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måndag 22 april 2013
lördag 20 april 2013
SALIGIA Interview!
And on this hollow saturday we turn our ears & eyes to Norway again and talk to SALIGIA!
1. Greetings! I appreciate that you could do this interview!
... Soo your new Ep "Lvx Aeternae" is out now or soon to be out?
- Ván Records have estimated to start distributing it between April 30th - May 15th. Our official release date is May 7th.
2. Great cover by the way on the Ep! Who did it? And what does it symbolises for you?
-It was painted by Oda Austnes, who also did the artwork for "Sïc Transit Glöria Mundï". She rendered me speechless upon first seeing it finalized, as I had given even less of a framework on this than on "S.T.G.M".
For me it is a strong visual representation of the unity of the four pieces, with the opening track emphasized. And also a "hidden", rising, hint of what we are working towards.
3. Your band name SALIGIA is based on the first letters in latin of the seven deadly sins:superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, acedia. How did this mnemonic realisation happened?
By research or accident/fate?
- I would say a combination of both.
Without delving to deep into the origin of our baptism - because memory can really be a false prophet - it all really fell into place in a strange manner. Ideas and thoughts were rushing unto me, as if it had something to tell me. As a calling that came at the right moment. It is beyond my words to describe it in an understandable way, even to myself.
Initially, there was a concept that built around the seven deadly sins, but time and experience laid this to rest, and today the name stand as the only monument of that, a monolith in the core that still holds strong significance, and contributes to the essence of our musickal expression.
4. Can you describe each songs essence? The underlying themes that make out the bones and flesh for "Lvx Aeternae".
- The core/essence and underlying theme of the release is expressed very much in the cover art and at the end of the liner notes. It would defeat all purpose to explain layers upon layers in mere words; a certain mystery and ambiguous and allegoric shroud is essential to any expression that comes from a place that can not be recognized as conscious, in a sense that it feels to have boundaries.
I can, however, listen through the album and provide a "commentary" expanding upon some of the aspects - without destroying the I of the beholder;
1.Per Aspera ad Astra
Death!
Walking through a freezing desert with only the stars and the void separating above from below. Falling to your knees facing the giant remains of what once was the grandest of monuments!
Opening your Self to the Star within, and becoming one with him, alone; - as you come, so you leave.
Take your chair. Sit. Her.
2.Lvx Aeternae
...
I regret nothing,
even though I curse what I am about to do.
Silencing voices that whisper tonight,
knowing that they will scream
The higher you are,
the farther you fall.
3.Maveth, Malachim
Red walls, burning incense,
..
Chaotia. 7.
I am I? Am I I?
4....And Death Shalt Have no Dominion
(this was built around a magnificent poem by Dylan Thomas)
Death! Naked splendour! the nothingness of being,
silence
Love! Death!
Discard all that has;
it has not; nor Will it.
A break in the sun till the sun breaks down!
5. Do you feel this new installation is a natural continuation from your excellent and filthy album
"Sic Transit Gloria Mundi"?
-The only thing I can agree with my self on is that it is a continuation, however natural or unnatural it may be. It is a great step in another direction; where "Sïc Transit Glöria Mundï" is a harsh and unwelcoming mass that forces you to pay attention, "LVX AETERNAE" opens up and lets you in; not with force, but with courtship.
So in that sense, it is indeed a natural evolution, expanding on the concept which is underlying in both; Death - the Great Change, and the aftermath there of.
It can also be noted that these two works (along with the next full-length album) have been developing simultaneously, so there is a symbiose and a half-conscious plan deep within.
6. How come you teamed up with each other?
What got your blood pulsating?
- I take it you refer to Malach Adonai, which is no longer part of SALIGIA in a physical sense.
Me and M.A. met under the circumstances of him having moved to a new town, and me needing a drummer. We instantly began to talk about doing musick together, but it would be maybe half a year before we found out that he would join me in SALIGIA. As of now, Vegard M. Berg is the drummer, a talented and magnificent individual that compliment my ideas in a near perfect manner.
Some steps need to be taken, however high they may be.
This is how it needs to be.
7. Whats your plans for this unholy year 2013?
- We hope that this, our 7th year of existence, will bring our first ceremonial interpretation, and that it may be the first of many.
Different circumstances have made it difficult for us to perform live, but I have great expectations that we will be able to do so in some form or another in the year of the Serpent.
