Clamoris Interview

 

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

We are a Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal band from Finland. We play around with utilizing classical music in an extreme metal setting. We are somewhat prone to shredding.

We started out as a sort of passion side project to channel some of the more elaborate and challenging stuff that we could come up with but have since then morphed into an actual band, consisting of five dudes.

We are releasing our debut album called Opus Limbonica on October 28th.

2.In October you have your first full length coming out, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical style that you went for on the recording?

Opus Limbonica is our take on how to utilize classical music in a metal setting. It's not a new discovery that these two go surprisingly well together.

In our album we're exploring the possibilities of this combination from different angles. Some of it is within the realm of heroic power metal. Some of it is straight up shred. Some of it is symphonic. Some of it utilizes black metal as a foundation.

We wanted to be as versatile as we could, while keeping the core idea the same throughout. We wanted to make something where the focus is foremost on quality songwriting.

3.In 2018 you had released a single but where mostly silent until 2022, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during this time frame?

Actually the release from 2018 is really just a demo that we put together to see how our stuff works in practice before we get to recording the actual album.

We promoted it in no way whatsoever. It was our intention all along to start making more noise of ourselves once we have the album ready for release.

We took the intervening years polishing and trying out different things with our material until we felt we were reasonably happy with what we've got.

Due to the situation with Covid we felt it'd be a good frame to take our sweet time exploring the possibilities of our style.

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

Immortality, chaos, deception and art itself are examples of some of the topics touched on in Opus Limbonica. Horror in general is a definite influence in our presentation overall.

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

Clamoris translates to a multitude of things, but among them 'roar of thunder' is the one that inspired the band name.

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

The artwork was made by Roberto Toderico. When sharing his work on his social medias, he tagged it with "Halloween" and I reckon that's a fairly good word to use to summarize the album cover in one sentence, albeit we weren't exactly thinking about that when coming up with the album art concept, nor did we know we'd end up releasing the album so close to Halloween.. but yeah like mentioned earlier, the album's influenced by horror and the cover art signals that.

7.Has the band done any live shows or open to the idea?

So far we haven't played live but we are open to the idea and are currently looking into it.

8.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of symphonic and melodic black and death metal?

So far the reception has been fairly good. Given the amount of layers and sheer volume of notes in our music we anticipated that our music might not be everyones cup of tea, nor did we aim to please everyone, but we have managed to gain some recognition and fans already, so the reaction hasn't been bad at all.

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

Our vocalist/bassists - Nikos - and drummers - Toms - other band, Wolftopia, put out their debut last year and has since then done a few gigs in Finland. Our other guitarists - Samulis - other band Extinction in Progress put out their debut earlier this year and has done pretty much the same, a few gigs in Finland.

Obviously the World situation the past couple years has limited the options for them as it has for everyone.

Besides that it's unkown what the guys are scheming for the future. We'll have to wait and see.

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

The next album is already quite far in the writing process. The best way I can describe the future stuff is that if you took every song of the first album, put them in a melting pot and used the resulting goo to create a new album.

It is at the same time very much the same, but also refactored to create something that's very different. That's all I dare say at this stage.

11.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?

Personally, my roots are largely in black metal and classical music. On founding this band, I saw a chance to experiment with combining extreme metal and classical and that's what the band is mainly about.

When writing the material I tried to tackle this core idea from different angles, and researched the music of the likes of Wintersun, Children of Bodom and Symphony X for inspiration on how to pull it off and I guess that shows in our material.

You could say these three bands are rather looked up to within our ranks all in all.

Some of the bands I listen to these days, and for a while now, include: The Kovenant, Obtained Enslavement, Sigh, Korn & Symphony X. I also enjoy listening to a number of classical composers, especially J.S. Bach.

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

Thank you for having me. If you want to check out some wild and ambitious stuff, Opus Limbonica should be for you. The album will be out on 28th October.

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