SINEQUANON
Are you
interested to listen to how the old sound would be performed today? Do
Sinequanon play the sound of the past or is it something new? They asnwer
all our questions below. You are all invited...
1.HAIL!FIRST OF ALL GIVE US A SHORT
BAND BIO.
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The band was created by the two guitarists
and the drummer in 1996. The present bassist joined us a year later. We
have recorded two demos and given concerts all over our country.
2.SINEQUANON IS A LATIN _EXPRESSION.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH WHAT CRITERIA HAVE YOU SELECTED IT? DOES IT HAVE
A SPECIAL MEANING FOR YOU?
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It is a latin _expression used to mean
an indispensable condition to do something. The name was given to us by
a person extern to the band and we liked the meaning and that it is not
the typical Anglo-saxon term.
3.YOUR CD IS CALLED "CHILDHOOD
GAMES". WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY WITH THIS TITLE? WHAT THEMES DO YOU LIKE
TO HURT THROUGH YOUR LYRICS?
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It is the name of one of the tracks
of the demo and it is based on a book that tells how god and devil joined
forces to send a being under a child appearance to destroy the world, but
he rebels since he doesn’t want to eliminate the world where he lives because
he just wants to play as the child he is.
4.HOW DID YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE
A COVER TO METALLICA'S "MASTER OF PUPPETS"?
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The cover is not inspired on Metallica.
It symbolizes a kid playing in the darkness with the evil, like in the
song.
5.WHICH BANDS INFLUENCED SINEQUANON'S
SOUND?
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Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth,
Testament, Metallica, Dio, etc. . .
6.MANY CONTEMPRORARY BANDS USE
THE LABEL THRASH METAL AND MOST OF THE TIMES THEY TURN OUT TO BE DEATH
METAL WITH SOME THRASH ELEMENTS OR MAYBE THRASHCORE. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION
ON THESE BANDS? DO YOU THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL THRASH METAL IS DEAD? THE
THRASH PLAYED BY METALLICA, EXODUS, MEGADETH, KREATOR, ETC...?
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Every one chooses the way he likes
to name the music he makes and the listener can do the same. We call our
style heavy and let people opine. Actually, the original Thrash is not
in a good moment, but everything goes up and down.
7.HOW WAS YOUR DEMO ACCEPTED
BY THE FANS AND PRESS?
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Media (fanzines, magazines and radio
stations) treated us very well. Some fans think that the previous demo
was more "thrash" than the new one.
8.THRASH METAL DEALS MOSTLY
WITH PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE FACE EVERY DAY. DO YOU AGREE? WHAT DOES "THRASH"
METAL MEAN TO YOU?
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Yes, Thrash usually speaks about every
day problems, and we deal with personal preoccupations or stories
that attract our attention.
9.DID YOU HAVE ANY OFFERS FROM
LABELS THIS FAR TO RELEASE YUOR WORK?
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In our country there is a boom on bands
playing Power and Epic metal, following the European mainstream, and labels
look for this style bands.
10.WHAT ELSE DO YOU LISTEN TO
EXCEPT FOR THRASH METAL?
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We listen to any genre within Heavy
Metal, Death, Progressive, Symphonical, etc.
11.IF SOMEDAY YOU HAD THE CHANCE
TO MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHICH WOULD YOUR BIGGEST
QUESTION BE?
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What does He do with so much spare
time.
12.NAME YOUR 5 ALL TIME CLASSIC
ALBUMS. WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO LATELY?
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"The number of the beast", "Painkiller",
"Rust in peace", "Images and words", "And justice for all". It’s to hard
for us choose only 5 albums.
13.WOULD YOU BE ANNOYED IF YOUR
MUSIC WAS TREATED ONLY AS A PRODUCT AND WITHOUT ARTISTIC VALUE?
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At the moment we are appreciated more
for our artistic value than as a product since we are not a market band.
14.HOW ARE YOU THINKING TO PROMOTE
YOUR WORK? WHICH SONG OF YOURS IS THE MOST IDEAL TO REPRESENT YOUR WORK?
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We are trying to make our music arrive
to as many places as possible and thanks to people like you people can
know our work in many places where we are not able to perform by now. "Vagabond",
"Childhood Games", "Lost in the twilight time" and the rest of the demo.
15.WHICH IS THE BEST AND WHICH
THE WORST PART OF YOUR MUSIC? IN WHICH FIELD DO YOU NEED IMPROVEMENT?
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We are not conscient of our best point,
but we know our worst one: the voices, that we have to improve.
16.WHICH IS MAN'S BIGGEST TEMPTATION?
17.WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU
WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC?
18.WHAT PROLOGUE AND TITLE WOULD
YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO HAVE?
19.I WISH YOU TO THRASH US ALL
WITH YOUR MUSIC AND SOMEDAY TO COME FOR A LIVE SHOW HERE IN GREECE. NOW
FEEL IN THE FOLLOWING GAP WITH YOUR LAST THOUGHTS...