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: What is your motivation to write this new album?
Our motivation is always the same:
to express the dark and negative side of our souls through this
kind of music. It's not important for us to belong to any kind of
scene. We just do, what we have to do in our opinion to express
ourselves. So it doesn't matter to us, if people
call it Black Metal, Dark Metal, Death Metal or whatever…it's
simply dark, cold and negative.
What about the writing process of
this new album?
Again I already wrote the whole lyrical
concept before the others started with the song writing process.
That's much easier in a way for the others do have a better imagination
then of the feeling and emotions the music shall reflect to create
a unity with the lyrics. And that's always the most important thing
for us: to create a unity between the music, the lyrics and visual
side of an album.
Could you tell me more about the lyrics? And where do you find
your ideas/themes?
The complete album deals with paranormal
experiences I have made by myself throughout the years. When I wrote
the lyrics I tried to see what these lost souls might see after
death and I tried to think, what they might think. And my experiences
were the basement therefore,
my source of inspiration.
Why did you decide to use a french title? And why "Séance"?
That was absolutely clear for me shortly
after I have started writing the lyrics for the album. The whole
concept of the album was fixed in my mind and since the whole album
can be
seen as a "Séance" for it deals with paranormal
experiences and one could say, that each song summons another ghost.
This album includes more feelings. Is it the reason why you decided
to create a concept album or is it for another reason?
In general most of our albums are concept
albums; seen from the lyrical point of view for every album of ours
deals with death with all its different emotions I combine death
with,
sadness, hatred, pain, loneliness for example. That's always kind
of a quest for us to let the expressed emotions of the lyrics also
reflect though the music.
I know that Asvargr comes from Carnage.
Is it the reason why your music was composed some parts of trash?
Yeah, in deed most of the thrash parts
on the album are written by Asvargr, because he's still totally
into that old school metal stuff. Doesn't matter if it's Heavy Metal,
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal. So from time to time we use some of these
thrashing parts in case they fit to the feeling of the song.
Can you tell me what your main influences
are?
Our musical influences are bands like
Emperor, Mayhem, Burzum, Thorns, Bathory but also more avandgardistic
stuff. Lyrical wise my source of inspiration always has been my
fascination for death and my antipathy concerning life. Bands, that
influenced me
lyrically are Katatonia, Anathema or My Dying Bride.
And now, do you include such melodics
themes inside a song as well as some Death/ Black themes because
of these influences or, is it something natural in your compositions?
It's definitely something natural in
our compositions for we have so many influences musically and on
the other hand it's also something we always claim to, to create
various music, which reflects various emotions.
What about your tour for the promotion
of this new album?
There are a few plans to promote the
album in early 2006 on a tour. Actually it would be our first tour
thus far and we hope, there will be the right chance given with
a good package.
What do you listen on tour or at
home?
Most of the time, I do not listen to
Black Metal anymore. When it comes to Black Metal, I prefer to listen
to the early releases of the 90's, such as Burzum "Hvis lyset
tar oss", Burzum "Filosofem", Emperor "In the
nightside eclipse", Satyricon "Dark medieval times",
Abigor "Verwüstung" for example. Concerning the latest
Black Metal outputs there are just a few bands left, that I appreciate
for example, Secrets Of The Moon "Carved in stigmata wounds",
Satyricon "Volcano", Anorexia Nervosa "Redemption
process" or also from France Nehemah. But it really happens
not that often anymore, that I listen to Black Metal nowadays. Most
of the time I listen to my absolute favourite and timeless album
of Anathema "Alternative 4", everything of Katatonia,
Opeth, My Dying Bride or Gramophone for example.
What would you suggest to listen
actually ?
That depends on the personal taste
of each person. Since I am a more depressive person naturally I
prefer to listen to the already mentioned groups.
Last question witch guitars and
amplifiers are you using (in session and in tour)?
V Santura uses a B.C. Rich Warlock
and a Marshall JCM 900 Amp. Asvargr uses B.C. Rich
Beast and a Jackson Randy Roads and also a Marshall JCM 900 Amp.
Our bass player uses
a Rickenbacker 4001 and a Trace Elliott RAH 500-12 Amplifier.
Delphine
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"Scéance" out on : 30th January 2006
Tracklist :
01. Ghastly Indoctrination (7:39)
02. CataWomb (6:41)
03. Requiem Grotesque (6:50)
04. While They Sleep (7:11)
05. To Harvest The Artefacts Of Mockery (4:11)
06. Poltergeist (5:56)
07. REvolution:Vanity (5:14)
08. Incide (5:20)
09. Shardfigures (6:22)
10. Insomnia (6:34)
Web site : http://www.thetruedarkfortress.com
Discographie : 2001-Tales from
eternal dusk
2003-Profane genocidal creations
2004-Stab wounds (version cd & version vinyl lim. 500 copies)
Line Up : Azathoth (Vocaux)
Asvargr (Guitare)
V Santura (Guitare)
Draug (Basse)
Paymon (Claviers)
Seraph (Batterie)
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