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1.
Hi, first off I just want to congratulate you on your new album. To
new fans could your please fill us in on the history behind it all?
Oli
- Thank you. Well, the whole M.D.H. thing started in the early
90's. Jörg's idea was it to found a band playing Death-Metal in the
vein of the old Celtic Frost,
Bolt Thrower or Massacre. At the end of 1998,
Jörg (g) recorded the first Demo-Tape called "Blood Pounding
Black" with René Pfeiffer (v/b). 1999
the line-up was completed by Klaus Sperling (d), and me (Oli
Grosshans) (g).
In October 2000 we
recorded our first CD entitled "Massive Brutality". René
decided to quit the band due to an heavy tinitus disease after our
first show. But only a few weeks
later, MY DARKEST HATE were able to come up with two new musicians: Chris
Simper on vocals and Oliver Schort on bass. After
the release of "Massive Brutality", we got offers from
several record companies. And
finally decided to sign to Massacre Records. In
summer 2002, we entered the studio again to record the follow-up
album "To Whom It May Concern". We
played lots of single shows and a few festival gigs. After that we
started writing songs for the third
Album, which we finally recorded in February 2004. That's it so
far.
2.
How has your new album been received by the media?
Oli
- 'Til now, we got mostly positive feedback concerning our new
record. But as always, some do & some don't like it...we don't
care anyway.
3.
I know artists are not happy to categorize their music, but how
would you
describe your music to an outsider?
Oli
- I would say, that we're playin' oldschool-Death-Metal. Kind of
a mixture between Celtic Frost, Bolt Thrower, Six Feet Under &
Massacre, maybe (as you can see above..question 1. ...)??
4.
Where does your inspiration come from, both musically and lyrically?
Oli
- The lyrical side comes outa Jörg's sick mind, don't ask me
what inspired him, I don't know... Also most of the songs were
mostly written by him, expept a few ones are from me. For me in
person, I have no typical way or pool of inspiration to write songs.
I just play and figure it out if I like the riff or melodyline
whatever, just what comes in mind....
5.
What topics do you deal with in your lyrics and why?
Oli
- That's a question only Jörg can answer, cause he writes all
the lyrics. But I think when
you read them you'll find it out by yourself...
6.
Who has produced and mixed the album, and are you pleased with the
end result?
Oli
- Of course we're
pleased with the result! Achim Köhler has done a really good job
for the third time on the new album! It's a totally relaxed thing to
work with him, for he knows exactly what we want to sound like.
7.
Who has done the artwork? And how important do you feel it is to
have a great cover?
Oli
- The cover was made by Travis Smith this time. In our opinion
the cover should stay in context to the music and/or the lyrics.
We're very sattisfied with the cover 'cause Travis really hits the
nerve with it.
8.
Do you have any touring plans?
Oli
- There are no confirmed touring planes to speak of at the
moment. We're gonna play loads of single shows arround Germany this
year. May be we do an European tour next year? We'll see....
9.
How do you feel about the co-operation with your label, and are you
satisfied?
Oli
- Let's say: they did what they must. I don't want to get into
more details.
10.
The internet is a very important source for many metal fans - how do
you use the internet and how important is it for you and other
bands?
Oli
- We think that the www is a very important platform to keep you
informed about things happening all over the whole (music)-world.
It's an much more faster way than the paper press. We spread news
about the band on our homepage - www.mydarkesthate.de.
11.
How do you see the metal scene at the moment?
Oli
- Well,
it seems that we have a smaller scene nowadays than back in the
eighties. But there are allways ups and downs, and there will be
allways people who support (death-)metal. The only thing I can't
stand is that more and more nazi-fuckheads infiltrate the scene, and
use it to do their propaganda. Metal was never ment to be a politic
platform.
12.
To finish things off - could you pls. make a all-time Top 5 or sort
of the 5 most important
albums in your opinion?
Oli
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-
Slayer - Reign
In Blood
-
Dismember
- Like An Ever Flowing Stream
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Bolt
Thrower
- War Master
-
Carcass
- Reek Of Putrefaction
-
Pungent
Stench - For God Your Soul ... For Me Your Flesh
Thanx
to Oli
for taking the time to answer my questions.
Also a big thanx to
Claus (Intromental) for setting up the interview.
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