Hello to everyone who takes the time to read this interview and be sure to check out the rest of the web-zine for interviews and reviews from all different genres of metal music.
The newest interview is with French funeral doom band Abysmal Growls Of Despair and the new release "Between My Dead" which is released by two great labels Black Plague Rec.{U.S} And Metallic Media{U.S} And the Russian label Satanath definitely a good band to check out if you are into funeral doom metal
Regards
Patrick
fiendformetal@live.com
Interview with Hangsvart vocalist and all instruments for Abysmal Growls Of Despair done by Patrick
1 Hello Hangsvart how are things going with you? Please introduce yourself to the readers?
Hi, I'm glad to be interviewed for your webzine. I can say about myself that my main inspiration comes from my own torments. Indeed I suffer from schizophrenia, since 2006.
So all my music work is based arround this.
2.When did you become interested in writing and performing music?
At the begining of my illness, I've started write poem in 2006 and started with bass guitar in 2007. And now I don't know many songs from other artists but I creat my own music.
3.What were the first instruments you learned to play?Are you self taught or did you take music lessons when first learning?
I've started by bass guitar, after guitar, I've played cello, and now I also played Morin Khuur and Tsuur, two instruments from the ancient mongolia.
I've learn all by my own, so I'm totally self taught.
4.Who are some of your influences/favorite musicians? Are their any instruments that you would like to learn to play?
I've been influenced by Ataraxie, Funeralium, Bethlehem (Dictius Te Necare album), Remembrance, Catacombs, Shape Of Despair. But also mongolian music, medieval music, and neofolk as Nebelung, Falkenstien.
I love listen ancient music. I would like to learn to play old instruments and percussion.
5.Besides playing the instruments you also handle the vocals for the band when did you start singing and growling? Is their anything special you do to keep your throat and voice healthy when recording?
I've started guttural singing in 2009. Now I sing in overtone technic from mongolia, in harmonic technic, and classic grunt technic.
In most of my songs I use harmonic singing. So as with overtone I produce two or three notes at the same time.
I can do 7 different guttural voices.
6.What gave you the idea to form Abysmal Growls Of Despair ? How did you come up with the name for this band?
I like Funerl Doom since many years, and I composed from the begining. So it came naturally.
I want a name which can fit with my natural deep growls.
7.Abysmal Growls Of Despair is getting ready to release the new cd "Between My Dead" how long did it take you to write and record the music for the new cd?
I'm really quick, I think it takes less than one month from the first idea to the final mastered tracks.
8.Where do you draw inspiration for the lyrics?
For between my dead it's from my misanthropy and my schizophrenia. In deed I saw often (in hallucinations) dead corpses, stillborn, ghouls, and many other monsters. And I would like all of these could be real, and join the ghouls to eat and hunt this mankind.
I often question myself about leave this world and live in a deep forest or a cave, kill those who came too near and eat what I found.
9.Besides the new cd "Between My Dead" does the band have any other releases or merchandise available f or the fans? If yes where can the fans buy it?
There are t-shirt available in bandcamp or directly by contacting me, men and girly.
And other Cds, Dark Days, In Memorian, Songs Of Deepest Skies, also available in my bandcamp or my labels.
10.Other then funeral doom do you like any other forms of doom what about music in general who are some of your favorites?
In doom I love Drone, Death/doom, ambient doom. In general I love all ambient music, medieval music, neofolk music, death metal, black metal, blues, jazz, classical, stoner doom and rock, gregorian chants.
11.Hangsvart are you currently working with any other projects or bands? Please tell the readers a little about them?
I'm behind Abysmal Growls Of Despair, but also : Plagueprayer (horror funeral doom) Catacombed (drone) Low Cave Sounds (drone ambient) Ursus Horribilis (Brutal Death) Caelum Natus Ex Mortuus (Dark Ambient).
But I'm also the singer in Arrant Saudade( Funeral Death/Doom), Ancient Lament (extraterrestrial funeral doom) and We Hate You Too (duo piano/growl).
I've become recently the singer of a death metal band in my town, and soon an EP will be available.
I'm a sound ingineer too, working for other band.
12.Hangsvart you live in the great country of France what is your opinion of France's doom and metal scene?
We have some really great band as Remembrance, Ataraxie and Funeralium.
I'm not really invested in the scene in France. I don't go to show for the moment.
Maybe in few years when I could more easily tolerate othe people.
13.Who are some of your all-time favorite French bands? Are their any new bands coming out of France that you feel the readers should check out?
Maybe Funeralium or Remembrance. There are Öxxö Xööx which is a really original band ;
Aythis, dark ambient with Carline Van Roos from Remembrance.
14.When not working on music what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
Reading, watching documentary about wild life, science or ancient times. Walk in forest or mountain, visit old village, old casttle, old church, caves. Watching good movies. And drink cappuccino …
15.Thank you for taking the time to fill this interview out.Do you have any final words for the readers?
Thanks to you for asking me this interview.
Keep in mind that music is for everybody and everybody can listen all kind of music.
Don't make children and save wild life.
Band Contact
https://www.facebook.com/AbysmalGrowlsOfDespair/
https://abysmalgrowlsofdespair.bandcamp.com/
Label Contacts
http://www.blackplaguerecords.com/
http://www.metallic-media.blogspot.com/
http://satanath.com/
