1.FIRST OF ALL POINT OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF THE BAND'S HISTORY AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO THE READERS.

• Enthral was formed in 1995 by Gunnhild Bratset and Kjetil Hektoen, and has since then released three full-length albums; “Prophecies of the Dying” in 1997 and “The Mirrors Opposite End” in 1998, both on the label Hot Records, and now “Subterranean Movement” in 2003 on Displeased Records. We have also recorded unreleased demo material and featured on the Hot Records Compilation in 1996 and on a King Diamond Tribute released on Necropolis Records in 2001. The whole band biography, discography, and more are found on our Homepage at www.enthral.org
• Enthral now consists of four members; Kjetil Hektoen on drums and vocals, Martin Rafoss on Bass, Gunnhild Bratset and Ronny Hansen on guitars. Stian Aarstad (ex-Dimmu Borgir), keyboard on the second and third album, and no longer a steady member of the band, also did the engineering (thanx mate).

• (First of all, the album is called SUBterranean movement, thank you very much he he…). When the “Subterranean Movement” title was first mentioned, we all knew it was perfect. It gathered all elements from the past few years, this primarily meaning long hours and hard work in our old, dark rehearsal room, developing our sound and new direction. And when we finally were able to show the world outside that we still existed down there by delivering a new album, stronger and darker than before, it was the Subterranean Movement come true.
• We would without any doubt, state that this new album belongs in the underground, if that`s what you mean. But it has no connection to any part of a movement or environment what so ever- except our own maybe.
• The cover artwork task was given to our biggest fan and good friend Balfori of Lunaris. It was decided to give him total freedom, and the outcome turned out to be what we also had wanted: An “outsider`s” view upon our music and lyrics and his personal interpretation, and we simply loved it. It was a lot of fun seeing such a crazy mind at work.

• The album was released on the Dutch label Displeased Records on 28th of July. The recording process started in the beginning of  February 2003 at MLP Studio on Gjovik, where we also did the mixing. I believe we worked on and off till May.                             Engineers were Nils Harald M?hlum, Ove Husemoen and Stian Aarstad. The whole band took part in the producing bit, and the mastering was performed by Tom Kvalsvoll at Strype Audio in Oslo in late June.

• Why our music has changed so dramatically, I truly cannot say. It kind of happened that way. After “The Mirror`s”, we tried to do something different, and slowly went away from the straight foreward symphonic black metal to more death metal, still using the base elements of black metal. We may also have picked up what we found most interesting from the old-school metal stuff on the way. In the end it turned out to be more technical and far more aggressive than ever before. It must be said that we have never been afraid of experiencing with new material. And after some time we had recorded the “Demo 2000”, a major breakthrough for us, realizing that we had finally come up with a new and interesting direction.
• It is no question that a steady line-up has helped us both creatively and also in the productive way. The appearance of Ronny Hansen on guitar have pushed Enthral`s creative work process further into a chaotic void.

• The lyrics on “Subterranean movement” is not only about anti-religion etc, but also very critical towards everything that lies within human nature. Especially on the subject regarding that we, knowingly or unknowingly, restrict ourselves because we have a great need to fit in everywhere and anytime. Of course there are limits to how tolerant one should be, but if there is any moral out there, people should be able to understand what we mean by this. Another point is about the so-called misanthropic life-style, which haunts the black metal scene. Most of them do not believe in what they are saying. They adapt their statements according to what they feel the environment would accept to fit in.
• You will also find a lot of irony in the lyrics, read “Slaves of one Tongue”. It tells about one special movement or “society” here in Norway, but should fit other environments also.                             Other lyrics have a very personal view, like “Inject Hate”, where other topics of interest to us are described. Also personal directed and “intern messages” appear within the lyrics, but people can try to figure that out for themselves if they want to.

• We have actually never followed any procedures, ever. Not for the want of trying, but we have realized that planning and procedures does not actually work for us. Our work process is based upon rehearsal, where new ideas and riffs are sliced and diced and finally put together. All decisions are made democratically within the band. This way of composing, we believe, is one of the main reasons why our music contains such variety and strange ideas because of the individuality in the creative process. It does take a lot of time, true, but the result is always a surprise, even to our selves.
• A band has also its ups and downs like in all relationships, and its therefore important keep on to the focus and energy. You ask about a specific feeling, and yes, the feeling is also important. But when working in a band with different views and ideas, I believe focus is even more important to able to create the right feeling.

• Yes, hopefully we will be able to do some live shows as soon as possible. We have engaged the talented vocalist “Mannevond” from Koldbrann to do the live voice. He is touring with his band this summer, but we will start rehearsing with him in August. Primarily we will do shows here in Norway, although locations are still unknown. Hopefully we will also play a few gigs in Europe this autumn.

• We would encourage this unknown person to check out a band very different from most other extreme metal bands, deeply committed and hardworking, struggling for the right for a Throne in Hell.

• I will not speculate in emotional matters when talking about our music, since everyone reacts differently and would therefore disagree.

• We had a two-album deal with Hot Records, thus the contract ended in 1998 after “The Mirrors Opposite End”. The deal with Displeased Records was made due to the release of a demo in 2000. We are pleased to be signed on a label that has a genuine interest in the genre and who are willing to take some risks. We are not entirely satisfied, but will not discuss this in an interview, for obvious reasons.

• I could imagine that I would pick “Inject Hate”, primarily because this one is the least straight-forward of them all, and create a setting within a blood-soaked Hospital environment very everyone has gone insane. Anyone seen the great Danish movie “The Kingdom”? If so, you should be able to understand why I would find this idea kind of intriguing.

Christ, what a question. Yes? Anyway, keep him there.

• I`d like to be caught in a deserted spiders web because I fancy a slow death

I cannot simply imagine what I would do without music.

• I can only answer for my self: I would very much like to travel back to the Netherlands on the 27th of January 1991 and see the Bolt Thrower and Nocturnus live… If I was to see that, I would not miss anything from our times.

• Only thanx a lot for your interest in Enthral! If anyone should have any questions, comments or like to book us somewhere in Greece, please contact us on- [email protected]