The original interview is available here, but for those of you (none but a few, for sure), whose polish is bit rusty, we leave you the english version.
1. How was the beginnig of your band. How did it all start?
João Mota: Basically, the band was started by 3 of us, simply because we knew each other from school and the neighbourhood, as we live in the same city (Leiria, center Portugal, halfway between Lisboa and Porto, not far from the coast). In the beginning it was something of a past-time, then it started growing - there were some lineup changes, 'till about 2 years ago when we came to our recent formation.
2. How is the path to release a CD in Portugal?
JM: A hard one! In fact, the name of the album reflects just that - "Persuasion Through Persistence" is the result of many years of struggle, persistence, and fundamentally being a bunch of annoying spiteful bastards who just didn't know how to quit! Nowadays things are starting to look better, with a lot of cool bands coming up (we have the privilige os being in the same label as what are undisputably some of the best metal acts in the country).
3. What is your musical inspiration?
JM: Old school thrash, the (old) new wave of swedish death metal, metalcore, new american metal and whatnot.. to name some names: lamb of god, slayer, sepultura, pantera, machine head, meshuggah, the haunted, hatesphere, chimaira, god forbid...
4. Can you tell me which kind of metal do you playing? Do you like it when someone segregates you to one of the genres?
JM: It's not a big deal for us, it's always fun to see what you're gonna be called next..! I've heard some call it crossover thrash metal, some call it metalcore, some death/thrash, and the most recent (and creative in my opinion): tech-core! I'd say we're a METAL band and that's about it.
5.This will be your first trip to Poland, what can we expect from these concerts?
JM: It's our first experience outside Portugal, and obviously we're stoked! We've heard a lot of great things about Polish metallists, so now we hope to see for ourselves what the audience is capable of (and if it decides it's worth it to come check out out).
6. What do you know about Poland?
JM: Personally I've been lucky enough to get to know this country for some time now, since I've been travelling to Poland on a regular basis (about once every two months average) since 2006. Also, I've had to do some extensive travelling while there, so I know a lot of cities pretty well: Warszawa, Kraków, Rszeszów, Lódz, Poznan, Wroclaw, Szczecin, Gdansk, Zakopane... You name it! And I gotta say it's always fun to come back.. Great food (can never go without some Zurek and some Pierogi), great drinks (my personal favourite is Wisniówka w/grapefruit juice, which I often bring back home, and has proven quite popular) and most of all, really fun people - it was surprising to see much more action in Polish clubs than Portuguese ones! So of course the rest of the band has become increasingly curious about the country, and my constant rants - now it's up to you to not let me down!!
7. Why did you choose our country for this tour?
JM: I think the previous answer pretty much explains it: my regular contact with the country, and the fact there seem to be a good deal of metal fans around created the conditions for it.
8. What do you know about polish heavy music? Do you know any polish bands?
JM: The international acts Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated of course need no introductions, and have earned a deserved place in metal's all-time hall of fame. Apart from them, the underground bands we've been listening to have been a very good surprise: Rotengeist, Lostbone or Terrordome, each in their own category of metal, reveal a booming scene with class-acts just waiting to get international recognition.
9. Some words for the polish fans of heavy music, why should they go to your concerts?
JM: If not for the fact there will be rare opportunities to experience a Portuguese underground thrash metal band locally, then they should come to get fuckin' WRECKED with us!
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