We are also working on the next album, combining 4 years of (sub)conscious tantra that will explode in some kind of ecstasy, hopefully by the end of the year ( in recorded form).
8. Any new merchandise in the pipeline?
- We have nothing planned, unfortunately.
9. How does Trondheims "scene" dwell these days? Do you feel at home or would you like to move away?
- I am very pleased with where I am at, home is home!
I wouldn't say there is any scene at all, but there are a good handful of bands that have something really substantial to offer. None mentioned, none forgotten.
10. Good luck with your new release & plans!
Oh by the way i must give my congrats to Malach for getting a split with Nightbringer! (Circumambulations of the Solar Inferno)
Any last words!
- F.N.X...1.3..?
Thanks!
1. Greetings! I appreciate that you could do this interview!
... Soo your new Ep "Lvx Aeternae" is out now or soon to be out?
- Ván Records have estimated to start distributing it between April 30th - May 15th. Our official release date is May 7th.
2. Great cover by the way on the Ep! Who did it? And what does it symbolises for you?
-It was painted by Oda Austnes, who also did the artwork for "Sïc Transit Glöria Mundï". She rendered me speechless upon first seeing it finalized, as I had given even less of a framework on this than on "S.T.G.M".
For me it is a strong visual representation of the unity of the four pieces, with the opening track emphasized. And also a "hidden", rising, hint of what we are working towards.
3. Your band name SALIGIA is based on the first letters in latin of the seven deadly sins:superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, acedia. How did this mnemonic realisation happened?
By research or accident/fate?
- I would say a combination of both.
Without delving to deep into the origin of our baptism - because memory can really be a false prophet - it all really fell into place in a strange manner. Ideas and thoughts were rushing unto me, as if it had something to tell me. As a calling that came at the right moment. It is beyond my words to describe it in an understandable way, even to myself.
Initially, there was a concept that built around the seven deadly sins, but time and experience laid this to rest, and today the name stand as the only monument of that, a monolith in the core that still holds strong significance, and contributes to the essence of our musickal expression.
4. Can you describe each songs essence? The underlying themes that make out the bones and flesh for "Lvx Aeternae".
- The core/essence and underlying theme of the release is expressed very much in the cover art and at the end of the liner notes. It would defeat all purpose to explain layers upon layers in mere words; a certain mystery and ambiguous and allegoric shroud is essential to any expression that comes from a place that can not be recognized as conscious, in a sense that it feels to have boundaries.
I can, however, listen through the album and provide a "commentary" expanding upon some of the aspects - without destroying the I of the beholder;
1.Per Aspera ad Astra
Death!
Walking through a freezing desert with only the stars and the void separating above from below. Falling to your knees facing the giant remains of what once was the grandest of monuments!
Opening your Self to the Star within, and becoming one with him, alone; - as you come, so you leave.
Take your chair. Sit. Her.
2.Lvx Aeternae
...
I regret nothing,
even though I curse what I am about to do.
Silencing voices that whisper tonight,
knowing that they will scream
The higher you are,
the farther you fall.
3.Maveth, Malachim
Red walls, burning incense,
..
Chaotia. 7.
I am I? Am I I?
4....And Death Shalt Have no Dominion
(this was built around a magnificent poem by Dylan Thomas)
Death! Naked splendour! the nothingness of being,
silence
Love! Death!
Discard all that has;
it has not; nor Will it.
A break in the sun till the sun breaks down!
5. Do you feel this new installation is a natural continuation from your excellent and filthy album
"Sic Transit Gloria Mundi"?
-The only thing I can agree with my self on is that it is a continuation, however natural or unnatural it may be. It is a great step in another direction; where "Sïc Transit Glöria Mundï" is a harsh and unwelcoming mass that forces you to pay attention, "LVX AETERNAE" opens up and lets you in; not with force, but with courtship.
So in that sense, it is indeed a natural evolution, expanding on the concept which is underlying in both; Death - the Great Change, and the aftermath there of.
It can also be noted that these two works (along with the next full-length album) have been developing simultaneously, so there is a symbiose and a half-conscious plan deep within.
6. How come you teamed up with each other?
What got your blood pulsating?
- I take it you refer to Malach Adonai, which is no longer part of SALIGIA in a physical sense.
Me and M.A. met under the circumstances of him having moved to a new town, and me needing a drummer. We instantly began to talk about doing musick together, but it would be maybe half a year before we found out that he would join me in SALIGIA. As of now, Vegard M. Berg is the drummer, a talented and magnificent individual that compliment my ideas in a near perfect manner.
