Lava Abyss Interview

 

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the musical project?

- Our project is dedicated to dark theatre, where the most dismal and grim reality comes through our "Plague Metal". We try to embody and revive all the darkness we feel from this world

2.So far you have released an ep and a full length, musically how do they both differ from each other?

-The first album was lyrically and musically conceptual, incorporating all the tracks into a single mood. While "Secret of the Black Soil" is a single EP-length track with a more pronounced story and development.

3.You refer to your music as being 'plague metal', can you tell us a little bit more abotu this term?

- In 1347–1351 plague pandemic was called as “Black Death”, it was tough times for civilization. Since we play blacked death metal we decided to call it “plague metal”, it’s shorter and adding new meanings.

4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band has explored so far with the music?

- All lyrics except "Secret of the Black Soil" is based on natural unstoppable forces of creations and destructions, initiated by those, forever firing metals and rocks called "magma", which gave the life for all we have now,  it was the start and it will be the finish. (And soon will be a new song, exactly about the theme of creations by these processes.

And for example song "Supervolcanic Obscuration" is about what would be with the current life on Earth in case if supervolcano will erupt.

And it will be sooner or later... It's just a matter of time.

5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Lava Abyss'?

- I have been attracted to fire since childhood, and with age it has grown into something more... There is nothing hotter and more destructive than an abyss filled with boiling lava, it must be an incomparable sight!

6.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?

-Well, first cover was made by me, as all “decorations” for videos clip “Finishing the era” it’s real inverted cross size of human height, I put all my soul while I was making it haha. But if to be serious I caught big interest in doing that and soon will be some new releases , as in music so In videos

7.Currently there are only 2 members in the band, are you open to expanding your line up or do you prefer to remain a duo?

-We've started working on new material, and most likely on new album will appear new masters of metal

8.One member lives in the United States while another lives in Ukraine, what impact does this have on the musical style that you play?

-Very interesting question.

-Thanks to ethnic differentiations our performance mix becomes more unique, but still these are nuances as we have one "metal" nation, and as American and European culture is very close to me and it was the conception of everything that we will now do and play, although today many are confused and do not know what it truly means, and what truths and knowledge it should carry

9.Recently 'Archivist Records', re-issued your 2021 album, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?

-These are people of steel temper, they have survived the "ruzz" occupation and under constant bombing they continue their work. We are very glad that they have published our album.

10.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of blackened death metal?

-Most of the reviews and feedbacks were surprised to hear such unusual mix of black and death metal, which is unsurprisingly for us as we don't have a goal to sounds or build compositions like standard (if I dare to say this word) blackned death metal, or deathned black metal haha.

11.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that the band members are a part of?

-Well, Mike and I have worked on other death metal projects but we are more concentrated on Lava Abyss.

12.Where do you  see the band heading into musically during the future?

-Only work and progress, I have composed more than 80-100 tracks in my life, and only about 30 have been implemented and I continue to do so, everything will be implemented through the Lava Abyss prism.

13.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Deicide, Satyricon, Dark Funeral, Gorguts...

14.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or tohughts?

-We want to say thank you for inviting to the interview and for spreading metal onto masses!

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