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Interview (English) - Runahild of Eliwagar

came some time ago I with Runahild, the military and charming beauty of Lorraine Folk project "Eliwagar" in contact.

After a couple of times I talked with the proud Germanic, came to my senses to load it to an interview under the banner of my magazine an ... She accepted my invitation and revealed to me in the following lines all about the French folk band (the only member of the way sie selber ist)!

Hail Wotan and hail Runahild!I must confess, I was really looking forward to doing this interview!

All Hail to you! it's a honour and pleasure for me as well to get this interview with you.

1) Paganland usually is into metal but there are some exceptions, of course. And one of these exceptions is your music. So here’s my first question: How would you describe your music? It’s actually some kind of medieval music or Neo Folk, isn’t it?

I myself describe my music as Traditional Pagan Folk Music. I do not like the term "Neo Folk", folk music is certainly the most ancient and most natural musical art since the dawn of time, and I don't see my way to play folk music today as a "new way". Folk music went through ages, and the way today it's played is just the continuity of the ancestral knowledge.

2) Did you previously record different music or did you play in other bands? If so, why didn’t it succeed? Are you part of other projects now?

Yes, I began to compose music first with an ambient project created in winter 2006 which was called Kriegerswald. I was also alone in this project and only played keyboards. I stopped it to begin with Eliwagar and to be entirely dedicated to it to compose folk music instead of ambient.I have founded lately the pagan metal project called Kriegerswald (I took back this name for it's deep meaning to me), and I play with 2 people from Iron Woods: Holykran and Guerriera Nox. I am very happy about the beginning of this new project and this collaboration with 2 very good people.

3) Is Eliwagar completely a one woman band? Or are there any other musicians to assist you?

Yes, Eliwagar is my very personal project and so is a one woman band at 100%. I do absolutely all music, lyrics and vocals for it.

4) Where do you get your musical inspiration from? Who are your heroes / role models?

I don't think I take direct inspiration from any other band.. however I might be influenced undirectly by the great art of Falkenbach, by the accoustic/folk album of Skyforger "Sword Song", by Krynitza and by such bands. But I don't think any of my influence can be heard in

my music today. What is a true and direct inspiration is Nature, my Ancestors, the Gods and Goddesses and the noble Values.I don't have any role model. There are of course people I respect for who they are, but I follow my own way and try to improve myself on my own way day after day.

5) To me, you seem to be THE only true pagan of the 21st century. Therefore, I have many questions for you, and I don’t even know where to start from…First of all: How did it begin? How did you become interested in paganism? Since when have you been fascinated by it?

I guess I am a pagan at heart, I am born pagan and I will die as a pagan. I have always been fascinated by nature, by legends and by what might be called the mysteries of the deep forest and of the spirits living there. I live since forever in a small village with the forest just behind my home, and while I was a child, I created lot of legends about it, and also already gave a great importance to the ravens, to the 4 elements and their magical meaning. But the notion of being pagan itself was revealed to me ever since I listenned to "Ok Nefna Tyswar Ty" by Falkenbach. This band was called "viking metal" and so did I decide to learn about the vikings. The first book I found about them was one about their mythology, and I just finished to read it entirely that I knew I belonged to this north folk, and that I knew the nordic beliefs was my heritage. This is something that immediately echoed in the deepest of my soul and heart, like a call from my true ancestors showing me my path and destiny. Since then, I knew the names of the ones to be hailed.

6) What does your family think of it? Do you have any relatives who are also pagan?

My family perfectly accept my beliefs and respect this, and I am thankful. But none of them are pagan...

7) You appear to take paganism very seriously.

Have you found many people who share your views, and who believe in the Æsir as well?

Not really, I think people confuse the fact of being interested into paganism, into ancient

folklore and mythology with being actually a pagan. So too many call themself pagan, but don't feel this spirit in their heart. and for them, Odhinn, Thor, Freyja and everything else are just names used for great legends without anything nor any deeper meaning behind. So I met lot of those "pagans" who actually were not. Of course, there are different ways to interpret paganism, to interpret the legends and to believe, there is not ONE paganism, not ONE way that we must follow in order to be true, this would make no sense. but there are some basics I would say, and the first one is to believe, not only to find some interest. But much people only find some interest and do not believe.

