To make music which I can stand behind and proudly say: I made this! That’s why it took MdF a long time to finish the album, we spent countless hours of making it so that it is what we like. That can’t be helped, but personally I want to make albums that I can be proud of. I like the ambition, but what exactly made you come up with that? Aren’t you afraid that people will be disappointed?Įsa: There will always be people who will be disappointed. And not only a band, but the music would be the best power/heavy metal ever made. The idea with the Rome-themed album soon evolved into a new band. I think this makes the songs more interesting, not just a song on top of which some lyrics… Same goes for «Ides Of March», the song follows the story musically as well. What I mean is that I know how Germanicus’ story goes, I know the main events in his life, the song follows this and that makes the music also more interesting as it is not just lyrics that deal with the story, the music also follows the same story and tries to convey the emotions associated with it.
When I wrote both of those songs there wasn’t any lyrics, but I still followed the story with the music as weird as this might sound.
I had the general ideas for some of the songs what their stories will be, for instance I had songs which had working titles «Germanicus» and «Ides of March». Had you already written lyrics with that theme in mine at that point? And what about the music? I know that you had already composed some music did you have the theme in mind when composing the music?Įsa: Actually not. It took Europe a long time to recover (well, that’s a bit wrong word for it, but you get the point) from the fall of the empire. Also, the fall of such huge empire and the consequences for Europe when the Roman empire fell. Can you tell me the reason for that? Was there a personal interest, or what was it that made you write a concept album about that?Įsa: Well, the thing is that I can’t even remember when the idea of a Rome themed album first occurred to me, but I gradually grew fonder of the idea and here we are… I’ve always held interest in history and Rome especially, it is fascinating concept as it spans over such a long time and goes through different times. The idea was originally to make a Rome-themed album. Most of the time life on the road is waiting and being in transport, so you have a lot of time to plot and scheme different ideas. When was this exactly?Įsa: The band was founded it September 2017, I was working (and still am) as technician for Ensiferum and we started to fiddle around with the idea of the band backstage and on the long van rides to different venues. PowerMetal.no had a chat with founder Esa Orjatsalo about the upcoming album and the fascination for ancient stories and myths.Īccording to the bio Metal de Facto was founded by you and Sami Hinkka (Ensiferum). With a Rome-themed album in the making and a slogan saying «Make Power Metal Great Again», the expectations for Metal De Facto’s debut album Imperium Romanum is sky-high.
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