1.First of all I’d like you to tell us a few things about the band by pointing out the most important moments of the band’s life so far. Have you ever faced any difficulties that gave you second thoughts regarding the band?

Alessandro: Hello, Christine and Behind The Veil readers. First of all, I'd like to thank you for this opportunity of talking to people from your country about FATHER’S FACE. Well, every day, every step taken, are victorious moments for us. As an independent band, there are enjoyable moments each day, like this interview. At no moment we have had doubts about our path. We know what we want for FATHER’S FACE.

Alessandro: The demo “Father's Face” is a preview of what our first album will be. It's a conceptual work based on Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein. It's a description of the consequences of man trying to create life by joining body parts, the return of soul to a lifeless body and the disastrous consequences of this experiment. The instrumental part has many nuances and sentences that connect a song to another making an allusion to the musical composition style of the romantic period. Not only the composition style but also the story derives from this period. Besides all of this, a strong motive for people to check our material is that everything is made with honesty, everything in our music is part of the band's personality and nothing is artificially forced or directed by commercial motives.

Alessandro: The same way parents love their children equally, a musician loves his compositions at the same proportion. This is why I'd rather let the listeners find out these points (laughter)

Alessandro: As I said before, the main story is based on the one by Mary Shelley, it always gives the listener the sensation that all of this is very familiar and present. For example, we can say that the Internet is a kind of a “Frankenstein” creature, it was made by man but now it is “alive”, independent. A great source of inspiration is “Gesamtkunstwerk” in which Richard Wagner preached the union of all arts: music, poetry, drama and plastic arts.

Alessandro: We have 3 other concluded songs and 5 more that are being rearranged and having their lyrics written. All of them fit, of course, into the album's conceptual idea. Also, there are special atmospheres for each one of them.

Alessandro: Thanks a lot for the compliments. This drawing was found on the Internet and digital designer Ricard Mephisto worked on it until this dark ambience was reached. It's a sinister landscape, like the one in the story, and it allows us to think of what could have happened in its interior. It's the symbol of the unknown. The unknown is the cause of our deepest fears. Maybe that is the explanation to fear of the dark, it's something that can't be seen or touched.

Alessandro: Various artists have influenced us, but we have some in common: IRON MAIDEN, RUSH, SLAYER, DREAM THEATER, METALLICA, QUEENSRYCHE, MEGADETH, SYMPHONY X, SEPULTURA, PINK FLOYD and many others. Richard Wagner is also one of the basis of this work.

Alessandro: Luckily, we have only had positive reviews until now (or at least the negative ones haven't come to our ears). All reviews were of the same importance to us, that's why I prefer not to mention any of them.

Alessandro: We haven't sent our demo to any labels because we'll do everything in an independent manner. What we will really need is distribution agreements inside and outside Brazil. I believe labels are too busy with their greatest artists and they end up neglecting their secondary artists after all. If there is a label that distributes your work widely, that plans a great promotional tour, that manages to make good prices for the consumer, that is able to maintain the band free of financial problems which could spoil its work and also allows the artist to work without commercial influences, I give up being independent. (laughter) 

Alessandro: The Internet is an excellent way for promoting any band. The financial crisis got the ones who earned more than what they needed. Because of the crisis, CD prices had to be revised. The Internet revealed lots of artists who were hidden offering their work practically for free, but we know everything has its price. Everything has a positive and a negative side, you need to know how to take advantage of the positive side and how to keep your distance from the negative one.

Alessandro: Our intention is to create a dense atmosphere that makes the listener think about why we should all execute a great project until the end. What should be sacrificed for this? Until where should we go? How do we know if we are on the right path? Self-criticism is something that elevates your work, but it is also the most complicated way for knowing where we really are.

Alessandro: We are using the Internet to promote our material, to make people listen to it for the first time. We have a partner that has been giving us great support (http://ikaruspress.com/) and also through sending our demo. We are already organizing our shows and we intend to go on stage in the end of this year. There are already some proposals for playing live. We also intend to have our own show equipment, It's a way of ensuring we will play more frequently. Regarding the difficulties, I think a united and creative group gets over anything.

Alessandro: A typical sound in 3 dimensions.

Alessandro: About the name FATHER’S FACE – someone that has the face of their creator, his DNA, that is his representation in which anyone can recognize their offspring... 5 musicians that made a creature, the voiced representation of our abstract ideas…

Alessandro: We would like to thank you again and say that we were very excited about your invitation to this interview, our first interview outside South America. We hope to visit your lovely country, meet you personally, learn about your culture and show our work live. Remember that it's people like you, who work with real passion, that make heavy metal a powerful and solid music scene. Together we must work to keep everything like this...