Trold is yet another folk band that I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing at Wacken Open Air. They’re from Denmark, and this is what we talked about….

Benedetta

I’m here with the fantastic Trold. How are you doing today, guys?

Trold

Great. First time here, so it was quite an experience to play the Wacken stage just this afternoon. We’re doing good. It was a good experience. It was really great.

Benedetta

So, playing Wacken in its 35th anniversary is something, I think, amazing. How does it feel?

Trold

Yeah, as you say, it is amazing to be here. It’s a dream come true for a band like us to get the opportunity to come here and play for so many metalheads. Get well received. We’ve played six or seven shows in Germany, and this one is already here. It’s great. We’re thankful for the German people welcoming us. They’re very nice.

Benedetta

Do you think that we will ever have some equality between men and women in the metal world?

Trold

I think it’s already there. I mean, females are welcome. At least in Denmark, we’re talking from a Danish point of view. In Denmark, it’s not a thing if you have a female member or not. It’s not a good thing, it’s not a bad thing, it’s just a normal thing. Of course, there are more men, but it’s not because of the gender. It’s just the way it is. No one is excluded for their gender. And I don’t think either some of the all-girl bands and some of the bands that have women in it, they’re not special because they have women in it. It’s just a band. But then again, that’s the Danish point of view. Many bands have females, and we even have full female bands. So I think we have equality in that point of view. Because it’s not a discussion in that point of view in Denmark. It just happens to be more guys in the metal world. Of course, we can see there’s more awareness to that all over the world. Not only in the bands, but also in the environment, the metal environment, the metal community. We did a small tour in the UK with Skyclad. We met up with Becky, the King Diamond bass player. There are many great females in metal. They’re really doing a great job. Some people will book bands by the gender. You can’t escape from that. Both in the female direction and in the male direction.

Benedetta

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview. Is there anything else that you want to add to our viewers and readers?

Trold

Bring more females to the metal community.