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14/06/2006
Samir: How are you doing?
Well, Thanx, we are doing very well in this 2006, we are
at our best!
Samir: Could you please present
you and the band for those who don't know you ?
Everything began when I formed Gory Blister in 1991 with
a Three-piece line-up; Raff joined me in 1993. Music was the only dream we had;
the story so far, tells that many things, good or bad, happened, but we always
walked a long path following our inspiration. In 1995, after releasing two
demos, me and Raff moved north to Milan to keep on playing death metal, cause in
South Italy it was very hard. The other members quit, indeed. So in Milan we
succeeded in releasing our debut mini CD Cognitive Sinergy and we got a new line
up to play with on stage. In 2001 we recorded our real first album Art Bleeds
and got a deal with Noise records for the Sonickattack project, but it was never
realized. In January 2002 GORY BLISTER were on ROCK HARD Germany compilation
titled “UNERHORT”. It was an interesting chance to increase the band exposure
Europewide. In 2003 Sekhmet records gave us a record licence deal and ART BLEEDS
was finally published.
Now here we are to talking about SKYMORPHOSIS our brand
new album, under Mascot records!
Samir:How come you named the
band "Gory Blister ", what's the story behind that name?
A strange story for a strange name! You know, we formed
in 1991 and even then it was not easy to find an original name. At that time I
was learning to play drums and I had to play a lot, so after hours and hours I
got blisters on my hands. We thought that such things on my hands could
represent our rage ready to explode against everyday life. Maybe we wanted to
give it a more punk meaning. I didn’t know English very well then and I couldn’t
know it sounded so strange. Maybe it does not represent directly what we play,
but, you know, in some way, it is original.
Samir: Why did you choose the
title 'SKYMORPHOSIS '? What does it stand for? Structures of all time?
I intented to write poems about the universe and the
feelings I get looking at summer nightsky. After a bad event in my life I wrote
a poem about Sky changing to a nightmare and I entitled it Sky Metamorphosis. To
apply the concept to the whole record I changed it into Skymorphosis.
Samir: When did the
preparations for the new album start and how did the songwriting process look
like?
Usually, we write songs even if we have no particular
deadline, simply we love to do it. So there is not a real starting point. After
the ART BLEEDS studio sessions was completed, while searching for the new
members to join the band for gigs and future works, me and Raff began together
writing some new stuff. Usually Raff builds a song structure made of 3 or 4
riffs, including a possible chorus. We arrange it and try to give a certain
direction to the song. So when it was time to get the songs for Skymorphosis, we
only choose the best stuff written and got the new tracklist of the record. Once
in the Fear Studios, we just put in practice all the experiences done after the
previous recording sessions and we could follow closely the production step by
step in order to achieve the sound we wanted.
Samir: For the Death cover,
'1000 Eyes'. What was the reason behind this choice?
We think that Chuck Schuldiner is the godfather of death
metal. I personally began listening to Death’s album since the beginning; I have
also met him here in Italy a couple of times; I lived with excitement any new
release and with fear and despair his illness til death. When Areadeath prod, a
chinese label, asked us to take part to a tribute album, we accepted also cause
it was the chance to challenge the comparison that many reviewers did between us
and Death. We believed that we had to respect deeply Chuck’s masterpiece and
tried to play the song the best we could. Hope we succeeded in. At any rate,
that comp was not distributed properly, so we asked Mascot to include a remixed
version into the new album. We are very proud of it. And at the end you can hear
his own voice. I think that is the real tribute.
Samir:What is your favorite
song of "Gory Blister" and why ?
Personally I love I Shall Hang Myself. It is a very
particular song to be a Gory one. I dedicated it to Sarah Kane, you may know
about. She was an English playright who committed suicide in 1999. Some of her
dramas are produced worldwide now. She was a sweet poet, I have studied and
loved all of her artworks and feel a deep sympathy with her, being both of the
same age. She is the first and likely the only artist who has dramaticly crossed
the two parallel dimensions that are LIFE and ART.
Samir :What can you tell us
about 'ART BLEEDS'. How did you develop the songs, what inspired you?
ART BLEEDS came out of our creative and spontaneous
attitude that was evolving better and better; even now we use to let our
emotions flow freely and then to capture them into music, trying to shape a song
structure able to highlight the right feelings at the right moments; of course
this is not a fast process; when we wrote Art Bleeds, it took months before
getting the suitable final version. And that's why Art Bleeds is intense,
violent, original, sounds Death Metal 100%. We Love it!
Samir:After seeing some of the
tour footage, give me a good tour story
Well, it is difficult cause there are many many stories,
funny or serious, it depends. I can tell you this one: After 4/5 shows, when we
got into the bus and began drinking as every night, Adry was taken apart by
Darren (Sadus singer) and they talked a lot drink after drink… the day after
Adry told us that he felt different then! We still don’t know what Darren told
adry, but from the following show on, Adry has got a very strong impact on
stage!
