 And we are live, live on the metal voice. Is this your last interview of the day? Yes, it is, it is, yeah. After what? How many interviews did you have today, 30? I, yeah, more than 15 every day now, but it's always exciting to talk about music and stuff. So I don't mind, but if I mumble, you know why. You might like just like, you know, fall like that. Just fall down. It's like, I don't know, man. I don't even know if I could do like two interviews, let alone 15, wow. Yeah, and being on tour, we always tour and do festivals. So yeah, yeah, that's like, you know, that's rough on the voice, but the voice sounds even better for the first five songs and then it goes. So, you know, when you talk all day, but that's the way it is. And I'm doing it for such a long time, I'm used to it. So, yeah. And this is live, just like a show, just like when you play a performance show, this is live right here, right? So any mistakes? Any mistakes? There's no lip syncing. There's no lip talking here. You screwed up, it's over. Okay, here we go. The new album. Of course, Doro, I guess, once again on the metal voice. Happy to have you back again. Conquerous, Forever Strong and Proud, gonna be released October 27th on Nuclear Blast Worldwide. Yes, yes. Last time we spoke, you kind of just gave us a couple of hints about Rob Halford being on. But this time, the whole album's out there. I've heard it. I'm sure people are very excited about it. So, let's get into, I guess we could talk about the songs themselves, right? You know, an overall sort of picture of what people can expect that they're gonna be listening to on this album. Like in terms of musical styles and inspirations or non-missiparation, musical styles and what the songs, tell us about the album without playing the album. How's that? Yeah, I think it is tremendously powerful. It has 20 killer songs on it and three duets, which I'm so grateful, so happy. One is with Semi Amara. It's a German singer with German big, big band and two with Rob Halford. I'm so, I'm so happy. I'm so over the moon happy. And it has probably some of the hardest songs I've ever did. Like for example, I will Preveille. That's one of my favorite heavy, heavy songs. Like really heavy. And one song I love, that's the reason why it's the opening track is Children of the Dawn. And actually the video is just coming out on Friday, the single and video. There you go, there you go. So let's talk about the songs because let's take it apart a little bit. Okay, Children of the Dawn. When I heard this song, I thought of Accept and Sabaton. Oh, really? Okay. I don't know why, because maybe because it was sort of like contemporary to today, the metal. I don't know, am I wrong? There's a little bit of a gang vocals on it, right? Yes. Yeah, it's actually my bass player, man. He has such an awesome voice, you know, it's Stefan. And yeah, and then he did it. It was at first a demo and he sang and I thought, man, that sounds so great. And he said, okay, then we would sing it all together the whole band. I tell you, you know, his voice alone, that's like the massive choir you hear. And it sounds great. And yeah, he's a killer guy. And yeah, we wrote I Will Prevail and Children of the Dawn together. And I think it really makes this album like has a different atmosphere. It's a little bit hardcore heavier. And I love it. And I will prevail. Let's talk about I Will Prevail now. That's another song. This sounds like a mega death, metallic or riff. Am I wrong about this? Am I wrong about this? Actually, when we write songs, we never plan it out. You know, it just comes out, you know. And somebody has a good idea. You know, usually I'm really good doing a nice chorus like melody chorus. Yeah, that's always my thing. And then everybody puts everything around it. And yeah, and every song came out in a different way. Sometimes I write songs in my sleep. Before I fall asleep or when I wake up, I think I'm in the best mind frame. And then certain ideas just come out. And I always have to make sure that I put it right away on my cell phone. And then usually I send it to a longtime friend. His name is Andreas Brun. He's the ex-guitar player of Sisters of Mercy. And we worked together since 1996. And when I have an idea where I really feel on fire, then I always send it to Andreas and say, hey, yeah, Andreas, check it out. And when he says, ooh, I love it. And usually I go to Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg. And then we work, you know, and we finish the song. But the idea has to be powerful. And I feel it in my heart, in my body, you know, when I'm all excited, when my heart is pumping, then I know, ooh, this could be something. And we wrote about 40 songs for this album. And then I had to pick the best 20 songs. And so that's hard because you love every song, you know, for different reasons. But I think now it's a whole spectrum between super heavy, super hard, and super soulful, vibey, lots of answers. Well, I mean, you know, you have death metal growl vocals. And I will prevail. And I just can point stuff out here. And that's why I kind of think of Acceptor. And a little bit, you know, they have a lot of gang vocals. Children of the Dawn and I will prevail. They have the growls, the death growls, right, in the background, correct? Yes, absolutely, absolutely. And I love it. And I can't wait till we play it live. Oh, man, you know, just the die-hard fans and the journalists, like you, they heard the whole album. But I can't wait. That's what I'm trying to describe it. I'm trying to describe it for people, right? To get an understanding, you know? Actually, I think it's the best record we've ever done since Triumph and Agony, maybe. But I love all the albums. But I think this one is really a came out killer. I agree with you. Yeah, you agree? I agree, I agree. I know every band always says the new album is the best, but I really feel strongly about it. And yeah, and it has many goodies. Like it's all pictures and stuff, you know, I'm old school. I love some. Show it, show it, show it, show it. So it's a double album pictures and stuff. Beautiful. Yeah, yeah, wow. And it has a great box set. And in the box set, you have some nice jewelry so you can fight, you know? Cool, yeah, it's a good fight. Fight the good fight, fight the good fight. And yeah, and the booklet