Chaos Plague Interview 10-04-2013
1. Start off by introducing yourself and what is your role in your band?
Hi everyone! My name’s Matteo and I’m the
bass player and one of the composers of Chaos Plague, I also sing the
backing scream and growl vocals.
2. Where does the bands name Chaos Plague come from?
It’s a name inspired by a concept of
Nietzche’s philosophy: we see Chaos as a inner and unlimited force that
could destroy everything, it’s pure power and only the chosen ones can
bend it to create the condition to reach the upper state of existence:
the Ãœbermensch. We see this kind of force as the light of reason and
the intelligence, inner strength and moral rectitude, if you consider
these values, nowadays, it’s a kind of disease, that kills good people
in a sick society…so it’s a gift..but it’s also a Plague!
3. Tell me a little about the other members of the band? And do any of you play in other bands?
At the present moment we’ve lost 2 members
for personal reasons. Nevertheless Chaos Plague is still alive and well
and we’ve already started to search for new members and finish the
album. Me, Davide and Stefano are the centerpiece of this band, we’ve
established it and we keep on feeding it.We’re like brothers, we grew up
together in life and Music. Our Music starts from one of us, mostly
Davide or me, and everyone offers his contribution. They’re fine
musicians and good friends! We’ve always focus all our attention on this
project, we’ve many other things going on in our lives so it would be
very difficult to work decently for every band. We see our band as an
important passion and project, not only as a fun or relaxing activity.
4. Tell me a little about the releases you have and where they are available for purchase?
We’ve only released a demo and an EP. The
first one is a really old and rough work! It’s called “Virus” and
contains a bunch of old tracks, I think that it’s no longer available….I
don’t have any copies of that! The other one is called “Chaos Plague”
and it’s available and downloadable on our website www.chaosplague.it
or you can listen to it on our Facebook page. It’s a good work, that
made us proud of our music. But, obviously, we want to finish our first
real album with a lot of brand new material!
5. Are you a touring band or are
you a studio only band? If you are a touring band list some of your best
shows so far, or if you are a studio only band explain why that is?
Let’s define the concept of “touring
band”! Here in Italy it’s very difficult to bring Metal Music to the
people..if the Metal type is Death it’s a challenge…if we’re talking
about Prog Death well…it’s a disaster!! In our country there’s a lot of
interest in dance music and discotheques and when you offer live shows, a
lot of people want to see tribute and cover bands..sad but true! So we
have a few shows during the year. We remember with a lot of pleasure the
show at the Mozzate Metal Drone (An underground festival here in North
Italy) and the show with the Italian death metal legends Faust!!!
6. Do you have any amusing stories from when you recorded your album or when you where on the road?
Well…I can guarantee that if we have a
show…then…it will rain!!! We’ve done only 2 shows without a bad weather
conditions (fortunately the outdoor gigs!) even when we load the music
gear in the cars and the sky is perfeclty clear….when we start to unload
some raindrops fall!! Very funny!! Back on the serious side we could
talk about the incredible professionality of the members of Faust and
the fantastic night on which we shared the stage!!! I think we’ve a lot
of road to cover and many other stories to live!
7. Name some of the bands that
have influenced your playing style and then name some of the bands that
people think influenced you but didn’t?
Interesting question!! We’ve many personal
influences, of course, and our style is generated by all of them but
the main reference points are bands like Cynic, Obscura, Gordian Knot
and Pestilence. Many times we’ve read names like Nevermore on our
influences but I think this is the choice to include the clean vocals in
our style. Obviously we’re honoured for this association and we all
love Nevermore’s music but I don’t think that it is one of our first
influences.
8. What are some of your all time favorite albums?
Considering the historical period and the
taste of the audience I think that “Focus” is one of the most corageous
and groundbreaking album of all the time! Impressive and brilliant
fusion of Jazz and Death Metal…incredible and, 20 years later, still
current and fresh!! Second place for “Omnivium”, by Obscura! That’s one
of my favourite albums: great guitar riffing and, obviously, bass lines
that I call PERFECTION (THANKS JEROEN!!!) and great production! Another
LP I’ve literally, consumed is “Individual Thought Patterns” and that’s
the album that made me decide to go fretless albeit I don’t aim for
Steve DiGiorgio’s style, I’m more Malone and Thesseling-oriented.
Looking at our country I love the last two albums by Illogicist: “The
Insight Eye” and “The Unconsciousness of Living”, both of them are a
great Music and I hope that Chaos Plague will produce something as good
as Illogicist! Last but not least I like the first Necrophagist album a
lot, “Onset of Putrefaction”, that inspired my most violent parts! I
think that album is a real masterpice of technical Death Metal.
9. Name some of the all time worst or overated Metal albums in your opinion?
This is a difficult question, because
someone could answer the names just read before! In my personal opinion I
think that Avenged Sevenfold’s work is terrible and without any
soul…the entire band is immensely overrated. I think the same about
Periphery and many other bands coming from the new Djent Wave…most of
them are like a difficult division exercise…nothing more..
10. Let everyone know what the band has planned for the future.
We’re intensely determined to take the
band to the next level!! We’ve so much material for an album and the
intention is to record it as soon as we can! We were ready to record and
realize many projects when Francesco and Luca left the band, this is
only a little delay, not a stop! First of all we are going to find good
musicians to complete our lineup, then we’ll come back to the scene,
more powerful than ever!!!
IN DEATH WE TRUST!!!
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