A Taste For War With JADE From FROZEN CROWN

There is a general vibe surrounding the upcoming fifth album from
Frozen Crown, called War Hearts, that suggests the Italian power
metal outfit are truly at ease with themselves and their
music.
Not only is War Hearts the band's first for Napalm Records, but it
also ushers in 18-year-old guitar prodigy Alessia Lanzone and marks
the first time Frozen Crown have released an album featuring all of
the band members together on the one recording.
It shapes as a career defining album for the group, pushing their
trademark elements to new levels of complexity without forgetting
the characteristic catchy hooks that have punctuated their earlier
work.
With War Hearts just weeks away from being released on October 18,
vocalist Jade sat down with HEAVY to go through things in greater
detail.
"For us this album is very important, because it's the first we are
releasing with Napalm Records," Jade began, "and the first as a six
piece band."
We ask her to talk about the musical side of War Hearts in greater
detail.
"War Hearts is a fresh start for us," she explained, "because new
label, new guitar player. But on the same side it's a very Frozen
Crown album. We really wanted to be loyal to our sound, to our
style. So you will find something Frozen Crown, but more powerful.
Adding a third guitar has been a blast for us, especially from the
live point of view. We really wanted to take the same amount of
layers of guitars we have on the album. We are not fans of
sequencing and backing tracks, so we wanted to be true. Working
with a third guitar player has been a great enrichment for us.
Alessia has been a breath of fresh air, and having the third guitar
gave us the chance to enrich the arrangements."
In the full interview, Jade discussed the evolution of War Hearts,
blending power metal, speed metal, and traditional heavy metal and
keeping it cohesive, having all band members record an album for
the first time and what it brought to the overall sound, how War
Hearts pays homage to their influences such as Children of Bodom,
in what ways Frozen Crown's sound has changed from their debut
album The Fallen King to War Hearts, how Alessia came to be in the
band and how she completes the line-up, their upcoming tour with
Kamelot and more.


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