•  "We don't want to give a name for our music, we easily name it as ROCK'N'ROLL. This may describe our music. We can't say we're not Influenced by the other bands.".

• The band was built in Izmit, 1992 by Erdem (vocal) and Baris (guitar). In a short time Cengiz (drums) and Selçuk (bass) joined. In the beginning the band's name was IMORTAL (not with 2 M's!). In 1994 we entered the studio to record our first album "New World Order Sucks". Just before the album's release, the name became ANTISILENCE. 1995 was the year the album released. The first album was a combination of Thrash Metal and Death Metal (the band was thrash, but the vocals were death!)After the album Erdem and Baris were alone again. Then, Guray (Baris's cousin) joined the band as the new drummer. The trio started writing songs without a bassplayer. In the end of 1996 Zafer (no relationship with the other members!) joined for the bass playing. ANTISILENCE spent 3 years for the rehearsals and the concerts. As, the band's line up changed right after the album, they couldn't play Live shows to support the first album. The band was not a well-known band Until February 1999. In February 1999 the band played 2 live shows with RUMBLE MILITIA and STRATOVARIUS which made the band see the sunlight. After those shows, the band became famous and popular in Turkey. The band entered The studio after the show with OVERKILL in May. The recordings lasted about 2.5 months. During the recordings an earthquake caused more than 30.000 persons' death in the band's hometown. That stopped the band recording for a while. In October, the recording was finished. After some problems with the album's cover artwork, the new album "Suffer Hits" was released in 2000. That's the whole story..no,there's bad news again: Zafer (bass) left the band in December. In January 2001, Cenk Turanli (he's a well-known bassplayer In Turkey, he played with NEKROPSI, PAGAN and ASAFATED) joined the band. Our new line-up is: Erdem Çapar(vox), Baris Ertunç (guix), Güray Gürsoy (drux) and Cenk Turanli (bax)

2.WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LYRICS AND MUSIC?

• Usually, Baris writes the music with help of Erdem and Güray. Erdem is responsible of lyrics..

 3.WHAT ARE YOUR LYRICS TALKING ABOUT MOSTLY? WHAT INSPIRES YOU AND INFLUENCES YOU WHEN WRITING?

• Our lyrics are mostly politic. But, we sometimes tell the problems we live and the things which we are bored of...

 4.YOUR MUSIC HAS INFLUENCES THAT COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT GENRES. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC?

• We don't want to give a name for our music, we easily name it as ROCK'N'ROLL. This may describe our music. We can't say we're not Influenced by the other bands.

 5.YOU COME FROM A COUNTRY WITH A SMALL METAL SCENE. IF YOU WERE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY UP IN THE NORTH OR EVEN FROM THE U.S.A. DO YOU THINK YOU'D HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME KNOWN?

• Of course...

• All of them.. hhahahaa, a typical musician's answer.. Yes, there are some songs we like more. Especially, Deny Something from our first album and Who Carez, Kesme Sesini, Autosuck and Let's Consume from Suffer Hits.

 7.WHEN WILL YOUR NEXT ALBUM BE RELEASED?CAN YOU TELL US SOME THINGS REGARDING THE NEW SONGS?

• We can't give a date for the new album. About the new songs, we're waiting to make a surprise to our fans...

 8.WHAT ABOUT THE CONCERTS? ARE YOU THINKING OF TOURING IN THE NEAR FUTURE?

• We sometimes give concerts in Turkey, but we never toured. We went to other cities in Turkey but not as a tour. We always want to tour, but according to Turkey's economy we or our label cannot support it..

9.WHICH IS YOUR BIGGEST AIM AS A MUSICIAN? WHICH IS YOUR BIGGEST DREAM?

• Well, to be honest, we don't have aims or anything else. We only dream of making music till death..

10.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVEN'T LISTENED TO YOUR MUSIC YET TO MAKE THEM BUY YOUR CD?

• It's the hardest question I've ever heard!!! I can say "Do something strange and buy our CD" or "Do us a favour, please buy our CD.... please"

11.TEL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE METAL SCENE IN TURKEY. THOUGH THE SCENE IS SMALL, MANY GOOD NAMES HAVE COME OUT LIKE RADICAL NOISE, KNIGHT ERRANT AND OF COURSE PENTAGRAM (now MEZARKABUL).

• Well, it's so hard to be a metal band in Turkey. We don't get respect from anyone, we play our music in bad conditions because of economical problems. But, we love what we are doing!!

12.DO YOU PLAY ANY COVER SONGS IN YOUR LIVE SHOWS? HOW DO YOU THINK A COVER SONG MUST BE DONE? SHOULD IT BE CHANGED OR PLAY IT LIKE THE ORIGINA; BAND DID?

• We sometimes play covers in our shows. In the past we played songs by SODOM, MOTÖRHEAD, PARADISE LOST.., But, nowadays we're into playing some punk songs in our concerts. We think, playing the cover same as the original band is boring, but if we play a cult song from a cult band, we don't change anything. Because, those songs are very important for metal or punk history. We played "Breaking The Law" by JUDAS PRIEST, "We're Not Gonna Take It" by TWISTED SISTER and "Last Caress" by MISFITS, but we didn't put anything into those songs as a respect to those bands. But, while we were playing "Big In Japan" by ALPHAVILLE 4 years ago, we played it in ANTISILENCE style.

 13.WHAT HAVE YOU LISTENED FROM THE NEW RELEASES?

• Well, there are lots of albums we liked so much, but for me DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER's "All You Need Is Love",NAPALM DEATH's "Enemy Of The Music Business", NASUM's "Human 2.0", RAMMSTEIN's "Mutter" and SOULFLY's "Primitive" are the albums I listen to nowadays. And also, you may find it funny but I also love AVANTASIA "The Metal Opera" a lot!!! Sounds crazy?

 14.WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON GREECE?

• Well, we don't have enough knowledge about Greece, only thing I know that our cultures and meals are the same.And we don't forget uzo!!!! And, personally I have a good friend from Greece. He's a famous bouzouki player: Yannis Saoulis. He's really a great friend.

 15.IS THERE A CHANCE EVER TO PERFROM LIVE HERE?

• At this moment, there's no concert in Greece, but if someone offers, Why not?

16.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INTERVIEW. I LEAVE YOU TO SAY THE LAST WORD.

• Well, ehm, urrrrrrrrr, we hate last words!!!!