8) What do you think about the standing of women a) in the neo-pagan scene and b) in paganism in general? Glorious men who die in battle will go to Valhalla.

What about female warriors?

To be honest, I don't know much women into the pagan scene or into paganism in general. there are more men who are serious than women to my opinion. We can see lot of women wearing Thorshammer of course, but who will not look better than all the modern superficial women, caring more about their makeup, their hair and how they look like, some supposed pagan who would fear the true natural world. I have an ironic image of the superficial "pagan woman" who cry under the rain because her hair will be curly.. oh noooo, such a drama!! ahaha.. where the rain is sacred and nourrish the land, and is brought from the sky. To say, it's very hard for me to find other really interesting women in this scene. And I will take advantage of this question to denounce something that really begins to be bothering, this is this trend effect that any women in the metal genre who ever heard about the viking will call themself Valkyries. hum, ok, but Valkyries are warrior maiden which means they know how to fight, they also know the secret of the Runes, they are pure and noble. so, I would like all the nowadays sluts to stop using this name, because that's what most women I see are, some sluts who wear the shortest clothes ever, who would have sex with any men, and who above all would have NO idea how to handle a sword! they are a great dishonour to the true elite of the Valkyries.I don't mean here to talk bad about women, because there are certainly true and great pagan females. but in general, all I see the most is such pathetic individual. Women have a high place in our pagan community, the one to keep the traditions, the guardian of the family and the keeper of life and blood. it's quite a shame to see what women today became and that even women into the pagan movement aren't more worth than all the lost superficial ones..

To answer your second question: a woman who lived as a warrior maiden on Midgard will be chosen by Odhinn to become one Valkyrie in Walhalla. The legend of the creation of Valkyrie is such: once Odhinn saw on Midgard a proud woman rising and fighting with the same rage as men, she had the beauty and purity of women with the strength and courage and didn't fear the fight. When Odhinn saw this woman rising, he thought this was what men would wish for, at their death, to be welcomed by such a woman to lead them to the great halls of Walhalla.. when this woman died, she became the first Valkyrie. Valkyries were warrior maidens as well as Einherjar were brave warriors.

Do you know other girls and women to whom paganism means as much as it does to you?

As I mentioned above, they are really rare. I have only contact with few women who I think are true to what they say to be.

9) If I would suspect someone to practice rituals in earnest, then this one was you. Am I right?

Yes, I do indeed practise the old pagan rituals. mainly the ones of Yule, Midsummer, Ostara, the feast of the Einherjar and the night of Balder. For me, every pagan feast has a very important meaning, it's mainly the symbol of the death of a cycle for the birth of a new one.But I think that to understand the true meaning and importance of the pagan rituals, one have to imagine living in the old times far away from this modern society, where life was truly a natural life, where all the folk depended on nature and on the cummunity to survive. Pagan rituals were not some barbarian practises and inhuman sacrifices dedicated to the strength of chaos and evil. Sacrifices were done like an exchange of energy, and like an exchange of gift. For instance, to thanks our mother earth for the food she gave them into the field, into the trees, into the forest, this food so sacred that allowed them to survive, the folk offered a part of their harvest back to the earth and so to the specific Gods and Goddesses they wanted to honour. By offering a part of their food, they transmit their gratitude and their energy, they honoured and hailed. And this is the same meaning for animal sacrifices. For instance at Yule, most of the time, it was a wildboar that was sacrificed, because Yule was the feast dedicated to the fertility, and it was dedicated to Frey and Freyja, and they were linked to the wildboar. So a wildboar was hunt and killed, and then shared with Frey and Freyja as an exchange. A part of the animal was given to the Gods, and in return Frey and Freyja would ride for 12 days the earth to make the soil fertile for the new year to come.Also, it has to be understood that human didn't feel inferior nor superior to the natural order. so their sacrifices were not done to calm or appease the Gods and Goddesses, but really as an exchange. In the nordic culture, there is this saying "a gift calls a gift" and it simply means gift are what keep friendship, relationship and alliance. Our pagan ancestors knew they were one with the natural world, they knew they were a part of the world and to live in harmony with it there was this exchange of gift.

