Autumn Doom Quiz –
pt.II
I have a greed for doom and so our quiz goes
on! Part II is even bigger than first one. Just let me remind you the questions of
this quiz and I introduce you our honorable guests. Here are our questions:
1. What is the band’s state at the moment? What
kind of sinister affairs do band plans to perform for autumn and following
months?
2. How did listeners and critics meet band’s
last album?
Two next questions are just for fun… Or so I
did think:
3. "Paranoid" of Black Sabbath is an
iconic song, what in this Earth can turn you paranoid?
4. Who was your childhood hero? What kind of
dude did you want to become?
5. Last TV-news reminds me about it – this
question is about "War Pigs". What is your opinion about conflict
around Syria
And here come our guests! Squally Bevar
Sea Bulky Ocean Tombstone
Srikanth Panaman
(guitars)
1. Hails! We're busy writing for our next album and we're halfway there already. We've been making some demos, and been playing a song or two live as well. We want to finish writing by the end of the year and start recording it early next year. We have some festival appearances lined up for the rest of the year, and we're also in early stages of planning a Europe tour next year.
2. Way better than I expected - especially in India which didn't have any audience for this kind of music when we got srarted. We're getting asked to play mainstream festivals because they realize we have a very loyal fanbase. We hope to continue building on this with the second album as well!
3. I've been de-sensitivized extremely thanks to being an internet nerd for so many years and having been to the dark twisted corners of it, and also being a pessimist who never buys into anything. The only thing that makes me go paranoid and fucks me up are my fear of height, and fear of water.
4. I wanted to be an astronomer, the terminator, or be a ninja. I had the Rambo kit as well, so that was a big deal. I also had the spiderman suit that I wore to bed at some point. I don't think I had heroes until a lot later. Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Uli Roth, Michael Schenker, Phil Lynott, and Rory Gallagher are some of my musical heroes.
5. I don't particularly have an opinion. It's a very messy political situation indeed which, if I remember right, has seen over a hundred thousand casualties in two years, but it's the story we've heard from so many places before. The civil war in Sri Lanka took 25 years to get over, and it resulted in the complete annihilation of the rebels, and a mindblowing number of civilians were lost on both sides as well. There's a hideous civil war that's been going on for over 22 years in Somalia and the country is totally fucked. Myanmar has been at it for as long as the country has existed. We humans won't rest till we're all dead, looks like.
Yes, it makes sense to have a global Justice League type thing to help restore peace anywhere there's trouble in the free world, because face it, the last 50 years have somehow been the most peaceful in human history. That's why the UN was formed, but looks like America is running the show and wants in or everything, instead cleaning up their own backyard first.
Kimaera (Lebanon
Jean-Pierre
Haddad (vocals, guitars, keyboards)
As for future plans, we will definitely start
working on the new album and plan some more tours and fests for next year!
2. For
now all the reviews of the album are excellent. It is very well received.
3. "Paranoid" was the first song I ever
played with the band back in 2000 btw! ;)
I think one's mind and self is the main issue
of paranoia!
4. I
have always been amazed by the talent of shaolin monks and the greatness of
Roman generals and still am.. So I have always wanted to be a mixture of both
somehow... and still do actually!
5. No I don’t see any but It is the same story
all over again, happened before, happening now and will happen in the future.
The big trying to eat to small, hunger for power, benefits, nothing new. We
have lived that and still do for years, nothing will change. Now it is Syria
Stupid leaders and warmongers with their media
propaganda met with ignorance can take people to the unknown. This world is
simply full of shit.
Monolithe (France
Sylvain Begot
(guitars, bass, keyboards)
2. Our last album was called MONOLITHE III and
was acclaimed with a lot of praise. The promotion of the new album MONOLITHE IV
has actually just started and the few feedback we got so far was amazing.
3. What can turn me paranoid is the food industry.
I'm just disgusted of how it's done and how bad is the manufactured food.
People who want to eat natural, unprocessed food don't have a lot of choice
anymore and I think it's unacceptable. Well, I guess I already am paranoid ^^
4. My childhood heroes were the dudes from
Saint Seiya. I wanted to become a Saint myself or a stunt performer or an
astronaut/cosmonaut. I became none of those. Instead, I ended up in music,
which is cool too and less tiring.
5. I'm totally against any military intervention
in Syria
I'd be on the side of Mr Vladimir Poutine on
this matter, as he's the one in my opinion who comes around with the wisest
vision of the state of the world.
Ocean Chief (
Tobias Larsson
(vocals, drums)
1. We are currently playing new stuff for next
recording in February 2014.
