Black
Zine of Uruguay, May 2000
DE PROFUNDIS the band more dark to
the world.
1. What is the story of the band?
Orias : First, we have begun by a
band called "Sustain my Misery" and we played some atmospheric Doom /
Black but rapidly, we have understood the meaning of the music for us. At the
end '96, me (Orias) and Invein (first on vocals) have created "De
Profundis". I remember that we listenned to My Dying Bride, Anathema,
Graveland, ToT... Bur we wanted to play our music, our metal... Rapidly, we
have discovered Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Gehenna and we have understood
that black metal was our state of mind... End 1998, De Profundis released one
demo "Severence" and the second 4 months later "The Winter of
Oblivion and Pain". We have been signed at Nocturnal Music and we have
decided to keep a good line-up... So, now we are 5 in the band: me on guitars,
Sadneth on vocals, Haborym on drums, Lord Caedes on bass guitar and AST on keyboards.
Keyboards are very important for us because I have some ambiant influences like
Mortiis, Raison d'Etre... and the marriage of both (black and ambiant) is very
obscure, very dark, I like it.... If you listen to the album, you could find
influences like Mortiis, Beethoven, Limbonic Art, Mozart, Sanguis & Cinis,
Dead Can Dance, Sephiroth... All the music we love!!! Anyway, the album is
sometimes very black, very fast and keyboards always present... It's a good
alternative betwwen the ambiant dark and the pure black metal. I think that
this album will be very hated and very loved... We will see.
2. What are your influences and how
describe your music style?
Orias : Personnaly, I haven't any
influence anymore but at the debut, I was very influenced by Limbonic Art,
Emperor... and by ambiant bands. I compose all the tracks so it was my
influences that reflected on De Profundis. But now, it's different, we are
influenced by ourselves... by our imaginations... We don't listenned to black
metal bands today. Personnaly, I listen to ambiant music, my keyboard player
also... About the vocals, Sadneth is influenced by bands like Burzum... But he
has his personnal voice now, and it's a good thing... I think we can describe
our style like "Orchestral Nihilist Black Atmospheric". It's a little
long but it's a great description for us. We love the atmosphere in the
music...
Sadneth : Arcturus, Summoning,
Limbonic Art are my main infuences. About De Profundis, I think it is an
ambient black metal band.
Haborym : Mayhem, Old Man's Child,
Dark Santuary, Emperor, Mortum... About De Profundis: Orchestral Black
3. How is the Underground scene in
your area and what do your know about URUGUAY scene?
Orias : The underground scene here is
very heavy... We have some excellent bands all over the France, and labels
begin to be interested by french bands... I think there are bands which sound
very better than several "big monsters of metal"!! About the Uruguay
scene, I have already listened to sabauth (I don't know if they are really from
Uruguay) and to Jesus Martyre. I don't know many bands from your country, you
have to make me listen to...
Sadneth : There, there are too many
bands which believe that they are a revelation for black/death wave but they
don't listen to their music before!! They will maybe wake up one day . But they
are some cool bands also even if those bands aren't our friends for the most!! About
the Urugay scene, I want to discover it because I don't know any band, sorry
!!!
Haborym : The bands from our area are
for the most too stupid, they want all too rapidly... About urugay scene, I
have already listened to Jesus Martyre, I like it...
4. What is your opinion about
satanism in the Metal and are you into some religion ?
Orias : I don't deny any religion, I
don't care about its. I know that personnaly, I have my own God, that's all. The
satanism in the metal is today a mask for the bands, it's not a state of mind I
think... But I repeat, I have my own religion, my own God, my own life/death
guardian and I am a true believer...
Sadneth : My opinions about satanism
are very negative, about christianism also.... That doesn't forbidden myself to
be atheist, because a lot of people are that today. I have my own beliefs and
those ones are not from he heaven... Not from the hell also...
Haborym : I haven't any opinion, any
religion excepted my own but I keep my words...
5. Black Metal for your is a
philosophy or what ?
Orias : I think that black metal is a
religion for us... It's a kind of thoughts and that's why we don't deny any
bands. Each band has it own philosophy and it's a good thing.
