SAINT DEAMON came to stay for a lot of reasons, but in the beginning mainly because of a burning belief we had, in good friendship and good music. We have to go 2-3 years back in time, when the embryo of the band was formed by Ronny, Tobbe and Ragz.(Tobbe Lundgren and Ragnar Widerberg who, in the final shape of SAINT DEAMON, works as songwriting partners). Next to join up was Toya who, after a late night at Ronny's local pub (and too many beers), woke up finding himself as a new partner in Studio Seven and front guitar man for the band. Maybe a bit shortened version of the story, but nevertheless true. Me, and Ronny shared some great years in DIONYSUS, and I was, of course, sad when he decided to leave the band, but when he called me early 2007 and asked if I would be interested in joining up with his new band, there was no hesitations, I had already made some bass recordings for them earlier, so I knew the high quality of the songwriting, and what great guys they were to spend time with. Now things really got a boost and we found ourselves heading for final stages with lightning speed, Ragz and Tobbe sadly had to decide they couldn't follow their embryo to birth, due to time issues. This is when we sent some of the material to Jan-Thore, whom, in our opinion, has one of the best voices in the Metal scene. The demo blew him away and he came over to Sweden for rehearsals and preproduction the following weekend. At our premiere gig, supporting TNT, our newest member Ketil Ronold joined us by taking a place behind the keys. All preparations for the release were done before he joined the band, so he's still a bit anonym for our fans, but as we progress in time you will see a lot more of him. So here we are today, our debut album on the verge to release, and the band still has that burning belief in good friendship and good music.

First of all, we decided that Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios had to be the master of disaster. Me and Ronny have worked with him on two previous occasions, and he always manages to precede our expectations .So, drums were recorded first, at Jens studio, After that, Ronny and Toya done all the work for the guitars and keys at Studio Seven. As soon as they finished a song, they sent it to me and I recorded the bass tracks at my little studio (the basement of my home).

Then it was time for Jens to take over again, Jan-Thore came over from Norway and blew the roof of the studio with his mighty roar! All the lead and second vocals and choirs were finished in no time. After some guitar re-amping there was only the final mix left, this was the main reason to choose Jens as producer. At this time, he really was at his favorite playground.

Well, there are for sure some pure Power Metal elements in there, as well as pure Metal and all the way down to old fashion Rock'n' Roll., So, I think there will be something for all to feast upon in there. Maybe you could find some similarities between the music and the name SAINT DEAMON, the duality between the smooth melody lines over the growling guitars and vise versa The name also symbolizes life; the world/people around you could be the saints or the daemons of your life, nothing or nobody is only good or evil. It depends on what you choose to find or bring out from a person and your actions upon them.

It's been quite breathtaking so far... beyond our wildest imaginations actually! Every day a couple of reviews, and fan mails hit my mailbox that makes it shine like gold, and the album hasn't been released yet!

No, there is no actual concept in the album; some lyrics deal with the image of SAINT DEAMON around the fictive ghost rider S. Deamon; like Deamons for example. Some lyrics like The Burden deals with more real subjects, how you pull your self together after a life crisis, or how to deal with the negative and positive challenges you will face in life.

The director of the video was Thomas Tj?der, who previously made videos for IN FLAMES. It was filmed partially in a real cool, all wooden, church from the 1500th century in Ronny;s old birth town ?torp. You can find it on YouTube here. The making of this video has for sure paid of, but the usage for videos has changed a bit the last couple of years. It's a chance for the band to give the fans, and the presumptive new ones, some visual appearance on internet via YouTube or your homepage or from myspace, since we haven't released our debut album yet, I think it's pretty cool that we've already received some thousands of hits on YouTube, and get questions about it from the press. I think, this video is, hopefully, going will help us. We have plans on filming a second video somewhere in mid February. We haven't decided which song yet, but we will keep everybody posted via our homepage.

This was truly a great night to remember, first of all sharing stage with a big idol of mine, And the SAINT DEAMON show was a real blast! As for JanThore, he was singing like a God for his Norwegian countrymen. There are no plans for tours this year, but we are hoping for a shitload of festivals, it all depends... Please help us promote the band by sending emails to festivals, radio stations and so on so we can come to a gig near you!

Yes all the members have side projects running, because there are so much fun playing and writing different kinds of music, but the main priority is SAINT DEAMON..

As it feels now, there's absolutely nothing I want to change. I actually never look back and regret what has been done. What's done is done! When it's time for a new recording, the page is blank, a bit more experienced since the previous recordings, which hopefully makes it easier to achieve what I/we have in mind.

The artwork was made by Giulio Cataldo Frontiers Records Graphic Design, and we really think it was a great representation of the music/lyric idea of SAINT DEAMON.

Even though I've been part of the Power Metal scene for a while now, I actually don't think that it is a part of some special kind of music. For me music is music, in this case hard rock, and there are for sure some great bands ongoing and upcoming.

First and most important: have fun! That's the magic secret for success. Of course there are some serious hours in the rehearsal and at home practicing as well, but that won't do you any good if you loose the fun of it. Last but equal important: Never lay back and think that someone else will do the job for you. As soon as you find yourselves calling your band-mates/promoter/record company, asking what is happening, you're on the wrong track; you are the one in charge of the situation, it's you with the help of your band-mates who are going to make things happen. Good luck.

If you listen to the CD, I think you will find influences from a whole variety of bands, like HELLOWEEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MANOWAR, IRON MAIDEN and a whole lot more, sins everybody is involved in the writing, except me. Personally I'm listening to a whole lot of RUSH, DEEP PURPLE, Yngwie Malmsteen, DIO, IRON MAIDEN, WHITESNAKE. Bands I grew up with.

I wish there was an easy answer to this question, but there isn't. On one hand, Internet has made it possible for bands that would never have left the boundaries of there home town, to meet a world audience. Bands like us, are using the net for great promotion work, and the music is spread via downloads to a wider audience which, hopefully, will help us sell more copies of our CD. But here lies the problem: To be able to record the CD, there's a whole lot of money that have to be spent, from the band itself and the record company producing it. So, if the majority chooses to just download our music and never buy it, there will be no more CD's, and this would be quite sad I think.

Yeah, actually I got some new stuff via mail from Ronny the other day, he called it the single for the next album.

Thank you all the same! We will play for anyone anytime as long as we get the travel expenses and hotel. Please force you local Metal festival to book us!