DREAMING BIG

While Leprous are gearing up to release their latest album, drummer Baard Kolstad’s other band, Rendezvous Point, are thinking ahead on their own new record. Prog catches up with the quintet’s Nicolay Tangen Svennæs, Gunn-Hilde Erstad and Petter Hallaråker to discuss Dream Chaser, tortured artists and the potential of some very exciting guest collabs.

Cheri Faulkner

Norwegian prog metallers Rendezvous Point describe their third full-length album, Dream Chaser, as an “epic” sound with Hans Zimmer-style arrangements, and “harmonically, rhythmically, and melodically interesting”. Formed in 2010, the band’s core trio of keyboardist Nicolay Tangen Svennæs, bassist Gunn-Hilde Erstad and guitarist Petter Hallaråker all studied at the Conservatory of Music in Kristiansand, Norway. Svennæs and Hallaråker had been friends since they were 15, and bonded with Erstad over a love of prog music. Hallaråker was the one responsible for introducing Svennæs to prog music in the first place via Dream Theater and Tool, even covering the former’s Erotomania in an earlier band, but Rendezvous Point deviate from those more classic prog metal sounds, with Svennæs calling their sound “more melodic prog rock with some fast guitars and odd…

You're reading a preview of

Prog Italia (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 152

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.