BATTLE webzine interview VARATHRON

1. Heils, Stefan!! A lot seems to have happened with Varathron since our last interview [back when "Lament Of Gods" was released], including label and line-up Changes, so, what's up at the moment in the Varathron camp?
WELL, AFTER THE �LAMENT OF GODS� RELEASE, WE WORKED ON OUR NEW MATERIALS. BUT THE PROBLEMS STROKE US! BILL WAS GOING FOR THE OBLIGATORY ARMY SERVICE AND PYRPHOROS LEFT THE BAND FOR PERSONAL PPROBLEMS! SO, I LEFT ALONE WITH SPYROS-WOLFEN, OUR DRUMMER. IN MY LIFE, I AM A GOOD FIGHTER �LIKE ON KICK BOXING. SO, I TRIED TO FIND A NEW MEMBERS HERE IN MY PLACE. THE SAME TIME, I MAKE THE VOCALS ON A LOCAL GROUP, CALLED �CHAOTIC SYMMETRY�. WE RELEASED A DEMO-CD, CALLED �DARKNESS�. THE GUITARIST OF THE BAND, ACHILLEAS, HE�S A GREAT FAN OF VARATHRON AND I ASK HIM IF HE WANTS TO BE A PART OF VARATHRON. THE ANSWER WAS �YES- AND HE ENJOY WITH ME! WE START SOME REHEARSALS WITH OUR DRUMMER SPYROS, BUT HE LOST THE �FLAME� FOR IT! HE ENJOY A ROCK/PUNK BAND WITH GREEK LYRICS AND HE LOST ALL THE BRUTAL-OBSCURE FEELING! SO, HE LEFT THE BAND AND WE FIND A NEW MEMBER, CALLED HARIS. THAT PERSON HE�S A GREAT TALENT ON DRUMS AND A GREAT FAN OF VARATHRON. SO, THE FIRST LINE-UP IS READY! ME, ACHILLEAS, HARIS AND BILL- OUR OLD SYNTH MAN- WHO HE�S RETURN TO BAND AFTER THE ARMY SERVICE. SO, THE ATTENTION OF BLACK LOTUS RECORDS WAS SO HUGE AND WE SIGNED FOR 3 ALBUMS! SO, AFTER SO MANY YEARS AND PROBLEMS THE RESULTS WAS SO GREAT AND THE �CROWSREIGN� WAS A TOTAL REALITY!!!!!!!!

2. What�s the influence of the new line-up during The recordings of "Crowsreign"? How was the relation With the new members in studio?
THE NEW MEMBERS ARE YOUNG MUSICIANS AND THEIR INFLUENCES COMING FROM THE NEW BLACK METAL AREA. ALSO, THE TRACKS ON �CROWSREIGN� WAS AN OLD TRACKS FROM THE DAYS OF �THE LAMENT OF GODS�. SO, WE PUT SOME �FRESH� ELEMENTS, WE CHANGE SOME PARTS AND THEN WE RECORDED THEM ON THE STUDIO. WE�RE SO UNITE TOGETHER, THEY GIVE ME A �FRESH� BLOOD AND THEY ARE SO GREAT MUSICIANS! THE RESULTS IS A GREAT PROOF!!

3. What has been the reception of "Crowsreign" so Far? Are you satisfied with the final result?
AS I TOLD YOU, I HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH OUR LINE-UP AND THE �CROWSREIGN� RELEASED AFTER 6 YEARS OF THE LAST ALBUM �THE LAMENT OF GODS�. WELL, YES, I�M SATISFIED WITH OUR ALBUM, IN GENERAL �LOOK�!! OF COURSE, I HAVE TO CHECK SOME �NEGATIVE� POINTS ON OUR RELEASE. THE BASS-SOUND MORE LOUDER THAN THE FINAL REMIX, THE SYNTH-SOUND MORE DARK AND NOT SO MUCH ON A FEW PARTS AND THE LAST, A TOTAL DIFFERENT COVER! THAT�S MY OPINION!!

4. What's the lyrical concept around this album?
THE TITLE OF ALBUM AND THE LYRICS HAS AN OCCULT MESSAGE. THE COMING OF EOSFOROS, THE DOMINION OF �CROW�- ONE OF THE FACES OF SATAN! THE UPCOMING REIGN OF OUR DARK LORD!!! BEWARE THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. What meaning there�s in "Crowsreign" cover art? How much of a connection do you feel it has to your lyrics?
AS I TOLD YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE COVER! YES, I DON�T LIKE. THE COVER DESIGNED BY SETH AND HAVE A LEG OF BIRD �WITH A SKIN LIKE A SERPENT- WITH AN EYE ON THE CENTRE. IT�S AN OBSCURE PAINT, BUT I LIKE SOMETHING MORE, SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE CONNECTION? I DON�T FIND ANY AT THE MOMENT!!!

