- SOILS
OF FATE
- (April 26 1999)
Interview
with Jocke, drums in Soils of Fate.
- Questions were
asked by myself(Pierre) through E-mail
- 1)Hi!
How are you?
Hey,
Fucking great man!!
- 2)First,
I'd like to know why you choosed SOILS OF FATE as
band's name? Do you think it fits well to your music
style? And then, how would you describe your music
style?
SOILS
OF FATE was choosen as a name because it describes
our music perfect. We play extreme, guttural blasting
slaming metal…SOILS OF FATE is all about
brutality in a new form.
- 3)Can
you introduce your band to those who don't know you
yet? With main biographical dates... Where do you
come from....
Jocke -
Drums
Henke - Bass/Vocals
Mange - Guitar
SOILS OF FATE was formed in early 95 by Henke and
Mange. Later on Nicke joined in on drums and Trevor
on second guitar. Nicke was kicked out of the band
around christmas 97 and I, Jocke joined in on drums
some time later…Trevor quit SOILS OF FATE in
September 98 and since then we have been a really
strong 3-piece.
SOILS OF FATE is a Swedish based Slam Metal band.
- 4)Please
tell me about your new release, "Blood
Serology"... How does it sound compared to
"Pain has a face", the first demo? Are you
happy with these two demos?
"Blood
Serology" came out fucking great compared to the
time we spent in the studio. Compared to "Pain,
has a face" "Blood Serology" has put
us on another level of brutality, We have all matured
alot about what were about and I guess were all much
more open-minded to experimenting with different
styles. We all very positive how everything is
turning out not to say the new unreleased stuff…
- 5)Who
writes music in the band? How much time to spend to
write a song? How often to do you rehearse? Have you
been practising your instruments for a long time?
Mange
and Henke writes most of the music an then we all
arrange it and make all the final touches…
You can't really answer how long time it takes to
write a song, I'd say a song isn't finished until
it's recorded and published.
We usally rehearses 2 times a week 3-4 ours a time. I
have played the drums for 8 years now and Henke has
been playing bass for 7 years, Mange has been playing
guitar for 6 years.
- 6)Do
you already have new material? How do you think your
music will evolve?
We're
currently writing new stuff and as I said, we all
know where were heading :
More extreme, experimental, faster and sicker, and I
can assure you that our new stuff really slaugher it
all…
We're all extremly sadisfied with our progress.
- 7)Is
releasing a full length album your main aim for now?
Do you look for a label?
Yeah!
Defently, and then to play live. SOILS OF FATE is
defently a live band. Well, we have an offer that
we're considering but we haven't signed anything yet.
Get in touch if you're interested.
- 8)Do
you write lyrics, who writes them? I can't clearly
figure what SOF lyrics deal with? Most of underground
brutal band use gore, satanic/occult topic or
political/socially aware lyrics... What about you?
Nope,
Henke writes them all. We aren't interested in
writing about satanic/occult topics. I guess our
lyrics just deal with different views on death and
everything around death.
- 9)Did
you already perform a few live shows? If yes, can you
tell me something about them? What can we expect of a
SOF show? & Do you have plans for future gigs?
Yeah we
have! Last show we did was an outdoor concert in
Stockholm. That one was fucking intense man, even
though the mixer guy fucked up our sound. We got a
really good response from the crowd and they were all
going fucking crazy. All our merchandise was sold out
within ½ hour after the show. Since their really
isn't so many cool bands around in Sweden It's hard
to put up a killer show.
Their are no shows currently booked but get in touch
for booking.
- 10)Everyone
in the band has the same interest for brutal music?
Do you have the same musical tastes? What is your
current playlist?
Defently
, We are all devoted to extreme shit but our personal
playlists doesn't really match each others…
They are:
Jocke:
1. Dying Fetus - Killing on adrenaline
2. Fear Factory - Obsolete
3. Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
4. Brujeria - Raza Odiada
5. Neurosis - Souls at Zero
Henke:
1. Broken Hope - The bowels of repugnance
2. Dying Fetus - Purification
3. Internal Bleeding - Everything
4. Freak of Nature - The gathering of freaks
5. Divine Empire - Redemption
Mange:
1. Vader - Live in Japan
2. Yngvie Malmsteen - Mangnum opus
3. Stratovarius -Live
4. Internal Bleeding - Various contempt
5. Morbid Angel - Formulas fatal to the flesh
- 11)What
are(is) the band(s) who highly influenced your band?
It's
really a question about which musicans that have
inspired us through out the years that mirrors in our
music.
Mine is to name a few, Raymond Herrera - Fear Factory
- Dave Culross - Suffocation among others - Igor
Cavalera - Sepultura - Thomas Hakke - Meshuggah
Henke and Mange is influenced by members from bands
like: Broken Hope, Dying Fetus, Dream Theater,
Slayer, Yngvie Malmsteen, Malevolent Creation and
Internal Bleeding.
- 12)What
are your interests outwards music? & Is there
some movies you are really into?
Well,
Their really isn't anything that approaches me like
music does…But to name something I'd say Playstation,
drinking and Bodyart - Tattoes and piercing. I'm
really a fan of this French movie called Dobermann.
That's a fucking awsome movie.
- 13)How's
life in Sweden? & if I'm not too indiscreet what
do you do in reallife?
I guess
life in Sweden is pretty much like everywhere else
except for the cold winters. I work part-time at a
kindergardenschool and I also run a studio thats
called "Studio Subwoofer" with the guys in
my other band and I also do radiopromos there.
- 14)Can
you name some good bands from Sweden? & what do
you think of swedish scene?
The
Swedish scene is so god damn boring…It almost
only consist of all these lousy blackmetal bands and
trendy melodic crap deathmetal bands but however
there are some worth mentioning. Genochrush Ferox,
Deranged, Uncreation and Immersed in blood.
- 15)What
do you know of french scene?
Not
much Im afraid, I only know like two hardcorebands
and they are Out and Filthy Charity.
- 16)Did
you already feature in some zines for reviews or
interviews? Do you read zines? do you think they are
essential support for underground music?
Yeah
we're in several. We are interviewed in the upcoming
number of Corpse Gristle, and we got a 4 -5 review in
Terrorizer mag. We are also interviewed in several
small/big underground zines. I think we all really
love to read zines, their defently one of the reasons
underground music still alive and growing!
- 17)Is
there something I forgot to ask you? Anyway, I think
I have to stop here! How can we get some SOF
merchandise? What is the band's contact address?
& add your last comments!
Thanx
Pierre for everything. Your fucking true to
underground! For contact E-mail us at: Strippedhumanity@hotmail.com Visit our official homepage
for merchandise and ordering-info.
http://come.to/soilsoffate
- SOILS OF FATE
c/o Henke Crantz
Sätunavägen 24 c
s- 195 41 Märsta
Sweden
CHEERS
- discography:
- -"Pain has a
face" demo tape
- -"Blood
serology" demo tape
