Jimmy Kay from Canada's The Metal Voice spoke to King Diamond's guitarist Andy La Rocque and Bassist Pontus Egberg in Montreal, Canada at the MTELUS theater on Nov 2, 2024.
The two were asked about the inception of the two new tracks 'Spider Lily' and Electro therapy and about an update on the release of the bands new studio album.
Photos by Jimmy Kay
Camera by Orlando Moshpit and Perrin Wolfson
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When asked about the inception of 'Spider Lily
"That idea came up from King. I don't know exactly when but he's been working on it for quite a while. I think the lyrics for it got done just like a few days before the tour started actually. He sent me the basics of the song just a few days, like a week prior to the tour starting, I believe. So we had to learn it real fast, record it because we knew that we're going to shoot it on video too. So it's the newest song we have right now that we actually play Live. 'Spider Lily' is a mean girl who can also be good, we'll see if it's going to change a little bit. It's a character part of the story that King is working on right now. It's going to be released as a video single I don't know when exactly. We also have other songs in the loop too, King has a lot of ideas and I have a lot of songs that's kind of in the demo stage done or finished." Andy La Roque
"Like Andy said, for us we only heard the rough demo of this song like a week before we headed over to the States and quickly had to learn it and record it. Now I think it's been mixed." Pontus Egberg
When asked when the new King Diamond Studio will be completed and released
"We are still working on it and as soon as we get back from tour we're going to have a little Christmas break and then we're going to pick it up again. So the plan is to have everything done this spring (2025). It will be released shortly after the European summer Festival tour (2025) and all that that's the plan we have." Andy La Roque
When asked about their other new song 'Electro therapy' and its inception
"It's been around for a couple of years actually. I think I wrote the intro riff back in 2019. There have been some changes back and forth especially on the verse, trying to find the right key for King to sing on and all that stuff. I think what we have now is probably the final version and it's going to end up on the album too. King is still working on some fine tuning on the lyrics, you will hear that tonight. It's like different (lyric) versions every night. Andy La Roque
When asked if there were any plans to remix any of the older albums
"I would love to do that but the problem is we don't even know if (Masters) still exist or not. I would love to do it if we could find the tapes that would be awesome."
Pontus and Andy
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Nov. 06 - The Agora Theatre & Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
Nov. 07 - The Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL
Nov. 08 - The Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 10 - The Fillmore - Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 11 - Vibrant Music Hall - Waukee, IA
Nov. 14 - Mission Ballroom - Denver, CO
Nov. 16 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 18 - Orpheum - Vancouver, BC
Nov. 20 - Edmonton Convention Center - Edmonton, AB
Nov. 21 - TCU Place - Saskatoon, SK
Nov. 22 - Grey Eagle Resort And Casino - Calgary, AB
Nov. 24 - Keller Auditorium - Portland, OR
Nov. 25 - Moore Theater - Seattle, WA
Nov. 27 - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA
Nov. 29 - YouTube Theater - Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 30 - The Theater At Virgin Hotels - Las Vegas, NV
Dec. 01 - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre - San Diego, CA
Dec. 02 - The Van Buren - Phoenix, AZ
Dec. 04 - REVEL - Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 06 - The Factory In Deep Ellum - Dallas, TX
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