FATAL
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When the
undergrounds forces rise up... Have A Nice Death!!!
1.FIRST OF ALL GIVE US A SHORT BAND
BIO. WHICH IS THE CURRENT LINE UP?
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FATAL is born in 1997,in Le HAVRE (Normandy)
we have done 5 recordings, with John & Olivier plays guitarz, Medhi
beat the drums ,Charl vomit the voice, and Fred bass. All of us had played
in many different bands: ECLYPSE (heavy), NOMED(death thrash),HERETIK (death
core), fifth season (black)...and we concentrate our forces for the best
and for the WORST.
2.WHY DID YOU NAME THE BAND THIS
WAY? WHAT IS FATAL TO YOU?
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You can understand this word in English
and French, it's easy to remember it, and its translation mean "mortel"
the ultimate end. FATAL, it's what the public says about our scenik deflagration
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3.GIVE US A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR
MUSIC. NAME SOME OF THE BAND'S INFLUENCES AND SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED
ALBUMS.
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Now FATAL is turned to a rich death
metal ,bestial, and fluid, with some melodic touches. We listen to many
kinds of music, so there are a lot of influences. We love the tribal darkness
of DEAD CAN DANCE, the technic of NECROPHAGIST,the violence of THE HAUNTED,
the force of BELIEVER,the power of NAPALM DEATH, the epic side of NILE...CANNIBAL
CORPSE, PANTERA, IRON MAIDEN, DYING FETUS, MACABRE,and more ! In all music
genres everyone who has an open mind, can find pleasure. John loves everything
from JUDAS PRIEST, MEDHI loves the last NOSTROMO, OLIVIER AND CHARL are
waiting the next NECROPHAGIST, and FRED is fan of BLIND GUARDIAN's "batallions
of fear".
4.HOW MANY RELEASES DO YOU HAVE THIS
FAR? TELL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT THEM. CAN YOU POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES
AND SIMILARITIES AMONG THEM?
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Since 1997, there are 5 releases, at
the beginning it was thrash, and we became more brutal year after year.
The 1st singer used french lyrics, and he had a voice like PANTERA, now
CHARL uses French, English, Spanish, some barbar words, and creates his
own words, in gutural way. Guitarz are more technical, drums more violent
and controled. In fact ,there are no similarities, it's a permanent
evolution, the one who knew FATAL 4 years before, can not recognize them
now!
5.A WHILE AGO YOU RELEASED YOUR
DEBUT CD ENTITLES "ESKHATON". GIE US SOME INFO ABOUT IT. WHERE WAS IT RECORDED,
WHO WAS THE PRODUCER, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU? ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED
WITH IT OR IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE?
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For "ESKHATON" we went to a friend's
studio :octoson JEFF, it has the material, and mix tables. We did the rest
by ourselves. We did this 10 tracks during summer 2002. The final version
is not mastered, cause of lack of money! We look for a label to release
seriously this one. We're satisfied for it being self financed, but we'd
prefer a real studio.
6.WHAT ARE YOUR LYRICS TALKING
ABOUT? DO YOU PREFER TO DESCRIBE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS OR FANTASY THEMES
OR MAYBE SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE?
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We take reality and translate it in
fantasy, gore and dark. We're talking about the relationships between mankind
and mother earth. The humans are the plague of this planet, lyrics explain
many methods to erase those parasites that we are. And there's fantasy
gore tales, like a girl who is fed with fresh marrow, or a description
of maggot's thoughts when they'll devoure you. We like a lot the force
of earth, its power of devastation, its mass slaughtering.
7.YOU NAMED YOUR ALBUM "ESKHATON"
WHICH IS A GREEK NAME. WHY DID YOU NAME IT THIS WAY? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
SAY? HOW DID YOU SELECT A GREEK WORD WHEN ALL THE PREVIOUS RELEASES HAD
FRENCH TITLES?
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ESKHATON is the science of the ultimate
things, the last end of mankind, like the apocalypse for catholics. It's
exactly the theme of the lyrics. In French it's "eschatologie", so we prefer
the greek word, it's an old word, cause there's a long time that the humans
are interested about DEATH.
8.HAVE YOU DONE ANY LIVE SHOWS?
ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO SOME MORE? TELL US SOME THINGS ABOUT IT? DO YOU
REMEMBER ANY FUNY OR WEIRD INCIDENTS OCCURING TO YOU WHILST PERFORMING
LIVE?
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We'have done lot of shows, only in
France at the moment, we hope to play everywhere that's possible! For 2003
,we'll go to Reims (25/01), the fucking KILLER FEST in Chaulnes (26/01),
Caen (30/01) and soon the Belgium bier land ! We love the fiesta, and during
a show Medhi vomited his lunch on his "caisse claire" without stopping
the song, and it was at the end of the set that we've seen the gerbe!
9.HAVE YOU SENT YOUR PROMO TO
ANY LABELS? WHICH WERE THEIR REACTIONS AND WHICH WERE THE REACTIONS OF
THE PRESS AND FANS IN GENERAL? ARE YOU SATISFIED BY THE FEEDBACK YOU GET
THIS FAR?
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We have sent promos to labels, there
are a lot of answer, but 2 are realy interesting. Those who listened to
it, found this album excellent, but in metal there's a fashion too ! and
now ,when you look for a label, you must have a final product to propose.
Anyway, everywhere we play, the public reaction is excellent, since the
last line-up we explode all the scenes ! This is why we don't give up,
and we keep the dark force. Really, come to one of our shows and ask the
fans! They'll say better than me what they have felt.
10.ARE YOU OPTIMISTS OR PESSIMISTS
REGARDING THINGS NOWADAYS? DO YOU THINK THAT SOCIETY IS HEADING TOWARDS
ITS DOOM OR DO WE HAVE SOME MORE CHANCES TO CHANGE?
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TOTAL DESTRUCTION:the only solution
(Robert Nestor Marley)!All must be rebuilt !
11.IF YOUR MUSIC WAS AN EMOTION,
WHAT WOULD IT BE?
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It will be The extreme pleasure.
12.WHICH IS MAN'S BIGGEST TEMPTATION?
13.IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET
THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE?
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I'd ask him for a second big bang,
we can't change nothing today, it's too late, "pacha mama" has been raped,
and we'll all gonna suffer soon her anger.
14.IF YOU COULD TRAVEL IN TIME,
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU MISS THE MOST FROM OUR TIMES?
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I'd like to go to yesterday cause a
bastard has spilt my GUINNESS DRAUGHT, fucking destiny! but I know that
I won't miss anything, in all times you have the chance to have girls,
beers, drugs, music, and girls ! what more !
15.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN
TO ASK YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
Christine
Parastatidou