interview with The Prophet
How was the band formed?
In the middle of 2009 I met Gennadiy (Sorrowfire) our future guitar player. We both were studying in medical university.Once a time I came to our sports cort and saw there a tall dickhead lying on a fence.
He was our future guitarist. He played on accoustic guitar,listen Kurt
Cobain,and then he was influenced with my mysical tastes and he bought an electric guitar and started to play it. Then we found drummer Ilya
(Sturmtrommel) and Ivan (Bathone) on bass. They was my old kith.
Can you tell about your band? We play an old-school melodic death since april 2010 It's swedish school of melodic death. Guitar harmonyes,a few of black metal...Something like We're playing for 5 years. At present our Line-up is next: Me (Doctor) guitars,vocals. Warrior-guitars, Bathone-Bass,and Raziel-drums.
Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band? Doctor and Warrior from Tomsk. Our bassist Bathone from toldy-kurgan (Kazakhstan) and our drummer Raziel from the outter north-Nadym.)
What was the ambitions of the band when you started? We just needed play. That'all)
Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you? It's melodiously,it's heavy.Generally it's fast,but sometimes slow.
Where was your first gig? It was in our hometown Tomsk,in rock-club "Zasada". (It means "ambush")
Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics? Doctor and Sorrowfire writes music,and Doctor writes lyrics. Sometimes we use a lyrics of russian classical poets for instance S. Esenin or M.
Lermontov ("The Stars" from Across The Sphere album and "On The Path" from Dying).
Do you write your own material or mainly covers? Only our own material. But earlier we played on gigs "Territorial Pissings" (Nirvana)
Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they? Yes. We have 3 Full-length albums Sunrise (2011). Across The Sphere (2013) and a new album Dying. It was released 22.02.2015.
Have you had any bigger tours from start to now? No. Unfortunatelly we have not free time,we have not financial capability for it.
Do you have any clips on YouTube? Yes. We have clip from Across The Sphere album. It's clip on the song Whle You Will Be Dead.
How old are you?/What got you started in music?
Doctor and Warrior are 28. Bathone is 32. And Raziel is 26. We've been playing for a 7-8 years
What are your goals with your music? To Play more interesting...play better..We just play
Have you been in any other bands? Raziel and Warrior are playing black metal with Cemeterial.
What do you work with outside of the band and the music? Doctor works as addiction psychiatrists,Warrior is Seller of computer equipment, Bathone is programmer but now he is engaged in private freight,and Raziel is engineer.
What would you do if there was no Music? I don't even know. Music is the part of us. We can't beeing withot it!
How important are your fans? We have a few fans,and we know each of them personally))
How often do you rehearse? 1-2 times a week.
Where do you rehearse? We rehearse in a musical theatre "Nesetrim" they're great guys!
Name 2 of your own songs you like at the moment? "Killers" and "Infection"...or "Dying"...I don't know!
Do you have any webpages? Yes. We have facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/theprophetband
and channels on Youtube,soundcloud etc.
What advice would you like to give other bands? Just play..and You'll be allright.
What are the biggest obstacles for a band? Money-money-money.
How would you describe your sound in one sentence It's melodic!
What was one of the most quarrelsome times for you in the band? When we were recording guitars for album. (Dying)
Whats your Pre-show ritual? We have not any rituals. sometimes we drink beer before the show.