Some steps need to be taken, however high they may be.
This is how it needs to be.
7. Whats your plans for this unholy year 2013?
- We hope that this, our 7th year of existence, will bring our first ceremonial interpretation, and that it may be the first of many.
Different circumstances have made it difficult for us to perform live, but I have great expectations that we will be able to do so in some form or another in the year of the Serpent.
We are also working on the next album, combining 4 years of (sub)conscious tantra that will explode in some kind of ecstasy, hopefully by the end of the year ( in recorded form).
8. Any new merchandise in the pipeline?
- We have nothing planned, unfortunately.
9. How does Trondheims "scene" dwell these days? Do you feel at home or would you like to move away?
- I am very pleased with where I am at, home is home!
I wouldn't say there is any scene at all, but there are a good handful of bands that have something really substantial to offer. None mentioned, none forgotten.
10. Good luck with your new release & plans!
Oh by the way i must give my congrats to Malach for getting a split with Nightbringer! (Circumambulations of the Solar Inferno)
Any last words!
- F.N.X...1.3..?
Thanks!
fredag 19 april 2013
Sjukdom Interview!
And we begins this weekend with an fresh interview with the northern Norwegian BM Horde Sjukdom!
1) Hails! thanks for doing this interview! How goes the work on the album?
-Hails and thanks for wanting to interview us. The work on our debut album is going smoothly. We're at the final stages of recording vocals. After that comes mixing and mastering, but we're expecting to have the final product in our hands sometime during the first summer months.
2) Tell me about how and when and why you all got together and started Sjukdom?
-It was in the late summer of 2011 that me(Avsky, originally known as Sjuking) and Natt got together and started discussing the possibility of starting a black metal band. We had both grown up listening to black metal and we had both an equal passion for the music.
We had a problem though, Tromsø is a fairly small town (Just about 70.000 people) and it has a very small metal scene.
After a few weeks we stumbled upon a flyer when attending a gig, Saying "Guitarist looking for black metal band" We called the number and thus we had our guitar player(Hul, originally known as Smitte). The project was now official. A few months after that we recruited our bass player (Pesta).
3) what type of satanism are you into if any?
- None what so ever. We're all atheists, with our roots firmly planted in good old norse mythology.
4) Doktor Schnabel von Rom fits well your band name! (sjukdom = disease) How did you come up with that idea?
6) For cover art/promo photos, etc. Do you do it yourselves?
- We haven't really thought much about cover art yet, I guess it hasn't really dawned on us yet that we're about to release an album. As for photos, we have a friend who takes all our pictures. (Svein Joger Johnsen)
7) How have the gigging been last year? have you played outside your own soil?
- We've played a handful of gigs in our own town as of now. We've yet to play outside, though there have been offers. I guess you can say that we haven't had the time or money to play around the world yet.
8) Is there any cure for humanity except the obvious death?
- The cure for humanity lies somewhere in between the holocaust and the black plague.
War is the answer!
9) how do you foresee the rest 2013? Will the sickness spread wide?
- YES! We're planning a release concert, maybe a small Norway tour. we will decide for sure some time this summer. But if anyone wants us to book us outside of Norway, we would be happy to do a gig.
10) and like the traditions goes: Any final words?
- We were originally gonna write something clever here, but ended up getting drunk instead.
1) Hails! thanks for doing this interview! How goes the work on the album?
-Hails and thanks for wanting to interview us. The work on our debut album is going smoothly. We're at the final stages of recording vocals. After that comes mixing and mastering, but we're expecting to have the final product in our hands sometime during the first summer months.
2) Tell me about how and when and why you all got together and started Sjukdom?
-It was in the late summer of 2011 that me(Avsky, originally known as Sjuking) and Natt got together and started discussing the possibility of starting a black metal band. We had both grown up listening to black metal and we had both an equal passion for the music.
We had a problem though, Tromsø is a fairly small town (Just about 70.000 people) and it has a very small metal scene.
After a few weeks we stumbled upon a flyer when attending a gig, Saying "Guitarist looking for black metal band" We called the number and thus we had our guitar player(Hul, originally known as Smitte). The project was now official. A few months after that we recruited our bass player (Pesta).
3) what type of satanism are you into if any?
- None what so ever. We're all atheists, with our roots firmly planted in good old norse mythology.
