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| (...continued) the singer Jaacob loves to travel, so after the split of DEMIMONDE, he spent a lot of time in Ireland, Canada, etc... The drummer Bizzaro works in General Electric capitol bank, played with the well known Death Metal band GODLESS TRUTH after the split of DEMIMONDE & now he is fully concerned by the INCREDIBLE PRESCIENCE technical Metal project with the guitarist Science (session member of DEMIMONDE). Bizzaro is also one of the heads of the server www.marastjakcyp.org, something like a tabloid webzine concerning the Metal music, but for some people, marastjakcyp is more like a lifestyle... Tanyya lives a normal life & has her normal job in Allianz insurance company. She also sings now in the band formed by former members of FORGOTTEN SILENCE & LOVE HISTORY, but she looks forward very much to return to DEMIMONDE after it's comeback ( as me & as the majority of Demigods, as I hope). Btw, Tanyya & Bizzaro are lovers, yet for some five years & for the extern observer, their relationship is really very interesting & crazy, haha. ARE YOU INTO ANY OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC BESIDES WHAT YOU PLAY? WHO ARE SOME OF THE BANDS YOUR CURRENTLY INTO? My most favorite scene is the Norwegian avantgarde. Bands like SOLEFALD, RAM-ZET, ARCTURUS, ATROX, THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL, TACTILE GEMMA, GREEN CARNATION, MADDER MORTEM, BEYOND DAWN, SOURCE OF TIDE, EMPEROR, DODHEIMSGARD or the last album of MAYHEM... I think Norway offers generally the strongest scene in the world. I am not a fan of the early 90's movement in this country & I never listend to such bands like DARKTHRONE, early MAYHEM or BURZUM. maybe it is because the ideas of these bands were more important than the music itself, but me, I prefer the musical/artistic side of the creation. I am really happy that the majority of the former Black Metal musicians & bands formed (or transformed) now lots of bands & projects into new forms, something like post Metal or avantgarde Metal. This means that i take the nowadays Norwegian musical movement like the leading force of the most progressive ideas in the whole scene. If you count, that Norway has only 4.5 millions of people & such a big amount of the famous, well known & worth bands, it is a fantastic phenomenon. Czech Republic has almost 10.5 millions of people & how many of our bands are worth & well known? Of course I listen also to the bands from another countries, but always I prefer those with innovative & avantgarde elements inside. My most preferred ones are the French MISANTHROPE, the Latvian NEGLECTED FIELDS, the Polish LUX OCCULTA, SIRRAH & MOONLIGHT, the Greek CHAOSTAR, the Austrian DORNENREICH, the Italian SADIST, the Dutch PESTILENCE or ORPHANAGE, the Spanish ASGAROTH, the Swiss SAMAEL, etc. As for others styles, I like very much the dark ambient/industrial scene, the projects like IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES, RAISON D'ETRE or DEUTCH NEPAL... When being younger, I didn't listen to Metal music (and I didn't even know it), I listened mainly the dark electronic music (ranging from DEPECHE MODE to FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY). And when being a child, Ilistend only to classical music. Unfortunatelly I am not really into American Metal scene, it is very far from my taste. The exceptions that I respect are early NILE, IMMOLATION, then also of course the technical/atmospherical ones like NOCTURNUS, ATHEIST or early SCHOLOMANCE... Short comment about the rest of the band. I told you yet, that the rest of the members (except me and the drummer Bizzaro) is no more into the Metal scene, some of them listen to Techno, Trance & others dance styles (I must tell that I also like to listen to psy-trance sometimes, or to some quality Pop...Haha), some others like a Jazz stuff, Classical music etc... We are a hard to describe listeners, open to everything possible... DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE & WHAT YOU WERE DOING WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE ATTACKS ON THE U.S. ON 9-11-01? WHAT WAS THE REACTION LIKE THERE IN CZECH REPUBLIC? ANY COMMENTS ON THIS TRAGEDY? I remember it absolutely exactly! I was in the office of SPARK magazine (for which I write) & did a phoner interview with Danny Cavanagh from ANATHEMA. Danny was in a total shock, when he called me & informed me about current news from TV. He was my first source of informations, because I didn't follow the radio neither internet news in the office this day, I didn't know anything before his call. When Danny called me, first of all I didn't understand him what's up. Just then it was clear. I offered him to cancel the interview, but he didn't agree & told me that he can speak with me, although his eyes were still fixed to the falling towers in his TV. He repeated all the time: "Hey man, after this interview go & switch on your news, you will not believe this!" I met Danny few months later when ANATHEMA played their gig in Prague & he remembered very well this interview... I think this was a strong event that it is impossible to express any comment or feeling by simple words... I thought for example if it is possible to imagine any adequate punishment for the people who prepared these attacks...but the result is, that I cannot imagine something adequate. Prision, electric chair...nothing. It will not return the lives of thousands of the innocent people, it will not eliminate the danger of similar attacks... Anyway, just now we had here, in Prague, the NATO summit where all the presidents arrived & I must tell you that I felt little bit a fear (of terrorist), when sitting in the metro & going through Prague these days. Fortunately nothing bad happened, we had here a total mobilisation of the army & police, so everything was ok. I'M OUT OF QUESTIONS, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THIS INTERVIEW. THE REST OF THE SPACE IS FOR YOU TO ADD WHAT EVER YOU FEEL NEEDS TO BE HEARD? For sure, I would like to thank you for the support & place, also I would like to send DEMIMONDial greetings from the Czech Republic to all fans in your country. I send our greetings mainly to those, who love to listen to bands, which are trying to push the borders of music, to jump across them, to bring something new..."MUTANT STAR" is waiting for you, be welcome! all the best & good luck! |
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