Interview answered by Baal.. 1. DARK RECOLLECTIONS : Introduce the band...(who does what, plays what instruments, names).
Baal: Baal Ravenlock: vox & bass Les: guit. & backing vox
Jeff: guit.
Chris: drums
2. DARK RECOLLECTIONS :How long has current line up been together?
Baal: Almost a year. That's how long Chris has been in the band. Jeff
is with us since the fall of 1999. Me and Les are the founding members
of HELL-BORN. We started this band back in 1996. .
3.DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Did you release any demos prior to releasing your 1st Cd, if so how
did they do as far as sales, reponse from fans, are they still available?.
Baal: No, we didn't. Our first release was the self-titled, '96 mini-album.
You can consider "Hellblast" sort of a "demo" release. I mean, five years of
absence mean a lot to a band who didn't release nothing more than a mini,
and been arround for less than a year! We felt we'll have to remind the people
who we are, where we started and show them what we wanna do now. All our previous
releases are still available, and they do good sales. .
4. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Who writes the music and lyrics , and what inspires them?.
Baal: Les and Jeff they take of the songwriting. It's usually like this: One of
them brings a couple of guitar riffs, already sequenced and harmonized to do a
complete song. We work on the drums and bass arrangements together, during rehearsals.
When all of the songs are ready, I start to write the lyrics. I always have the whole
concept for the album ready, including the album's title, sometimes even some titles
for the songs. I'm listening carefuly to all the stuff we've done, and I try to figure
out the matches. I'm inspired by many things- movies, books, comics, but most of all
I use my own imagination. .
5. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: What's your opinion on the current death, black metal scene? .
Baal: I don't like it, and I don't care what's goin' on. There is a couple of bands
who seem to remember what metal's all about. There's a powerful death metal stronghold
in Poland, with bands like AZARATH, ANIMA DAMNATA, WITCHMASTER and THRONEUM. As long as
there are bands like MOTORHEAD, MANOWAR or KRISIUN the real metal values will never die!
FUCK the rest!!!.
6. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Any bands you would recommend checking out?
Baal: See previous answer..
7. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Do you get a lot of mail from fans that write to the band, if so
what's the strangest place you received a letter from? .
Baal: The time of writing bands is over. I used to get letters from countries who's names
I'm not even able to write down properly. We get some e-mails from our fans, there's a lot
of people signing our guestbook, but it's really nothing compared to the old days. The
days I used to get letters from Sri Lanka. .
8. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: What is your favorite band , Cd, LP of all times? .
Baal: This is one of the questions I cannot answer... .
9. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Talk about your new Cd "Legacy of Nephilim" .
Baal: "Legacy of the Nephilim" is the strongest fuckin' album we've ever created!
Wait and see. Thou shall tremble in fear before the might of HELL-BORN!.
10.DARK RECOLLECTIONS: What has it been like working with conquer records?
Baal: Sometimes fun, sometimes a pain in the ass... Just as it's usually with
record labels :).
11.DARK RECOLLECTIONS: If you could pick the perfect line up to play with, who would you choose?
Baal: VENOM, MOTORHEAD and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY..
12. DARK RECOLLECTIONS:Talk about your upcoming north american tour...
Would you be making it to california? .
Baal: We've just returned, as we decided to postpone the West Coast part of the tour.
The last show we did was Chicago. It was cool afterall, we've got a great response
and we had a lot of fun . It was an underground tour, and some of the things we had
to deal with were a litle suprise. Anyway, we got offered to play at the Milwaukee
Metal Fest next year, and we'll gladly come back to US with some big headliner to
make a tour.
13.: DARK RECOLLECTIONS:Any last words, comments? thanks for the interview...
Baal: Keep fuckin' supporting metal! Spikes & chains forever! .
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