4) Doktor Schnabel von Rom fits well your band name! (sjukdom = disease) How did you come up with that idea?
- Is it not impossible to mention the black plagues without also mentioning
the beaked plague mask? The idea just came naturally to us. Our lyrical
themes are disease, death, war and misanthropy and our logo represents
that!
5) have you released any demos/eps in the past with sjukdom?
- We did "print" a handful of demos which we gave to friends, but nothing outside of that. The same demo tracks are found on youtube, just look up Sjukdom.
5) have you released any demos/eps in the past with sjukdom?
- We did "print" a handful of demos which we gave to friends, but nothing outside of that. The same demo tracks are found on youtube, just look up Sjukdom.
6) For cover art/promo photos, etc. Do you do it yourselves?
- We haven't really thought much about cover art yet, I guess it hasn't really dawned on us yet that we're about to release an album. As for photos, we have a friend who takes all our pictures. (Svein Joger Johnsen)
7) How have the gigging been last year? have you played outside your own soil?
- We've played a handful of gigs in our own town as of now. We've yet to play outside, though there have been offers. I guess you can say that we haven't had the time or money to play around the world yet.
8) Is there any cure for humanity except the obvious death?
- The cure for humanity lies somewhere in between the holocaust and the black plague.
War is the answer!
9) how do you foresee the rest 2013? Will the sickness spread wide?
- YES! We're planning a release concert, maybe a small Norway tour. we will decide for sure some time this summer. But if anyone wants us to book us outside of Norway, we would be happy to do a gig.
10) and like the traditions goes: Any final words?
- We were originally gonna write something clever here, but ended up getting drunk instead.
But check out the other black metal bands from Tromsø:
Taakeferd, Nordvrede and Kaevum.
Some of the best black metal in ages has been recorded in this town! Hails!
Some of the best black metal in ages has been recorded in this town! Hails!
tisdag 16 april 2013
Kirkebrann Interview!
Tonight we speak with Draug from Kirkebrann!
1.Hails!
Thanks for accepting this interview!
Hows things in the Kirkebrann camp?
-Things are ok. We are looking for a booking agent so we can get some more gigs and working
on new songs.
2. Now when you recently released your first full album how do you feel about the whole
creating process? From the birth of songs to the studio stress, was it much trouble on the
way or did it go smoothly?
- It actually went smoothly. I wrote the songs except one, rogner made most of the lyric.
Then we played them for a while and re arrange some of them.
We have our own studio so the recording was no stress, but went pretty fast. Iwan did the mixing then we sent it to notodden for the mastering.
The most trouble we had was actually finding the cover art he he.
3. How has the world received "Når Alt Dør"?
- We haven’t got so many reviews yet, but it looks like most people like what they hear. People
outside Norway are most exited.
4. Is the "Jakob" in the song "Jerva-Jakob" the manipulating patriarch from the old testament
or is it some old friend?
- Jerva jakop is the story about the last man in sogn who was convicted to death by
decapitation. He tried to murder his wife by pushing her out of a cliff. Its Old Norwegian
history from sogn.
Oh! Thats was a nice little story!
5. Your split with Svikt was great if i may say so, are you guys close acquaintances or was
it a label thing?
- Hrafn who is guitarist and creator of svikt are playing lead guitar in kirkebrann. We just
wanted to make a killer split and realized it on the label they are sign on.
6. How did the gig with Djevelkult och Skaur go? Any more plans to play together?
- The gig went great. We enjoyed playing in Lillehammer. It was the first time we met skaur
and it was a great band. Djevelkult is a great band we are going to play a lot more together
with them. Djevelkult and kirkebrann are trying to help each other getting gigs so. We play
and drink well together he he
7. Would you say that there is an "northen" black metal and a "southern" black metal in Norway?
- I don’t know and I don’t care. There are so many opinions about this and that. Let people
make up their own mind.
8. One time in the 90´s i had the opportunity to feel the smell of a church burning...sweet
memories. Have you had the same "luck" like that?
- Only a burning house after some party many years ago. He he
9. The cold and hatefull music that you create is good and i feel that it can be both empowering
and depressing. (like it should be) but how do your selfs feel like after a gig or after listening
to your own stuff? Do you feel you have reached the goal you intended?
- When I drink booze and create music it feels great, when the music works with the whole
band it feels even greater. Some of the songs on the album make me feel like I have reach
the goal yes. I get tired of my own stuff sometimes but some of the songs are classic.
