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!!!