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Introduce the bandmembers then. Age, previous bands,
what they prefer to drink, favourite group etc...
I let every bandmember to answer this question personally...
Skred: 21, Tuonela (1,5 v.), beer and strong alcohol (ethanol with juice)
shots, Manowar & other good heavy metal bands rule!
Leka: 1979, but it's 19 years too long, played in Tuonela couple of years
& other trivial projects. I keep myself going with Karhu-beer, but drinks
are good variation, and the best group is the gangbang-group. The old and
evil Heavy Metal & Manowar, Danzig rules!
Sargonnas: Younger member, few minor projects also, Koskenkorva, Scene of
Hauho(tm)
Vidar: Younger member, fresh out of woods, Karhu-beer, can't name one.
Demonica: 20 years, none, cider&long drinks, strong alcohol(vodka,for
example),some coctails(vodka martini, bloody Mary, etc.). There's many, but
to mention few: Fileds Of Nephilim (& Nephilim), Danzig, Christian Death.
As everybody knows the scandinavian Metal scene is full of shitty bands. What
do you think Myring has to offer the scene if you should be honest?
Leka: That is very true, there is lot of bands who haven't got anything own
in their music and they have kind of wannabe metal -attitude, they will
perish or turn into pop-shit. We as a band, and as men, have had stonecold
metal hearts beating in our chests since we appeared on this earth. With this
coldness we want to show to all those who are in this scene for trend that
their guts can not take the true metal and they will go home to eat mom-made
cake and hot chocolate. Fucking wimps. Metal will once again be the thing for
small group of Northern warriors who play it with their heartblood.
Skred: It is sad to notice that some bands don't have pride to compose their
own music. They just rip-off other bands music and try to be cool that way. As
a new group with own ideas it is very hard to please people, but we are here
not to please people. We are here to bang you!
You are soon to relese your first official demo. Could you make a description
of it musicially. How many tracks will be recorded? Can you reveal any
songtitles?
It shall be dark heavy metal with some hideous speedparts also. It will not
be high-pitch buzzing like most todays' demos. We will make music, which has
hairy balls and rolling sounds. It shall have wide soundscape and good sound
quality, it means that your 3-way stereos will suffer and your portable
cassette recorder will reek and then burn! We'll realize it with >16
tracks and it shall comprise 3-5 'songs' and that includes intro and perhaps
outro. I can't say final titles yet.
In early 1998 you made a promotape printed in 300 ex. Did you send it to any
labels. If yes, was there an interest in your music?
No, we didn't send it to any labels. On that tape there was one fault too
much. We didn't want involve ourselves with deals this early, when we are
rehearsing new and finishing our older songs. We haven't decided whether we
want to have a deal with our coming first demotape either, because (we are
not commercial, hahaa, cliché) of young age of the band and short, only few
year, musical experience.
You've got a homepage on the net too. Do you think it help you to promote the
band? What do you think about internet in general?
Yep, but it isn't www.myring.com! It gives fact information for those who
have heard about the band and want to know more. We shall put samples from
our demo to that page for a random passer-by. Internet is good for small
groups to keep contact and change news in a small region like certain style
of metal web-ring and newsgroup. There you can also find very operative
napalm and pipebomb blueprints for your 'actions' with your enemies...
whether they are religious fanatic people or somebody else you dislike. And
of course you can find a lot of exciting gorepornpix there, ou-jee.
In the biography you sent me, you wrote that Myring was formed to fight the
christanity. Is that what your lyrics are about, to fight the christanity?
Well, Myring's lyrics tell about dark souls, dreams of death and great
battles yet to come... Our songs and swords are strong, and because
christians are not, our lyrics fight them. Most people belong to church for a
fucking church wedding or christian funeral. It is inner weakness to believe
in higher beings that have created you to be good here on earth to get a
place in heaven. What a bullshit! It is against human nature. Our lyrics tell
about everything that religious people consider bad or evil, or death, our
songs are not about politics and how you should protect the nature etc. Other
bands can play that kind of life-metal but we don't.
Almost all scandinavian bands comes from Sweden or Norway but not from
Finland. What about the scene in Finland? Is it full of shit like the Swedish
scene or? Can you recommend some other small bands?
