T: Hello
Serpent Est !! Tell us more about the history of Kaiserreich?
SE: Honor,
Tchort!
First of
all, we want to thank you for the chance to introduce our band to all of your
readers.
We really
appreciate your help and dedication to the Black Metal scene.
The
KAISERREICH project started in late 2004. We took a very few time to create our
first album (KRRH) which was very basic and darkthronish.
Then we
had some change in our line-up and got some new musicians which resulted in the
release of our second album RAVENCROWNED which make us really proud of.
Now we
almost finished the mix of our new album (CUORE NERO, that means Black Heart in
italian) that will be released this year.
T: You
can tell that the lyrics are based Kaiserreich?
SE: Every
album has a different mood. The first one was really into the '90 scene, so its
lyrics are about nature, pain and evil. Not very original, we say.
The
second is a concept album based on a dark-fantasy opera which is about a realm
dominated by an immortal Emperor. His son, which is also the leader of the
royal guard, tried to kill his on father to seize the throne. The rebellion
fails, and the son has been eaten alive by the king's courtigians. After that,
the 86 members of the royal guard are sentenced to death for treason, even if
they just obeyed orders. The royal guard accepts its fate with loyalty and
without fighting. They are tortured to death in the name of the kingdom. From
this absolute pain emerges a demon-god
called Anima that tries to avenge the guards but that is easily taken down by
the Emperor himself.
Our third
album are about inner despair, loneliness and human suffering.
T: They
have a lot of admiration for the German past wars?
SE: To be
honest, the answer is no. Despite the name, KAISERREICH is not so involved in
the NSBM scene nor in the war argument.
We did just one song concerning the wehrmacht (the german infantry) which is
Requiem Division 7,62 on our first album.
For sure,
the german army is the most fascinating army ever existed and you can see to
the Third Reich as the first (and maybe only) attempt to enstablish an evil
order on this world.
T: The
Kaiserreich More CD starts with "KRRH". Then would come out of their
Split CD in Vinyl?
SE: with
the band Nocturnal Depression And the last they have done is this gem called
"Ravencrowned". How about them was the Split CD with Nocturnal
Depression and that the relationship with the band? And you can explain more
about the formation of this CD Split?
We had
some interesting gig alongside Noctrunal Depression which are really nice guys
and good musicians. We did the split on their request after those gigs. For the
Split CD we used a song that was been composed by our bassist which fitted to
the Nocturnal Depression style. This song will be released again on our next
album in a newer version.
T: The CD
is the last Ravencrowned performs kaiserreich band? As I was with this
production?
SE: In my
personal opinion it is well kept the presentation and especially the music.
Pure fucking Black Metal!
RAVENCROWNED
is our last album since 2012 and its developing was really tough. We spent lot
of time and money to produce it, recording in a place and mixing in another. We
also did our best to produce a nice booklet and a cool package.
In the
end we are satisfied even if there are still flaws or things that could have
done in a better way. In any case, I'm really really proud of what we achieved
and I’ll be forever thankful to my band for this.
T: Why do
they put "Ravencrowned" this CD and to you who is the cover art?
SE: RAVENCROWED
is one of the many names our Emperor has and it'is both the title of the second
album and the title of a song on our first CD. The song on the first album was
in fact about him.
We used
the same process to name the third album (CUORE NERO) which is also the title
of a song on RAVENCROWED.
The cover
art should be one of the embodiment of the Emperor. He's an ethereal creation,
so that's not his only form. But it's a nice representation 'cause the king is
fused in his throne and that’s a nice metaphor to the power burden. The author
is Michal Klimczak, a guy from Poland which has already delivered us the
artwork for the new album. He’s a very nice person and a great artist.
T:
Currently they are working with De Tenebrarum Principio? Are satisfied with the
support and diffusion have received from them?
SE: Yeah,
we're satisfied. We got a good distibution and a bunch of internation reviews.
We're a very small band so we can't pretend a very large support, you know.
T:
Remember some bands that have performed live Kaiserreich?
SE: We
played with some interesting bands such as Nargaroth, Absurd, Negura Bunget,
Forgotten Tomb, Azaghal, Mortuary Drape, Ad Hominem. This may we'll play with
Taake even if our personal goal is to play with Gorgoroth!
We also
shared the stage with very cool underground bands. It will take too much time
to remember them all, but the underground scene has a really cool appealing to
me. And it's great that people aren't interested exclusively in the mainstream
music.
T:
Kaiserreich is currently preparing new songs for his new CD?
SE: Yeah,
we're currently rehearsing our forth CD
which will be a single track album entirely composed by our bassist T. Morgan.
This over 30min single track is about the cosmic travel of the last-man-on
Earth's soul and it will be different from what we did before.
T: What
bands do you think are the pillars of Black Metal history in Italy?
SE: Black
Metal never been so successful in Italy. But we had some bands with the same
extreme attitude of BM. Mortuary Drape and Necrodeath for sure. Death SS in a
certain way. Opera IX, Aborym and Necromass. Spite Extreme Wing was a great
band. Forgotten Tomb (which I really don't like) are for sure one of the most
important underground italian band nowadays.
T: What
bands do you think influenced the creation of the music kaiserreich?
SE: It's
not so simple to say. The creation of music isn't a scientific process, so we
don't say “let's take Gorgoroth mixed with Horna and some Nargaroth” we just
play until we get something valuable. By the way, any kind of music we listen
to has the chance to influence us.
T:
Serpent Est thanks!! Some last return Tchort The Legion Of Compilation &
Zine? And where our readers can contact to purchase your music?
SE: We
just want to thank you and all. It's great that you (and the readers) put some
of your time on underground bands. Keep the Black Flame burning!
You can
contact us on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kaiserreich.it
If you
want to puchase our music, just write some line and present yourself as a
Legionnaire of TchorT, you'll get an extra special offer!
T: Thanks for this promotion for fans of "The Legion
Of Tchort" so take it. Dark thanks
to Serpent Est and Abraxas !!
