interview with Fornax
Have any of you played in other bands? Yes, all of us have experience, some more, some less
How did your band started? One day I was heading for the rehearsal to play my music alone because I hadn’t any musicians for my band. But I met our guitarist, Anton, there, and so we exchanged our phone numbers and started playing together. That was the start. After that, other musicians came along.
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
Evgen, 29 - vocal
Kate, 18 - bass
Anton, 21 - guitar
Vitaliy, 22 - guitar
Have you had other previous members? Sure, there were. They didn’t make much of an impact on our music, though.
Did you make music even when you were young? YES
Where are you from? Kyiv, Ukraine
What year did the band form? 2017
What's your style of genre? Melodic death metal with some symphonic elements
What inspires you? Our favourite bands. Also, art, reading and the vastness of the interstellar space
How often and where do you rehearse? 1 or 2 times a week
How have you developed since you started with the music? We’re making new discoveries all the time, write new songs and getting inspired by awesome bands
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? We are all working, some of us are students also, but all of us, cometh the night, turn into monsters of metal :)
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? We are thinking about that, but currently it’s not a priority
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? I guess the same answer applies here. Until our first album is done, there’s no need for a label, but if Nuclear Blast signs us, we’ll be very, very happy, lol
What made you decide to make this music? We all like MDM, this is the genre where we can share our emotions, make beautiful and heavy music.
What are your songs about? Our first album will have 13 songs that share one continuous story. The story is about a man that was taken by aliens and his adventures and battles throughout the galaxy
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics?
Every one of us brings their musical ideas in, and then we are assembling this puzzle to create a larger picture.
All lyrics are written by our vocalist, Evgen
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? We always start with music first. then comes the story. And then Evgen creates lyrics to harmonize the story and the music
What language do you sing in? Our primary lyrics language is English, but maybe we’ll write some songs in Ukrainian, too.
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? Our first batch of merchandize will include T-shirts, posters and all kinds of small accessories
Where can people buy your merchandise? All our merchandize will be available on our gigs, and also through Facebook and VK
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records nowadays? This definitely hurts the revenues of recording labels, but the market changes, so many musicians are now making money off live shows and merchandize, along with self-released CD’s. There are still many people that would buy music, there’s also streaming, so the music is very available whether you are willing to buy or not. We believe that if people love what they download for free, they will buy it to support the artist, so we are not planning to limit the availability of our music in any way.
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? We think it will give us a chance to be heard outside of Ukraine
Do you have any role models or idols? Everyone have someone that they aspire to. To name a few influences, there are Hypocrisy, Edge of Sanity, Dimmu Borgir, Gojira, Fear Factory, Bloodbath and many other
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? As we are all fans of the more older bands, we naturally tend to be inspired by them. The modern metal tendencies are not our influence in almost any way.
What have been your biggest obstacles? The biggest current challenge for is is finding a drummer that can suit us fine. I think this is universal. But we will overcome it eventually.
What advice would you give other bands or artists? If you want to be heard, listen to your heart and make music that YOU want to listen to. Not for money, not for fame, just for yourself. If you’re sincere in your art, people will hear it. And don’t neglect the old music. that’s where all of the new stuff came from, and don’t you dare forget it!
Do you have any new material? We are working on our first album right now, but there are plans for the 2nd already. You’ll certainly hear from us.
What are your web sites?
https://www.facebook.com/FORNAX666/
How can people reach you? We have a Facebook page, a Soundcloud account, and we are creating the Bandcamp page very soon.
What are your plans for the future? Recording first album mostly. There are some big plans, but we must hold them a secret for now. The only thing we can say for certain is that our album will be released in 2018
Do you have something to add? Visit our page, visit our gigs, you’re always welcome in our hearts and minds.