Today, this notion of being a part of nature is lost into modernism.. people forgot this eternal link with mother earth, where they belong! but only by living in harmony with nature and with the natural laws could they find glory, wealth and happiness!

10) What does your daily life look like? Do you live in the countryside?

Yes, I live in the countryside, in a very beautiful and isolated place surrounded by forests. Until now, I have dedicated a great part of my life for music, for nature and for reflection. Now, I am thinking about learning how to farm to later have my own farm where to live with my family and with some friends near. I am fascinated by the life in autarcy, the life like the old ways in the middle of nature which also would be healthier. I don't trust in the modern world and in the modern system, one day or an other it will fail, so we have to be independant from it, and survive out of it. I really dream to live in a little pagan village, growing our own food, raising our animals and such, yet to stay connected to the world of today to keep in touch with what is going on, and continue to make our art to try to awake other of our folk.

11) Judging from your pictures and your music, nature must mean very much to you…fair enough! Could you imagine to live in a dirty city full of fumes, like me? (Not that I could choose, hehe)

clearly, no I could not, I guess I would escape to the nearest forest after few hours.. ahah.. but you have my thought with you for bearing such a life and standing strong! one day it might change.

12) Could you imagine to live in other countries? If so, which ones would that be?

yes, I could live in any germanic country (Germany, Austria, Norway, Danemark...etc). but I already live in a great one, here in Lothringen. the only problem is that the traditions and culture have been mostly erased since it belongs to France. Just near Lothringen is the region called Elsass, it's also a germanic land taken by the french, but there the germanic traditions are still very important and alive compared to here.I am not against France, I just think that it's important to keep alive the traditions of our own ancestry, and not to take the one of other folk. My roots are germanic, so I want to keep the germanic traditions, as I would encourage all celtic people to keep alive their celtic traditions and so with the slavonic ones and any other folk.

Have you already visited other countries, like Germany or Scandinavia, for example?

Sadly, I haven't visited Scandinavia yet.. but I am wishing for that.. I don't have the occasion

to travel for now, so I only went once in Switzerland, but I need to visit sometimes Austria, Norway, Iceland... and such great germanic country...

13) I heard that every now and then you live away from the civilized world to spend a few days in the woods.A beautiful warrior maiden sitting by the camp fire in the forest. That’s rather the most romantic thing I can imagine! Is this really true? Are you alone when you “take a time-out in nature”? And do you get any

inspiration for your lyrics and your music from nature when out there?

Of course that is true, there is nothing better I can think of!! There is in my forest called Kriegerswald a little cabin called Kriegersheim (mainly built by myself and then with the help of Vargor) where there is a place for the fire and a place where to sleep. I already spent some nights there since it has been built, as well as I did some feast and also even I made some cooking. I really spent some of the most wonderful time of my life there.. Sometimes I go with people, sometimes alone, it depends. And I surely take most of my inspiration for my lyrics in the forest and from my journey there.

14) Do you also fight with swords or do you ride a horse and other things a true German should be able to do? (Of course, a neo-pagan doesn’t necessarily have to do these things, but I think, you are capable of doing them. That’s why I ask)

Sword fight... YES! as I say, I don't only hold a sword for epic pictures, I really love to practise sword fighting since now years and years.. but the problem is to find interested people who want their steel to meet mine.. I also love to learn to use a bow, which could be useful for hunt even. And as for riding a horse, I used to while I was a child, but it's been a long time I haven't been able to ride..

15) You seem to have many different Germanic clothes. Do you spend a lot of money for these dresses and accessories?