of the DVD is a big book with all kinds of photos. It's kind of a timeline. I can show you in the thing, and it's like, you know, like you see everybody like from, that's my first band, Snakebite, the black and white shot, and then it goes on. Months of Rock Festival, that's Levy. Months of Rock 1986. And that's the Judas Priest tour, 1986, my first big tour with Judas Priest. And then we take it from there. And it's like a big book. And Ronnie James Dio is in it. And of course, you know, all these great people and Bob Helford. So I think, you know, the DVD is great. Yeah, we will do a DVD, my last interview. You're getting tired now, it's okay. It's all right. Now, when I put on a song like Far in the Sky for everybody who has not heard this, I think of like Scorpion's Blackout. And again, I'm not saying it is that. I'm just saying I get that vibe, you know? Like the fast paced, blackout, German metal, you know, I just, I get that sense. I don't know if you feel that too. Oh, good, yeah, yeah, yeah, I love it. This song I wrote with my guitar player, Bill Hudson. And he's an American citizen, but he's born in Brazil and he has that fire and, you know, and we work great together. Life is a dream, it's awesome. So we did this song together. And yeah, so, yeah, I think it's pretty heavy. Actually, I thought it's more like more to a headish, but you know, but when you say blackout, yeah, that's cool. Put on blackout, like the riff, it's anyways. I'm just telling what I'm feeling, okay, here. And then the song All For You. A lot of people, of course, have not heard it, right? This is another scorpion song, but I love the lyrics because it's sort of like, I tear down walls, break every rule, doing it all for you. When you break in all the rules, it's like commitment, right? That's a commitment. Tell me about that. Yes, totally. That's the reason why the album is called Conquer Us, Forever Strong and Proud. It's like, yeah, it's a commitment. It's like, you know, always staying strong and, you know, and always fight a good fight and never let them bastards get you down, you know? So always like, you know, push through and all for you. Of course, you know me, I'm doing it for the fans. I love the fans more than anything. So all for you. So you was the fans, you was the fans, okay? It's not like a single person here, but it's the fans, okay? No, but everybody can do their own interpretation, you know? You can, you know, it can be, you know, somebody you really feel strongly about, but to me it's always the fans. I made up my mind when I was 24. And then I thought, okay, today I want to choose my priorities. And then the priority was fans and the music. And ever since I'm really happy that I made that decision and, yeah, and every song is for the fans. It's like, it's never a love affair and stuff. It's always the fans. They are- Also, people are texting. So I'm going to read some texts. They could be statements. They could be questions, all right? Tell Doro, this is for Michael. Tell Doro, Doro, her performance at Wacken this year was the best of the whole festival. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, that feels so good. Oh my God, that moves me to tears. Oh, that's so nice because that Wacken, it was so special because I never seen so much rain and mud in my life. And I was playing in Wacken, I think we went nine times headliner and I was there maybe 20 times. And this time it was extremely heavy because, you know, mud up to here, you know, and we did this big show. If we celebrated my anniversary for the first time, I will do the second show in Düsseldorf with Homa, hometown, 28th of October. And actually, and we had many guests flying in and the only guest who could make it to rehearsal was Joey Belladonna. He had the longest flights and stuff, but he showed up for rehearsal and everybody else was stuck in traffic, stuck in the mud. And then we did this show, but it was great. Everything worked out and we had many guests like Udo Dirk Schneider was there, Hansi Kirsch of Blind Guardian, Mickey D and Phil Campbell of Motorhead. Now Mickey D in the Scorpions. And we did some stuff for Lemmy. We did Love Me Forever, which was actually my very first duet with Lemmy. Of course, a great Motorhead classic. And we recorded it in 2000 for my album Calling the Wild. And we did that song and then Ace of Spades with all the guests and the vacuum people. They had a big surprise for us. There was a big drone show and Lemmy's face was up in the sky and his face. And yeah, there's head on and yeah, the cigarette in his mouth and the cigarette was smoking. It was like, you know, blowing smoke. I don't know how these drones did. It was spectacular and it was a big show and yeah, and everybody made it. And we didn't even rehearse Chris Calfrey. He was playing guitar together with my guitar player. So there was a lot of shredding and solos and my God. But I love it, you know. The highlight. The highlight. The 10 guitar players of that kind of box. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, Lean Mean Rock Machine. Like I think of when I heard the song of your new album. I don't know what it is, but I thought of Joan Jett. I don't know why. They're very anthemic, right? Joan Jett's got very anthemic songs. You know, something that you're gonna listen to over and over again. It just sticks in your head. Tell me about that song. Yeah, actually, I mean, you're absolutely right. I love anthems. I love them so much. And this will be actually a single, but a little bit later. And that's actually our first comic video. Somebody is doing the comic stuff. And I saw the first 50 seconds. It's awesome. It's so funny. It's hilarious. It's so great. So this will probably come out around Christmas. Yeah, and it's an anthem. And I invited the die-hard fans, like all my patrons. My patrons, I invited for the secret listening session. We did it one week ago. And I played them the whole record and Lean Me in Rock Machine was one of their absolute favorites. And everybody was singing Lean Me in Rock Machine because it's easy to sing. It's cool. And, you know, so I can't wait to have that video, you know, out in the single. And I think that might be one of the fans' favorites because it really makes you feel good. Anthemic. It's anthemic. Anthemic, yeah. And I think that's the