A GENRE TO COME....

EMBRYO

EMBRYO IS A NEW ITALIAN MELODIC DEATH METAL BAND. THEY PLAY A VERY ORIGINAL MUSIC (THEY ASKED ME TO SAU THAT :) ), AND I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE INTERVIEW AS MUCH AS ME .

1.GIVE A SHORT BAND BIO. WHO ARE EMBRYO? WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO FORM A BAND?

EMBRYO are an Italian melodic death/thrash band, born in the Y2K from the ashes of Lost Fate, a band of classic metal; the main composers, Uge (guitar), Gigi (keys) & Ivan (drums) wanted to create a new extreme metal entity, with the support of the keys to create a "progressive" mood, and keeping the melody between the violent riffs. In December of 2001 our first demo-CD, "The Source of Hate", was out, and now we're promoting it with an intense live activity, touring around Italy for gigs and festivals.

2.HOW DID YOU SELECT THIS BAND NAME? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY? AMONG WHICH OTHER NAMES HAVE YOU CHOSEN IT? DO YOU FIND IT SUITABLE FOR THE MELODIC DEATH METAL YOU ARE PLAYING?

Yes, the concept behind our name is the essence of "work in progress" of our music: we work hard to evolute it, to create always new things. It was the first and lonely name we choose, and we have a good graphical image of it in the artwork of the CD, that was done by a friend of us: the fetus in the skull on the cover is the symbol of life in death, as well as the evolution image. So we think that it's the better name for the music we play, especially having the mind on the new songs, that keep on the violent and technical style we have with our typical melodic inserts.

3.WHICH ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES? WHICH BANDS DO YOU LIKE AND WHICH DO YOU DISLIKE?

Surely our main influences can be found in the most violent Swedish sound as well as in the most melodic style, so At The Gates, Meshuggah, Dark Tranquillity, etc... but maybe a greater influence is the American Thrash/Death from the Eighties 'till now, with Testament, Slayer & Death on the top. Our songs' structure is always enough complexe, to create interest in the whole song even after various listenings, but we remember also the impact born with the European sound. The keyboards, then, create an original feeling, with a work of 360°, and we think this is a particularity of our sound: in fact many people found a lot of bands that we resemble, often far away each from the other, from italian old Sadist 'till "your" early Septic Flesh! We don't like just the "posers", the bands that have more feeling with the look that with the music they play.......

4.WHICH IS THE BIGGEST DREAM YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH YOUR MUSIC?

Well, every musician have the dream to have a good deal with a label, to live with its music and to tour around the world to play it!!! So we hope that the labels listen to our CD, the we think have a good amount of "selling points", and that someone propose something of good to us...

5.THERE ARE MANY BANDS THAT START PLAYING METAL, CAUSE THEY LOVE IT AND AFTER BECOMING FAMOUS, THEY FORGET EVERYTHING AND ARE INTERESTED ONLY FOR THE MONEY. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? DO YOU THINK THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN
BE ATTRACTED SO MUCH FROM MONEY AND GLORY AND ERASE THEIR PAST?

Yes, I can't believe that the thing some band calls "evolution" borns from a sincere musical interest.... someone write a great album, sells a lot of copies and then, misteriously, become a boring band, with bad songs indipendently from the style... we hate this, we make keep the music in front of all, without I can't think the we would go on. But not all the metal musician are so "trendy": think just about Immortal or the Last Dimmu Borgir, violent and artistically great even if under a great independent label as Nuclear Blast!

6.TELL US A FEW THINGS REGARDING YOUR RELEASES AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR LATEST ONE. HOW DO YOU COMPOSE THE SONGS? WHAT PROCEDURES DO YOU FOLLOW?

"The Source of Hate" is the one realese we have out by now: it's composed by 5 songs of pure hate and melody, for 30 minutes of extreme metal. The CD is profesionally printed, with an artwork that I really invite you to see. The main composers are Uge (guitar) and Gigi (keys), that write the main riffs and create the structure of each song: then we link the respective arrangements, revising the whole track for the ultimate version. We have a good amount of new songs ready, more intense and violent.

7.WHAT THINGS DO YOU LIKE TO HURT THROUGH YOUR LYRICS?

Our lyrics are a trademark of Roberto, the vocalist: he paints scenes of insanity, hate & pain in the optical of the mads! The artwork of the CD, that I mentioned before, contains a lot of symbols about the lyrics:the embryo/doll "drowned in blood" in the inner graphics reminds obviously to the first track of the CD, and so on...

8.WHAT ARE YOU THINKING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? WHICH WILL YOUR NEXT STEP BE? HOW ARE YOU THINKING OF MAKING YOUR MUSIC KNOWN TO THE FANS?

As I told you, we want to play the most possible around the whole Europe to promote our work: we're confirmed for a lot of italian gigs by now, but we're trying to book also some concert around Austria, France and Germany... but it's enough hard, I think. We use basically the web to let the fans know our news and gigs, with a costant update of our website and the promotion then you, webzine people, can get to us! ;)

9.AREN'T YOU AFRAID THAT SOME EXTREME METAL FANS WILL ACCUSE YOU (NOT ONLY YOU, BUT ALL THE BANDS) THAT YOU PLAY MELODIC DEATH METAL CAUSE YOU WANT TO "WIN" FANS FROM ALL GENRES? THAT WHAT YOU PLAY ISN'T DEATH METAL? WHAT DO YUO HAVE TO ANSWER THEM?

Well, everyone can think what he wants... we started to play with an extreme but melodic style, but the new songs are more aggressive and powerful; but we're not afraid to be or not to be Death metal, 'cause we play what we really want, trust me. We look at the songs' form, at their power but also at the interest that every track can create around itself.

10.WHICH DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BEST COMPOSITION? AND WHY? IS THERE A SONG THAT YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH IT A 100%?

The best compositions are obviously the new ones! But on "TSOH" album I think (and it's a personal opinion) it's "Drowning in Blood", the first track of the CD, 'cause of its groove and complexe structure, reminding something of Death (Chuck R.I.P.). About the song I think we're not satisfied at 100%...mmm... maybe "Painting the End": but just because the technician of the studio in which we recorded it was doing what he wanted about it, starting for example the fade out effect at the end just 5 seconds before the real end of the track! Damn...

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

I have to speak for me, now, 'cause I don't know about the others: I'm a student of History at the university, so I think I could try to have a life into the research, in the future... the singers study Informatics Engineering, while the others have a job.

12.WHAT PROLOGUE AND TITLE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO HAVE?

Mmm... hard question! Well,maybe the title could be "A genre to come?" and the prologue can be about the original points of our music!!! ;P I'm joking, but not so much...hehehe...

13.WHICH ARE YOUR THOUGHTS FOR THE EVENTS WE SEE EVERY DAY IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES? FOR EXAMPLE IN FRANCE AND AUSTRIA, WHERE WE SEE FASCISTS WINNING THE ELECTIONS? WHICH ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

Sorry, but I prefere don't replying this question: we have our respective opinions about that, but we let the music talks for us.

14.THANK YOU!IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION AND I HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU THE CHANCE TO SAY?

A big thank to you for this interesting interview! Just visit our Official Hatesite at www.hatewithin.cjb.net and sign our guestbook! We hope to come soon in Greece to play some good gig. Then support the Italian metal scene looking at the Italian Metal Alliance website (http://gonow.to/ima) and making yourself an idea of the bands we have here! Cheers!!!

CHRISTINE PARASTATIDOY

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