INSISION is a Swedish brutal death metal band ( from Stockholm). They
have released three full lengths, "Beneath The Folds of Flesh"
(2002), "Revealed and Worshipped" (2004) and "Ikon" (2007).
Beside those they have released 3 demos titled "Meant to Suffer"
(1997), "Promo 2000" (2000) and "Revelation of the SadoGod"
(2001). They did a split with Inveracity called "Revelation of the
SadoGod" in 2001. The Insision part is also the aforementioned
"Revelation of the SadoGod" demo.
After dealing with a few line-up changes (Toob Brynedahl and
Thomas Daun both left the band for personal reasons and Marcus Johannson has
joined the band as drummer) Insision have recorded their new album in November
2006. The new album will be named "Ikon". Insision was dropped from
its previous label Earache Records in
April 2006 as the label was having financial difficulties.
In May, Insision found a second guitar player in the form of
Magnus. He however does not appear on IKON, the third full-length album of
Insision.
After some distribution problems, IKON was released on September
26, 2007.
In December 2010, Insision signed the US based "Sevared
Records", after leaving Dental Records a few months prior. One EP is
recorded and will be followed up by an Full Length album.
Insision
Discography :
Meant to Suffer, Demo (1997)
Live Like a Worm, Demo (1998)
The Dead Live On, MCD (Heathendoom, 1999)
Promo-2000, Demo (2000)
Revelation of the Sadogod, Demo (2001)
Insision/ Inveracity, Split-10" (Nuclear Winter, 2001)
Beneath the Folds of Flesh, CD (Earache/ Wicked World, 2002)
Revealed and Worshipped, CD (Earache/ Wicked World, 2004)
Ikon, CD (Dental Records, 2007)
The Dead Live On, MCD (Heathendoom, 1999)
Promo-2000, Demo (2000)
Revelation of the Sadogod, Demo (2001)
Insision/ Inveracity, Split-10" (Nuclear Winter, 2001)
Beneath the Folds of Flesh, CD (Earache/ Wicked World, 2002)
Revealed and Worshipped, CD (Earache/ Wicked World, 2004)
Ikon, CD (Dental Records, 2007)
End Of All , Ep
(Sevared Records, 2011)
Here my interview with Carl Birath (Vocals) of INSISION.
Lets check it out .....\m/
John Yoedi : Hey bro, how are you there ? Pleased
talking to you again and thanks for your kind support for Busuk Webzine. This
is twice, we doing interview but first time it has been long time ago and I
still used for Busuk magazine not webzine like this time. And my friend Kieran
James (Australia) and I share for this blog. Well, what's happening in the
INSISION camp at the moment ?
Carl Birath : We are hard at work writing new
tunes, trying to find the right stuff and hopefully record later this year.
JY : First off, congrats on the great ‘End Of All’
Ep with a 6 tracks-include 1 an intro. and it was released last year 2011
by Sevared Records. I bet, you guys must be really pleased and although I know
you have been working hard to have the album available all over the world. How
does it feel to finally have this album done and released ?
CB : Thanks John. Yeah feels fucking great! it
felt important to get this out to our fans as soon as possible and now we have
more time to work on new songs aswell.
JY : And what has been the reaction/feedback thus
far from medias/fans?
CB : Its
been a good response from what I have seen so far, a bit low on reviews but I
guess we are not for the masses, which suits us fine. What do you think?
JY : Any new and different techniques you have
approached this time ? And do you think the new one is more ‘old school’ or ?
JY : Have you ever considered putting out a live
album too ?
CB : No not really, but its an good idea. We
have to see what the future holds. Focus at this point is on new songs for the
full-lenght, Everything else is low prio.
JY : Your sound doesn’t like Swedish Death Metal
but American Death Metal. And as we know, your guys from Sweden. Do you seek
inspiration in the American scene or is it just a coincidence that things
turned out the way they did ?
CB : We all listen to lots of american acts and
other then the swedish oldschool act6s we where brought up on bands likle
Morbid Angel, deicide, Suffocation.. so i guess its comes out that way naturally.
JY : The lyrical themes of death metal
usually talking about anti religion, occultism, mysticism, satanism,
mutilation, torture, rape and etc. Did you write the lyrical themes as I said
before or ? Are they based on reality or fiction ?
CB : I think i tend to write lyrics when in
diffrent moods and then draw inspiration from what ever comes up from that.
Depends on how you se it, I try to write the lyrics to fit in to the diffrent
segments of the song, Mostly metaphorical, and of course, sometime pure
fiction. Hehe, Its death metal we are talking about for fuck sake, I try to
make it suit both the music and my own inner reflections on reality.
JY : And have you ever been getting bored when you
writing lyrics ? Because its always talking about satanism, dissection,
necrophilia, hate, death and so on.
CB : Haha shit man, sometimes I just get stuck
in the mud and cant write a singel line but I think its just part of the whole
thing that deathmetal is about. As long as you keep it dark and and deadly i
consider it deathmetal and thats the way it should be. I cant see no reason, or
will, to write/sing about 'how nice the weather is' when you have a machingun
and a chainsaw blasting in your ear...haha .
CB : Well, Music business is not an easy
business for bands these days, especially Death Metal bands if you aiming to
live on it, earning some money for your pension or getting some money back for
hard work on the road. The money doesn’t seems to exist when it comes to brutal
Death metal music.
In fact, it does not pay for us to go out on a 30-day tour today where all parties from promoters to bands should have some part of the money.
If the scene generated more money, and attracted more people to the shows, so the bands could make a profit to go around and touring, we would definitely play more shows than we are currently doing. Right now it feels best to focus on creating the best music we can and keep Death metal flag as high as we can not caring for the cash. Personally I think we have a better harmony in the band now than we ever had.