common theme on this whole album. Every song is by themselves individually different, but they're all anthemic. Yes, yes, yes. I would totally agree. And, you know, I love anthems. Since we did Through a Steel or Burning the Witches or All We Are, that anthem, I always played every concert. Yeah, it came out in 1987. And there was not one concert I played without All We Are. And sometimes we played All We Are even three times because people were calling it out so many times. Like, you know, we played it in the set. We played it as an encore. And we played it as another encore. And, you know, sometimes things, you know, but when it feels good, you know, and I love anthems. I totally am a big fan of anthems. And when everybody sings along, oh, that's so, oh, yeah. I love it. I love it. I will tell you, like, I think you're very right that, you know, after so many years, you probably, this is one of your best albums. Like, I'm not saying it's your best, but it's one of your best albums. And I think a lot of people will see that. All right, Rob Johnson is saying, come back to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. So what are you coming to Canada? What's going on here? Next year, the Booker is already booking all the clubs, the festivals. So next year, we will start in March. And this year, we have a couple of more festivals in Mexico. It's not Canada, not America. But next year, we will be in Canada and America and play all these, you know, hopefully great festivals. I love playing festivals. I just actually played a festival in Brazil with the scorpions and kiss and, you know, and before it was with Judas Priest. And actually, yeah, I actually met Rob Helford at Hellfest last year. And then we were hanging out, talking a little bit. And then, you know, it was my very first tour with Judas Priest in 1986. And then we talked and I said, yeah, I'm just finishing the new album and I have 40 anniversary. And then we looked at each other and I said, shall we do something together? And Rob said, do you have a song you wanna do? And I said, yes, because I was born and raised with the new wave of British heavy metal. This one was one of my favorites. And, you know, and I asked Rob if he wants to do living after midnight with me. And he said, yes, let's do it. He said, I have a wish. I would like to do a song with you for a long time. And I said, really? With me? And he said, yes, Total Eclipse of the Heart. And I thought, wow. And we did it. And it's the metal version of Total Eclipse of the Heart. I think it's such a great duet. And that video and the single will come out the day the album is coming out. So on the 27th of October, you can see that video all for free on YouTube. It's a good choice. Strange enough, but I think Total Eclipse of the Heart. I like that one better than Living After Midnight. I just... No way, really? Sorry, sorry. I'm gonna be honest. Because I've heard it so many times Living After Midnight. But I think Bonnie Ray, and not Bonnie Ray, Bonnie Tyler, that is a song that kind of has a metal vibe I've always felt. I don't know what it is. Yes. And it's actually a vampire story. I didn't know that before. But yeah. Jim Steinman. Yes, yeah, yeah. And you know, and it's so funny. We had the engineer on the Triumph and Agony album. His name was Steve Rinkoff. And he was a very, very talented young engineer. And he actually went to work with Jim Steinman. And I think he became the house engineer. I think he did meatloaf and stuff. And he was a really young guy. And he did Triumph and Agony with us in 87. So everything is always, you know, I love it when everything is connected. But that song, that was a real challenge because it was a big production. But then I heard Rob Halford's vocals and I thought, wow, he's doing such a great job. And he has so much passion. And I could feel he loves that song so much. So I gave it my all to make it a great duet. And I think it came out great. So I'm really excited. I like it because it's out of the box, right? And you've taken a song that people know and you've turned it into something else. You've made it better in a sense. And plus your voice has that sound like Bonnie Tyler. She's got that really rasp in her voice. So it works well, I think. That's my opinion. That's my opinion, right? Yes, I would agree. I would agree. What have you learned from Rob Halford over the years? Oh, yeah, man. Since it was my first tour in 1986, he was always my big hero. I had a handful of singers where I felt, man, that's it. Like it was Ronnie James Dio, David Coverdale, Lemmy, and Rob Halford. And he was always my idol. And then we played the legendary Monsters of Rock Festivals 1986, two in Germany and one in England in Macedonian. And actually it was so important because England was the country. Everything was decided in England if you could get a worldwide release, if you could go on tour worldwide. And then we did this festival actually I was going on stage and I ran into Lemmy. And Lemmy said, hey, have a good show. And he said, are you nervous? And I said, oh, Lemmy, I'm so nervous. And then he gave me a big hug and he gave me a kiss on my forehead. And then I went on stage with a wet kiss on my head. And I felt like a million bucks and we did a great show. And then everybody said, okay, let's give this little band a chance. And then we could hop on tour with Julius Priest. And it was in 1986 when metal was so huge. And ever since I saw, every night I saw Rob Helford perform how he did it with the fans, how he is singing, his vocals were always like, wow. And I loved his style. I always felt like, yeah, I wanna be the female Rob Helford. And then I came to New York for a little promotion tour, just three days in New York City and after two days I stayed. And then we did the legendary Triumphant Agony album. And I wanted to get new stage clothes. And actually, and my producer and guitar player, Joel Bellin, he said, what do you wanna wear? It's a new album, you wanna have a new style. And I said, I wanna look like Rob Helford. He said, okay, let's do it, let's go. And I always felt very... But the animal friendly version, but the animal friendly version, right? The animal friendly clothes. Oh, yeah, yeah, and back in the 80s, I wasn't conscious about it, but now I only wear vegan leather and it looks the