1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?
Greeting from good ol' New Hampshire. Basically I have a new C.N.V. album written which will have an anglo Saxon medieval theme. It is called "Disenchantment" and will have songs with titles like "Castle Doctrine" and "Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown". It will be more miserable than the wives of King Henry the 8th.
2.recently you have released a new album, musically how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
It is Darker sounding and more depressive than our first album under the NortherN banner. I want to go into the abyss with this band but also have it reflect grim reality and the area from which I have spent most of my days... New Hampshire / Maine.
You can find maybe more traces of death metal and a lower tuning also. The song "Darshana" is more Cold Wave rather than Black Metal. So there are slight deviations from the norm.
3.A lot of your more recent lyrics are inspired by the lore of the area where you reside, can you tell us a little bit more about the lyrical topics and subjects you explore with the newer music?
Basically I am a truck driver in rural areas of the Northeast and I just sort of absorb it and out it comes. I study the history and how tourists have froze to death here trying to hike the mountains. The "Cabin Fever" album has nothing to do with man's triumphant ascent to the summit. It is the opposite of that. It is "the Abomination of Desolation".
My idea behind the album started by finding an abandoned falling down cabin in the woods . It just went from there... Think of New Hampshire as a state where people don't like being told what to do. People that don't trust the government and like to live within the bounty of nature ... A lot of contempt for man in this state and I love that. GG Allin could only be from New Hampshire.
"Live Free or Die" is the state motto. It does not get more American than that.
4.A lot of your older lyrics where more about the Occult and Paganism, can you tell us a little bit more about your views on these topics and also how has your interest in these paths evolved over the years?
I was drawn to the occult, Satanism, and Paganism as a kid before I even got into Metal. One of the only classes I ever got straight A's in was Greek Mythology.
Paganism to me is gnosis from Nature. The more time you spend in it you realize the wave builds to crash. The roots go to darkness and the branch to the light. The leaves are leaving and returning. The dark holds the light.
Rather than go into a long winded essay on this subject I will leave you with this. "Paradoxical undressing is removal of one's clothing while in a state of hypothermia. "
That says it all without saying it. Buy the NortherN "Cabin Fever" album rather than download it. There by doing as the old timers did... Actually opening up the case and reading the lyrics and seeing the imagery, it might dawn on you. The dark light.
5.Originally the band was known as 'Cold Northern Vengeance', can you tell us a little bit more about the name change?
Cold Northern Vengeance is Paganism , medieval times, Occultism and NortherN is for all the Evil in New Hampshire and Maine. One is the shadow of the other.
6.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?
It is an old picture of New Hampshire . Rugged frontier and Cold desolation. It will put hair on your chest. Take a shot of whiskey with it bub.
7.The band has been around since 2002 And were a part of the early era of USBM, do you feel that black metal in the United States has changed for the worse in the lad decade and the music has lost its original meaning?
Yes I feel it has changed for the worse. I just don't care what the scene is around here. It is a bunch of sheeple saying stuff like "Black Lives Matter" and voting for communists like Bernie Sanders while trying to re brand / steal something that was never meant for them.
To quote Boyd Rice when he was asked about this millennial generation rainbow Satanism he said "You are co opting something that is your antithesis."
8.In the last few years a lot of the veterans in black metal have had problems getting shows booked due to the political climate and you hardly ever see good black metal shows even with some of the mandates even being lifted, what effect has this had on your band being able to book shows?
We don't play shows pretty much . Not anymore unless I try to put something together. The last show we played was with Horna in 2019. Antifa threw a hissy fit and tried to get it shut down but we prevailed because the owner of the venue hates them.
NortherN is pretty much barred from playing anywhere in New England aside from New Hampshire or maybe Maine at a house party. I refuse to "play by the rules" and wear hipster glasses or wave a hammer and sickle flag or show my vaxx card while testing HIV positive. "Woke" means Joke hahaha...
I would rather eat a bowl of Fruity Pebbles out of Aunt Jemima's stank ass crack than fit in with the "scene" . I am the outsider ... I don't fit in. I am on the outside looking in.
9.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
We opened for Angel Corpse and Vahhhhtain ( pronounce it like a Vampire ) in 2007 to a sold out crowd. That one stands out. The last show we played opening for Horna was pretty killer... We did a "Cabin Fever" set.
I would say if the band is "in the zone" our performances are often Trance like. Ideally they put you in that sort of "other" realm. That is if it happens to go well.
10.The new album was released on 'Sinistrari Records', how would you compare working with this label to your previous label 'Moribund Records'.?
So far so good... Sinistrari is the old guard. The old USBM which is all that matters for me. GBK needs to release a new one on Sinistrari.
The new Martial Barrage on Sinistrari is pretty fucking sick too . Check that out!
11.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your newer music by fans of black metal?
The album was just released so it is hard to tell but so far it has a great response from the people that are into real black and death. I am totally happy with new album. Whether it is popular or whatever is secondary .
12.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?
I have a death metal project called DOMINION that will teach the millennials how it is done... Coming soon!!! Sinistrari will release it!
13.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
I see us just working on concept albums. Albums that have a theme with lyrics that have deep meaning . The next album will be C.N.V. called "Disenchantment" and I see a vision of stockpiling guns for the next NortherN with a "Contempt For The Urbanite"... Off the grid Black Metal.
NortherN is putting imagination back into the genre . Something that it totally lacks because the millennials are too busy taking selfies , playing video games and overdosing on heroin.
14.What are some of the bands or musical styles these days that some of the band members are a part of?
Just DOMINION which is Death Metal very influenced by stuff like old Morbid Angel. I also have some country music in the vein of Hank Williams but not sure what will come if it.
Claytanas the drummer used to be in Desolate.
15.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Thank you and I want to leave you with some profound truth from this 1980's sitcom:
"You take the good
You take the bad
You take them both and there you have the facts of life
The facts of life
There's a time you got to go
And show you're growin'
Now you know about the facts of life
The facts of life
When the world never seems
To be living up to your dreams
Then suddenly you're finding out
The facts of life are all about you. "
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