All? Well I think that you have grown in a pit! There are lots of good
'small' bands here in Suomi-Finland, for example Barathrum, Withered Garden ,
Obssesion etc. I recall only few serious bands, like Marduk & Bathory,
but also many well selling life-metal bands, yes, like Hypocrisy &
Therion there in Sweden. Finnish scene is not full of shit because we simply kill
all life-metal bands, which try to get into the scene, like e.q. Ravenstorm,
who performed in Jyrki (Finnish trendy tv-show, like MTV), right at birth. That's
why here are not so many bands trying to get famous. We do have although shit
all around but all those little shitbands keep low profile here. Norway has
some really serious groups there and that is because they too know what
winter means! No life, no love, no smile, just plain metal! Oh, here are also
few christian bands and those are something I can't (under)stand but their
destiny is like other 'wannabe metal' -bands. Do you wimps think that metal
dropped from heavens, oh-no, certainly not, not even close!
Here's a list... Write a short comment to each band / sentence!!!!
Kiss...
Demonica: They have a good show and some few good songs, but that's it...
Rest: Old farts trying to get pussy.
King Diamond...
Leka, Skred & Demonica: He sounds like 12-years old schoolgirl at her
first time. Nice music.
Sargonnas & Vidar: Haven't listened.
Impaled Nazarene
Leka: They have a fucking ATTITUDE. Really raw nuclear-metal.
Skred: Oh yes, they got style and also few good songs.
Sargonnas: One of the best Finnish groups.
Vidar: The songs I've heard were terrible, but there are few listenable
pieces.
Demonica: Well, they have a good attitude, I appreciate that. But I don't get
any "kicks" of their music. Too simple.
The new Iron Maiden / Slayer album...
Leka: Foundations of Heavy Metal, don't compare B. Bailey to B. Dickinson.
Skred & Vidar: I haven't had time to listen either of those but I will.
Sargonnas: I don't like Bailey's vocals.
Demonica: I haven't heard those albums. I don't listen to them very much at
all.
Marduk...
Leka: True Nordic Evil message, but musically it don't appeal to me.
Skred: At least it is fast enough... and some good ideas, but no thanks.
Sargonnas: Old stuff is better than new. But it is still good.
Vidar: One of the most aggressive bands on the scene.
Demonica: I don't like it. Musically it's very poor. It's like million other bands...
Krisiun...
Whole band: This name hasn't come to mine ears.
Covenant...
Leka: A Thumb in Ass kind of show. Not good, makes BM a mockery.
Skred: I haven't heard that band so much I can give an opinion...
Sargonnas: Rip-off, they just collect money with famous names.
Vidar: Good music, but now they have lost best keyboard player in scene.
Demonica: Quite good music. Nice melodies and fabulous female vocals. I like.
Cannibal Corpse...
Leka & Vidar: Quite long career they've got, but I haven't listened so
much.
Skred: I'm going to see what kind of band they are on stage in next week.
Sargonnas: True fucking death metal, one of the best.
Demonica: I have heard that band so little, that I really can't say any opinion
about it. But I'm going to see that on stage, too.
Ok, here is some space for you to promote Myring! Tell the readers why they
should buy your demo when it's avalible!
For latest news concerning about the band, visit our site at:
http://www.students.tut.fi/~zacu/myring/index.htm
You shouldn't buy our Demotape because you probably wear Cradle Of Filth or
Dimmu Borgir t-shirt and adidas training pants! We do not want asswipes to
buy our demo or come to our gigs, do not bother. We play only for real
metalheads. If you have true metal spirit and some booze then order or
download our demo, turn your amplifiers bass and volume control to southeast,
press play and DIE!
Hail to every true metalhead in this world! Keep the flame burning forever!
Thank you for this interview. Let's end this in an original way by you asking
ME a question!
Thank you for this generous change. OK, here it comes. Have you ever
considered a suicide? How would you do that? And another... Why do you
publish a webzine? What are its advantages when you compare it to normal
'zine?
Thanks for this interview!
Whodan: Well, I have never considered suicide, even if this world is just
shit! Concerts and all kinds of Metal keeps me alive! Since I haven't thought
very much about suicide I haven't any ideas about how it will be. Why am I
doing a webmagazine... just because it's much cheaper than a real mag made of
paper. Besides no buys real magazines anymore, just a few but you lose to
much money and I can't afford it. Real magazines are always much better than
webmagazines! I look forward to your demo... Hail all in the band MYRING!
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