same, it feels great, no animals were hurt or, yeah, it's all vegan leather. So you're a pure vegan, right? You're a pure vegan. Yeah, yeah. What about this cricket? Everybody's talking about crickets now, eating crickets. I mean, what's up with crickets? All everyone's talking about crickets. I mean, is this something like people really wanna eat? I mean, like... Yeah, yeah, I don't know. But yeah, I think I was like maybe 20 years ago, I turned, yeah, I became a vegetarian and then the last six, seven years I'm vegan and I feel really good. And I think it does my health is better. You know, usually I was always sick. But is crickets too much? Is eating crickets too much? Yeah, I don't know, you know. Everybody, yeah, everybody can eat what they want. There might as well eat a tomato instead of a cricket. That's what I'm thinking, you know? Like, what do we eat? Crickets now? Like, what's going on here? Yeah, yeah, on all that bakeries, you always see these signs like we use crickets. Like, oh, okay, that's cool. No. I'm not that much of a vegetarian, you know? Like, forget it. I don't wanna eat crickets. Okay, what about, you know, a lot of bands, you know, lip-syncing, but you don't come across as someone who's gonna go up on stage and fake singing. You know, you don't, to me, you don't look like that kind of person. You give it all, right? You give it all and it's all real and that's how I look at it. Always, every time it can be vacant, it can be a big festival or it can be a small club. Always 110%, I give it my all. I always treat every gig like it could be the last, you know, and afterwards, like everything is like, you know, hurting and pain. When I take off my boots, the whole, you know, the feet are bleeding, you know, and I think, oh my God. Then the two of us are like, hey, you know, tomorrow you have another gig and I think, yeah, I know. But when I'm on stage, I don't feel any pain. But before and afterwards, it's a different story. But I never lip-synced ever on stage, but sometimes when you have to do a TV show, then they have a playback because they don't wanna have the whole, you know? But that's the only thing. TV shows, yeah, sometimes, you know, they don't wanna put up with the whole band, you know, or with sound check and stuff. So that's the only time that we did, you know, lip-syncing a playback. But other than that, never, never. It's all live. The real deal. The real deal. Yeah, the real deal. And we don't use a click, you know, the drama, Johnny D is our drama. He never plays to a click live and, you know, and I don't like a click. It's like, you know, I wanna be flexible and playing according to the fans, you know? If it needs to be faster or heavier, then I can do it. Or I always change the set list, which the guys in the band, they always think, oh no, again, she changed the set list. But I think that's the way to do it, to make crowd really feel great, you know? And I don't wanna bore anybody when I feel, oh, I wanna hear another fast song, then I play another old-school metal song or fast song. And when I wanna hear more ensems, then we play more ensems. So I always play, every concert is a different set list. And, yeah. I agree with you, man. Click tracks has made music very boxed it in. It's made robotic. It's made a better body. So it speeds up a little bit. So it slows down a bit. That's rock and roll, right? Absolutely, absolutely. And play it like, play it how you feel it. And I think, you know, that's, you know. Yeah. All right. There's another thing I found, and you could comment about this if you like or not, Jeff Young, Dave Mustaine, Megadeth, when you toured with them, you caused a lot of problems in that band. I didn't know that. You caused a lot of problems. I don't know if you know this. I'm sure you know this, right? You caused a lot. So you kind of like Dave Mustaine, and then Jeff Young kind of liked you, and he got a little jealous, and it stirred up everything, and you just made a mess, and you didn't even know you made a mess. No, I was, you know, I, man, I just, you know, I always mean well, and I must say, I really must say when I'm a support band, I always love the headliner. It doesn't matter who it is, you know? When I was on tour with Judas Priest, I loved Rock Helper, I loved Judas Priest. When I was on tour with Ronnie James Steele, I loved Ronnie James Steele, and when we played with Megadeth in the States, it was my first tour in the States, I loved Megadeth, and I loved Dave Mustaine, and, you know, and I was a big Metallica fan as well. When we played with Metallica, the very early gigs we did actually in Europe, we did with Metallica when they just killed them all out. That's the reason why I did one Metallica song on this album. Yes, we should mention that. To just give thanks for 40 years. To Megadeth and to Dave Mustaine and Metallica, right? Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. Yeah, but I'm sorry if I caused, you know, if I caused trouble. No, you know, I just... Did you know at the time you were causing trouble? No, actually, because usually I'm always, I'm doing my thing, and then, I remember I got, when I went on tour with Megadeth, I went into my dressing room, and there was a big bouquet of roses, red roses. And I thought, oh man, that's so great. And I thought, wow, you know, Megadeth, that's so unbelievable, you know, that they would give the support than roses. And I thought it's for the whole band. And, you know, of course I'm a girl, so it fits. But I had no idea that the roses were maybe from the guitar player and not from the whole band Megadeth. So it started right away, you know, I was weird, but yeah, but I didn't want to cause any problems. I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. You know, I'm just... Were the flowers from Jeff Young? They were from Jeff Young, right? The flowers are from Jeff Young? I think, I think, you know, we didn't even talk that much on the tour because usually, you know, when you're on tour, you are in your own tour bus and then you hop on stage and then the headliner goes on stage and then I did, usually I did always an autograph session. I talked to the fans for hours and hours. So there was never like, you know, long talking. It was just, hey, have a good show and, you know, and you rocked and you know, that kind of