I actually do myself all the germanic/viking clothes. so all that it cost me is to buy the material itself and it is not very expensive. It has always been important to me to do everything by

myself, and not just to buy from a shop. so I wanted to make my own chain mail, my own dresses, my own shield.. the only thing I could not do myself for now are my swords and helmet, I still need to learn blacksmithing for that.. hehe.. now to get a very good sword that resist the fight training, you need to count around 150-250 euros.

16) Are you in touch with other bands (maybe even from other musical genres)? Are there also some outside France, or are they mainly outside France?

Since I started Eliwagar, and even before, I began to get contact with other pagan bands mostly into the metal musical genre more than into the folk one, it's quite rare to find pure folk project involved into paganism at the same time. But most bands aren't from France, I can't think of many great bands from France anyway. And as I say, I don't consider Eliwagar as a french project either, I am from Lothringen, a region wrongly seen as french, but which actually have the germanic roots..

17) Do you support any labels, organizations and such?

I support any labels, organisations, bands, Fanzines and anything else that is there to defend our european pagan heritage, that is there for the survival of our folk and true traditions! United we all must be to get victory!!

18) Obviously, there was an outrage because of your predilection for Nordic-Germanic paganism. You already have disassociated yourself from political messages in your music on your MySpace profile. But in this interview you have another opportunity to make it plain once and for all!

Officialy (as you have seen), Eliwagar is not linked to any political ideas and it's better to just remember this... only my friends and close relative know..

19) What is actually the reason why you are a musician? Is it to express yourself, an ode to the Æsir or anything else?

The very first reason why I wanted to play music (it was years ago) was to express my pride and my love for my pagan heritage, for my land (mainly Lothringen nature) and my ancient folk. Those things are going to disappear if no one stand to defend them.. nature is being destroyed, our folk is being killed, and our heritage is more and more fading into the darkness of the past.. hopefully even in those time, some people are rising, and mainly with their art, they hail what must not be erased and this way, they keep alive what is dear to them! Like them, my aim with Eliwagar is to fight to preserve what must be glorious!As long as there are people to sing in honour of dead heroes, then heroes are immortal! As long as there are people spreading the widsom of Wotan, then the Wotan spirit is immortal! As long as there are people to keep alive the traditions, then the traditions are immortal!! So, let's sing and let's play music to the glory of what is honourable, to the glory of our heritage, our motherland and our folk to show that we aren't dead, that we still stand and we are still strong and proud!!The ancient Gods and Goddesses aren't dead and so is not our folk yet! And their voices is still present through our music and art!! So we still have a reason to fight...

20) What happens with Eliwagar in the future, only the Norns will know, hehe! But what do you have in store?

For now, all I am hoping is to get my latest album released.. I also keep in mind to make concert in the future, but this will probably not happen before quite a long time.. Something else…

21) Which Rune of the Futhark can you relate to the most?

Every Runes of the Futhark have a particular importance to me and in my life.. however I feel a very strong connection with the rune Berkana. This rune is linked to Frigg and represent the maternity, and by that, it represent the woman who give birth and transmit the heritage and the blood to keep the folk surviving. Berkana is the rune for the women who keep alive the traditions and transmit them to their children. This is also the rune for the smallest light in the deepest darkness.. such as the birch bark, the shinnier in the deep forest at night.. it represent this light that never fade, even in the deepest darkness.. Berkana is there to guide..

22) Before saying goodbye, I have one last question… It may sound cheesy but I would like to ask you because I’m interested to hear what a woman like you will answer!

If 3 wishes were granted to you, what would they be?

ahah, interesting question I must say! I will sum up with those 3 runes: Tiwaz (glory, justice and equilibrium), Wunjo (happiness, wealth, food, health, harmony) and Fehu (fertility)... may those 3 runes bless our folk and our motherland.. this would be my 3 wishes.. because we need victory and justice to be done to reconquer and once again rule in our ancestral lands, we need to live in harmony with the people of our own folk and with our mother nature with enough food, enough wealth and good health and finally we need fertility for the soil and for the folk, so never our folk dies.. and always there is children to take the place of the dead ones..