2. Most were positive. Those who were negative
don´t appreciate slow hard doom and should continue to listen to fast metal.
3. Watching the news. Which I don´t anymore.
Highly recommended!
4. Bamse. I can´t remember what I wanted to be.
A rockstar I guess.
5. Its like this: Media has one picture of it
all. Both sides has their opinion. The truth is none of them.
Opium Warlords (Finland
Sami Albert Hynninen
(all instruments, vocals also member of Azrael Rising, March 15, Tähtiportti,
Spiritus Mortis, The Puritan)
Albums from Azrael Rising and March 15, and two
7”s from Tähtiportti, are also coming in late 2013/early 2014, and bit later in
2014 the fourth album of Spiritus Mortis will be released. I guess this answer
came closer to “boring” than “sinister”.
2. It has got even more these ”pretentious art
shit” and ”unlistenable” comments/accusations than the debut, but same time
there have been few people who have really loved it. Record sales have been
similar to the first one, which means almost unexisting.
3. Being a “diagnosed case”, VERY many things.
It would be harder to think about things that are paranoia-free elements to me.
Everything that has a human connection can stimulate these states of mind, and
sometimes I even feel paranoia alone in the woods – I sense this dark presence
– but usually nature is a sanctuary to me.
4. I remember three above the others; Blackie
Lawless, Clint Eastwood, and Conan the Barbarian (of the comics and Arnold
Schwarzenegger films – especially the first one directed by John Milius; I
never really got into the original stories of R.E. Howard).
I also have to mention that even before these,
around 1982, I fell in love with British popstar Kim Wilde, one kind of a
hero(ine) as well, who's strange emotionless and cold and tired looks
mesmerized me – she was very different from all the smiling airheads! It may
sound surreal, but she probably has also had an influence to what kind of
“performer” I much later became myself; nonchalant, almost hostile towards the
audience – not that she ever was like that, though. I am sure she is a very
sweet person.
I wanted to be a rock musician since I was 7
years old, but my main interest there, right from the start, was to be a a
rebel against “ordinary world”; engaged to black magic and necrophilia and the
true artistic vision, instead of what all of these hedonistic heavy metal DUDES
of fun loving bands like Mötley Crüe, Van Halen, Whitesnake, and even unmasked
Kiss, surrounded by big-titted bimbos, seemed to be.
Mine was the way of Venom, Witchfinder General
and Black Sabbath and especially early Alice Cooper, but I believe it all
really started for me in 1984 with that first W.A.S.P. album. In their actions
even the obvious and overwhelming 80's sexual content was something else: dark
and evil, instead of cheesy pussy-begging shit.
Later I of course found out that most of these
heavy metal people were quite ordinary and easy-going common (business)men, but
I myself became an outsider and
adversary; just like I as a young boy imagined these people to be, so I guess I
became what I wanted to be, but NOW I would not mind bit lighter life, living
in some mansion on a hill, without having to worry about everything all the
time.
5. To be honest, I have been so busy with my
work and health issues that I have not had time to follow the news, so I am not
too aware about how the situation there is right now. These are always very
complicated and delicate things, and I
am not educated enough about this particular case to really give any comments,
and I wish the other people would also stick to commenting only the things they
truly know about, instead of chewing shit.
I do not even know who all are now part of
this; UK, U.S.A., Russia, France...???, but at least when it comes to the interventions
U.S.A. have had to the world affairs, we all know how the results have been,
and what the motives have been, but it is not U.S.A. alone who has fucked
things up, and probably many other countries would have done the same if they
just had that power, but in reality only Russia and China could have such a
possibility.
In WWII certain interventions were necessary,
but the world has become so interwoven on the economical level and same time so
fragile, that if some of these
interventions now would lead us close to another global war, it probably would
be the last one; and very brief and apocalyptic. Then again if the whole human
race would be wiped out from this globe there could be some hope for animals
and plants, and water and air, but of course all of this non-human world always
suffers under a war as well.
Shakhtyor (Germany
Christian Herzog (guitars)
2. As you know, we had initially released the
album on our own in 2012 and reactions were very good at that time, several
blogs gave us good to very good reviews, there was no negative feedback. This
changed to some extent after the re-release through Cyclone Empire. We still
received a large number of good reviews but by now, there were also people
absolutely disliking what we are doing. In the beginning, this was a bit tough
but then again we were pretty satisfied with the situation. To us it shows,
that we are doing something special not everybody understands and this is what
we want. And actually, when we started the band, we did not expect anybody to
even care about what we are doing, so what!
