Light Of Death Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
1.-first greetings from bolivia, well, about us; I can tell that we are the first black metal band from our city (tarija) active since 2010 but our first release saw light in 2013, limited just to 20 copies, the band grew up with every show around the city, composing our own songs, telling about darkness, sickness, death, suicide and despair, I think our songs tell exactly what they wanna tell, from the lyrics to the music, sometimes raw, others dark and deep like the fog, others like an eternal despair in silence, that's what I can tell about us, we are real, we make what we wanna make,what we do, even if only we play our music for 10 metalheads around, we have to offer reality in this times of plastic

2.So far this year you have released 2 albums, musically how do they differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
2.-well, they differ only musically, I mean, We like to experiment with some things, from this the "avantgarde" label, about lyrics always we talk about the dark side of life, and maybe the production, 'cause i know the first releases are rawer in comparison with newer material.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?
3.-like I said before, our lyrics are about the dark side of life, excistance, suicide, death, actually we are working in the first long play album titled "In sickness & death" here the topics are sickness, madness, remorse, death and hate, we hope this work come true very soon

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Light Of Death'?
4.-abouth the name, I think the light of death is like the last time in life, a little second when we change the light for eternal darkness, the moment of death, the final of existence and a moment of illumination

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
5.-we think the best shows are 2, the first in our city in a place called "ex-torito" near of cementery, with bands from argentina and in cochabamba in a black metal festival , and our performance in stage i think people who listen our music can tell you, but always we show the best of us

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
6.-for now we are trying to finish the recording and production of our album, but if we have the chance we'll do it

7.So far you have worked with both 'Introspective Minds Records' and 'Ars Metal' on your releases, do you feel these labels have been very helpful when it comes to getting your music out there heard?
7.-arts metal are very helpful to us, the band is known out from tarija for the work of arts metal, and introspective mind records is just for recording and it's also very helpful to us

8.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?
8.-I think we are welcome in argentina, and I saw fans from mexico and other places in the facebook page, so I think we are going to the right way

9.Are any of the band members currently involved with any other bands or musical projects these days?
9.-yes we do, Alberto & Me (Orlando) also have our musical projects, Kevin & Aldo started with their projects too, but when we have to do something with light of death, nothing else matters, and light of death brings its darkness

10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
10.-I think to a renewal of genre and to a new level of experimentation

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?
11.-about the influences I wanna name Burzum, Shining, Darkthrone,Mayhem, Psychonaut 4 and more... actually I must to say I really like Shining...

12.What are some of your non musical interests?
12.-drugs jaja it's a joke, mmmm I think the art in every way

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
13.-I hope we have another chance to talk with you in the future, greetings from tarija to everyone who read the blog, and long live black metal, soon we'll release the album, so we hope all of you are ready for this...thanks for the support

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Light Of Death/Grim Gardens/Arts Metal/2014 Demo Review

  Light  Of  Death  are  a  band  from  Bolivia  that  plays  a  very  raw,  depressive  and  avant  garde  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  demo  "Grim  Gardens"  which  was  released  by  Arts  Metal.

  A  very  dark  and  heavy  sound  starts  off  the  demo  along  with  some  tortured  black  metal  vocals  a  few  seconds  later  which  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  depressive  edge  while  the  music  also  brings  in  avant  garde  along  with  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  A  lot  of  the  music  has  its  roots  in  the  early  2000's  third  wave  style  of  black  metal  while  the  solos  and  leads  are  done  in  a  very  raw  and  melodic  style  when  they  are  utilized  along  with  the  vocals  also  bringing  in a  decent  amount  of  high  pitched  screams  and  when  the  music  finally  speeds  up  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  also  gives  the  song  more  of a  raw  feeling,  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  depressive  sounding  melodies and  clean  playing  is  added  onto  the  closing  track.

  Light  Of  Death  plays  a  style  of  black  metal  that  is  very  dark,  raw,  depressive  and  avant  garde  sounding,  the  production  sounds  very  dark,  raw  and  lo-fi  while  the  lyrics  cover  death,  solitude  and  darkness  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Light  Of  Death  are  a  very  great  sounding  raw,  depressive  and  avant  garde  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  demo.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Selfdestruction"  and  "The  Pendulum  Of  The  End".  8  out  of  10.

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