Interview done in october 1999
In the beginning there was a band called Dark Lust so far, which style
was a kind of dark death metal who released a demo, back in ’92… the band
splitted-up, and the vocalist decided to form another act putting with him the
drummer and one of the two guitarists… the name chosen was Necromass! So after
the releasing of a 7” Necromass changed line-up and from that moment that
guitarist (Seth) and drummer (L.C. Blast) closed themselves into the abyss…
Where they have gone??? Are they dead now??? …The abyss’ gate re-opened… Their
monicker is now Altar of Perversion and they play nothing but wicked black
metal!!!
And here is an interview with Seth (gt + vc) done in october ’99, some
time after the listening of their first demo named “The Abyss’ Gate Re-opens”
(ok, maybe this interview is a little bit old (but not obsolete) but I don’t
give a damned fuck!)… simply beautiful acabre!
Vanish: The first question is fairly superficial: in what period and what circumstances Altar of Perversion has been formed?
Seth: The first incarnation came as Forgotten Stars, before and after mine and
L.C. Blast’s involvement with Necromass in ’93 e.v. (“His eyes” 7”), but it was
more a project of mine back then, with L.C. Blast as session, that didn’t go anywhere
for lack of worth members to join and money. The real beginning was in ’97 e.v.
when in spite of money problems still being there, we managed to find a
bass-player; I decided to do also the vocals, changed the name into Altar of
Perversion and we begun to rehearse. That bass-player soon revealed to be only
a stupid average, trendy human, thus he was kicked out and replaced by Rexor,
you know the rest of the story.
Vanish: From what bands do you personally took inspiration in the composition of the songs featured on “The Abyss’ Gate Re-opens”?
I never take direct inspiration from other bands for the composition of
our songs, the whole process is far more complex and deep. When the lyrics are
about some personal experiences I will concentrate on that and try to invoke
the atmosphere that I was breathing during that certain experience, to put it
out translated in the form of Black Metal. In other cases both the music and
lyrics can be a consequence of each other, then being the consequence of
something else as well, but your question is not about this so I’ll not go too
deep into it. Anyway I’m aware that, unconsciously, some influences are there.
Vanish: Among the tracks, “Black Magickal Suicide” is undoubtely the
piece that strucked me mostly, both for musical and lyrical aspects: unless it
doesn’t deal with something of extremely personal, would you illustrate me its
text?
Seth: Yes, it is personal but if I wrote a text about it I can also
explain something: there are some details that are evidently exagerated and
some perverted imaginations as well; for the rest it described something real
that I have experienced and searched for (more or less unconsciously), being
killing my self (spiritually), a spiritual death that was my self-initiation to
darkest paths and more wisdom. Other details can be read in the lyric itself, I
won’t go deeper than this. The matter is anyway deeepened in other lyrics for
songs that will appear later.
From Dead Temples (Towards the
Ast'ral Path)
Tracklist:
- Shteitanhas
- The
Wisdom of Evil
- Aeongrave
- Necromantia
Sexualis
- Burningcoldvoiddemon
- From
Dead Temples
- Behold
the Altar of Perversion
- Carpathian
Shadows
