Country: Germany
Answers by: Andi
Heindl (guitar)
Blizzen is the kind
of band that you feel from the very first song the enjoy playing Metal, and
when you enjoy doing something is easier to make other people enjoy it too.
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, addictive songs easy to play once and once again. A
band with a great future ahead, so we needed to have them in Metalbrothers.es
Hello Andi and
congratulations for your good work in “Genesis Reversed”
Thank you very much, we're really pleased that you like it!
I think “Genesis
Reversed” confirms the good sensations of your EP “Time Machine” and improves
it
Yes, we are of the same opinion. We could go a step further
as a band, we got to know each other much better, musically. The music writing
process also evolved, we think that our new songs on the album are a little
more complex compared to the EP, without losing their catchi-ness.
In my opinion this
“Genesis Reversed” means a statement kind of hey, we are here to stay, we are
not flower of one day
We think more of the opposite of what you pointed out. Humanity
behaves like a disease that has spread across the whole globe, destroying it
and itself. If we don't change our behavior, we will eradicate ourselves and
planet earth. The biblical story of Genesis, the creation of the world, is kind
of reversed by ourselves in how we behave.
I get the point. With
your previous EP you got enough popularity in Germany, I think you are in
disposition to jump to the international field, what are your expectactions
about it?
That would be very cool. We already played abroad in countries
next to Germany like Belgium or Austria, and we have been to Finland, too. That
were great experiences, exploring new places just because you have a show is
absolutely great. We will see how it continues with the album!
If we analyze all the
“ratios”, there is another index that speaks clearly about your po-tential, I
am talking about your contract with High Roller Records
HRR is a great label that has a lot of power to support
their bands, no question about that. It's the biggest thing in real heavy metal
in Europe, so we are very proud of being a part of it.
Talking about your
new album, how long did you work on it and what differences are we gonna find
with your EP?
We already wrote some of the songs after and even some
before the recording of the EP, which was recorded in September 2014 and
released in April 2015. So we already had enough time in that period to come up
with new songs. Shortly after the EP's release in Summer last year we nearly
had enough new material to enter the studio again, and so we did that in the
end of 2015 to record Genesis Reversed! We think that we could develop our
style and song-writing, which you can hear in the new songs. They are more
complex and interesting, without losing their catchiness!
One of the great
things in your music is that you mix strenght with melody or a catchy chorus in
almost every song. Definitely, Blizzen means fun
Absolutely true! If it was no fun, we wouldn't play that
stuff! In our opinion, it is very important to have strong songs. They have to
kick ass and be catchy, perfect example: Priests British Steel album.
True to the heart. Blizzen
is heavy metal all the way, but we get a great variety of rhythms, mid tempos
and even some speed metal, that enhances your proposal a lot...
Yeah, that's the cool thing. We do not want to repeat
ourselves all the time when writing songs. That makes your music interesting
and worthwhile listening to it. And in the end, it is interesting for a band
playing as many different stuff as possible!
Thank you very much! I think every band member has a different
favorite song, but all together we all agree on the title track "Genesis
Reversed" and "The Beast is on your Back" as maybe the strongest
songs on the album. But of course, this is very, very hard to decide. We are
very satisfied with the whole record and love them all! The most difficult song
to complete was "Skid into Death", because it was also a midtempo song
in the beginning. The only parts that survived are its chorus and the
solo-riffs, just played in double time I guess. It was a mess all the time, we
were not satisfied with it, and then Marvin came up with the fast main riff as
a new song, and soon we figured out that the best parts of the older, slower
version fitted perfectly to the new, fast riff!
As I said before, you
got melody in your songs, but also agressiviness, and although I consider you
mainly a heavy metal band I don’t see you in the ballad mood... you tend more
to the speed and the true metal sounds...
No, we won't do ballads, especially as long as Andi is in
the band, hahahaha! As you said, we are a heavy metal band, and ballads are NOT
heavy metal! We definitely tend more to the heavy and speed sounds.
When it comes to take
a decision in the composition process or in the direction of your music or any
other important matter (beers&girls in the rehearsal room and so on...),
who is in charge of the business inside the band?
We're all equal, everybody brings in his ideas and we then
work together to make the best out of everyone's ideas. Not only musically, but
we discuss every decision together and come up with a result. We're quite
democratic, I think! Because of that we all are satisifed with the songs.
Blizzen is a young
band and I think it’s unavoidable to be compared by almost everyone with other
bands from the past or the present. Do you feel upset by these comparisons?
No, not at all! We definitely did not invent heavy metal,
this has happened already some time ago. In some cases it is very funny to read
about your allegedly influences and never having heard about those bands
before. Some reviewers really want to show off with their knowledge about
absolutely hardcore underground acts from 1979 or whatever. Especially when
some influences like Priest or Maiden are so obvious! But all in all we think
that we already developed our own style.
In the Metal music is
often said that everything has been invented already, what do you think about
this?
No, we don't think so because music gives you infinite
possibilities of being creative. Of course, we did not invent a new style or
something, but within its range everything is still possible.
You grew up
listenting to...?
It's similar for everyone in the Band, we all listened and
listen to hard rock, heavy metal, thrash, speed and so on. Some tended and tend
more to brutal stuff like death or black metal, others also like and liked more
classic rock stuff and so on. Heavy metal all the way!!!
No surprises then. As a band you are gaining speed very
fast, are you starting to feel the pressure? Do you feel maybe that now it’s
more a work than the fun it used to be?
Fortunately everything concerning the band is still really
relaxed, we have great support by our label and promoter. Every band member has
his kind of duties and jobs, and so we make it all together!
I think you are a
band that can very easily share stage with many other bands, from heavy metal
to speed, even hard heavy or thrash... Do you have any tour dates scheduled for
this year?
... and this is very cool! We don't have tour dates so far,
but we play almost every weekend after the release of the album. Check our
band's sites (facebook etc.) for upcoming news!
What are your plans
for the future?
Playing as many shows to support the album as possible! And
then writing more songs and making another record. And then playing live as
much as possible. Then write songs again... :D
A good plan, Andi! Thank
you very much for your time and we wish you a very successful year!
Thank you very much for your interest in our band! We hope
to come to Spain very soon and greetings to all the spanish maniacs! Greetings
to Iron Courtain, Lizzies and Hitten, who we met already a couple of times.
Absolutely fantastic fellows! Muchas gracias, adios!
grande vpower
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