Depths Of Tartarus Interview

1. Can you give us a brief history of the band.

Well Depths Of Tartarus was formed by Syclan and Keres in the early year of 2007. And when I (Munihist) first joined there was actually a key board player. And I actually started out as the drummer. Then we kicked out the key board player and I moved to guitar as moved to our new drummer Cliff. That was the line up we recorded Protogonos with. Then we kicked him out for mutual reasons and got Archeron, who actually just left the band. So as of right now we are looking for a drummer. And I (Munihist) will more then likely be doing drums again on the next album.

2. Listening to your c.d I noticed a lot of riffs you used kind of reminded me of classic death metal! Would you say death metal is a big influence on the music.

I dont know about our first album, but our newer stuff has a Morbid Angel tint to it, I guess you could say. But as far as our first album goes I dont think that any of my leads have any Death Metal influence. But Syclan's vocals definitely have certain dynamics that could turn either way.

3. Have you experienced any line up changes.

Well I think the description of our band's history covers that one heh.

4. What role does Greek Mythology play in your music.

Well its the basis of all the lyrics first of all. And to a certain extent it is also the basis for the writing. We are always influenced by old Greek battles, myths, and lore and we try to bring that out in music.

5. Is there any Satanic, Occult, Left Hand Path or Anti-Christian philosophies that the band follows.

We are definitely not for Christianity or anything like that. But we chose not to be a satanic band because its so dumb haha. There are 500 million fucking bands out there that think they know something about true evil. They act like tough shit and talk more shit over myspace haha. And we are all about old time wars and having a good time with metal and some beers!

6. What are some of the band's main influences.

AH! Destroyer 666, DarkThrone, Enslaved, Vio-Lence, Morbid Angel, and 43289753 million other bands. Hah!

7. What are you listening to these days and what bands would you recommend.

Myself I have been into some more classic Death Metal lately. For recommendations I would just ask Fenriz from Darkthrone haha.

8. Are there any good books that you would recommend.

Any good history books are awesome, depending on what you're into. But I like Michael Crichton lately myself haha.

9. How would you describe the black metal scene in Portland or the whole Pacific Northwest area.

I think Portland is a fucking badass city and there are so many cool true metal heads here. And we have awesome bands.But it can also be dramatic from time to time like anywhere else hah. Its better just to sit in your room and listen to records, drink beer, and play Starcraft!

10. Do you have any more touring plans.

No, not at the moment.

11. When can we expect new material.

3-4 months

12. Any final thoughts.

Ceremonial Castings
Goat Soldiers
Nekro Drunks
Extractor
Motorthrone
Live in eternal sin!-Munihist

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