6. What are the positive and the negative sides with Running a band from Greece?
BROTHER, SOMETIMES I THING THIS. IF VARATHRON BORN IN NORWAY OR SWEDEN WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BANDS ON EARTH. I DON�T HAVE ANY PROBLEM, BUT I SEE-ALL THESE YEARS WHO I �M ON UNDERGROUND SCENE- THE REALITY! ANY BAND FROM NORWAY OR SWEDEN HAVE A GREAT-GREAT ATTENTION AGAINST THE OTHERS, BESIDES THE ORIGINALITY AND THE PERSONALITY OF BAND! LOOK SO MANY �CLONES� WHO HAVE A GREATEST ATTENTION AROUND THE WORLD! ANYWAY, VARATHRON HAVE THEIR OWN ATTENTION, A GREAT RESPECT FROM OUR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD AND I WORSHIP IT!!!! YOU RULES!!!!!

7. What�s your favourite quotation? (writer, musician, etc.) Has any particular literature influenced your music would you say?
WELL, I LIKE TO READ BOOKS, TO WATCH MOVIES AND MORE. I LIKE E.A.POE, H.P.LOVECRAFT, A.CROWLEY, C.BARKER, A.MACHEN, L.DUNSANY, R.W.CHAMBERS, B.STOKER, W.BLAKE, C.KAVAFIS, F.W.NIEZSCHE, TOLKIN AND OTHERS. ALSO, I LIKE TO READ POEMS AND BOOKS FOR ANCIENT RELIGIONS, FOR ASTRAL TRIPS, FOR TRAVELS BEYOND THE GRAVE, FOR SOME PARANORMAL PHENOMENA. OF COURSE , I INFLUENCED FRO MY MUSIC AND THE LYRICS!!

8. A soldier once remarked, "we had to destroy the town to save it." F.W. Nietzsche once offhandedly said that if christianity had not existed, it would have been necessary to invent it. Do you think all things On planet earth are bound up in their opposites?
THE HUMAN NATURE IS SO STRANGE. IF WE TOOK A LOOK IN A HUMAN HISTORY, WE TAKEN SO USEFUL CONCLUSIONS. THE HUMAN HE NEVER WANT THE TOTAL SILENCE, THE PERFECT QUIETNESS. HE�S AN ANXIOUS PERSONALITY WHO LOOK FOR �FIGHTS�! HE FIGHT AGAINST OTHER HUMANS OR AGAINST IDEAS, VALUES AND RELIGIONS. THE MOST OF THE REASONS, I THINK, HE INVENTED! OUR PLANET IS FULL OF THINGS WHO HAVE TWO SIDES, �GOOD� OR �BAD�, �POSITIVE� OR �NEGATIVE�, AS HE SAID THE CHINESE RELIGION. SO, I�M AGREE WITH NIETZSCHE, ONE OF THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS OF 20th CENTURY. BESIDES, YOU CAN LOOK THIS ON YOUR PLACE. SOMETIMES WE�RE SO COOL AND WE�RE LOOKING ANY REASON TO MAKE SOMETHING. YOU WANT TO �FIGHT� WITH SOMETHING (PERSON OR IDEA OR WORDS OR�.). THIS IS OUR NATURE! FIGHTERS AND DISCOVERERS!!!

9. Varathron is now finally touring, what are you expecting about this shows?
VARATHRON BACK ON STAGE, AFTER SO MANY YEARS! YES, A BASIC REASON IS THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BAND! NOW SO STRONG, WE RETURN FOR BLASPHEMIC NIGHTS! WE PLAYED WITH PRIMORDIAL, MOURNING BELOVETH, ROTTING CHRIST, DESOLATION, RAVENCULT. WE PLAY A LOT OF THE OLD GREAT SONGS LIKE: �TRESSRISING OF NYARLATHOTEP�, �LA REINE NOIR�, �NIGHTLY KINGDOMS�, �UNHOLY FUNERAL�, �TLEILAXU�, �CASSIOPEIA�S ODE�, �GRIM PALACE� AND MORE!

10. Plans to the future? What we can expect from the new songs? Do you have any plans to enter the studio?
WELL, WE HAVE A NEW ALBUM READY. WE�RE WAITING THE �GREEN� LIGHT FROM BLACK LOTUS REC TO RECORDING IT ON SEPTEMBER 2006. YOU ARE THE FIRST WHO I TELL YOU THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM, CAUSE I MAKE IT YESTERDAY NIGHT! THE NEW ALBUM CALLED: �STYGIAN FORCES OF SCORN�. CONTAINS 10 BRAND NEW TRACKS WITH TITLES :SACRED AHLAT, DEMONIAC ABYSMAL REALMS, LEGIONS OF PROFANE WRATH, DEPTHS OF GNAR, THE LEGEND OF DEMUZAR, LORD OF ILLUSIONS AND MORE! THE NEW TRACKS HAVE A �SMELL� OF OUR FIRST ALBUM, I MEAN IS VARATHRON STYLE, OUR EVIL MID-TEMPO WHO KILLS!!! BEWARE FOR OUR NEW INVASION!!!!!

11. Thanks for answer my interview, Stefan. Your final bullets...
HANX SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BROTHER!! I SALUTE ALL OUR METAL BROTHERS THERE!!!!!! �I KNOW YOU�RE SO MANY AND SO HELLISH FAITHFUL�!!!!!!! ARGHHHHH, RULES!!!!!!!!! ALSO, I WISH THE BEST FOR YOUR ZINE. BLOOD FOR LIFE,

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