ENSHADOWED
"WITH
BLACK METAL YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR MOST EXTREME FEELINGS.". This is
what this upcoming black metal band from Greece claims. Who can doubt that
statement? Surely not me...
1.TELL US IN A FEW WORDS THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOMENTS OF THE BAND'S HISTORY. WHICH IS TODAY'S LINE UP?
THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THE
BAND WAS THE DISTRIBUTION OF OUR DEBUT ALBUM "MESSENGERS OF THE DARKEST
DAWN" FROM BLACK LOTUS RECORDS. TODAY'S LINE UP IS: SNEGODRON - VOCALS,
NECROTORMENTOR - LEAD GUITARS, PSYCHAOS - RHYTHM GUITARS, NOTHERIAL - BASS,
V.LASTNEMESIS - DRUMS
2.WHY HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR NAME FROM
NOCTERNITY ENSHADOWED TO ENSHADOWED? WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN THIS BAND NAME?
HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IS THE CORRECT CHOICE OF A BAND NAME?
THE BAND'S NAME CHANGED FOR MANY
REASONS. THERE WAS ANOTHER GROUP WHO USES THE SAME WORD, "NOCTERNITY".
ALSO FOR TODAYS OUR MUSIC STYLE, IT WAS TOO MUCH ATMOSPHERIC NAME. MORE,
IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO REMEBER US WITH SUCH A LONG NAME. THE CORRECT
CHOICE OF A BAND NAME IS SURE NECESSARY BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO WITH THE IDEOLOGY
AND THE MUSIC STYLE OF THE BAND.
3.TELL US SOME GENERAL THINGS ON THE
BAND RELEASES AND ESPECIALLY CONCETRATE ON YOUR LAST ALBUM. COMPARE THEM.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OBSERVE? ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH THEM OR IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE?
We began as an old style Norwegian
Black Metal band. In September 1998 we recorded our first promo tape "Dethroned"
(Impaler - drums & vocals, Necrotormentor - guitar, Lord Acheron -
bass & keyboards).In March 1999 we recorded our first demo CD "Reign
Of Terror"(Impaler - drums & vocals, Necrotormentor - guitar, Lord
Acheron - bass & keyboards). This demo had three mid-tempo Black Metal
songs and its lyrics was a dark medieval concept. In March 2000 we recorded
our second demo CD "Cremation Odes" with new line up (Noctural - vocals,
Necrotormentor - guitar, Lecherous - bass, Grahelm - drums & backing
vocals). Its songs had faster speed-tempo than our first demo CD with very
good sound quality. In May 2001 we recorded our third demo CD "Nocternity
Enshadowed" (Goriel - vocals, Necrotormentor - guitar, Draenzarth - bass,
Grahelm - drums). Including three tracks of unholy, agressive, brutal Scandinavian-like
Black Metal with Misanthropic and Antichristian lyrics. In Autumn 2001
with the same line up, we recorded our first debut album "Messengers Of
The Darkest Dawn" under the name ENSHADOWED. A testimony of pure misanthropic
Black Metal, spawned in the bowels of hell! I am very contented with our
debut album and there is nothing which I would like to change.
4.WHY DO YOU USE NICKNAMES AND WHAT
DO THEY MEAN TO YOU? HOW HAVE YOU SELECTED THEM?
WITH BLACK METAL YOU CAN EXPRESS
YOUR MOST EXTREME FEELINGS. YOU CAN'T BE YOUR NATURAL DAILY SELF. SO, WE
USE NICKNAMES AND CORPSEPAINT AND THERE IS THIS NIGHTMARISHLY AND DARK
FEELING IN OUR MUSIC. THE SELECTION OF A NICKNAME IS PERSONAL FOR EACH
OF US.
5.WHY HAVE SO MANY CHANGED IN THE LINE
UP OCCURED?
BECAUSE, IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO
FIND HERE IN GREECE GOOD MUSICIANS WITH STRAIGHT AND ORTHODOX METAL IDEAS.
6.WHICH BANDS ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
WHICH BAND OR SONG IN SPECIFIC MADE YOU DECIDE TO PLAY MUSIC AS WELL?
SURE... MAYHEM, EMPEROR, MARDUK,
DISSECTION, MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE AND MORE.
7.DO YOU THINK THAT IF YOU WERE FROM
A NORTHERN COUNTRY THINGS WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOU?
8.HAVE YOU TASTED PREJUDICE HERE IN
GREECE FROM THE AUDIENCE?
9.WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER FROM THE LIVE
BEING THE OPENING ACT OF ANCIENT RITES? CAN YOU DESRCIBE A TYPICAL ENSHADOWED
LIVE SHOW?
IT WAS A PERFECT EXPERIENCE WHEN
WE OPENED THE LIVE OF ANCIENT RITES AT WOODSTOCK CLUB IN ATHENS(13/11/99).
SPECIALLY, WHEN WE FINISHED WITH OUR SONGS AND PLAYED "DEATHCRUSH" OF MAYHEM...
IT WAS A HELLISH NIGHT! IN OUR LIVE SHOWS, WE TRY TO EXPRESS THE MOST FROZEN
AND EVIL FEELINGS FROM OURSELVES. ALWAYS WE USE CORPSEPAINT, NAILS, BLOOD.
10.WHAT ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND FESTIVALS
YOU TOOK PART? WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?