3. Actually, not so many things, I guess, but I
can only speak for myself here. I love mushrooms and although I am very
familiar with the kinds I am collecting, I am ALWAYS feeling sick once I have
eaten them and I start investigating, which one I might have mixed up...but
actually, I have never been wrong yet...
4. Haha, this question seems to be much more
difficult and embarassing to answer than the next one. But anyhow, it turned
out, that despite the Berlin wall, kids in
both parts of Germany
5. This is a very sad story. The whole region
has such a long history of culture and civilization and it is hard to
understand, that still people see no other way to settle conflicts but killing
each other. In my opinion the current war is not anymore only a war against the
repressive regime of Assad but also a war between different branches of islam
and the countries supporting one or the other of them. Therefore in particular,
it is very tough to judge whether a military intervention can be justified,
this is no good vs. evil conflict, who's side should be fought on? The assault
with chemical weapons appeared to be a reason for an intervention initially but
then again - who did it? Was it Assad, his Commanders without his knowledge,
the rebels to provoke an international intervention? Anyhow, in our opinion
there is so much suffering, so many refugees mainly fleeing to the countries
around Syria
Shroud Eater (USA
Jean Saiz (guitars,
vocals)
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2. Listeners and critics seem to
really be digging the last album! We've gotten a lot of praise for "Dead
Ends" and that's been great. People have responded well to it and that's
cool. We put a lot of work into those songs and it seems like that work is
paying off!
3. I don't think much can make me
very paranoid, except problematic amplifiers and effects!!! Shitty gear in
general makes me paranoid.
4. As a young lady, I'd have to say
my childhood heroes were probably Indiana Jones or maybe the Terminator... As
far as what kind of dude I wanted to become, well I've always wanted to be a
werewolf.
5. I don't like to proselytize any kind of political agenda via Shroud Eater, so my opinion is only my own and not representative of the band. HOWEVER, I personally feel that it is unjustifiable for the
Stoned Jesus (Ukraine
Igor Sidorenko (vocals,
guitars)
2. Funny enough, most people start
digging "Seven Thunders Roar" just now, though it was released 18
months ago on CD and more than a year ago on vinyl. We hit some Top-25 Albums
of 2012 polls with this record (on stonerrock.eu, for example), which is
flattering, but still I think it deserves more attention than it received.
Anyway, the upcoming 2014 LP is gonna be even better, so we're really happy
people enjoyed "Seven Thunders Roar", it leaves them waiting for
more!
3. What can turn us paranoid?
Practically anything, I'm afraid. Some freaky things related to our personal
life, probably, is the most disturbing stuff. Like I don't care much for the
Top Albums lists and Pitchfork reviews if my family is endangered, you know.
4. For me it was definitely Kurt
Cobain. Now don't ask me how come I've smashed that guitar!)))
5. The whole Syria
Alex and Clement
1. We just recorded our new single "Evil
Seed" and we're looking for some label to release it as a 7" or a
split. So at the moment we're rehearsing our set and composing new stuff. We're
trying different things. We have so much different influences that it is
difficult to create something of its own sometimes. So yeah, the plan for this
autumn is composing new songs ,for an EP probably, and making concerts.
2. Our first album,"Where the Dead
Belong", was quite well received. We had a lot of good reviews but the
truth is that we were not completely satisfied with it for a lot of
reasons. The 2 songs we just recorded
are much better. We're really proud of what we achieved as it is the sound and
atmosphere that truly represent the band's direction. But it's a bit early to
have a real opinion about how it has been appreciated as we've just dropped it
on bandcamp. Only good appreciations so far...
3. A lot of weed mixed with a lot of strong
alcohol.
4. Clement: Axl Rose and Slash.
Alex: Jenna Jameson and Han Solo.
5. We're not informed enough to have an opinion
about what's going on in Syria
The Sullen
Route Russia
Elijah (vocals, guitars)
1. Now we change our location from Stalingrad to
2. It passed two years since we presented second
album. We saw many reviews but really don't know what listeners think about
Apocalyclinic. But I know after third album will be released many people said -
Yeahh, good stuff, I want hear more of their music.
3. Probably that we start losing a thread,
connecting us with those fine times,
spirit of last days when such bands Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin really were
"paranoid".
4. Everyone in our band probably want to be his own hero. Someone saw itself in certain roles depending on a situation started
from literary heroes and any politicians and ended to action movies heroes from
80's/90's, but I will tell precisely, any of us didn't dream to become Sponge
Bob etc.
5. It is a shame on all our world and society,
there are no justifications to actions of the countries which try to interfere in any way with
affairs of others country. We really regret the peace population of Syria
