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Until then, please visit The Awakening at www. Deep in the wintery depths of Sweden, Deals Death have been preparing their next batch of melodic death metal for the world to enjoy.
Despite their relative youth, they have already made waves with their previous two album releases and gained the respect of metal legends, such as Alexander Kuoppala formerly of Children of Bodom fame who had previously offered a guest solo on their debut album,. Internal Demons. They are a band that have certainly paid their dues, having been on tour with Scar Symmetry, Dark Tranquility and Hypocrisy. In their early days, even a few Sabaton members were part of the band.
Big, fast and aggressive. I personally like a lot of film music along with trash metal so the outcome is pretty simple. More of everything and we started to see ourselves on bigger stages so we wanted a bigger sound to go with it. A good show is everything to us. I personally wanted to use more keyboards and orchestral arrangements because I like that kind of stuff. Lucky for me that I write the music. Its also more of a complete production rather than an album full of hits.
How did you decide on the album title? Have you seen the movie Armageddon? When a comet is about to hit the planet? They show a big red circle that goes around the Earth symbolizing the point of no return. Meaning that if the comet passes through this red line, everyone is fucked. So I started to think about what it would be like if the comet went through? And the mission to blow it up failed. Surely the Elites of this world must have a plan B?
Oh yes they have. Its called Point Zero Solution. Press the big red button and initiate the plan. Whilst the Elite would survive and celebrate their own greatness. When humans stand in front of death, we become animals. Sweden has been so big for metal bands over the years. Is the current metal scene still strong in Sweden, or has it been surpassed by some other Scandinavian countries?
I would say that Sweden and Finland are going strong. Mainly because there are so many opportunities to be in a band over here. We have laws that makes being in a band profitable for fucks sake! And since there is basicly no rivalry between bands everyone helps everyone and it goes to show that it works out. The band played a show with the symphony orchestra of Dalarna. Please tell us more. Deals Death started out as a project I had in a collage called Boomtown.
And the show with the orchestra was the final exam. So I wrote all the notes for them and they played it with us! Pretty cool to hear a full orchestra play your songs. It sounds massive! I think there is a clip from the show on youtube. How did you get started in music?
Were there any specific bands or albums that inspired you to pick up a guitar? I started to play because I had a lot of friends playing guitar when I grew up. It looked like they were having a lot of fun when playing together and writing music. I used to sit for 9 hours a day just playing all these exercises and eventually I got better. What type of music do you enjoy listening to? Mostly film music and classical. There are so many elements to listen to and discover. It very interesting.
As in all businesses, money talks. Its just the way it is and sadly the art of music and creating music is either doomed by this fact or it could make you grow, fast… In this day and age there are SOOO many bands out there that are trying to get seen and heard on the internet and online services.
It makes it hard to stand out you know? To be a musician today is to be a business owner. You have to think about dealership, contracts, money, investments, collaborations, public relations, lawyers, appearance.. The list goes on and on… And on top of that, you have to write awesome music! I would say that whilst the music is the most important part its still not the biggest part. The fact that the music is great is more or less standard. Its what you DO with it that will take you somewhere.
In terms of the shows coming up, what can fans expect from the set list? Of course, a lot of new stuff from PZS since we are still touring with that album. And headbanging! Yeah but we are making preparations for one hell of a show. The upcoming tour through Europe supporting Amaranthe is going to be great and we cant wait to show the people of Europe what we have to offer them.
Before I let you go, are there any words you want to share with our readers? Thanks for taking the time to read this interview! Have a good day and be sure to keep an eye on Deals Death! Please give us a brief history of the band; explain why you have chosen the name Nervosa, and was it a conscious decision to be an all-female band? PRIKA: I played in a death metal band in , and we needed a drummer, a friend showed me a female drummer, and we began the idea for a female band.
I searched by one year female members, bassists and vocals, many girls, but nobody was the ideal. In July of , I found Fernanda Lira to be our bassist; she is perfect for us, because she has the same ideas.
She suggested to make a test of vocals, and when I listened I liked it very much! The band had 4 songs before Fernanda Lira, but after that she joined the band, the first show happened and we recorded our first demo, and the band began to walk on. The name was chosen when I sent a preview song to a friend and he said: - This song is really nervous!
And the word nervous in Portuguese is Nervosa, this word is a female word, because nervous in male is nervoso.
Nervosa is perfect because everybody understands the meaning and can pronounce and speak it easily, it is universal and aggressive like our songs are. I had been kicked from my previous band, and. After that, I came up with a lot of plans and ideas, including for changes in the songs that already existed, and then finally the band moved on as an active and professional band! How did you deal with these changes?