Thank you very much for taking the time for this interview! I’m feel very honored and I will keep supporting your project!!

I wish you and Eliwagar all the best. May Wotan protect you and may his servants be devoted to you as well!

Thanks to you for this interesting interview and may the Gods and Goddesses always guide you on glorious ways!

(English translation by the great Roger H. Beck!)

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Interview (English) - Necro of Enshadowed

From the Greek background of the satanic black metal horde Enshadowed rose before now 10 years up.
During the long existence, were published as a few sound recordings that brought them outside their home country's huge popularity.
Recently I had the opportunity to perform with the guitarist, who is also one of the band's founder, a detailed interview about the band's history and the future plans of the Greek demons ...

Hails Necro!

I'm pleased to greet you to this interview, it took a long time to get to it, because I had other stuff to do, but now the time came to present to the Austrian Enshadowed Primarily readers.
Hails! It's an honor to talk with you! Enshadowed is an active black/death metal band the last 10 years. It’s easy to understand that we don’t follow the sound of Greek black metal scene and this is important for us.

1) Let’s start with the biography…

Who from you formed Enshadowed and how did the band develop from your point of view?
Enshadowed was born in 1998. In the first years we released 1 promo and 3 demos. The original line up was performed from Impaler, my blood brother Lord Acheron and me. The members changed many times in these 10 years. I was the only member who remains. I never think to stop the activity of the band. So, at 2002 we released our debut “Messengers of the Darkest Dawn” and after one year the “Intensity” full length album. The line up changed again and Impaler is back! The next step was to release some underground tapes and give some live shows. Finally, before 1 year we are back with the “6.6.6” split and “The Art ov Blasphemies” split EP with Mantak (Malaysia).

2) Your last release lasts back for 1 year... When will be your next record released and what will it be? A full-length album, another split or a single?

As I told you, before one year we release a split full length album with the American cult black metal band Thornspawn. Entitled “6 black candles, 6 rotting hearts, 6 sacrifices for Satan”. 10 tracks - 5 tracks each band. It was released by Zyklon-B Productions in Cd and Digi Cd version. I hope soon to have the vinyl version in my hands. This period we are in studio for recordings. The next release it will a split release with the bands of “SECTA NOVA”. After this, we plan a split 7” inch vinyl release with Vulturine from Brazil.

Will there be any stylistic differences?

You must listen to understand. In every new release we change things in our sound. We try to be more extreme in many ways.

3) You seem to like Death Metal privately.. Maybe more than Black Metal?
What does it go about in music from your opinion?

Hmm… yes! But Enshadowed has Black Metal ideology. The sound of the band is a mix of Black and Death metal. Some times more close to black and sometimes to death.

4) Did your musically interests develop during the band-history or do you like the same bands you listened to your founding-phase?

Look, I am a musician; I don’t feel just only a “Black metal guitarist”. So, I see the things from a different point of view than a classic fan of Black metalhead. I listen to many different bands and many kinds of music. But this is just a personal enjoyment and nothing that can change anything in the band.

5) You seem to have a strong brachial kind of playing… Which bands would you say inspired your music?

We spend many time before creating each new song, it’s a kind of ritual for me. Well my favorite bands are Slayer and Morbid Angel but I can’t say that we have influences from these amazing bands. Just only the same diabolical spirit… Maybe you can say that we are in the same satanic circle with bands like Behemoth, Cadaver, Aeternus etc…

6) What do you think about Satanism? I would say that Enshadowed is a pretty blaspheme and misanthropic Black Metal band. Would you call yourself a Satanist, or do you have nothing in common with this body of thought?

If you believe that Satan is the symbol behind the free spirit of human and the open minds, then yeah I am a Satanist. I believe in nothing, I believe that only flesh and death are real, I believe in myself and that’s enough. I accept the existence of chaotic energy of nature but I don’t explain this with the existence of God or Satan as the Christians do.

