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| WHAT IS SOME OF THE SUBJECT MATTER IN YOUR SONGS. WHO DOES THE MAJORITY OF THE WRITING OR IS IT A WHOLE BAND THING? I write the lyrics for "Metamorphosis". I tried to explain various meanings of metamorphosis: the literary one, the psychological one & the personal one. It's not a concept MCD, but lyrics are connected! WHICH SONG DO YOU FEEL BEST REPRESENTS STIGMA & WHY? I don't know...STIGMA is represented by the entire MCD because those 5 songs explain how it is STIGMA's sound...I like very much "Metamorphosis" & "Shadows Of Dust" ( especially in the live shows!!!) |
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| HAVE YOU GUYS HAD ANY LABEL INTERESTS? iF SO, WHO? i KNOW YOU SHOULD HAVE!!! Thanks for your opinion...yes we had, but some of them would like to recieve confirmations from our first full length, so now we choose NOCTURNAL BRIGHTS RECORDS from Italy because they were very interested from the beginning & they are helping & promoting us very well! DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW SONGS IN THE WORKS? IS THERE A NEW CD COMING SOON WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO? Yes, in September will come out our first full length with 10 songs! Of course you'll |
| find some copies in BEOWOLF's distro.!!! DO YOU GUYS PLAY OUT A LOT? WHERE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES & WHO ARE SOME OF THE BANDS? We play out two times a month, but we like more! We play in the North of Italy with lots of bands...playing with different bands we could play more & in different places doing gig's exchanges!!! WHO DO YOU FEEL ARE SOME OF THE BETTER BANDS, LABELS, ZINES, ETC...IN ITALY? Speaking about bands absolutely DARK LUNACY, but also a few underground bands like RITUAL OF REBIRTH & others, webzines & portals...oh! BABYLON MAGAZINE, EUTK.NET, ROCKMETALBANDS.COM, METALLUS.IT, SHAPELESS.IT & many more. Labels...mmm...I think SCARLET RECORDS is the best, but we have also very good underground labels like NOCTURNAL BRIGHTS :-) !!! |
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| HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE THE ITALIAN MUSIC SCENE TO THE SCENE HERE IN THE STATES? The Italian scene is potentially very very good! The problem is taht promotion & help is absolutely none! So you are able to find very good bands that play for 10 years in pubs! I think that in the USA the scene is more promoted & helped...you have people like Burt that here in Italy we could only dream about! ARE YOU INTO ANY OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC BESIDES WHAT YOU PLAY? WHO ARE SOME OF THE BANDS YOU'VE BEEN RECENTLY LISTENING TO? |
| I also listen to some Black Metal (MARDUK and stuff like that) and a few ambient...now in my stereo you can listen to "Helvete" by NASUM, "A New darkness Upon Us" STAMPIN' GROUND & the great "Blackwater park" by OPETH. WHAT DO THE MEMBERS OF STIGMA DO WHEN NOT DOING ANY WORK FOR THE BAND? I study buisness administration, Morgan is also doing the college thing, Stefano is at the last year of high school & Magna works in a music shop. I'M AT A LOST FOR ANYMORE QUESTIONS, SO FEEL FREE TO PLUG ANYTHING OR ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO CLOSE OUT? THANX FOR DOING THE INTERVIEW!!! I would like to thank you Burt for the great work you do! I hope to meet you in the future! Stay tuned on our website for the latest news! Respect! Vlad & STIGMA! |
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