Code
Of Silence
Code Of Silence is a newcoming
act from Greece that have set high goals and aims and struggle with their
music, lyrics and live shows to make them come true. I think they have
the potential and abilities. What they need is our support... I think you
should spend some time reading this interview. You might like it...
1. HELLO THERE! CONGRATULATIONS ON “BREAK
THE SILENCE”! SOME MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE ITS RELEASE DATE. HOW DO YOU
FEEL ABOUT IT?
HELLO AND THANK YOU! WE FEEL GREAT DUE
TO THE FACT THAT NOW WE SEE ONE BY ONE OUR DREAMS COMING TRUE!
2. SINCE THIS IS OUR FIRST INTERVIEW I THINK IT
WOULD BE NICE TO GIVE US A SHORT BAND BIO AND TO PRESENT THE CURRENT LINE
UP.
Code of silence started its journey during
the year 2000 in Chios Island. It was originally formed by John ‘Serpens’
Lazos who played the guitar and sung, John ‘Fulgor’ Harlas who also played
the guitar, Makis ‘Dorado’ Dourloudados on drums and Steve Bouras with
the bass. In October of 2004 the band reformed in Athens when Vangelis
‘Arioch’ Kolios joined the band and became the lead singer. The band worked
hard to put together plenty of songs for future album releases. A year
later, bassist Andreas ‘Az’ Silaidis joined the band and took over the
bass duties. Our current line up is: John ‘Serpens’ Lazos-Guitars, John
"Fulgor" Harlas-Guitars, Makis "Dorado" Dourloudados-Drums, Vagelis "Arioch"
Kolios-Vocals, Andreas "Az" Silaidis-Bass! In the fall of 2005 Code of
Silence released their recorded attempt ‘Break the Silence’ demo CD!
3. I’D LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU’VE DECIDED TO NAME
THE BAND CODE OF SILENCE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
THE NAME "CODE OF SILENCE" HAS TO DEAL
WITH THIS FUCKED UP CODE WHICH IS ENFORCED TOWARDS EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING
THAT SURROUNDS US AND HIDES FROM US ALL THE IMPORTANT MATTERS WHICH WE
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT! IN ADDITION WITH THIS NAME WE TRY TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SILENCE AND OUR MUSIC AND LYRICS!!!
4. DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC IN A FEW WORDS. LET’S SAY
THAT YOU HAD TO WRITE A REVIEW OF “BREAK THE SILENCE”. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY,
TRYING TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE?
WE DON'T WANT TO LABEL OUR MUSIC STYLE
BUT IT IS DEFINITELY METAL AND OF COURSE SONICALLY EXTREME! SOMETIMES THOUGH
AND JUST FOR FUN WE CALL OUR MUSIC "CHAINSAW URBAN METAL"!
OUR DEMO CD “BREAK THE SILENCE”, TRYING
TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, IS THE BEST RELEASE EVER THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE WORLD! ACTUALLY COUNT THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE OUT! TRULY NOW WE BELIEVE
THAT IN THIS FOUR SONGS A METAL FAN CAN FIND SOME GREAT EXTREME MUSIC AND
PROVOCATIVE LYRICS WHICH CAN MAKE SOMEONE THINK ABOUT OUR SOCIETY'S DEEDS
AND RULES!
5. HAVE YOU GOT ANY PREVIOUS RELEASES? IF YES,
PLEASE FILL US IN AND NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
AMONG THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS OUR FIRST OFFICIAL
RELEASE SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO PLAY THIS KIND OF MUSIC FROM THE BEGINNING!
6. WELL, CONTINUING ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOUR MUSIC
IS METALCORE OR HARDCORE WITH MANY DEATH METAL TINGES AND NICE MELODIC
PARTS. DO YOU AGREE? COULD YOU NAME SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED BANDS AND
ALBUMS?
WE AGREE WITH THIS! OUR FAVOURITE BANDS
ARE METALLICA, PANTERA, SLAYER, IRON MAIDEN, DEATH, BEHEMOTH! SOME OF OUR
FAVORITE ALBUMS ARE: METALLICA "MASTER OF PUPPETS", PANTERA "VULGAR DISPLAY
OF POWER", SLAYER "REIGN IN BLOOD", NILE "ANNIHILATION OF THE WICKED",
BEHEMOTH "ZOS KIA CULTUS"!
7. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR SOUND OR ARE YOU
THINKING OF EXPANDING AND ENRICHING IT BY ADDING OTHER ELEMENTS AS WELL?
HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEW SONGS READY?
WE BELIEVE THAT A MUSICIAN IS NEVER SATISFIED
AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO GO OUR MUSIC AND OUR SKILLS A STEP FURTHER! WE HAVE
NEW SONGS FOR TWO COMPLETE ALBUMS THAT ARE MORE HEAVY AND AGGRESSIVE SONICALLY
AND MORE ACRIMONIOUS LYRICALLY! A TRUE ATTACK TO ALL WHO TRY TO OPPRESS
OUR WILL AND SPIRIT!!!
8. WHAT KIND OF PROCEDURE DO YOU FOLLOW WHILST
COMPOSING YOUR SONGS? WHERE FROM DO YOU DRAW ALL THIS ENERGY AND INSPIRATION?
WE DRAW OUR INSPIRATION FROM OUR EVERYDAY
LIVES AND ALL THE SHIT THAT WE SEE ON TV'S, WE READ IN THE PRESS OR EXPERIENCE
OURSELVES!!! THIS IS ALSO THE ONE THING THAT GIVES US ENERGY! THE SECOND
AND MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WE EXTREMELY LOVE WHAT WE OUR DOING AND THUS
IT MAKES US RESTLESS!!!
9. ONE MORE THING I’D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW YOU
MANAGE TO BALANCE THE AGGRESSIVE PARTS WITH THE MELLOW ONES…
IT IS NOT DIFFICULT IT JUST COMES FROM
WITHIN! IT IS NOT SOMETHING PRE-ARRANGED IT JUST COMES FROM OUR HEARTS,
OUR HATRED, OUR PASSIONS, OUR LOVE!
10. WHICH ARE YOUR SOURCES OF INSPIRATION? WHICH
ARE THE TOPICS YOU DEAL WITH LYRIC-WISE?
AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE OUR SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
IS OUR EVERYDAY LIVES AND ALL THE SHIT WHICH SOCIETY GIVES US TO DIGEST!
SOME TOPICS WHICH WE DEAL WITH ARE SOCIETY'S LAWS AND RULES THAT WE BELIEVE
ARE WRONG, THE PRIESTS' ACTIONS AND HYPOCRISY TOWARDS THE WORD OF THEIR
GOD, DEATH AND SUICIDE, CHAOS AS A SCIENTIFIC TERM, POLITICIANS AND THEIR
DEEDS' ABOMINATIONS, HUMAN EMOTIONS AND GENERALLY OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS
ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!
11. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SUGGEST WITH THE ALBUM
TITLE “BREAK THE SILENCE”?
THIS TITLE PROVOKES EVERY THINKING INDIVIDUAL
TO BREAK THIS CODE OF SILENCE AND STRUGGLE AGAINST EVERYTHING WHICH OPPOSES
TOWARDS HIM. FURTHERMORE IT WAS A NICE LABEL TO BREAK OUR OWN SILENCE WHICH
SEEMS THAT LASTED FOR LONG!!! RIDE ON MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
12. WHAT’S THE BEST AND WHAT’S THE WORST PART
OF YOUR MUSIC, ACCORDING TO YOU?
THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION! WE THINK THAT
THE BEST PART OF OUR MUSIC IS THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH EMOTIONS AND EVERY
INDIVIDUAL CAN IDENTIFY HIM/HERSELF IN IT! THE WORST PART IS THAT WE ARE
NOT ABLE YET TO PRODUCE A FAT AND HEAVY SOUND IN OUR AMPLIFIERS!
13. WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK HAVE YOU RECEIVED THIS
FAR? WHAT WAS THE MOST FLATTERING AND WHAT THE WORST COMMENT YOU’VE READ
ABOUT YOUR MUSIC?
