Daniel Myhr

Interview: Daniel Myhr, CIVIL WAR; “It felt really good to do something that was more ‘us’…in SABATON we were directed what to play.”

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 16, 2013

Posted in: Interviews. Tagged: "The Killer Angels", BLACKDIAMOND, Civil War, Daniel Myhr. Leave a comment

313_30052617594_4710_n After leaving SABATON last year, the four ex members – Daniel Myhr, Daniel Mullback, Oskar Montelius and Rikard Sundén soon decided to start a new band. They very quickly completed their line-up with vocalist (Nils) Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION’S SHARE) and bass player Stefan “Pizza” Eriksson ( VOLTURYON) and CIVIL WAR was born.

The band are due to release their first full length album “The Killer Angels” via Despotz records on 11th June. The album name is borrowed from the novel by Michael Shaara about the Battle of Gettysburg and the band have released two singles, ‘I Will Rule The Universe’ and ‘St Patricks Day’. Just today (16th may) CIVIL WAR have released the third and last single, ‘First To Fight’ before the upcoming album release.

Blackdiamond recently spoke to keyboard player Daniel Myhr about the band and new album. Some excerpts from the interview can be read below and the full interview can be listened to on the audio player:

Daniel described details about the band name and new album as follows:

“The whole historical theme of course comes from SABATON, but even before we decided on the name CIVIL WAR, we thought that maybe we should move away from the war theme a little bit. But when Patrik came into the picture, it seems he’s really interested in history himself. It doesn’t have to be as detailed as it was with SABATON, so we kind of flipped back to the history/war theme a little bit, even though we didn’t plan to. But some of the songs aren’t about war at all, we’re trying to keep a little bit of distance from it.

The sound is more traditional heavy metal, now we have Patrik he likes to write stuff that sounds a little bit like DIO. Then we mix it together with our style; a bit more typical power metal style, a bit of fusion between the older SABATON before Coat Of Arms and influences from power metal.”

Discussing the change from being in SABATON and moving on to CIVIL WAR, Daniel expressed:

“It felt really good to do something that was more ‘us.’ In SABATON, we were directed with what to play because Joacim wrote the songs. Now we work out all the material together, instead of just having material presented to us. We went from the basic to the finished material really easily, there was never any fuss about anything.”

CIVIL WAR

For more information about CIVIL WAR check out the official website at this location and their official facebook page at this location

CIVIL WAR: ‘The Killer Angels’ Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 3, 2013

Posted in: News. Tagged: "The Killer Angels", Civil War, Daniel Mullback, Daniel Myhr, Despotz Records, Oskar Montelius, Patrik Johansson, Rikard Sunden, Sabaton, Stefan "Pizza" Eriksson. Leave a comment

Source: Blabbermouth.net

CIVIL WAR — the new Swedish metal band featuring former SABATON members Rikard Sundén (guitar), Daniel Mullback (drums), Daniel Mÿhr (keyboards) and Oskar Montelius (guitar) alongside singer Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION’S SHARE) and bassist Stefan “Pizza” Eriksson (VOLTURYON) — will release its full-length debut, “The Killer Angels”, on June 11 via Despotz Records. The group states: “The album deals with a lot of stuff: heroes, traitors, battles and heavy metal….and yes: we have a song called ‘Gettysburg’.”

“The Killer Angels” track listing:

01. King Of The Sun
02. First To Fight
03. Saint Patrick’s Day
04. Rome Is Falling
05. Sons Of Avalon
06. I Will Rule The Universe
07. Lucifer’s Court
08. Brother Judas
09. My Own Worst Enemy
10. Gettysburg
11. March Across The Belts (bonus track)

A three-minute YouTube clip containing audio samples of the tracks that appear on the debut EP from CIVIL WAR can be found below. The CD was released on November 13, 2012 via Despotz Records.

According to Sundén, CIVIL WAR‘s sound is “more old-school hard rock,” with “a little less keyboards” than that of SABATON. He says, “With Patrik‘s vocals on top, it becomes a different thing, but there are some parallels [to our previous band].”

Regarding how CIVIL WAR came together, b>Mullback told the Swedish-language newspaper Dalarnas Tidningar (DT), “It came pretty naturally. We always thought Patrik had a good voice and he accepted our offer when we asked him to join the band.”

“I had no hesitation about getting involved,” Patrik said. “ASTRAL DOORS certainly has a solid fan base, but we are a little more underground. I see this as an opportunity to reach a wider audience.”

The four ex members of SABATON were never involved in the songwriting process with their former band since those duties were usually handled by vocalist Joakim Brodén. But in the new group, everyone is contributing ideas.

“This has been a reawakening of sorts,” Mÿhr said. “I have never been in a situation where there has been so much creativity.”

