Evil Masquerade

For those who don’t already know, there is a new and exciting project underway, in the form of a fanzine.

Fans are being urged to get involved and to come forward with any Evil Masquerade creation that they may have and would like feature in the magazine.

One of the magazine features currently under discussion, is a section where fans can put forward their own questions to the band.  It will then be up to the band to decide what question/s are the best and that they’d be willing to answer, and will then feature in the magazine. These questions are requested to be sent to the special fanzine email address:

This new creation is gonna be a must for any fan of the band and hopefully, as well as the new album release, will become very popular and help build up the fanbase even further. Please everyone, help support this and leave some feedback on the EM FANS PAGE.

So, what’s happening in evil wonderland? Well, I had to make another trip to Sweden yesterday to record one remaining song that we couldn’t fit in the schedule last time. Today I’m back in Copenhagen - and it was all worth this additional Scandinavian sightseeing. Now everything is done – and to both Apollo’s and mine full satisfaction. To be completely frank, this album turned out even better than I had dared hoping for. We have spent a lot more time experimenting and trying out “less common ways of thinking” just for the fun of it. I have always been a big fan of that kind of workflow, and this was certainly no exception. I think an album should offer both what people have come to expect, plus elements never (or rarely) heard before. This album (formerly known as Album No.4 – now known as Fade to Black) does just that. The 3 first albums were released almost on an annual basis – but this one took twice the time to make. It wasn’t possible for me to do it any faster without compromising with the quality, which would never happen. I’ve been in composing mode since 2003 and have basically never left the studio since then. Fade to Black has been, and is, a very important album to me - and I couldn’t really put the artistic spotlight at the precise right place until I realized that this album should not be lit on with a spotlight. It should be treated the other way around. It should fade, and at times all the way to black. But not in the sense of creativity or melody – darkness has lots of beauty and excitement to offer. It’s more about exploring the dark side of Evil Masquerade. And while doing this, I came to realize how comfortable and natural this felt to me. I know this probably sounds like gibberish to people that are fortunate enough not seeing into my brain, but this is what gives Evil Masquerade’s 4^th album the perfect atmosphere and fresh feel. This is also what reflected my reality during the making of this album. Sometimes without me even knowing. Sometimes with me knowing it too well. Another cool thing with this album is the buzz and high expectations it seems to have created lately. Never before in my career has an upcoming album done this already before people have had a chance to hear it. Much of this is thanks to all the amazing people that have teamed up with the band in a common goal of Evil Masquerade World Domination. While some record labels seem very sleepy, this has never reflected the always-fighting troop of fans of the band. Without them/you I’m 100 % sure that music like Evil Masquerade’s wouldn’t stand a chance in this world to survive. I could of course play much safer while composing the music, and thereby make it more appealing (read: economically less risky) for the bigger labels to sink their teeth into our evil orchestra. But this will never happen until “appealing” means “what-ever-Evil-Masquerade-feel-like-doing”. So what’s next? Well, artwork and mix. Both are being prepared for right now. What about the line-up? It will be revealed soon. Anyone feel to lend a hand? Then feel free to spread the message about the upcoming album anywhere possible/impossible. And to you that are already doing exactly that: Thanks a lot! CHEERS! /henrik

Apollo recording the Fade to Black album.

Chrissie has done it again!!

Yes my friends, the action continues at galloping speed at the Evil Masqurade front. Thanks to Christine Krusewitz from Germany, we now have Evil Masquerade at Facebook too.!! If you have a Facebook account please join us there, and if you still are not a member of Facebook, you might consider getting an account there and become a part of this very fast growing community. Many facebook friends of Evil Masquerade have already joined us there and it continues to increase in popularity.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Evil-Masquerade/20556283062?ref=nf

Thank you Chrissie for bringing Evil Masquerade to Facebook!!

YOU ROCK!!

Can there not be any MORE Evil on myspace? Well yes there can, and the more the better we say! Yes Myspace is getting more and more Evil, what with another wonderful site that has been set up in the form of a group. Anyone who belongs to myspace and loves a bit of Evil, is welcome to join. There will be new topics set up, which you can enter into a discussion with other fellow Evil fans, and of course feel free to start your own. Come join and help us turn myspace into our own little Evil land!

http://groups.myspace.com/evilmasqueradeworldfans

 Big thanks to Alex Matos, who is responsible for this.

