Thanks, I´m fine. Hope you are too.

Torsten and I met up in the nineties to start a small band. We are old friends from a long time before. We found Andreas for the keyboards and someone for the vocals. We started to write some songs and got some little gigs in our area. In 2001, we officially became THRUDVANGAR and our first CD was released in 2004. One year later, in comes our old friend Matze for the vocals and Kanne for the second guitar. After some time, Andreas left the band. Earlier this year, Floh joined the band as a guitar player as well. He was a friend of Matze's long before any of this. But we stay in good contact with all the past members and they will always be a part of this band.

We have a lot. It starts from earlier Black Metal like BATHORY, SATYRICON, etc to  AMORPHIS and so on. But we are also influenced by other musical genres as it is important for us to have some variation.

It means "the field of strength". That is what we want: to bring the strength in our music to you.

We are happy with the result. Sometimes even after completing your goals you will still find something you want to change about the product. But you have to come to a point where you realize that it's time to let go, otherwise you could destroy it all and have to start all over again. You can take the things you wanted to change as a learning experience for your next endeavor.

No. We only say that we play metal. We don't like to give it a special name. Only the lyrics should be categorized.

Old myths, old history, books, films, and so on. Influences can be found from anything you like.

We took a year for production. We started with the drums and half a year later with guitar and the rest. We took some time outs during this period. That was pretty cool, because then you have the chance to hear it with fresh ears everytime, but –yes it can be stressful.

No, we don't have plans yet. Only in December will we do a little gig in our hometown together with our friends from XIV DARK CENTURIES. We take this to be our release party.

Maybe for the next album. We are now in a new label deal where we have to see how it works first.

No, we are not poets or politicians. We tell only stories about an old time – it is the kind of story everybody knows because it is interesting.

Yes of course. We are working again. Our new man Floh is a very fit and young guy on the guitar and he's a very fast player. I think you will hear the difference on the next album. He takes us to new levels with his new style.

Yes it´s very important to stay in touch with them. The only problem is nobody from our side knows how to build a website. We are only musicians. But on Facebook we are able to reach out every time and when you write us you will get an answer 100% of the time.

I have to thank you for your interest and thanks for the review on your website - really amazing. Hope we write for us next year again. Stay Metal, hope to see you on a gig from us.