Country: Netherlands
Questions by: Nick Parastatidis
Answers by: Chris Incarnate (Composer)
Site: Facebook
1. Hello. How are you? How the things on
the DIVINITY IN EXILE camp at the moment?
I am fine, thank
you. D.I.E. just finished 3 songs for a 7” titled “The Death Within”. It will
be available in a very limited run of clear lathe cuts and of course in digital
format. The release is scheduled for mid August, but preorders have started a
couple of days ago already. For those interested, you can pick up a copy at
divinityinexile.bandcamp.com
2.
When and how did you decide to form DIVINITY IN EXILE? Does the name have a
special meaning for you?
I
have always been a huge fan of Integrity and the name is taken from an
Integrity song featured on their split 7” with Lockweld in 1998. I think it was
the last Integrity song with the Melnick brothers involved, it marked the end
of an era you could say. So in that way it has a special meaning to me. The
song title always stuck in the back of my head ever since I got that 7”. But at
that time I was too involved in other bands that the idea for a project under
this name never took off. It wasn't until 2019 that I actively started working
under this name.
3.
DIVINITY IN EXILE will be a solo project or will participate in other musicians
too? If yes, can you tell us who they are and their experience with previous
bands?
It
started out as a solo project, with me writing the music and recording, editing
and mixing everything from my home. But also with the intention to collaborate
with other musicians, graphical artists and film makers through the internet. I
mean nowadays we don't have to be in the same rehearsal room every week to
write music. With the current state of technology we can do that with people
all over the world. In addition, I didn't just want to put out audio, but
wanted every song to be accompanied by video for a full on experience.
Since
I am no singer, I approached Heath Crosby (Days of End, ex-Stamping ground) to
do vocals for a new song I wrote. I already knew we shared the same musical
interests and I reckoned his voice would fit very well to the musical direction
I had in mind. So I sent him the song and he immediately liked it. Then things started moving and we released
this song as "Cult of the Apocalypse” in August 2019. Currently we are
working on our fourth song.
As
mentioned before, I always had the idea of working together with other artists,
be it musicians, graphical artists or filmmakers. Luckily people are
interesting in doing stuff with and/or for us. The first video was
post-produced by Dwid Hellion (Integrity) and for our third track “Gods of
Darkness” we teamed up with Rob Ceus from Terrorvision Productions for the
production of the videoclip. He is an upcoming artist in the horror (short)
film genre and is doing an awesome job so far. This song also features a guitar
solo by Blaze from In Cold Blood.
So,
as you can see we try to work together with a lot of different artists.
4.
In the bandcamp I saw that so far you have released a couple of songs. Why did
you choose to publish 2 songs and not a full length album or a demo? Do you
want to see what kind of reaction you will receive from the fans in order to
decide if you will continue the project?
D.I.E.
is a project and we started from scratch without any fanbase. And since we
don't perform live (yet), it would not be easy to built one. So, it doesn't
seem very logical to write a full length, right? We chose a different concept
and write one song at a time. Each song is accompanied by a video and is
released through social media channels. Basically each song is a project on
itself. And we decided to release a 7” in August.
5.
How would you describe the sound of DIVINITY IN EXILE to people that hasn’t
listened to it yet? Which are your
influences?
It
shall be no surprise that D.I.E. is very much influenced by Cleveland hardcore
bands, such as Integrity, In Cold Blood and Ringworm. We are also inspired by
Dwid's noise project Psywarfare. On the upcoming 7” you will definitely hear
those influences.
6.
How do you compose the songs? You write the music first and then you add the
lyrics or vice versa?
Yeah,
I write and record all the songs in my home studio. When I have recorded a
basic song structure I send the file to Heath and he writes his lyrics to that.
He records his vocals at home also. We ping pong the song a couple of times
back and forth until we are happy with the result. Since Heath lives in the UK
and I am in the Netherlands, we do everything by the internet.
7.
What kind of lyrics do you like to write? From where do you draw your
inspiration?
Heath
writes all the lyrics and basically draws inspiration from the darker side of
humanity.
8.
By the way when you create music do you have the anxiety of creating something
original and innovative or do you act more based on your instinct and emotions?
Well
I don't think our genre is the most innovative, but that's not the idea. We
write music in a genre that gave us so much inspiration and that we've always
loved. And indeed it's mostly driven by mood and emotions.
9.
What kind of reactions did you receive so far for your music? Is there a
specific one that you would like to mention?
We
didn't choose a popular genre. For us this a musical outlet and a way to put
out music that we like and in a pace that we set for ourselves. However we
notice more and more people appreciating what we do. That's great and a nice
reward for all the energy and time we put into doing this.
10.
When do you plan to release a full length album as DIVINITY IN EXILE? Will you
release it on your own or through a label?
I
don't think any time soon, but as mentioned earlier we are doing a limited run
(35 pieces) of 7”s. It will be all DIY, just like our music. For the near
future, we are also considering a split with some other bands.
11.
Thanks for your time answering my questions. I wish you all the best. The
epilogue of this interview belongs to you
Thank you for giving us the chance to explain who we are and what we do. Stay tuned for our next song and video “Gods of Darkness” and of course for the upcoming 7” lathe “The Death Within”. Check it out at divinityinexile.bandcamp.com
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