If I asked
you, which hero would you like to be, most of you (including myself too)
would say a super hero for sure. But have you ever thought that metal musicians
can also be super heroes, streaming extreme heavy riffing to us? Well,
that perspective I never thought of. One more question. Who would ever
think of a guy that has a band, who would try to convince you to buy another
album and not his and who would "admit" that he can't compose music...?!?!?
Modesty is indeed rare in the metal scene. Who said that extreme metal
guys can't be pleasant and have a great sense of humor? Well, Claudio is
here to shake your world...
1.GIVE A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE
BAND. WHICH ARE THE CURRENT MEMBERS?
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Me (Claudio - guitars) and Peso (drums)
are the original members, while Flegias (vocals) and John (bass) are new
members: the band was formed in 1985 and recorded a 4tracks demo and 2
LP, the last in 1989, then split up. In 1999 me and Peso decided to form
back the band and with the new guys we recorded the Mater Of All Evil cd
(2000) and the new Black as Pitch (2001).
2.HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC?
YOU REMIND ME A LOT OF VENOM WITH SOME THRASH ELEMENTS (e.x.EXODUS) ALONG
WITH THE CLASSIC BLACK/DEATH SOUND. DO YOU AGREE?
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Well, it could be, why not ... we all
loved Venom and the Black component in our music comes from their firsts
album for sure... on the other hand, our riffing is surely thrashy, with
some Slayer and old Kreator influences... so it's OK ... I like to describe
our music as black/thrash as well ...
3.WHICH ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES?
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As I told you before, Slayer is for
sure my biggest influence .. I grew up with their music and I still worship
them as the absolute gods of extreme metal ...
4.HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO FINISH
THE RECORDINGS OF THE ALBUM? WHERE DID YOU RECORD IT AND WHO WAS THE
PRODUCER?
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We spent 3 weeks in Sweden at Underground
Studios (VAsteras) with the producer Pelle Saether ...
5.ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH IT OR
NOW AFTER A WHILE YOU FIND THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER?
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At the moment I'm fully satisfied with
the result.
6.WHAT'S THIS ELEMENT THAT INSPIRES
YOU IN WRITING MUSIC?
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I don't know exactly ... the only thing
I know is that when I pick up my guitar, this is the only music I can play
... it's something that is inside of me, I can't control it!!!!
7.DO YOU THINK THAT METAL MUSIC SHOULD
HAVE ITS LIMITS OR SHOULD IT BE ENRICHED WITH DIFFERENT MUSICAL STYLES?
WOULD YOU EVER USE ON THE FRONT RAW FEMALE VOCALS AND KEYBOARDS?
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Well, probably this music is self limiting,
but I don't mind .. as far as someone is able to write nice extreme songs
it's OK. We will never use keyboards or any contaminating sample, this
is sure: it's not Necrodeath.. we have our own style, we're not looking
for something new or different.. our only goal is to write good songs..
each time better than the previous one. I don't know if we're succesfull
or not, but this is our only objective.
8.WHICH SUBJECTS DO YOU LIKE TO HURT
THROUGH YOUR LYRICS? WHICH THINGS INSPIRE YOU IN WRITING LYRICS?
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I usually don't write lyrics... they
all deal with black stories of course...
9.DO YOU LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT EVERYDAY
SITUATIONS OR DO YOU THINK THAT SOME TIMES FANTASY IS A NICE AND EASY WAY
OF EXPRESSING REALITY?
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The most of them are fantasy stories
... it was like this in the past too. Of course we could write about all
day life, but we usually don't want to send messages to anybody .... necrodeath
are a metal band, not a political party or a teacher ...
10.YOUR TITLES SOUND A LITTLE GORE,
SO ARE THERE ANY SECOND MEANINGS BEHIND YOUR LYRICS? DO FANS HAVE TO READ
BETWEEN THE LINES?
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No .. our lyrics fit with the kind
of atmospheres that our music evokes ... of course everybody can read whatever
they like, but there are no secrets messages as I told you before.