stuff. But there were never like really sitting down or, you know, actually my first time that I did long talks, that was actually with Ronnie James Steele when we toured in 2000. Then sometimes we went to dinner, the whole road crew, the whole band. It was such a great tour. And we always went to an Indian restaurant because Ronnie always liked Indian food. And then we talked all night and, you know, and, you know, cracking jokes and it was great. But usually on tour, you don't have much time to talk, especially to the headliner. It's like not, it wasn't common in the 80s. Now it's much more, you know, like, it's not so complicated anymore. But in the 80s, you know, like the, the management, the record company, the agencies, everybody kept the acts, you know, more to themselves. So there was not even a big chance, you know. And so we never really talked long, but I was always in love with the headliner every single time. And you know, so, and it was my first big America tour. So you can imagine, I always wanted to go to America. And then my dream came true when I did the promotion tour for tour Steele. That was our third album. And I was, it was planned three days in New York. And then after two days, I stayed. And then, yeah. Then we did Triumph and Agony album, which I still love so much. And I still play all the yarn for Emma and I will. It's every night in our setlist. So, yeah, but it was, it was unbelievable. Yeah. But, yeah, but I guess, you know, and I never thought there's a big difference. I always felt I was one of the guys. I never felt, you know, I'm different, like, or, you know, I'm a woman. I was met and I was, yeah, I'm a human being. So that thing that I was a girl, a woman, I was not so aware of it, you know. Yeah, yeah, you're a troublemaker, but you didn't know you caused trouble. No, and I didn't really do. No, no, no. What do you remember from touring with Wasp? Oh, that was a great tour. So I was on tour with Judas Priest in 1986, and there were all the big stadiums, the big arenas, and we finished our tour in Scandinavia. And I was always watching the soundtrack of Judas Priest and the tour manager and the road crew of Priest. They always said, hey, you little girl, don't walk on your ice because we always played these big ice hockey stadiums. And I said, no, no, you know, it's okay, you know, I can take it, you know. I always feel like I'm, you know, who are still, you know, strong. So one day later, we hopped on tour with Wasp in England, was my first big tour in the UK, and I was sick as a dog. I was so sick, so sick. And the tour was not the big stadiums. It was like smaller clubs. It was a great tour, but smaller clubs. So there was usually only one dressing room for the headliner. And, you know, we didn't have a dressing room. So I was sitting, you know, on a stairway, you know, it was cold, it was freezing. It was wintertime, you know, like, oh, and I had a big fever. I probably had pneumonia. I didn't know it, but I think that was what it was. So one time, Blacky Lawless, he came up the stairs and he said, hey, are you Dora? Are you from Warlock? Are you the support band? I said, yes. And he said, you look really, really sick. And I said, man, I feel I'm dying. He said, you know what, come with me. And then he carried me into his dressing room and told his band members to just like, you know, like let me have the dressing room. And he said, here, lay on the couch, you know, and he gave me all kinds of medicine and some vitamins and fruit juice and fresh fruit. Which in the 80s, there was unheard of in England. You know, fresh fruit and fruit juice and vitamins, no way. Now it's a different story, but back then it was absolutely you couldn't get that stuff. So he said, I will take care of you. And he gave me some medicine. Like it was his secret potion. And you know, and I drank it and I ate some vitamins. And then I laid down and he said, you know what? You sleep and I wake you up when it's time for you to go on stage or to get dressed. And I slept like a baby and then he woke me up and I got all dressed up and I felt so good. And I was healed almost instantly. It was still a heavy tour, but you know, I felt so good and he really took care of me. And he was the sweetest person and it was unbelievable. And he probably will not remember that, but I will remember that for a lifetime. That's a cool story. Chris Holmes says hi. I'm friends with Chris Holmes. Oh, yes. Hi back, Chris. I just seen him on the monsters of Rock Cruise and what a great guy. I love Chris. And Kathy Holmes too. And Kathy Holmes' wife, she, they both Yes, oh hi to Kathy. And she takes care of Chris. I love that she's a great manager and a great wife. And you know, that's so, that's cool. It's cool to see them. All right, tell us more about the new album. But like, is there anything else that you didn't mention? I know you're talking about this album all day. We should mention again, you're doing Metallica's cover song, right? Yes. You're doing, you know, Bonnie Tyler cover song. You're doing a living after midnight cover song. So there's three cover songs there, powerful songs. Yes. What else? And Metallica. Not many people do covers of Metallica, right? Four horsemen. No, that's right. That's right. Actually, yeah, four horsemen. Did you have to clear it? Did you have to clear with the band? Cause not many people do was. I hope they love it. I hope they like it. Yeah. I don't know. I thought, you know, it's cool to do. I love the song. I always love the kill them all and write the lightning. And yeah, we played in 1984 or 85. We played together the first gigs. And yeah, I just did it. And I hope they love it. I did actually, I covered one time, nothing else matters. And I think it came out so great. So I always wanted to, to let them hear the version. But, but I'm sure it's okay. Yeah. Because we had a good thing going. We were great friends in the 80s. That was just like, it was really awesome. And, and I love James had Pete as well, I must say. When I saw him like first gigs, I thought, man, that's, that is metal. That is so metal. That's so great. And everybody was super sweet to me. And I remember Cliff Burton as well. He was a super cool guy. Very, very relaxed, you know, like, you know, like he was great and great bass player. You know, and Kirk Hammett and