On the topic of whether CIVIL WAR will continue SABATON‘s tradition of focusing on war-related themes in its lyrics, Mÿhr said, “No, we won’t. Now the lyrics can be about anything. [CIVIL WAR was just] a good name that sounded good.”

CIVIL WAR: Debut EP Details Revealed

Posted by aliblackdiamond on October 23, 2012

Posted in: News. Tagged: Civil War, Daniel Mullback, Daniel Myhr, Despotz Records, Oskar Montelius, Rikard Sunden, Sabaton. Leave a comment

Source: Blabbermouth.net

The debut EP from CIVIL WAR — the new Swedish metal band featuring former SABATON members Rikard Sundén (guitar), Daniel Mullback (drums), Daniel Mÿhr (keyboards) and Oskar Montelius (guitar) alongside singer Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION’S SHARE) and bassist Stefan “Pizza” Eriksson (VOLTURYON) — will be released on November 13 via Despotz Records.

The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Rome Is Falling
02. Civil War
03. Forevermore
04. Custers Last Stand
05. [Bonus Song]

You can pre-order the effort at this location.

“Rome Is Falling” is available for free download at PledgeMusic.com (e-mail sign-up required).

According to Sundén, CIVIL WAR‘s sound is “more old-school hard rock,” with “a little less keyboards” than that of SABATON. He says, “With Patrik‘s vocals on top, it becomes a different thing, but there are some parallels [to our previous band].”

Regarding how CIVIL WAR came together, b>Mullback told the Swedish-language newspaper Dalarnas Tidningar (DT), “It came pretty naturally. We always thought Patrik had a good voice and he accepted our offer when we asked him to join the band.”

“I had no hesitation about getting involved,” Patrik said. “ASTRAL DOORS certainly has a solid fan base, but we are a little more underground. I see this as an opportunity to reach a wider audience.”

The four ex members of SABATON were never involved in the songwriting process with their former band since those duties were usually handled by vocalist Joakim Brodén. But in the new group, everyone is contributing ideas.

“This has been a reawakening of sorts,” Mÿhr said. “I have never been in a situation where there has been so much creativity.”

On the topic of whether CIVIL WAR will continue SABATON‘s tradition of focusing on war-related themes in its lyrics, Mÿhr said, “No, we won’t. Now the lyrics can be about anything. [CIVIL WAR was just] a good name that sounded good.”

Former SABATON Members Launch CIVIL WAR

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 25, 2012

Posted in: News. Tagged: Civil War, Daniel Mullback, Daniel Myhr, Oskar Montelius, Patrik Johansson, Rikard Sunden, Stefan Eriksson. Leave a comment

According to the Swedish-language newspaper Dalarnas Tidningar (DT), former SABATON members Rikard Sundén (guitar), Daniel Mullback (drums), Daniel Mÿhr (keyboards) and Oskar Montelius (guitar) have formed a new band, CIVIL WAR, with singer Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION’S SHARE) and bassist Stefan “Pizza” Eriksson (VOLTURYON). The group is currently writing songs for its debut album.

“It came pretty naturally,” Mullback stated about CIVIL WAR‘s formation. “We always thought Patrik had a good voice and he accepted our offer when we asked him to join the band.”

“I had no hesitation about getting involved,” Patrik said. “ASTRAL DOORS certainly has a solid fan base, but we are a little more underground. I see this as an opportunity to reach a wider audience.”

The four ex members of SABATON were never involved in the songwriting process with their former band since those duties were usually handled by vocalist Joakim Brodén. But in the new band, everyone is contributing ideas.

“This has been a reawakening of sorts,” Mÿhr said. “I have never been in a situation where there has been so much creativity. We became a full band a week and a half ago and we already have 6-7 songs in the works.”

CIVIL WAR will continue writing songs during the summer with the hopes of releasing an EP this fall. A full-length album is tentatively due early next year.

When asked how the new band will sound, Johansson said, “The one thing we all agree on is that we want to have good melodies. We can rock as hard as ever, but the melodies are important.”

On the topic of whether CIVIL WAR will continue SABATON‘s tradition of focusing on war-related themes in its lyrics, Mÿhr said, “No, we won’t. Now the lyrics can be about anything. [CIVIL WAR was just] a good name that sounded good.”

Although the details behind SABATON‘s split with Sundén, Mullback, Mÿhr and Montelius have not been fully revealed, the group’s former members make it clear that they have not spoken with Brodén and SABATON bassist Pär Sundström since they went their separate ways.

“There have been rumors that we did not want to continue playing together anymore but that is simply not the case,” said Mullback. There are also many people who believe that we are not playing on the new SABATON album, [‘Carolus Rex’], that it’s the new band that recorded the tracks. But that’s not true either. It is us.”

Photo credit: Lars Dafgård