Ambrazura
Ambrazura is a band hailing
from Russia and "Storm In Your Brains" is their fourth release in the death
gore genre. Demon, the band's frontman is here to present the band in public
and introduce to the brutallers their latest endeavor.
1.HELLO! FIRST OF ALL, GIVE US A SHORT BAND'S
HISTORY AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO THE READERS...
The frontman and the founder of the group
is Demon (Sergey Denisov). His first project back in 1997 was Black
Widow group. The style of the music as it was defined by Moscow magazine
Rock City in its review of the first demo was melodic, classic death
metal. As the group gained popularity new ideas appeared, which required
actualization. Soon the group members no longer suited Demon as far as
music was concerned, and it was decided out of court to disband the group.
Here, properly speaking, the history of Lexx begins. The name was
taken from the title serial, new instrumentation was gathered. In a few
months the best material was rehearsed and polished. As a style base one
of the most technical and aggressive variants of death metal were chosen.
If we consider foreign groups with the same manner of playing (though it
won t be exactly the same), these are first of all Vader, Master(USA) and
Morbid Angel. Lexx made its debut together with Aria
in Ekaterinburg on March 23, 1999. Let us not argue the differences of
average heavy metal a la Iron Maiden and brutal, technical death metal
performed by Lexx . During the concert the audience reacted very vividly
and according to the praises after the concert, Lexx was more
to their liking then the notorious Aria . The group gave a series
of concerts in native Ekaterinburg, performed as a guest at an annual festival
Ural Rock, and received fulsome praises from both the jury and the audience.
A journey to Maloyaroslavetz, which is near Moscow, where international
bike-show is held, is of interest. After the performance Lexx
was given a star status. The demands to sell discs were declined,
as far as there were no records at that time. Since December 1999 critical
hardships began. By that time material for the first album was ready, it
s working name Anger, later it was released under name Storm
in Your Brains . The topic questions of the songs mostly concern eternal
human values: life, death, simple human relations. They failed to record
it due to falling-off of the group. For three months the group performed
with 2 men and the audience accepted such shifts of the collective rather
gently. In December 2000 a new drummer was found, rehearsals began. In
February 2001 bass joined, which required considerable improvements. This
set of men went to death-panorama in Perm, took part in two festivals in
Ekaterinburg that very spring. In 2002 discord in the collective began,
the group fell-off. In April 2002 Demon goes to studio and in half a year
records three albums with new musicians: Storm in Your Brains ,
Life and Death , Body , rehearsals began. Before having the copyright
registered in the USA, the name had to be changed, as the list contained
a lot of Lexxes and they disliked the idea of being one more. The name
Ambrazura was cooked-up in 10 seconds, its an untranslatable abbreviation.
Circularization to magazines for reviews began and sales in the USA commenced.
In August 2003 an hour and a half appearance of Ambrazura took place,
which shocked all its fans and not only them. A great number of super-reviews
(the USA, Germany, Russia) for the first album Storm in Your Brains , which
was released in November 2003 at Stygian Crypt Production.
2.BY THE WAY, WHAT DOES AMBRAZURA MEAN AND HOW
DID YOU CHOOSE THIS NAME?
It means nothing. Just a set of letters. The
name Ambrazura was cooked-up in 10 seconds because we could not register
the band with the last name "Lexx" at one American site because of copyright.
3.HOW MANY RELEASES (DEMOS INCLUDED) DO YOU HAVE?
CAN YOU POINT OUT IN WHICH FIELDS YOU HAVE PROGRESSED AND EVOLVED AS A
BAND?
We have 4 albums: Storm in Your Brains,
Life and Death, Body and Freedom. Our style remains the same: it
is massive, death metal, progressive, avant guard.
4.YOU USED TO HAVE ANOTHER BAND IN THE PAST, THAT
BELONGED TO THE CLASSIC MELODIC DEATH METAL BRANCH. WHAT MADE YOU
CHANGE YOUR MUSIC AND TURN TOWARDS A MORE BRUTAL DEATH METAL SOUND?
I wanted to get maximum from technical capabilities
of guitar and my physical capabilities. Combination of melody, speed, brutalism
and heaviness gives sincere pleasure.
5.GIVE US SOME GENERAL INFO REGARDING "STORM IN
YOUR BRAINS". ARE YOU SATISFIED BY THE FINAL RESULT? IF YOU COULD CHANGE
SOMETHING WHAT WOULD IT BE?
The working name of the album was Anger ,
later it was released under name Storm in Your Brains. The songs'
topics mostly concern eternal human values: life, death, simple human relations.
I am not satisfied with the sound. If there was an opportunity to record
in a good studio the result would be much better.
6.IF I ASKED YOU TO PRESENT THE ALBUM YOURSELF
TO THE READERS, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM?
Listen and get pleasure. Storm in your brains
is a style of life.
7.ARE THERE ANY COMPOSITIONS FROM YOUR PREVIOUS
BANDS INCLUDED IN "STORM IN YOUR BRAINS"? IF YES, HAVE YOU ALTERED THEM
AT ALL?
Compositions "Break in heavens", "Coffin for
happiness", "My hero", all of them we rearranged in the studio.
8.WHICH ARE THE MAIN TOPICS THE ALBUM DEAL WITH?
DO YOU LIKE THE GORE THEMATOLOGY? WHY?
Fight for life is the main topic. Speaking
about gore thematology, yes, I like it. Gore is life and death. This is
reality.
9.THE ARTWORK IS NOT THAT GOOD. IT NEEDED MORE
WORK IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE REALISTIC AND MORE GORE. DO YOU AGREE? WHAT
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ON THAT?
I fully agree with you. The artwork is as
good as it could be considering available money and time.
10.DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR LIVE SHOWS? WHICH
ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
Of course there are plans. Summer is the time
of live shows. We always agree, just ask us. In future we aim to participate
in big death festivals.
11.IF YOU HAD THE MONEY TO MAKE A PROPER AND EXPENSIVE
VIDEO CLIP, HOW DO YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE?
Gloom and horror, much blood and fight, super
effects. Fantastic, taking place in hell.
12.CAN YOU POINT OUT ANY OTHER INTERESTING BANDS
FROM RUSSIA YOU THINK THAT DESERVE OUR ATTENTION?
I can not answer this question. And don't
want to.
13.WHICH PHRASE DO YOU THINK CAN SUM UP AND UNDERLINE
ALL THE BAND'S EFFORTS AND WHICH WORDS DO YOU THINK CAN DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC
IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY?
It is just fantastic as Miron said.
14.IF YOUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION, WHAT WOULD IT
BE? IF IT WERE A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
Emotion - pleasure. Painting would show the
flight of the Galley's comet, as a background - bloody moon.
15.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK YOU ANYTHING
AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
I'd like to compose music and perform it infinitely.
Christine Parastatidou
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