Answered Klas Morberg.
Translated by Markéta, thank you!
Ave DESULTORY! I have
to admit that your new album “Through Aching Aeons” absolutely
crushed me. It has everything what death metal should have. How are
reactions from fans and critics? What about reviews? Are you
satisfied with your work?
Thanx a lot, it seems that
the album are getting great reviews almost everywhere both from fans
and from critics, and that of course feels great as we worked really
hard with the material on this album and since this will be the last
album from Desultory it feels good to end it with an high standard
album.
The first thing which
caught my attention is the great cover b Pierre-Alain D. Why did you
chose him and how did you chose the cover? What the cover is supposed
to represent. I still look on it and it makes me thing but I cannot
figure out what is on the cover. Some kind of a monster? I like the
cover so much, it just draws my attention.
Yes, we found this artwork
by Pierre-Alain and we felt instantly that it would fit the album
perfectly, it is a somewhat dark and dystopic feeling to the picture,
we really like it.
Who is the author of
the lyrics for “Through Aching Aeons” and what are the lyrics
about? Where do you find inspiration for your topics?
I (Klas) wrote all the
lyrics for this album, it deals with all stuff that goes on around us
both personally and in the world around, the lyrics are often quite
abstract and the listener can interpret himself what the lyrics mean
for him/her.
The new album has a
really dark, sharp sound. Who did the sound and where did you
recorded the new album? I would like to know how do you compose new
material for your albums, how is the process going? How DESULTORY
compose? Who has the last word and who says “this is it, this is
how the song will go”.
It was recorded with Tore
Stierna in his Necromorbus studio in Stockholm, he was very involved
in the outcome of the sound which is a bit more organic and heavy
this time I think
The writing process is usually that Håkan has
done some guitar ideas and brings it to the rehearsal room where the
rest of the band helps with arrangement, Thomas creates his drum
parts, I do the vocal arrangement and Jojje the Bass, it is quite a
democratic process and we usually agree in the end
I like the darkness of
your work. It feels like I am outside in the forest in the night,
somewhere in Sweden. Are you somehow influenced by your environment?
Does the country where are you from shows somehow in your songs?
Not really, maybe
subconsciously but we do not find inspiration by walking in the
forests like some other bands seems to do.
I have to say that I
have your complete discography. I listened to your band when you
released your first demo cassette “From Beyond” in 1990. I even
have the old cassette in my home now but they are in terrible shapes.
Have you considered releasing your demo records again?
Wow, that is really
amazing, its always so cool to hear from people that been with us
since the really early days. We actually re-mastered and released all
our demos and put them on the re-issues of Into Eternity and
Bitterness in 2011 released by Pulverised records.
You are like veterans
now. When you compare your beginnings with today, do you think the
time has changed? I mean the attitude of fans, labels, organizations
and so on? I often hear that “it is not how it used to be”. What
do you think?
Yes we have been around
now for almost 28 years so a lot of things have of course changed.
The underground scene in the years between 88-93 was of course
amazing with all tape-trading and so on, it took a lot of dedication
from the people in the scene to write letters, trade tapes, do zines
etc and of course all that is easier now with internet which didn’t
exist at that time.
Nowadays, many people
download music online and they only use its digital form. How do you
feel about this issue? I would like to know your opinion as a
musician.
It is of course easier now
to find new bands and so on but I also think that maybe back then the
dedication was a bit higher it was not so easy to find out what was
good and to get what you wanted to listen to, but of course, ordinary
metal is huge and continues to grow, so I think its good with the
online streaming, but I don’t think the kids now get the same
feeling like I did when I was waiting for Piece of Mind, Justice for
All, Reign in Blood, Altars of Madness or Leprosy to be released…then
go directly to the record store and buy the vinyl, go home really
excited and listen to it 50 times in a row, read all the lyrics etc…
Are there any albums
which have caught your attention recently?
I have not really
listened to Neurosis before, but now I have started to check them out
and its heavy as fuck!
Do you know and listen
any Czech bands?
I know about Krabathor of
course but not really anyone else unfortunately.
Thank you so much for
the interview and I wish you a lot of sold out albums, hundreds of
crazy fans and tons of great ideas.
Desultory will stop to
exist as a band with this album, we will not do anymore albums or
play live anymore. This is it, thanx a lot for being with us all
these years, it was awesome…Goodbye!