that's all Rick. And yeah, we were like, I think we were teenagers. We didn't know what, what, what, what happened, you know? And it was all like, it was phenomenal. But you could tell that Metallica would, would become really big. So, you know, the metals taken off your, you know, your bands taken off. And, you know, of course, then you switched to Doro, but then grunge hits, right? Did you, was it a disaster for you? Like when grunge hit? I mean, did you say, okay, I got to get a real job now? Yeah, actually, yeah, it was a disaster, but we could still do it. We could still go on tour. We could still play. The records didn't come out anymore on a regular basis because I did all the records in the States. And then I delivered it to the record company in America and they said, okay, do you have a single or like a video, what you like to do? And I said, yes, I think there are killer songs on it. I love them all and stuff. And they said, is it grunge? I said, no, no, it's not grunge. They said, but it has to be a little bit of grunge sound. I said, no, I don't feel grunge at all. It's, no. And I said, we can't, we can't release it. And I said, well, you have to check out the songs. They are massive. And I said, no, it doesn't matter. If it's not grunge sounding, we can't release the record. So that took many, many years. And it was very heavy to accept it. But in the year 2000, I already felt metal is coming back in a little, in a little way. And I had a great fan club. His name is Tony Canella. He was the fan club leader of America. And he said, oh, man, we are so upset that records aren't coming out in the States. We always have to buy the imports. You know, they're simply expensive. And because in Europe, in some countries, they released the records and we could still tour in Europe. That was actually okay. Yeah. And then one time, you know, he said, can I do something for you? And I said, Tony, just do whatever you feel. He said, do I need permission by the manager? I said, no, no. You need permission. Do what you feel in your heart. And in between two weeks, he had four record deals on the table. And I thought, oh my God. And then I went to the first record. It was Kotz record. And they had a great, great guy there working. And he said, well, you know, I love it. Let's make a deal. And then I started doing the Calling the Wild album. And he said, hey, there is the listening party of Ronnie James Steele in New York for Magica. And I said, you want to go? I said, yes. So I went to the listening party of Ronnie James Steele, Magica. And then I told Ronnie, I love the record. Sounded great. And he said, Dora, I always want to tell you, I love your cover version of Egypt. The chains are on. And I said, really? And I felt so good from your hero that somebody says, you did a good job. So I said, oh, I'm so happy you like it. So a couple of weeks later, I did some interviews with another radio station in the States. And the lady was asking, what are you doing with Calling the Wild? We have plans for touring. Or you want to tour with somebody. And I said, yeah, we definitely want to go on tour. And she said, what would be your dream tour? And I said, Dio, Ronnie James Dio. She said, that is so interesting, because Ronnie James Dio is calling me in two hours. We have another phone interview. Shela mentioned it to him. And I said, yes, why not? So to make a long story short, a couple of months later, we were on tour together in 2000. It was Dio in Remindstein and us. And it was the best tour of my life. And that was when Metal came back in a big way. And I'm so happy I did it. And I gave one of my life insurances to make the tour, because touring is expensive. You have to pay for plane tickets and tour bus and gas and tour manager and road crew band. And then everybody said, I'm totally crazy. And I said, yeah, but I want to do the tour. And I'm so glad I did. I have the best memories. Did you ever have, to me, I don't like I can't. Did you ever have a day job? Actually, when I had my first band, my first band was called Snakebite. And I had a day job. I was, I wanted to become a graphic artist. And I was working for three years. And I had fantastic people who were teaching me all kinds of things. And I used it to do all the posters and logos. Did you do all those posters and back you? Yes, yes. You've done that. So let's see it again. Let's see all the posters and back. Pretty much. That's pretty good work. Yeah, all the logos and stuff. And of course the Warlock logo. Okay, let's, let me, I didn't do that picture, but everything else. And of course the paintings, they were done by Jeffrey Gadespie. And I always use him. And he did the new album cover as well. That one, the Congress Forever Strong and Proud. And actually I called him and I said, Jeffrey, I want to do another album. And he said, I already painted an album cover for you. And I said, really? And he said, yes, check it out. So he painted something and it was from my favorite photo. And, and then we said, okay, how shall we call it? And I said, the work title is Forever Strong and Proud. And, you know, and then we called it Conquistador, the Spanish word for conqueror. And I thought, maybe not everybody knows what it means. And I thought, maybe conqueror. And I thought, let's put the female version. So that's really how conquerors Forever Strong and Proud came about. And yeah. Any regrets in your career? Oh, no, actually, the grunge times, that was like, you know, it was the way it was. So, you know, I could have done without it. And it would have been great if it would have always gone up and up and up. But when grunge it was going down. So it's always going up and down. And sometimes you have to just like hold on and, you know, and like just like fight through, you know, and hang in there. And yeah. And then when we first time lost the name Warlock, I never planned to do a solo record, solo album. I never wanted to call it Doro. It was always Warlock. But my ex-manager, who's actually not anymore alive, the German manager, he took the name because he was the merchandiser. And, you know, and we sold so many t-shirts. It was unbelievable. I think it was like Metallica, Warlock, and Maiden. Or Maiden, Warlock, Metallica. It was unbelievable. So, you know, when we had a little bit of success, he got a little