If you DON’T face these kind of problems every now and then, that just means you are doing something wrong. Yes we have had similar problems several times but this is something that is quite natural for a Satanic Black Metal band. Have you ever had such problems in the past? Have you heard about similar problems in Russia with BEHEMOTH, BELPHEGOR, BATUSHKA and ROTTING CHRIST for the last couple years? Are you not afraid to go there again? Recently your show was cancelled in Singapore over religious concerns. I thank the mighty Gods for blessing me with such a journey and I will always look upon my path as a sacred pilgrimage towards my home beyond the stars. After nearly 20 years of living like this I find it hard to settle down and be at one place for a long time. This is also a consequence of constantly dealing with Satanic powers, because such powers are not stagnant and still, but rather a energetic force of movement, twisting and turning and always finding a way to advance and become stronger. I think I must have nomadic blood in my veins, something that urges me forward and onward all the time. I am very fond of the “gypsy way” of life. But are you maybe already accustomed to this way of life? But all those travels and this gypsy way of life is very tiresome. That way we have teached many people the lesson to not summon the Devil if you are not on his side. So many of them almost shit their pants when they realized what infernal horror that had entered into their venue and into their fragile little lives.
They thought they had booked just a regular Black Metal band with normal people and a normal performance. No, but there are many festivals and cities that have said “never again” to WATAIN, haha… Many promoters, especially in the past when we were less known for what we do, did not have a good understanding of what they were getting themselves into. Did you get some negative experience and can say “never again” for some cities or festivals?
WATAIN has been visited in many countries and cities. The 1980s/early 1990s scene of Eastern Europe is a great passion of mine, and Ukraine is a country I really want to know more about when it comes to those old and evil days… For me personally, I am very interested in knowing more about older bands like ADEM, REACTOR (demo era), TRASHMACHINE, КПП, and so on. From the past I remember hearing bands like LUCIFUGUM and BLACK INQUISITION, and for sure some others that escape my mind at the moment. We will always be their black enemies, working in the shadows where they do not dare to set their foot, like wolves outside the fragile villages of men…ĭo you know something about Ukrainian black metal scene?įrom contemporary bands I of course know DRUDKH, NOKTURNAL MORTUM (also under the SUPPURATION name) and HATE FOREST, all bands with their own unique aura for sure. Metal like ours must not be stopped by the idiot decisions of politicians and their filthy systems of greed and mass control. The most important thing for us is to feel the hunger of the crowd, to create a proper representation of the sacred Temple of WATAIN and to leave the concert visitors with memories of ecstasy, magic and mystery. The art of WATAIN is based to a great extent on energies that rely on conflict, turmoil, rebellion and chaos, so if anything I think we can only gain from such a context. We have gone to countries where there have been ongoing conflicts before, so this is not an issue. Did you have any doubts – to go or not to go to our country? In our country, namely in the east of Ukraine an armed conflict is still ongoing on, already for 5 years, and some European bands are just afraid to come here with concerts, especially in the beginning when the war has started in 2014. I think the raging Satanic madness of a WATAIN concert could be very interesting in this environment. So the upcoming EASTERN ECLIPSE TOUR is an attempt to cover more ground and discover more of the underground darkness in some of the less trodden parts of Europe… We have heard great things about the audience in Ukraine and after having visited Kiev myself a few years ago I got very hungry to come back to perform there. Special indeed! We have always had a very strong tie to eastern Europe in general and it has been frustrating to not be able to perform in all the countries there yet. New country, first show – is it something special for you and WATAIN? Just less than two month left to your first time ever performance in Ukraine.
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