interview with BLOODHUNTER
What´s the name of your band? BLOODHUNTER
How was the band formed? BLOODHUNTER was formed around 2008.
Can you tell about your band? BLOODHUNTER is an extreme metal band born in Galician lands in 2008. After several changes in their lineup and concept, Diva Satanica joins the band, whose guttural vocal assault helped drift the band into more extreme territories. The current lineup is established in 2013.
How was the band formed? BLOODHUNTER was formed around 2008.
Can you tell about your band? BLOODHUNTER is an extreme metal band born in Galician lands in 2008. After several changes in their lineup and concept, Diva Satanica joins the band, whose guttural vocal assault helped drift the band into more extreme territories. The current lineup is established in 2013.
Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band?
Diva Satanica (A Coruña) - Vocals
Diva Satanica (A Coruña) - Vocals
Fenris (A Coruña) - Guitars
Éadrom (Maracaibo) - Bass
Phoghett (Ferrol) - Drums
What was the ambitions of the band when you started?
Record a great album and play everywhere.
Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you? Our music is Melodic Death Metal with different influences. We listen a lot of music, from Hard Rock to Black Metal, so you can listen different elements on it.
Where was your first gig? It was at Kontrashte Metal Party (As Pontes de García Rodriguez, A Coruña)
Where was the latest gig? It was at Katastrofest II (Pontevedra)
Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics? For the first album I wrote all the music and Diva wrote all the lyrics. We all are working on the music of the second one.
Who has the best since of humor in the band? I think that everyone has a good sense of humor in the band (unless me if you ask them hahaha).
What's good/bad with the band?/What genre do you feel you are? We think we do Metal music and that's all. Some people say that we do Melodic Death Metal, but we have more influences than that.
Why did you pick that particular style?/What are your songs about? That's what come from inside us. We didn't pick the style, It came by it own.
Do you write your own material or mainly covers? We write our songs. We only do 1 cover in live shows and it's more like a tribute to Chuck Schuldiner.
Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they?
What was the ambitions of the band when you started?
Record a great album and play everywhere.
Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you? Our music is Melodic Death Metal with different influences. We listen a lot of music, from Hard Rock to Black Metal, so you can listen different elements on it.
Where was your first gig? It was at Kontrashte Metal Party (As Pontes de García Rodriguez, A Coruña)
Where was the latest gig? It was at Katastrofest II (Pontevedra)
Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics? For the first album I wrote all the music and Diva wrote all the lyrics. We all are working on the music of the second one.
Who has the best since of humor in the band? I think that everyone has a good sense of humor in the band (unless me if you ask them hahaha).
What's good/bad with the band?/What genre do you feel you are? We think we do Metal music and that's all. Some people say that we do Melodic Death Metal, but we have more influences than that.
Why did you pick that particular style?/What are your songs about? That's what come from inside us. We didn't pick the style, It came by it own.
Do you write your own material or mainly covers? We write our songs. We only do 1 cover in live shows and it's more like a tribute to Chuck Schuldiner.
Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they?
THE FIRST INSURRECTION - Demo - 2013
AGES OF DARKNESS - Single - 2014
BLOODHUNTER - Album - 2014
Do you have any clips on YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uveHPT4XU6Y
How old are you?/What got you started in music? We are from 26 to 32 years old.
At what age did you start playing? We started playing music very soon but Diva started over 3 years ago.
How old were you guys when you first stood on stage? I was 8 or 9.
What year was the band started? It was over 2008.
Best/worst gig you've played? At sala Berlin (Ourense) with Avulsed and Scent of Death and at Sala Exkálibur (Madrid) with Aposento.
What places will you be playing in in the imidate future? We have plans to tour in Europe (England, Germany, Holland...) and in some countries of South America.
Where have you played from then till now? We have been played around Spain and Portugal.
Witch band is the best you've seen? I think that Behemoth have a great live show. Their performance at Hellfest 2014 and 2012 was awesome.
Is it always the same songs live? Only for THE BLOODY TOUR.
Have you had any bigger tours from start to now? No, we just started playing live at the end of 2014
How big crowds do you usually play for? Over 100 people when we play alone and some more in little festivals.
What are the plans for the rest of the year? Playing everywhere and finish our second album.
How do you get psyched up for a gig? I get very angry and just play.
What are your goals with your music? We only want to do what we like. If there is a good future playing our music we will embrace it.