WE TOOK PART IN MANY UNDERGROUND
FESTIVALS. THE LAST WAS AT 19/5/02 AT AN CLUB. IT WAS THE SECOND UNDERGROUND
MANIFESTATION OF METAL DEFIANCE FANZINE. WITH US PLAYED OUR BROTHERS AEOLIAN
FIRE, RAVENCULT AND SOME OTHER GOOD BANDS.
11.HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO PROMOTE
YOUR WORK? WHICH SONG OF YOURS DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IDEAL TO REPRESENT
YOUR WORK?
THREE SONGS: "A COFFIN IN THE CATACOMBS
OF VOIDNESS", "FROM A CARNAL TO A SPIRITUAL FIST" AND "JESUS CHRIST CAGE".
WE WILL PROMOTE OUR WORK WITH EVERY UNDERGROUND WAY!
12.IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC,
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?
PERSONALLY, WITH PAINTING. I LOVE
THE ART OF SURREALISM.
13.WHICH IS THE WORST AND WHICH IS
THE BEST REVIEW YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED?
I DON'T REMEMBER SOME BAD REVIEW.
BUT THE BEST WAS FOR OUR DEBUT ALBUM AND FOR "CREMATION ODES" DEMO CD.
14.WHICH IS THE BEST PART IN YOUR MUSIC
AND IN THE BAND IN GENERAL AND WHICH THING DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD CORRECT?
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU NEED IMPROVEMENT?
OUR SONGS I WILL CHARACTERIZE SMART
AND NOT BORING. INTERESTING IS THE DIFFERENT BLACK AND DEATH METAL PARTS
IN OUR MUSIC.
15.YOU CLAIM TO BE MISANTHROPISTS.
IF SO, WHY DO YOU RECORD MUSIC AND MAKE LIVE APPEARANCES? WHY DO YOU "OFFER"
MUSIC TO HUMANS YOU HATE?
AS I SAID BEFORE, WITH BLACK METAL
YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR MOST EXTREME & UNHUMAN FEELINGS. THIS IS MISANTHROPIA.
WE RECORD MUSIC AND WE MAKE LIVE APPEARANCES BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW
OUR BELIEVES AND BECAUSE MUSIC IS A-R-T! AND BLACK METAL IS ONE OF THE
MOST EXTREME ARTS.
16.AND SUDDENLY BLACK METAL BECOMES
POPULAR! MORE AND MORE NEW BANDS POP OUT SIGNING WITH BIG LABELS. HOW DO
YOU FIND ALL THIS? WOULD YOU RECORD AN ALBUM FOR A HUGE LABEL IF YOU WERE
GIVEN THE CHANCE?
FROM ITS NATURAL BLACK METAL IS
UNDERGROUND, WHATEVER YOU SAY! IF A BIG NUMBER OF BLACK METAL BANDS HAD
PLAYED FOR MONEY THEN THAT GROUPS WOULD HAVE BE FALSE AND NOT REAL EXTREME
METAL MUSICIANS. AN EXAMPLE IN OUR DAYS? CRADLE OF FILTH! NO, I WOULD'T
RECORD AN ALBUM FOR A FUCKING HUGE LABEL WHICH CONTROL THE BAND'S STYLE!
17.MANY EXTREME METAL BANDS EXPRESS
RACISTIC IDEOLOGIES. WHICH ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? BLACK METAL WAS CHASED
A LOT IN THE PAST. SHOULDN'T
THIS MAKE THE BANDS AND THE FANS
MORE SENSITIVE IN SUCH MATTERS?
SHITS! THESE IDEOLOGIES IS SO STUPID
AND FALSE! BLACK METAL IS TOO DIFFEREND WITH THESE!
18.WHY DOES METAL KEEP INVOLVING SO
MUCH WITH THE OCCULT AND RELIGION?
METAL IS AGAINST TO EVERY HYPOCRISY
OF THIS FUCKING WORLD. ONE OF THIS IS THE OCCULT AND RELIGIONS!
19.YOU WANT TO GO THE THE OTHER SIDE,
CLAIMING YOUR HATRED FOR CHRISTIANITY. DON'T YOU THINK THAT WHAT YOU DO,DOESN'T
SEPERATE YOU FROM ALL THOSE CHRISTIAN "SHEPPARDS"? DON'T YOU THINK THAT
THE EXACTLY OPPOSITE SIDES FROM A POINT ON USE THE SAME METHODS AND CAN'T
BE SEPERATED?
I THINK THAT YOU DIDN'T READ OUR
LYRICS... WE ARE NOT SATANISTS! WE ARE AGAINST EVERY KIND OF RELIGION!
20.IF SOMEDAY YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO
MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE
UNIVERSE, WHICH WOULD YOUR BIGGEST
QUESTION BE?
21.IF TIME TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE, WHICH
HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU LIKE
TO VISIT AND WHY? WHAT WOULD YOU
MISS THE MOST FROM OUR TIME?
THE MIDDLE AGES... DURING THE PERIOD
OF THE "BLACK DEATH".
22.WHAT PROLOGUE AND TITLE WOULD YOU
LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO HAVE?
23.THANK YOU!HAVE I FORGOT TO ASK YOU
ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO
MENTION?
WE COMPOSE NEW SONGS WITH MORE
DEATH METAL PARTS AND BIGGEST BRUTALITY! SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND! KEEP
THE FLAME BURNING! THANK YOU FOR THE INTEREVIEW!
site: http://go.to/enshadowed
e-mail: [email protected]
Christine Parastatidou
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