SOULSKINNER
One of the best surprises of the Extreme Greek metal scene this year were SOULSKINNER. This band plays straight forward death metal with catchy riffs that will haunt your mind. The members that participate in SOULSKINNER are all well known in the Greek metal scene. Read this interview while you hear their debut album...
1.FIRST OF ALL TELL US IN SHORT WHAT MADE YOU DISBAND AND CREATE SOUSKINNER. WHY DID YOU STOP YOUR ACTIVITIES WITH TERRA TENEBRAE? IS IT PERHAPS THAT YOUR SOUND DIDN’T FULFIL YOU ENTIRELY?
  • YES, IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE WRONG MUSICAL DIRECTION.THE NEW SONGS THAT WE WERE PREPARING FOR A LONG TIME DIDN’T FIT IN THAT KIND OF STYLE THAT WE HAD WITH TERRA SO WE DECIDED TO START IT ALL OVER AGAIN 
2.THE FIRST SONG ON THIS ALBUM “FEEDING ON ANGELS”
STARTS WITH A DISTORTED MELODY THAT BRINGS TO MIND
SLIGHTLY OF THE SONG “IMMORTAL RITES” BY MORBID ANGEL.  IS THERE A CONNECTION?
  • DOES IT? THAT’S COOL!! BECAUSE WE ALL IN OUR BAND PRAISE AND WORSHIP BANDS LIKE THE MIGHTY MORBID ANGEL .IT 'S ALSO MOCKERY AGAINST THE RUMOR THAT THERE ARE HIDDEN MESSAGES WHEN YOU PLAY THE LP’S BACKWARDS TO HEAR SOME SATANIC MESSAGES.IF YOU WANT LISTEN TO SATANIC MESSAGE  TAKE A BITE FROM VENOM DISCOGRAPHY FOR A BEGINNING. AS FOR AS YOU CAN HEAR OUR SONG!!!!! 
3.WHICH ARE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
TERRA TENEBRAE’S MUSIC AND SOULSKINNER’S?
  • SOULSKINNER’S  MUSIC IS MORE LIKE STRAIGHT TO FACE, BRUTAL AND UNCOMPROMISING. WE PUT ALL OUR ANGER, HATE AND DISGUST FOR THE THING THAT WE DESPISE IN LIFE AND WE CANNOT CHANGE A DAMNED PIECE OF IT.AS FOR TERRA TENEBRAE IT HAD TO DO MORE WITH PSYCOLOGICAL MATTER OF HUMAN EXISTENCE AND TNAT WAS IT. IT IS LEFT BEHIND.PERIOD. 
4.FLORIDA DEATH METAL SEEMS TO BE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCE ALTHOUGH YOU ARE EUROPEANS. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN DEATH METAL IS MORE CONCRETE THAN THE
EUROPEAN ONE?
  • IF YOU MEAN CONCRETE IN PRODUCTION YES I AGREE. FOR ME ALSO IT IS MORE BRUTAL THAN THE EUROPEAN BUT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I PERSONNALY  HAVE FAVE BANDS FROM BOTH SIDES BUT THE SCALES BEND TO THE AMERICAN SIDE... 
5.YOUR MUSIC I SIMPLE AND STICKING TO YOUR MIND. IT’S
BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAD TO LISTEN TO A GREEK BAND
RELEASING A SIMPLE BUT YET AUTHENTIC DEATH METAL
ALBUM. IS THIS PERHAPS ONE MORE REASON WHY YOU WANTED
TO SOUND MORE TRADITIONAL?
  • WE WANT TO SOUND SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT.WE DIDN’T WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS DIFFICULT AND CANNOT BE REMEMBERED BECAUSE WITH CATCHY RIFFS IS  EASIER TO EXPRESS THE MEANING OF THE LYRICS.... 
6.THE ALBUM’S ESSENCE BRINGS TO MIND THE FEELING OF THE
LATEST MALEVOLENT CREATION RELEASE.WHICH ARE THE BANDS THAT INFLUENCED YOU ONE WAY OR ANOTHER?
  • TOO MANY TO MENTION.I WILL GIVE YOU A SLIGHT EXAMPLE BY TELLING YOU SLAYER,CELTIC FROST..... 
7.DO YOU OBSERVE A GENERAL TURN OF THE EXTREME METAL
BANDS TOWARDS A MORE TRADITIONAL DEATH METAL SOUND
FROM METALLERS THAT TRIED OUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT LIKE
ZYKLON, BLOODBATH, ETC?
  • I CANNOT TELL RIGHT NOW BUT MOST ABOVE ALL I WANT TODEAL WITH GOOD BANDS ABOVE THE AVERAGE LEVEL.IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE AN ALBUM THAT HIT A NERVE ON ME (MENTIONING THAT I FOUND TOO MANY GOOD ALBUMS LIKE ZYKLON,DERANGED,NILE AND MORE...) 
8.DID YOU LEAVE OUT OF THE BOOKLET THE LYRICS ON
PURPOSE? WHAT DO THEY DEAL WITH? FROM THE SONG TITLES
I THINK THAT THEY HAVE A WAR FEELING BUT AT THE SAME
TIME THEY SOUND DARK TOO.
  • YES WE DID CAUSE WE WANT EVERYONE TO PAY A VIST AT OUR WEB DOMAIN WWW.SOULSKINNER.CJB.NET TO DOWN LOAD THEM AND READ THEM. SPEAKING LYRICALLY WAR IS THE MAIN THING HAPPENING EVERY DAY IF IT IS  THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE IN LIFE,GET OUT UNHARMED FORM COMBAT, FULFILL THE DREAMS THAT ONCE AIMED AND MANY MORE. THE REASON THAT SOUND DARK IS THAT I WRITE LYRICS WITH A PSYCHERDELIC WAY, A HABIT THAT I GOT FROM DARKTHRONE, A THING THAT GIVES THE LISTENER TO MAKE ALSO CONCLUSIONS FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW... 
