Morbus Dei Interview

 

Interview – Morbus Dei – Zorn (vocals)

1. For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

Hey there. First of all thank you for your interest in our music. Much appreciated! So, actually I have been in another black metal band years ago. I read a post in social media from a guy that he is searching for some musicians. Short story – he is not part of the band anymore but I met all the other guys and here we are. We started to jam and cover some songs to find out if this works. And it worked. Now we are releasing our 2nd album. Lets see what future will bring.

2.You have a new album coming out later in December, musically how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?

Hm, not that much I guess. It is normal for a band to evolve but we all have our vision of what we wanna do. We tried to be as brutal and angry as ever. 

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the new album and also how would you describe your progress as songwriters over the years?

On the new album we have a section with 3 songs in which we deal with war in general - especially the Second World War. You could say from the point of view of someone who looks at the events surrounding the German soldiers. But we also deal with the dangers of blind allegiance to authorities, dictatorships and religious beliefs. There is also some criticism of the spiritual leaders of this world and their abuse of their subordinates. And this time we have made a song in which we go back to the roots. Call it punk or call it whatever you want. See for yourself - this time the lyrics can be found in the booklet. The songwriting is much easier now. Mannaz (drums) which is a great guitar player as well, comes up with some riffs. Then him and me are doing some brainstorm. After that we all meet in the rehearsal room and there it is. You can say everyone knows what to do.

4.I know that the bands name means 'the sickness of believe', how does this name fit in with the musical style that you play?

So here I only can talk for myself – I’m listening to black metal since about 1993.  I’m not talking much about it, because I do not care what other people think about or feel with black metal. So for  me I want to do a statement with my art. I’m not into that satan here, satan there thing. I want to punch in face with my music, my lyrics and I want to encourage people to use their fucking brains. So I don’t give a fuck if someone is believing in a god – call it Jesus, Allah, Thor or whatever. But in my opinion it is the most important thing to believe in yourself and never let a religion rule your life.

5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?

I have a few persons around me, who are great in creating art, like digital drawings, pictures, photos etc. I’m not much in the medieval demonic painting thing so we decided to show what the album is titled.Imagine you are in your beloved hometown. A bomb is crushing everything around you. You are laying on the ground, opening your eyes and you look to the sky. This is what „The World Left Behind“ is all about. 

6.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 have been in some really cool places and cities like munich, darmstadt, rosenheim etc, Hm, i guess our show is angry, pissed of, brutal and bloody…. Here we are!

7.Do you have any touring or show plans once the new album is released?

We will do a release show on 21st of december in the near of munich. We have some gigs planned in 2025 but nothing to confirm right now. So we would love to play in other countries especially austria, czech republic or poland would be great. We are ready – contact us!!

8.The new album is coming out on 'Ketzer Records', how did you get in contact with this label?

I know him for many years. He is a really cool and hard working guy. And he is genius in connecting bands and musicians together with promoters. So I asked him, send him the songs – and the unholy alliance was born! 

9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?

First of all I have to say that support is always much apreciated but I’m not fishing for compliments, The reaction so far is great. We have incoming mails and pre-order from all over the world. Even from Tazmania. That is awesome. Great reactions from scandinava, usa, ireland as well. 

10.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?

Arbor is playing in „UNRIVALED“ where he does some bavarian clean vocals as well. Mannaz is also the drummer in „VRDRBR“. Guess you can call it depressive black metal. Pain is a great piano player and does music all the time you can say. I am not part of any other projects at the moment. But maybe something is lurking in the dark….

11.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

We do not want to re-invent black metal or doing some post-whatever stuff. MORBUS DEI is what it is. I want to see people with wide open eyes saying „What the fuck was this?“ after the show. No compromise at all!

12.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?

I am personally listening to bands like Mayhem, Primordial, Watain, Dread Sovereign, Urgehal but also to many other music, like punk rock, irish folk , Johnny Cash and many others. When I do songwriting I try to not listening to music before. Only me , my mind and the song you can say.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Please support bands you like! Go to their shows, buy some merch. Give them a drink! You know – no one can buy his next amp with spotify or other crap. Give them a chance to play at your festival, at your club or wherever.

Thank you for this interview!

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