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	<< back \| interviews/thornsbreed Thornsbreed 1. Greetings, Andre! How are you at the time? Hope you're fine and in good shape for a questionaire. I have never been in better shape for this. 2. Thornesbreed was founded in '97, but you succeded to release your first demo only 2 years later. Why is that? For long times we were just rehearsing and improving our skills. In these days, Thornesbreed was a bunch of 4 guys with different imaginations of what this band shall become. It just took this time, we never felt like we have to hurry up. 3. Thornesbreed is a strange name for a death metal band, although you're not quite a regular death metal band. Please tell us more about your band's name and about your musical style. Thornesbreed is a free creation of the word "thorns" and "breed". I guess everyone can deal with both terms. You are not the first one wondering about the context between name and music. Actually this context has never been relevant for one of us, and even now I'm wondering why some people say that it is not regular for a death metal band. On the other hand side I am wondering about WHAT is typical for a death metal band and what we are "pretending" to be, concerning to our band name. Anyway, I'm fed up of all those uniformed names and so have all others been when trying to find one. 4. What or who influenced you in taking that path when you started playing? Who were the ones to start the band? In the beginning back in 1997 there were Nick (g), Eric (b), Barth (dr) and me (g, voc), founding this band out of the remains of two other bands. You are asking who or what influenced us taking that path. I think the most important influences have been consisting of the will to play that kind of music ourselves and the pleasure we find in pointing out what is inside. 5. Until 2002 you had a lot of changes in what concerns the line-up. Are you (the ones who remained) such demanding persons or what's the reason behind all those changes? Nick and Eric have been fine colleagues and still they are. The differences we had about the musical way to be gone were too invincible. It was the best way for both "sides" to split up. Moses (b) and Stephan (g) replaced them but Moses was bothered by several personal problems embarrassing him doing his job in the band. Thus we played without a bass for about three years until I got in contact with Eva, who had been on several concerts of ours. She was very horny for the bass job, so she deceided to move to our hometown and join Thornesbreed. 6. The abovementioned year brought you a record deal with Animate Records. How did you get in touch with them and how did they helped you so far? Are you still signed with them or the deal was only for an album? They saw us playing on a quite fucked-up open air festival and contacted us. We have been negotiating on the terms for a deal then and decided to do it with them, signing a deal for one full length album. We are satisfied with their work. At the moment, we are negotiating on the terms for another deal. 7. Your debut album, "The Splendour Of The Repellent", was released two years ago now, but please present it to our readers who haven't had the chance to listen to it. Which things are suposed to make the public buy it? It is a piece of grim and blasting death metal with a reasonable few black metal elements. It is mostly settled in high-tempo spheres, but far from any grindcore rubbish. Grimness, anger, hatred and atmosphere are the premisses we had. 8. 2004 is marked only by the fact that you found a new bassist, Eva. Quite uncommon thing to have a girl playing bass in a death metal band... Where did you found her, or she found you? Is she confortable playing in such a brutal band? Indeed she is. The first contact we had took place via email when she ordered some demo stuff. We had a short talk - the result was that some days later she travelled about 200 km to participate at a rehearsal, and some weeks later she moved to us and was a member of Thornesbreed. We felt that she has the right attitude to what we do and what we are not willing to do and she had a huge motivation becoming our bass-bitch. It was sympathy from the beginning and we don't regret that we have been waiting for the "right" one for so long. 9. I saw that a lot of bands, after releasing a first album are releasing t-shirts/long-sleeves and other accesories too. Is that a business strategy only or it has some deeper ideas behind it? I don't know what others do think about that but sometimes it seems as if the "corporate identity" of certain bands was more important than the music they play. But that is a good-working marketing strategy. None could ever claim that selling CD's or music in any form has nothing to do with marketing, but I think that is a question of the standards. We have had 50 shirts for sale ;-) 10. Who writes your lyrics and what are they about? I saw some preety strange track names on your debut album... I am the wone who is to blame for the lyrics. These lyrics are written in a quite old style of English language, this may be the reason why you call them "pretty strange". The contact is quite metaphoric and encrypted by the language, because these lyrics deal with very personal views and experiences on creation, mankind, society and the inward, also the changing relationships between those issues. Due to the fact that these lyrics are a very personal thing, I do not want to become more concrete - my aim is to create a mood inside of those who listen to the stuff and maybe read the words. 11. What matters for you in Thornesbreed besides playing live and recording disks? What the things to push you continue doing the brutal music you're into? Playing live is essential, although it is not always the most satisfying experience. Recording disks is nothing but an occasion to spread the stuff further. What pushes us to continue is, as I think, that we are used to have that heavy kind of expression and do not realize it as that heavy thing - it is just the will to express something, thus we do it this way. 12. Ok, Andre, at the end of this interview I'll ask you some infos on what will happen in the near future with the band. Any chance to see the band playing a European tour or there's no support for such a thing yet? The next thing will be another full-length album. I hope we can release it in late summer/autumn, but that depends on the circumstances. Things like a European tour or something like that are not really relevant, as we are not willing to pay ourselves for playing music. I think it is a great disease that bands that want to come around playing their stuff have to pay for this. But who knows, maybe there will be an occasion to see some clubs abroad... 13. Thanks a lot for answering my questions and hope we'll talk again soon. All the best with your band! Thank you so far for this interview, I really appreciated answering your questions. All the best wishes for your zine and the maniacs down there in Romania

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1. Greetings, Andre! How are you at the time? Hope you're fine and in good shape for a questionaire.
I have never been in better shape for this.

