1.Hello please introduce yourself to the readers?
Hi people, we are a Doom Death band from Chile, with a history of 20 years on the road, with ups and downs, 2 albums now and some Eps.
2.When did you first discover death,doom metal and what is it about this genre that has kept your attention all of these years?
First of all, it was the heaviness made by those slow distorted rhythms mixed with the raw elements of Death Metal, like lava running over pristine fields. And about why do we still follow this genre, is probably because it has the strength of a dark and heavy music, mixed with the touches of melancholy that makes it a style of music very interesting for us.
3.Who were the first bands that you heard and fell in love wuth?Who are some of the current bands that you have been listening to?
Probably is the first works of Anathema the ones that was almost all the time on our minds, but eventually that evolved to a search for new sounds that would lead the band to have what we feel now as our “own sound”, not trying to be something totally different from what was our influence, but, to make something that becomes art that we can feel as “our own”. And about current bands, man, the list is longer than a Sunn O))) set…
4.Mourners Lament was started in 2004 when did you and the other members first get the idea to start this band? How did you come up with Mourners Lament as the name of the band does it have a special meaning?
The band started while the initial members went out of high school and after the first demo, the name of the band came across between lyrics and the name of a well-known Candlemass song.
5.Who would you say are the bands biggest influences and have they stayed the same over the years?For the readers who are unfamilar with the band how would you best describe the bands musicial style?
Well, as our label describes, we are very influenced in Peaceville 3 of Doom. Probably that seminal music still flows in our veins, but, we are no longer hearing them often as our taste has evolved and we are trying to make music that hopefully can define us as a unique band more than a copy of the ones aforementioned.
6.A Grey Farewell is the bands second full length how long did it take the band to write the music for this release?Does the whole band take part in the writing process or does one member usually write everything?
It took like 4 or 5 years to transform the initial ideas into a full length album. Initially we had some raw parts of what would eventually become “A Grey Farewell”, some of them, after pandemics, evolved very fast to the final result, and, we wanted to make them special, so we asked some friends to contribute on the album and having all those details ready, made the album take a bit longer than we expected. Some of the older members of the band took the ideas on table, and then they were worked as a full band on our rehearsal space.
7.Where does inspiration for the lyrics come from?What are some topics written about on the new release?Which usually comes first the music or the lyrics?
Lyrics often comes after music. On this album, the ideas came from personal experiences, dreams, isolation and abandonment. If you read carefully, you will find different moods over the tracks, from pain to anger, joy and disappointment….
8.Besides the upcoming A Grey Farewell release are the bands past releases still availible for the readers to purchase?Besides physical releases does the band have any other merchandise currently availible for the readers to purchase?
Yes, we still have some copies of the EP “Grieving at a Distance” and now some t shirts, plus the preorders of the new album.
9.Has Mourners Lament had the opportunity to play very many live shows over the years?If yes what have been some of the most memorable shows over the years?Who are some bands you have the opportunity to share the stage with?
Yeah, in the last 10 years we played in a lot of gigs and cities, with the old and new line up. Over the last few years we have had the chance to play in bigger places for bigger audiences, we even had a European tour in 2022. Our greatest gigs probably are playing at theatre “Caupolican” in Chile, with Alcest, Soen and other bands, and playing at Dutch Doom Days in the Netherlands.
10.Are their any tours or shows planned in support of the new release? If yes where will the band be playing?
We are going to do some shows in Chile: Santiago, Rancagua and Concepción, and we are planning a new Euro tour for 2025!
11.Mourners Lament comes out of Chile's death doom metal scene what is the scene like in Chile over the years?
The music scene is growing each day, we have a lot of bands here, and each member of each band probably has other side project band, so you can expect a huge metal scene with all kinds of styles in the bands that are active right now around here.
12.Who are your all-time favorite bands coming out of Chile? Are their any new bands that you can recomend to the readers?
In the style, we can say Poema Arcanus is one of the pionners in Doom over here, and yeah, we have some personal favorites but the list is long to bore you with it. Not new band but Bitterdusk and The Black Harvest are bands that anyone who wants to know good Doom Metal from Chile should check these bands out.
13.Besides playing in Mourners Lament do any of the members current work with any other bands or solo projects? Please tell the readers a little about them?
Yeah, as the Doom metal musicians in Chile are just a small ammout between all the pool of death/black/thrash and heavy metal bands, almost every musician of a Doom Metal band in the central area of Chile plays in another band of the Style: Mortajas, The Ancient Doom, King Heavy, Concatenatus, Sol Sistere, Mournument, etc, the list is long….
14.When you need to take a break from working on new music or band business what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
Probably drinking beer or having a barbecue OR going to shows from the bands we are friends of in the doom scene.
15.Thank you for taking the time to fill out this interview do you have any final comments for the readers?
Thank you for the interest and we hope that you like our newest album “A Grey Farewell”, stay doomed!! Mourners Lament https://mournerslament.bandcamp.com/music https://www.facebook.com/people/Mourners-Lament/100077878803847/ https://www.instagram.com/mournerslament/?igshid=1k4rbj6euva6a Personal Records https://www.personal-records.com/ https://personal-records.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/personalrecords666/ https://www.instagram.com/personalrecords666/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ieiHQeDHhFuZILMjaFdJw
