Whats different about Book of the Dead from prior Steel Prophet releases?
SK: Well, for one thing, we tried to get the guitar sound a little up in the mix, make it a little more beefy. We got Rick singing in a mid and lower range which sounds even more resonant, beefy and powerful. MU: It sounds like you are happier with the production elements, but maybe the music is kind of the same. SK: We always try different things with every record. Our thing is about variety. Some bands, like AC/DC, put on ten songs that sound the same – they just perfect that one thing. Something like Hammerfall, is pretty much ten songs, all fast, double-bass, you know, sing along choruses. We don’t do that. We do ten different songs. This one’s a fast song. This one’s a ballad. This one has a lot of black metal influence. This one is super melodic. This one has lots of double-bass. This one doesn’t. MU: What kind of market is there for Steel Prophet in Europe? Have you played over there? SK: Yeah, we’ve done two tours in Europe, one with Gamma Ray / Edguy and one with LeFay / Angel
