Oh, first we are still complete with Mischa Mang on vocals, who is well known as the former singer of IVANHOE, David Bertok on keys and my dear brother Ralf on bass. This is our new line up, we rehearse since the last months and go on tour with SIEGES EVEN now. The decision to change the line up was amicably wished by all members of DREAMSCAPE. For a long time Jan, Benno and Roland have been too busy with their side projects and work, that really endangered the band, but they are still good friends and support DREAMSCAPE furthermore.

It was absolutely the band's fault, as a result of the time problems we had. Some of the songs where ready written by Wolfgang at 2005 and you can imagine that the chewing gum like continuing would really bore him. Additionally, the drums recording was finished in December 2006, but nothing happened with the bass recordings and vocals. Jan's time management let us not enough space to record everything contemporary to the songwriting and we finally decided to finalize drums and guitars outside the DREAMSCAPE studio by ourselves, to keep the time plan passable. Finally everything worked well with the compromises we made with Jan and this resulted in a great new album.

That is something to think about in the future. It is sure, that the band has much more and quicker musical output with the new members, so that the next album can be expected next year. It's not sure for now who is in the boat with us. We need someone who acts in concert. Massacre - on the other hand - put labels on our CD which proclaimed the end of DREAMSCAPE even if they know that the band is continuing. Not very nice, don't you agree?

Yes, first we let the music flow out of our fingers catching the parts like in a brainstorming, but then you have to sleep one night over a melody, a rhythm part or a guitar riff. Sometimes it could happen, that the main structure of a song will be completely turned upside down, if someone in the band comes with the idea to do that. Songwriting is always a band process for us, it makes it sometimes difficult (due to that everybody must accept a new part) but after all, everyone is satisfied with the result.

We never plan a song to be in one kind of style or another, the music still flows out of us and contains aspects of all the different feelings a man has. The fact that the main result is prog-style comes from the complexity of these feelings. We will keep this structure always because five different persons with five different ways to feel produce songs like that!!! In addition, we are not interested in making as much money as we can but rather in making our music as we like to.

We love the artwork with reason in its mystic touch and we often like to coquette with the people's way of interpretation of our lyrics and songs. I can only say that we are all fans of fantasy and mystic because we are all a part of god's creation with all the mystic in it. Every song and every lyric contains its own kind of mystic. How someone will fix his point of view is in the eye of the beholder.

You are absolutely right. It's nothing unreal on it. We use our experiences in life for our creativity.

Well, the lyrics are all based on simple love stories, but be careful; you always have the possibility to interpret every lyric due to your own life experiences. We tried to insert many metaphors and keywords which made this possible.

Oh, I think, there are also many fans who read the lyrics. Otherwise, the lyrics in heavy rock and metal are used to be written in English. If this is not the mother language of someone, it is definitely difficult to catch everything, what is meant by the lyrics in a song. We try to write our lyrics with deepness and sense, but also with ways to interpret every word. That makes reading & singing with and understanding easier, 'cause you always put your own feeling into the words.

Yes, indeed that was the announcement, but with all the troubles and work for the tour we decided to concentrate on this thing; made new photos of the band, record a brand new song which we'll present live and we're thinking of producing the video after the tour.

Not concrete, but we are waiting for any invitation. We still like to do much more live work than before but still looking for a good booking agency or management.

Not only SIEGES EVEN has this problem of missing recognition. Prog is a music with no easy listening, so if you like to be recognized you have to be loud. Shout to the world: I'm here, I've got something to say and show you my talent!. Maybe they've lend back for too long, cause they are great musicians that produce unbelievable good music. They definitely should be recognized more than up to now.

It was absolutely great at both festivals. The fans have been unbelievable. Well organized, well done, good inspiration, kind and warm welcome. What more could I say, it was fantastic!

Answering your first question, we have still ordered complete new shirts with the new cover artwork on it. Second question: We do have fans all over the world and are very happy about that situation. And due to the third question: it is really one of the most important things for us, what the fans have to say. We take every critic and praise as a chance to get the bands evolution to higher levels.

So for all of you reading these lines, bless you and hope you can do the things you like the most, as we try to do. Don't listen to bad music and always vistit the Metal Temple website! Hope to see you soon at one of our concerts. If you have any questions or only the wish to tell us something, please contact us at our website. Best wishes, Michael.