9.ALTHOUGH YOU MENTION ON THE BOOKLET THAT YOU HAVE A
DRUMMER WHAT WE HEAR ON THE CD IS DEFINITELY A DRUM
MACHINE. AND CONTRARY TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE REST OF
THE INSTRUMENTS ITS SOUND IS BAD, HENCE REDUCING THE
FINAL RESULT. CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US ON THAT? 
  • YOU ARE WRONG! IT IS NOT MENTIONED SUCH THING ON THE BOOKLET THOUGH WE USED A DRUM MACHINE DUE TO THE LACK OF FINDING A PERFECT FULLFILMENT FOR THE BAND’S LINE UP BEFORE MEET FOTIS.WE HAD REHEARSED WITH A COUPLE OF GUYS THAT GAVE US NO HELP AND ALSO THE TIME TO THE RECORDINGS WAS SHORT SO WE DECIDED TO USE THE DRUM MACHINE. BAD BUT UNFORTUNATE. WE GOT NOW FOTIS BEHIND THE KIT AND WE ARE VERY SATISIFED. NEXT TIME YOU WILL HEAR REAL DRUMMING THE ALBUM IS REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND YOU DON’T NEED TO LISTEN TO IT MANY TIMES TO UNDERSTAND IT AND DEEPLY LIKE IT. 
10.HOW IMPORTANT IS FOR A DEATH METAL RELEASE TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD? 
  • AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE WE WANT STRAIGHT TO THE FACE BRUTAL AND CATCHY.THAT’S IT.BRUTAL TO THE CORE!!! 
11.WHO’S BREEDING THE GROTESQUE? WHO ARE THE GROTESQUE AND WEIRD PEOPLE AFTER ALL, OF THIS WORLD?
  • WE DO,WITH ALL OUR SLOTH ,GREED AND APATHY THAT WE FEED INSIDE AND DO NOTHING TO AVOID IT.THE PEOPLE THAT CONTROL OUR FATE AND DESTINY PROFESSIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.THEY ARE THE THINGS THAT WE LIVE TOGETHER AND CANNOT GET RID OF THEM NEVER 
12.THE VOCALS ARE SUPERB AND DON’T FALL INTO THE TRAP
THAT MOST GREEK METAL BANDS FALL, TO SOUND TOO EXTREME
AND AGGRESSIVE AND THUS BECOMING TIRING TO THE EARS.
SO, DO YOU THINK AFTER ALL GROWLS NEED A TALENT AS
WELL?
  • I DON’T KNOW IF I HAVE SUCEED IN THAT MATTER  BUT I USED THAT TYPE OF SINGING THAT FIT WITH THE MUSIC AND THAT IS WHAT I LIKE... 
13.THE BAND’S NAME IS QUITE UNIQUE AND WEIRD. HOW DID YOU
DECIDE TO NAME THE BAND THIS WAY? MOST OF THE BANDS
CHOOSE A NAME ENDING WITH –ATION. WHAT HAPPENED IN
YOUR CASE?
  • WE WANT TO SHOW WHAT WE ARE AND NOT IN WHAT SITUATION WE ARE PROBABLY TRAPPED.IT HAS TO DO  WITH THE REVENGE AND THE AGGRESSION THAT UNDERLIES IN OUR SUBSCONSCIOUS THAT BECOMING BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY DAY AND SOMETIME EXPLODES AND TAKE EVERYTHNG DOWN LIKE A NUCLEAR BLAST OR A CLEANSING FOR THE CESSPOOL THAT’S  CALLED HUMANITY 
14.WHICH ARE THE PLANS THAT SOULSKINNER HAVE FOR THE
FUTURE? 
  • GET SOME NEW SONGS RECORD AGAIN DO SOME LIVE SHOWS 
15.WHO MAINLY COMPOSES THE MUSIC FOR SOULSKINNER? IS
THERE A SPECIFIC WAY YOU COMPOSE THE SONGS? 
  • BILL COMPOSES MOST OF THE SONGS.I THINK WHEN HE GETS SOME IDEAS HE SHOWS THEM TO OUR BASSIST MAKIS AND THEY TRY TOGETHER THE RESULT 
16.THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NO HARDCORE ELEMENTS IN YOUR
MUSIC DO YOU THINK MIGHT REDUCE THE SALES OF THE
ALBUM, SINCE WE SEE NOWADAYS THAT EVERYTHING THAT
CONTAINS THE DESCRIPTION –CORE SELLS QUITE A LOT?
  • TO PLAY HARDCORE HAS TO BE IN YOUR MENTALITY.THOUGH I LISTEN TO MANY NEW AND OLD HARDCORE BANDS THAT’S NOT THE MUSICAL STYLE THAT I WANT TO BE EXPRESSED THROUGH.ABOUT THE SALES I DON’T CARE A LOT AT THE MOMENT DUE TO THE FACT I WANT FIRST TO ESTABLISH A GOOD FAME IN THE GENRE.FIRST COMES THE RESPECT AND THEN THE PAPER... 
17.THANK YOU! THESE LINES ARE YOURS…
  • THANKS FOR GIVING A CHANCE FOR SOULSKINNER TO BE PRESENTED IN YOUR WEB LINES.VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SOULSKINNER.CJB.NET. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DOWN LOADS ABUT US AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US FOR ANYTHNG YOU LIKE TO ASK AND TELL.IF YOU WANT TRADE LINKS MORE THAN WELCOME
George "Volt" Tasis
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