Did you look for a certain personality to fit in with the band? PRIKA: When I founded the band, I searched for almost 2 years for a perfect line-up, and my criteria was professional girls and this was very hard. We are a new band and all these changes were necessary.
Only today we are a perfect line-up. It was because of the reason that we are trio, we have a perfect harmony, we are like sisters and everybody has the same goal, professional posture and dedication. So when she left the band, we decided to continue as a trio because everything works easier when you are in a three piece.
I worked my brain to death trying to remember and search all the female drummers I could, and then I remembered Pitchu, who was playing in another band before us.
But right in the time we needed, she had just left her band, the problem is that we never saw her playing thrash before, so it was a mystery for us if she was gonna be able to do it! In the end, we found out that it was meant to be. She was meant to be our drummer. She had the same ideals, she takes music seriously and DAMN, she really can play thrash metal! From your live and promotional pictures, I can see that your influences range from death metal to thrash metal and everything in between.
Both are the references for double pick, and to aggressiveness. I chose new songs like Seasons in the abyss Slayer ,. Angel of death Slayer with elements of death metal, the macabre scales with speed, bands like Vader, Venom, Cannibal Corpses are great influences. Vader are very important for me as a musician! What challenges and prejudices have you experienced during your years as Nervosa and how have you overcome them? PRIKA: The majority of people are free of feeling prejudice, but some people think that we get the things because we are women.
Like any band, we will get respect along time. People are starting to realize this fact! Hailing from Brazil, a country where there is extreme poverty and the gap between the rich and poor is large, how has this affected you? As a band, are you involved in any social responsibility projects in struggling communities? Nowadays, we have much. I have been a volunteer on teaching English to poor communities for a long time.
Recently I gave a lecture on music culture for poor children and when I can I donate money or food for caring people. With Nervosa, as Prika said, we played some beneficent gigs; the last one we did was for raising money and toys on Christmas for kids with cancer.
All the work I do to help caring people makes feel very fulfilled. If one day I have time and money, I will SURELY open and organization to help kids, especially the poor ones, sick ones and the ones who suffered any kind of child abuse. There are quite a few female metal bands that have formed in the past few years in Brazil, like Valhalla, HellArise and Moratorium, do you PRIKA: The problem of Brazil is think this is because metal is part of the corruption, here the tax is very your mainstream culture and it is more expensive and abusive, and this prevents acceptable for females to participate?
Here, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Italians, the people are poor of culture, because etc So here the prejudice is little, here there are many opportunities, but therefore I think the woman are more the government teaches to be lazy and participatory.
I think that equality, but there is folk equality. Brazil if judicial reform existed, many things is a modern country a new country and would change. Of course when playing live! Everything bad that comparing to some cultures, in Brazil it we have to face here day by day, not is more acceptable for a woman to be only about poverty, but corruption, independent or to play in a band.
I common occurrence in their countries tend to be very sensitive when it comes to have female musicians playing. The same way especially, because I have a poverty there are male head bangers and who background in my family. My mom are in bands, there are also female head.
Most bands have two guitarists. Do you find it challenging with only the one guitarist in the band, and how do you go about writing your skull crushing songs? Do all members contribute to it? Destruction and Sodom are trio and work very well, I accepted the challenge of one guitar, and I try to overcome each step.
I always played in bands with two guitars, and the idea of one guitar was interesting for me, because I had to work more. The songs are made by Fernanda, and me, and our ideas combine and one complete another. Being a three piece is helpful in many things, everything is easier. I just love that! If you know how to make the guitar work well, you completely fill the need of having a second guitar, and also I feel the bass is more present.
As female musicians what is your stance on using your gender to your advantage? Do you prefer not to highlight the fact that you are an allfemale band, or do you embrace it as a marketing tool? However, I believe that with time, we will be able to prove our competences, and this feeling will change.
Our job is serious, and we are here by music. For us, what matters the most is the music! In metal, music is what makes you stand out I say! Your upcoming album, Victim of Yourself, will be released during the month of March. How does it feel to get recognition from your idols?
Do you feel pressured to up your game even further for future releases? And that your idols would know who you are and your band, then they would listen to your band and say good stuff about it!!!
I know we work very very hard to earn our things, but sometimes I just feel I am one hell of a lucky head banger! Besides being my favorite band, I just think this song would really work well as a thrash version!
