METAL TUFAO!!!

DISTRAUGHT

For all those who miss the good old death/thrash days of SEPULTURA, there's a band that will ease their pain. WELCOME DISTARUGHT!!!

1.HOW WAS THE WHOLE DISTRAUGHT IDEA CREATED? TURN BACK TO DAY ZERO TILL NOW AND BRIEF US. WHO ARE DISTRAUGHT?

ANDRÉ – By the time, late ’89, I sang in a band called “ Desintegrate”, but when it ended I already knew that there were three guys, friends of mine making another band that needed someone for the vocals. That was the moment that the band really became “Distraught”. The band started with the purpose to get into a more crossover sound. By the time, we listened to metal bands and crossover bands, we were still learning to play. From them on there were so many changes in the band, new members and musical maturity. The new musicians are on the road almost at the same time the band began. Marcos(formerly of “From Hell”) and Ricardo(formerly of “The Wise”) joined the band together right after the end of recordings of “Nervous System”, ’97. Gustavo(formerly of “Sarcástica”) joined the band during the recordings of “Infinite Abyssal” and Éverson(formerly of “Sacrário”) joined right after the end of recording the album.

2.HOW HAVE YOU SELECTED THIS BAND NAME? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EXPRESS?

ANDRÉ – When I joined the band, the first name idea was “Distraught Agressor” them we simplified it to Distraught, which for us represents the state of the most of the people: Distraught, and are identified with it.

3.WHICH ARE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN YOUR LATEST RELEASE AND YOUR PREVIOUS ALBUM?

MARCOS - The similarities between “Nervous System” and “Infinite Abyssal” appear in melodies, thrash riffs and death passages, but only in it, for “Infinite” is creatively superior.
RICARDO - We aren’t really working in the next album yet, although already there are some riffs and lyrics that yet didn’t became songs. We’re going to keep the aggressivety, melody and technique in service of heavy music and trying to reach the maximum of originality as possible.

4.TELL US A FEW THINGS REGARDING YOUR NEW ALBUM. WHERE WAS IT RELEASED, THE MUSICAL DIRECTION, ANY FUNNY EVENTS DURING THE RECORDINGS?

MARCOS - The new album is more complex, mature and captivating. Encore Records released the album only in Brazil, but we want to released it in Europe too. We made an album for all the metal fans, it doesn’t matter the style, keeping the characteristical aggressivety of the band. Before the vocals recording in “Dusty Land”, a low scream, appeared after Ricardo’s guitar solo in the song tune, as if it was made intentionally, but nobody had recorded the vocals yet. Until today it’s a mistery for us. After the vocals recording, the scream disappeared.

5.WHICH ARE YOUR MOST BELOVED BANDS? WITH WHICH BANDS WOULD YOU LIKE TO PERFORM LIVE?

RICARDO - Death, Carcass, Judas Priest, Slayer, Napalm Death, Soilwork, Nevermore, Kreator, etc... and we’d like to play with any os these bands of with all these bands together in a Festival.

6.YOUR SOUND IS DEATH/THRASH METAL, HOWEVER YOU DON'T WRITE LYRICS FOR DEAD PEOPLE, ZOMBIES, ETC BUT YOUR LYRICS REFER TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS. WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN THIS STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES WAY OF APPROACHING THE FANS? WHY DIDN'T YOU WRITE FANTASY STORIES?

RICARDO - Some lyrics that broaches problems near of our reality, because is impossible to see everything that happens without writing something about. But then if you pay heed to “Infinite Abyssal”, you’ll see that André created a place where the worst souls go after death, and in “Umbral” we describe a place that looks like “purgatory” so there are other lyrics that are about fiction in the album.

7.BY THE WAY, WHAT DOES "TUFAO" MEAN?

ÉVERSON – ”Tufão” is how we call “tornado” in our idiom.

8.WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE COUNTRY BRAZIL, WHAT COMES TO OUR MIND IS CARNAVAL, FOOTBALL, ETC.ON THE OTHER HAND YOU COME AND SHOW US ANOTHER REALITY. DO YOU THINK THAT MUSICIANS SHOULD DO THAT?

MARCOS - If it’s possible yes, but we can do the both things, writing lyrics about reality and lyrics about fiction, as we did in this album.

9.DO YOU THINK HEAVY METAL SHOULD HAVE ITS LIMITS?

GUSTAVO - Creating limits means obstructing the creativety of people and it isn’t good at all. We want the Heavy Metal to grow go, but it doesn’t mean that everything new that appears and is supported by the media is good. The fashions supported by the media pass away, the true Heavy Metal continues and the fans know it very well.

10.WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC?

MARCOS – We would be common people, just as we are. Music is an expression need that runs in our blood.

11.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WORLD POLITICS AND TERRORISM?IF YOU HAD A WISH, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE IN THE WORLD?

MARCOS – The USA are very prepotent and should think more before getting into another country and playing the “Sheriff” on it. The ONU should be the one with the right to interfere, wherever there is trouble. I think that their will of dominating everything just feeds the anger back to themselves. The USA create the terror wave, but they have domination under the rest and nothing happens to them, few nations have the nerve to defy them or to say that just don’t agree with them. Other countries support them to get safeness back. It was very sad what happened in New York, but I think that they harvested what they planted. They helped Afeganistan to defeat the Russian and just left the country after the victory your know, the following facts. The wish I have is the majority wish, more equality, justice, the end of hunger and misery in the countries in development. There are so many things still to change, but sometimes it seems like utopia thinking about changes. See the way that certain countries act in their trading politics: “Everything for me, nothing for others, minor taxes for me, bigger taxes for others”. I hope you understand, my point of view.

12.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE SATANIST CASE OF THE GERMAN COUPLE? WILL THE METALHEADS WITNESS ANOTHER CHASE

MARCOS – We don’t know anything about it.

13.WHICH ALBUM WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE AND MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF IT?

ÉVERSON – Abigail - King Diamond

14.IF YOUR MUSIC WAS A FEELING WHAT WOULD IT BE? IF IT WAS A PICTURE WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?

MARCOS – It would be nervousness and anger. As a picture, it would a volcano being dragged down.

15.WHAT QUESTION HASN'T ANYBODY DONE SO FAR TO YOU AND YOU'D LIKE TO BE ASKED? ANSWER IT AS WELL AND WHICH IS THE MOST IRRITATING QUESTION SOMEONE HAS DONE TO YOU?

GUSTAVO – Until right now, all the questions that we’ve been answered to are really about the things we want the people to know about the band. Something that piss us off is when somebody label our music without really listening to it and without understanding our message.

16.LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE...

MARCOS – We’d like to say that is an immense pleasure to clarify the internauts that enjoy Metal about our band and we invite everyone to know our most recent album: “Infinite Abyssal” - just access MP3 in our site: http://www.distraught.cjb.net (we hope our album be soon released in Europe). We also would like to thank Behind The Veil Site for the opportunity and trust in our work.

Christine Parastatidou

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