• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

FORLIS Guitarist Talks About Working With KILLJOY

September 30, 2004

Guitarist/vocalist Svest of the Danish ambient band FORLIS recently spoke to Vampire-Magazine.com about the group's collaboration with Killjoy (NECROPHAGIA, THE RAVENOUS) on their upcoming full-length debut, tentatively due in 2005 via Baphomet Records. Several exceprts from the interview follow:

Vampire-Magazine.com: How did you get in touch with (Killjoy) and on what point did the two of you decide to work together on FORLIS?

Svest: "Well, I mailed him a copy of 'Hellseeker' back in June, and he sent me an e-mail shortly after receiving it telling me how much he loved FORLIS and that he would love to do some vocals for us some time. As you can imagine, I was pretty stunned and I immediately called Vuml and told him what had happened and so on, and we didn't hesitate to welcome Killjoy in the ranks of FORLIS. Everyone who has heard ENOCH and especially NECROPHAGIA's 'Goblins Be Thine' cannot suppress the fact that he is a brilliant vocalist who is capable of much more than screaming his lungs out in metal bands. He has a firm grasp of doing creepy, whispered and almost mumbling spoken-word parts and this will add a whole new depth to FORLIS in the future!"

Vampire-Magazine.com: A new album will be out on Baphomet Records in 2005. Are you in the position to reveal some details?

Svest: "The full-length will feature about 7-8 new songs. We originally intended to do 5-6 new songs, but Vuml and I have been really creative for the past month, so we have recorded a hell of a lot of ideas and these will definitely end up on the full-length. We have recorded all the guitar, bass and piano parts for 5 songs so far, and we are still working on 3 other songs, so there will definitely be around 7-8 new songs on the new album. Killjoy is currently working on some lyrics for the new songs, and I can reveal a few titles here: 'Sanitarium Symphony', 'Pull the String' and 'Nightmare Scenery'!"

Vampire-Magazine.com: That album will also contain the "Hellseeker" promo/demo. What made you choose for this? Some bands choose not to re-release their demo/early stuff to keep it exclusively for their fans from the earliest days…

Svest: "It was pretty much Killjoy's idea to release the 'Hellseeker' promo CD along with a number of new songs, and I think that is a brilliant idea since 'Hellseeker' hasn't been promoted that much. Also, we haven't spread that many copies of it, so we thought that we would include the entire promo as a part of our debut-album. I should also add that we have re-mastered the entire 'Hellseeker' promo and that we have been talking of adding some additional vocals to the songs, so it will differ from the promo!"

Read Svest's entire interview with Vampire-Magazine.com at this location.

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).