The band started in 2018, however all of you seem to be pretty matured guys, so how many bands have you all been in over the years?
We used to play in a lot of underground death and black metal bands where we mostly played festivals and small club shows. Nothing special. Metal archive knows it all…
What are some challenges you've faced during your career and were there certain artists that influenced you in your musical upbringing?
Like with every band it’s always a challenge to find skilled and reliable musicians that goes well with your musical taste and ambition. It‘s not that easy. The other challenge is to find a proper promoter who organizes shows. Same problems like everyone...
Although everybody in Necroblasphemy has a little different taste the common denominator is old school death metal, like Morbid Angel, Death, Immolation, Incantation, Massacra and so on.
The artwork for “Necroblasphemic Rites” is beautiful. What is the concept behind it, and does it link to the story within the lyrics?
Thanks! The artwork was created, also our logo and artwork for the „Crypt“ demo, by our very good friend from „Misanthropic Art“ http://www.misanthropic-art.com/
I think the covers match up quite well the stage we were at that time. Crypt was a lot more caveman. We started to find our sound whereas Rites is expanding which is also reflected in the cover arts.
When you sit down together and rehearse, does it go smooth or and you do full songs or do you really have to insist on certain parts all the time?
We play our setlist, repeat the newer ones and that‘s it. Sometimes the trickier parts need a few more times but normaly we have smooth rehersals as everybody learns their stuff at home.
Is every member of Necroblasphemy involved in the composition of your album and general artistic choices? Can you tell us a bit more about your own creative process?
It starts with Jeff (guitars) creating the guitar work at home and send the tracks to everyone for practicing. Drums and bass come next and the vocals only at a later stage when the song is finished.
How do you feel that this more evolved sound and production, versus the rawer sound of the previous demo “Crypt”?
Both demos were recorded in our rehearsal room. „Crypt“ was mixed by Jeff who’s great at writing songs but not the mixing mastermind. Haha… but seriously, he did an excellent job here.The second one was mixed by a friend of Jeff who’s uber talented. For our new album which is currently in the work he will also do the mixing and probably the mastering.
Talking about live-shows, how has the reception been for your music so far? Have there been any standout moments or memorable experiences you'd like to share?
It was well perceived… We all love playing live and one of our goal is to finalize our first album and do some more touring. So far we only had one concert in Czech Republic which was really killer. The people, the atmosphere, the beer… special moment!
As a band, what do you hope listeners take away from your music? What emotions or connections do you aim to evoke through your songs?
I guess our aim is to keep things simple and provide a good time. We’re not looking for fame or to impress people. There are a lot of bands out there who are anyhow much better at this. When coming to a Necroblasphemy show you can expect handbanging, relentless blasting, great guitar melodies and a few beers with the band afterwards.
The themes in your music, such as Fear, Blood and Blasphemy are quite intense. What draws you to explore these topics and how do they manifest in your lyrics and sound?
Listening to death metal since the early 90s has set the tone early on. But Patrick (vocals/bass) is also a big fan on horror in general. I guess this is for most metal fans the same.
Your next show is a festival in Bucharest “Psychosounds Fest” with some mighty bands. Can you give us a sneak peek into what you can expect from this upcoming gig?
The romanian crowd is always crazy. Such great people. We can‘t wait to play and show what we got to a bigger audience. We’re hungry… we’re not the type of guys who do gigs 250 times a year. For us every concert is super special which lays in the nature of it when you just do a few per year.
The death metal genre has been quite solid and consistent since the last three decades. How do you see the future of the genre going in the future?
As long as you have fucked up people who wants to unleash their hate, the future looks quite bright, I guess. Haha. But there is a lot of interesting stuff going on currently… new songs from Embodied Torment, Fossilization… damn, they deliver evil shit. With death metal in general I have the impression that you always have 2 camps. The ones open for new stuff, the other one who doesn’t want to hear anything else like the early and late 90s. We can relate to both and I think people of
both camps can have fun with us. We have very traditional stuff in our musick, but we also don’t want to limit us just because of people’s opinions.
How would you define your relationship to local bands and promoters and, more widely, the German death metal scene in general? What would you like to see emerging in this microcosm?
Of course you have German institutions that are vital, like Defeated Sanity, Disbelief or Morgoth. But the local death metal scene is the heart for us. Although we see that it’s more and more coming down to political stuff. Is it ok to play with this band, is it ok to play with that band… that kind of stuff. It’s not that we don’t care but everybody has opinions you’re not ok with. As long as it’s not limiting human rights we should look at it what it is… just rough music.
The underground can be quite hostile at times, but in exchange you can be sure you’ll have a loyal fanbase. At least, that’s how I perceive it. What´s your thoughs?
We can’t see the underground being hostile. Of course, you have always idiots running around trying to tell what you should do or not but come on… fuck the kids.
How do you balance your personal lives and commitments with the demands of being in a band?
That‘s not easy but as we only rehearse every 4-6 weeks, it’s still ok. And we also don‘t have too many shows. So, if you do your homework nicely and practice on your own its manageable.
Tell us a few things about the New Underground Metal Scene in Saarland, Germany (Bands, Fanzines, Webzines, Metal Clubs etc.)
There’s not really much. When you live in Saarland, listening to Death Metal, you won’t have many friends. Haha. Whereas in Luxemboug the Metal scene is quite big and right around the corner. But yes, it’s not like Bavaria where everybody is breathing Death Metal from the myths of Necrophagist, for example.
We have reached the end of our conversation, is there something that you want to say still?
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Patrick, Jeff & Daniel
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