Samir:Do you follow the
evolution of the Death Metal scene nowadays ?
It is very difficult, cause of the confusion in the
music business. Major labels try to sell what they want only and that’s why they
try to forbid filesharing; moreover they put onto the market the old stock at
cheap prices in a moment when the whole market lives a crisis. That is not
politically correct towards the underground. Emerging bands and small labels
have to fight a hard war at this level. Internet and filesharing give a hand,
infact I discovered and then bought Darkane records in this way. But major
labels are too strong now and they can impose their rules to the business. There
are many new interesting bands such as Black Dahlia Murder or Textures, but they
still want to sell the new Metallica!
Samir:And what can you tell us
about the lyrics?
Well, as I told you above regarding the title meaning, I
tried to give a sort of concept to the whole record. While in ART BLEEDS I was
triyng to investigate the deep artistic need that pushes someone to express his
own art, and the related problems of course, with the new lyrics I have tried to
write some poetry myself. Since I believe that art and life are on separate
plans, I have searched for a new dimension with its time and space, different
from the ones we all can experience in our everyday life. So I used the outer
space as metaphor of this new world I wanted to create. Once settled this
background, I wrote the lyrics. I have imagined stories between planets and
stars and about human feelings towards the deep universe. In Quasars there are
two dying stars telling each other the last goodbye, or in The Missing Planet,
ther is one star who has committed suicide for love. You will find also a
relationship between mankind and a failing God (Skymorphosis, Skin Legacy,
Blood-sweating Wall and Black Canvas), but don’t see any religious argument in
my lyrics, cause I refer to a metaphysical point of view. My final target is to
focus on feelings and to express my own vision of the world around us, but from
an external viewpoint, if possible. Life has got nothing poetical, you know.
Samir:where do you see the band
in ten years time from now?
Who knows! I would like to see myself on a caraibic
island selling ice creams to tourists!!!
Samir:What is your opinion
about the Italian metal scene?
Oh, my God! Difficult answer. I may answer by my heart
or by my head. By my heart I can tell you that it’s wonderful we are still on
the run with bands such as Sadist and Necrodeath. There are also new upcoming
death bands such as Infernal Poetry, SlowMotion Apocalypse and Aydra. If I
answer by my head the situation is a bit more complex. Here in Italy we don’t
have any real metal tradition regarding promoters, labels and audience.
Promoters care about foreign bands only, cause they sells better and this
depends on buyers! Moreover I have a deeper reflection to do; When heavy metal
was born, it was a sort of revolutionary movement, both socially and musically.
It carried on a strong contrast against “official” music both in the eighties
and ninenties. Then, after Curt Cobain success (think about) metal has become
“the official” music, with trendy numetal and all the great re-unions. This
process has its consequences in Italy as well, and it is harder and harder to
keep the faith, if this sentence is still meaningful now.
Samir:Who are your main
influences and what albums made the biggest impacton your life?
Oh, many many albums, but you will notice that they are
from a far past… Leprocy (Death), Into The Pandemonium (Celtic Frost), Consuming
Impulse (Pestilence), Symphonies Of Sickness (Carcass), Punishment For Decadence
(Coroner), Beneath The Remains (Sepultura), Altars Of Madness (Morbid Angel),
Dimension Hatross (Voivod).
Samir:How do you think "SKYMORPHOSIS
" compares to "COGNITIVE SINERGY" both lyrically and musically?
Strange question. COGNITIVE SINERGY is not a real album.
Many things have changed, cause I learned to write better lyrics and we improved
as musicians. The biggest difference is that at that time we entered the studio
without knowing what would be the final outcome; now we have an idea!
Samir:Aren't you in for playing
at festivals?
Unfortunately we are not scheduled for imminet
festivals. Stay tuned on outìr website
www.goryblister.com
Samir:Where did you play most
until now?
Italy of course, but we do hope to play Europewide very
soon again!!!
Samir:What was the favorite
band you toured with?
We toured with Darkane and Sadus for now. They are great
bands for different aspects. Darkane are incredible musicians and play a modern
kind of death Metal. Sadus are more traditional, but they were like fathers to
us on tour. It was very amazing touring with people I listened to in 1989!
Samir:Okay, that's it for me.
Thanks for the answers and do you have a last message for the readers?
Search the Internet for new death metal bands, download
them and if you like their music, BUY the records and fuck the major business!
You will contribute to keep real death metal alive and free! Listen to Gory
Blister stuff, hope you like it! Thank YOU all!
Albums :
Spoilt by Greed Demo, 1991
Hanging down the Sounds Demo 1993
Cognitive Sinergy 1997
Art Bleeds 1999
Skymorphosis 2006
Links :
http://www.goryblister.com/
http://www.myspace.com/goryblister
Members :
Adry Bellant - vocals
Raff - guitar
Fredrick - bass
Joe La Viola - drums
