INEVITABLE END

PHOTOGRAPHY BY HELI LEHTONEN
WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/inevitableend
COUNTRY: Sweden STYLE: Death Metal / Grindcore / Metal

YOUR MUSIC IS SO BRUTAL AND CHAOTIC AT THE SAME TIME, HOW DO YOU APPROACH THE SONG WRITING PROCESS WHEN WRITING NEW MATERIAL?

JOAKIM: The songs are often based on ideas me and Marcus come up with individually and then we jam and put them together in the rehearsal room. We try to make it sound as brutal as possible but yet catchy and straight.

WHAT WAS THE ONE THING YOU GUYS LEARNED THEORETICALLY ABOUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS THAT MADE YOU BETTER MUSICIANS, AND WITH SONGS AS TECHNICAL AS YOURS HOW DO YOU STILL “CHALLENGE” YOURSELVES MUSICALLY?

JOAKIM: I haven´t played drums for more than about 2.5 years so I still find it challangeing to play. I started out as a guitarist in the band but when our former drummer left I decided to take over and give it a try. Personally, I think that made me a better musician. We challenge ourselves to play faster, more technical and write better songs.

I’VE COME ACROSS MANY BANDS THAT ONLY HAVE ONE GUITARIST BUT THEIR GUITAR TONE IS OF THE CHARTS! I SEE YOU USE A SEVEN STRING, ON WHAT LEVELS DOES A SEVEN STRING APPEAL MORE TO YOU THAN A NORMAL SIX STRING GUITAR?

MARCUS: I find it more inspirational to play a sevenstring then a sixstring. It has a wider range and more possibilitys. Obviously we often play on the darker notes and I guess that it would be possible for us to make the music we do using sixstrings but I think it's more fun!

AFTER RELEASING INDEPENDENT EP’S YOU SINGED WITH RELAPSE RECORDS TO RELEASE YOUR DEBUT ALBUM; THE SEVERED INCEPTION. DOES IT FEEL LIKE A WEIGHT HAS BEEN LIFTED OF YOUR SHOULDERS AFTER GETTING SIGNED AND BEING ABLE TO RELEASE A FULL ALBUM?

JOAKIM: Yes, definitely. That’s exactly how we feel since Relapse is such a great label with so many respected bands. It’s like a dream come true for us!

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THE BAND HAD TO FACE UP TO THE POINT OF GETTING SIGNED?

ANDREAS: The line-up changes, maybe.

ARE THERE A FEW SONGS ON THE ALBUM THAT YOU LISTEN TO NOW AND THINK, “HOW ON EARTH DID WE EVER COME UP WITH THAT”, AND DO YOU FIND THAT THE BEST SONGS JUST COME OUT OF NOWHERE SOMETIMES?

JOAKIM: Personally I don’t feel that way at all. I feel that we could have done so many things better, but that’s easy to say now 2 years after we wrote the songs.

MARCUS: Some parts here and there maybe. I am for example very satisfied
with the first part of Embracing the Origin.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE IMAGE ON THE ALBUM COVER OF A SNAKE CONTAINED IN A JAR SYMBOLISES THE RELENTLESS FURY CONTAINED IN YOUR SONGS?

JOAKIM: Yes that’s a good simile.

IN YOUR BIOGRAPHY YOU MENTION THAT YOU WERE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THRASH METAL WHEN THE BAND STARTED AND SINCE THEN YOU HAVE INCORPORATED MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF HARD MUSIC INTO YOUR SOUND. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO MOVE “FORWARD” MUSICALLY AS A BAND?

ANDREAS: Extremely important.

YOU PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE PLAYING IN A BAND IF YOU DIDN’T ENJOY PLAYING LIVE. WHAT ARE THE STRONGEST ELEMENTS OF YOUR LIVE SHOWS IN YOUR OPINION?

ANDREAS: You're true about that. What we want to do is play live as much as possible. The most important thing for us is to try make the audience see what they hear, if you catch my drift?

NEW TOUR DATES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN POSTED ON YOUR MYSPACE ARE THERE MORE TO COME AND WHICH ONE OF THE SHOWS ARE YOU MOST EXITED ABOUT?

JOAKIM: Neurotic Deathfest in Holland.

DO YOU PREFER INDOOR OR OUTDOOR VENUES AS A BAND AND WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT TRAVELLING AND SEEING DIFFERENT PLACES AND PLAYING YOUR MUSIC TO DIFFERENT AUDIENCES?

ANDREAS: So far we prefer indoor venues. Best thing about touring is the gigs itself and meeting new bands and fans. Seeing new places is also a plus, I suppose, but travelling between gigs is often very boring (imo), to be honest...

LOOKING AT THE ALBUM COVER OF THE SEVERED INCEPTION AND READING THE LABEL ON THE BOTTLE WITH THE SNAKE INSIDE; IT READS, “KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN”. HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT DO YOU THINK EXTREME MUSIC WILL HAVE ON THE YOUTH IN YEARS TO COME?

ANDREAS: I think metal always had a big impact on youth, and I guess it will still.

ANY LAST COMMENTS / ADVICE OR PEOPLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO THANK?

JOAKIM: We’re very thankful to our friend and producer Ulf Blomberg at HoboRec studios who made a very good job with the record. He worked his ass off!