DARK FUNERAL's LORD AHRIMAN Talks About Working With Producer DANIEL BERGSTRAND

Adam L. of Deadtide.com recently conducted an interview with DARK FUNERAL mainman Lord Ahriman. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Deadtide.com: I've had the pleasure of interviewing Peter Tägtgren, a man that you've worked with in the past. The fates conspired against you on this album, but do you have plans to work with him again?

Lord Ahriman: I don't know. We talked to him, and he was busy with his band, and we have a good relationships with Daniel Bergstrand. I don't see us going back to him, but continuing with Daniel's studio.

Deadtide.com: What are the differences between the two?

Lord Ahriman: You know, as producers they all have their own way of working; they're quite a bit different. We can set up the recording sessions somewhat different than we could with Peter. With Daniel, things were more professional and really in-depth in everything of the record and the music, and the creative process of the record. It's more of a career for Daniel, you know what I mean? In the past it was more underground, we're still underground, but the way we work is more professional.

Deadtide.com: Daniel's worked with some big artists, like SOILWORK...

Lord Ahriman: IN FLAMES...

Deadtide.com: Yeah, how does it feel to be associated with those bands?

Lord Ahriman: Nothing really reflects on us, we're still DARK FUNERAL. (laughs) I know Daniel was really worried that people were going to hack him into pieces and that he was going to ruin DARK FUNERAL and have everything synthesized. But that was the point. He was the one that called us up and said "I want to record you guys," he was tired of doing the easier metal records, and he wanted to do some more aggressive stuff, and he said there's no better band than DARK FUNERAL. I guess in a way, as a producer he wanted to say, "Oh, I can do other things than melodic death metal." And it worked for us all, it didn't really destroy us with the keyboards and everything...

Deadtide.com: How goes the lawsuit against No Fashion Records?

Lord Ahriman: I haven't heard any news yet, I can only say total victory is the only thing we'll accept. The only reason it's taking so much time is that the legal system makes it possible for someone with a lot of money to stall things. But time is shaping up, and that's where we're going to destroy them. When we win, we'll invite everybody to have a party outside of their office. Every metalhead in Stockholm. The whole problem is that there were no contracts done with them. They have the owners rights, director's rights, and everything, and obviously without the music rights, you have no power. It's all the label, they come to the composers and everything and say "Oh, we have the rights to this and that." And somehow their word is better than the fucking guy who comes along in a band and wants to get it recorded. That's the really fucked up thing about our case. There was no contract written, and the only way we'll be able to get paid is to go through the courts. It's total fucking bullshit. We're going to the Supreme Court next.

Read the entire interview at Deadtide.com.