Interview with VULCANO
What is the name of your band? VULCANO
What does the name "VULCANO" stand for? Zhema - The planet that gave rise the asteroid belt that is the region of the Solar System located between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter
What made you call the band "VULCANO"? Zhema - The meaning of the alchemical Magic Square of Six
How was the band formed? Zhema - A certain night in 1981 when I and Carli Cooper were talking about Black Sabbath.
What made you form the band? Zhema - Passion for Heavy Metal Music
Can you briefly introduce your band and who you are? Zhema - VULCANO is the first Band in South American to play extreme Metal created in 81/82. In that time we were the first generation of Black Metal. I’m Zhema, creator, songwriter and guitarist of the band. Below you can read answers of Luiz Carlos, singer, Ivan Pallicciotti, the bass player and Arthur "von barbarian" the Drummer.
Where are all bandmembers from? Who does what in the band? Zhema - We are from Santos SP Brazil, a seaside city near from São Paulo. Zhema Guitar; Arthur "von barbarian" drums; Luis Carlos Louzada Vocals and Ivan Pellicciotti bass.
What was the ambitions of the band when you started? Zhema - To play Heavy Metal and become known enough to play many gigs in our area.
Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you? Zhema - A mix of Death Metal with Thrash Metal with its own style with a certain dose of complexity in some parts. A unique way to play Metal, and honest.
Where was your first gig? Zhema – 1982 in a small city called Osasco. In that night we played just 9 songs.
Where was the latest gig? Zhema - Yesterday at 8 pm in Sao Bernardo do Campo here in Brazi
Who writes your songs?/ who writes the music who writes lyrics? Zhema - Usually, I write the songs and lyrics. I did it in the last 4 albums.
Who has the best since (sense) of humor in the band? Zhema - The drummer, naturally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's good/bad with the band? What genre do you feel you are? Zhema - Luckily we do not have anything bad in the band and so it's all good!
Why did you pick that particular style? What are your songs about? Zhema - I really like this kind of music, raw, brutal and somewhat sinister. Our themes talk about Occultism and alchemy in general.
Do you write your own material or mainly covers? Zhema - We write our own songs and lyrics, we didn't play covers
Have you made any albums? If yes what are they?
Zhema – Yes
On Pushne Namah 1983, LIVE! 1985, Bloody Vengeance 1986, Antropoophagy 1987, Who are the True 1988, RatRace 1990, Tales from the Black Book 2003, Five Skulls and one Chalice 2009, Drowning in Blood 2011, The Man, The Key, The Beast 2013 and a split single with NIFELHEIM in 2006.
Do you have any clips on YouTube?
Ivan: Yes, but most of them people tell me and I never got time to search for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of4fqBTOGZg
Describe your show, visually and musically
Arthur - that´s the same!! both aspects ends on that word we wrote before!! honest!
so we do what we love and when we get on stage we die there together with our strenght,energy and sound!it´s one and unique thing!!
i read a brief of one of our european 2013 tour gigs when the guy was polited of writing we were over reacting!! so i realized that we were brilliant!!we reach the point that people don´t get it!!it´s because we´re doing what we like the most,and we have a chance to get on the stage,4 brothers and make a real soundtrack of our brotherhood!!no bullshit,no technics,just soul and blood!!
and it´s scarry when you see that!! at the end of our denmark gig i went to the hospital and needed a surgery so i went out the hospital and did the rest of the gigs in a roll!!! eleven shows!you may see this on our video clip church at the crossroads!!my hand injuried!!!that´s honest!!there´s no over reacting on that!!it´s our lives!!we´re celebrating and that´s why vulcano became a respected band!!
How do you view the musicindurty of today? Arthur - to be honest,your question says everything!! music industry!! we prefere music art!!!and i think internet did a real revolution on that thing!!many artists can express your kind of art to the net and you get the chance to know about both two sides of freedom!!!brilliant things and crappy things!!but it´s not “only” in the label´s and great market hands anymore !! that´s the point!!
What advice would you like to give other bands? Arthur - bands play music!!music it´s a kind of art!!so if you´re into music business you must think first you´re an artist!!so….what means to be an artist to the society!!after this you may keep doing things with the truth in your own!if you don´t know what you´re doing or your place into whole thing that keeps rolling and turning on the wide space,you´re lost!!with luck you reach something good,but the risc of waste your time and everybody´s time is big as the earth!
What are the biggest obstacles for a band? Arthur - still to be a south american/brazilian ones!logistics sucks!!it´s easyer to make a gig in uk than peru,our neighbours!it´s a shame!!
What is best/worst with playing the clubs? Arthur - there´s not worst part since we do this for love,and the very bloody best part is to get closer to people that support us and we get the chance to speak to them and know about people our music touched someway and get beers to drink with everyone of course!kkkk
Tell us about upcomming gigs and why we should be at them? Arthur - you may be at our upcomming gigs because we´re mixing many kinds of material never played before and we´re still gettin´better on stage!
How would you describe your sound in one sentence Arthur - honest
What is your favorite crappy instrument? Arthur - cuíca!! percussive instrument that makes anyone laughs at first crappy note!
What was one of the most quarrelsome times for you in the band? Arthur - when there are not beer enough for the entire band
Whats your Pre-show ritual? Arthur - beers!!