10. So how does the plans look for this year? Any last bleak words?
- The plan was to play much live but you never now. Maybe we will record a new album.
Hopefully maybe next year we can get our asses out in Europa.
I sure hope so!!
Thanks for accepting this interview!
Hows things in the Kirkebrann camp?
-Things are ok. We are looking for a booking agent so we can get some more gigs and working
on new songs.
2. Now when you recently released your first full album how do you feel about the whole
creating process? From the birth of songs to the studio stress, was it much trouble on the
way or did it go smoothly?
- It actually went smoothly. I wrote the songs except one, rogner made most of the lyric.
Then we played them for a while and re arrange some of them.
We have our own studio so the recording was no stress, but went pretty fast. Iwan did the mixing then we sent it to notodden for the mastering.
The most trouble we had was actually finding the cover art he he.
3. How has the world received "Når Alt Dør"?
- We haven’t got so many reviews yet, but it looks like most people like what they hear. People
outside Norway are most exited.
4. Is the "Jakob" in the song "Jerva-Jakob" the manipulating patriarch from the old testament
or is it some old friend?
- Jerva jakop is the story about the last man in sogn who was convicted to death by
decapitation. He tried to murder his wife by pushing her out of a cliff. Its Old Norwegian
history from sogn.
Oh! Thats was a nice little story!
5. Your split with Svikt was great if i may say so, are you guys close acquaintances or was
it a label thing?
- Hrafn who is guitarist and creator of svikt are playing lead guitar in kirkebrann. We just
wanted to make a killer split and realized it on the label they are sign on.
6. How did the gig with Djevelkult och Skaur go? Any more plans to play together?
- The gig went great. We enjoyed playing in Lillehammer. It was the first time we met skaur
and it was a great band. Djevelkult is a great band we are going to play a lot more together
with them. Djevelkult and kirkebrann are trying to help each other getting gigs so. We play
and drink well together he he
7. Would you say that there is an "northen" black metal and a "southern" black metal in Norway?
- I don’t know and I don’t care. There are so many opinions about this and that. Let people
make up their own mind.
8. One time in the 90´s i had the opportunity to feel the smell of a church burning...sweet
memories. Have you had the same "luck" like that?
- Only a burning house after some party many years ago. He he
9. The cold and hatefull music that you create is good and i feel that it can be both empowering
and depressing. (like it should be) but how do your selfs feel like after a gig or after listening
to your own stuff? Do you feel you have reached the goal you intended?
- When I drink booze and create music it feels great, when the music works with the whole
band it feels even greater. Some of the songs on the album make me feel like I have reach
the goal yes. I get tired of my own stuff sometimes but some of the songs are classic.
10. So how does the plans look for this year? Any last bleak words?
- The plan was to play much live but you never now. Maybe we will record a new album.
Hopefully maybe next year we can get our asses out in Europa.
I sure hope so!!
måndag 15 april 2013
Nåstrond - Muspellz Synir
First i want to say that this record is quite a massiv work of occult art! (Released in the year 2008.)
It ticks in almost into an whole hour of thick murky chaos!
I like Nåstronds change into more grittier and harshers audio even if i liked hteir 90´s sound to... i feel that this "new" sound they have is more suiting their cause. The production is earthy and muddy but at the same time clear & sharp... nice mix combo.
Reverbing buzzing guitars & drums hammering in mostly midtempo with intersections of ambient atmospheric tracks & hatefull bursts, harsh grunting vocals rolling into the layers of madness well. The whole album is clearly made to be heard from start to finish. an epic and bloody journey into the void.
You´ll decending down to the beach of death!...Walking over corpses... trying to escape in vain.
Await the dragon!
Feel the flesh rip of your bone as the ancient serpent eats you.
This eternal beach of rotting bodies will be your coffin of pain.
I great black metal album by all means but it can take some spins before you´ll grasp it completely... but it´s worth it!
Track list:
1. Intro - The Gallow Reveals
2. Fenrir Prophesy
3. Eldrök
4. Defiance of the Transient
5. Dark Fyres
6. Die Sense die die schwarze Herbstzeitlose mäht
7. Ascending Blaze
8. Agios
9. Svarta Stränder (Digerdöden)
10. Calling the Serpentine
11. Ior - instrumental
12. Mouth of the Sea
13. Passing Beyond Light - instrumental
14. Nåstrond
It ticks in almost into an whole hour of thick murky chaos!
