How do you an�cipate this release will be received, both in terms of recep�on to the music and sales of the vinyl? Also are you only releasing a limited number of copies (and if so, howmany), or will more be made available depending on demand, and do you have a release date in mind? Not having a worry of making a loss financially, allows me to do what I want and to do it from the heart. This has been the greatest blessing for the Meads and the Wolves, as we all create the music first and hope people will like it. We are no longer subordinate to labels. The release will have a 500 press, and will be out July if all goes to plan. I think the music will speak for itself. It has been great to do things the way they used to be done. Drums tracked in the studio, the art actually being purchased, the session musicians all being into the music. The whole process with the vinyl is more involved than a cd, and even though for the modern era the packaging of vinyl can be a pain in the ass, it’s all part of that old school feel. Once again, you’ve got a number of guest musicians involved, including members of Venom Inc, Forefather, Taake and Drudkh. What will each of those guests be contribu�ng to Y Gododdin? All the guests have contributed vocals to the tracks. Tony Dolan has done the narra�on for the intro and he sound like a possessed Dracula. It’s not just speaking into the mic as I would have been more than happy with. He literally does a Shakespearean vocal that kills. Thurios has done vocals before for us and that Drudkh associa�on is such an honour to have, as it is with Forefather, another band we are very respec�ul of. And finally, the unapologe�c Hoest. What can I say... You’re obviously really into Bri�sh history both in your lyrics and I’m assuming outside the band as well. Which aspects of Bri�sh history that you’ve not yet covered most interest you and could be the subject of any future Wolves of Avalon albums My main focus is from 400-700AD, In a chao�c post-Roman Europe. This is where I thrive historically. To con�nue the Wolves Bri�sh themed lyrics I would look at the ba�les of Brananburh of Maldon, as a future release. These are also lesser known events in our History. I have always been a History nerd. More due to my father filling my roomwith books when I was young. Nowadays it would be a room of computer games, laptops and i phones. Even my children look at books as relics of a bygone age and it is a sad reflec�on of the �mes. I know you don’t need to be a bookworm to get on in life, but words can be so powerful and I so get the line, the pen is migh�er than the sword. What aspects of Bri�sh history could you best draw parallels to and connect to the modern world, and what specific things from our history do you see that could most relate or be applicable to today’s world? I think any history �me line with, religion, war, disease, cruelty, slavery, kings and peasants, reflects today’s world. The world is no worse; it just has not changed when it comes to war and cruelty. We humans kid ourselves if we think the world will be any different, as we always have. We are a stain on this planet, an anomaly that should not be here, but we are and that’s the mystery. Were we planted here by Aliens? Did a God create us? Did we evolve from now ex�nct primates? Who fucking knows is the answer... and most of us couldn’t care less.. What’s next for the Wolves of Avalon a�er this? Where do you see the band heading? I never really think that far ahead. I just have ideas then focus to complete them. The future is always a blank canvas. It depends on my pa�ence with this scene and how faceless it has become. If you are new to it then it will no doubt seem the best thing ever, but for us old ones, it just does not compare to how it was. That is life, and nothing will change the way the internet has turned music inside out.
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