Does the song Tragedy Of The Faithful deliberately try to evoke Iron Maiden?
FRED: Yes, Absolutely. David who wrote the song is one of the bigger Iron Maiden fans in this country. We always have had some melodic influences from Judas Priest and Iron Maiden so it came naturally. METALLIAN: That reminds me of Massive Killing Capacity which, if memory serves me correctly, you once called a mistake. FRED: No, not a mistake, but we were hard on ourselves with that album. We were a little bit too… I think we shouldn’t have let producer Tomas Skogsberg make it sound weaker, clean and unheavy. METALLIAN: Was the Death Metal album a reaction to its more melodic predecessor? FRED: Yes. It’s true. METALLIAN: Do you still produce bands? FRED: Yes, I do. I don’t do it too often though. I get tired of the scene here. You get bands which want to record, but every band says they do not have a budget and that there is no money. They all want to do it in two weeks. Then you have to argue to get your money. The labels are always paying their bills late. That is tough when you h
