The promoters of the Wacken Open Air and of the Reeperbahn Festival have announced the first Hamburg Metal Dayz. From September 20th to 22nd, about 20 bands from the heavier range of music will play at the Markthalle, among them SAXON, DORO, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, CALLEJON and more.
There will be panels and roundtable discussions, where music business insiders share their knowledge and discuss topics like Career Aspirations And Working In The Music Business, The Future Of Metal and How To Push Your Own Band. The fans can meet the artists, and there will be exhibitions, readings, comedy and workshops for musicians.
Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden’s Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Metalshrine: The times we are living in are a lot about gossip, bad reality shows where people are hurtful to each other and they say stupid stuff. It is a bit of a different society these days. I always find it admirable when people are like you and I feel I’m a bit like you and I try to see the positive stuff and I try to treat people in a kind way. One of the things I’ve thought of the last couple of years is that the main thing in life is about being a good person and to do good.
Doro: I couldn’t agree with you more. Actually, I’ve got one little story to tell you and it’s proof of that. On two occasions I did a past life regression and a year ago it was with a lady from Switzerland and you could tell that she knew that stuff. You look into her eyes and… yeah, she’s a very wise woman. I didn’t know if it would work but she said, “Lay down on the couch and relax.” And I said, “No, it doesn’t work with me.” And then she said, “Tell me what you have on! Look at your feet!” and I looked at my feet and I started laughing. It was so funny and she said, “What’s so funny?” and I said, “I have the weirdest shoes on. They are like little slippers. Where are my high heels or biker boots?” Then she said, “Well, look up!”. You have your eyes closed during this, you’re in a trance but you can still talk. I looked up and I had these weird clothes on and they were very uncomfortable and suddenly I was in this past life. I was a woman and I was in Hungary. It was pretty bad and I was hungry all the time and times were really tough. I saw myself on a horse, riding like crazy trying to warn the farmers of something and there was a war going on. This was a TV thing and for me it was interesting but to them it was not that interesting. Then I went into another lifetime and I was a guy and I was huge. I almost looked like Gerard Depardieu, like a butcher. It was 1648 in Dubrovnik and I’d never been there. We never played there. I was not so good and I was out with whores and drinking beer. It was unbelievable! I was married to a beautiful woman but she was boring and had two kids. Then they called me back for another TV thing and I said, “Yeah, it would be very interesting to do it again,” so I went back and I actually saw myself dying in jail. I was sentenced to life and I was bad. I saw myself dying and then I saw something like my soul or something and it came out through my head and it formed into a light, like a little sun or a comet and then my whole conscience and all my feelings were in that thing and I looked down on my body and I was very sad and then another lifetime started. Then the lady said, “OK, now you’ve gotta come back!” and she woke me up and said, “Tell me the first thought that comes to mind!” and my first thought was that “You have to do good in life.That’s the most important thing.” It’s very simple, but it’s very important. Maybe that’s why now I’m a little girl, because I overdid it. I had too much fun and I didn’t care, so now I care. [laughs]
Metalshrine: Ronnie James Dio then? What did he mean to you?
Doro: When I first met him, I couldn’t even speak English. It was in the ’80s and it was my second tour. I think it was ’87. The first one was with JUDAS PRIEST and it was my first time in Sweden and then with Ronnie James Dio in ’87 and we had a great relationship but it was limited. We didn’t really talk much. It was in the ’80s and these big productions and there wasn’t actually much time to talk. Then I did a song for a Dio tribute album, “Egypt (The Chains Are On)” and then times in the ’90s were difficult when grunge was so big. Finally metal was coming back a little bit and I went to the “Magica” release party in New York. I went there and I said, “Hey Ronnie, congratulations to your new album!” and he said, “Oh, I’m so glad you’re here. I wanted to tell you that I love the song you did for the tribute album!” Later on I was listening to the radio and Ronnie was on doing an interview and the DJ said “OK, what song do you wanna hear?” and he said “Let’s hear ‘Egypt (The Chains Are On)’.” and it was our version. I was ready to cry and I was so touched. Then I did an interview with KNAC and my record was just being finished, “Calling The Wild” and then the lady asked me “So, any touring plans for the States?” and I said “Yeah, of course we wanna go on tour. Maybe opening up for somebody or do our own headlining tour in the clubs.” She said, “How about a tour with Ronnie James Dio?” and I said, “Yeah, that would be awesome!” She then said “He’s calling