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Talking to Mikka Luttinen, leader of
the band, I found out that he is a man with extreme and a little blackish
sense of humor. He is also a honest person, who isn't afraid of telling
his thoughts. Here you can find all these plus many interesting news regarding
the band.
1.GIVE A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF
THE BAND FOR THE NEW ONES. WHICH ARE THE CURRENT BAND MEMBERS?
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We are nowdays: Somnium - lead guitar.
Repe Misanthrope - drums,Mikaakim - vocals, Onraj 9mm - guitar and Arc
v 666 - bass. We started in 1990 and have so far released 6 studio albums
and done countless shows in 24 different countries on four continents!
2.A LOT OF TIME PASSED SINCE
THE RELEASE OF "NIHIL". NOW THAT YOU CAN BE MORE SUBJECTIVE HOW DO YOU
FIND IT? ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH IT? ARE THERE ANY PARTS THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER?
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I still like Nihil a lot! I wouldn´t
change one fucking thing on it! It is good document of how we were in the
year 1999!!! The sound of course could have been better but considering
the time we spent, it is better than good!
3.DID THE PRESS AND THE FANS LIKE IT?
HOW WERE THE REACTIONS OF THE METALHEADS?
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Some people were disappointed with
it. They didn´t like the solos at all and seem to hate Alexi. Press
was the usual, mostly good reviews. We did gain some new fans with it.
4.THERE ARE SOME RUMORS IN THE AIR
THAT YOU ARE PREPARING A NEW ALBUM. HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEW SONGS READY? A
POSSIBLE TITLE? TRACK LISTING?
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The album is being mixed at Finnvox
studio at this very moment! It is called Absence Of War Does Not Peace.
It contains 13 tracks: Stratagem, Absence Of War, The Lost Art Of Goat
Sacrificing, Prequel To Bleeding,Hardboiled And Still Hellbound, Into The
Eye Of The Storm, Before The Fallout, Humble Fuck Of Death, Via Dolorosa,
Nyrkillä Tapettava Huora, Never Forgive, Satan Wants You Dead and
The Madness behind. The album will be out 5th of November 2001!!! It was
recorded at Astia studio by Anssi Kippo and mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox!
5.LETS GO MANY YEARS BACK AND AT YOUR
FIRST ALBUM. CAN YOU INTERPRET ME THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM? WHAT DOES IT
MEAN?
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You all shall be numbered 666...
6.IF I TOLD YOU TO CHOOSE ONE FAVORITE
ALBUM OF YOURS AND ONE SONG WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?
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The new album definitely!!!! Because
it is the best! And my fave song from it is Nyrkillä Tapettava Huora
(it is in Finnish, the title translates A Bitch You Can Kill With A Fist)
because it is about my asshole x-girlfriend!
7.HAVE YOU HEARD THAT CRADLE OF FILTH
SIGNED WITH SONY? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR ALL THESE BLACK METAL BANDS?
DON'T YOU THINK THAT BLACK METAL WASN'T BORN TO BECOME MAINSTREAM?
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It was destined to become mainstream
when all the stuff happened in Norway. I rather see black metal selling
like hell instead of Korn or any other similar faggot pop shit pretending
to be metal.
8.WHERE ARE YOUR LYRICS REFERING TO?
WHICH THINGS INSPIRE YOU IN WRITING LYRICS?
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They are about anything. You should
ask specific songs as I cannot tell you about all of them. From pure blasphemy
to brutal reality to sexual fantasies to praising of alcohol. Life itself
is the biggest inspiration.
9.HOW ARE YOUR RELATIONS WITH YOUR
BROTHER? CAN YOU TELL US WHY KIMMO LEFT THE BAND AFTER THE RELEASE OF YOUR
ALBUM "SUOMI"? MUSICAL DIFFERENCES? HAVE YOU HEARD THE ALBUM OF THE BLACK
LEAGUE? DID YOU LIKE IT?
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I have heard The Black League album
and the mini cd as well. I find both releases extremely boring without
any kind of artistic direction. It is clear that Jarva does everything
and accepts no others input. So, it is very narrow vision of one dude.
There´s one fucking great track on the mini cd though but it doesn´t
save the rest! Kimmo was booted from the band as there was a fist fight
between him and Jarva. They have settled it ages ago though. I have a very
good relationship with my bro as long as we don´t talk about music.
10.WHAT'S THIS ELEMENT THAT MADE YOU
BESIDES BEING FAN OF THIS MUSIC ALSO TRY TO COMPOSE YOUR OWN?
11.HOW WAS THE COOPERATION WITH ALEXI
LAIHO? ARE YOU SATISFIED? WILL YOU CONTINUE THIS COLLABORATION?
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Oh dear...Alexi hasn´t been member
anymore since November 2000! We decided it was better for both parties
that we get another guitar player as he is way too busy with Bodom and
Sinergy, he was never there for us! We are still extremely good friends
though.
12.IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DO IN YOUR LIFE?
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I would be sniffing glue under a bridge
and I would be raping ten year old little girls because they are the best
meat there is.
13.WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO A GUY TO CONVINCE
HIM BUY YOUR ALBUM INSTEAD OF SOMETHING ELSE?
14.ARE YOU THINKING OF MAKING A PROJECT?
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I will be singing on a Canadian band´s
demo tape. They are called Obscene Eulogy and I will do all the vox and
lyrix. I think it is only one off for me as I have to fucking time for
anything else. Their music is like mixture of death and black metal, totally
different from our sound.
15.HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC?
WHICH ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES?
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Nuclear metal. Anything from Venom
and Sodom to Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror to Death, Morbid Angel
to Agent Steel etc.
16.WHICH THINGS DO YOU LIKE AND WHICH
DO YOU DESPISE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?
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I like touring the world. I hate all
the
backstabbing, rip-offs, two faced journalists, tv journalists, basically
this is the worst industry you can be on! One whore in Germnay said it
to me greatly: What? You play in a band? That´s worse job than being
a whore!!! Indeed!
17.HOW DID YOU FIND THE LIVE SHOWS
YOU' VE DONE HERE IN GREECE? WILL YOU COME AGAIN?
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Both were excellent. We want to come,
of course, but that depends on your promoters!!! And we need to bring our
own soundman, we refuse to come over nowdays without our beloved soundman
Kurva.
18.DO YOU LIKE READING BOOKS? WHICH
IS YOUR MOST BELOVED BOOK AND AUTHOR?
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I have been too busy lately (because
of the new album) to read anything but anal porno mags. I like shit like
Andrew Vacchs, Shaun Hutson, some conspiracy books etc. Mainly I read porno
mags.
19.YOUR MUSIC IS AT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.
WHICH MOVIE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO SUIT THE ACTION TO YOUR WORD AND MUSIC?
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Attack Of Sleazy Satanic Anal Sluts
From Hell I. This is yet to be directed.
20.THESE LAST LINES BELONG TO YOU...THANKS
FOR THE INTERVIEW AND I WISH THE BEST TO YOU!
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Malaka and thanx to you too. Let´s
hope we can make it to Greece again as we did have a great time there,
you guys are fucking great audience! Make sure you check out our website:
www.impnaz.com
Nick "William_Kidd" Parastatidis |