The song Big Devil Data was the first song I ever wrote. The riff was inspired by George Lynch, whom I have admired for so many years.

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Like good wine, the song developed over a couple of years to what it is now. 

The basics for the lyrics was written by Francoise Vaal, and finalized by Keith St John. The lyrics deal with a very dangerous development of the modern world. As the title says 'Big Data'. A buzzword everybody has heard of, but no one has an idea of what it really means. Large corporates and governments really know everything from everyone, nothing remains unseen or unnoticed and privacy is completely gone. All enabled by modern technology of smartphones, ipads, apps,  fiber and 5G broadband internet; billions of people are actually co-operating in pro-actively destroying their privacy. People don't know about it and don't care, but the effects will be huge in the future.

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The opening riff on the album is the exact recording of the very first serious riff I recorded in Garageband, and, although it sounds a bit messy, I just wanted to put it on the record for symbolic reasons. This is where the whole album started.

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The whole concept of the above was translated into a beautiful cover design of the single. This was done by the great Brazilian graphic designer Gustavo Sazes, who has worked with many artists, like Gus G., Arch Enemy, Kamelot, Joey Concepcion and many many more. You can see Gustavo's portfolio here

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