So, it’s a little bonus for me too in a way, because this is lyrically also the most personal thing I’ve done, and without Jake’s ability to absorb my feelings, the lyrics would never come out that strong. And a lot of how I describe how it is to be stuck in the “dark place” Jake took with him to adapt the lyrics for the songs. ![]() ![]() That even led me to start writing lyrics, well, not lyrics, but for the first time I was able to express myself in words. Not only is Jake a great musician, he is a unique friend and genuinely concerned. But we put ourselves in this situation and it’s just to bear with the fact that this is how it’s going to be! I hope that fans and people in general can listen to the album and leave out who´s playing and hopefully like what they hear.ĪNTIHERO: The lyrical content of the album touches deeply on addiction and the battle between light and dark, was this your opportunity to put those battles to rest? I know that when we play our first couple of shows there will be “Musician Police” in the crowd with their arms crossed to judge your every move. Jake: It was never our intention to form a “Super Group,” but with the members’ past experience, it’s obvious that people will raise their eyebrows. In one way this puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on us because we are who we are, and speaking from my perspective, I feel that I have to deliver even more than I ever did in any other band before. □ Later, when Alex and Peter jumped on the ship the excitement level started to rise and now I can’t wait to play the songs LIVE!ĪNTIHERO: Many publications and critics see the formation of the band as the creation of the next supergroup, how do you feel about these statements? But the emotions during the whole album process was just pure happiness, self-fulfillment and joy! We spit out a song per session, and the teamwork that me and Jesper had is something I have never felt before. We had one argument during the whole process, and that was regarding a drum beat. From the start we just wrote songs for “something.” I mean, we had no idea or plan on what it was going to be, more than that, we were writing an album together. Jake: We really had no thoughts at that time. 20 years ago, I wouldn’t believe that Jesper Strömblad, (one of my childhood heroes) would scream in my face that WE SHOULD MAKE THIS ALBUM TOGETHER! Hahaha!ĪNTIHERO: When the decision was made to create CyHra together, what emotions and thoughts were going through your heads? Jake: I am a fan of fate, □ So yes, I might think so. We would start to write eventually, but it would never have been that “Cyhra” that the world needs □ So, talk about butterfly effect, I couldn’t be happier I gave Jake a call that day. Jesper: Now in retrospect I would say yes, it really was. I mean nothing bad with this, it´s just different opinions and musically the last album was so far away from what I wanted to do as a musician.ĪNTIHERO: Would you like to consider it a chance of fate that brought you both to the coffee house that day to discuss the possibilities of solo projects? Instead of pointing with the whole hand and try to get people to go with what I had in mind, I decided that it was better and wiser if I let them follow the path that they wanted to go. There were internal things that put the band in different camps, where my vision slowly faded away. ![]() When I started the band together with Olof Mörck, I had another vision for the band than what it ended up being. ![]() Jake: It is a long story, but it was not a decision that came easy. ANTIHERO: What were the major influences in your decision to leave Amaranthe and create CyHra?
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