7) Beneath enshadowed, you also play in other bands, for example Burial Hordes. Have you ever thought about leaving a side-band to concentrate more on your main-band?

Yeah, I create Burial Hordes before 6 years. It’s main band too. In same periods of my life I have the inspiration to create music for more than one style. So, this is the reason that I am the music maker behind Merciless Crucifixion and Vomit Church and Burial Hordes too…

8) Have there be any critical band internal conflicts, or do you get well on with each other?

We are humans and humans are shit! So, it’s normal to don’t agree in everything! The important is to find the best solution for every problem.

9) Do you play many gigs in your homeland?

We played many times with bands like Impaled Nazarene, Dark Funeral and many more. Now, we gonna give a live holocaust with Belphegor at the end of December.

10) What do you think about the Greek metal-scene? Do you think that NS- Black Metal in Greece is really that dominant, like it looks for outstanding people? What is your opinion to that development?

Hellenic scene has many bands in every kind of metal music but sure a big number with black metal bands. 99% of the black metal bands are shits. Childs who try to prove that can be extreme without real spirit and knowledge of how to create music. Greek Death metal scene is better. Inveracity, Vulnus & Sickening Horror are great examples! NS? What is this? Sorry, I don’t care about human weakness …

11) How does it look like with the reputation and degree of popularity of your band in Greece? Are your concerts well-visited and does the audience make some action at your gigs?

Well, Greek fans are strange. But, I can say that the biggest number of fans knows us and likes our horde.

12) Do you also travel to other countries? Do you also played outside of Europe (beyond Europe) or do you ever thought about that?

Before some years we played at Sophia of Bulgaria. We are interested to give live shows worldwide but it isn’t the most important thing for us. To play out of our country needs much money to spend. Some bands here spend a little time to create music and spend much time in fucking “MySpace” to suck “friends” and promoters. The stupid thing is that the metalheads approve the bad music as “cult” and accept the popularity which a shit band can create from internet.

13) Did you ever play in Austria? If not, I’m pretty sure, some of the Austrian black metalers would really enjoy your blaspheme sound.

This is fantastic! I hope to play one day in your land and bring a real holocaust!

14) What exactly are the reasons from your point of view that you make music/What are the reasons for the existence of enshadowed/what do you want to express with enshadowed?

Enshadowed is all my life. I don’t believe that is an extreme metal band only. The band one day will stop but the spirit of this energy will stay after death in this fucking planet.

15) Are you happy with your Image?
You talk about corpse paint? Well, corpse paint is not necessary to play black metal. We choose it to be a part of our image because it’s a good way to show the inside part of our personalities… The bad thing is that nowadays many bands make this theatric art to be ridiculous. I am happy that we are not one of them.

Thank you very much for the interview! It was a pleasure to speak with you, hopefully some Austrian readers get into the taste of your brutal music now! Will the destinations of Enshadowed no longer be unreachable!

Thank you for this interesting interview! Listen and check Eshadowed at:
www.enshadowed.co.nr
www.myspace.com / EnshadowedBand

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Interview - Adrastus Total Hate




long time I listen to the harsh sounds of the German Black Metal Total Hate . Highly recommended is any previous publication, Her latest work is the way in February of this year ... appeared
I have managed the band's founder Adrastus a few of the current situation and other topics include what to ask this dark force ...

It is my honor to welcome you to this interview to may Adrastus!

Ave!

1) Could you maybe tell a little at the beginning of the current situation in the band? For all I know is, Total Hate must now be on hold for a while ... what exactly are the causes of and when will you get the audience back to face?

Well, our Situation looks right now like this that we back a few weeks, the drum tracks for our 2nd Album has been added, as long us our drummer is not available. In the coming weeks, the stringed instruments and the vocal tracks are recorded. Agonia Records will release this album and what happens next will be seen. On ice Total Hate yes first time only in terms of shows down just stays as our drummer for a while in Oslo. Also this week plans to run for a few shows / festivals, because we want to play in 2009 increased slightly Live.

