• I THINK AURORA BOREALIS IS A WELL KNOWN BAND IN THE METAL UNDERGROUND SCENE AND THE THING THAT I LIKED TO THEM THE MOST IS TAHT THEY ARE VERY TALKATIVE PERSONS WITH NO KIND OF ROCK STAR ATITTUDE.YOU ALSO CAN CONTACT THEM, THEY WILL ANSWER TO YOU...

1.TELL US IN A FEW WORDS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF THE BAND'S HISTORY. WHICH IS TODAY'S LINE UP?

• Well I guess it was when I quit my old band Lestregus Nosferatus otherwise I would still be with them. It was really important for me to find a really fast techincal drummer that would elevate the band to where I thought it belonged. Getting Tony Laureano and Derik Roddy were really important in the bands history. AS for today and on the newest CD it is myself and Tim Yeung (ex Hate Eternal) . The Cd will probably be out by the time this interview is out as we are expecting them anyday now.

• The name just mean Northern Lights. I just thought it was a kind of different name and it fit the band really well. There is really no deep meaning behind it I just liked it.

• I think of our music as semi technical death black with hints of thrash. It is very very fast and very clean. As far as older influences I really liked some of the older thrash bands like Sodom, Kreator and Coroner. They influenced my early days very much. As far as newer bands Morbid angel of course and lots of black metal like marduk, Dark funeral Etc. I listen to all kinds of msuic So I draw influences from everywhere, but mainly the faster stuff.

• Well by the time this is out we will have four releases out. The first one was called "Mansions OF Eternity" It was recorded at Morrisound studios and mixed by Scott Burns. The second was Called "Praise the Archaic Lights Embrace" It was recorded at Sound Lab with Bob Moore enginnering. the Third was "Northern Lights" I recorded that at my studio called Nightsky. and the newest one is entitleed "Time Unveiled" which was also recorded at Nightsky. Actually they are all pretty much in the same Vein they are really fast and semi technical. I feel we get better with each release. The song structures always seem to get better as well as the general feel of the albums. In general if you like one you will probably like them all and vice versa.

• Yeah we were kind of black vampyric metal which is maybe one of the reasons I left (along with the fact I needed players with less Obligations and who were just a bit faster etc.) I still am freinds with the main guy and I think he still trying to get something going with the band. I actually put two of the original demo tracks on the Aurora new CD. Just to kind of let everyone know kind of what we sounded like way back then. All of our songs were really good and we almost got a deal with listenable records but we kind of broke up and it fell through.

• Yeah that was one of the other reasons, I really wasn't into the whole vampire thing, its hard to do something that your not totally into. AS far as what I write about now everything tends to be mostly based around actual happening or events and time In history. I usually am just reading a book or something and stumble across something that I find intersting and I will take it from there. occasionally I will write a fictional story or a fantasy if you want to call it that but Most of the time what I write about is real. Hence the new CD title "Time Unveiled".

• Well it wasn't really a concious choice its just the way things happened. The first Cd I really wanted to come out good because it was our first effort and I needed it to be really good. So we went to Morrisound and got Scott Burns, at the time he was really famous for doing death metal and such. Now I talk to people that don't even know who he is, but I think it helped on the First CD. AS for the second CD Derik the drummer said he knew of A killer place and it was sound lab. Nile had recorded there as well as a few other bands whos Cd sounded really good So I gave it a try. I wasn't too thrilled with the result but it got the job done and most people thought the Production was OK. By the time I was ready to record the third CD I had my own studio close to completion and I just recorded it at my place. I think it came out really good and all the reviews etc seem to think so as well. Now on the fourth Cd I actually got a job working a a bigger studio that was already established and I kind of went into business with him so naturally recorded it there. I still call it Nighstky but its really called Nightsky / IQ because the studios was named Iq before I came along and the owner likes to keep the name because it was already established. We actually have Pro tools 5.1 which runs 124 real tracks with full automation and any effect etc you can imagine. Only top grade gear. Any bands looking to record get in contact, I always cut great rates for death or black metal.