Evil Masquerade continues to grow and expand their fanbase all over the world.  It was not too long ago when a group of great and very dedicated fans from several parts of the world created fan sites dedicated to Evil Masquerade and their fans.  These were created in the  areas of Japan, France, Mexico and Holland. 

Now, we have the pleasure to announce that our friend Chrissie from Germany has done a fantastic job with the creation of another fan site for Evil Masquerade in Germany.   Creating an even larger and stronger fanbase for Evil Masquerade. 

Please join us in thanking Chrissie for her great help and the great support she is giving to Evil Masquerade.   Show your support to Evil Masquerade and to Chrissie as well,  by adding her new created site GERMAN EVIL MASQUERADE FANS to your list of friends at MySpace.  

http://www.myspace.com/evilmasqueradegerman 

Thank you Chrissie!! And thank you all for your great support to Evil Masquerade

Thanks to Chrissie - another devoted fan and friend of Evil Masquerade, a new fangroup has been born. You will find it here  http://www.lastfm.de/group/Evil+Masquerade

Now, everyone who has an account there can join this group, but even if you aren’t part of it, then now is the perfect time to sign up there. Not only is it another place where you can share your favourite music and meet friends with similar tastes in music as yourself, but you can also join this new group and support your favourite band further…thus helping the Evil army to continue growing.

See you there!

I just returned from Sweden where Apollo and I have recorded the first tracks for the upcoming album. This will be a wet dream for metal lovers who are into powerful vocals that hit where it hurts and performances that don’t play safe, but still win every time. We had a blast while recording these songs and I’m sure you will hear it without doubt when the album’s out. I’m also 100 % sure that Apollo will get worldwide acclaim for this release. And I feel much confident that this album will be remembered by many for a long time. CHEERS! /henrik

As you might be aware of, Evil Masquerade recently came out with a competition in which every person entering the contest would send a recorded sound clip to a specified Evil Masquerade address.   The winner of this competition would have their sound contribution added into the new upcoming Evil Masquerade album #4.  Fans were asked to be creative and to record an audio file with a microphone where they would say something that they thought would carry the greatest message ever on a metal album .  Every participant would have an equal opportunity to be chosen.  Henrik Flyman would decide, based on the recording itself, which one was the best to be included in the new album.  

Many brave and enthusiastic fans stepped forward into the “Be part of the Evil” contest and they sent their contributions to the Evil Masquerade address that had been assigned for that purpose.  Their contributions were posted publicly on the Official Evil Masquerade Forum for everyone to listen and enjoy.  This was great fun for everyone!  We were finally able to hear  the voices of those friends we had only known through pictures and through their written words.  The competition came to an end,  and now all that was left was the waiting for the day in which we would find out who the lucky chosen was. 

 Well….the amazing news came to us yesterday at the Official Evil Masquerade Forum.  Henrik Flyman announced that all those fans who so bravely recorded and sent their contributions for this contest, they ”ALL” will be included one way or another within the new album.  Henrik Flyman will make some of his magnificent magic recording work to include those sounds in very special different ways.  He will use his amazing creativity to make Album #4 one of the best albums ever created.

It’s well past midnight and the perfect hour to add some haunting keyboards. I’m pleased to say that you can expect a very unique sounding album. You have not heard Evil Masquerade this way before, but still it sounds more Evil Masquerade than ever… just a whole lot darker, more powerful and… evil. No sleep for the wicked. CHEERS! /henrik

I just finished translating the lyrics for the song  “Surprises in the Dark” into Spanish.  Some time ago, someone at the Spanish Evil Masquerade Forum had made the suggestion for us to do this translations to allow all those many Evil Masquerade Spanish fans to get a greater feeling for what Evil Masquerade music is all about.   Today I translated the first song into Spanish “Surprises in the Dark” from the first Evil Masquerade album “Welcome to the Show”.   Working on this translation not only reconfirmed to me what a great song this is, but also gave me the opportunity to analyse to a greater extent the amazing context of the song itself.  All I can say is that after I finished the translation of this song, I was even more delighted than ever before with “Surprises in the Dark”, and if you would ask me how to describe this song for you in just one word, I would say:   Beautiful !!!!  

 ”Surprises in the Dark” is just glowing bright on my spirit today.  I love it!!

Go…..give it a listen…..concentrate heavily in the meaning of the entire song, and you tell me if it is not amazing!!