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FRAIL ENTITY

FRAIL ENTITY HAVE RELEASED THEIR FIRST DEMO AND THOUGH THEY HAVE SOME THINGS TO CORRECT IN THEIR MUSIC, I THINK THAT THEIR RELEASE IS VERY PROMISSING CAUSE IT SHOWA A BAND THAT REALLY WANTS TO WORK AND TRIES TO CREATE IT'S PERSONAL SOUND. FRAIL ENTITY IS AN OASIS OF ORIGINALITY IN THE HEAVY METAL GENRE AND IAM REALLY HAPPY THAT THEY ARE FROM GREECE

1. FIRST OF ALL GIVE US A FEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE BAND'S HISTORY AND NAME THE CURRENT LINE UP.

Hi Nikos, the band started in 2000 playing covers by the name “aposynthesis” and with a different line-up. In 2001 we started composing our own songs and after a series of live shows and member changes, we changed our name into “Frail Entity” under which we recorded our first demo-CD in October 2002.The current line-up is Dimitris Kanellopoulos – Bass Guitars, Vocals , Sophia Sarri – Vocals , Giannis Konstantas – Drums , Nektarios Pogas – Guitars, Programming and Alexis Chatziioannou – Guitars, Programming. We don’t have much of a history you see…

2. YOU HAVE RELEASED RECENTLY YOUR FIRST DEMO "ANATOLIA/ALL ALONE". WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS RELEASE? IS IT YOUR PRIORITY TO FIND A CONTRACT OR TO GAIN MORE EXPERIENCE?

What we did was simply record two of our songs so as to have them on CD. We sure are looking forward for a contract but it’s not the only target. We actually intend to promote our demo the best we can.

3. YOUR DEMO CONTAINS 2 SONGS "ANATOLIA" AND "ALL ALONE". CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THESE SONGS ARE LYRICALLY DEALING WITH?

“Anatolia” refers to the oppression laid upon people by any religion. It also states the hope that unaffected by brain-washing process people actually don’t care about religious matters. The reason we named the song this way, has to do with its musical part mostly and our intention was not to refer only to Islam. Generally, lyrics can be seen in many different ways, for example someone who reads between the lines might actually generalize the “religious leaders-religionists” relation to any “leader-follower” one. “All-alone” has some personal lyrics of our singer and bassist Dimitris which everyone perceives them in a different way, even inside the band.

4. I FOUND A LOT OF VARIETY IN YOUR MUSIC AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LABEL IT. SO, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC? DO YOU AGREE WITH THE USE OF
"LABELS" IN MUSIC?

Truth is it’s rather difficult for us to label it too. It is just our music. We understand the use of labels in music for commercial purpose mainly but we disagree with the artistic part of the labels. We can’t even say that we play “metal” simply, it’s way too restrictive.

5. NAME SOME OF YOUR INFLUENCES AND SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED ALBUMS.

Nektarios: Dream Theater-“Scenes…”, Tool-“La te ra lus”, Radiohead-“Kid A”, Portishead-“Dummy”, Arcturus-“La Masquerade Infernale”, Psychotic Waltz-“Bleeding”, Anathema, Paradise Lost, Stereo Nova, Monster Magnet and more......

Dimitris: I love various things from Greek traditional music to fusion jazz and blues. So, it’s difficult for me to name some of them.

6. IN YOUR BIO YOU SAY THAT YOU USE NON METAL ELEMENTS AS WELL IN YOUR MUSIC. WHICH ARE THOSE? LATELY, I HAVE SEEN QUITE MANY BANDS UNDERLINING THE FACT THAT THEY ADD NON METAL ELEMENTS AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY ARE IN A WAY EMBARRASSED FOR THE MUSIC THEY PLAY. I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

First of all we’d like to make clear that we are not embarrassed about the music we play and we wouldn’t hide that we play metal under any fancy terms. Now about our non metal elements, they exist and they are used to give our music a different touch. We actually have written some other songs some of which are metal songs, some aren’t typically metal ones. After all, we’re five entities with completely different influences and this lead to the use of such elements.

7. YOUR FIST BAND NAME WAS "APOSYNTHESIS" AND YOU WERE A COVER BAND. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS NAME AND WHICH SONGS AND BANDS DID YOU COVER?

This is a nice story … “Aposynthesis” is in fact a wordplay with the Greek term “synthesis” (composition). After listening to a really bad Greek song we thought that it was not a “synthesis” but “aposynthesis” (disintegration). So we thought it would be a nice name for a band. We’ve covered several songs like “Fade To black”-“Seek n’ Destroy”-“Call Of Ktulu” Metallica , “Solitude” Candlemass , “Last Time” Paradise Lost, Gathering-Anathema-Sepultura-Engine (The Greek band).

