This interview was
done in autumn 2005 with Scythe by Yusef Ivankovich Perez from Shoutsofmetal.
WRATHAGE
Interviews for Wrathage for Shouts of Metal webzine from Perú
1.-First of all, receive our greetings from
Scythe: Thank you Yusef. Well winter is coming, days grow darker and the alltime best of metal summer in
2.-The first time I have heard your "anNihil[N]ation" I got the impression that your band could be a
softer Black Metal band due to the introduction, but "Before the
Monumental Beast" broke my thoughts and kicked my fucking ead with an attack full of rage and raw power. What was the
first impression people had when listening to your production? What is the
response "Annihil(n)ation" has received so
far?
Scythe: Well glad to hear that we’ve
accomplished what we were trying with that song – Serious ass kicking. anNihil[N]ation has received mainly good reviews and especially in
3.-Wrathage has suffered different line-up problems, so I think the fact
of releasing this roduction is a goal you have
achieved. How does Wrathage el now that you have your
son out?
Scythe: Well you couldn’t have
brought this up at a better time since Chaos, our guitaris
for almost 5 years by now just left the band due to lack of time so we’re
looking for a guitarist at the moment. We’ve had our past members which
most were friends to us in real life and in some cases the musical skills just
didn’t evolve the way they should’ve had or the musical directions
weren’t actually in line with Wrathage, but I
still wouldn’t say we’ve had problems. Actually “Black light
zodiac” our second promo was just released (and is heading towards Peru
right now) so we’re pretty much celebrating our second release now, but
at the time it was the first proper release that was played with real instruments
and had a proper production so it was something I was really proud of it then
and still am, but the new one kick’s ass much better, of course.
4.-What do you like the most and the least of your "Annihil(n)ation"? Is there anything would you like to change in
the case you could do it?
Scythe: Not actually anything to
chance, it’s a milestone for us and it serves it’s
purpose really well. The starting track “Entering” is a bit too
cliché, but has that certain majestic sound to it and in a way it serves
it’s purpose well as a fanfar as we start to
conquer the world. Also in the beginning of the final track “Death”
we didn’t actually achieve the effect we were trying to reach due to the
different type of production in the studio than in the early homestudio version so the Orchestra-hit voice I
would’ve wanted to do in a better way, but as in overall I’m still
very pleased with the outcome and it’s a damn fine opening to the metal
extreme’s. My favourite moments on the promo would be in “Before
the monumental beast” with the more Death metal style parts.
5.-You have shared the stage with Dismember sometime ago. How was that
experience? Can you share any anecdote with us about this gig?
Scythe: Old, big, swedish metalheads
that played the shit out of
6.-In all this time you have playing. What do you think is the most
difficult problem you had to urpass as band? and What have you learnt from it?
Scythe: We have been playing from
like 1997 and the biggest issue on my behalf has been to play the first live
gig as a band and to deliver our music to people in a way they’d enjoy
the outcome and this we achieved at the start of 2005 with the Dismember gig
and I’d say we did that pretty decently. I’ve read some good
comments of our live-performance from the local media so we’re
delivering. And what did we learn? Well it’s not only about how good and
precise you play live, equally important is that it also looks good! Still you
can overdo the headbanging if you play slower or
lighter metal, but fortunately that’s not a problem with us.
7.-What is the philosophy of life each member of Wrathage
has?
Scythe: Philosophy – Smoke
crack and worship Satan…hahaha…No, that
Impaled Nazarene slogan just came to my mind. We’re not doing music to
promote our views in life, but to offer people quality extreme music to relate
to and to serve those emotions. Besides that we’re more of the more
traditional Finnish Drink and drop metalheads. We
enjoy harsh and aggressive music and continue to make Extreme music for the
sheer enthusiasm for it.
8-What releases do you have out and What are
your plans for the immediate future?
Scythe: anNihil[N]ation MCD/Promo 2004 was our first proper release and
Annihilating Live DVD-R from the Dismember gig soon followed that. As I
mentioned before, our second promo “Black light zodiac” is now out
and conquering the media at the moment and at the spring of 2006 the Immortal
tribute by Townsend Avalanche music –
9-Are any of you involved in other bands or side projects?
Scythe: Yes, me
and D.V Grim have a death metal project called GUTFEAST that we’ll record
some songs for a promo one day. Kusmin plays drums in
KALMAH, MENTAL VOICE and one unnamed death metal band that I’m not sure
whether I can tell more of that yet. Kalmah is
recording their fourth album at the moment so it’s keeping Kusmin busy. D.V Grim graduated as a professional musician
last summer so he has lot’s of ideas and projects that might turn into
something interesting one day.
10-Finally, say hello to the people, thank you for answering this
questions, and best regards for the future!!
Scythe: Hell is golden, Yeah!, also in south America I believe.
11. Adress for contact, web, etc.
www.wrathage.com
www.shoutsofmetal.ya.st
Yusef Ivancovich Perez
Av.Los
La Victoria-Chiclayo
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yusefmetal@gmail.com
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