![]() On the third day, there was still nothing and we were starting to get a little bit worried as we were almost halfway through the week. So the second day came and there was no inspiration – no riffs, no ideas, no nothing. But we got to know each other and how we worked together. The first day, we had no real inspiration. We figured with that one week we could write a kick ass album, because we are on it 24/7 there. We went to an old place in Switzerland to meet up for a week. Nick had this idea of gathering for a week in a quiet place, far away from everything with no distractions. That’s how I got to know Jonas, who is now our bass player.ĭead Rhetoric: What can you say about the concept of the album? Does it tie into the band’s image with plague doctor masks?īonny: We had a few songs, and we needed to work on the rest of the album. Last year, I was a guest vocalist for WarKings, and we were supporting Amaranthe and Follow the Cipher. So he asked him if he was interested, and he joined. Once he joined, he told me knew an amazing guitar player…which was Adrian. He’s a brilliant musician so I asked him to join the band. We got to know each other there and we got along very well. It was actually funny, because I had known Nick since 2018 because we toured together with Serenity. ![]() Later, Nick, Jonas, and Adrian joined the team and we continued the process together. That’s how we created the sound of Ad Infinitum. Or he would re-do the guitar parts in a way that a real musician would play it. He would re-write some parts, such as the drums, which I’m not much of an expert in. Together we found the right direction, and then I started to write the first songs: programming everything, recording the vocals, and sending it to him. I didn’t know really what direction it would go in, and then I met Oliver Philipps, who is the producer of the album. That’s how it started, and it evolved through time. ![]() I was working with bands where I was not the main composer and I was really feeling the need to write something closer to what I like to listen to and sing for myself in practicing. But that was an early stage when I just wanted to write my own songs. Melissa Bonny: The idea started a while ago – I went through my files recently and saw that I was already working on back in 2016. Not to mention discussing her insights from working with other acts, what got her into metal, and much more!ĭead Rhetoric: Where did the idea for Ad Infinitum stem from? Given our excitement for what Bonny has achieved in the past with other acts (such as Rage of Light), and the symphonic power of Monarchy itself, we were all too happy to sit down and have a chat with her over Skype about her thoughts behind the project. Since then, Ad Infinitum has signed to Napalm Records and has just released their debut album, Chapter 1: Monarchy ( Order HERE). Ad Infinitum was first announced by vocalist Melissa Bonny a few years back with a crowdfunding campaign. ![]()
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