Swedish old school metallers
Sister Sin got their start in
2002, releasing various recordings to numerous labels not being able to make a
stand in the music scene just yet. After a few years they were lucky enough to
get signed with Victory Records releasing with them their debut
"Switchblade Serenades" (2008) which lead to two more releases
"True Sound of the Underground" (2010) and upcoming release "Now
And Forever". This being the band's third album this release was mixed by
Cameron Webb whose done work with Motorhead, Social D, and Danzig. Frontwomen
Liv Jagrell discusses the band's time in the recording studio, the lyrical
process and how it relates to the fans and our surrounding's in the world, to
what lays ahead with the plans of extensive touring just getting the name out
even more so than before.
1. What type of band are you and can you give me a summary
as to how you guys came to be?
Liv: From the beginning it was the drummer Dave he was
looking for a new singer and didn't want it to be a male so he thought it would
be fun to have a girl and had auditions. I had tried out and afterwards it was
him and I to start things off with this band and we had some member changes but
now everything is better than ever and that's how Sister Sin got its start.
2. What's the music scene like in Sweden?
Liv: The country is a very good one to play music it doesn't
matter what kind. We have pop and rock music a lot of the older rock groups
like Abba, but there wasn't always much metal and rock here but I could feel it
coming back and that's good.
3. Have your musical
influences changed since the band first started?
Liv: I can say the surrounding's have to do with it but in
my heart I've always liked bands like Pantera, Judas Priest, Poison, back in
the day more into the sleaze rock not so much anymore. But now I like to listen
to In Flames, Soilwork, but I will always come back to the old rooters like
Motorhead, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister that's where my background is from.
4. Tell me about your new single "End Of The Line"
why did you want to go with this song to be the first single off the new
record?
Liv: It was us and the label to decide so it wasn't the
normal way to pick it but the label felt it was more of an "anthem"
type of song which could be a start for this album and I see it and it's a good
song to do a video for which we're shooting next week.
5. What are your songs about and who writes the songs?
Liv: We all do our share with the music but the core of it
is Dave and Jimmy. They create the melodies' and I just go with it with my
voice. Dave handles the song writing and lyric writer always coming up with
great lyrics and work. He would never put out bad lyrics, he knows how to put
it altogether and he's an influence to me and I can relate and stand for the
lyrics he writes. The lyrics though are about our experiences these days,
touring, and personal experiences, and other lyrics and how the world we live
in how we agree and disagree with everyone and how we discuss what we think
about.
6. Where are you in the recording process of the new album?
Liv: The new album is finished so now we're working on
promoting it before its release. We have a couple of weeks having time to
promote it all of that kind of stuff.
7. How was the vibe in the studio?
Liv: It was a good vibe we don't get into fights in the
studio, when we're in the studio we work and work hard and there were moments
when we stressed out or if this arrangement or song was good so you can say it
was stressful but hard work and a great process overall.
8. How would you describe the overall sound of the new
album? How does it compare to True Sound Of The Underground?
Liv: It's more diverse and dynamic and is more metal than
our last one. We have taken a step further with this type of rock going into
the old school heavy metal type of music. This album we allowed ourselves to
try out some experiments and never used any type of syncs or keyboards so we
tried it slightly which worked well. We also did a ballad on this record which
we're happy about it and hopefully the people will see how we've grown with
this new sound and release.
9. Did the band have any definitive goals they were shooting
for before the recording process began for this album?
Liv: I don't know what to answer. I think we got what we
didn't expect so everyone was expecting something different and different ideas
because it all happened so fast. We were on tour then came home and in 6 weeks
we were in the studio so we didn't have time to think it all through, but we
were surprised but happy with how it all turned out.
10. When did you start writing for this album? How was the
songwriting process different/similar to previous Sister Sin albums?
Liv:It is similar to our previous works so we always wait
for the last minute to do it but this time we allowed ourselves and the
producer to help us out and do different kinds of things when we were trying
new things while in the studio and the song writing is just like how we did it
on the last one.
11. Did you feel any pressure to follow-up?
Liv: Oh yeah absolutely because I liked our last album very
much I am very proud of it. The energy of it everything so we knew we couldn't
do the same thing again but we wanted to give the people that same kind of
energy. So we did feel the pressure and do well with it and get out and tour
more this is a tough industry to be in and we hope the people will like this
release.
12. What are your upcoming plans for the rest of this year?
Liv: We're planning the most is this release, the two video
shoots, and the music festivals we're playing coming up along with some other
shows that deal with the album's release. We want to tour around that release
and find some time to do it at the end
of this year and be on the road as much as possible.
13. Anything else you'd like to say?
Liv: I just hope that the people who like us, really
appreciate the type of sound that we have and feel what we did with this album
individually so I hope that everyone can feel it and we have some fans who may
have not heard of us before. I hope we can gather more fans with this release I
think so.