bit crazy. And he, yeah. And then he left. He left Germany, actually. He went to Turkey. And back then you couldn't find anybody in Turkey. There was no internet, no cell phones. So we never actually could talk about it. And we were planning the next follow-up for Triumph and Agony, the Warlock album, which was first majeure. And we had it done. And then suddenly, you know, somebody said, you can't use the name Warlock anymore. And I thought, hey, it's my name, you know? It's our name. And then we had to go to court. And, yeah. And this ex-manager, he was a little criminal. You know, he put the name under his name, the logo and the Warlock. And I thought, man, I made the logo. I was a graphic artist. I did it. And it is our name. But the judge, she was not fair, you know? And we were metal kids, you know? The long hair, the bullet belts on. And this manager, he came in a white suit. Tie and suit. I never saw him in a suit before. But, you know, in this day. And then, yeah. And then it took me 20 years to get the name Warlock back. And now I have the name, the right to the name Warlock back. But we had to call it Doro because of that reason. I never planned a solo career. So that was actually, yeah. But, you know, things, sometimes they don't go like you want to, and you have to deal with it and make the best out of it. You know, make the best out of every situation, you know? And, but I learned my lesson. Actually, I was always sometimes naive. And, you know, I thought, yeah, we can trust everybody. But, you know, but, and the manager, he was one of my, of our best friends. That was actually the real disappointment, you know? He ran away with the money, with the name. But, you know, he was a friend and there was really painful. And then one time I got a phone call from a journalist from the Art Shop magazine. It's a big magazine in the Netherlands. One of the first metal magazines and the guy, his name is Metal Mike. And Metal Mike called me up. He said, Doro, you know, your manager, he died. He got killed. He got poisoned. So I thought, yeah, he probably did something in Turkey. What he, you know, was not supposed to do. So, so we could never talk about it. We could never talk it out. And, you know, but that, yeah, things happen and you just have to deal with it. And so I'm gonna bring somebody on. I'm gonna grab some fan on. I'm just gonna bring a fan on just to say hi to you. But in the meantime, are you planning on doing any warlock? Any warlock albums in the future? Like just simply warlock or is that done? Maybe, maybe. I mean, in the next couple of years I wanted to have behind this new album, the Conqueror's album, but eventually, you know, we'll see. You know, it would be great. I just did a couple of only warlock shows with old school warlock songs from Bernie Wiches and all we are on tour still and well-bound and all that stuff. And that's actually fun to do. And we recorded Triumph and Agony Live. It came out one and a half years ago. That was like Dora Warlock. That was like Dora Warlock, right? Yes, yes. So, so maybe, but yeah, but so far there's nothing in the making, but it might be a good idea. But yeah, but I have so many more songs because the Conqueror's, it has 20 songs on it with 17 originals and three cover versions. But we have many, many more songs which didn't make the album because there's too many answers, too many fast songs, too many ballads. So, so I want to probably do another album. What was it like three years ago you released your last album? Yeah, yeah, actually, at the last album and the Triumph and Agony Live that came out maybe two years ago. And before that, we did a, that was called Magic Times. It had 52 songs on it. There was the best of and every end it was a DVD Blu-ray on Triumph and Agony. So, so and yeah, and I want to do another probably my last DVD Blu-ray for this anniversary show. We filmed already Vacan which I think it looks and sounds great. And then we want to do this big show in Düsseldorf on the 28th of October. And yeah, and then I have some goodies, some people that gave me some little sticks and there's some really rare footage on it. Like when we had our 20th anniversary, there's the rehearsal of Lemmy and Mickey D is on that stick and, and Udo Dirk smiles on there. He looks so young and we all look like kids. And so I want to put some real special things on the DVD as well, you know, for people who like to collect all that stuff. And yeah, so that's the plan for the near future. So, I mean, look at that. You got, you got such a, what a great career you've had. You know, you're a lot of respect by the metal fans. A great album, you know, like who would have thought you're making more better. The music is a lot better today than it was back in the day, right? Like your music is getting better. Who would have thought, right? Who would have thought? Who would have thought? Yeah, when you feel that, that makes me so happy and yeah. And it took like three years to make, but I think the fans will really love it. When I love it as much as we love it, I would be so happy and yeah. You know, anyways, Tanvir is watching and he says, oh, let me jump on, let me jump on. I go, I'll let you jump on, but I sent you the link but he hasn't jumped on. So it's okay, not bad. Anybody out there who has any questions or comments as we have another few minutes left with Doro, I'll answer any questions. There's a lot of comments. People are just writing comments, right? Yeah. What are you writing, Jimmy? What are they saying? Tim says, thanks for the music, Doro. You're an awesome performer. Okay, so here we go. Hold on, hold on, can't find the link. Thank you, thank you. You know what, Tanvir, go to your messenger. Okay, go to your messenger, it's there. Marcy Douglas, if it wasn't for you, just think how much you have taught so many before you. That's legend. Oh, thank you, thank you guys. Cecilis, didn't Doro do a cover of Kiss? Only you? Yes, yes, actually, yeah, yeah, only you. Yeah, because I had a great chance to work with Gene Simmons in 1989 and I was a big Kiss fan and to me that was another dream, you know, came true. And yeah, he wrote many songs for this album and Tommy Sayer, he was the co-producer and played many great solos and yes, and then Gene showed me the demo of only you and he tweaked the lyrics and I