AN INTERVIEW WITH CHAOS

HORFIXION

Interview with Horfixion: learn more on them. Horfixion is a Thrash/Death metal quartet from St-Boniface, Québec, Canada. Their new album entitled "Instigators of Chaos"... has just been released on the label Galy Records…

1.TELL US IN A FEW WORDS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF THE BAND'S HISTORY. WHICH IS TODAY'S LINE UP?

Our most important moment is the recording of our second album “Instigators of Chaos”. With this album we obtained a contract of distribution with Galy Records (www.galyrecords.com) in Canada. Galy Records have made trades with Century Media. We will be on their promo compilation and in their mail order in April 2003. So our album will be more easily available in the USA. Our agreement with Galy Records brought us a lot of great things.
Line-up :
Samuel Landry : vocals / guitars
Richard Gélinas : bass / backvocals
Simon Auger : lead guitars
Patrice Hamelin (special guest from Martyr) : drums

2.YOU WERE FIRSTLY NAMED "HORRIFIC ILLUSION". WHY HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR NAME? WAS THE NAME HORFIXION A COMBINATION IN ONE WORD OF YOUR PREVIOUS NAME? HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IS THE CORRECT CHOICE OF A BAND NAME?

Effectively, in the beginning our name was Horrific Illusion. Two new members joined the band so we decided to get a new name. Horrific Illusion was too long, the name was not representing the band anymore and our logo was not really good. We wanted a unique name and we created it from the combination of our old name to keep a link with our past.

3.WHICH ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? HOW WOULD YOU DECRIBE YOUR MUSICAL STYLE? I'D SAY THAT YOU PLAY THRASH/DEATH. DO YOU AGREE? DO YOU FIND THIS TAG LITTLE?

We have several influences, each member has his influences and brings them to Horfixion. Personally I’m listening to Thrash/Death metal. My favourite bands are Death, Slayer, Kreator, Testament, Metallica, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Annihilator. I’m also listening to hardcore bands like Hatebreed and Black Metal bands like Cradle of Filth , Dimmu Borgir, God Dethroned…Simon listen to Children of Bodom, Anorexia Nervosa and Dying Fetus…Richard is a Pantera addict. I think that Thrash/Death is the appropriated tag for what we are doing. Some reviews tell that we are playing aggressive Thrash metal with Death, melodic and technical elements. This is a good way to describe Horfixion.

4.FILL US IN ON YOUR BAND RELEASES. TELL US A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MUSIC, THE PRODUCTION, WHO WAS THE PRODUCER? ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH THEM?

We have released a homemade demo in 1999 called “Let the nightmare begins…”. It has been sold mostly to our friends and in our first shows. Later in the same year we went to the studio for the first time to record there our MCD "Rage". “Disynchronize” follows in 2000. It has been recorded at Studio Victor (Montréal) with Martin Ferland and Daniel Mongrain (Martyr). And finally, “Instigators of Chaos” in 2002. Recorded at “Notes Studio” by Francis Perron (Radicart.com / Decayed Remains). Each recording is good for its time considering our experiments for each one of its times.

5.WHAT WERE THE REACTIONS OF THE PRESS, THE FANS AND THE LABELS ON YOUR DEBUT FULL LENGTH ALBUM "DISYNCHRONIZE"? WHICH WAS THE BEST AND WHICH WAS THE WORST REVIEW?

The reactions were good. We had a lot of good reviews and our songs have been played a lot in metal radios. Europe seemed more receptive to our product than North America. The worst point was my vocals and the sound of the drums, it is on what we worked on our new CD. The best points was the tempo changes, the melodic part, the guitar riffs…

6.HAVE YOU COMPOSED ANY NEW SONGS? TELL US SOME THINGS ABOUT THEM. ABOUT THE MUSICAL DIRECTION YOU WILL FOLLOW. WHEN ARE YOU THINKING OF RELASING IT? HAVE YOU DISCUSSED WITH ANY LABELS?

We already have 2 new songs and we are working on others idea. I can tell you that the songs will be more worked than what we have made before. The new songs are more technical and simpler at the same time. We hope to write something like 15 songs and to choose 10 the best for our third album. We will make several pre-production and when we will be satisfied, we will send it to labels.

7.WHAT ARE YOUR LYRICS TALKING ABOUT? DO YOU LIKE TO HURT EVERYDAY SITUATIONS OR WRITE FANTASY STORIES? WHAT INSPIRES YOU AND WHAT TAKES AWAY THE INSPIRATION FROM YOU?

I work around everyday situations, my inspirations come from my life and that of the others around me. The emotions and the feelings (fury, hatred, anger...) are the base of my writing. Some times I include imagination and poetry. I’m not really inspired by love and things like that…

8.IF SOMEDAY YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHICH WOULD YOUR BIGGEST QUESTION BE?

Why the life is so hard and unjust!

9.WHICH IS MAN'S BIGGEST TEMPTATION?

Money and possession.

10.IF TIME TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE, WHICH HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT AND WHY? WHAT WOULD YOU MISS THE MOST FROM OUR TIME?

Good question... which I have never though before. If I could turn back in the past I would probably choose the prehistoric period because life was simple... to hunt, to eat and to sleep!

11.WHAT PROLOGUE AND TITLE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO HAVE?

Interview with Horfixion: learn more on them.
Horfixion is a Thrash/Death metal quartet from St-Boniface, Québec, Canada. Their new album entitled "Instigators of Chaos"... has just been released on the label Galy Records…

12.MANY METAL MUSICIANS ACCUSE POP STARS FOR THEIR LIFE STYLE, YET WE SEE SUCH BEHAVIOURS IN THE METAL SCENE AS WELL (BANDS PAYING TO MAKE A COVER FOR SUCCESFUL MAGAZINES, HAVING A GOOD REVIEW, METAL LABELS PROMOTING SPECIFIC BANDS AND GENRES EACH EPOCH,ETC).IS IT MAYBE AFTER ALL TRUE THAT THE METAL INDUSTRY DOESN'T DIFFER FROM THE POP? WHICH ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

I agree with this. Promotion is nearly the same for a metal band than for a pop artist. You must have a record label, make interviews, send cd to radios… The difference is that we work in the underground. It is a smaller world, the bands make more things by themselves. I think that we must take example on the commercial music, that can help us to have more success.

13.HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC? WHICH SONG OF YOUR DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IDEAL TO REPRESENT YOU?

Galy Records was occupied with the promotion of our new album. They sent Cd promos, they found us good gigs, they put advertisements in the magazines...On our new album we have chosen “Instigators of Chaos”, “Minefield” and “Misfortune” for the promotion (compilation cd, web-site, radios).

14.IF YOU HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE A VIDEO CLIP HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE?

A mix between live image and the story of song. I have ideas in my head but I do not think that we are in a good time to make a video. In Canada we have two TV channels which play music videos. That is not worth the investment.

15.WHICH IS YOUR MOST BELOVED MOVIE YOU'VE SEEN LATELY AND WHICH BOOK YOU ENJOYED READING?

“The Ring” ,“Resident Evil” and “Lord of the rings” are the three films which I liked this year. I do not like to read. I have not read anything since I finished the school!

16.IF YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED WITH THE MUSIC, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?

I like to work on a computer. I'm creating web-sites and multimedia. I'm also good in computer graphics.

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

That is a very good interview with original and essential questions. Thank you! Visit our Web site www.horfixion.com for more information, mp3, images, lyrics, samples of videos in concert...Sorry for my bad English! I usually speak French but I’m working hard on it. Stay metal!

CHRISTINE PARASTATIDOY

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