Nontinuum Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what is going on the project these days?

- The project is currently inactive. This allows me to focus on other projects.

2. According to what I read I find that the project is disbanding and that you where concentrating on your other 2 projects, can you tell us a little bit more about it?

- That question more or less answers itself. Focusing on two other projects as that is what I feel like doing right now.

3. How would you describe the musical sound that was presented on the ep?

- Atmospheric, melodic, ambient, melancholic, depressive.

4. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the ep explored?

- Anxiety, love and the loss of, personal journey, growth.

5. On the ep, you worked solo, how would you compare that to working with a full band?

- Different. However, I wrote all the material so it was more or less a matter of teaching material to other musicians and then playing it together.

6. What where some of the best shows the project played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?

- Gasometer Hotel with Encircling Sea and Islands.

7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback to the music by fans of black metal?

- I am unsure. Probably good and bad.

8. Currently you are working on 2 other projects, can you tell us a little bit more about them and how they differ from the music you worked on in the past?

- The first project is a heavy, atmospheric rock band. I guess I could compare it to Deftones, Isis, Meshuggah and Will Haven. It is very big riffs, clean and harsh vocals with creative drumming.

The other is a punky hardcore/grindcore band. Heavily influenced by the early work of Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Mindsnare and Captain Cleanoff.

9. Does Occultism play any role in the music?

- No, not at all.

10. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

- If anything does come from Nontinuum, it will probably be even less black metal and even more frowned upon by our local "black metal" peers.

11. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

- Rock, black metal, post rock, doom, sludge, hardcore, shoegaze.

12. Outside of music what are some of your interests?

- Drinking and socialising (surprisingly).

13.Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

- Apologies for a lack of depth(s) in responses.

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Nontinuum/The Stars You Gathered/2012 EP Review

  Nontinuum  are  a  1  man  band  from  Australia  that  plays  a  very  atmospheric  and  depressive  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2012  ep  "The  Stars  You  Gathered".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  to  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  present on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording,  as  for  the  synths  when  they  are  utilized  they  bring  a  dark  ambient  sound  to  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  atmospheric  black  metal  riffs  that  use  some  raw  and  primitive  sounding  elements  as  well  as  some  melody  and  progressive  parts  in  the  riffing  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  while  the  lead  guitars are  very  melodic  sounding  post  black  metal  guitar  leads  that  do  not  really  go  into  solos.

  Vocals  are  mostly  grim  sounding  and  high  pitched  black  metal screams  that  utilize  a  depressive  tone  to  them  at  times  as  well  as  some  clean  singing  along  with  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts  being  utilized  on  the  last  song,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  depressive  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  dark,  heavy,  raw  and  primitive  sound  while  you  can  still  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  along  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Nontinuum  are  a  very  great  sounding atmospheric,  melodic  and depressive  black  metal b and  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Swallow"  and  "The  Gatherer".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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