Potential collaboration between Åkerfeldt and Townsend?Συνεργασία Åkerfeldt και Townsend;

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Mikael Åkerfeldt  in one of his recent interviews has mentioned the possibility about collaborating with Devin Townsend. Specifically he said: “Well, actually, if I say anything about it, people are gonna be expecting something to be released. Some of these… I don’t know how many projects I’ve been in, and all of them have been talked about when you’re drunk. I had a band with Jeff Loomis, from now Arch Enemy. [We were] like, ‘We’re gonna have a band.’And a band with Brent from Mastodon. And I was gonna have a band with Yngwie Malmsteen, even if I never met him. But [there was] talk [of] a lot of shit—a lot of shit. But this one, and since [Devin] already mentioned it, yeah, I talked to him about doing something. Not [just] me and him… If it happens, which it may well not do, it will be like a band of musicians.I came up with the idea, talked to one guy from Sweden that I love his voice. I talked to him, and he’s, like, ‘If you’re doing it, if you’re in, I’m in.’ And then I met a keyboard player, asked him and he said, ‘Yeah, I’m in.’ I talked to a drummer, ‘I’m in.’ I talked to Devin, ‘I’m in.’ The idea for this—again, if this happens—is to have a band consisting of lead singers. So the vocals first and instruments second, because that’s been gone missing in music, I think, now. So people that are comfortable singing lead vocals. And then if they are a bass player or a drummer, that’s great. But the singer is the most important thing, that they have a lead-vocal-type voice, if you know what I mean. So the band, if it happens, it’s not gonna be anything big — [we’ll] just do a record for the fun, if we get there, and, like I said, focus on singing and harmony vocals. Like, one takes the lead and the other guys are singing harmonies. Because I love vocals and I’ve been missing that in the rock scene.”

O Mikael Åkerfeldt σε πρόσφατη συνέντευξη του δήλωσε για την πιθανότητα συνεργασίας του με τον Καναδό Devin Townsend. Συγκεκριμένα δήλωσε: “Νομίζω ότι αν πω οτιδήποτε ο κόσμος θα περιμένει κάτι. Δεν ξέρω σε πόσα project έχω συμμετάσχει εκ των οποίων όλα συζητήθηκαν όσο ήμασταν πιωμένοι. Έχω μιλήσει με τον Jeff Loomis, έχω μιλήσει με τον Brent από τους Mastodon. Πίναμε και είπαμε πολλά με τον Devin για να κάνουμε κάτι μαζί. ΑΝ γίνει ποτέ κάτι (που μπορεί να μην γίνει) δεν θα είναι μόνο με τους δυο μας.  Θα συμμετάσχουν πολλοί μουσικοί. Μίλησα με έναν τραγουδιστή από την Σουηδία που μου αρέσει πολύ η φωνή του και είπε ότι είναι μέσα. Με έναν keyboardίστα και αυτός συμφώνησε. Μίλησα με τον Devin και αυτός συμφώνησε. Η ιδέα (που αν γίνει ποτέ) είναι για μια μπάντα με πολλούς lead τραγουδιστές. Οπότε πρώτα φωνητικά και μετά τα όργανα.”