Interview with the band for the King of Metal European Tour
What's your name and what instrument do you play?
C: Claudio Tirincanti playing Drums
A: Andrea Neri playing electric guitar
T: Thomas Zwijsen playing electrical and classic/spanish guitar
L: Lehmann playing Fretless bass
How did you meet Blaze?
C: I met blaze on tour. I was playing in the support band of his tour
A: Last year in Italy during the Italian shows. I played with him for three gigs in electric and two in acoustic
T: I invited Blaze for a guest vocal on my acoustic Iron Maiden tribute album called “Nylon MAiden”. We did an arrangement of the clansman for vocals and nylon string guitar. Apparently he was very satisfied with the result, cause a few days later he phoned me to invite me to compose this amazing album with him at Castle Blazenstein
L:Through Claudio Tirincanti, the drummer
3. What was your reaction when Blaze told you you could go on tour with him and record the album with him?
C: I was very excited and honored
A: I said: Amazing! I’m in, when do we start?. To go on tour is awesome but to play in a tour with Blaze for 60 gigs in three months is simply amazing.
T: I was very excited! Blaze has always been in my top-3 favorite singers. It’s very cool to be able to actually compose songs with one of your favorite singers and ask him “can you do this, can you try that...”. I really can’t wait to bring these songs on the tour, I think everybody will be as excited as we are!
L: I was honored and ready to embark on a new adventure
What is your favorite song on the new "The King of Metal" album?
C: Rainbow fades to black
A: I don’t know, it’s not a simple question cause i love them, they’re so different. Maybe rainbow fades to black and dimebag because of their meaning.
T: Depends on my mood. Today it’s The king of metal and judge me
L: Black Country at the moment
What will you miss when you are on tour with Blaze?
C: My WC (lol) and the ordinary life
A: miss?? Nothing at all!!
T: Friendly faces
L: Italian coffee
Do you have any other musical projects?
C: In september I’ll go on tour with Ripper Owens
A: Sure I have my own band called Astarte Syriaca, we play progressive metal. I also play in some other projects with different music styles from punk to pop, R&B and many others.
T: yes, i am releasing an album called “Nylon Maiden”. My favorite Iron Maiden songs arranged for classical solo guitar. One of these arrangements features Blaze Bayley on vocals. You can check out these arrangements on youtube.
L: Yes, my own project Neurasthenia and my solo project Twelve.
Who is your biggest influence?
C: My father, the biggest musician in the world
A: The band that influenced me are Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Dream theater and Queen, but i have to mention also some excellent guitar players like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Vinnie Moore. I met Vinnie recently in Rome before he started for the tour: great person, amazing musician!
T: Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Helloween, Edguy but also many classical musicians and flamenco guitar players like Vicente Amigo and Paco de Lucia
L: Metal, Thrash, Death, Speed, Heavy, Symphonic Black, Classica, Rock, Pop, Industrial
Any message to the fans?
C: See you on tour, bring me your women and drinks
A: Come to the gigs, headbang till you die and never forget that YOU are the Kings of metal!
T: Come to one (or all) of the shows on our Tour! And to the female fans: if you want fast fingers, don’t go for the drummer.
L: Horns up and keep metal alive