Hello! And thanks for accepting my request. Can you tell us a little
bit about your band for the readers which are not familiar with your music?
Perversifier : Merrimack is a Black Metal which
has been existing since 1994. You can guess how many thousands of times I’ve
been asked this question. I think that nowadays, every body can find this
information easily by making a simple internet research.
In April you will come to Romania, I think it is for the first time
(if I am not wrong). What expectations do you have?
P. : It’s not the first time we’re going to
Romania. We have played in Timisoara in 2003 with Krieg, Negura Bunget, and
Vokodlok. It’s a great memory, the room was totally packed, I think there were
at least 400 people. On the best dates of this small east-european tour. This is
why we wanted to return to Romania, even though 14 years later, things must
have been changed quite a lot. I remember, when walking the streets of
Timisoara back then, everybody was stopping us in the street, asking if we were
bands playing a gig, people were not used to see a herd of 20 metalheads
walking the street. It looked like they almost never saw foreign bands.
What is the main thing behind Merrimack, both in inspiration and
desire to make music?
P. : Merrimack is the medium to express our
ideological, philosophical, metaphysical and religious views. It’s the outlet
of the frustration of this existence, living among brainwashed people, and the
channel to our real nature expression. Inspiration comes from strictly
everything, everywhere. Our daily life, our readings, our interactions with
this world.
I will ask you a question that I ask many other band members as
well..what are you listening to nowadays and what is your opinion towards
modern black metal?
P. : To be honest, I don’t listen that much to
modern Black Metal. Every year, there are few releases here and there that are
worth a listen, but most of was is proposed is boring, useless, and futile. I
listen to many different kings of music, which happen to be sometimes much
darker than Black Metal.
Are you planning to record a new album now that you signed with Season
of Mist?
P. : We have just finished recording the new
album. The master has been sent to the label, and it will be released in June.
I can’t reveal too much details right now. All I can say, is that we tried to
make an album closer to the sources of the 90es Black Metal. Less complex
structures, epic riffs, with a cold sound with a soul. It still sounds a lot
like Merrimack, but it’s probably easier to digest than the previous release.
It contains 7 tracks for a totally time of 43 minutes.
Big thanks for your time and for the interview and I wish you many
years of quality music from now on. Anything to add in the end for your
Romanian fans?
Thanks for the interview, and see you in Cluj
Napoca in April.
Interview by Miruna Vitriol
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