1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the musical project?
Jaeger is a black metal project in which I try to make beautifully aggressive, vengeful melodies that contrast with the drums and vocals in a blaze of rawness. I want to make music that feels like catharsis, in a sense; because music is catharsis.
2.So far you have released 2 ep's, musically how do they both differ from each other?
Musically? Well, in my opinion, my first EP (Die höhnischen Krallen der Rache) fucking sucks. I listened back to it yesterday. I don't know why I thought I did a good job on that. But I assume that I will feel the same about the self titled soon once I release something new. It's a cycle of setting new expectations and, in retrospective, looking down negatively on previous material. In sound I'd say that the newest EP is slower, louder, not any rawer though, thank fuck.
3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band has explored so far with the music?
Our lyrical topics mainly deal with existence. The inherent damnation of man. Mythology. And sometimes anti-fascism, but that song fucking sucked.
4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Jaeger'?
It's just what I thought of and sounded "cool", I guess. Not much thought behind it other than I was wrapping up recording the debut and thought of it's themes. It's a lot about nature, and hunters are in nature. Since "Jäger" is the word for hunter in my native language, and the font I was using didn't have an Ä, I named the project Jaeger. Not very meaningful or creative.
5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new ep cover?
The artwork on the EP is from a release of "Krabat", a novel I love and have always loved. Read it. It's great.
6.Currentl there are only 2 members in the band, are you open to expanding the line up or do you prefer to remain a duo?
I am definitely open to expanding the line-up, I can't do vocals all that well, so maybe having a vocalist would be nice. Vocal features will probably appear sometime. I want to do more high and low vocals in one song instead of just doing high fry screams constantly.
7.Currently the band is signed to 'Amnulet', can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
Annulet*, it's just a little collective between me and some friends, not much to talk about.
8.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?
On a global scale I haven't noticed much, I wish my music was noticed more, but oh well. My friends really enjoy my project. If possible I am going to make CDs of the next Jaeger release, which would boost the numbers of how many people know about me, or atleast so I hope.
9.When can we expect a full length and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
I am constantly, constantly working on music (different genres as well) and once I've decided I've done enough for a release, I'll release it. I am dedicating more of my musical creativity towards black metal currently, so an LP is more likely. As for where were heading musically, not much will change. We'll have some noise/drone and war metal tracks 'cos were just into that shit.
10.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?
A lot of heavy metal, black metal, some war metal, punk. I listen to all of these and grindcore, powerviolence, sludge, doom, stoner, whatever heavy shit I can get my hands on, really. I've started listening to KHANATE recently. They're just real slow droning guitar and bass with drums sometimes and insane vocals.. I've seen them be called "Heroin Drone", and I agree. What else am I listening to? I listen to some electronic music, I guess. I really like Venetian Snares, Autechre, Xanopticon, Aphex Twin (sometimes)
11.Does Occultism play any role in your music?
Oh yeah, most definitely. I practice some magicks like chaos magick. I've made an Annulet and Jaeger sigil. I'm not big on the "Satan worship" type stuff, I feel no connection to it; and black metal where you constantly say shit like, I don't know... "Satan in the forest....Satan in the forest" it just gets boring after a while. Black Metal artists should get fucking creative for once. But yes, occultism does definitely play a role in my music.
12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
I feel like a lot of black metal just tends to be the same shit... over... and over... and over again, and it becomes exhausting. So if you make black metal and you are reading this. LISTEN TO OTHER SHIT!!! Listen to anything but black metal for like a month or so and you'll have the sickest fucking riffs you never thought you could think of, trust me. Just take a break, or you'll just feedback the same inspiration over and over and over again. Or just listen to random black metal you find on YouTube, and try to be BETTER than them, really.
https://annulet.bandcamp.com/album/jaeger