I like Nåstronds change into more grittier and harshers audio even if i liked hteir 90´s sound to... i feel that this "new" sound they have is more suiting their cause. The production is earthy and muddy but at the same time clear & sharp... nice mix combo.
Reverbing buzzing guitars & drums hammering in mostly midtempo with intersections of ambient atmospheric tracks & hatefull bursts, harsh grunting vocals rolling into the layers of madness well. The whole album is clearly made to be heard from start to finish. an epic and bloody journey into the void.
You´ll decending down to the beach of death!...Walking over corpses... trying to escape in vain.
Await the dragon!
Feel the flesh rip of your bone as the ancient serpent eats you.
This eternal beach of rotting bodies will be your coffin of pain.
I great black metal album by all means but it can take some spins before you´ll grasp it completely... but it´s worth it!
Track list:
1. Intro - The Gallow Reveals
2. Fenrir Prophesy
3. Eldrök
4. Defiance of the Transient
5. Dark Fyres
6. Die Sense die die schwarze Herbstzeitlose mäht
7. Ascending Blaze
8. Agios
9. Svarta Stränder (Digerdöden)
10. Calling the Serpentine
11. Ior - instrumental
12. Mouth of the Sea
13. Passing Beyond Light - instrumental
14. Nåstrond
söndag 14 april 2013
Stutthof - And Cosmos from Ashes to Dust...
Apart from the obvious controversial bandname i cant find anything that could really be considered as some nazi-whatever and i guess that most of the people thats reading this blog knows that this is more about Drakkonian Witchcraft, luciferianism etc and that this band changed its name later to Acherontas.... as the man himself commented in some old interview that the Stutthof incarnation had "bite its own tail" and had to die...only to be reborn as something stronger.
It all starts with a very atmospheric orchestral piece borrowed from the soundtrack of the movie "The Ninth Gate"... after that all hell explodes!
Wampyric Metamorphosis is one of Stutthofs best songs i must admit! The winds from the 90´s is here but in a more wall-of-sound kind of way with its drum blasts fills the vast sky and fresh sharp riff structures rips your face away !
It really feels like the cosmos is trembling as the ancient kings arise!
The serpents puls echoes as it shatters the stars.
The production is well fitting with working dissonance & strong & harsh groundstructure, the singing is combined with deep chantings and highpitched screams just as it should be.
The 20 minutes song "Crossing the Ninth Gate to the Kingdom of Shadows " is also one of the bands best (in that era), it has so many layers and twist and turns thats a bit hard to explain... and i would bore you. haha! Best is that you listen to it your self of course.
All the incarnations is vivid and when it all is finished you will feel like you been both punched out of orbit and then given primordial knowledge... or something.
I could go on and on about every great little detail on every track but i think its better you pick it up yourself and just devour it!
The only minor critic i have is the bad picture resolution on the cover (and some in the booklet, the vinyl is better but with another coverpicture), other then that this is a must have record!
Track list:
1. An Invocation to Those Who Have Risen
2. Wampyric Metamorphosis
3. Κερασφόρος Σελήνη
4. Crossing the Ninth Gate to the Kingdom of Shadows
5. Δράκων Ό Μέγας
6. The Breaking of the Seventh Seal
lördag 13 april 2013
Aosoth Interview!
Time to speak with BST in the one and only Aosoth!
1. Thanks for taking your time to do this interview!
How is the vibes going in the Aosoth fortress?
BST: Things are looking pretty good. We're preparing for our first live rituals, which are to occur not long after the new album's release.
And our first ever official video will première today. (3 April)
2. Compared to your last three albums how would you describe the differences to
"IV: An Arrow in Heart"?
Please tell me about the main "theme" here?
BST: That album is the most mature we have made so far. On the previous one we had sort of found a specific tone, and we've come to perfect it with this new one.
The theme could be summed up as a search for enlightenment through the loss of all, especially the loss of sight, as a main step to truly seing.
3. When creating this new album where there many "kill your darlings"
in play or did you go from clarity to clarity? I guess you are very
picky in what gets out from your chambers.
BST: Those songs are all first shots. We don't overthink our music and we don't spend any time toying around and rearranging things. It's meant to be spontaneous, like automatic writing.
I'd say that's something that defines the way we sound.
4. the splendid & epic album "III - Violence & Variation" where a bit more impenetrable then the
murdering "Ashes of Angels" album, for what i have heard this "IV" is more
like a mixture of them both... is that somewhat a correct interpretation?
