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11-27-2006, 10:26 AM
Lille recently did an interview with Don't Entry Promotions. Check it out!
1. Hi Lille, cheers for doing this interview with us! Would you care to give us a short introduction to Defeated Sanity?
WHAT´S UP! DEFEATED SANITY IS A DEATH METAL BAND TRYING TO COMPOSE AND PERFORM THE MOST INTENSE, SICK AND BRUTAL TUNES POSSIBLE. THE LINE UP IS:
JENS STASCHEL - VOCALS
WOLFGANG TESKE - GUITARS
CHRISTIAN KUEHN - GUITARS
LILLE GRUBER - DRUMS
Jacob Schmidt (from Cerebric Turmoil) is doing session bass (WE NEED A FULLTIME BASSIST)
2. You guys have just finished recording your second full length album "Psalms of the Moribund". How do you feel about this album in relation to your debut album "Prelude to the tragedy", and what can we expect from it? I have the "Demo 2005" which I think features rougher versions of tracks that will be on the new album, and personally I think the new stuff slays!
THE NEW SONGS ARE MORE BRUTAL AND MORE GUTTURAL, WHILE KEEPING THE TECHNICAL SICKNESS WE HAD GOING ON ON PRELUDE...THE REST OF THE TRACKS WILL BE ALONG THE LINES OF THOSE FROM THE PROMO ´05. I THINK WE GREW AS SONGWRITERS AND YOU CAN HEAR THAT ON THE ALBUM.
3. Is there a release date for "Psalms..." yet? Do you have any more plans for touring after the album is released? Anywhere you guys want to re-visit, and want to go to but haven't had the chance yet?
THERE'S NO CONCRETE RELEASE DATE YET! IT SEEMS IT WILL BE RELEASED IN DECEMBER/JANUARY THOUGH! WE DEFINITELY WILL TOUR OUR ASSES OF FOR THIS ONE! THERE´S NO PLACE WE WOULDN´T WANT TO REVISIT.
4. Would you say that the lyrics are as important as the music in Defeated Sanity? Could you give us some insight into the lyrics? They seemed to be fairly cryptic on "Prelude to the tragedy"...
FOR ME PERSONALLY, LYRICS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. IF THE LYRICS ARE TOTAL SHIT, AND THE MUSIC IS FINE, SOMETHING IS WRONG. WE ARE PERFECTIONISTS, AND ALONE FOR THIS REASON, WE CAN´T ALLOW OURSELVES TO WRITE SHITTY LYRICS, CAUSE THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE MUSIC....
EVERY SONG SHOWS ANOTHER SICK ASPECT OF THE DEFEATED SANITY IN THIS WORLD! ON THE NEW RECORD THERE´S TWO SONGS WHICH ARE ABOUT THE SUBJECT CANNIBALISM, WHO FOLLOW EACH OTHER DIRECTLY. WE WRITE ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF INTERESTING!
5. Recently you guys parted ways with your bassist and vocalist, Tino Köhler and Marcus Keller. What happened regarding their departure? However with their departure you managed to bring in a second guitarist Christian Kühn and a new, and even more brutal vocalist - Jens Staschel. How is it going with the new members, and have you found a new bassist yet? If not - who played bass on the new album?
WE DECIDED TO PART WAYS WITH TINO AND KELLER, CAUSE WE FELT, THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS BAND TO BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IN THEIR LIVES, AS WELL AS MUSICAL DIFFERENCES.
WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING 15 SHOWS WITH THE NEW MEMBERS AND THE BAND KEEPS IT´S QUALITY SO NOONE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE NEW LINE-UP. WE STILL NEED TO GET A FULLTIME BASSIST CONFIRMED FOR DS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OFFERS (MOST CAME FROM THE STATES UNFORTUNATELY) AND NOONE BELIEVED IN PULLING IT OFF, CAUSE THIS SHIT IS HARD.
THE BASS TRACKS FOR PSALMS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY A VERY TALENTED YOUNG BASS PLAYER, WHO IS IN CEREBRIC TURMOIL FROM BERLIN. HE ALSO HELPS US WITH SHOWS WHENEVER HE CAN.
