Hi Tomer, I'm fine, thank you. It's great for me as well to have this opportunity!

Sure. The story is pretty interesting.

I think I'll begin with the former band where Leve (the vocalist), Eli (the bassist) and I (the keyboardist) used to play. This band performed covers, and just began making first steps in the writing of original material. But we didn't work out quite well in this band, and eventually it fell apart. For some time we stopped our musical endeavors, but after a while Eli came to me with the idea of creating something new, something mature and serious. And we decided to give it a try.

Leve was already there waiting for new action. And for the guitars we thought the best match would be our friend Elnur. He also parted from his former band approximately at the same time we did, and we loved the way he played guitar and the way he felt music. He accepted our offer with much enthusiasm, and together we started working on a material for the debut album of RED ROSE (Leve suggested this name for the band, and we felt that it suits us very well). We were only missing a drummer, but our friend Sam (who used to play in the same band with Elnur) gladly took the job of a session drummer. And that's how the team was gathered.

Thank you very much! We feel very happy that we could make it all happen, and that we had the luck finding Bakerteam Records and getting in collaboration with them. Sometimes when I think about all this, Freddie Mercury comes up in my mind singing "Made in heaven, made in heaven… It was all meant to be…"

We just wanted our songs to be different from one another. We explored ourselves musically and tried different approaches. And this search is not over yet. But what made us reach this particular blend is the mix of personalities and influences that we have in the band, I think. Each of us contributed to every song, put a bit of himself in the final piece. And this mixture turned out to sound good. It came kind of naturally.

I think it's difficult to be unique in the melodic genre today. But as I said, we're still searching for the right recipe to our songs. What's definitely unique about us – is our personal approach to the melodies, the harmonies and the lyrics.

The album turned to be international in a way. It began as an idea in Israel, was recorded in Denmark, released by an Italian label, and its artwork was made in Brazil. Was it on purpose? Not really. We just wanted to get what's called a "European quality", and we found those people around the world to cooperate with, who are real professionals in what they do. It is quite an investment, but the result is definitely worth it.

As I said, we wanted the album to be of a world class, and we knew it would have to be recorded outside Israel. The question was where. And Eli shared his idea about Tommy Hansen, who is well known for his work with artists like Helloween, Jorn and many more. We listened to some of his works and figured that his signature sound could be exactly what our songs demanded. It was pretty insane to go that far for the recording, but the result was far beyond satisfying. We received an incredible experience, and Tommy helped us to get the best out of what we had.

Yeah, I guess we are a bit out of fashion here in Israel. But fashion wasn't our goal from the start. We want to write sincere music that will come from our hearts and perhaps find a response in our listeners. Anyway fashion's always changing. And there are many people who love this kind of music as much as we do. I think there is a decent place for us on the Israeli rock scene. But what we are really looking for is a place on the world scene. This is our main goal.

We all participate. Perhaps I, being a keyboardist, am more in charge of arrangements. But each of us is full of ideas for lyrics and for musical themes. And each contributes his part into the final piece.

Meanwhile we have several local shows in our plans. And we'd like to cross the borders of Israel for sure. But nothing specific is planned yet in this direction. We hope we can get on the road as soon as possible. Let's see how things go.

Oh, it was great! The public was so supporting, singing along with us and dancing… We had an amazing time on the stage, and received very warm feedbacks afterwards. Many people have bought our album that night, and this is very inspiring!

It was a pleasure! Thank you for your time and interest, Tomer, and thanks to Metal-Temple. I'd like to say to all readers: keep rocking, live in full and make your dreams come true! And give a listen to our album. Perhaps you'll like it!

Till next time! Stay tuned.

Red Rose's Official website: www.redrose.co.il