1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the musical project?
Fardeaux is a Black Metal project led by P. on vocals, guitars and bass. He composes everything by himself and then sends all the material to M. behind the drums who adapts it as he pleases. The idea of guests is very appealing. There have been and there will often be more.
The Black Metal that is proposed is intended to be somewhat eccentric, irregular, while keeping a very fine guideline. Slowly try to break the codes, to destabilize.
2.Towards the end of April you have your first full length coming out, musically how does it differ from your previous singles?
For the moment it doesn't differ at all because our first 3 singles are to be considered as the introduction of 3 songs from the album. It's up to the listener to make the connections. The remaining 4 tracks should have a sequel. Musically we always try to have coherence between a maximum of riffs. Every song has to lose you and then refocus you. You have to feel captured without really being so, so that a second listening is immediately necessary.
3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band has explored so far with the music?
Solitude, the process of death, transcendence, shamanism, the afterlife.
4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Fardeaux'?
"Les Fardeaux" are what keep you from ascending spiritually. These are the entities that you meet in the afterlife and interact with and are usually just your own reflection. They take you away from the light and guide you to the abyss. It is a journey of wonders and horrors, a disproportionate, horrifying and harrowing past that stands up and that we face in order to fully emancipate ourselves from the terrestrial world.
5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?
We made this artwork with the help of a friend. The flame is what constitutes us, an element of our past, a memory, an emotion, a part of our ego that we try to break, a fear that we try to face. Each piece of the album relates this fight that we lead to better rise but in vain...
6.Currently there are only 2 members in the band, are you open to expanding the line up or do you prefer to remain a duo?
We will remain a duo. We will never play live so no interest in recruiting
7.You have also mentioned that you prefer to keep a lower profile, do you feel it is more important to let the music speak for itself?
Absolutely, we only let ourselves be seen through our music. No physical image is necessary because we don't want to give ourselves any kind of importance.
8.The new album is going to come out on 'Drowning In Chaos Records', can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
It's a brand new French label based in the north of France and created by friends. A great team of enthusiasts. They were looking for a first collaboration so we offered them our album which they really liked.
9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?
With our first three singles there were some good reactions at home in France but also in particular in Latin America and people gave us excellent feedback with a few reviews.
10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We would like to surprise without fundamentally changing our style and simply continue to offer our music without too much ambition. We are unable to really project ourselves. Only resides the will to fully live the present moment so we are going to concentrate fully on this first album and we will see where it will take us...
11.Whatare some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
We are influenced by bands like Deathspell Omega, Blut Aus Nord, Gorguts, Morbid Angel, Emperor, Abigor, Dodheimsgard, Portal and many other bands who also know how to propose a subtle evolution to their music or know how to downright transcend it so as never to remain fixed on a period or a style. Today we are more on the lookout for this kind of bands whether they were metallic sounds or not.
12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Thank you very much for your review about our album and for this interview. We hope that this project will appeal to you.
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