• Sure, When I quit the band Lestregus Nosferatus I went to Tampa Fl to look for better players, there I started work with Jim the Drummer for the Old band Brutality, that really wasn't working out because he wasn't fast enough and he took way to many breaks, but anyway I heard another drummer in the next practice bay over and it was Tony. Later that night I called up Lee from monstrosity and asked if he knew who that guy was and he happened to be at Leses house. I set up a meeting the next day and played him some of the stuff and he liked it and agreed to do the first CD. He was excellent but the next Cd he was super busy with Angel corpse and we couldn't find the time to get together for the second Cd So I called up a old freind Derik Roddy. We used to play in a band together a long time ago called Gothic Outcasts. He was also into the music and agreed to do the second CD. He also was a spectacular drummer he then did the third Cd as well. Now he is in Hate Eternal as well as a few other side projects and he lives in Florida and I live in Maryland so again it is very hard to find the time to get together. This time I called up Tim Yeung who was an Ex Hate Eternal memeber and he also had heard the stuff and was eager to fill the position. I have been really fortunate in getting great drummers all three of them are phenomenal and I would love to work with any one of them anytime.

• Aurora Borealis is really a studio band. I can't afford to book a tour myself and with my studio work it would be hard to go. Don't get me wrong if a label would pay we would gladly go but I just can't do it myself. Also all the drummers I have used are in different states so to get our schedule matched up is hard.

• I will just promote it the same way I always have through zines and radio etc. Great reviews have really contributed a lot. I can't thank the zines enough. I feel I have done a great job thus far and now we have the added bonus of a label behind us as well. Die Hard music did a pretty good job at promoting the latest re release they did for us on Northern Lights. So hopefully on the new one they will continue to help out.

• I always think the best parts are the drums, without that you have nothing. I also like the riffs a lot that we use. I am always trying to improve on production values. All of our productions are good I just want to make them sound better. With each album we have achived that and we will continue to get better all the time.

• I don't have a real view on that, there are a lot of blacks i dont like but also a lot of whites I don't like either. There are people in every race who are morons but you just have to deal with them.

• Most likely to ancient Egypt right around 900 to 1000 BC maybe even to the old mayan civilizations about the same time period. But If I could go back in time I would visit every time period in each of its eras. I definitly wouldnt stay long but just to be there for a short periods would be nice.

• It would take a long time to answer that one. I cant even begin to think about that, it would probably take me months to gather my thoughts before I answered that.

• Yes I have. Actually I read all the time most recenlty I just finished a four book sci fi story called The River World. Its about everyone on earth who has ever lived being reborn the same day on a new planet. Very good books. My favorite of all time are of course the Lord of the Rings Books, I have read those about four times each. Right now I am reading the History of Magic and the Occult. I'm not into that kind of stuff I just find it interesting to read it. I could talk about books for a long time as well.

• I would like for you to make it whater you think is fitting.

• Its too hard to pick the best because we get great reviews all the time.Literally we get one bad review out of 100 usually. I'm glad people seem to like it that much. The worst I can think of was from a guy who usually reviews main stream stuff so he wasn't used to black metal. I won't mention his petty zine but I didn't take it too seriusly because were listed right above Bon Jovis new CD which he absolutely loved. Die Hard music sends to some strange places but it does help get the name out, so I can't complain.

• Well I sent them a CD and they liked it so they signed us for the re-release of our last CD as well as the release of the new one as well. Actually it will end up being a release also because I am releasing it first in the US on my label called Nightsky Prod. So they will get the Europe release as well as the rest of the world. They did a good job on the last CD like I Said So this should be good for us as well.

• I would just encourage all your readers to get in touch, we respond to all mail. We can be reached at PO BOX 1327 CLinton MD 20735 or via the internet at [email protected] also check out the web page at www.auroraborealis.org thanx alot for the interview we always appreciate the support.