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Singled Out: Saturn's Rokktori

08/04/2014
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Today Saturn lead vocalist and bass player Oscar Pehrson tells us about the song "Rokktori" from their brand new album "Ascending (Live In Space)," which is being released tomorrow (August 5th). Here is the story:

When we started writing songs for the band we felt the need of a really good opening tune for the shows. We decided a fast rock n roll song would do the trick and Robin came up with the main riff. We started to jam on it for a couple of weeks until the other riffs were written and everything had been put in order. Since we still were unknown and had not played any gigs we wanted to surprise the audience with a slow buildup of the song taking off with a bang at its peak. It's always funny to see people's reaction to it since they never know what's coming.

As I started writing on the lyrics I quickly found the melody for the verse and the words just came to me as I improvised during rehearsals. Then I got home and just wrote the words down. I would say that it's a story from my life viewed from the perspective of my subconscious.

People frequently ask what a Rokktori is. It's always funny to hear what they think it is and that's the point. Listen to the song and the Rokktori will reveal itself.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself here and learn more about the album right here!

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