Is it easier to get your inspiration from older bands or from bands more modern? Inspiration comes from us, not from other bands... even if they are a big influence.
What are your sources of inspiration? Our lives
What's the first step when making a new song? Write the main theme and the riffs.
How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums? World has change. I think it's good that everybody can listen anything, and if you really like it you can support the band buying the album or going to a gig.
What would be your dreams for the band? Play in big festivals and sign with a big label would be awesome.
What would be your greatest fears for the future? Not to be more good each day.
Have you been part of any other projects? I have been in other bands called YIDORAH and Shroud of Tears; Éadrom has his own band called Ad Intra and he was in others too; and Phoghett was in a Metallica cover band called Mongollica, Brainwash and now plays with a band called Schwarzenegger too.
What do you work with outside of the band and the music? We work as Software Engineer, English Teacher, Psychiatry nurse and Tattooist.
How important are your fans? There is no band without fans.
How often do you rehearse? Well I think our last rehearsal was in October 2014 and we played almost 15 gigs from then... so not so often.
Where do you rehearse? We have a place in Ferrol.
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? Well we don't try to make a living... We know that we are so far from there. The only thing we want is to do good albums and good shows. We enjoy playing live... if somebody thinks that we can live from music in the future, we will do it, because it's what we enjoy more than anything, but we are not worried about it.
Do you have any webpages? www.BLOODHUNTER.net
What advice would you like to give other bands? Enjoy and make your music with your hearth.
What are the biggest obstacles for a band? EVERYTHING. We don't have money to record, to play far, to pay a promotion, to buy good instruments... but we have good luck and we have jobs to support this.
Do you have any clips on YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uveHPT4XU6Y
How old are you?/What got you started in music? We are from 26 to 32 years old.
At what age did you start playing? We started playing music very soon but Diva started over 3 years ago.
How old were you guys when you first stood on stage? I was 8 or 9.
What year was the band started? It was over 2008.
Best/worst gig you've played? At sala Berlin (Ourense) with Avulsed and Scent of Death and at Sala Exkálibur (Madrid) with Aposento.
What places will you be playing in in the imidate future? We have plans to tour in Europe (England, Germany, Holland...) and in some countries of South America.
Where have you played from then till now? We have been played around Spain and Portugal.
Witch band is the best you've seen? I think that Behemoth have a great live show. Their performance at Hellfest 2014 and 2012 was awesome.
Is it always the same songs live? Only for THE BLOODY TOUR.
Have you had any bigger tours from start to now? No, we just started playing live at the end of 2014
How big crowds do you usually play for? Over 100 people when we play alone and some more in little festivals.
What are the plans for the rest of the year? Playing everywhere and finish our second album.
How do you get psyched up for a gig? I get very angry and just play.
What are your goals with your music? We only want to do what we like. If there is a good future playing our music we will embrace it.
Is it easier to get your inspiration from older bands or from bands more modern? Inspiration comes from us, not from other bands... even if they are a big influence.
What are your sources of inspiration? Our lives
What's the first step when making a new song? Write the main theme and the riffs.
How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums? World has change. I think it's good that everybody can listen anything, and if you really like it you can support the band buying the album or going to a gig.
What would be your dreams for the band? Play in big festivals and sign with a big label would be awesome.
What would be your greatest fears for the future? Not to be more good each day.
Have you been part of any other projects? I have been in other bands called YIDORAH and Shroud of Tears; Éadrom has his own band called Ad Intra and he was in others too; and Phoghett was in a Metallica cover band called Mongollica, Brainwash and now plays with a band called Schwarzenegger too.
What do you work with outside of the band and the music? We work as Software Engineer, English Teacher, Psychiatry nurse and Tattooist.
How important are your fans? There is no band without fans.
How often do you rehearse? Well I think our last rehearsal was in October 2014 and we played almost 15 gigs from then... so not so often.
Where do you rehearse? We have a place in Ferrol.
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? Well we don't try to make a living... We know that we are so far from there. The only thing we want is to do good albums and good shows. We enjoy playing live... if somebody thinks that we can live from music in the future, we will do it, because it's what we enjoy more than anything, but we are not worried about it.
Do you have any webpages? www.BLOODHUNTER.net
What advice would you like to give other bands? Enjoy and make your music with your hearth.
What are the biggest obstacles for a band? EVERYTHING. We don't have money to record, to play far, to pay a promotion, to buy good instruments... but we have good luck and we have jobs to support this.