ANYWAYS, IF SOMEONE, PREFERABLY FROM EUROPE (HAHA), IS INTERESTED IN PLAYING BASS FOR US, CONTACT US OVER SURRENDER-SANITY@GMX.DE !
6. Defeated Sanity has been around for a long time now, since 1994 if I'm right? Why did it take you until 2004 to release a full length album?
WELL I WOULD SAY, THE TIME WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY FORMING WAS 1998/99 WHEN TINO, KELLY AND MUENZNER CAME IN THE BAND. BEFORE THAT WE WERE JUST EXPERIMENTING AND HAD TO WORK WITH SESSION MUSICIANS. ALSO OUR STYLE WAS DIFFERENT BACK THEN.
WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE TIME FOR GETTING THE PERFECT RESULT WHEN IT COMES TO SONGS, WHICH WAS THE REASON, WHY WE TOOK SO LONG FOR OUR FIRST RELEASE.
7. What bands have influenced Defeated Sanity? Also, have you discovered any newer bands recently that have particularly impressed you?
OUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES HAVE BEEN DISGORGE, GORGUTS, SUFFOCATION, DEVOURMENT BUT WE ALWAYS TOOK INFLUENCES FROM JAZZ, OTHER METAL, PROGRESSIVE, CLASSICAL....AS WELL.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, THE BANDS THAT HAVE IMPRESSED ME THE MOST LATELY WERE HEINOUS KILLINGS, SIKFUK, GORATORY AND GUTROT.
8. Thanks very much for taking the time out to do this interview. Is there anything you would like to add to finish?
THANX TO YOU DAN, FOR DOING THE INTIE. CHECK OUT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DEFEATEDSANITY AND WWW.DEFEATED-SANITY.COM FOR OUR TUNES AND PREPARE FOR THE BEST SHIT WE EVER RECORDED WITH "PSALMS OF THE MORIBUND".
If you'd like to see the full version, click here (http://www.darkelite.co.uk/dep/defeatedsanityinterview.html).
1. Hi Lille, cheers for doing this interview with us! Would you care to give us a short introduction to Defeated Sanity?
WHAT´S UP! DEFEATED SANITY IS A DEATH METAL BAND TRYING TO COMPOSE AND PERFORM THE MOST INTENSE, SICK AND BRUTAL TUNES POSSIBLE. THE LINE UP IS:
JENS STASCHEL - VOCALS
WOLFGANG TESKE - GUITARS
CHRISTIAN KUEHN - GUITARS
LILLE GRUBER - DRUMS
Jacob Schmidt (from Cerebric Turmoil) is doing session bass (WE NEED A FULLTIME BASSIST)
2. You guys have just finished recording your second full length album "Psalms of the Moribund". How do you feel about this album in relation to your debut album "Prelude to the tragedy", and what can we expect from it? I have the "Demo 2005" which I think features rougher versions of tracks that will be on the new album, and personally I think the new stuff slays!
THE NEW SONGS ARE MORE BRUTAL AND MORE GUTTURAL, WHILE KEEPING THE TECHNICAL SICKNESS WE HAD GOING ON ON PRELUDE...THE REST OF THE TRACKS WILL BE ALONG THE LINES OF THOSE FROM THE PROMO ´05. I THINK WE GREW AS SONGWRITERS AND YOU CAN HEAR THAT ON THE ALBUM.
3. Is there a release date for "Psalms..." yet? Do you have any more plans for touring after the album is released? Anywhere you guys want to re-visit, and want to go to but haven't had the chance yet?
THERE'S NO CONCRETE RELEASE DATE YET! IT SEEMS IT WILL BE RELEASED IN DECEMBER/JANUARY THOUGH! WE DEFINITELY WILL TOUR OUR ASSES OF FOR THIS ONE! THERE´S NO PLACE WE WOULDN´T WANT TO REVISIT.
4. Would you say that the lyrics are as important as the music in Defeated Sanity? Could you give us some insight into the lyrics? They seemed to be fairly cryptic on "Prelude to the tragedy"...
