interview with Manach Seherath
How is it that you started playing music? Did you make music even when you were young? Everyone of us would have his specific event to tell, but in general terms we all started young and unaware and we all went on because of passion, starting - at some point - to write our own songs.
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you? Cyrion Faith - keyboards; Mich Crown - vocals; Lukas Blacksmith - bass; Charlie Ripper - drums; Joe Dardano - guitar.
Have you had other previous members? Yes: Minus Karma - guitar; Lemur Mask – drums.
Where are you from? Naples (Italy).
What year did the band form? 2012.
What's your style of genre? Symphonic Heavy Metal.
What inspires you? Basically nightmares and visions.
How often and where do you reherse? Once a week.
How have you developed since you started with the music? We all have become wiser and older.
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? We all, but Joe, work in fields other than music. But we won't disturb readers listing them.
Are you looking for a booking agency? Are you looking for a label? What are your thoughts around that? Not at the very moment. When we will release our first album - hopefully soon - we will definitely search for a Booking Agency and a Label.
What made you decide to make this music? We do not know ... it was 'love at first hearing' (Lol).
What are your songs about? Sadness and Loss.
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? Cyrion composes the melody. Mich writes the lyrics. We all make the arrangements.
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Music.
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? In a dark forest, surrounded by demons and ghosts (Lol). In the rehearsal room, actually.
Have you done any covers live? No.
What language do you sing in? English.
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? It depends on the gig.
What ages are most of your concert attendants? 18-35.
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We vary.
Do you have a regular place you play live often? No.
What was your first gig like? It was like... a gig (Lol).
What was your latest gig? As the previous answer.
Have you had to cancel a gig? Once it happened, unfortunately.
Where have you played live this year? Only southern Italy until now.
Where do you plan to gig the comIng year? We have no plans yet, but we'd love to play in Germany and Sweden one day.
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? Where can people buy your merchandise? Currently we don't sell any merchandise.
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? Now a days the Music Industry earns money with concerts, because due to the downloading people buy fewer CDs than the past, and cds in some case have become just an 'advertising' for the bands.
What do you think of my work? Surely we've never been asked so many questions at once (laugh)!
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? We don't know, but some promotion is always useful.
Do you have any role models or idols? We have many sources of insipiration, not only in the Metal Scene, but no idol, ideed.
Why do you think that they exist? Because in life there are hunters and prey. We're hunters!
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? Maybe from the first ones.
What have been your biggest obstacles? Obstacles exist to be overcomed.
What advice would you give other bands or artists? Do your best and first of all play for yourself: Music Business doesn't care about your true talent as musicians, so the only thing that really matters is to play the best music you can.
How do you get psyched for a gig? We're always charged before a gig! We don't need anything but our adrenaline for a good gig.
Do you have any new material? Of course! We have a lot of new songs ready for our incoming album.
What are your web sites?
https://www.facebook.com/ManachSeherath
http://manachseherath.wix.com/manachseherath
How can people reach you? Through our official email address: [email protected]
What are your plans for the future? To record our first album and then play... over and over again!
Do you have something to add? Thank you for this interview and to all the Metaheads who will read it!
Thank you !
Manach Seherath