• You are given the chance here to read and learn about an interesting band from Sicily. They play progressive metal but they are not just trying to copy the holy monsters of this scene. What they are trying to do is filter their influences and create their won musical identity.

• Well, I think there are two most important moments for us, the first when we completed the line-up and in consequence of this we started to write our songs tryin’ to mix all of our different idea. The second when we ended the recording sessions of “Alchemy of destruction” because we consider it as the result of two years of work and passion.

2.WHY HAVE YOU NAMED THE BAND THIS WAY? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YOU PLAY POWER PROGRESSIVE METAL. HOWEVER YOUR NAME SOUNDS TO BE CLOSER TO THE 80'S METAL. AREN'T YOU AFRAID SOME MIGHT MISDUGDE YOUR MUSIC BY THE BAND'S NAME? HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IS THE CORRECT CHOICE OF A NAME?

• We choose Irencros because we think it sounds really heavy!!! We think it’s a direct and more memorable name than others. We are not afraid of possible errors because even if our music sounds like prog or power we know that in the end it’s always heavy metal. The choice of a name is really important but the music is more important, you can choose a name such as “IRENSHIT” or “Bunnycros”..... if your music is good there won’t be any kind of problem.

3.WHICH ARE THE BAND'S INFLUENCES? NAME SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED ALBUMS.

• First of all.... Symphony X, we think they’re great. Shadow Gallery, Dream Theater, Fates warning, even if it might seems strange we feel close to Megadeth, Death (Chuck always into our hearts!) and Testament. We want underline that we are trying to create our own style!!!

4.YOU SAY IN YOUR BAND BIO THAT IN 2 YEARS TIME THE LINE UP CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES. WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED? WHICH WERE THE PROBLEMS?

• The Line-up has changed several times because we were looking for the right people for our project. We think that one of the most imortant requires for an artist is the passion for his music. The guys that went away from Irencros didn’t have passion for what they were doin’.....

5.TELL US SOME THINGS ABOUT YOUR MINI CD "THROUGH THE MIRROR". ARE YOU STILL SATSFIED WITH IT OR IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE? YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT VERY SATISFIED BY YOUR MINI CD CAUSE MANY SYMPHONICAL PARTS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED. WHY HAVE THEY BEEN EXCLUDED? HOW DID YOU IMAGINE  "THROUGH THE MIRROR" TO SOUND?

• “Through the mirror” is a not mature work, we recorded it in only three days with an eight channel digital mixer (drums included!!!) and in consequence of this we have been forced to exclude lots  of symphonical parts or guitar riffs.

• The main theme of “Alchemy...” is the destruction. In our lyrics we speak about it from several points of view such institutional, mind, nature as well as human destruction. We think that destruction is everywhere inside and outside everyone of us, everyday media speak about wars, killings, mental alienation, sadness and so on ..... Authors as G. Orwell or L. Pirandello have been a great inspiration for us. We might say that in the deep our lyrics might be considered as a sort of reflection about human and society.

7.WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? HOW ARE YOU THINKING TO PROMOTE YOUR WORK?

• The most important thing to do today is to promote Alchemy of destruction (it’s not a demo but a Master ready to be printed if there is a label for the distribution) everywhere in order to get a contract. It is also possible that we will play in the north of Italy on april 2003... but nothin’ sure.

8.WHICH WERE THE REACTIONS OF THE FANS AND PRESS ON YOUR MINI CD? WHICH WAS THE BEST AND WHICH WAS THE WORST REVIEW YOU HAVE RECEIVED?

• We got lots of good reviews even if the recording quality of “Through...” was not really good. We are sure that “Alchemy...” will get good reviews too, many people listened to our new songs through Vitaminic.com and told us that they think we are really great!!!

9.SHARE WITH US YOUR EXPERIENCES FROM YOUR LIVE APPEARANCES. HOW WAS IT THE FIRST TIME YOU GOT ON STAGE?

• With this line-up we went on stage for the first time two years ago during an open live concert at Palermo university. It have been a wonderful experience for us even if we played without bass because Johnny was taken ill eight hours before we got on stage!!! Anyway, things went really good, we played some of our songs such as The king is dead and people really liked it.

10.WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UNDERGROUND SCENE OF YOUR COUNTRY? TO BE HONEST YOU ARE THE FIRST BAND FROM SICILY I AM AWARE OF. WHY?

• The scene is really good. There are  bands such as Thy Majestie whose second album will be available in october, or Exile that play a really true heavy metal 80’s style. We got on stage with them many times in Sicily and more of eight-hundred people came from different parts of our country in order to see our live performances.

11.YOU HAVE FINISHED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO YOUR "ALCHEMY OF DESTRUCTION". ARE YOU  SATISFIED WITH IT? HAVE YOU MANAGED TO DO EXACLTY WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND?

• Yes, we are really satisfied of “Alchemy...”. Recording it we tried to not do the same errors we made durying the recording sessions of “Through...”. It sounds exactly how we wanted to.

12.HAVE YOU SEND THE DEMO TO ANY LABELS THIS FAR? WHICH WERE THE REACTIONS?

• Yes, we sent “Through the mirror” to several labels and one of these seemed to be interested into our music. It was an Italian label but we didn’t reach an agreement and in consequence of this didn’t sign the contract.