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Epic Metal
- Band Description
- Band/Label Homepage
- Homepage
- Country
- Denmark
- Labels
- independent
- My Space
- http://www.myspace.com/7thorns
- Band Line Up
- Kenneth - Bass
Munk - Guitar
Pete - Guitar
Thomas - Vocal
Lars - Drums (former member)
Tyr - Keyboard
- Article Date
- 2008-02-02
- Influences
- Helloween, Gamma Ray, Accept, U.D.O
- Style
- Melodic Metal,Power Metal
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bewlow is their biography according to their website 7thorns.dk
Part 1 - The Beginning
7thorns started back in 1998 as a side project for drummer Lars
and guitarist Dr. No. The idea was to start a band playing music in the
vein of Helloween, Gamma Ray, Accept, U.D.O. etc. The name 7thorns was
a compromise between Lars and Dr. No, and it was originally a temporary
name spelled "Seven Thorns". A guitarist joined, but the search for
other members failed at the time, and thus the project was dropped
after 4 months when Lars got the chance to play in another band.
Then nothing happened until September 2002 when Lars left his
other band due to artistic differences. Lars then got the grit to
reform 7thorns and immediately started looking for new members. In
November 2002, Munk answered to one of the internet ads and later met
Lars at a pub in Copenhagen, engaging in their mutual interest -
drinking damn good beer! Another guitarist, bass player and a lead
singer joined the band, but after a while Lars and Munk decided to
continue the adventures on their own…
Part 2 - New People
After only one month 7thorns got lucky and received a response
from a keyboard player - a breed not widely available in the metal
genre in Denmark. Pil was no more 17 years old when she joined 7thorns,
but her playing ability suggested at least twice that age. Lars, Munk
and Pil started to write a plethora of new material to fulfil their
musical dreams.
Then one day Mik, a completely green lead singer, turned up
for audition. He had the potential to deliver what 7thorns needed, but
the other band members demanded that he developed his technique in
parallel with the overall progression of the band. Unfortunately, the
keyboard player Pil found out that she didn't really dig the music and
therefore left the band, leaving 7thorns in a position even worse than
before.
Part 3 - Divine Intervention
Lars and Munk were now determined to find the right people for
the right place if 7thorns should ever become reality. During that time
7thorns auditioned different new members for bass and guitar, but
unfortunately the search didn't yield any results, although the band
had auditions by a jazz guitarist and a student of ancient Greek
history!
After months of waiting patiently, divine intervention
suddenly occurred when Lars met bass player Tommy at a metal concert.
Tommy showed an interested in 7thorns, and during the next rehearsal he
was playing with band without anyone ever telling him what to play -
it's that simple! With the band almost complete Lars and Munk contacted
guitar player Morten and after an audition he is willing to try his
best in the band.
The result was an almost fully functional 7thorns during the summer of 2004, but as we all know it is never that easy...
Part 4 - Blast from the Fast
The long story short is that Morten was first attacked, and then
moved to New York for a time - but such things happen! But 7thorns kept
on going, and if Tommy was divine intervention it was definitely a
trick of the devil that made Pete contact Lars with the purpose of
joining the band. Pete's background in Illnath quickly made him
introduce the "click" to 7thorns, and this was one of the main reasons
for the sudden advancement of the band.
But 7thorns were still short of a keyboard player, and Pete
contacted Tyr, also of Illnath, and asked him to join! "And Behold -
the world has given birth to a truly divine band". Neither Lars nor
Munk had any doubts - the lineup was complete with people truly
dedicated to the band and the music. A few beers were spilled on that
account…
Part 5 - A New Era
At that time, a new level of creativity filled the rehearsals,
and 7thorns completed 2 songs for the upcoming demo. However, during
vocal recording it was clear that Mik wasn't quite on par with the rest
of the band, and it was decided to do something else with the vocals.
Thanks to a great deal of luck and a clever trap by Lars, 7thorns
ensnared a new singer, Thomas Hübertz who is a professional musical
singer and teacher. Thomas added a whole new dimension to the music,
and the demo was well received by the press all over the world.
As it is often the case, subtle harmonic distortions can have
a heavy impact on the relationship between band members. This time
creative differences between the bass player Jesper Brogaard and the
rest of the band forced 7thorns once again to look for one to join the
lineup. After some time Kenneth auditioned, and we were all blown away
by his superb technique. When he also fit in the band on a personal
level far better than any of our previous bass players, it wasn't
really a tough decision.
Part 6 - The making of Glow Of Dawn
In
the spring of 2006 7thorns made pre-recordings for their forth coming
album, Glow Of Dawn at their own rehearsal facilities at a farm outside
Copenhagen. At that time the title of the album had not yet been
decided. New songs were being written and studio time was booked at
Stonelab Studio and thereby with Steen Mogensen (bass player of
Cornerstone, former Royal Hunt). The recording and mixing of Glow Of
Dawn lasted around 1 month and a half during the spring and summer of
2006. Together with 7thorns the “Grand old man” of Danish rock music,
Peter Brander took care of the mixing and the final production of the
album at his studio, Media Sound Studio, Copenhagen. The final mix was
passed on to Andy Horn, Horn Music Production, Germany with plenty of
experience in metal production, and when his master-CD returned to us
we could not have been more happy with the result!
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