Interview |
Deaththrasher (Jan 2005)
DT: Hello SABINE, How are you?.... when did you start playing?
Andabata: SABINE starts playing at 1994, CHRISTIAN eleven years
ago. CARSTEN starts playing bass at 1993. ALEX starts singing about 2
years ago and OLIVER about 1 year ago.
DT: Who put the name of the band and why?... who designed the
ANDABATA's logo?
Andabata: CARSTEN founded the band as an one-man-project in 1997. So he is
responsible for both - name and logo. He is interested in latin and found
the name in a dictionary. ANDABATA is the latin word for gladiators with
helmets without visor. So they fighted blind.
DT: What topics do you consider in your songs and who writes the
music and lyrics in the band?
Andabata: Our songs cover many different themes. Some are about history and their
meaning for today, like Vlad Tzepes the impaler or the Inquisition. Others
are about actual stuff, like Deathrow and such stuff. But we have also
songs about mystics and legends like the gods of the egypts or the
christians. Also we write songs about the themes that our unspoken in our
time, like blood, death, killing and so on...
The lyrics are written by
every member of the band. The music is composed by CARSTEN. But every
member of the band has a veto and the arrangement and the structure of the
songs are created by the whole band. So no song can be created without the
whole band.
DT: Do you think that
wearing chains, blood, make-up and all that stuff is important for you
image?
Andabata: Definitly not, because
it doesn't fit to our music and we don't want to limit music in paintings
or such stuff. In our opinion we make music - our music - not because of
clichés. We make our music because we want it.
DT: Are you into Serial
Killers?... tell me your opinion about TED BUNDY, RICHARD RAMIREZ and
CHARLES MANSON?
Christian: I
find it very fascinating in some points, because it's very interesting
what's going on in the minds of those people. But I think it's not
something to imitate.
DT: Which was
your best Show with ANDABATA?
Andabata: The best gig in the actual lineup was our gig in the MIKADO-CLUB in
Nürnberg / Germany. The crowd, and we too, were going insane. The
atmosphere was fucking great.
DT: Tell
us all about "The Door To The Other Side" please.
Andabata: The "The Door To The Other Side" was the
first trial to do a band with two basses, a drum and three different
voices (and nobody played guitar)! On the CD all parts were played by
CARSTEN, because at that time ANDABATA was still a one-man-project. It's -
in our opinion - a good, hard album. Even if the time to record and the
money for equipment and so on wasn't too good.
DT: How do you describe your style?... what topics do
you consider in your lyrics?
Andabata: We
think that actually our music is influenced by Death and Black Metal. But
because of the two basses and the - intentional - missing guitar, our
music sounds different from others. The question whith the lyrics we
answered already.
DT: Which do
you prefer?
ACCEPT or
SCORPIONS?
Andabata: ACCEPT!!
GOTHENBURG or FLORIDA?
Andabata: CHRISTIAN prefers Florida because of the
Death Metal scene! CARSTEN and ALEX think the same. OLIVER likes
Gothenburg because he likes other cultures at all, especially the history
of whole Scandinavia.
HELLOWEEN or
GAMMARAY?
Andabata: We don't like one of
them.
RUNNING
WILD or ANGEL DUST?
Andabata: No one
knows what to say, but CARSTEN likes RUNNING WILD.
ASSASSIN or PROTECTOR?
Carsten: PROTECTOR!
IRON ANGEL or TANKARD?
Andabata: TANKARD!
KREATOR
or SODOM?
Andabata: Whatever. We like both. But... Sabine preferes KREATOR!
PC or MACINTOSH?
Andabata: PC. OLIVER don't like both.
DT: What CD's / bands have
you been listening to lately?
Christian: THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Unhallowed.
Carsten: MARTYR, COMEDIAN HARMONISTS, MACABRE, DEATH, MORBID
ANGEL, ANNIHILATOR.
Alex: CRYPTOSY, SIX FEET UNDER, IMMORTAL, DARKTHRONE, CANNIBAL CORPSE,
...
Sabine: the last CD I buyed was the 'Live Kreation' of KREATOR
Oliver: METALLICA: Black Album. CRADLE OF FILTH:
Nymphitamyn.
DT: Tell me your opinion about ANTON SZANDOR LA VEY and THE CHURCH
OF SATAN please.
Christian: In some ways allright but pretty fuckin' mad.
Oliver: In my opinion LA VEY was a very smart guy! I
expecially like his book "The Satanic Bible". It describes the meaning of
live. I like to live my life this way. He absolutely describes the way I
think. If you wanna speak with me thou contact me : oliver@andabata.de
DT: What do you think about LORENA
BOBBIT?
Andabata: Who the fuck is LORENA
BOBBIT???
DT: Are you a STAR WARS
fan?
Oliver: FUCK YEAH!!! CHRISTIAN
also.
Alex: ...
Sabine: I like to watch the
movies, but I'm not a fan.
Carsten: Hell yeah!
DT: What can you talk me
about "Never Ending War"?
Andabata: The lyrics tell the story about the war between good and evil.
Cause of the musicians of that time music is something between death and
Doom Metal. Besides, we have a video for the song "The Prophecy" on
it.
DT: Your fave European
bands?
Christian: Fuckin' MAYHEM!!!
Oliver: MARDUK
Carsten: COMEDIAN HARMONISTS
Sabine: DEINE LAKAIEN
Alex: IMMORTAL
DT: Were you
into Punk Rock? What do you think of the Punk Rock Scene of the Late
70’s?.
Christian: I
wasn't even born at that time. I'm not into Punk Rock anyway.
Oliver: The same as CHRISTIAN sayed. At this
time Punk is not that what it should be. (Rio Raiser is the only Punk I
know)
Carsten: When I think of Punk I
think about EMILS, AMA or some songs of WIZO.
Alex: I don't know. Anarchy???
Sabine: I don't the scene.
DT: We mention a name, and
you give us your thoughts
Christian:
ABSURD
- Fuck off Nazi Punks!
DEATHROW - ???
DESASTER
- I listen to it
some time.
DESTRUCTION - German Thrash Metal
Gods!
FINAL BREATH
- well.. good live show
MINOTAUR - ???
PARAGON - sucks
PHILOSOPHER - The song from Death rocks
PRIMAL
FEAR - Smells like teen spirit (ha, ha).
sucks!
DT: In what
musical direction will ANDABATA be heading in for the next
production?
Andabata: The next CD (hopefully coming in 2005) will be much faster and harder than
"Never Ending War". There will be no more Doom Metal, now we have some
Black Metal influences instead.
DT: Your
last growl for DEATHTHRASHER's readers?
Andabata: Check out http://www.andabata.de/ an our new CD
coming out soon. Visit our concerts and stay fuckin' Metal!!!
ARMANDO MUTILATOR