Hails and
many thanks for taking the time to talk to me. This new CD seems about the most
violent Aborym offering to date. What inspired you guys to such brutal heights? Faust: For me, the music was
already written for Generator when I entered the band, but I consciously used a
lot of death metal, especially typical Cannibal Corpse, blasts to increase the
heaviness during the blast beats and fast parts. The music is considerably
slower now as well, but all the more heavy and twisted in my opinion.
I noticed that you seem
to have put aside the black metal look. Was there a particular reason for this
change? Faust: Maybe I contributed to that, possibly. For me, the
thing with corpse paint etc, belongs to the early 90ties, I think it is possible
to look more dark and mysterious when you appear without make-up but with a good
hand on the visual side of the layout. The band photos on Generator suits so
well with the whole package and the layout.
How would you
compare and contrast "Generator" to other releases like "Fire Walk With Me"? Faust: As said, Generator is
slower, but more varied and with better structured songs. There is also more
melody to the songs but still, the music holds the characteristic Aborym
trademark.
M:F: I think “Generator” is the most brutal and “dark” Aborym album. Personally
I think this is our best release ever. No doubts.
The production on "Generator" is very
polished, yet it retains a very brutal edge. Was this something you set out to
do intentionally? Faust: I think so. I talked with the
producer a lot concerning the drums and they turned out the way I wanted to,
although I wasn't present at the mixing. When the music is so complex and
holding so many layers, I think it is important that the listener can hear what
is going on, anything else would be insulting.
In most bands of your
genre, the keyboard work can be very gratuitous. However, you guys seem to
integrate it more into the music, rather than just using it for embellishment.
Do you have any comments on the use of keyboards and choral vocals in metal? Faust: In fact, Ihsahn of
Emperor and Ivar of Enslaved where the first ones in black metal to actually use
the keyboard or synth as an instrument in its own right, merely than just using
it for adding a cosy layer of keyboard sound. I think this signifies the way
many black metal bands use the synth; without further knowledge of the
instrument they just use it in a very simple way to add “cool effects and
atmosphere” to the music. Fabban and Nysrok use it as a instrument equally to
guitars and drums, which is essential for me.
It seems that most of
your lyrics follow an apocalyptic and dark esoteric vein. Who writes the lyrics
and where do they draw inspiration from? M:F: On Generator me and
Faust wrote the lyrics and they all are based on the “Omnia Est Malis Est
concept”: negativity, no hope of salvation, the evil rising, the age of the
generator. No light and no happiness. Chaos, confusion, blood and death
exclusively. This is what man created. This is what we’re living into.
What can the fans
expect from upcoming Aborym releases? Faust: We didn`t
really think about that yet, but I reckon we will have to further improve the
sound and music we have started on Generator, taking it to the next level.
M.F: The only thing I can assure is Aborym will perform extreme negative music.
The best one. We’re gonna start write new stuff for a new album after summer,
around September-october.
Again, thanks for
taking the time to talk to me. Is there anything further you'd like to tell the
fans. Any tour plans, or anything else you'd like metalheads to know? Faust: No tours or gigs are
planned at the moment although it would be cool to one day realize the
possibility of doing gigs. Thanks for your interest. Support your local scene.
