TIAMAT
It’s almost two years since
their successful release “Judas Christ” and now Tiamat are back with “Prey”.
Behind The veil questions Anders from the band for you…
1.I think in the past you
have said that Tiamat are a group with nihilistic beliefs (or non beliefs).
Do you think that a nihilist is a person in a continual search for ideals
or something that will make him believe in something? Do you think that
nothing is the right order and there is nothing to believe in?
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Anders-Yeah, something like that, but
I?d like to stress that having beliefs is not the same thing as embracing
everything about nihilism.
2.Did you face any problems,
during the recording, engineering, production, etc of Prey?
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A-Yes, sure, the regular stuff, noises
in signals, hard disc crashes, sloppy playing, not remembering arrangements...
3.Can you describe with few words
the cover of Prey?
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A-It draws a direct line to the unifying
theme on the album, it is designed to give you a feeling in touch with
the underlying current of emotions on the album.
4.One of the most basic characteristics
of TIAMAT all this years that the band is on the genre, is that Tiamat
manage to surprise the fans with every new album. This time we have “Prey”
and we had the sense that TIAMAT, look more melodic. It has many similarities
and many differences from Judas Christ and Skeleton Skeletron. Do you agree
with all that?
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A- Yes, and to me, also a lot from
"A deeper kind of slumber" especially when it comes to the atmosphere of
the album.
5.Prey is a concept album? Are
there similarities in the lyrics concept of some songs?
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A- Prey is NOT a concept album, it
is an album with songs that has a unifying theme, not a story, there is
a major difference to me.
6.What is your favorite song
from “Prey” and why.
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A- Right now, Divided, because of the
minimalism-overloadedness of it, it makes for an everchanging array of
sounds with very little chordal movement, interesting to me...
7.I had a question about “Judas
Christ”, album. Can you clear us up the meaning of the “Judas Christ” title
of the album? It sounds little peculiar when you try to involve in a term
the Traitor and the Savior.
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A- That's the whole idea!
8.Back in the music business.
What are your plans after the release of Prey? Last year you played in
Greece with Lacuna Coil and it was a very good show, Will we see
TIAMAT this year in Greece?
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A- I hope so, we had a great time in
Greece, too little sleep though...We will play a lot next year, but nothing
is confirmed right now.
9.Do you think that the Metal
genre had changed dramatically since you started to see as a professional
musician? Despite the indisputable curving course of Metal Genre, do you
think that there will be some period that most groups overcome this turning
point and Heavy Metal (in general term) will gain again it’s fans?
10.If someone didn't see his
life so optimistic and asked you for an advice, what would you say to him?
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A- I'm the wrong person to ask for
stuff like that, it would do him no good!
11.What are your Hobbies, What
do you do in your spare time? Did you watch the games in the World
Cup on 2002?
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I do a lot of fishing, or try to anyway,
hard to get away sometimes. And yes, I watched all of the games I think,
damn those senegalese soccerplayers!
12.Do you watch movies? If yes
what’s your favorite and if someone told you to be the director of a movie,
what movie would you like to make?
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A- I watch movies a lot actually, it's
a favorite pastime of mine, and my all-time favorite is Apocalyse Now.
I have no idea what movie I'd make, a cross between Star Wars, Pirates
of the Caribbean and snatch?
13.What are your favorite musicians
and bands? Are you planning to make a project in the future?
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A- I enjoy a lot of different stuff,
Clash, Gram Parsons, John Coltrane ,Darkness are spinning a lot right now,
but in general terms, when it comes to metal, it's the old stuff, Slayer,
Terrorizer, Morbid Angel, Sepultura, Master, Maiden, stuff like that. My
favorite musician is DeeDee Ramone.
14.It’s time to play the game
of words, I will tell you 10 words and I want you to tell me the very first
think that comes up to your mind. You can also find a song each word.
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a) TIAMAT -Four drunk Swedish guys
in a tour bus.
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b) Judas -Best friend money can buy.
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c) Melancholy –Autumn.
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d) Women –Sex.
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e) Religion –Lies.
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f) Friends –Warmth.
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g) CLOUDS -Blue cover.
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h) Lies -Anger .
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i) Osama Bin Laden –Beard.
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j) Christ -Sad story.
15.If you had to spend your life
in a desert island, and the only think you could take with you, (besides
the supplies J)!!) was 10 albums, what will be those?
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Well,Gram Parsons-Return of the grievous
angel. Rolling Stones-Exile on main street, Clash-Clash on Broadway, Slayer-Reign
in blood. Beatles-White Album. Ramones-Rocket to russia, Bruce Springsteen-The
wild, the innocent and the E-street shuffle, The band-Music from big pink,
and some more I can't think of right now...
16.How do you find the idea of
globalization”? Do you think that
humanity will benefit from
that or will be another intolerant
Plan that will make unexpected
effects that might lead to disaster?
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A- Probably a little of both...everything
we do is going to take us one step closer to finishing us off the face
of the planet.
17.What was the most peculiar
dream that you ever had?
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A- I rarely remember my dreams.
Thank you for your time and for
the interview, don’t forget that we expect you guys to come to Greece
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A- And we expect the same treatment
we got last time :)
Take Care and Keep up the good
work
Kostas "C.O.B." Meidanis
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