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JONAH WEINGARTEN (PYRAMAZE): “A Lot Of What I Do Is Very Atmospheric And Very Cinematic”

June 29, 2023 Lana Teramae

Progressive Melodic Metal band Pyramaze just released their latest album, Bloodlines. It is their seventh studio release overall, but the band’s second album under AFM Records. Produced by Jacob Hansen, the album is a natural continuation of Pyramaze’s previous release, Epitaph (2020), which Hansen produced as well. Bloodlines features guest appearances by Melissa Bonny from Ad Infinitum / The Dark Side of the Moon, Andrew Kingsley from Unleash the Archers, Olof Mörck from Amaranthe, and Tim Hansen; who is Kai Hansen’s son. Lana Teramae of Metal Express Radio had a chat with keyboardist Jonah Weingarten about Bloodlines. They also discussed why the band prefers to play festivals instead of intensive tours, other projects Weingarten has going on outside of Pyramaze, and much more. Band Lineup Terje Harøy – lead vocals Jacob Hansen – guitars and bass guitar Jonah Weingarten – keyboards Toke Skjønnemand – guitars Morten Gade Sørensen – drums Check out Pyramaze’s latest single from Bloodlines, “Alliance.”

JONAH WEINGARTEN & JACOB HANSEN (PYRAMAZE): “As A Band We Focus On The Music First And Once That Is Set We Outsource Our Lyrics And Vocal Melody Writing”

December 7, 2020 George Dionne

Moving up the Pyramid Epitaph is the sixth studio album by the Danish Progressive Power Metal act Pyramaze. It is their first album under their new label AFM Records. It features guest appearances by Unleash the Arches’ singer Brittany Slayes, as well as former Pyramaze front men Matt Barlow and Lance King. As with all Pyramaze albums, Epitaph was produced by their current guitarist Jacob Hanson. In the last year Hanson has also produced albums by Volbeat, U.D.O., and Pretty Maids to name a few. I had the chance to catch up with Pyramaze keyboardist Jonah Weingarten and guitarist/producer Jacob Hansen to talk about the new album as well as a few of Hansen’s other projects from behind the boards. Metal Express Radio: If I knew absolutely nothing about Pyramaze, how would describe the band’s music to me? Jonah: I would describe Pyramaze as Melodic Prog/Power. It’s hard to put our sound into one subgenre because you can’t fit our sound into just one box. Our music is full of memorable melodies, powerful riffs, epic orchestration and soaring catchy vocals — to pull some descriptors from our band bio. MER: Pyramaze released their 6th studio album Epitaph [review] through AFM Records. This is your first release for AFM. What lead to this new partnership? Jonah: It was a pretty natural progression, really. Our time with Inner Wound Recordings came to an end and it was time for us to sign with a larger label. Jacob: Yes, Emil from Inner Wound pointed us towards AFM, and the fact that I had done multiple albums for them and knew them years back really also helped a lot. The label knows me as well, and it’s only a 2.5 hour drive from me to the label. So far, AFM has been doing fantastic …READ MORE