ASPERITY
What happens if members of
CARNAL FORGE and STEEL ATTACK join forces? The answr to this question is
the band ASPERITY which really is a new sensation in the power/progressive
metal genre. Here you will read what Petri Kuusisto have told us for this
new promissing band, Enjoy it...
1.CONGRATULATIONS FOR "THE FINAL DEMAND"!
GREAT ALBUM!
2.FIRST OF ALL TELL US THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOMENTS IN THE SHORT ASPERITY LIFE AND INTRODUCE THE CURRENT LINE UP.
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The most important moment was when
we completed the line up and created our first album and of course that
someone wanted to release it. About the line up now, we are all just crazy
music loving assholes =) ha ha
3.WHICH MUSICAL NEEDS DO ASPERITY FULFIL
THAT NEITHER CARNAL FORGE NOR STEEL ATTACK DID? IF YOU HAD TO LEAVE A BAND,
WHICH WOULD THAT BE AND WHY?
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It`s that I get to play guitar in a
really melodic way (I only played keyboards in steelattack). Stefan felt
that he didn`t belong on vocals and as a frontman in Steel Attack. He just
wanted to play the drums. The difference from Carnal Forge is that there
really is room for melodies in Asperity and I like this mellow music. It`s
nice to play slow sometimes =) ha ha. I would not leave any band so I can't
choose any of them, Carnal Forge is my main band but Asperity is just as
fun as Carnal Forge.
4.DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT A MUSICIAN
CAN BE GOOD IN MORE THAN ONE GENRES? I MEAN WHICH IS YOUR STRONGEST POINT
AND ADVANTAGE AS COMPOSERS? SINCE YOU'VE SEEN FROM THE INSIDE BOTH DEATH/THRASH
AND POWER METAL, IN WHICH FIELD DO YOU FIND YOURSELVES BEING MORE CREATIVE?
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That is probably up to you and others
to judge but I can't see any problem with that as long as you have a passion
for the kind of music you do and do it for your own sake and if others
like it too, then it`s great. The advantage would be that through the years
we have become better musicians and therefore you get out the things you
got in your head and manage to play them. Of course there is still much
to learn but it`s getting closer =) The day I technically manage to play
all the music that`s in my head I will be satisfied. I think that I am
just as creative in carnal forge as in asperity.
5.IF I ASKED YOU TO INTRODUCE THE ALBUM
YOURSELVES TO THE READERS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? I WROTE, AMONG OTHERS, IN
MY REVIEW THAT "ASPERITY IS ANOTHER WORD FOR HARSHNESS AND I THINK THAT
THIS WORD SUITS THEM PRETTY WELL. THEIR MUSIC WITHOUT BEING REALLY AGGRESSIVE,
IT IS HARSH, BUT WHAT YOU GET TO NOTICE FROM THE FIRST MOMENT ARE THE MELODIES
AND THE DARK AND MELANCHOLIC ATMOSPHERE".DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? WHAT DO
YOU HAVE TO SAY?
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Yes I agree and I also think that the
music is a little bit filled with dread (that is mostly what the lyrics
are about) and it may sometimes be a bit dark and sad.
6.YOUR SOUND REMINDED ME A BIT OF EVERGREY
AND FALCONER, BUT IT ALSO BEARS SOME REFERENCES OF BOTH STEEL ATTACK AND
CARNAL FORGE IN SOME PARTS. WHICH OTHER BAND'S CAN WE FIND AMONG YOUR INFLUENCES?
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Well that would be Queensryche and
of course a lot of other good bands around. Everything I hear can inspire
me in some way.
7.WHERE ARE YOUR LYRICS REFERRING TO
AND HOW IMPORTANT ARE THEY FOR YOU? WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO WRITE LYRICS
AND WHAT CAN TAKE THE INSPIRATION AWAY FROM YOU?
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The lyrics are mostly about our own
feelings and experience. The lyrics are quite important to us. We pick
up what we daily observe or feel. There isn't anything special that can
take our inspiration away (sometimes it`s there sometimes not) =)
8.LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ARTWORK A BIT.
I LIKE IT! IT'S DARK... WHAT IS THIS GUY BEGGING FOR OR DEMANDING? WHOSE
ARE THESE HANDS AND WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM THE GUY?
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He is begging to die, if the old things
(old demons) won't stop chasinghim, he'd rather die. The hands stand for
all those bad things(memories,pain`s....)
9.DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR LIVE SHOWS?
WHAT SHOULD THE METALLERS EXPECT FROM AN ASPERITY LIVE SHOW?
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We`ll have to wait and see how everything
turns out for asperity. If we decide to play live we will make sure that
it sounds and looks good. Otherwise there is no meaning to play live I
think.
10.ARE YOU SAITSFIED BY THE FEEDBACK
YOU GOT THIS FAR? IS THERE A COMMON STATEMENT YOU READ IN ALMOST ALL THE
REVIEWS YOU RECEIVE?
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Yes we are satisfied, I mean we haven`t
got any real bad reviews yet =) Hmm.. I suppose the "why do you play in
both thrash metal and this melodic thing?". Is the most common question
=)
11.IF YOUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION, WHAT
WOULD IT BE? IF IT WERE A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
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It would be a sad and hopeless emotion.
A dark foggy one with someone crying in the dark or something like that.
12.WHICH IS, ACCORDING TO YOU, THE
BEST AND WHICH THE WORST ELEMENT IN YOUR MUSIC? WHICH IS YOUR TRADEMARK?
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Maybe the melodies and the vocals of
of Peter Kronberg I can't find any bad elements right now and hopefully
there isn`t any. Trademark would be" tight and good sound and that it is
straight from the heart =)
13.LET'S SUPPOSE THAT WE LIVE IN A
WORLD WITHOUT MUSIC. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN SUCH A CASE?
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Probably I'd be an alcoholic or something
ha ha =)
14.WHICH WORDS DO YOU THINK COULD BEST
DESCRIBE "THE FINAL DEMAND" AND YOUR MUSIC IN GENERAL?
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A good album with a good mixture of
songsfull of feelings.
15.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK
YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
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Take care all metalheads!!
Christine Parastatidou
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