2) Your plans so soon a split with a Norwegian band publish, especially "Stillhet" ... This band is indeed from Løten (in Norway). Should we assume that you have wide contacts? At what other bands have you otherwise have good contacts? Splits are even more in the pipeline?

Well, I already have some contacts in Norway. Some contacts are regular, some are limited to the swapping of CDs / LPs. Bands which are said to include, for example Stillhet, Urgehal, Endezzma, anxiety Skvadron, Elite, Throne of Katarsis a few others in Norway and of course worldwide. Further splits are not yet scheduled, but did not rule for the future.

3) How does it with your label Agonia Records? From them I have so generously given, the promotion of your new CD. The label is reliable, or were there a couple of disputes?

By and large, it is already satisfactory. You always hear how it is with other bands on their label and as I said, it fits this far. It was disappointing that the split with Agonia Stillhet publish and did not want that to date still not the LP version of Planet Earth Depopulating is published, but the way things are sometimes in the Underground.

4) Since its foundation, it took so many years before it to your first "real" Album came out. What were the reasons? First you wanted to expand because of your other publications well known in your background a bit, or you wanted to you for the first album a little time, so it can be recorded properly?

I am of the opinion that a band should grow for now. Of experience, playing ability and so on. We were initially due to the Seeds of Hate old times, also leveled an offer for an album, but I was going to take a demo and see how everything is designed and I do not regret that decision.

6) You are all so involved in several other projects ... do you want to give more precise information about?

It's no big secret that everyone of us have other bands / projects, works as our guitarist is about to launch a solo project, Aer is yes, inter alia Wolfthorn, majesty and other involved Winterheart plays including at Nyktalgia and dying, and I find Seeds of Hate previously played bass Deathronation and now will live a while with Wolfthorn help out on bass. 2009, I will, however, stop all other activities and will focus only on Total Hate.

7) How often do you actually do decide to meet for rehearsals, finally, you seem concerned by the side projects to be ...

rehearsals are for Total Hate do not care and not simply because our drummer lives so usually more than 400 miles away. I work with capable musicians each of which has its mission, and performs perfectly. Once pending CD recordings or concerts, we meet a few days earlier, the play set a few times through and then we are fit.

8) Total Hate ... as the name indicates (in German "Total Hate"), it is a misanthropic black metal band. Would you actually as "all haters" and called misanthropes? How exactly would you define it, there are no people that will mean something?

misanthropy means an objection / contempt for all humanity and in my view, this attitude is limited to people outside the circles in which I am staying. I noticed at some point that I have little in common with humanity and wants to have even the slightest to do with it. It could also quite simply this way: I care a damn humanity. Wind mankind has sown over me enough, now they reap the storm. I do not live or only as part of society. I am acting like an observer of the species with which I have completed a long time. This refers indeed reflected the current metal scene and most of their fans!

misanthropes are very selfish people, what I really think in general for any negative trait ... but as soon as the selfish one meets the other, the situation can easily come into the tilt. Are you by your attitude often involved in arguments?

It's actually quite simple. The people trusted me I am anything but a selfish and people do not know me, I prefer to let my silence. I usually people go out of the way, so I'm rarely involved in arguments.

9) And what about Band Intern from? Was there also times greater differences?

I do not know (extreme) metal band in which it is not from time to time differences are. In many a band more in some less, so I'm at Total Hate to a fashionable from the very beginning, what I intended to do with the band and the other hole I only musician in the band that I know are either closer to or from my friends and trust that I can.

10) Satan is playing like it should be in the true black metal yes, and a role in your music ... what exactly? She also practiced satanic rituals, or would you rather see as the image? What is your view of Satanism?

No, we practice at least no common rituals. From Satanism has probably everyone in the band's own view. I do not believe this "Teen Satanism", where graves vandalized and chickens are slaughtered, I think I speak for all of us. I'm not a preacher and I'm not in front of other people to convince them of my faith. To me, Satanism is definitely not an image! Suffice it to say, Satanism is for me a kind of energy source that surrounds me constantly, it is something very personal, but what I am talking to no one, also because I'm not interested other opinions on this subject at all. I have taken several years ago, my way I still am and will continue to go without compromise.