in an hour. Should I suggest it?” and she did. We ended up on tour together a couple of weeks later and it was the best tour in my life. It meant so much when metal came back in the States. I gave my life insurance to go on tour for the tour bus and the crew. It costs you and the record companies didn’t do any tour support anymore. We went on tour together and it was the best tour. It meant so much. We went to Florida and I was watching the show every night and sometimes we went out to dinner, the whole crew and bands and it was so good. I remember Ronnie loved Indian food so we always went to Indian restaurants. At one of the last shows in Florida I was sitting next to the stage and suddenly Ronnie left the stage and the manager said, “You know what’s coming, right?” I said “No.” and then he said, “You’re up!” and Ronnie came with a second microphone and on the last shows we did a couple of songs together. He was so inspiring and every night I watched the show. Even when he was exhausted and sick he gave it his all and he always took the time to greet every fan and write the autographs. I just thought, “I can learn from the best.” We had a good vibe going. He didn’t tell me, but he told some journalist that he was working on “Magica” 2 and 3 and that he wanted to do something together with me. I would’ve loved to do that. Who knows, maybe there is another life? [laughs]
“Raise Your Fist In The Air”, the new video from German metal queen Doro Pesch can be seen below. The song comes off the singer’s new EP, “Raise Your Fist In The Air”, which was released on August 3. A full-length album, “Raise Your Fist”, will follow on October 19 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Pesch loves New York, which she considers her second home. However, when the rock lady from Düsseldorf, Germany recalls the “Raise Your First” video shoot, she still gets an uneasy feeling. That’s because the filming didn’t take place on Broadway or in Times Square, but far away from the American glitter world, in the dark corners of the Bronx.
Comments Doro: “For Manhattan we would have needed permissions to film for each and every street corner — in the Bronx, nobody cares.” At least no police officers, that is. The activities of Doro and her bandmates didn’t remain unobserved, of course. “We purposely trudged around the most rundown quarters in our video truck,” she says. “The gangs that hung around there were watching every step of ours very, very suspiciously. We felt anything but safe. At times we were downright besieged by dark shapes.”
She adds, “I explained to the guys who we were and that ‘Raise Your Fist…’ can be considered quite a critical song that names and shames the constantly growing injustice in the world.” And when the singer offered the gang members and homeless people an opportunity to appear in the video, the subliminal aggression quickly turned into sheer enthusiasm.
“That was the best we could have done,” Doro explains. “The video came out absolutely great. And the parts with the people from the Bronx are the ones I like most.” She jokingly adds, “And it was also way better for our health.”
“Raise Your Fist In The Air” EP track listing:
01. Raise Your Fist In The Air
02. Victory
03. Engel
04. Lève Ton Poing Vers Le Ciel (French version of “Raise Your Fist In The Air”)
Adds Doro: “Everyone who likes the EP will sure be delighted by the album with its 13 to 14 songs as well. I’ve put all my passion, blood, sweat and tears into my first record for Nuclear Blast.”
“Raise Your Fist” was recorded and written in the U.S., Germany, and Scandinavia. Doro says, “For the diehard fans of German songs like ‘Für Immer’ [‘Forever’], there are two songs in the same vein — sensitive and quite dark ‘Human Rights’ and the very emotional ‘Engel’ [‘Angel’]. There are also a lot of fast songs like ‘Little Headbanger’ and various fist-pumping ones featuring amazing guests like Gus G. (OZZY OSBOURNE, FIREWIND) on ‘Last Man Standing’ which fans will for sure dig live. We also have a song that honors the late Ronnie James Dio called ‘Hero’ and another highlight named ‘It Still Hurts’ featuring MOTÖRHEAD‘s Lemmy Kilmister. The cover artwork has once again been created by British artist Geoffrey Gillespie who is a close friend and companion since he made it into the Guinness Book Of World Records for his ‘Triumph And Agony’ cover as the biggest album cover in the world. Since then, he’s done ten covers for us!”
In a 2011 interview with Canada’s XplosiveMetal.com, Pesch spoke about the song “Raise Your Fist In The Air” which she played for the first time at last year’s Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. “It got great feedback [from the Wacken audience]. . . . It was originally written by a Wacken fan, a metalhead, and then I did my own thing to it. It was actually a diehard Wacken fan who did a demo and sent it to the promoter. He sent it to me and said, ‘Hey, how about we make a Wacken anthem and here’s an idea from a diehard Wacken fan.’ I listened to it and thought, ‘Hey, that’s great.’ Then we worked on it and continued working on it. Just to tell you how that song came about, it was a collaboration with a diehard fan and it was actually really good. Sometimes the fans have the best ideas. It was so dead-on.”