2. Thornesbreed was founded in '97, but you succeded to release your first demo only 2 years later. Why is that?
For long times we were just rehearsing and improving our skills. In these days, Thornesbreed was a bunch of 4 guys with different imaginations of what this band shall become. It just took this time, we never felt like we have to hurry up.

3. Thornesbreed is a strange name for a death metal band, although you're not quite a regular death metal band. Please tell us more about your band's name and about your musical style.
Thornesbreed is a free creation of the word "thorns" and "breed". I guess everyone can deal with both terms. You are not the first one wondering about the context between name and music. Actually this context has never been relevant for one of us, and even now I'm wondering why some people say that it is not regular for a death metal band. On the other hand side I am wondering about WHAT is typical for a death metal band and what we are "pretending" to be, concerning to our band name. Anyway, I'm fed up of all those uniformed names and so have all others been when trying to find one.

4. What or who influenced you in taking that path when you started playing? Who were the ones to start the band?
In the beginning back in 1997 there were Nick (g), Eric (b), Barth (dr) and me (g, voc), founding this band out of the remains of two other bands. You are asking who or what influenced us taking that path. I think the most important influences have been consisting of the will to play that kind of music ourselves and the pleasure we find in pointing out what is inside.

5. Until 2002 you had a lot of changes in what concerns the line-up. Are you (the ones who remained) such demanding persons or what's the reason behind all those changes?
Nick and Eric have been fine colleagues and still they are. The differences we had about the musical way to be gone were too invincible. It was the best way for both "sides" to split up. Moses (b) and Stephan (g) replaced them but Moses was bothered by several personal problems embarrassing him doing his job in the band. Thus we played without a bass for about three years until I got in contact with Eva, who had been on several concerts of ours. She was very horny for the bass job, so she deceided to move to our hometown and join Thornesbreed.

6. The abovementioned year brought you a record deal with Animate Records. How did you get in touch with them and how did they helped you so far? Are you still signed with them or the deal was only for an album?
They saw us playing on a quite fucked-up open air festival and contacted us. We have been negotiating on the terms for a deal then and decided to do it with them, signing a deal for one full length album. We are satisfied with their work. At the moment, we are negotiating on the terms for another deal.

7. Your debut album, "The Splendour Of The Repellent", was released two years ago now, but please present it to our readers who haven't had the chance to listen to it. Which things are suposed to make the public buy it?
It is a piece of grim and blasting death metal with a reasonable few black metal elements. It is mostly settled in high-tempo spheres, but far from any grindcore rubbish. Grimness, anger, hatred and atmosphere are the premisses we had.

8. 2004 is marked only by the fact that you found a new bassist, Eva. Quite uncommon thing to have a girl playing bass in a death metal band... Where did you found her, or she found you? Is she confortable playing in such a brutal band?
Indeed she is. The first contact we had took place via email when she ordered some demo stuff. We had a short talk - the result was that some days later she travelled about 200 km to participate at a rehearsal, and some weeks later she moved to us and was a member of Thornesbreed. We felt that she has the right attitude to what we do and what we are not willing to do and she had a huge motivation becoming our bass-bitch. It was sympathy from the beginning and we don't regret that we have been waiting for the "right" one for so long.

9. I saw that a lot of bands, after releasing a first album are releasing t-shirts/long-sleeves and other accesories too. Is that a business strategy only or it has some deeper ideas behind it?
I don't know what others do think about that but sometimes it seems as if the "corporate identity" of certain bands was more important than the music they play. But that is a good-working marketing strategy. None could ever claim that selling CD's or music in any form has nothing to do with marketing, but I think that is a question of the standards. We have had 50 shirts for sale ;-)

10. Who writes your lyrics and what are they about? I saw some preety strange track names on your debut album...
I am the wone who is to blame for the lyrics. These lyrics are written in a quite old style of English language, this may be the reason why you call them "pretty strange". The contact is quite metaphoric and encrypted by the language, because these lyrics deal with very personal views and experiences on creation, mankind, society and the inward, also the changing relationships between those issues. Due to the fact that these lyrics are a very personal thing, I do not want to become more concrete - my aim is to create a mood inside of those who listen to the stuff and maybe read the words.

11. What matters for you in Thornesbreed besides playing live and recording disks? What the things to push you continue doing the brutal music you're into?
Playing live is essential, although it is not always the most satisfying experience. Recording disks is nothing but an occasion to spread the stuff further. What pushes us to continue is, as I think, that we are used to have that heavy kind of expression and do not realize it as that heavy thing - it is just the will to express something, thus we do it this way.

12. Ok, Andre, at the end of this interview I'll ask you some infos on what will happen in the near future with the band. Any chance to see the band playing a European tour or there's no support for such a thing yet?
The next thing will be another full-length album. I hope we can release it in late summer/autumn, but that depends on the circumstances. Things like a European tour or something like that are not really relevant, as we are not willing to pay ourselves for playing music. I think it is a great disease that bands that want to come around playing their stuff have to pay for this. But who knows, maybe there will be an occasion to see some clubs abroad...

13. Thanks a lot for answering my questions and hope we'll talk again soon. All the best with your band!
Thank you so far for this interview, I really appreciated answering your questions. All the best wishes for your zine and the maniacs down there in Romania