1. NECRODEATH is one of the oldest and best established Italian metal bands, so can you share your experiences throughout these twenty plus years of existence? Pinpoint the best and worst moments of the band.

PESO: NECRODEATH has always been a part of my life and still continue so… Next year we’ll celebrate 25 years of noise and sure I will promise something nice for all our fans… in 25 years there are too many great and bad moments… it’s a part of live…

PESO: Right! Now more bands play and they are more technical… the big problem is the Internet… in a way it seems to help the bands to gain more attention, but in the end everybody downloads all the songs and this thing kills the new bands!!

PIER: Yes all NECRODEATH members have some side projects. It’s not a problem, when all band members feel good together they can organize all their activities.  We play together for many years so we know very well ourselves. Personally I’ve been playing some years with the band LABYRINTH and actually I have my band MASTERCASTLE, but NECRODEATH always is a priority for me.

GL: “Phylogenesis” is a concept album about the evolution of species and time passing by is the main idea of all of the tracks. The first three songs are about the past scientific and religious theories about the creation of mankind, the next three songs deal with the present and in the last three songs we imagine the future like the complete destruction of all human beings. 

PIER: As we finished recording “Phylogenesis” we were happy. The album was produced in the best way and all song were very valued. After the releasing the result is the same. The album was accepted very well all over the world. It was compared to the first NECRODEATH albums “Into the Macabre” and “Fragments of Insanity” that are considered “cult”album. So finally we are happy!

PESO: It’s a concept CD based on time… the time that has passed, the present and the time that will be… the future… three songs for each of this subjects… check it and buy “Phylogenesis”… ;)

PIER: I think “Draculea” is really a good album.  After years I cannot find any mistakes. It simply contains some differents atmospheres or some “cervellotic” parts in some songs. But it contains the old school NECRODEATH thrash style. You have just to listen to it a couple of times, and you will find really many good details on it.

GL: The compositions are extremely easy to listen and aggressiveness stands out clearly. It reflects exactly what we are now and I'm sure that the people who love old school thrash metal will love our record too! Personally I like “Awakening of Dawn” for the aggressive impact, “INRI” for the chorus and lyrics, “Propitiation of the Gods” for different parts inside the song.

GL: We absolutely love the artwork, the cover is very modern and new, still it has a clear hint to the past if we compare it to the first album “Into the Macabre”. Still in this hostile place juxtaposed elements like fire and water for instance melt together and are part of each other and exactly reflects the same essence of our songs and it is strongly bound to the idea of time, just think of the last song “Final War”.

PIER: Yes, “Phylogenesis” was very well accepted so we are planning many tours. We played in Greece this summer, we will play in Finland at the end of November, and we will make a European tour from 5 to 15 March 2010 (France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland etc).

PIER: It’s just like you say... the Internet is the best way to diffuse any kind of culture, this is a great thing.  But in other aspects it needs some rules. The illegal music downloads are becoming really shameful.

GL: Ooooh I don’t know!!! When we compose our songs we try to be completely free and to follow our ideas only, we don't care about the reactions of the other people. Our target is to compose good music that represents us and our thoughts, I don’t think what our music create to our listeners.

GL: Perseverance and playing hard….pays off!!!

GL: We want to thank you and Behind The Veil  for supporting us and we hope we'll be soon on tour in your country for some shows! Special thanks for all NECRODEATH fans in Greece!