In fact, it does not pay for us to go out on a 30-day tour today where all parties from promoters to bands should have some part of the money.
If the scene generated more money, and attracted more people to the shows, so the bands could make a profit to go around and touring, we would definitely play more shows than we are currently doing. Right now it feels best to focus on creating the best music we can and keep Death metal flag as high as we can not caring for the cash. Personally I think we have a better harmony in the band now than we ever had.
JY : What gears do you use to record and do you use
the same amp/guitars, drums and etc for live shows ?
CB: I’ll let roger answer that...
RJ: The amp I have played for 7 years now is a
Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier. Have also two 4×12 Traditional Mesa Straight
Cabinets in the rehearsal. As for pedals I’m using Boss NS-2 Noise Supressor to
get rid off excess noise when playing live. Using a Maxon OverDrive 808 to push
the gain just a little. Have recently purchased an MXR 10 Band Graphic
Equalizer Pedal to push the solo-channel when it comes to soloing. Using
a Boss DD-7 Digital Delay. Also using BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner and an old
Morley Bad Horsie WahWah pedal.
Have played Ibanez guitars for years and have a bunch of them at home but recently I got an endorsement thing going on with 666strings from Germany. Owned boy Stefan Shafer who does awesome brutal custom guitars made for death metal and grindcore. Check em’ out here: http://www.666strings.com/
Have played Ibanez guitars for years and have a bunch of them at home but recently I got an endorsement thing going on with 666strings from Germany. Owned boy Stefan Shafer who does awesome brutal custom guitars made for death metal and grindcore. Check em’ out here: http://www.666strings.com/
CB: Dont see any real scene growing at this
point, think the there is a lack of dedication in the younger ppl these days.
As things progress with the internet and the owerwhelming amount of free music
the dedication is lost in the process.
CB : Haha seriously..haha. No!
( btw INSISION is from STOCKHOLM, its not even the same town , John) ….
( btw INSISION is from STOCKHOLM, its not even the same town , John) ….
( JY: Yeah I know it )
CB : Yawn...no not really.
He was a great bassplayer that contributed alot
and we had good times together, but thats it... you better ask him.
JY : And is that correct, if he has left the band
because his been busy writing books or prefer to playing in Dellamorte ?
CB : He did write alot of books back then and
that was his own reason for leaving and we all was pleased w/ that
decision....and dude.. he didn’t even play in dellamorte at all at that point
haha.
CB: Sevared is a label that is doing their job in putting out our records. They have a good network in underground promotion and stay true to pure brutal Death Metal music which is what we want. In the phase Insision is in now we are satisfied with Sevared.
The Deal is for 1 ep 1 full length and one
collector cd 1.
Dental Records? fuck Omer Akay and them bloody rip offs! It was a mistake signing to them at all
JY : Has there been any offers from any big labels yet ? Independent or mainstream label, which of these would you choose to be on ?
Dental Records? fuck Omer Akay and them bloody rip offs! It was a mistake signing to them at all
JY : Has there been any offers from any big labels yet ? Independent or mainstream label, which of these would you choose to be on ?
CB : Since we have a deal with Sevared we are
doing the best we can for them right now. We have chosen not to enter into any
discussions with other labels at the moment.
Later on of course we are open to all proposals from labels interested in getting our music out the best possible way.
Later on of course we are open to all proposals from labels interested in getting our music out the best possible way.
JY : I think it is not fair from press people, who
are getting the promotion copy for free, to put the album on download sites
BEFORE or AFTER the release . I can’t understand that. What is the reason
behind that. I usually asking people about this and found many reason pro and
contra. So what do you think if you see INSISION all albums available on their
site or blogs as free download albums ? Do you see it as a positive or a
negative ?
CB: Of course we don’t want our songs to be
available before we have released a cd, why would we bother puting out a CD at
all... but after the release date we don’t have that much control of the
release. For an example, the same day we released “End Of All” the same day it
was out on YouTube. Free is great as long as you suport in anyway, but i guess
not so meny people do these days.
CB: Of course we want to tour Indonesia, you
have a great fanbase and dedication when It comes o Death Metal and we’re
trying to do the best we can to play in Indonesia, Hopefully we’ll try to play
there next year if everything falls in place.
CB: Hmm...he actually replaced Martin Magnusson, Christian
played with us a long, long time ago.
Well the less people involved in the process of writing, the less we need to argue about the outcome of the music. As simple as that!
Been so meny members coming and going down the years we thought; Hey lets keep the core of the band and let the rest be sessions. Works out good.
Well the less people involved in the process of writing, the less we need to argue about the outcome of the music. As simple as that!
Been so meny members coming and going down the years we thought; Hey lets keep the core of the band and let the rest be sessions. Works out good.
JY : Just as a side question, What do you think
about Busuk Webzine ?
CB: Cool website with loads of bands...What
more could you ask for?. (But you better sharpen up on the background info
before interviews.) (JY : Yea, will do ...thanks Carl)
JY : Are you going to tour in support of ‘End Of
All’ ? If you could go on tour with any old school bands in the world, who
would you choose such as Slayer, Iron Maiden, Hammerfall, and Exodus ?
CB: There are no direct plans for an tour for
END OF ALL.
JY : Well, many thanks for your time and support.
Best of luck for INSISION. Would you like to say something to the readers here
?
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CB: Cheers for the interview John. good luck with your Zine, keep it
DM!!Cheers/Carl Birath / INSISION
(Interviewed by John Yoedi, February 26,2012)
If you want to know more about INSISION, please visit their site :
http://www.facebook.com/insision
Press Contact : info@insision.se
Press Contact : info@insision.se
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