MOST OF THE PEOPLE DIG OUR WORK AND SOME
OF THEM FOUND A PART OF THEMSELVES INSIDE OUR LYRICS. MUSIC ON THE OTHER
HAND… THERE WERE SOME GUYS WHO FOUND OUR MUSIC NOT EXCITING AND THEREFORE
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE DEMO! THE FLATTERING WORD THAT WE'VE HEARD WAS SOMETHING
THAT IT WAS SAID BY A WELL KNOWN GREEK GUITARIST THAT WE ARE THE NEXT SEPULTURA
AND THE WORST COMMENT WAS THE REVIEW OF THE GREEK METAL HAMMER WHICH WAS
IN FACT A MEDIOCRE COMMENT REGARDING OUR DEMO AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE AN
AVERAGE BAND! LOVE US OR HATE US!!!
14. HAVE YOU SENT YOUR DEMO TO ANY LABELS? ARE
YOU UNDER NEGOTIATION WITH ANY OF THEM? WITH WHAT CRITERIA WILL YOU SELECT
THE LABEL YOU ARE GOING TO WORK WITH?
ACTUALLY WE HAVE SENT THE DEMO TO SIX MAJOR
LABELS BUT ONLY ONE ANSWERED NEGATIVELY THE OTHERS DIDN'T BOTHER TO RESPOND!!!
AT THIS POINT WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR RESPONSES FROM SOME UNDERGROUND
LABELS! HOWEVER THE MAIN CONCERN FOR US IS THAT A POTENTIAL LABEL MUST
HAVE THE ABILITY TO ARRANGE A TOUR FOR US IN ORDER TO SHOW OUR SKILLS ON
STAGE WHERE WE KICK ASS!!!
15. DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR LIVE SHOWS? I THINK
YOUR MUSIC IS IDEAL FOR LIVES. CAN YOU DESCRIBE A TYPICAL CODE OF SILENCE
LIVE SHOW?
NOW THE BAND IS TAKING A SUMMER BREAK AND
WE WILL CONTINUE STRONGER DURING SEPTEMBER! THEN WE WILL ARRANGE LIVE SHOWS
IN EVERY PLACE IN GREECE OR ABROAD WE CAN! THE FACT IS THAT WE ARE A LIVE
BAND AND OUR SHOWS SO FAR ARE AGGRESSIVE, BRUTAL, WITH MOSH PITS AND STAGE
DIVING! ANYONE WHO WAS IN OUR 8 SHOWS IN CHIOS ISLAND OR THE LAST 2 SHOWS
IN ATHENS SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT! RAW ENERGY WITH POWERFUL
EMOTIONS!!! WE HAVE ALSO PERFORMED IN AN ANTI-RACIST FESTIVAL IN BELGIUM
CALLED '"TOUR DE UNIS" DURING THE YEAR 2001!
16. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH CODE OF SILENCE?
WHICH ARE THE DREAMS YOU WANT TO MAKE TRUE?
OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH
A MAJOR LABEL IF THIS IS POSSIBLE! AFTER THAT WE HOPE TO BE A FULL-TIME
BAND AND PERFORM EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD! WE WANT TO BE THE BAND THAT GREECE
HASN’T PRODUCED YET! SKY IS OUR LIMIT AND THUS WE HOPE TO DIE ON STAGE
DOING THE THING WE LOVE THE MOST!!!
17. IF YOUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION, WHAT WOULD
IT BE?
OUR MUSIC IS NOT JUST AN EMOTION, IT DEALS
WITH EVERY EMOTION OF A HUMAN! RAGE, HATE, LOVE, PAIN OF LOSS, ANGER, FEAR,
DESOLATION... YOU NAME IT! THEY ARE ALL INSIDE OUR MUSIC!
18. WHAT TITLE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO
HAVE? A TITLE SUITABLE FOR YOUR MUSIC AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR…
THE IDEAL TITLE FOR THIS INTERVIEW IS "CODE
OF FUCKING SILENCE" AND A SUITABLE TITLE FOR OUR MUSIC AND BELIEFS IS "...AND
I BREAK YOUR FUCKING CODE OF SILENCE".
19. THANK YOU! LEAVE A MESSAGE TO OUR READERS
AND ADD WHATEVER YOU WANT…
CHECK OUR DEMO CD AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU
SOON IN OUR PROFOUND LIVE PERFORMANCES!!! SUPPORT THE GREEK BANDS AND STAY
EXTREME!!! PRIONI KAI ALHTEIA!
Christine Parastatidou
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