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| DIABOLICAL band @ Surabaya with Kieran James (Busuk Webzine), 6 December 2014 |
Our
interview with DIABOLICAL (Gresik Black Metal)
By:
Kieran James and Dimas Valerian
Interpretation
by: Dimas Valerian
Extra
Comments By: Dimas Valerian
Date:
6 December 2014 @ Surabaya
DIABOLICAL
is: Weaponized (vocals), Warplague (guitar), and Chamelord (drummer)
Kieran James (Busuk
Webzine): Please tell us the history of the band.
Weaponized (vocalist):
We were established in 2005. We were formed in the middle of a community called
Gresik Metal. This formation is not the original one. Many times we changed
formation. I am the only original member.
KJ: Have you got any EP
or album?
Vocalist: We will
release our EP this month [December 2014]. It is called Awaking Inferno. It includes six songs.
Dimas Valerian:
Definitely no ballad songs!
KJ: I think the vocal
is more like a DM vocal. What do you think?
Vocalist: Yes. The
voice character is like that. We never planned to make a voice character like
that. We just go with the flow. I know and I feel that the voice is not truly
BM. But this is the way of the band. Too many people say like you say that the
vocal a like a crazy man. A long time ago some indie magazine from Malaysia
told me that my vocal is more like KREATOR.
KJ: The voice is not
too weak in the recording. It sounds loud and strong.
[KJ note: The vocal of
this band sounds like a mad king who has been locked in an upper room in his castle
and is moaning to be released!]
KJ: What are the
influences for the band?
Vocalist: The main
influence is MARDUK. The other influences are KREATOR, SARCOFAGO, and
SEPULTURA.
KJ: VENOM? I can hear
some vocal influence.
Vocalist: Yes, VENOM.
We also want to incorporate some thrash-style and punk-style and combine it
into Black Metal. In the future we might make a song without the fast tempo.
KJ: Dimas and I heard the
new BLASPHEMER EP which had some effective slow Heavy Metal songs.
Vocalist: No, not like
that.
Vocalist: For me we are
not choosing BM but BM choose us.
WARPLAGUE (guitarist):
We know BM first of all and we continue to choose BM up until now. In the deep
of our hearts we say Power Metal. This is the truth, not joke.
CHAMELORD (drummer):
Because BM music is challenging. The speed is really fast and there are many
strokes – such as single-kick and double-kick. There is a combination of speed
and technique.
KJ: What are the lyrics
about?
Vocalist: Blasphemy,
destruction, hate, and the real-life.
KJ: Can you give me
your comment on each band, first WARKVLT from Bandung?
Vocalist: In the BM
scene WARKVLT is not an old band. The personnel are old men in the skin but the
band is a new band. WARKVLT album has character but they mature in their
material.
KJ: BLASPHEMER from
Surabaya?
Vocalist: In Surabaya
BM scene BLASPHEMER is one of the oldest bands but up until right now we have
not heard the material. We cannot say much more about the music. One time I
played on the same stage and I heard the single of BLASPHEMER. I think it is
similar to MARDUK.
KJ: SEREIGNOS from
Kediri?
Vocalist: It is similar
to BLASPHEMER. It is one of the oldest bands in Kediri. They are the first BM
band in Kediri. The combinations with the oldest members and the newest members
are different. The new combination sounds like Black / Death Metal and the
lyrical themes are about warriors, genocide, war, and slaughter.
Dimas Valerian: In my
opinion in East Java the BM scene is going down and down. If this is true, why
is this?
Vocalist: If we look at
the albums and songs from the BM bands they still exist. In Gresik four BM
bands will release a CD – DIABOLICAL, EMPTYS, TRIUMPHATOR, and GRIM INFERNUS.
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| Dimas Valerian and Verrel Valerian |
Dimas Valerian: Look
for the regeneration of BM bands. It is getting slow to find new bands with
young people to play in BM. Is that true? Why?
Vocalist: I think
because in the 1990s era, especially in East Java, young people think that
metal-music is BM. That is the golden era of BM in East Java when the
regeneration was very fast. Nowadays that is changed and the trend has changed.
Now BM is no more a trend as it was in the 1990s. This may be the main reason.
Dimas Valerian: What is
the way to have the golden era back?
Vocalist: The bands
like DIABOLICAL must be consistent. They can be examples for the young
generation who want to ply BM for the first time.
KJ: What is your
comment about the bands which sacrifice the animals on the stage?
Vocalist: We are
getting upset with the question like this because it is always asked by many
people. It depends on the individual bands. They have to take on the
responsibility. I’m getting tired to tell the bands not to do that. If someone
asks me about that I will say it is their responsibility. The important thing
is that DIABOLICAL do not do that. I am an animal-lover too. I do not do animal
sacrifices literally but many times I do the drunken ritual. It is much better
than animal sacrifices [laughs]. The other bands might have but we have our own
drunken ritual...but not onstage, just before and after.
KJ: What are your
future plans?
Vocalist: We will
release an album. Before the album we will release a split album. We are still
looking about for a split release. We are still looking for a band for a split
release. After that we will release our own album.
KJ: Do you want to have
a bass player or you don’t want?
Vocalist: Right now we
have one already but he is not an official member.
KJ: There is a
depressive BM band in Australia called CROWNED which has two guitarists and no
bass player permanently.
Vocalist: DIABOLICAL
will not play depressive Black Metal [with no bass player]. We always use a bass
player. However, now our bass player is not an official member. We still search
for a bass player with full commitment to the band.
KJ: What is your
message for your supporters?
Vocalist: Stay on the
track, stay committed to the music. We hope that Busuk Webzine can become the
media which will be read by the younger generation that can learn to play BM.
Facebook page: Guns Sastrowardoyo.
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