1)
When was BESTIAL INVASION formed, and which were the
founders interests?
Unknown Nastya: Our band is so young so far, it was founded (can
I say like that hahJ) last
spring. Under some circumstances our bass player, Metal Priest, moved to my
city after leaving his previous band.
And we had this idea about creating a band together, creative tandem
kinda. We invited some friends to come around and jam and see where it will go
and it turned out very well, so we decided to create BI coz other guys were
sick of their bands. These were people, who had an such experience, all except
for me hah. We’re all satisfied with what we have now, so everything turned out
amazing. Speaking of interests, well, the interest is the only one as always, -
play and enjoy the process! And to share our music with other people for sure.
2)
Where are each one of the
members from?
UN: We are all from Sumy, except
for Metal Priest, he was born in Zutomyr, but hopefuly now he lives here with
us.
3)
How
do you define your sound, and what are the lyrics about?
UN: Initially the band was conceived as a classic
thrash metal band, but soon embarked on a more difficult and technical music.
We define our sound as Atheist, Dark Angel, Destruction, Watchtower mix I love
our lyrics, I write it with my heart open. The inspiration comes from both my
own experience and perception of the world, literature, art, history. Each song
tells a different story. Silent Wonders, for example, is a reflection of
the character’s inner worldview, scraps of questions and anguish, uncertainty
of being. The main topics are intelligence, loneliness, self-improvement etc.
4)
Who’s
the principal composer in BESTIAL INVASION?
UN: Every member of the band takes part in it,
Metal Priest brings the parts of the song and we are finishing them all
together, it’s a collective work.
5)
How’s
a BESTIAL INVASION’s gig, and where did you have the opportunity to play till
now?
UN: We decided not to play live until we are
totally ready with the album. We simply don’t want to be one more nameless band
without recordings. Still we’ve got couple of big festivals coming soon and we
are looking forward!
6)
Nastya:
Here in Argentina, mostly of Heavy Metal musicians have others jobs because
they can’t make enough money with music. How is it in Ukraine and all Eastern
Europe?
UN: All our metal musicians have other jobs, now it
seems impossible to make money just playing. Unfortunately its not 80s anymore,
time there everything was so easy or at least real to get. Magnificent bands
from 80s now don’t even have money to release new albums, and you are asking
about local. Yeah, sure. Music industry slowly dying, we don’t have such
listeners as we used to, so it’s impossible to earn doing what you want. In
fact, you should have money to create a band, coz you will spend on it a lot,
and mostly it won’t be covered. Sad but true.
7)
Please,
tell us something about the Metal scene of your native city.
UN: Here I’m speechless. Really, I can say nothing at all. Our city is just too
small, provincial. Even in 21th century people look odd at you, you know all that
dirty looks on your tattoos, long hair and stuff. Thats why we actually dont
even have metal scene at all, not to mention some local “bands” but they are
not worth saying, really.
8)
And
what about Ukraine? What can you tell us about Ukranian Extreme Metal?
UN: Talking about Ukraine, we’ve got a lot of damn
good BM bands, which are popular worldwide. Nocturnal Mortum, Drudh, Lucifugum
etc. I’m proud that they are from my country. When I’m on Instagram or smth and
I see pictures of NM and others in people’s accounts all over the world my
heart is filled with joy. These were bands from 90s. Nowadays thrash metal is
so popular so we’ve got plenty of bands trying to play thrash. Some of them are
actually able to do it, some of them don’t. But there are a lot a lot of them
anyway.
9)
Who are your favourite singer,
female and male? And which are your principal influences?
UN: I’m so in love with the conjunction
of brutal, powerful voice with more melidoc one. I rather listen to intresting vocal, with
variery of sounds, not a big fan of Mille Petrozza kinda vocal. For me the
really best are Peter Steele (TON, Carnivore), this bastard had magical voice.
In all senses, Tommy from Celtic Frost/Hellhammer, very diverse, John Connelly
from Nuclear Assault, Quorthon, but not on the early Bathory albums for sure, I
also adore Jeff Becerra from Possessed, talanted Kenn Nardi from Anacrusis, Russ
Anderson from Forbidden, God, wish I could sing like him, Scott Jeffreys from
Confessor, I just cant reach that, seriously, his vocal lines damn, jim-jams
always and Jonas Renkse coz early
Katatonia is just smth. Speaking of females, well, Dawn Crosby is good.
10)
Please,
tell us some few words about political situation in Eastern Europe.
UN: Well, its pretty mush suck. As you probably
know, now it is a war in Ukraine, the economy is ruined, people are actually
dying every single day. Thanks to our “beloved” neighbor Russia life of
millions of Ukrainians is a disaster. That is so sad that because of couple of
politicians ordinary citizens are suffering. I have a lot of friends there,
they are all good people, but I cant forgive this country for what it’s
government cased here. I don’t want to speak much about it, you can read it in
any newspaper, all I want is our country to be free again.
11)
Did
you hear about any South American (or Argentine’s) band?
UN: I’m a huge fan of those! Your scene is so
impressive, very brutal and furious. My personal favorite is Sarcofago,
actually, now I’m wearing long sleeve RottenJ This is definitely my top band. For
sure, big fan of Holocausto, Chakal, Vulcano and first 2 albums of Sepultura.
12)
Which
are BESTIAL INVASION’s plans for this 2015?
UN: We are planning to record our first album,
we’re so excited about the whole thing and we are really enjoying the process,
it’s gonna be incredible! Also, we have some gigs coming up, festivals and
stuff. We are working really hard now, you know, it’s not easy to start the
band from nothing, but we hope that our plans will come true.
13)
And
which are your personal dreams about your future in music?
UN: Well, our biggest dream is to play and enjoy
every moment of it, of course we would wanna see the world during tours, share
stage with our metal gods, but, let’s be honest, the probability very small.
But still, we hope for best!
14)
Nastya: Thanks a lot for your
time and your answers. Please, do you want to add anything more?
UN: Sure, I wanna thank you for your interest in
our band, I really appreciate it, every and each of you deserves a big hug.
Hope for the best and look only forward! XOXO
Interview by Javier Parente, for OXIDO.
Answered: Unknown Nastya, of BESTIAL INVASION.
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