FOR ME PERSONALLY, LYRICS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. IF THE LYRICS ARE TOTAL SHIT, AND THE MUSIC IS FINE, SOMETHING IS WRONG. WE ARE PERFECTIONISTS, AND ALONE FOR THIS REASON, WE CAN´T ALLOW OURSELVES TO WRITE SHITTY LYRICS, CAUSE THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE MUSIC....
EVERY SONG SHOWS ANOTHER SICK ASPECT OF THE DEFEATED SANITY IN THIS WORLD! ON THE NEW RECORD THERE´S TWO SONGS WHICH ARE ABOUT THE SUBJECT CANNIBALISM, WHO FOLLOW EACH OTHER DIRECTLY. WE WRITE ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF INTERESTING!
5. Recently you guys parted ways with your bassist and vocalist, Tino Köhler and Marcus Keller. What happened regarding their departure? However with their departure you managed to bring in a second guitarist Christian Kühn and a new, and even more brutal vocalist - Jens Staschel. How is it going with the new members, and have you found a new bassist yet? If not - who played bass on the new album?
WE DECIDED TO PART WAYS WITH TINO AND KELLER, CAUSE WE FELT, THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS BAND TO BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IN THEIR LIVES, AS WELL AS MUSICAL DIFFERENCES.
WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING 15 SHOWS WITH THE NEW MEMBERS AND THE BAND KEEPS IT´S QUALITY SO NOONE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE NEW LINE-UP. WE STILL NEED TO GET A FULLTIME BASSIST CONFIRMED FOR DS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OFFERS (MOST CAME FROM THE STATES UNFORTUNATELY) AND NOONE BELIEVED IN PULLING IT OFF, CAUSE THIS SHIT IS HARD.
THE BASS TRACKS FOR PSALMS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY A VERY TALENTED YOUNG BASS PLAYER, WHO IS IN CEREBRIC TURMOIL FROM BERLIN. HE ALSO HELPS US WITH SHOWS WHENEVER HE CAN.
ANYWAYS, IF SOMEONE, PREFERABLY FROM EUROPE (HAHA), IS INTERESTED IN PLAYING BASS FOR US, CONTACT US OVER SURRENDER-SANITY@GMX.DE !
6. Defeated Sanity has been around for a long time now, since 1994 if I'm right? Why did it take you until 2004 to release a full length album?
WELL I WOULD SAY, THE TIME WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY FORMING WAS 1998/99 WHEN TINO, KELLY AND MUENZNER CAME IN THE BAND. BEFORE THAT WE WERE JUST EXPERIMENTING AND HAD TO WORK WITH SESSION MUSICIANS. ALSO OUR STYLE WAS DIFFERENT BACK THEN.
WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE TIME FOR GETTING THE PERFECT RESULT WHEN IT COMES TO SONGS, WHICH WAS THE REASON, WHY WE TOOK SO LONG FOR OUR FIRST RELEASE.
7. What bands have influenced Defeated Sanity? Also, have you discovered any newer bands recently that have particularly impressed you?
OUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES HAVE BEEN DISGORGE, GORGUTS, SUFFOCATION, DEVOURMENT BUT WE ALWAYS TOOK INFLUENCES FROM JAZZ, OTHER METAL, PROGRESSIVE, CLASSICAL....AS WELL.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, THE BANDS THAT HAVE IMPRESSED ME THE MOST LATELY WERE HEINOUS KILLINGS, SIKFUK, GORATORY AND GUTROT.
8. Thanks very much for taking the time out to do this interview. Is there anything you would like to add to finish?
THANX TO YOU DAN, FOR DOING THE INTIE. CHECK OUT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DEFEATEDSANITY AND WWW.DEFEATED-SANITY.COM FOR OUR TUNES AND PREPARE FOR THE BEST SHIT WE EVER RECORDED WITH "PSALMS OF THE MORIBUND".
If you'd like to see the full version, click here (http://www.darkelite.co.uk/dep/defeatedsanityinterview.html).