ALLEN / LANDE
Magnus Karlsson, songwriter, guitarist and producer of the forthcoming second album from ALLEN / LANDE "The Revenge" due out on Frontiers Records on may 11th sent his track by track comments on the songs. Check it out!
1.The Revenge: This is the first song I wrote for this album. I wanted to write something that invites the listener to an album that continues were "The Battle" ended but at the same time take it to another level. It's not only in the song writing you can hear the difference, both Jörn and Russell shows a more powerful and rougher side this time.
2.Obsessed: My favourite at the moment. A heavy one with Russell on the vocals. The singers got to choose what solo songs they wanted to do and I must say this was a perfect pick for Russell. He sounds greater than ever : )
3.Victory: I didn't think much of this song in the beginning but it came out as one of the best songs in the end.(it happens quite often) A duet that starts with a little beep rhythm that the whole song is built around.
4.Master Of Sorrow: This is simply the best ballad I ever written and Jörn does an outstanding job on the vocals. I was sure Jörn was going to choose this one and he did : ) It is made for his voice.
5.Will You Follow: I wanted to do something like "Hunters night" from "The Battle" and this is it. A up tempo song with Russell.
6.Just A Dream: A duet with a progressive touch. This is not meant to be a progressive album at all but sometimes I can't help myself. I love to mix in acoustic instruments in a heavy song and this is a good example of that.
7.Her Spell: A up tempo solo song with Jörn that almost has a power metal sound in the chorus. I prefer to not talk to much about my lyrics but I must mention that this one have to do with marriage... and I wouldn't let my wife hear it : )
8.Gone Too Far: Also a real favourite with Russell. This is far away from the style we are used to hear Russell in but he does this style fantastic as well.
9.Wake Up Call: This duet came out great. I love it when the singers sound this angry. You can hear some Celtic influences here. If you don't wake up to this one I don't know what to do : )
10.Under The Waves: A heavy song with Jörn. A great example of mixing soft piano with heavy guitars that I like so much.
11.Who Can You Trust: I have listened a lot to Within Temptation lately and got inspiration to do a really heavy song with a lot of choirs and strings like they have. It didn't end up sounding like them but that's how I got started.
12.When Time Doesn't Heal: The second ballad on this album that is a duet. Once more Jörn and Russell shows that they can sing what style they want and it always sounds fantastic. I wanted to have a lot of acoustic guitars on this album but I'm afraid that the most of them ended up on this song.
Streaming of four songs from the album can be heard on the www.myspace.com/allenlande2 website !!!