thought, oh, I love it. I wanna do it, so yeah, we did, I think, a very nice cover. And only you was off of The Elder? Yes, yes, it's off of The Elder, which I liked very much. Me too. I'm one of the only people who liked The Elder. Some great songs off The Elder, right? I think it's different, but oh, I think it has great songs on it and yeah, it's different, but I like sometimes special things and yeah, and especially only you are loved and yeah, and I did Legends Never Die. There was another song of Gene Simmons. I recorded it on our fight album. I love that so much too. So yeah, and I'm still a big Kiss fan. We just played together in Brazil. It was Kiss and the Scorpions and we played and Halloween and yeah, it was just a big Brazilian, Monsters of Rock Festival actually in Brazil and it was awesome and yeah, and I'm so blessed that I can, you know, I never thought when I had my first band that I would ever have the chance to meet anybody or to play all over the world or to go to America. It was always my dream. That's like probably, oh man, and yeah. There you go. And Canada, and Canada of course, you know. I never thought we would play outside of Germany, so you know. It's crazy, isn't it? It's, you know, it's, but anyways, let's just go over your album one last time, all right? Conquerous, forever, strong and proud. Wait, wait, here we go, wait. Now Tanvir is finally gonna jump on. He's gonna say hi, hold on. Look at this, I'm getting people, like I could lighten a lot of people, but I'm not and just a few, just a few. Tanvir, are you there? Just, you get the final last words here. All the way in London. Ah, wow. Tanvir. Hi, hey, London. Hi, fantastic. Thanks for having me on board. Great to see you, Dario. I have to say. Great to see you too. Yeah, you look amazing. I'm slightly concerned because my wife's upstairs and if she catches me talking to you, I might be in some serious trouble, but you know what, life is too short. I'll tell you hi, we're all family, so you know. How do you do it? What's your regime? I mean, it's both in terms of your vocals, but your health, your well-being. Actually, I don't do much. I gave up smoking. I was a chain smoker when I was a teenager, but I don't smoke anymore. I'm doing a lot of sports. And actually, I'm doing what I love, doing music. And I dedicated my life to the fans and to the music when I was 24 years old. I woke up one day in New York City and then I thought today I will choose my priorities and then I thought I want to do what I love and that is music and the fans. And I was happy ever since. And I think when you do something every day, that's good. I never took a break. So I'm always like, you know, having one adventure after the other, you know, writing songs or recording or going on tour or playing a festival. And actually, and I eat, you know, pretty healthy. I became vegan. So I know it's not everybody's thing, but I love animals so much. So I became vegan because of that. And but I think it's good for my health. And I think, yeah. And I'm just happy to do what I love, you know. That's no question about that. If I were a younger man, Doro, and I had more energy, you'd be in trouble. But anyway, I mean, you've been a trailblazer for so many artists. And if you look at the metal scene now, there are so many metal female metal singers right across the board. It's sort of common ground. I'm intrigued to know, you know, are there any artists in the current day that you listen to, that you look out for? And also, I'm curious to know, who were the trailblazers for you? I mean, what gave you the courage to get up and sort of inspired you to be the figure you are? Actually, yeah, the first bands and the first shows I've seen, which inspired me so much. My very first rock concert was actually White Snake and David Coverdale. Oh, I love them so much. My second concert was Judas Priest. And I love Ralph Helphot. And support band was Accept. And my third concert was Ronnie James Dio. And I'm so blessed that I could tour and work with everybody. Oh, my God, you got the Dio T-shirt on. Oh, how cool. How cool. So I had so many great inspirations. I love Blemmy and a Biff of Saxon and Wasp. I'm a big Wasp fan. And before that, my first inspiration was actually when I was three years old, it was Little Richard and Lucille. The song, Lucille and Little Richard, it made me go crazy. And I always wanted to have a band. And I'm a single, I'm an only child. I always wanted to have brothers and sisters. So I always wanted to form a band. And my first band was actually Snakebite when I was 15. And then in 1982, we formed Warlock. And we took it from there. And now I love bands like I'm on a Mars and Arch Enemy. Actually, Elisa White-Gluse, she's coming to my anniversary concert in Düsseldorf, Germany on the 28th. She's from here. Elisa's from here. She's from Montreal. Yeah. And actually, I had some great female singers I love. For example, Lee Aron from Canada. She's from Canada, too. She was awesome. And Rock Brothers. I see this metal queen. I don't know who the metal queen is. Is it Lee Aron or is it you? Like, I'm getting confused here. Oh, I think we are metal queens. There's so many great ladies doing a fantastic job from all kinds of metal genres from death metal. No, Toro, there's only one metal queen. And we know who that is. So I can't believe Jimmy even said that. Well, I have to. It's all good. We are all great friends, as well. We all support each other. That's actually the best part. I love it. And yeah, one band from the UK Rock God is Jordy Turner. She was one of my favorite singers and still is. Oh, fantastic. I mean, we'll attend here on that. No, we got to let her go. We got to let her go on that note. We got to wrap it up. We're going to wrap it up. We're going to wrap it up. Well, Toro, you've you've ticked off her. I grew up with your your picture and Debbie Harry's picture on my wall. There you go. There you go. And enough of this, enough of this. Enough of this. It's a very awkward. It's getting very awkward. Stop. Good. OK. Thank you for everybody. Go pick it up. It's coming out. The new album, Conquerous Forever, Strong and Proud on October the 27th on Black. You're amazing. You're amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Good night. Thank you for everybody for watching. Bye. Thank you.