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GOD DETHRONED plaudern zur neuen Scheibe

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22.02.2009 | 15:27

Henri Sattler, seines Zeichens Frontmann der Niederländer GOD DETHRONED, hat nun einige Erläuterungen zum textlichen Konzept von "Passiondale", dem kommenden Album der Band, bekanntgegeben. Es handelt sich bei der Scheibe um ein Konzeptalbum zur Schlacht von Passendale, die in und um die gleichnamige Stadt im Ersten Weltkrieg wütete.

Henri Sattler erläutert, wie er zu dem Konzept gekommen ist:

"It says Passendale on the street sign. The little village with it´s huge Tyne Cot cemetery and memorial centre. I passed it many times on the way to Isaac (Delahaye, our former guitar player) for another of our notorious drinking sessions in Ypres not far from the French border. I got really impressed by how this town breathes World War I. The numerous cemeteries, the Menin Gate with its daily last post ceremony since 1929 with the exception of just one day during a bombardment in World War II, the buildings that have been rebuilt in their original state and definitely all the English, Irish and Scottish people that visit Ypres every weekend, probably because one of their relatives died there during the war. During the night at the bars & pubs they tended to get really drunk and sang louder than the barman could crank up the stereo set! It’s during these times that I got inspired by the Great War and decided to write a concept album about it. Ypres and Passendale were the center of war activities during the war with around 900,000 casualties compared to 9 million worldwide. I realized how harsh it must have been there during those 4 years. Passchendaele was the official name of the little village during the war, but since the English speaking armies couldn’t pronounce that, they nicknamed it to: Passiondale".

"Passiondale" erscheint als 2-CD-Digipack inklusive einer neun Stücke umnfassenden Bonus-CD ("Live in 2005"), sowie als reguläre CD im Jewelcase. Vinylfreunde können das Teil auch auf LP abgreifen, die auf stilechte 666 Einheiten limitiert ist.

"Passiondale" erscheint in unseren Breiten am 27.04.2009.