DANI NOLDEN
BEAUTIFUL AND GREAT SINGER!
Brazil here!
By
Darkzen
This time
our friend Daniela Nolden, or simply Dani Nolden, lead singer of Brazilian
Heavy Metal band Shadowside, she gave us this interview! Really a great person
and woman! Thank you my friend!
Here a
little bio of her, Dani Nolden was born on December 26, 1982 in the coastal
city of Santos, Brazil, located about 70 km from the city of São Paulo and 500
km from the city of Rio de Janeiro. She started her life in music at the age of
8, taking piano lessons, but after she was introduced to bands such as Guns N’
Roses, Judas Priest and Skid Row, she took a completely different path of what
their parents were expecting from her. She then became a Metal/Rock singer and
songwriter, being with many independent bands until founding Shadowside back in
2001.
In the
following years, Dani Nolden and her band Shadowside: in 2006, Shadowside
supported German Heavy Metal icons Helloween during their tour in Brazil; in
2007, the band won the AirPlay Direct‘s
“All Things Digital Hard Rock/Heavy Metal” among over 1,000 bands
worldwide; and due to that exposure they signed a major worldwide deal and
began touring the United States, Europe and South America, performing with
bands such as Iron Maiden, W.A.S.P., Kittie, Sepultura and Temple of Brutality
(feat. David Ellefson of Megadeth).
Her
biggest influences in music include Heavy Metal legends Iron Maiden, Helloween,
Nightwish and Sepultura, Hard Rock giants W.A.S.P., Skid Row and Guns N’ Roses,
and more modern or contemporary bands like Disturbed, Soilwork and Rammstein.
A pleasure as always to have this talk with you!
you're a great singer, woman and friend!
Hello my friend Dani!
have you been?
Dani: Great, thank you! It’s a pleasure to talk to you once
again.
As you have been this year 2014, with the band, tours,
projects?
Dani: I have been working hard on the new Shadowside album
with the guys in the band. The year has been pretty much dedicated to that, we
haven’t played live much. We still have a few shows left to play, however the
tour in 2013 was very extensive, we played over 60 shows during the tour in
support of the album Inner Monster Out so we decided it was time to work on new
material. I think we should have it completely written by the end of the year
and will begin recordings at some point in 2015.
The last year, had an awesome tour! in Europe, which
was the experience?
Dani: It was fantastic! We played many places we had not
played before and had the chance to visit some others that we had been to in
the past, such as Poland, Finland, Spain, Germany and many others… while it was
our first time in Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria and so many others
as well. It was very intense as we had shows nearly every single day and when
we did have a day off, it was a day dedicated to a trip 800 to 1000km long to
get to the next concert location. So we had no rest whatsoever and for two
months in a row, our lives were nothing but soundcheck-show-sleep. But it’s
always a great experience. We always get to the end of the tour much more
mature than when we started it and full of ideas for a new record.
The good and bad of the Tour in Europe?
Dani: I don’t think there’s a bad side to it other than
being extremely tired at the end of it and not seeing your family and loved
ones for two months. That’s always the hard part and the bad side of all tours.
The good side is that we get to breathe music 24/7 for two months. We get to
see personally what our fans think of the music that we worked so hard on.
There’s no better reward for a musician than to see people from all over the
world singing your songs and coming to you after the show to say how much they
enjoyed the show.
Also an excellent detailed an acoustic tribute to a
great Singer and icon Dio! on MTV in
your country, that was the experience?
Dani: It was a lot of fun actually! I hadn’t had a chance
to perform Rainbow in the Dark for a very long time. We recorded that song back
in 2005, however it wasn’t an acoustic version. This time MTV Brazil was doing
a special for the International Day of Rock and they wanted a band to represent
4 different styles of Rock, playing an acoustic version of an icon of that
style. We were chosen to represent Heavy Metal and thought Dio would be a good
way to demonstrate Heavy Metal.
Dani Nolden tell us about the future, new recording or
video? New album?
Dani: We have a video out now, we released it recently.
