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ENBOUND: "And She Says Gold"

ENBOUND are a new Swedish Metal band featuring one mysterious Lee Hunter on vocals, who sings more AOR-type of music in another band (hint: they just released a new album and their world domination is in progress...). "And She Says Gold" is ENBOUND's rather fine debut album. To get to know the band and hear about their influences etc, here's Mike Cameron Force!!!

How has the reaction to your latest CD been?

It´s been mostly great! They tell us it´s a genuine product and great music:)

How long did this CD take to make from start to finish, recording-wise?

666 days. We have not been able to record everyday though, and since we don´t live in the same town we have to send files back and forth. Imagine you want a special sound and you have to explain it mostly in text through
e-mail... it can really take some time :)

What kind of 'sound', production wise, did you have in the back of your mind, prior to entering the studio?

We actually didn´t have any main guideline, We wanted a natural hard sound, pretty wide.

What kind of input did the producer have during the process?

Since I am the one producing the record (Mike Cameron Force) you could say I was the spider in the web. Went a few rides over the country and producing on location but also over telephone and E-mail. Someone has to make some choices when the band is not at the same location, so I asked the other guys if it was ok if I could produce the record they said of cource.

And are you pleased with the final outcome? (sound - production wise)

I think this was the right sound for us on our debut album, maybe in the future we can even be more experimental, but we put a lot of time on this piece.

Did the producer (you) use any (weird) experimental miking and/or recording techniques?

Hmmm hahaha we had a lot of wierd mike-ings goin on :)

How did you go on about capturing your 'live sound' in the studio, or perhaps you didn't

We didn´t trigg the drums to get a more live feeling but we added some trigg later in the mix, and we use real instruments like the violin, doubble bass, grand piano and tenor horn instead of just keyboard on some tracks.

Please inform us about your favourite songs and lyrical highlights and why?

We got lot of questions about our favourite song and I think the whole album require a listening... I think it´s very hard to just pick one song. But the lyrical highlight is the line -and she says gold, in the song "untitled X" Lee at his best mood and mode :)

Any overall theme of mood that you're trying to capture while writing songs?

An empty stomach feeling. When a song is finished you should have got emotional, and at the best want to listen to it again.

Does your vision for coming up with music get affected at all by time?

In every ways yes. We really can't see a point in writing exactly the same kind of songs over and over, the whole creative thing is about finding different inspiration sources to blend with our melodic hard rock to make something special out of it.

Did the record company interfere with anything on your "sound" and songs?

No they kept their hands off :) They like our music so why mess with it? :)

Are there any 'crazy' behind the scenes anecdotes from these sessions that you can share with us?

Well some of the songs is tuned in 446 since Marvin is very good with technican stuff... NOT! So we had to change all keyboard on a few tracks hahaha. Marvin, Swede and Mr. Ljung smashed the bassdrum the day before recording. On a
Saturday... So we had to call Mr. Werner who owns the music store, to open for us on a sunday.

How would you describe the sound of your new CD to any potential new fan?

Melodic metal, emotional and pure Black and Gold

Who are your influences and heroes? (music-wise)

We like diffirent bands and artists. I am a huge Metallica fan. Have a small collection with over 300 records of them. Swede is as crazy but with Dream Theater, Marvin adores Sune Persson on saxophone and a lot of the jazz guys. Lee
like bands like Queen and Toto.

If there's anything you'd like to add, say, please do:

Add us on Facebook and Myspace. (The one with the most friends win...hahahaha).
Also visit www.Enbound.com
Mike Cameron Force

Interview by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom,
Photos from the band's website www.enbound.com www.myspace.com/enbound 
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