11.IN WHICH RECORD LABEL DO YOU BELONG?
ARE YOU SATISFIED FROM THE PROMOTION?
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We record for Scarlet .. I think they're
working in a good way for necrodeath.
12.HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEW SONGS READY?
DO YOU KNOW THE MUSICAL DIRECTION OF YOUR UPCOMING ALBUM OR NOTHING CERTAIN
SO FAR?
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Our new album is just out, so we don't
have any new songs at the moment.. our direction is always the same ..extreme!!!
13.BRING TO MIND ALL YOUR SONGS. HAVE
YOU IMPROVED AS SONGWRITERS AND PERFORMERS? WHAT'S THIS THING THAT
YOU THINK MAKES YOU EASY TO RECOGNIZE FROM ALL THE OTHER DEATH/BLACK
BANDS?
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We improved for sure, and our songs
are now more structured than in the past .. I think we have our trademark
in our thrashy riffing and blacky atmospheres ..
14.WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO A GUY TO CONVINCE
HIM BUY YOUR ALBUM INSTEAD OF SOMETHING ELSE?
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If you like good extreme metal songs
you only have one choice ....... buy a SLAYER album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15.IF YOU HADN'T RELEASED AN ALBUM
WHICH SONG OF YOUR WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO PROMOTE YOUR WORK?
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I think one among Hate and Scorn, Red
as Blood, Iconoclast or Church Black Book.
16.IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DO IN YOUR LIFE?
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I'm not able for sure, that's why I'm
an engineer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17.DO YOU KNOW ANY GREEK BANDS?
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I'm not so deep in the current metal
scene ... I can only say some big name like Rotting Christ, but I know
a very few ..
18.HOW DO YOU FIND THE METAL SCENE
OF ITALY? IS IT INTERESTING? HAVE YOU HEARD ANY NEW UNDERGROUND BANDS YOU
FOUND INTERESTING AND WORTH TO BE MENTIONED?
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Well .. it is the same for Italy too
... I'm not deeply involved in the scene .. we have a lot of power metal
bands here, and I don't like power at all.
19.YOU COME FROM A COUNTRY THAT IS
FAMOUS FOR ITS POWER METAL BANDS AND DOESN'T HAVE A GREAT TRADITION IN
THE DEATH/BLACK GENRE. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR YOU? WOULD IT BE EASIER
FOR YOU IF YOU WERE FROM A SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY?
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I'm not so sure ... for us it's relatively
easy here just because we are more or less the only big extreme metal band
.. in Sweden there are too many bands!!!!
20.HAVE YOU DONE ANY LIVE SHOWS? DO
YOU LIKE PERFORMING LIVE?
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We did some good shows here, on the
same stage with Slayer, Testament, Kreator, Marduk, Cradle of Filth, Cannibal
Corpse, Dark Funeral and others .... of course we love to play live gigs
and to meet our fans ..
21.DO YOU LIKE READING BOOKS? WHICH
IS YOUR MOST BELOVED BOOK AND AUTHOR?
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I read so many technical papers during
my job that I usually don't read any book at home ...
22.WHICH HERO WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE?
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mmhhmmmm .... Kerry King???? ... he's
a super hero isn't him???
23.WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMPOSE THE SOUNDTRACK
FOR A MOVIE? IF YES WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
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Of course I would like a lot ... let's
say something medieval ... In the Rose Name, Braveheart ...
24.WHAT MADE YOU DESPITE BEING FANS
OF THIS MUSIC ALSO TRY TO COMPOSE YOUR OWN?
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I love this music so my dream when
I was a young kid was to be on a stage playing my music .. that's why I
started and why I'm still here now.
25.THESE LAST LINES BELONG TO YOU...THANKS
FOR THE INTERVIEW AND I WISH THE BEST TO YOU!
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Thank a lot to you Cristina for your
support ... to all of you, visit our web site www.necrodeath.com
and sign our guestbook ... ciao
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Claudio