Sadneth : Black metal is a kind of
religion in what all my thoughts dive. It is the best way to me to free out my
hate, my pain, my oblivion.
Haborym : I think the same things
that Orias... It's a kind of thoughts...
6.Where do you get your inspiration ?
Orias : From my imagination, from my
nights... Because I am alive only the night, I live the day but I am more
opened the night. There are too many things that I can't make the day, very
bizarre!!!
Sadneth : From my sadness. A sadness
which describes this fuckin' decadent world, a sadness that I speak on my
lyrics...
7. Tell more about the last work ?
Orias : The album "Le Siècle des
Cendres" will be release in June. The total playing time is 66,6 mns!!! There
is a good production and many ambient tracks. I like it... There are black
tracks, dark tracks and a long concept over the songs... The lyrics talks about
all the centuries we have lived under the domination of religions, their birth,
their carnage, their wars... It's a long and dramatic concept, you have to
listen to..!!
Sadneth : We have been took by the
time at the end, but it was cool. Haborym: We had a short time for the
recording... We will make better the next!!
8. Which are your feelings about
Jesus Christ and Satanas?
Orias : I believe in God, that's why
I believe also in Satan... But I don't make any prayer, any ritual or any kind
of thought for their. I think it's to be low to be hold on to Jesus or Satan...
I think it's necessary to have his own religion which is making by yourself,
nothing more.
Sadneth : Jesus & Satan are two
stupid legends. I speak about them on the lyrics of one of our songs...
haborym: Fuck to both
9. Do you practice satanism and
rituals? What kind of experiences have you had working whith satanic magik?
Orias: Personnaly, not.
Sadneth: Nothing to say, but I have
read magik book, I like it...
Haborym: No...
10. What is the death for you ?
Orias : A deliverance
Sadneth : Our destiny, the total
rest...
haborym : A new life.
11. What is your opinion of the
actual Black Metal scene ?
Orias : I don't listen to black metal
today but I know that I like very much bands like Limbonic Art, Old Man's
Child, Nokturnal Mortum,... I think there are a lot of bands now, and everybody
has the choice now!!!
Sadneth : The mix between black metal
& electro are very bad, I don't like it... Anyway, Marduk is very great on
live and Legion is a good troublemaker!!!. Bloodthorn is very poor on live
while they are good in studio. Black metal scene is very difficult...
Haborym : I don't like the actual
black metal scene like "The Kovenant", the last "Satyricon"
or others, I don't like the drum machines and the key programmings but there
are still great black metal bands...
12. Your believe that just now can
exist one band original as legendarys band like : Celtic Frost, Bathory, Venom
?
Orias : Yes, why not? De Profundis
for example!!!!
Sadneth : No, the legend exists to
die one day...
Haborym : According to Orias, De
Profundis!!!
13.What do your desire express with
you band and lyrics ?
Haborym : A big production, about
lyrics, carry on our way....
Sadneth : Lyrics are very personnal
and are understtod by others like subjective stories and it's a good thing... I
want to carry on that way...
14. Describe a show of DE
PROFUNDIS...
Orias : It's necessary that I see us
in live before to answer to this question!!!
Haborym : I don't know, I am behind
my drums!!!! You have to ask to our fans, eh, eh!!!
15. What is your faves book and
satanists ?
Orias : I have read a long time
"Les Fleurs du Mal" of Beaudelaire (cd. De Profundis Clamavi) and I
think that it has influenced myseld on my compositions....
16.How
is your hell ?
Orias:
Thy world
Haborym : Thy world also, my country,
most people....
17. What are your future plans ?
Orias : To finish the second album
and to make the best album of the world...
Haborym: To make our label (with
Orias & Sadneth), a label called "Requiem Records" and to make a
great second album, we have already severals songs, and they are very very
great, really better than the first album.
18. Some last words ?
Orias : Thanx for this interview... Please
listen to us before to rip us off !!
Sadneth : I fuck all the guys who are
against us... thanx to the others.
Haborym : Hi to URUGUAY!!!