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Interview with Rober of
Banished From Inferno
April 2009 by Dave Schalek |
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Banished From Inferno (ex-Berenice Bleeding)
started some time ago by three old time friends from Spain and
Sweden: Rober (Machetazo), Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Ribspreader,
Demiurg, Edge Of Sanity...) and Phlegeton (Wormed, Godüs, Human
Mincer...), with the only aim of playing some evil beerfucked old
school Death Metal influenced by Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Obituary,
Darkthrone and old shit like that.
How did you guys come together to form Banished From Inferno?
The band formed back in 2002 after I asked Phlegeton (Wormed, Godüs,
Human Mincer, and Unsane Crisis) to join a new side project band
that I was working on called Berenice Bleeding. In those days the
band sound was more into some raw and filthy black metal shit, and
we never recorded the tracks for the first demo, ‘cause shortly
after we both got really busy with our duties on Machetazo and
Wormed respectively, so we putted the project band on hiatus
indefinitely. Some years later we met again at a death metal fest in
Portugal, and boozed and stoned to death we had a long talk about
this project, so we decided it was time to take it seriously, the
alcohol-induced euphoria, you know… and so we did it, but in a more
classic death metal way, some crusty and blackened metal crap. Then
I talked to Rogga about the vocal duties just before getting started
with the Paganizer + Machetazo tour in December ’06, he accepted
without hesitating… and voilà! Then Banished From Inferno was formed
and spat out of hell…
Are the band members’ various other projects
on hold to concentrate upon Banished From Inferno? Can we get an
update on the upcoming full-length (according to your MySpace
information)?
Not really. All of us have our respective full time working band.
Rogga is the man behind Paganizer, Ribspreader, Demiurg, Carve,
Those Who Bring The Torture… and lots more. Phlege is vocalist in
Human Mincer, as well as drummer/vocalist in Wormed, Godüs and
Unsane Crisis. About me, apart from Banished From Inferno I just
play in Machetazo and some local garage band simply for having fun
with my long time friends. I never liked playing in many bands or
side projects. Personally, I got enough with BFI and Machetazo.
Maybe Rogga and Phlege really feel forced to fully concentrate from
time to time in some specific band/project than in any other, I
think it’s understandable due to their huge number of side projects,
studio bands, live acts… but that’s not for me. About the upcoming
full length album, all the stuff, music and lyrics are almost
finished, so we expect to enter the studio by the end of summer. We
want to send the stuff to Dan Swanö for mixing/mastering not later
than mid autumn, so Ibex Moon could put out the album at the
beginning of next year if everything is going right.
Will Banished From Inferno tour to support the
album? If so, any plans to reach the U.S.?
That’s what we really want! Yeah, we got some offers for touring the
U.S. and Europe next year. I really hope it happens!! But at this
point in time that’s fucken unreachable for us with only a 23 minute
long MCD released. That’s not enough stuff for getting on the road
right now or for touring as openers. So we have to wait until the
full album is out. But you can be sure touring U.S. or Europe next
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How
did you guys end up on Ibex Moon Records?
I’ve known John and Jill for years, I had the pleasure of meeting
with them when I was touring the eastern coast of USA with Machetazo
some time ago, and got in touch with them for the first time many
years ago. So from the very beginning of the band I always intended
sending our promo to them. After listening to our stuff they came to
us with a cool offer, so just after some negotiations we went ahead
with Ibex Moon Records, and things are going pretty well with them,
they really know how to support their bands. I must say that there
were in fact some other cool labels interested on us firstly, and
we’ll always be really grateful to them for their respect and
support, they know who they are…
Great cover of “Into The Crypts of Rays”. How
did you decide upon its inclusion, and why is it sort of hidden at
the end of “The Solemn Bleakness”?
Thanks. Well, the idea of doing this cover came up by chance. I had
played it many times with Machetazo at rehearsals for warming up, so
finally I talked to Rogga and Phlege about doing it for the Banished
From Inferno debut EP but much faster and heavier than the original.
The song was included as a hidden bonus track at the end just
because we didn’t want it to get too much attention, as it’s a
cliché cover song too much hackneyed and “worn out”, you know… we
simply recorded it for fun, and yeah, we got plenty satisfied with
the final result.
Are you satisfied with the reaction to the EP
from the fans and press thus far?
Well, actually I don’t pay too much attention to reviews, so I can’t
say how is going that “reaction” from the people. For the time
being, I’ve just heard some good impressions about our debut EP, so
I suppose that’s a good thing, what the hell… Anyway, we are far
from being inventors of any death metal style in the old school
metal way, that’s for sure.Thanks for your
time.
Thanks a lot for the support. Cheers!
www.banishedfrominferno.com
www.myspace.com/banishedfrominferno |
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