I hope one day I can do that!! You have shared the stage with many thrash greats like Exodus, Destruction, and Exciter. Which was your favourite? Who would you still like to share the stage with and why? I loved every show. There are many bands.. FERNANDA: All of them were special to me in certain way, because each of these bands represent a moment of my life and all of them bring good memories of my head banger road!
So all of them were a great fulfillment to me! I would really like to share the stage one day with Slayer, if one day this happens; I can live as a completely fulfilled head banger!
Working class musicians or living the rock star life? We talk to each other everyday and make a schedule for disclosures, we rehearsed 2 times per week for 6 hours, etc But all of us 3 put a lot of ourselves into the band to make it happen and maybe one day we can live through our music!
Who in the band writes your lyrics, and what inspires your aggressive lyrical content? We have much hate inside of us, and writing lyrics is an opportunity of exposing our thinking. We write about humans and about reality, about political and human behavior and its consequences.
I always say that lyrics, to me develop a very important role, I use them as one of my dearest ways of expressing myself about everything I have to face day by day. Any last words for your fans out there? Always support the scene, and respect every band, because each one works hard. Uniting forces, we will grow!
Her hard work and passion for music has definitely paid off, and as a result given her the opportunity to share her beautiful vocals with the world. When and how did you first get involved in singing? I sang along much to the annoyance of those around me to everything I heard since I could remember and joined the school choir at 8 years old. I got fairly tired of having to sing like everyone else in a group, so I ditched choir before I left Primary school and decided to learn guitar and piano instead, so I could write and sing by myself.
You are also a trained Graphic Designer and talented artist, are you sometimes critical of your own work and art? Eventually I found out via Facebook that they were accepting international applications for auditions. I asked when the deadline was, but before I even managed to send an application, guitarist Daniel Arvidsson contacted me and said he liked the stuff on my music page and that I should apply asap.
The band responded to my application within a week and asked if I would come audition. I could barely believe it, but felt an overwhelming sense of finally allowing myself to think that I might be good at something.
Being able to do that was amazing enough for me at that point. I returned to SA and awaited a response from the band and producer Jens Bogren. A month later, the good news came and I was packing my bags for Sweden. Not for doing what I love to do. Were you always attracted to the Beauty and Darkness of Doom Metal? Doom Metal is not just something one finds though. It finds you, because you need it.
These days I find. Paul and Sonja are all-round lovely people and I always appreciate being in the same room as another restless creative. Recording with Theo was awesome for lack of need for a better word. There is no denying that I prefer the positive attitudes, professionalism and support in the Swedish scene compared to some of the bickering and pointless politics in the SA scene.
I have not encountered this sort of thing in Scandinavia yet and it made me realize that environment and circumstances are the root-cause of this behavior. South Africans are generally resilient and outspoken as well, which is a bit of a contrast to the more inward and polite Scandinavian folk.
All this being said, I truly believe SA has a fierce metal scene and tons of talent. People work hard, sometimes to reach a dead end. Let the sun shine on others. You are currently awaiting your permit to go back to Sweden, which, given the circumstances is a long and grueling process.
How frustrating is this for you? I could write an essay about it, man. It seems that one can only get anywhere in this system if you are paying someone a ridiculous amount of money or if you break the law without consequence.
I follow all the right channels, only to be told I may wait 7 - 12 months for a 2 year permit and even my German passport. Alas, all I can do is be patient. Being back in Cape Town has been great though. I cannot complain about seeing my family and spending time with really important people in my life. Are there any plans for a new Draconian album when you rejoin them?
We have already recorded some pre-productions for the new album before I returned and I will be recording some more demos here and sending it over. The delay in progress could cause impatience, but I also see it as time to really refine and perfect the material. You have a guest appearance on the new Terminatryx album. Lorelei is the name of your solo project. Lorelei started as something I kept myself busy with in sleepless nights.
I needed a platform where I could express my inner self and create music without the opinions and interference of others.
Despite being an extrovert, I do like being alone and having peace and time to solve the puzzles in my conscious universe. To be honest, I never ever thought people would like it.
At times I felt reluctant to even let anyone listen to it, because it was personal and not professionally done. Seeing someone relate to something you create is beautiful. I could never take it for granted and it inspires me to embrace my own troubles and channel them creatively. Thank you for taking time to speak to us. We here at S. A will surely follow the melancholy that is Heike Langhans. Any last words to your fans?
You are most welcome and thank you kindly for interrogating me. My only dream was to be able to connect with other beings through music and you help me make that dream a reality in this dimension. It makes this lifetime worth it. Much love and respect! This is a prime example of what to play to someone who has never heard thrash metal before.
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