A few questions - interview with death metal band from Italy - CLAUSTRUM.
Answered Paolo (bass, lyrics), thank you!
Recenze/review - CLAUSTRUM - Claustrum (2023):
Ave, can you introduce your band to our readers? – When was it founded and what style of music do you play etc.?
Claustrum formed in 2020 during pandemic between Trieste and Gorizia (IT)
And are :
Pablo (vocals / guitar)
Paolo (bass, lyrics)
Stefano (drums)
We formed the band with the intention of playing dirty ,raw and filthy death metal nothing more nothing less.
Where and under what conditions were you recording the new album? Who was in charge of sound, production and mastering?
The album was Recorded at trackterminalstudio in Trieste by Francesco Bardy
And Mixed /mastered by Gabriele Gramaglia (Cosmic Putrefaction)
The Tracklist is :
1 Ecpirosi
2 Destined to Rot
3 Zombi Rats
4 Desire of Death (nuclear death)
5 Hopeless Despair
6 Awaiting Doom
7 Necroptosi
The Intro Ecpirosi is written by Morgan Bellini of Vanessa VanBasten
The Outro Necroptosi is by Morbid Philosopher, a friend of us.
How many copies were released and which medium was used for this new edition (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette)?
The Album has been Released on LP and CD by AvantGarde Music ( Milan), an historical italian label since 1994 and their death metal division Unorthodox Emanations, on the 9th of june 2023
A tape version will be also released by Night Terrors Records (Amsterdam Netherlands) and FilthJunkies Records (Praha Czech Republic)
Who is the author of the lyrics and how were they created and about what do the lyrics deal with?
The author of the lyrics is Paolo (me),also the bass player ,and they were created drinking lots of beers:) watching many horror movies and taking inspiration from sci -fi horror and autors like Poe and Lovecraft .
Songwriting and heavy riffing are from Pablo
Blast beat, hammer drumming are by Stefano .
Who created the logo of the band, and who took care of the graphics and the website? What about you and social networks? Do you consider these things important?
The Artwork is made by Davide Dartworks Mancini.
Back art and Inner sleeve are made by Martyrdoom illustration
Logo is by Tombtower
Which label did you choose for releasing your album and why this label? Are you satisfied by how your label represents you and takés care about you?
We decided for avant-garde label because after we sent them the first demo they immediately sent us an excellent offer we were unable to say no, we didn't immediately expect to be able to make a vinyl release and a cd with a label, we thought at first to make a demo for bandcamp or a self-produced cd, but avantgarde immediately offered to make the vinyl and the cd and so we accepted without thinking about it much and we are very satisfied and grateful.
Which bands do you idolise and where do you get your inspiration?
We have many favorite bands, we all listen to a lot of music, and of course we love genre classics like Bolt thrower Autopsy
Incantation, Death, Morbid Angel to name a few and we also like newer bands like Cerebral rot, Undergang, Tomb Mold, Vastum and many more, there is a band from the Czech republic that you surely know that we like a lot, Snet, their record is very powerful and their live shows are incredible!
Did you send your record to some Labels - which are the labels? How was the response?
W avant-garde!
How many gigs have you played? Which type of gigs do you prefer, whether it's (clubs or festivals) and which of your performances would you consider as the best?
,At the moment we haven't played live yet ,but we are organizing ourselves for the future, we all already have experience with our previous bands but Claustrum hasn't played live yet, but we can't wait to do it and some dates have already been set.
We don't have great preferences for live performances, of course playing at a big festival would be very nice, but we also like a small club or squat with the right atmosphere very much.
What about your plans for the future? What do you want to achieve with the band?
Our plans for the future are to promote the album and play it live, meet new people and other bands, make new friends, and write new music.
How and where can your fans contact you? Can you provide some contact information?
For our fans or whoever wants to..you can contact us via the usual instagram and facebook bandcamp channels or by email of course
Thanx for the interview.
Thanks Jakub for the interest and for this interview, we hope to meet you soon.
Maybe at one of our future concerts!
Paolo & Claustrum
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