Sebastian Ramstedt: “Back then in the ‘80s it was Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon. I felt confident and just kept doing what I do.”īraveWords: In those early days when you began to break into and discover your love for heavy music, what were some of those defining influences? What would you say were some of those early bands you modelled your sound or tastes on? But actually when writing Dawn Of The Damned I felt totally free. You have to do what you want to do, you can’t think of what you should do. But now when I know this it would have been horrible to start the writing sessions now, you know? And to do a third album now, that would be pretty hard, actually. So when I had written most of the material, I didn’t know about the success yet. The success of the album came gradually during those two years on the road.
Sebastian Ramstedt: “I just kept on writing after Mark Of The Necrogram. Fusing these sounds seamlessly have propelled them to the upper echelon of heavy metal and with the ghastly growls of Anders Strokirk to navigate the atmosphere, Dawn Of The Damned stands as one of the best of the year and hits #6 on our countdown.īraveWords: With Dawn of the Damned following up one of the groups more acclaimed records ever in Mark Of The Necrogram, was there a pressure as the primary songwriter to keep that momentum going, or even top it? The Swedish death/black masters infuse more life to their hellish sounds with thrashy riffs while adding unexpected melodies to heighten the senses. 6) NECROPHOBIC - Dawn Of The Damned (Century Media)Ģ020 saw Necrophobic again raise the fires of damnation with their new opus.
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