What about your attitude to other faiths? Are there any with which you can also identify you, or do you have to do with anything?

the No's are not, and I want to do with other faiths have nothing. I reject all other faiths for me!

11) You founded the band, would you describe yourself as a leader of the troupe? Dance by one of your pipe, or is Total Hate to become a joint project?

In a sense I'm probably the head, since I founded the band, main songwriter, am answering all the interviews and take care of all organizational. The others do not need to dance to my tune, because we are actually quite an opinion when it comes to most things, and when we disagree, we talk about it. This makes Total Hate then turn to a common project or a band.

12) What were the reasons for it, would Total Hate cease to exist one day? Your death? Total
Would Hate to your death no longer exists, or would you agree to pursue the other members of the band?

would at this stage say that Total Hate definitely after my death would not exist anymore. How would it look in a few years, I can not say. But I would not mind if the other, the band would continue worthy. Another possible end would be for me for a long period of time, lack the inspiration or I'm just saturated.

13) I guess an extent that its commercial bands could not suffer well, if not hated ... or bands, which are aimed to the highest level of awareness to achieve and no interest in the true background of the Black Metal more have.
It is concluded that before you did not particularly known to be right? What do you want with Total Hate achieve anything ... is it only the music and express your thoughts about, or has even more profound reasons Total Hate?

Nowadays it is simply that you make from the Black Metal anyway not hardly can live up to, so I have to earn in any way with any band so far even begin to consider getting money. My goal was first and foremost always my vision to express my views and to achieve. I wanted to play the kind of Black Metal, which for me was always Black Metal. Whether we will or not known to me, ultimately, completely equal, we prefer our thing through with Total Hate as usual, without considering the interests of a so-called scene. We do what we want and not what others want or expect to hear!

14) How the impressions of your recent live performances were so? The rooms were filled with strong?

The impressions were mostly ok as far as the audience. The best performance was far from my point of view, which in December 2007. The first of the new line up. At Total Hate appearances have been represented from 30-300 people have all sorts of public figures. It all depends on whether it is a festival or a concert. Is it during the week, there is a Weekend. There are many factors as to recoup. Live shows are something very special for me. The feelings can be ill during a show to describe. It is as if a demon has taken possession of me and I at the moment his "tool" bin. There are feelings of obsession, rage, anger, aggression, hate flow through me. There is hardly anything emotionally gripping Deres for me to play with Total Hate as a concert.

15) Which countries have you already played and which countries you intend to travel to? What about Austria?

So far we have seen, unfortunately, only in Germany, Poland and Holland. I hope of course that we'll soon be playing in Austria, as I did back then with Seeds of Hate already done. My personal dream would, of course, due to play through my sources of inspiration and influence, in Norway and Sweden. Otherwise, I'm open to all countries and continents. South America would be as interesting.

16) The future ... you never know what it will bring. You have another album in any event planning or according to your myspace page already in labor! Could you give more information about this album here?

There is much about it yet to report, we have already mentioned how the drum tracks recorded and will make us soon to the rest. The album will contain 7 songs, including one song a cover version of an earlier Swedish Black Metal Band will be to no longer exists. The playing time will be approximately between 35 and 40 minutes.

17) Well ... I must ask you to complete a question that is very dear to me personally?

course .....

Why have you actually changed your logo? The old logo looked much better in my opinion ... I've ever needed to raise one of your demo-shirt could see the still the old logo was!

So the first logo I've designed myself back then and how it's always like that, after a certain time, I can not see my logo and everything I've just asked again Szpajdel Christophe, who had also designed the Seeds of Hate logo. Personally, I like our new logo better because it just looks more aggressive.

So then ... thank you so much for you for taking time to answer my questions! It was my pleasure, I wish you and your band yet another successful anniversary!

I thank you for your time and support!