LUNATIC
GODS
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LUNACY I
THINK IS ONLY A PRIVILEGE OF THE MAN, YOU WILL NEVER SEE A LUNATIC ANIMAL.
AND AS A PRIVILEGE IT IS, IT MIGHT BE A CURSE OR A BLESSING. THANK GOD
I THINK THAT FOR LUNATIC GODS MUSIC IS A BLESSING. THEY MANAGE TO CREATE
AN ORIGINAL AND DIVERSE BRUTAL MUSIC THAT REACHES THE DEPTHS OF OUR SOUL.
A BAND THAT WORTH TO LISTEN...
1.TELL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE BAND.
HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU EXIST? WHICH IS THE CURRENT LINEUP AND THE X-BAND
MEMBERS? DO ANY OF YOUR BAND MEMBERS HAVE A PREVIOUS EPXERIENCE WITH OTHER
BANDS?
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We came to being as grind death BESTIALIT.
We released our debut as a split with DEHYDRATED. The we changed the moniker
to LUNATIC GODS and as such released "Inhuman and Insensible" on
Italian Polyphemus. That was in 1996. Two years later we had "Sitting by
the Fire" on Slovak Meta Age. A vinyl 7"EP "Cuckoo" followed on Epidemie
and latest so far is "The Wilderness" released by Shindy Productions from
Czech Republic. We have always played death/black/thrash/psychedelia/heavy
- simply "lunatic metal". As for side bands,, Luboslav and I play in and
old cult hardcore metal band EDITOR - www.editor.sk.
Luboslav also has DIGITUS IN RECTO - nu metal and HORAR roars in death
grind PROTEST.
2.THE FIRST BAND NAME OF BESTIALIT.
WHAT DOES THIS NAME MEAN? WHY HAVE YOU CHANGED IT? WHAT KIND OF MUSIC WERE
YOU PLAYING UNDER THIS NAME?
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We played a simple death grind. We
released only 4 songs officially, that was the split CD. It was sold out
long ago, but I had it remastered and put on our website www.lunaticgods.sk
together with the complete cover - look at download section. Well, no big
deal, just our stuff we played back in 1993, especially the sound is not
the best, but I think there are still some good ideas in the music.
3.LUNATIC GODS : HOW DID YOU
CHOOSE THIS NAME? DOES IT HAVE A SPECIAL SYMBOLISM FOR YOU? WHO ARE THE
LUNATIC GODS? HUMANS PERHAPS...?
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LUNATIC GODS are formed of seven lunatic
gods, haha. I'm the author of the title. I just opened the dictionary and
found two words that sounded fine to me. The guys liked it so we became
lunatic.
4.YOU HAVE CHANGED MANY LABELS.
HOW AND WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED? WEREN'T YOU SATSIFIED WITH YOUR PREVIOUS
LABELS?
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Each period was crowned by a release
on a label that offered the best solution for us at the moment as there
was simply no better offer. We can't say anything bad about any of them
then. We knew very well what each can do for us and we didn't expect the
world. Still we were sorry that the promotion of our CDs was not better.
5.YOUR MUSIC HAS A VARIETY AND
ORIGINALLITY, THOUGH IT'S WRITTEN ONLY FROM ONE PERSON AND THIS ONE IS
YOU, HIRAX! HOW DO YOU COMPOSE THE SONGS? DO YOU GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
THE OTHER BAND MEMBERS TO PROPOSE - PRESENT THEIR OWN IDEAS OR IS THE COMPOSITION
OF THE SONGS AN ONE MAN JOB?
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I am no dictator, I just come with
the basic things which we arrange together and then the rest add some parts
of their own. The vocal lines are now done mainly by Horar. I just come
with guitar riffs. I always have a lot of variations and the idea what
it should look like in the end.
6.YOU HAVE PHOTOS IN THE CD
BOOKLET, OF MASS-GRAVES FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND HITLER. WHY DO YOU
USE BRUTAL IMAGIES? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE START THINKING?
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The shots are there to show people
what stupidities is humankind as a whole responsible for. We must not forget
these things. I am fascinated by world wars and history. Those who study
history and know how to learn from that, they can make their life much
easier.
7.IN ANOTHER PHOTO OF YOURS
YOU SHOW NAZIS AND U.S. AIRPLANES FROM ABOVE. IS THERE ANY SYMBOLISM?
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These are just symbols. We are no nazis.
We are against any form of violence and harm doing. Just look at those
fascists standing in rows like robots ready to kill ... it feels brutal
cold, doesn't it? And our symbols in place of svastikas, well, that's a
kind of joke, you know, one day we shall be so famous and respected
that all will follow us so ardently ...
8.YOU'VE TAKEN PART IN A METALLICA
TRIBUTE. WHICH IS YOUR OPINION ON TRIBUTE ALBUMS? WHICH METALLICA SONG
HAVE YOU COVERED?
