TTUM:

Thank you for this Interview. Please, introduce yourself and Majestic Vanguard.

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

Hi, my name is Daniel Eskilsson and I am the drummer and songwriter in the Christian Power metal band called; Majestic Vanguard.

TTUM:

How Majestic Vanguard was it created?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

Well, back in the early nineties, Samuel Fredén, Andreas Andersson and I were part of a band that from the beginning was founded by me and a friend. After some interesting years we were forced to split up when our keyboard player left the band…  

4-5 years later Samuel, Andreas and I contacted each other again. We began to talk about the possibilities to start a new metal band. The year was now 98-99 and the following years we did some sad efforts to play. In the year of 2003 we decided to give Peter Sigfridsson a chance in the band and it all turned out very well. We did a demo tape that was a real triumph and received a label deal with Rivel Records. With this new situation, we decided to open up for a new guitar player, Johan Abelson… The Majestic Vanguard was born and in the springtime 2005 we recorded our debut album “beyond the moon”. The result was very pleasing and it was really exiting to let everyone hear this, as we felt, great material! The progress of this album has been fun to follow and we haven’t seen the end of it yet… I hope!

TTUM:

How many recorded albums have Majestic Vanguard? Which one do you prefer?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

Beyond the moon is our only release so far…!

TTUM:

How was reicived the launch of the album "Beyond the Moon" ?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

Well, the response has been fantastic! We have received reviews all over the word with great results! There are radio stations and websites that rank “Beyond the Moon” as the best album 2005 and that is pretty awesome… The whole feeling around the release and the response after has been way over our expectations!

I receive mail every week from fans all over the word that love our album and are interested in the band. I also receive mail that contains testimonies about how the album has affected people and changed there lives… Such testimonies are amazing and give us a lot of spirit to continue with what we are doing!

TTUM:

What's the message you want to bring with your lyrics and music?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

The focus has always been to serve our heavenly father! A big challenge today is to become a good Christian example! This world provides us with so many choices and it’s hard to find the right way when you constantly are forced away from the truth. This band is a great opportunity to glorify our father's holy name and that is our main goal and mission!

I think you always must believe in the Holy spirits desire to approach to people that shows interest in God. A band that is open for God can relay and believe in that they are an instrument for God and work from there. That makes our mission so special!

TTUM:

The filming of the video clip "The Great Eternity" represents something for you?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

Well, nothing really… The video is just a promo video and we thought that “The Great Eternity” represents the band very well!

TTUM:

Do you have another production of video?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

No!.

TTUM:

Can we expect more projects in the near future?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

We are talking about the future right now and hopefully there will be a new album. We don’t know when yet, but it would be fun to begin the work with a new album this year!

TTUM:

Any final comments?

MAJESTIC VANGUARD:

hope that if you don’t already have our album “Beyond the Moon”, hopefully you will get the chance to buy it somewhere! It is a very special album for us and we are really proud of it! You are also very welcome to visit our website; www.majesticvanguard.net Please write us a mail or sign up in the guestbook!

We also have a myspace site www.myspace.com/majesticvanguard, were you can drop by and say hello!

 Stay focused on the lord!

 God Bless!