SYNASTHASIA
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IF YOU LIKE
MELODIC POWER METAL AND ADORE CONCEPT STORIES, THEN SYNASTHASIA IS A BAND
THAT DEIFINITELY YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT! THIS IS A STORY OF A HERO THAT WANTS
TO KILL THE EVIL WITCH SCOTIA. WHAT IT WILL HAPPEN? ...MORE ON THIS INTERVIEW
AND SYNASTHASI'A'S CD!
1.I THINK THAT SYNASTHASIA IS THE LIVING
PROOF THAT EVEN SHORT HAIRED PEOPLE (LIKE WE ALL ARE) CAN PLAY METAL AS
WELL :)))) DO YOU AGREE?
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Yes, indeed. As you said before we´re
living proof of it. But we work at our haircuts as well.
2.NOW LET'S GET SERIOUS AND TELL ME
IN A FEW WORDS THE BAND'S STORY SO FAR AND PRESENT THE CURRENT LINE UP
TO THE READERS.
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The members of our starting line up
wanted to create music that catches the ears of the listeners, which was
first a mixture of Metal and Grunge. The Grunge influences decreased by
time and disappeared completely as our first drummer Kristof Becker left
the Band. Now we aimed on pure Heavy Metal. As Kristof left the Band a
new member (Christian Bruckschen) joined the Band and Dennis Marschallik
took the part of the drummer for a period of time. As Rene Bender joined
the Band as drummer, Dennis Marschallik took the part on the guitar again
and actual Line up was completed.
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Synasthasia is:
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Dennis Schunke: vocals
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Christian Bruckschen: guitar
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Dennis Marschallik: guitar
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Martin Jun: bass-guitar
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Rene Bender: drums
3.I READ IN YOUR BIO THAT YOUR STYLE
USED TO BE A MIX OF GRUNGE AND METAL. DEFINITELY IT'S A STRANGE MIXTURE,
BUT YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR STYLE INTO POWER METAL, WHICH IS VERY FAMOUS LATELY.
WHY HAS THIS CHANGE IN YOUR STYLE OCCURRED? AREN'T YOU AFRAID THAT SOME
PEOPLE MIGHT ACCUSE YOU OF CHANGING YOUR STYLE IN ORDER TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL
EASIER?
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Dennis Marschallik, one of the founding
membersof Synasthasia, wanted to play melodic Heavy Metal from the beginning.
This could realised as Kristof left the Band. By the way, at the time when
we decided to play Metal, that kind of music was not so popularar as now.
Our aim was to combine melodic guitars , melodic vocals and fast, smashing
drumparts. music that we all like , not to get famous.
4.WHICH ARE THE TARGETS THAT YOU'VE
SET AS A BAND? WHICH OF THEM HAVE YOU ALREADY SUCCEEDED AND WHICH ARE YET
TO BE ACHIEVED?
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Our first aim is to play music that
we all like, because the fun-factor dominates the band . We all enjoy live
gigs and the party after the gig most. After that we desire to play in
other countries or on great festivals and move the masses. A crowd of banging
Metalheads that scream our songs would be the greatest thing we can
imagine.
5.I THINK THAT BANDS LIKE HELLOWEE,
BLIND GUARDIAN AND RUNNING WILD HAVE INFLUENCED YOU. DO YOU AGREE? WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF THESE BANDS? WHICH OTHER BANDS AND MUSICIANS ARE A BIG
INFLUENCE TO YOU?
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Many bands have influenced us , all
the named as well as rock-titans like Queen or Van Halen. In addition to
that there are many death metal bands we like very much.
6.YOUR SECOND DEMO IS A CONCEPT ALBUM.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU TOOK A BIG RISK THERE? DOES THIS SHOW THAT
YOU HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITIES AND SKILLS? HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE YOU TO COMPOSE THE SONGS AND FINISH THE ALBUM?
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It was a dream of Dennis Marschallik
to create a concept album, so we started to work on it. All the lyrics
and the most of the music was written by him. Finally after a year of fun,
lots of beer and hard work it was done and we started the recordings. Sure
it took us much hard work and a lot of time to finish the demo-album,
but we think the result was worth it.
7.SO, WHERE ARE YOUR LYRICS REFERRING
TO? DOES THE CONCEPT STORY END HERE OR WILL IT BE CONTINUED IN THE FUTURE?
TELL US ABOUT IT IN A FEW WORDS. WHAT INSPIRS YOU IN WRITING LYRICS AND
WHAT CAN TAKE THE INSPIRATION AWAY FROM YOU?
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The lyrics are a closed concept about
the tragic fall of a kingdom. The story is about the hope that lies on
the shoulders of a hero. He must find the "Salvation from the curse" the
bad witch Scotia has cast upon the king. As you can imagine all depends
on him and many unknown ways and riddles lie before him. He has to use
all this strengths and powers to solve his quest. Dennis M. was inspired
by other great bands like Rhapsody, Blind Guardian, Stormwitch or Edguy.
8.HAVE YOU SENT THE DEMO TO ANY LABELS
AND OTHER ZINES? WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DID YOU RECEIVE? HOW HAVE THE METALLERS
REACTED TO YOUR MUSIC?
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We sent the demo to many metal fanzines
and webzines. The reaction on it were much better than we could imagine.
Many zines wrote back and we got great references. In addition to that
we played some gigs which were really great. The crowd supported us from
the start., and all the gigs were nearly sold out. It was a great feeling
to perform our songs for a rocking crowd.
9.YOU HAVE A SONG TITLE "SCOTIA'S DEATH".
SCOTIAS IS A DEMON AND MASTER OF HELL AND HIS NAME IS REFERRED IN THE SOLOMON
BOOK. IS ANY OF YOU INTERESTED IN THE OBSURE OR IS IT A COINCIDENCE?
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The name Scotia should represent the
pure evil in form of the witch. The obscure is not really our lyrical basis,
more the fantasy. We all like fantasy stories which influence us. But indeed
we adopt some names to get the characters more real.
10.WHICH IS THE SILLIEST THING YOU'VE
DONE IN ORDER TO WIN A WOMAN'S ATTENTION?
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collective presentation of our butts
;)
11.IF YOU COULD MEET A HISTORICAL PERSON
WHO WOULD THIS BE AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM?
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We want to meet the god of brewing
and thank him by falling to our knees for the great drink he has created.
12.YOU ARE GRANTED ONE WISH. WHAT WOULD
YOU DO WITH IT?
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Our wish would be earning enough money
with our music so that we can live from it
13.IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET THE
CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM?
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Why the hell could it not be summer
all the time? Rain sucks!!!
14.WHAT TITLE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW
TO HAVE?
NIKOS "William_Kidd"
PARASTATIDIS