8."ALL ALONE" IS THE SONG I PREFER THE MOST AND I REALLY LIKED THE COMBINATION OF MALE AND FEMALE VOCALS. IS IT POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE SOPHIA'S VOCALS
TO PLAY A BIGGER PART IN YOUR MUSIC?

Thank you for your nice words. The truth is that we don’t plan anything. The next songs might vary from plain female vocals to brutal or clean male ones and any combination between them. We really can’t tell.

9. TELL ME A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE PHOTO THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COVER, WHICH SHOWS MUSLIMS TO PRAY. I THINK THAT RELIGION MUST BE ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECTS. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT RELIGION NEEDS THE FANATICS IN ORDER TO
SURVIVE?

The photo is very well combined to the lyrics since it shows a kid inside several Muslims praying, but there is a kid that doesn’t even bother. We think it’s well connected with the lyrics of “Anatolia” that we’ve mentioned before. We all agree that religion does need the fanatics to survive, but what matters most is that leadership (in all of its forms) needs religion to survive and gain power.

10. THE PRODUCTION OF THIS DEMO IS VERY SATISFACTORY. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU AND WHERE HAVE THE RECORDINGS TAKEN PLACE? DON'T YOU THINK THAT LATELY GREEK METAL BANDS BECOME MORE PROFESSIONAL IN A WAY?

We had a series of unlucky facts taking place during the recording period, so it took us three days in August and another six days in October to finish the demo. It was recorded in Baseline Studios,Athens and Spyros Aspiotis is responsible for the production.What you mention about Greek metal bands is true since they generally pay a lot of attention to the production of what they record, to the covers, to their promotion, everything. The whole situation is surely better than some years ago and we’re happy to see this.

11. THERE IS A BLOODY AND CATASTROPHIC WAR GOING ON IN IRAQ. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.

We think that these wars shouldn’t surprise us anymore. It is certain that capitalism needs these wars once in a while so as to survive and expand. The characteristic of this war is that it takes place without the approval of the United Nations (which doesn’t make any difference to me - kids die in a war even if the United Nations agree) but this seems to arouse lots of people, fact that is encouraging. What we say is not just “Stop the war” but transform it, meaning that we (people) need to fight the leadership of the planet as well as our country which contributes to the “allied” forces by giving its territory to the American army. You asked before about religion. Here we have a great example of how religion supports and is used as a veil to cover war actions. Amazing is also the fact that this war is the first one to be based on proleptic reasons!

12. YOU HAVE DONE A LIVE SHOW SUPPORTING ROTTING CHRIST. TELL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE OF YOURS. WAS IT THE FIRST TIME YOU PERFORMED LIVE?

This wasn’t our first live performance; we’ve appeared many times in various places. Our last one was at March 9, at Paranoid Hellenic Fest (Gagarin 205, Athens). The next one is at March 29, at PAL Club, Ioannina. Playing alongside ROTTING CHRIST was one of our greatest experiences because we shared the same stage with a band of which we are fans for a lot of years. They were very friendly with us and generally treated us fine. We think that Sakis is one of the people who have supported the Greek scene the most. He could be a very good example for many people who are in the whole metal thing.

13. IF YOUR MUSIC WAS AN EMOTION, WHAT WOULD IT BE? IF IT WAS A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?

We don’t think it could be one emotion solely. It would be more relevant to the emotional state of a cyclothyme. As for a painting it sure would be Salvatore Dali’s “The Seven Arts” that shows an “alternative” view of a strange duet performing.

14. IF YOU COULD TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WHICH HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT AND WHY?

Probably the beginning of the last century so as to live the Russian revolution and understand why a so promising situation ended up such a mesh. As for Dimitris would probably be happy if he was born in the fifties so as to be a teenager during the sixties and a mature teenager during the eighties.

15. YOU ARE GRANTED ONE WISH. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Nektarios: Vanish capitalism.

Dimitris: I wish all people start to think more, become conscious and skepticistic. After all the change and fracture of the system in our rotten world starts from every single unit.

16. IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM?

What size shoes he wears.

17. WHAT TITLE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO HAVE?

45 or whatever answer I would get from the creature.

18. THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?

Thank you very much Niko. Your questions are very interesting, since they are not the classical ones with the “easy” answer. Thank you very much for the support and your nice words. Cheers! Nektarios-Dimitris.

NIKOS "William_Kidd" PARASTATIDIS

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