Guitarist Oscar Dronjak on the music: !It began with Joacim suggesting we should always attempt to write a music along with our very long time producer James Michael. We went over to Los Angeles for a weekend, not figuring out what to anticipate. Throughout the first 30 minutes, I performed an thought I had for James. He instantly responded with some chords and melodies, and we took it from there. Collectively, we wrote the music in simply a few hours and met the following day to only finalize all the small print. That is how briskly it will possibly go typically while you get a sense for one thing and the snowball simply begins rolling, and it is the best feeling on this planet! The ‘hit-or-miss’ weekend on this case undoubtedly turned out as a success!!
Vocalist Joacim Cans on the duet: “Already in the course of the writing course of I had the sensation this music could be good as a duet – a form of fashionable ‘Ozzy & Lita Ford’. I’ve had my eye on Battle Beast and Noora Louhimo for fairly a while and was blown away by her vocal expertise and stage presence. I had a sense our voices could be an ideal match. Once we determined to make the duet thought actuality, I simply picked up the cellphone and known as Noora who immediately mentioned Hell Yeah! Working with Noora was nothing however superior and we bonded the second we met. Not solely is she an especially proficient vocalist, she can also be a unbelievable human being. The good connection between Noora and I actually exhibits within the video clip for the music.”
Noora Louhimo on the duet and the video capturing: “I used to be contacted by Joacim and requested if I needed to do a duet with him on “Second To One”. My first thought was ‘what an honor’ and that I wanted to take heed to this music to make my ultimate choice. As soon as I heard it, I knew it was going to be one thing particular and agreed on the collaboration. I flew to Gothenburg for the periods and though I hadn’t met Joacim or the others from HammerFall earlier than, it felt very pure and simple to work with them. I additionally agree with Joacim that we hit it off instantly and you’ll see that within the music video how comfy issues have been between us. I’m so excited to be a part of this and to go on tour with them with Battle Beast ultimately of January.”