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How was the band formed?  Meeting of friends from friends

Can you tell about your band? We are playing a mix of styles between thrash and death with also progressive and hardcore influences such as little pieces of heavy, power and math metal.

Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band? All the members are from France, Fabien is the drummer, i am the gittarist and jason the singer, we are searching for a new bassist nowadays.

What was the ambitions of the band when you started? To make a lot of concerts, to record some CDs, to have fun and meet people , to spend good time playing a frontierless metal !

Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you? Think of the feeling of the 90s thrash metal with pieces of death and progressive and without boring passages.

Where was your first gig? In france, town called village neuf

Where was the latest gig? In france , town called marmoutier

Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics? I (gittarist) write the riffs and structures of the songs, then we modify the structures with the drummer. He composes his parts during the process. And then the singer writes his lyrics when the song is musically over.

Who has the best since of humor in the band? I (gittarist) and the drummer

What's good/bad with the band?/What genre do you feel you are? What's good is doing music without vanity, no vestimentary styles, always as if it was the last show, pure energy and good vibes with the audience

What's bad is changing hte musicians often because of the people who are moving to other countries and have to leave the band. So it is hard to make progress regularly.

We are feeling like a progressive thrash-death band

Why did you pick that particular style?/What are your songs about? Because we couldn't do a simple music with just 3 verses and 3 chorus, we quickly get boring with this. So we are fan of making a music which demands attention and research. We don't want to bore ourselves and don't want to get the audience boring.

Do you write your own material or mainly covers? Mainly own material with one or two covers sometimes.

Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they? No official albums

Do you have any clips on YouTube? Yes some clips on youtube or dailymotion in live situation

How old are you?/What got you started in music? We are 34, 32 and 24

I started in music with listening to ac/dc live in 1992 when i was 12 years old

The drummer started with fear factory in his younger years.

At what age did you start playing? We started playing when we were 21 and 19 years old.

How old were you guys when you first stood on stage? First stage at 16 for me (gittarist) with another band (nirvana cover)

What year was the band started? The band started in 2001

Best/worst gig you've played?

Best gig in Altkirch before 300 people from all ages and not specially metal fans. It was amazing because the younger people were having pogo in the front of the scene and the family guys were appreciating in the back, great great moment.

Worst gig in a bar between a table football and a billiard table in front of 8 or 10 people...

What places will you be playing in in the imidate future? We don't know yet because we are searching a bass player and could not play without.

Where have you played from then till now? In france, germany and switzerland

Witch band is the best you´ve seen? The best band i've seen in concert was AC/DC in 1996 and also the dillinger escape plan in 2003

Is it always the same songs live? No, the songs are different for each concert, almost we are trying to do it so.

What has been the best/most promising gig so far? The most promising gig so far was with two great french metal bands in colma.

Have you had any bigger tours from start to now? No, nothing like a big tour to notice.

How big crowds do you usually play for? between 50 and 200 people

What are the plans for the rest of the year? Finding a new bassist and composing new songs

Where do you usually play? In france and often in germany also

How do you get psyched up for a gig? Nothing in particular, a little bit of alcool and being cool in our heads.

What are your goals with your music? Playing with great bands and having the band till the end of our lives.

When did you decide to go all in for the music? Naturally, after spending a few monthes together and after composing the first songs

Is it easier to get your inspiration from older bands or from bands more modern? Easier from older bands (especially from the 90's) but also some recents

What are your sources of inspiration? Mainly music bands like: pantera, sepultura, slayer, mastodon, dillinger escape plan, metallica, opeth, kreator, machine head, etc...

What's the first step when making a new song? A true good riff

How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums?

A good thing for discovering fresh new bands and older who gets enough money.

But i think it's killing most of the young bands who are trying to live from it, a shame that the younger people don't give a shit about helping the great artists to live from their talent.

What would be your dreams for the band?  My dream for the band would be playing before slayer one time

Besides your own music, what genres and bands do you listen to?

I listen mostely to metal (mastodon, the dillinger escape plan, pantera, between the buried and me , slayer, metallica, guns'n'roses, ac/dc, bumblefoot, carnival in coal, psykup, meshuggah, snot, aerosmith, witchcraft, cathedral, paradise lost, deep purple, led zeppelin, sepultura, etc...)

I almost listen a little bit of rock and reggae.

What would be your greatest fears for the future? That the people of the planet earth will be more and more untolerant and selfish.

When you are on stage, what do you fear most then? That my guitar dies !

What songs and what years were they released? Between 2001 and 2014

Have you been part of any other projects? Yes a rock-cover band: les vendus (playing lenny kravitz, u2, guano apes, etc..) and a grunge band: Glycerin

Have you been in any other bands? Yes, before. (see upside)

What do you work with outside of the band and the music? I am seller of cds and dvds in a library

What would you do if there was no music? Perhaps kill myself or kill other people or simply singing with the birds !

How important are your fans? Much much important to have fun in concert and to make the energy come up !

What's the funniest/most memorable thing a fan has done for you? a young fan was bringing me his skateboard for a signature and he said to me : "i will never give up this skate board,  you were so great"

How often do you rehearse? Once time a week

Where do you rehearse? In a little room from an old house

Name 2 of your own songs you like at the moment?

Like a stone

death penalt.

What do you feel is the best live band you've seen? AC/DC

What drives a band that isn't all that famous and renowned to try to make a living on their music and to keep playing? The passion, the love of playing music and keeping the faith in your own creation.

Do you have any webpages? https://fr-fr.facebook.com/pages/Hellektrogen/194749853955526

Any pearls of wisdom for all other bands out there? Never give up til your passion is alive .

Describe your show, visually and musically Some guys trying to move a lot and to communicate the powerness of thrash music to the audience. An exchange of good and powerful vibes.

How do you view the musicindurty of today? it's hard to stay in this music because you mostly play

What advice would you like to give other bands? keep the flamme

What is best/worst with playing the clubs?

The best club: SAK wassermerk in lörrach (germany)

The worst club: Brigitte in muespach (france)

Tell us about upcomming gigs and why we should be at them? Upcoming gigs are not planned yet but you should be there because we love you all.

How would you describe your sound in one sentence A powerful mix between progressive thrash and openminded death metal.

What is your favorite crappy instrument? Harp

What was one of the most quarrelsome times for you in the band? our singer in 2006, the only person we should lay off the band.

Whats your Pre-show ritual? Nothing particular, just laughing loud and drinking beers

Do you have anything to add? Thanks for the interview, it was a pleasure, we hope to see you soon. And don't hesitate to contact us.