Svartpest
Svartpest started out in 1999, but didnt release their first album before March 2003. This album was called Ved Den Drabelige Inngang Til Helvete, and was a typical necro old-school black-metal kinda album.
Svartpest is now more viking-metal influenced band, but still aggressive and straight forward.
Members of the band:
Vocals/Bass -- Condatis Svarthjarte
Guitar/Drums -- Frediablo
Guitar -- E. Barthel
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
vartpest was started in 1999 by me and a guy named
Freke. We started out with pretty basic auccustic stuff. Just dark
poems with some guitar. I soon got tired of that, and wanted to make
more extreme music. So i asked Frediablo if he could join us
and do some guitar, and he said yes. Well, soon after Frediablo
joined the band, we recorded this shit album called Pestferd. It was
recorded in PVG Studios (www.pvg57.net, org, com or .no),
the thing was that we were drunk out of our minds, and recorded the
stuff onto an ordinary MC player, with no microphnes or anything. Just
one fucking channel, Hehe. With us on that album we had Likskrik as a
session member. Anyway, youve might heard some of the songs we have on
mp3.com, those songs are from the Pestferd album. At that time Svartpest
wasnt that serious, hehe. That album was released on PVG too. Soon after
we were finished with Pestferd, we kicked Freke out of the band. The
reason was his weak opinions about christianity and religion. Easy said,
you cant be a christian and still be a member of Svartpest. Hehehehe.
With him out of the band, we started to become a bit more serious. Dont
get me wrong, of course we drink as hell on every recording and every
rehearsal. Not that we rehearse alot, hehehe. And then we recorded
the album you guys today know as Ved Den Drabelige Inngang Til Helvete.
The working title was I Skogens Mörke. I remember i was kinda looking for
a sound in the direction towards the Nattens Madrigal (Ulver) album. But
it turned out to be even more primitive and straight forward. Something
which is positive after my opinion. Anyway, we signed a deal with Baphomet
and the album was released in March 2003. We have also recorded a new album,
called Mjödfest. This album will be quite different from Ved Den Drabelige
Inngang Til Helvete. Much more viking/folk-metal, with more melody lines.
But it will still be straight forward and Svartpest-like.
(From Interview with Sheol Mag)
Your musical influences
Amon Amarth, Grimfist, Necrophagia, Finntroll, Thyrfing, Mithotyn, Immortal, Helheim, Taake, Darkthrone, Einherjer, Gardenian, At The Gates, Vintersorg, Otyg, Iron Maiden, Dimmu Borgir, Pantera, Emperor, Haggard, Bathory, Vikingcrown, Enslaved, Falkenbach, Brujeria and many others.
What equipment do you use?
TECHNO IS SHIT!
