A few questions - interview with death metal band from France - STABWOUND.
Ave, can you introduce your band to our readers? – When was it founded and what style of music do you play etc.?
Hail, we are Stabwound from Normandy, France. The band was founded in 2006 when I bought a guitar and an amp and started writing songs with my High School buddy Yoann. We play Raw Death Metal which is a mix of thrash death and doom/blackened more atmospheric elements.
Where and under what conditions were you recording the new album? Who was in charge of sound, production and mastering?
The drums where recorded in a professional studios while all the guitars, bass and vocals where recorded in our home studio.
It was a difficult process as we started with a different line up, then COVID happen and I had to re record every guitar tracks when we got the project back on track after the pandemic.
Finally Camille Giraudeau (dodheimsgard/doedsmagheird) did the mixing and the mastering. Needless to say he did an awsome job at it, making our album sound like old school extreme metal with 2024 quality! This guy is a genius!
How many copies were released and which medium was used for this new edition (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette)?
We released 200 CDs and 100 LP with our label France Black Death and Grind.
Another 200cd will be released via Iron Blood and Death corporation, our Mexican label.
Both versions are available online !
Who is the author of the lyrics and how were they created and about what do the lyrics deal with?
I (Jeremy) write all the lyrics. I see songs as sonic movies, each part of a song being small „scenes“. Thus I like to write song that tell stories, sotries about ancient lovecraftian horrors, war, slasher movies type of tales or more vagues and open lyrics that people can interpret more freely.
Who created the logo of the band, and who took care of the graphics and the website? What about you and social networks? Do you consider these things important?
The logo was created a while back by Greg from Visual Injuries.
The amazingly beautiful artwork was drawn by Costin Chioreanu who is such a talented artist. He meAde a name for himself with his esoteric, dreamlike landscape that come from his mind. Check out his other work for many famous bands, you will dig it!!
We try to be active on social media, especially YouTube and Facebook.
These are really important for us as you will find everything you need to know, see and listen about us!
@stabwoundoff on YouTube
Facebook.com/stabwound.death
Which label did you choose for releasing your album and why this label? Are you satisfied by how your label represents you and takés care about you?
We chose to work with two labels to have more impact.
We are still fairly underground so having small but professional label both in France and in Mexico is greatly appreciated.
They do thing the old school way but are very supportive.
Thanks Yann, Cyrille, Yoann and Antonio!!
Which bands do you idolise and where do you get your inspiration?
I listen to suite a broad range of metal bands but the one iIdoloze are:
Iron maiden, Candlemass, Slayer, My dying Bride, Bolt Thrower, Celtic Frost and Tryptikon, Mayhem… those are the band that shaped my song writing the most!!
Did you send your record to some Labels - which are the labels? How was the response?
Well I tried all the big names, they never answered so I went to the one who where actually interested and contacted us…
It’s a shame that the big names only selected already established bands. So all in all the small bands have to do everything by themselve first before being picked by a big label.
Anyway, we don’t really care as our labels help us as much as they can and we are doing our best to grow as a band.
How many gigs have you played? Which type of gigs do you prefer, whether it's (clubs or festivals) and which of your performances would you consider as the best?
Oh damn, I think I lost track of all the gigs we played since 2008….
I love the small bar gigs because they are raw and in your face, ear splitting volume, proximity with the audience… I love that
Festival gigs are also awesome cause you play on bigger stages in front of a more diverse audience.
Live performances is one of our strong point and each show is a battle to conquer the audience. When you come to see us be sure we will give everything we have to kick your ass hard. So yeah the next gig will always be our best!
What about your plans for the future? What do you want to achieve with the band?
We want to establish Stabwound as a great Death Metal band. We strive to keep the flame of real, raw, aggressive and true metal alive.
We don’t care about money, about faking performance on tik tok, cheating in the studio or live to sound bigger.
What you ear on the album is what you get, straight, dark and catchy Death Metal. We don’t want to be innovators, we love true metal and we want to keep it alive in a world where social media, looks, gimmicks, or the size of the boobs of your lead singer, have more importance than the integrity of your music.
We believe in passion, honesty and integrity. That’s what metal is about for us and that’s what we will always do.
How and where can your fans contact you? Can you provide some contact information?
You can contact us on our facebook page, instagram and Youtube.
I answer every comment on Facebook so don’t hesitate to say hello ther too!
We would love to play on Poland by the way, so if you are a promoter we will be more than happy to come destroy your stage at a festival !!!
Thanx for the interview.
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