That is a part of what influences me… not to talk about just about me,
I like to write about what I see, a good movie, a good book, and a lot
of historical events. Just as every album.
• As a mixture of these influences?
Exactly, that is Iron Mask. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s always
hard for me to explain my music. It’s the people who listen to the
albums who must say it, why me? I don’t know it.
• Tell us about what you liked the most of working in “Fifth Son of
Winterdoom”
The hardest part for me is doing something that I haven’t done
before. Before starting, I enumerate: “not this, not that”. That can be
a little hard at the beginning, but then, when everything comes to
you, you enjoy composing the song… the melody, the lyrics. You know
from the beginning what the melody is going to be like, and then I just
add the lyrics. I’ve always liked it that way. I enjoy to do that, listening
to the song immediately in my studio. I like that. And I also like when
people listen to it, it’s my second satisfaction.
• Which is the symbolism of the title “Fifth Son of Winterdoom”?
This is our fifth album, I’m the fifth son in my family. My parents died
both in winter, in January and February, “Winterdoom” is a bit like a
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