It’s for the song Habitchual from the Inner Monster Out album and it’s
available at www.shadowside.ws . We have a new album in the plans now, we are
working on the new songs… there are already a few ideas being worked on and we
should have the album written by the end of 2014. We will begin recordings at
some point in 2015 so I do believe we will have something new for people to
listen to next year. I can promise you it will be heavy and angry! (laughs)
Any duet in live or recording with someone else?
Dani: There is nothing planned at the moment, but I am
definitely open to the idea. I like to contribute to other projects or have
other musicians contribute to what we’re doing with Shadowside.
In addition, when we have Dani, with Shadowside in
Latin America?
Dani: Soon, I hope! It’s a shame we’ve never been able to
tour Latin America. We’ve played 30 countries all over the world and we have
not played Latin America… but everyone needs to know that it’s not because we
don’t want to! Bands don’t get to choose where they play unfortunately, we
depend on concert promoters being interested in bringing us or having the
possibility to bring us. We’ve had concert promoters contact us from Argentina,
Paraguay, Costa Rica but unfortunately nothing has been confirmed until now. We
hope we have the chance to see our latin american fans and friends real soon!
How do you feel, you're the third consecutive year the
best singer of Rock / Metal in Brazil?
Dani: Very grateful. It’s a popular voting so it’s the
fans’s choice… it’s not something that can be forced and it’s definitely
something that can’t be expected. I never expect any of this when I go up on
stage… I just try to do my best, make people enjoy the show and the music and I
just want Shadowside to do well. I don’t want all the glory for myself, neither
do the guys, so we all work hard to make Shadowside shine. The consequence of
Shadowside doing well is having people remember us when it comes to that kind
of “best of the year” thing. There’s lots of great singers out there and I
don’t believe it’s possible to say one is better than the other because we all
have to master pretty much the same techniques, so it’s only a matter of
preference, taste… and I’m extremely grateful that the fans felt that way about
me.
What do you think that what happened with for the
guilt of the world cup?, is unfair to its population
Dani: Well, we all wanted to hope, but we all saw that
coming as well. We knew the Brazilian team was definitely not prepared. The
team had no strategy. People going to the stadium during the World Cup were
also not the real soccer fans. They were people who had money and people who
usually go to the stadium here are not people who have a lot of money, they are
people who really love the sport and they know the chants, they support the
team… and they did not have access to the tickets because they were extremely
expensive. The team had no strategy, it just got lucky and ended up on the
semifinals. It was sad but it’s a good thing, because now they have to start
taking other teams seriously and realize they’re not going to win without
putting on a real effort. This happens everytime someone believes they’re the
best in something, that goes for music as well… if you believe you’re the best,
you stop working hard and someone catches up.
What do you think of events around the world in
special about ISIS and the problema with the Ebola in many countries, I think
we should raise awareness, as a public figure my friend you can tell us?
Dani: I was in New York City recently and those are
definitely topics that are being talked about frequently there, as well as here
in Brazil too. The ISIS is a concern, not only for North Americans but for the
entire world. I'm not one to blame religion on this case. I think all religions
have a very beautiful and spiritual side. I blame extremists. People who use
their religion, or whatever else they decide to use, as an excuse. There's no
excuse good enough to kill innocent people, there's no excuse to behead
someone. You just don't kill civilians when you are at war... after visiting
the 9/11 Memorial during my trip to New York, it became easy to put myself in
their shoes and feel their pain. The innocents have nothing to do with whatever
political dispute exists and should not be dragged to this conflict like they
are being dragged now.
Regarding
the Ebola, that is a constant concern for everyone, especially those who travel
frequently. There are cases appearing everywhere but people should know that
with proper care, they can avoid catching the disease. There is an article on
the CDC website that everyone should read regarding Ebola prevention. It's
important to know about that, even if you think you're entirely safe, even if
there's no reported cases in your area. As there is already a case in the USA
and a reported death in Madrid, it doesn't hurt to make sure you know how to
avoid it.
Thank you very much! my friend! a hug! for your time
and the last words are yours to all our readers!
Dani: Thank you very much for this opportunity! I hope
everyone enjoyed our latest album Inner Monster Out and also hope there’s a
chance to see you all at a concert in the near future. Please stay tuned to our
official website and Facebook page, we always keep in touch with the fans there
and will let you know when the new album will come out. Cheers!
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