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We covered "Phantom Lord" from their
debut. We love old METALLICA, we grew up with the stuff. What they do now
is something we abhor. We love covers but only if you make it in a way
original. Not just a copy of a song, that's waste of effort. I don't like
covers on live sets, though. I know it's a way to attract people, but you
should be good enough to get people interested with your own stuff.
9.THESE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAD
THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO SOME VERY GOOD RELEASES FROM EAST EUROPE. HOW DO
YOU EXPLAIN IT? CAN YOU POINT OUT SOME OTHER NEW PROMISING BANDS FROM YOUR
COUNTRY?
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I predict a big breakthrough of the
eastern bands. We have a lot of top class original bands and the quality
of recordings is really getting better fast, so next to Scandinavia there's
time for Slovakia, Poland, Czech, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other Slavonic
countries. Mark my words...
10.WHAT ARE THE LYRICS TALKING
ABOUT? DO THEY REFER IN WARS? ARE THEY CONCEPT? CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INFO
ABOUT THEM?
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We don't mention any actual things,
so wars neither. It's more going deep into depressive psychological vents
about ordeals of this world and the path of human soul. Such images, you
know ...
11.HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO PROMOTE
YOUR WORK? WILL YOU DO ANY LIVE SHOWS? CAN YOU DESCRIBE A TYPICAL LUNATIC
GODS LIVE?
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We have spread about 400 promo CDs
so far. Response has been great, really. We do a lot of interviews and
we are not afraid of reading the reviews, hehe. It's a way to get our music
across, we are not in expectations of a world tour. We wouldn't just be
able to spend one month on the road. We expect a total number of 8000 being
spread all over the world, the sales give us the grounds for hope. As for
concerts, we offer no special show. We just do an opening song, then
we slaughter a piglet on stage, jump into the mess one by one and smelling
and covered with blood and intestines we go on with our set. Our keyboardist
Lu masturbates on stage during all that with her bloody dildo and Horar
cuts his veins with a blunt knife. So just what you can expect of any regular
band.
12.WHAT WERE THE REACTIONS OF
THE FANS AND PRESS FOR "THE WILDERNESS"? WHICH WAS THE BEST AND WHICH WAS
THE WORST REVIEW YOU HAVE RECEIVED? ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH IT?
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Like I said, the response has been
great. We got only two negative reviews. We usually get some 80% of the
points total, which feels great but we don't need to wank on it. We just
take it as a means to pass across the information about the existence of
the record. We shall play our lunatic metal on, no matter what. And the
success is also 5 tape licence releases of "The Wilderness" in Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Russia and Thailand. In a month we shall also have
an LP version in U.S.A. and 6 more licences are in state of negotiation.
13.WHICH IS THE BEST PART IN
YOUR MUSIC AND IN THE BAND IN GENERAL AND WHICH THING DO YOU THINK YOU
SHOULD CORRECT? WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU NEED IMPROVEMENT?
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Our strength is in our originality.
That can bee seen in the reviews as well, as people don't know where to
place our style. We hate bands which recycle ideas of others and even use
the image thereof. As for improvements, we have to work hard on making
our live playing more professional. And Emil has to improve his English
pronunciation, hehe.
14.MANY EXTREME METAL BANDS
EXPRESS RACISTIC IDEOLOGIES. WHICH ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
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As I said, we wish nobody tries to
stand over anybody else and harm anybody else. Let all people think and
worship what they will but don't make other involved. What I mean is religions
as well as politics and any ideology.
15.HAVE YOU READ ANY INTERESTING
BOOKS LATELY? HAVE YOU WATCHED AN INTERESTING MOVIE?
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I have just read a biography of one
monk Milo Repa, really a book I got absorbed in. I incline to buddhism.
I have no time to watch TV. Sometimes I have a look at some films together
with my girlfriend, but that's all.
16.IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE
MUSIC, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?
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Probably something else connected with
music. I have a small label and distro so get in touch for trades. You
can find the catalogue on www.lunaticgods.sk
in download. I would love to earn my living from that, but it's not possible.
17.WHICH SONG OF YOURS DO YOU
THINK IS THE MOST IDEAL TO REPRESENT YOUR WORK?
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My favourite off the last one is the
title track "The Wilderness", but best representative would probably be
the opener "Curse". I don't know, each of our albums is completely different.
When you listen to "Sitting by the Fire" you find it has not link to "The
Wilderness". And our new material is somewhere else still. We are eternal
searchers.
18.IF SOMEDAY YOU HAD THE CHANCE
TO MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHICH WOULD YOUR BIGGEST
QUESTION BE?
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I would ask him: How are you?
19.IF TIME TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE,
WHICH HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT AND WHY? WHAT WOULD YOU
MISS THE MOST FROM OUR TIME?
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I don't know, the further back the
more violence there was. I would love to get back to my ten years of age,
it was nice and I would love to go through it once again.
20.WHAT PROLOGUE AND TITLE WOULD
YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO HAVE?
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I'll leave it upon you, your fantasy
is sufficient. But the title could read "bloody experimentators back on
stage".
21.THANK YOU!HAVE I FORGOTTEN
TO ASK YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?