Premature Birth Interview

1. Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new record?

Since recording we have been gigging, touring, and writing for an album. Since ‘A Ceremony of Power’ was released, we have been rehearsing for our upcoming shows at The Black Heart, London and Mammothfest.

2.You had released your new record at the end of June, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical direction of the newer material and also how does it differ from the previous demo you had released a while back?

 
The material on ‘A Ceremony of Power’ leans towards the symphonic and epic sounding Extreme Metal, but it still has all the venom and hatred of Premature Birth. It is quite different to the ‘Genocide’ demo. ‘Genocide’ was written by me, 'Ceremony' has been a collaboration of all five of us, so there’s a wider range of musical influence.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

Awakening, invocation, hatred and misanthropy.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Premature Birth' and also do you feel your name might lead people to confuse you for being a death metal band instead of black metal?

I/We have always classed Premature Birth as Extreme Metal. Granted, our music and stage performance leads towards the Black Metal side… Yes, it does confuse people, but I quite like that. Even if people call us Black Metal, wasn’t the whole point of Black Metal to be different in the first place?

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Incineration Festival in May was by far the biggest and best show we have played. Stage shows are full of malice and rage.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for a full length album?

Possibly. We’ll see how things go.

7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

Not looking for a label yet. We did have some interest but decided not to go with it.

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

Hit and miss. Some people love us, some people hate us. Expected, really.

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

Not like Morbid Angel’s latest album! Haha. Joking aside, I’m not entirely sure. The current songs we’ve been writing are more mature and feature stronger songwriting.

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?

During the writing of ‘Ceremony” I was listening to all sorts of stuff from 90’s gangsta rap to 1349. Nowadays I haven’t been listening to as much Black Metal. I did give ‘Grave Ekstasis’ by Irkallian Oracle a listen the other day.

11.Does Occultism play any role in your music?

I guess writing about invoking your inner demons could be linked to the occult and occult practice? I’m not too sure. Not an expert on it anyways.

12.What are some of your non musical interests?

 
I’ve been doing some gaming recently.

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

Thank you for the interview and thank you to all who have supported Premature Birth.

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Premature Birth/A Ceremony Of Power/2014 CD Review

  Premature  Birth  are  a  band  from  the  United  Kingdom  that  plays  an  atmospheric  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2014  album  "A  Ceremony  Of  Power".

  Dark  sounding  keyboards  start  off  the  album  and  after  a  few  seconds  grim  black  metal  screams  make  their  way  into  the  music  and  it  starts  going  into  a  heavier  and  faster  direction  along  with  some  blast  beats  while  also  keeping  around  the  keyboards  and  adding  in  melodies  and  they  also  bring  in  a  mixture  of  slow,  mid  pace d and  fast  parts.

  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  album  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  they  also  have  the  perfect  balance  between  clean  and  heavy  parts  and  at  times  you  can  also  hear  a  small  amount  of  death  metal  growls  being  used  in  the  background  and  all  of  the  tracks  are  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  The  guitar solos  and  leads  the  band  uses  take  the  music  into  a  more  melodic  black  metal  direction  and  the  song s the  band  brings  onto  the  album  take  a  lot  of  the  mid  90's  styling's  of  some  of  the  more  well  known  black  metal  of  the  English,  Norwegian  and  Swedish  bands  of  that  era  but  with  a  more  update  take  and  adding  in  a  small  amount  of  depressive  black  metal  elements.

  Premature  Birth  play  a  more  keyboard  driven  form  of  black  metal  they  have  a  more  heavier  sound  than  most  keyboard  orientated  bands  and  they  also  add  in  elements  of  dsbm,  death  metal  and  a  great  amount  of  melody  to  create  their  own  sound,  the  production  sound s very  powerful  and  heavy  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Premature  are  a  very  great  sounding  atmospheric  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Revelation"  and  "War  Against  The  Filth".  8  out  of  10.

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