DOL AMMAD – DOL THEETA // electronicARTmetal

Magic Fire Music : Hello Thanasis, how are you? I’m happy to talk to you again for this new interview.

Thanasis : Hey Cedric! I am fine, I am currently under the air-condition trying to cool myself, it’s ridiculously hot in here, like 35 degrees! I am also happy to catch up with you again

Magic Fire Music : Before talking about the new album, I’m gonna ask you: how is Greece these days?

Thanasis : Apart from extremely hot, Greece is a mess these days… Things have calmed down a bit after the recent second elections that resulted in a co-operative government of 3 political parties but we face serious social and financial problems. Apart from extreme unemployment, reductions in salaries and pensions, shortage of medical supplies in hospitals and pharmacies, we also witness a big rise on social and racial violence…

Magic Fire Music : Your country is facing a terrible crisis. Were you afraid concerning the release of your album under those circumstances?
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You can download the song here:
https://soundcloud.com/lightbridge/hyperspeed-rob-papen-explorer-remix

I am happy to announce that I was recently honored by an endorsement from Rob Papen and his amazing line of synthesizers, instruments and effects. Rob Papen is a phenomenal programmer, musician and sound designer and his instruments are truly inspirational to tons of musicians worldwide. Some of his most well known synthesizers are “Predator”, “Albino”, “Blue”, “SubBoomBass” and the recently released new beast “Blade”, a unique additive synthesis system that uses the very spacey and cosmic looking (and sounding) “Harmolator”.

I am a huge fan and user of Rob Papen instuments, you can hear their distinctive sound in all my Dol Ammad albums and especially in …

The first thing that came to my mind was that Dol Ammad was another generic symphonic power metal band, perhaps with some Nintendo-like samples every now and then. I was very, very far from the truth.

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