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2002 is the year of foundation of the band. A relative balance of
two zero, compressed by a principle of dualism - disagreement, opposition.
What especial do you remember about that time? What you have chosen
is realized and well thought-out or something incomprehensible had
pushed/attracted you? And yes, why do the band use the christian
chronology (year's counter) without any perversion?
"Everything was done under severe
influences back then, leading our souls like an undiscribable attraction
towards His lights that reflected not only the blackness which lied
in our heart but the common desire that animated both of us to destroy
and to corrupt the gift of life through the audial pain entity known
as INSANE VESPER... I hardly remember our very beggining as a "band"
as it is in its actual form because of the inconsistance of the
numerous line-up I tried to set up in the early days... but we never
acted randomly as we already had very precise ideas about what to
do and by the way what we were able to do. We first took our time
to correctly handle our instruments then things became more interesting,
musically speaking of course... We started to record some materials,
which were almost kept for ourselves due to a poor sound quality
and we began to play live occasionaly in France and Belgium... Later
things started to get impossible amongst the other bandmates and
I decided to put the band on ice for a short period. The most important
part of the curriculum of INSANE VESPER shaped lately when I finally
gather the actual line-up with devoted musicans, also long time
knowledges of myself, and talented enough to make the entity reach
another level being aswell musical and spiritual. I don't care about
the year's counter, it has no meaning for us... Everything is a
matter of time, and time is the matter of death, upon his will..."
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INSANE VESPER is a live band. Are you still not disappointed in
all this? It's a tradition among the musicians to talk about certain
energy etc. But many of them understand that gigs is just the way
to have a "cool" time, also for well-known bands it's
just a job.
"I personally do not consider
INSANE VESPER as a "live band" nor as a "studio band".
You are maybe reffering to the fact we've done some couple gigs
few years ago but it was to insignificant for me that it is no not
necessary to be mentioned. By the way we plan to make some new live
appearance maybe in 2008 once again with a complete line-up. I won't
explain myself why we "play" live but we feel it necessary
as long as it satisfy ourselves..."
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Personally
I'm the opponent of identification of this or that band through
the comparison with more known "colleagues". It reminds
the sport competitions or bureaucratic ranks. But much more important
is that Satanic Black Metal band must have a necessary arrogance.
In your bio you draw the analogies with old Dissection and old Mayhem.
Is this a question of exclusively musical aspect? A step towards
the listener is a compromise, isn't it?
"Definitely not musical only
but I understand what you mean, in fact our art is not very close
on the strict musical point of view to the bands mentionned above...
Just check our lyrics and make your own opinion about that, by the
way "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" and "Storms of the
light's bane" are still my 2 major musical influences... Instead
of talking of arrogance I prefer to talk about egoïsm and superiority
as our art only reflects what we are and will forever be and by
that we glorify our lord through strenght and contempt..."
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Does INSANE VESPER feel itself the part of any "scene"?
What does it mean to be Satanic Black Metal band from France? Having
the
possibility to observe the streams of listener's interest, I can
draw a conclusion: nowadays speculations on a theme of these clown's
"black legions" can attract to INSANE VESPER first of
all the listener-sheep which is interested in rumours/scandals instead
of Art. The thinking listener can stand aside. Do those who listen
to INSANE VESPER interest you? No, not their opinion about your
music, but spiritual potential of the listener?
"We don't feel being a part
of any scene and we don't want to belong to anything of that sort,
we prefer to avoid parasites and so on and everything bounded to
that... Being from France has not very much importance... Whoever
listen to INSANE VESPER has neither much importance, I think every
listener can make his own idea concerning our musical work but the
keys lies in the hands of the strong... May his radiance enlighten
the chosen ones and definitely blind the sheeps... The path of his
revelation is still a long way to go, leading the victorious to
the path of salvation and illumination..."
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Who was the initiator of 3 way split tape? You think you have enough
in common with these two bands to be three-faced one? (it's a question
of INSANE VESPER/ISTIDRAI/IRON FIST split tape - PROPAGANDA note)
"It was a long time project
initiated by myself and Ian Inferno of Istidraj whom I dial up with
for some years by now. This is not our most representative work
regarding the fact it only contains songs that were not supposed
to be released in first intention. That release was in a sort an
interesting opportunity for us to show that we were not yet buried
but still active as a full-piece act."
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It's an ungrateful thing to talk about the lyrics but anyway...
In your certain case are these the impulses, visions which you still
have to cognize? Or this is something already shaped which will
never change? Is control of own life the program-maximum for a Satanist?
"I've never writen any lyrics
without an especial impulsion, it must emerges to me like a "vision"
or it just never come... In their primal form, the lyrics are merely
unreadable and their meaning is not really clear thus I need to
rework some sentences while keeping the sense of the initial intention
of course... Some are still mysterious to me and it take some time
for me to fully understand their meaning considering the fact that
I just never "shaped" a single line before writing, by
the way I simply consider all of this as the "revelation"
along the faith he inspires us through us..."
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But if you meet an absolutely empty for you vision, would you perceive
it as a "revelation"? Or you try to give a sense to all
things/conditions?
"What I call a vision is something
to much unclear either for myself that it takes a lot of time to
give the first fruits of an interpretation. By the way I can provide
you various answers to your question considering the fact if you
talk about a strictly empty vision, which has to be clear really
no sense at all, or if you talk about a vision of emptiness which
is by far the most closer aspect to my thought I'd like to focus
on. I do not try to give a sense to all things but merely all the
keys are lying in our bare hands and mind, every single act has
it own signification, being magical or physical... I won't get into
details, just open your eyes and receive the majestuous radiance
of his shining truth..."
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Your attitude to side-projects? Someone will tell - many-sided talent,
but I will tell - deficiency of a indivisible whole/single aspirations.
"By my side I prefer concentrate
on one single project but I have no problems with side projects,
I can understand the fact that people want to try making different
musical experiences as long as it serves a precise same achievement.
I do not see any interest into making a so called "satanic"
band while playing on a "pagan" or "politic"
oriented band at the same time, that is not even a lack of talent
but just stupidity..."
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Such modern parasite as myspace is not alien to the band. You think
all ways of a goal achievement are good? But all degenerative content
of myspace is an insult of this goal, isn't it?
"I just prefered to create my
own page, to have a total control on it before seeing bootleg undedicated
shits there an there, it is the most reliable source of information
concerning INSANE VESPER. I won't debate on how pathetic myspace
and everything bounded to that is, it doesn't interferate with our
"goals" nor with our art, it's just another tool you throw
out after using..."
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What do you do
in your usual life? Do you take care about your future: family, children,
career?
"My personal life does concern
only myself..."
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I didn't ask about the details of your personal life, but wanted
to know if you plan your future as a future of a member of society.
"I'm definitely out of the society,
I just live the way I want and I just don't care about what's happening
all around myself... How boring and predictable..."
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Is it important for you how you will die?
"Life IS the preparation to
death... To control it is a luxe granted to very few people, those
who can accept their miserable destiny and finally the inevitable
sentence can be considered as the chosen ones... Experience death
through this pathetic existence and elevate your soul to the mightiest
spheres of his uncreation. The way we die is maybe the most important
thing happening to the very end, the only power every people has
upon his self, the choice of your own death is the ultimate act
of freedom and the most powerful by far... Destroy the gift of your
own life in the highest state of your existence being the strongest
and healthiest before being destroyed patheticaly of illness and
so on... Keep the power of your soul at peak and glorify through
your own death the grandeur of his majesty..."