Netherbird

DarkArt: How was born your band?
Nephente: Netherbird was born when I and our producer PNA met during
a studio job for another band. We got to know each other through this
task that he completed, a quite complicated sound editing thing, and
we realized we had a lot of ideas in common when it comes to how we
would like a band to be. So it started out as discussion and we are
both hardworking maniacs so we decided to go ahead and see if we could
create a band that we felt added something to the music scene. Grim
(guitars)
and Bizmark (guitars and keyboards) were up for the task and hence we
had the core line up ready. We started by writing the track Boulevard
Black together and since we felt it was a track we all liked we have
continued our journey into the darkness.

DarkArt: What are your motivations when you have decided to create your band?
And why have you choice this sort of music?
Nephente: We are all very different people with different tastes to what
music we like but at the very core we are all into dark themes so music
that sends that special dark feeling is what we all really like. It might
be various forms of black metal, death metal, doom metal or gothic music.
But it is also about other forms of art, we like dark paintings, poems
and movies. I think we get as much inspiration from a movie like "The
Grudge"
as we do from a record we hear... so our motivation for Netherbird sounding
and looking the way it does is our passion for the dark, sinister and
"out of the ordinary". The music just happens and it sound like it does
because it seems to be what we are about when we write it. We try not to
limit ourselves by having a set sound. I can only promise that Netherbird
will always be a dark and gloomy act.

DarkArt: What are your music influences and artistic?
Bizmark: The normal thing would be to line up a bunch of old metal bands
we've grown up listening to, but the truth is that I'm more inspired by
people that break new ground, whether it's in art, music or daily life. We
could have been painters for all I know, It's al about focusing the energy
into a direction - in this case Netherbird. Netherbird represents artistic
freedom and we make whatever music we feel like for the moment rather then
searching for a specific sound. That it self creates the sound that is
Netherbird. The same goes with the artwork and everything else that
surrounds this dark creature.

DarkArt: What is the subject that you prefer to talk about in your text?
Nephente: My lyrics are based on personal reflections about existence,
life and death. I try my best to keep them open for the listener to
make their own interpretations of the song in question. So there are no
"I think this, so should you" to ever be found in what I write. But I write
what comes to mind, always starting with the title and work my way from
there.

Darkart: What is the song that you prefer playing at your show?
Nephente: Netherbird has not performed live yet so it is to early to
answer this question, sorry!

DarkArt: Skinny has played with you on some of your songs, how have you meet him?
And how has it hapenned to play with him?
Bizmark: Skinny is a close friend to our producer PNA and he introduced
Skinny to Netherbird. Close after Skinny received the tracks from PNA it
was clear that Skinny was up for the task and soon after the bass-lines
was recorded. Skinny is an excellent bass-player and we are privileged to
have him on the Blood Orchid EP and as a part of the Guild. The same goes
for al the other musicians and artists that are contributing their dark
arts to Netherbird.
Nephente: We are very honoured to work with a talent such as Skinny and
are very pleased to note that he and other very creative people agree to
join us in the studio. It adds something to Netherbird that few bands
can match, the possibility to have a line up that is exactly right for every
track we do. No limitations!

DarkArt: What are your plans for the future?
Nephente: We are working hard to reach out to listeners on Myspace and
making people discover our first two releases: "Boulevard Black" and
"Blood Orchid EP". We have two more EP:s coming out this year and are
already writing tracks for a full length album that will released during
2008. So it is a very creative phase for us at the moment and the best
part of it is that we now can talk to people about our music and get their
opinions on what we do.

DarkArt: One word for our readers?
Nephente: We are honoured by the fact that you have read this interview. If
you like dark and vile metal you are very welcome to download our music and
our CD-artwork from Myspace or our website.

And I would also like to thank you Melliarine for this interview. This is
what makes the underground such a brilliant thing. This support means a lot
to us!

http://www.myspace.com/netherbird
http://www.netherbird.com

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Article by Melliarine.