1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Jan: The band was founded in 2021, when we started band rehearsals in Stuttgart. But some of the songs on our album date back to an earlier time, as I already tried to start a Black Metal band a few years ago, but put it on hold because I didn't find the right musicians back then. After playing together for some time and further working out songs, we recorded the album we just released, and now we plan to go out, play live and deliver our music to the audience!
2.So far you have released one album, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical style that you went for on the recording?
Jan: We play fast and rather old school Black Metal, but you can also hear some other stylistic influences in some of our songs, like Thrash and Death Metal.
3.A lot of your lyrics cover Satanism and Anti Christianity themes, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in the dark arts?
René: I have my personal experience with the church. But the lyrics are inspired by the book "From Here to Forever" written by E.G. White. She was an American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She had several visions about the end of the world and I took the "storys" and took a twist on them.
4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Inverted Saint'?
Jan: We've got our Inverted Saint figure that is part of our logo and album cover. But the name Inverted Saint can be interpreted in many different ways. Conceptual, the Inverted Saint could for example be a saint that found the true faith, the Antichrist or some kind of Übermensch.
5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?
Jan: The cover artwork was painted by an artist from Indonesia, Ikhsan. We sent him a concept of the direction the artwork should go into before. The artwork shows a figure, representing the Inverted Saint in a cathedral reading from his Book of Apocalypse, surrounded by his worshipers, and satanic rites going on.
6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
Jan: We just started playing shows, so we have only played two times so far, but they were both fantastic. The first show was our album release concert near Stuttgart, and the other one at an open-air event in Leipzig. Our stage performance could be described as dark, but energetic.
7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
Jan: We are planning some shows for autumn and winter in Germany at the moment that will soon be announced. There is no real tour planned right now, we first want to focus our concerts mainly on the southern German area, but if there are offers to play other places, we of course would also consider them.
8.The album was released on 'Future Fame records', can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
René: Future Fame Records is a label of a friend of mine. I also play in his band. It’s not a black metal or even metal label, but we have good conditions there. But for the next release we are totally open.
9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?
Jan: The reactions to our album have so far been quite positive, but I think it takes some time to really reach a bigger audience worldwide, since we just started out.
10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
Jan: I think we will mostly stay our course musically, but there might be some evolution and refinements in the band's sound. At the moment, I'm already writing songs for our next release.
11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Jan: I think from the Black Metal side, definitely some of the older bands like Bathory, Dark Funeral, Dissection, Marduk, Nifelheim, Immortal, Darkthrone and 1349. Besides Black Metal, I'm also very much into Heavy, Thrash and Death Metal, which also influences our music to some degree.
Lukas: I also enjoy technical Death Metal such as Origin or Archspire. I take great inspiration for my bass play from those bands.
12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Jan: Thanks for the interview and to all readers, we hope to see you soon at one of our concerts!
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