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It’s been six years since Dark Funeral brought us a new album. Now, with the new album ‘Where Shadows Forever Reign’. We did a little interview with Lord Ahriman, the guitarist from Dark Funeral about the whole experience.
​Keys & Chords: “It’s been 6 years since Dark Funeral released ‘Angelus Exuro pro Eternus ‘. How did it feel to come back in the studios, working on an album?”

Dark Funeral: “We’ve been on tour most of the time. We played shows around the world. We’ve been looking for a new vocalist as well. We were buzzy all the time so it didn’t felt special.”

Keys & Chords: “How do you find a way to innovate and improve sound?”

Dark Funeral: “You can’t find a band that sounds the same as Dark Funeral. We try to bring our songs to a whole different level.”

Keys & Chords: “What makes this album unique?”

Dark Funeral: “It’s a totally different sound than our previous albums. It has more dynamic and is more technical than our previous albums. It’s extreme metal but still very dynamic. I don’t know one band on this whole planet that sounds like Dark Funeral. We offer so much more new things in our new album.”
Keys & Chords: “Are there some things you kept the same from previous albums?”

Dark Funeral: “Not really. I mean, Dark Funeral, we have our own sound. On this record, we bring so much new things in our sound. The songs are such more dynamic and have more rhythm than our previous albums. Me, as guitarist, I have my own way of writing and playing the guitar. I have my own way of playing songs and I want to grow and improve myself.”

Keys & Chords: “Why did you choose ‘where shadows forever reign’ as album title?”

Dark Funeral: “Every time you work on an album, you have to find a title that summary the whole album. For this record, it was kind of obvious. The more we talked about it, the more we knew this had to be the album title. It represents what is the whole album about, the feeling behind it. It fits the music. It was not hard to pick the title.”

Keys & Chords: “This is the first time you hear Heljarmadr in an studio album, how did he experience the recordings, writings and co-operation?”

​Dark Funeral: “I think he enjoyed it. It’s very interesting to learn new things. He’s very curious and not afraid to ask things.
​He was really interested in taking advice and he wanted to learn. He wanted to improve himself. He learned a lot in the whole writing process and the recording process. He wanted to improve himself. He really enjoyed working on this album and I have to say, he’s a phenomenal vocalist. He did fantastic work. It’s very inspirational.”

Keys & Chords: “Producing is done by Daniel Bergstrand, are you happy with the result?”

Dark Funeral: “Yes, of course! We have such a complex music and sometimes, it’s not easy to make the results we have now. He worked very hard and he did a fantastic job!”

Keys & Chords: “There are already some tour dates for the summer festivals, what can fans expect from the shows?”

Dark Funeral: “We’re going to play some new songs for sure. It’s going to be better and bigger than before. I can’t tell much about it yet but we are looking forward to it. We have a lot of new things we will bring into our shows.”

Keys & Chords: “I saw a tweet between you and Justin Bieber about how amazing he thinks the new Dark Funeral album is. You said you wanted him at your show… as sacrifice. What do you think about Justin Bieber listening to your music?”

Dark Funeral: “I can’t control what people like or not. Haha, It’s kind of weird. I don’t know what I can say about it. I mean, if we can be a band that opens doors for people from other genres, why not?”
Silke Goethals