Metal Thrashing Mad. These words
I think they are enough to explain the whole idea behind this band. Enemynside
is a new band from Italy who is ready to raise some hell! Who might be
this enemy inside...?Well, lets give them the step to speak for themselves.
1.GIVE US A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE
BAND. INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS.
Ok, the band was founded on August
1994 in Rome by Francesco Cremisini (guitar and vocals) and there were
always a lot of musicians inside it, at the moment the line-up is composed
by the above-mentioned Francesco (the only member of the original line-up),
Matteo Bellezza at the guitar (in the band from July '97), Alberto Sempreboni
at the bass in the band from July 2000 and coming from the heavy metal
band Savers and Luca Marini at drums in the band from November 2000 and
coming from the brutal death metal band Chthonian Nemeton.
2.COULD YOU EXPLAIN US WHY YOU CHOSE
THIS BAND NAME AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY WITH IT?
The first monicker of the band was
Scapegoat, changed during October 1999 in Enemynside! I love the meaning
of enemy inside, it represents the obstacles, the fear and the states of
paranoia that everyone hide inside themselves....
3.HOW MANY DEMOS HAVE YOU RELEASED?
ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH THEM OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE SOMETHING?
We have released about 6 demos but
only the last four are official releases. About the music and the songs
on these demos, yes, we are satisfied, but the side of the production it's
good for a demo release.... I think the last "Violent Beats" is the best
thing we have recorded til now but we'll do better working on our first
full length album. The songs are ready and the title of the album too!
we'll be entering the studios in November 2001 for the recodings of it.
4.WHAT ARE YOUR LYRICS TALKING ABOUT?
FANTASY OR REAL LIFE STORIES?
Only real life stories! We aren't involved
in fantasy, political or satanic stuff......
5.HAVE YOU DONE ANY LIVE SHOWS? DO
YOU LIKE PERFORMING LIVE?
Yeah! We love performing live! During
the last 2/3 years we have played tons of live shows around Italy! This
is the only way to promote an underground band! When our first record will
be ready we'll start to play all around Italy and we hope abroad too! The
thrash metal lifestyle is on the road!!
6.WHICH ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES AND
SIMILARITIES IN YOUR MUSIC AND TO YOU AS PERSONALITIES FROM THE DAY YOU
FIRSTLY FORMED THE BAND TILL NOW?
The first songs of the band were more
influenced by the heavy metal classic. The groove was typically bay area
style but some guitar parts, like the twin guitars on "Run Roaming" and
"The Place" reminds me the Iron Maiden/Helloween stuff. Now we are still
playing thrash but some new songs kills like never did before! This is
because we have written a lot of new speed stuff like "Speed Killing" or
"Hate Stone" and now we have 60% fast songs and 40% mid-tempos!
7.WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T
ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC?
I don't now! I like anything apart
from thrash and football! But I'm too old to start playing football seriously!
Meanwhile I work with TV-post-productions but it isn't my lifestyle....
8.WHICH DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IDEAL
TO REPRESENT YOUR MUSIC FROM ALL THE SONG YOU' VE COMPSOED?
It's a difficult question, one of the
most representative songs we have composed is "Bad Junks" (a song born
in 1991!) but other songs like "Run Roaming" or "Speed Killing" shows other
sides of our musical personality and attitude.
9.WHICH ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
I grew up listening to bands like Iron
Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus, Nuclear Assault, Slayer, Overkill,
Testament, Vio-lence, Annihilator and Sodom so these are my influences!
Other influences of the band are Helloween, Ozzy Osbourne, Carcass, Death
(I love them!) and The Haunted (I love them too!!).
10.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE
ITALIAN METAL SCENE? THESE LAST YEARS HAS BECOME VERY FAMOUS.
Yes, there are very good bands in the
italian metal scene and we are closer to bands like Arcadia, Kiss Of Death,
Undertakers, SKW, etc. Also we are part of the I.M.A. an Italian Metal
Alliance where the bands can get in touch with each other and trade label/webzines/radio
addresses! The URL of the IMA website is http://gonow.to/ima
11.DO YOU LIKE READING BOOKS? WHICH
IS YOUR MOST BELOVED BOOK AND AUTHOR?
I read books when I have time, often
in the summer time. My beloved authors are Stephen King and Charles Bukowsky,
but I've read other interesting stuff from Jack Kerouac, John Fante, Isaac
Asimov, etc..
12.WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMPOSE THE SOUNDTRACK
FOR A MOVIE? WHICH MOVIE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
A movie soundtrack? Oh no! It's not
for me!
13. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE
POLITICAL SITUATION DEVELOPED NOW WORLDWIDE, AFTER THOSE TERRORIST ATTACKS
IN THE U.S.A?
It's an incredible thing, I was very
shocked when the twin towers fell down. I love U.S.A. and I've been in
New York many times. Terrorism must pay but without human sacrifice....
14.THANK YOU!THESE LAST LINES BELONG
TO YOU...
Thank you for the interveiw and who
is interested in Enemynside can visit our official homepage at http://welcome.to/enemynside,
you can find news, bio and mp3 to download for free! Before leaving don't
forget to sign the guestbook! Bye!