BST: It may feel that way because the production is clearer on "An Arrow in Heart". As far as the music goes, I don't really think so.
I think this album shows a natural evolution. Then again, we're not well placed to be the judges of that, we lack perspective.
5. Your new cover gives a different kind of "Aosoth feeling" (in a good way)
Almost romantic in a deadly kind of way. How did you choose the artist?
Any specific mentalvision you had that guided you to him?
BST: That amazing cover was painted by Benjamin Vierling, and we're honored to have been able to work with him.
It is a pretty accurate illustration of the themes develloped in the album.
Some people disliked it, or didn't understand it. It does require a closer look.
6. Is there any sweet merchandise in the making for this year?
Any plans for new Antaeus music? Loved Blood Libels!
BST: A couple tshirts designs should be printed, yes. As far as Antaeus goes, so far, there is no plan for any new music. We'll see what happens in the future.
7. How does your live plans look for 2013? You know we in Sweden wants you to come over badly and do a gig or two!
BST: We'll be playing a couple shows in France in early may, then we'll have a gig in the USA (Maryland Deathfest) on May the 25th. After that we'll play in Helsinki for the next edition of Black Flames of Blasphemy.
We did play in Sweden, at the Arosian Black Mass, a few months ago. We would consider any decent and serious offer.
8. Is there any Swedish band you like? Any one you like to play/tour with etc?
BST: There is obviously Watain, with whom we already have had the honour of touring. Apart from them I guess Funeral Mist would be my favourite swedish band at the moment.
9. Any final piercing words?
BST: Thank you for the interview. AMSG.
1. Thanks for taking your time to do this interview!
How is the vibes going in the Aosoth fortress?
BST: Things are looking pretty good. We're preparing for our first live rituals, which are to occur not long after the new album's release.
And our first ever official video will première today. (3 April)
2. Compared to your last three albums how would you describe the differences to
"IV: An Arrow in Heart"?
Please tell me about the main "theme" here?
BST: That album is the most mature we have made so far. On the previous one we had sort of found a specific tone, and we've come to perfect it with this new one.
The theme could be summed up as a search for enlightenment through the loss of all, especially the loss of sight, as a main step to truly seing.
3. When creating this new album where there many "kill your darlings"
in play or did you go from clarity to clarity? I guess you are very
picky in what gets out from your chambers.
BST: Those songs are all first shots. We don't overthink our music and we don't spend any time toying around and rearranging things. It's meant to be spontaneous, like automatic writing.
I'd say that's something that defines the way we sound.
4. the splendid & epic album "III - Violence & Variation" where a bit more impenetrable then the
murdering "Ashes of Angels" album, for what i have heard this "IV" is more
like a mixture of them both... is that somewhat a correct interpretation?
BST: It may feel that way because the production is clearer on "An Arrow in Heart". As far as the music goes, I don't really think so.
I think this album shows a natural evolution. Then again, we're not well placed to be the judges of that, we lack perspective.
5. Your new cover gives a different kind of "Aosoth feeling" (in a good way)
Almost romantic in a deadly kind of way. How did you choose the artist?
Any specific mentalvision you had that guided you to him?
BST: That amazing cover was painted by Benjamin Vierling, and we're honored to have been able to work with him.
It is a pretty accurate illustration of the themes develloped in the album.
Some people disliked it, or didn't understand it. It does require a closer look.
6. Is there any sweet merchandise in the making for this year?
Any plans for new Antaeus music? Loved Blood Libels!
BST: A couple tshirts designs should be printed, yes. As far as Antaeus goes, so far, there is no plan for any new music. We'll see what happens in the future.
7. How does your live plans look for 2013? You know we in Sweden wants you to come over badly and do a gig or two!
BST: We'll be playing a couple shows in France in early may, then we'll have a gig in the USA (Maryland Deathfest) on May the 25th. After that we'll play in Helsinki for the next edition of Black Flames of Blasphemy.
We did play in Sweden, at the Arosian Black Mass, a few months ago. We would consider any decent and serious offer.
8. Is there any Swedish band you like? Any one you like to play/tour with etc?
BST: There is obviously Watain, with whom we already have had the honour of touring. Apart from them I guess Funeral Mist would be my favourite swedish band at the moment.
9. Any final piercing words?
BST: Thank you for the interview. AMSG.
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