Hugo Galli
Lord Divine
Hello, it is a pleasure for me to be able to carry out this interview, I am very well, thank you very much.
That's right, it's been a while since our last album, but at last we're back with "Facing Chaos", our new album, returning to our progressive metal style, something we really wanted with the band.
Our idea was, and still is, to enter the global market, this has not changed. What happened was that the record label that produced us back then, had a proposal from Agora Records of Mexico to edit "Where the Evil Lays", our debut, in their country, but they wanted this record in Spanish. We gave him the OK and quickly we got to work on the translation of the lyrics, and that's how "Donde Yace El Mal" came out.
After finishing the live performances of our second album "... In Disgrace", the band had some lineup changes, which resulted in the album "Imagenes", an experimental album that was recorded in Spanish and came out only in digital format. The idea was to reach the local audience in a friendly language while also trying out new musical styles. Officially that was the only album composed and recorded from the beginning in Spanish by Lord Divine.
That's right, Diego Valdez is one of the best vocalists in South America and it's a great honor for us to have him in Lord Divine, we are fans of him too, we call him "The Voice Of Metal".
We met Diego through Ivan Iñiguez of Panda Studios in Buenos Aires, who had listened to a demo of the new material, which he liked a lot and invited us to make some mixes to the studio. Lord Divine had returned to his original line up and we were composing and beginning to record "Facing Chaos". At first Diego Valdez was only going to produce the vocals of the album, but our singer decided to leave, so then we proposed to Diego Valdez to be the singer. He really liked the material and told us that he would gladly accept being the voice of the band.
Diego's vocal pattern is unique and adapted perfectly to the style and complexity of the band. I consider that with his incredible voice he made "Facing Chaos" the best Lord Divine album so far. I cannot imagine it with someone else.
Well, thank you very much. I think that Facing Chaos is product of evolution and maturity through the years of the band. The biggest progress so far was to be able to edit the album for the first time in our career through a record label from Europe and that the material is distributed in Europe and the United States, which allows us to promote our music beyond our country.
We have many influences and very varied, but our main references are: Symphony X, (personally I'm a big fan of Michael Romeo), Dream Theater, Evergrey, Soilwork, In Flames, and from the old school we like Pantera, Megadeth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Angra, etc.
"Facing Chaos" is the rebirth of the band, musically speaking, we went back to our roots and when composing we tried very hard to create an album that reflects what we really like to do with a lot of power and complexity within our own style.
The lyrics speak of the internal struggles of people from different points of view, how to face them and overcome the adverse situations of life, giving the best of us, making it clear that with effort everything can be achieved.
My favorite song on the album is "I Am" which could be the main hit, the lyrics speak of someone who after so much struggle finally reaches the top and feels invincible, feels safe. But the album has other great songs to keep one's company such as "Reborn", "Light trough Darkness", "The Darkest Light", "Be Afraid", "The Rage on me".
After finishing mixing and mastering the album we started looking for record labels, we had many answers but after analyzing their proposals, we decided to sign a contract with Fighter Records that was very interested in our material and was the one that best adapted to our needs too.
Our musical style is very strong in Europe and our biggest dream in the near future would be to be part of the European scene and share the stage with the big bands from there.
Yes, totally, as I put in the previous question, it would be an honor to be able to play live for the European audience and let them know about our music.
Thank to you very much. Really It is the first time I answered a personal interview, thank you very much for the opportunity you give to Lord Divine so that people know a little more about the band and our new album. Greetings to all!
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