The Band: Striker
Country: Canada
Answers by: Tim
Striker is one of the
most active bands in Metal scene. They release albums, videos, they tour around
and they ae always trying new things. If you add to that that they kick you ass
with heavy speed metal 100% natural and with no chemichal elements, then you
will understand why they are experiencing so a big success.
Hello Tim, almost ten
years of career…, the band was formed in 2007, four albums counting the new one
“Stand in the Fire”… How would you summarize all those years, Tim?
Full speed or no speed! We have always put 100% effort into
everything we do. From the beginning of the band up to now, we have always
tried to do things as best as we can and have everything we do be at a high
level. What's the point if you don't go all in?
Time goes fast and
you have been growing with time as a band. What difference do you think exists
between the Striker’16 and the band thas was born in 2007?
We've all grown and matured a lot for sure. We've gone on
lots of tours and played with tons of top level bands, for example direct
support to Metallica... You learn so much from playing with guys like that, and
all the tours we've done are always learning experiences. One thing that's
remained constant is our love of beer!
You have gone through
changes in the line up, the last one in the position of guitarist. How has this
affected your sound?
Since we always try to keep everything at a high level, each
member brings a new twist on our sound. Everyone is a pro, and can easily play
the songs just like on the albums. The thing with the member changes is that we
are still great friends with our past members. Everyone that's been in the band
has been an awesome guy and we still party with everyone all the time. It's
tough being in a touring band, especially in the modern music industry, so you
can't blame someone for not wanting to spend a decade sleeping on strangers
floors on tour.
Talking about your
new album “Stand in the Fire” , I think the long term fan will not be
dissaponited at all, it sounds to Striker all the way
We tried lots of new things and introduced new sounds to the
album, but that being said it sounds more like Striker than ever. It all comes from
maturing as song writers and knowing what we want in terms of songs. We are
really happy with how this album turned out and I think our next albums will be
even better!
Guitars are brilliant
and dominant as ever, but may be in this album you have gone more in the
direction of classic heavy metal than speed metal?
I think we are just paying more attention to melody, hooks,
and catchyness. All good music has those qualities and we have just really been
focusing on that for this album. It's great to shred away and play as fast as
possible, but playing something with a hook or strong melody is so much more
enjoyable for both us as performers and listeners. Traditional heavy metal from
the glory days of metal had these qualities in spades, and we are just trying
to add that into our music too.
Great melodies are a
mark of your sound and we get plenty of it in this “Stand in the Fire”
Like I said we've been focusing on melody a lot for this
album. If you don't have melody you don't have a song. We were able to do a lot
of work on the songs for this album, and I think it shows.
How did you work in
the new album?
We worked on the album for about a year before it came out!
Lots of work certainly, especially since we recorded at home.
You are a very active
band in the social media, for example in Facebook you got almost 90.000
followers, that talks very well of your charm and your Metal
We are just happy people like us enough to follow us on
social media! It's a great way to stay in touch, and also helps a lot in
getting news out, like new music or tours. We do all our social media so if you
get a message from us its actually one of us!
-Another thing I have
been able to confirm about Striker is that you make more miles than Bugs Bunny
:) , you go to wherever you need to deliver the goods. For instance, you are
travelling to Europe for a tour hand by hand with Primal Fear & Brainstorm…
We are road dogs! Coming from Canada, where we have to drive
12 hours to any new city, we are used to long journeys to get to the next show.
We will do anything we can to go out and play. It's a lot of work to do all
these tours, but its all worth it in the end because our friends on the road
make life so amazing.
Talking about
innovation… what is all that about saxophones…? Who got the idea?
Dan really wanted a song inspired by the Lethal Weapon
soundtrack, which has a sax in it. The rest is history!
You have spent enough
money in funny videos along time (I remember that one from the contest’s prize,
with the alien attack…), no new videos coming for “Stand in the Fire”?
We have a video for Too Late, from our new album. We have
been really busy and finding time to record a new video has been tough. Rest
assured we will have more videos coming though!
Canada is a country
with long tradition in Metal, with many new bands growing in the field as
mushrooms in autumn. We can say Striker leads the new generation?
I sure hope so! There's lots of great Canadian metal bands,
and its always fun to be part of a growing scene. If we can help our heavy
metal brothers and sisters in any way we gladly will!
In Spain you have a
good legion of fans, if I am not wrong the last time you came to our country
was in a tour with Cauldron, some years
ago. Any dates in Spain this
year?
Since the Cauldron tour, we've actually done 3 Spanish
tours. We did a headlining tour in 2013, direct support for Bullet in 2014, and
we just played 4 shows in Spain with Primal Fear and Brainstorm on this tour a
week or 2 ago. Spain is always great and we love our Spanish friends! Can't
wait to come back!
Ups, I must update my
info... And last but no least, quoting yur words in Facebook: (talking of Simon
Fallon filling the guitar role for the shows)” …You might also mistake him for
Chris Segger, because somehow we always have one bald guy in our band...” Is
this some kind of slection process in order to get into the band :)?
Ha ha yes! They have to fill the last guys shoes. Simon is a
hero and we are glad to have him on board.
Thank you very much
Tim and wish you a big success with your new album & tour!
Thanks for the interview! Check out our website
www.striker-metal.com for all your Striker needs, and don't forget to visit us
on tour!
Cheers
Tim
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