in all aspects,
that’s why we work closely with our man-agement and look to opportunities that will push the band forward,
make it known to more people, use every tool we can to work better and more effectively.
We are actively looking for better deals and more collaborations.
It’s part of the process.

GEORGE: For the past 4-5 years, we’ve been seeing a bloom in Melodic Rock\Melodic Hard Rock.
Do you believe that rockers want more quality in the music and listen to more of this centre?
What is your opinion on this?

ETHAN: People always look for quality as much as they are looking for enter-tainment.
There’s music that makes you dance, music that makes you emotional, music that intrigues and music that makes you think.
The melodic genre is still going and people will always look for nice melo-dies to sing along.
It might not be huge as it was in the 80s but it’s still there. We are not “constricting” ourselves in to a genre or another.
We are trying to be more diverse with each album and ‘All The King’s Horses’ is just that. It touches the melodic genre,
it moves into heavier stuff and it’s more modern than DangerAngel where ever before. We are trying to reinvent ourselves
with each new album, we take the elements that make us who we are and mix them with new influences and that’s what
makes it interesting to us.

GEORGE: The music industry in the recent years has changed.
We see that a lot of people prefers digital purchases, which is more convenient, faster and accessible.
What are your thoughts on the future of CDs?

ETHAN: It’s happened before, it will happen again with some new format that will pop up.
The challenge for any band of any calibre is now to make it and place one song into a person’s playlist.
People do playlists now, they don’t carry along their CD collection.
It’s like what happened with the mix tapes back in the 80s, or what happened with the mix CDs later on.
People are looking for convenience, they want more of their music with them at all times.
This makes it very competitive for bands. You are not looking to album listeners these days. it’s playlists
all the way and if you make it in one you will make it with one song. That’s the challenge.
Radio is changing too in that direction.
You can have a million web radios on your phone and not even have to choose.
You just roughly specify what you want to listen to and the software makes the choice for you.
If a band can make it into that rotation, it’s a huge thing. Times come with changes and we have
to tag along or restrict ourselves into a small audience. We are still making CDs for the time being,
in our kind of music things are more traditional, people still love a good artwork and the concept of an album.
We will do it as long as they are asking for it.

GEORGE: It’s not just the music industry that has changed over the years. Nowdays, we see social media
(facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, etc...) be-come hugely widespread.
How much do these support a band and in what way?

ETHAN: They do help in the way that a band can bring out their music easily and quickly.
It’s still a matter of attracting the people’s interest though and then it’s always back to the core thing.
Is the music good? Is the band good on stage? Are the songs interesting enough for the people to sing along?
You can put the music out there and nobody will listen to it more than once. In that sense the social media is just
an ocean of information and nothing more.
It’s good to be able to share the music, though.

GEORGE: Thank you for your time, I wish you all the best for the future! The last words are yours for this interview.
Feel free to say whatever you want to all BeRock’s Radio minizine read-ers!

ETHAN: Thank you for having me and thanks for the wishes!
All I have to say is go buy the album, pre-order or wait for the actual release, we are very happy with how the album turned out,
it’s the best DangerAngel ever did. Come to the shows too! We guarantee a good time! And one more thing.
All the big bands we all love are great, they are what inspired us to do what we do but go out there and look for the emerging band,
the new, exciting artist out there, the one with the new ideas and the new sound. That’s the way to help the music grow.
Or else you will be listening to the same thing again and again.


George "Snaki" Karatzas
For BeRock Radio's MiniZine (2016)
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