Nuclear Blast Records has recently announced – The Queen is back – DORO PESCH returns to the record stores. Almost four years after the highly successful album “Fear No Evil” (#11 in the German album charts) the time has come today: The Queen of heavy metal has just released her new EP “Raise Your Fist In The Air” via Nuclear Blast.
Apart from the live-proven title track, the EP includes two more brand-new mega-hits, namely the powerful anthem “Victory” and the wonderful German ballad “Engel”.
Moreover. DORO adds the French version of “Raise Your Fist“ as a bonus.
“This is the first record for my new label Nuclear Blast”, DORO explains. “Thus it’s a very special album, because the cooperation means very much to me. So I hope that in the end the fans will love the EP and the album as much as I do”
The new album „Raise Your Fist“ will be released October 19, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.
On Tuesday, July 10th vocalist DORO will hold an exclusive listening session for her new single, ‘Raise Your Fist In The Air’, at Nuclear Blast’s head office in Donzdorf, Germany (near Stuttgart). It will begin at 6:00pm and Doro will be in attendance for a signing session. Go to this location for more details.
Doro recently checked-in from her work in the studio to issue the following update:
“The new album will be entitled Raise Your Fist and has been recorded and written in the US, Germany, and Scandinavia. Right now we’re in the mixing stages and are close to finishing everything. Most important to me are the power hymns ‘Raise Your Fist In The Air’ and ‘Victory,’ which will also be available on the forthcoming EP! Both songs have been played live on our last tour and also made last year’s Wacken Open Air shake! ‘Raise Your Fist In The Air’ will also be available in French… which is going to be very interesting. For the diehard fans of German songs like ‘Für Immer’ (‘Forever’), there are two songs in the same vein: the sensitive and quite dark ‘Human Rights’ and the very emotional ‘Engel’ (‘Angel’). There are also a lot of fast songs like ‘Little Headbanger’ and various fist-pumping ones featuring amazing guests like Gus G (OZZY OSBOURNE, FIREWIND) on ‘Last Man Standing’ which fans will for sure dig live. We also have a song that honors the late Ronnie James Dio called ‘Hero’ and another highlight named ‘It Still Hurts’ featuring MOTÖRHEAD’s Lemmy Kilmister. The cover artwork has once again been created by British artist Geoffrey Gillespie who is a close friend and companion since he made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for his Triumph And Agony cover as the biggest album cover in the world. Since then, he’s done ten covers for us!”
Raise Your Fist will be released in North America this coming fall. To hold fans over until then, the upcoming Raise Your Fist In The Air EP will be released August 3rd via Nuclear Blast. The EP will contain the following songs and will be issued on CD, vinyl and as digital download:
Raise Your Fist In The Air tracklisting:
‘Raise Your Fist In The Air’
‘Victory’
‘Engel’
‘LèVe Ton Poing Vers Le Ciel’
View the cover artwork for the CD digi and LP below: Source: Bravewords.com
Legendary metaller and the queen of metal Doro Pesch, just checked in from the studio to issue the following update:
„The new album will be entitled „Raise Your Fist“ and has been recorded and written in the US, Germany and Scandinavia. Right now we’re at mixing stages and are close to finish everything. Most important to me are the power hymns „Raise Your Fist In The Air“ and „Victory“ which will also be available on th forthcoming EP! Both songs have been played live on our last tour and also made last years Wacken Open Air shake! „Raise Your Fist In The Air“ will also be available in French which is going to be very interesting. For the die hard fans of German songs like „Für Immer“ there are two songs in the same vein. Sensitive and quite dark: „Human Rights“ and very emotional: „Engel“. There are also a lot of fast songs like „Little Headbanger“ and various pumping ones featuring amazing guest like Gus G (OZZY OSBOURNE, FIREWIND) on „Last Man Standing“ which fans will for sure dig live. We also have a song that honours the late Ronnie James Dio called „Hero“ and another highlight named „It Still Hurts“ featuring MOTÖRHEADs Lemmy Kilmister. The cover artwork has once again been created by British artist Geoffrey Gillespie who is a close friend and compagnon since he made it into the Guiness book of records for his cover for „Triumph And Agony“ as the biggest album cover of the world. Since then he’s done ten covers for us!“
The upcoming EP, „Raise Your Fist In The Air“, will be released August 3, 2012 via Nuclear Blast. The album, „Raise Your Fist“, is set to be unleashed October 19, 2012.
DORO – Raise Your Fist In The Air
01. Raise your fist in the air
02. Victory
03. Engel
04. Lève ton poing vers le ciel
„Raise Your Fist In The Air“ can now be pre-ordered at THIS location!
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