Brandon Harris: Hey How are you all doing?
Henri of Disentomb:
Good thanks mate, thanks for asking us to be a part of the interview!!
Brandon
Harris: What are important goals to you
as a team?
Henri
of Disentomb: Musically we want to produce the heaviest we
can and something that we can be proud of. One of our major goals is to tour
internationally with Disentomb and see parts of the world that we would have
otherwise never seen. We also want to play more shows and meet the bands that
we have been listening to for years.
Brandon Harris: What instrument’s do the
members of your band play?
Henri- Drums
Jake- Guitar
Jordan- Vocals
Jim- Bass
Brandon Harris: What are your hobbies?
Henri of Disentomb:
Other than playing drums I spend most of my time at the gym. Eventually I want
to compete in bodybuilding competitions.
Brandon Harris: Who is the main writer in the
band?
Henri of
Disentomb: Jake and I write all the music and some of the vocal patterns.
Jordan takes care of the lyrics and the rest of the vocal patterns.
Brandon Harris: What is the next big
milestone for you all?
Henri of
Disentomb: Releasing our second full
length album this year is the next major thing for us. It has been nearly four
years since the release of our debut full length ‘Sunken Chambers of Nephilim.’
Brandon Harris: When do you get time to
relax?
Henri of
Disentomb: At the moment I don’t get much time to relax. I do shift work and
have to travel 2 hours a day to get to work and try to fit in 2-3 hours of drum
practice and 1-2 hours at the gym. Once the recording process is complete I
will have time to relax until we start to tour.
Brandon Harris: Where do you plan to be in
ten years?
Henri of
Disentomb: In ten years I want to be touring more consistently with Disentomb.
I would love not to work and spend most my time on tour. But I don’t know if
that’s achievable in death metal haha.
Brandon Harris: What does music mean to you?
Henri of
Disentomb: Music is my ultimate goal. I have a successful career but would
give that up at any time if I had the chance to be a full time musician.
Brandon Harris: When is your next tour?
Henri of
Disentomb: There is nothing booked yet but we definitely want to get overseas
some time this year and tour off our upcoming album.
Brandon Harris: What is the best part of
being influential?
Henri of
Disentomb: I can only wish that people
look up to us! Hopefully we can inspire more bands to play death metal both
locally and internationally and help the scene grow.
Brandon Harris: Any new bands you all are
listening to?
Henri of
Disentomb: I mostly listen to the classic brutal death metal bands; Disgorge
(US), Defeated Sanity, Brodequin, Putridity etc. One of my favourite ‘newer’
bands is Euphoric Defilement from the US. I have also been getting into a lot
of Indonesian death metal such as Gore Infamous, Rezume and Injury Deepen.
Brandon Harris: Any goals for 2014?
Henri of
Disentomb: 2014 will be a big year for Disentomb. We will be releasing our
second full length and hopefully touring in both Australia and internationally.
Brandon Harris: is the coolest
thing you have had happen to you as a band yet?
Henri of
Disentomb: There are so many awesome
things that have happened. The most memorable would be playing the last ever
Mountains of Death in Switzerland. We were so young and felt like we were out
of our league but luckily people dug our music.
Brandon Harris: When did you decide to
begin in the music?
Henri of
Disentomb: I can speak on the behalf
of Disentomb’s original members when I say that we have wanted to become
musicians from a young age. Jake started playing guitar in his early teens and
I first got a drum kit when I was 15. We all grew up in a small country town
where no one had ever heard of metal and for us there was nothing else to do
but play music. Since then we have strived to produce heaviest music we can.
Brndon Harris: What is the best thing about
being as big as you are in the music scene?
Henri of
Disentomb: I don’t consider Disentomb to be one of the big bands in the
underground metal scene, but we are very appreciative of all the fans that continue
to support us and help us grow. We have been lucky enough to support
international bands, headline various fests around Australia and play in Europe
and the UK with some of our favourite bands.
Brandon Harris: Who is the member of the band
that can keep yall laughing?
Henri of
Disentomb: When we spend time together
we are always laughing. We take our
music seriously but we make sure we’re having fun with what ever we’re doing.
Brandon Harris: Where does the band spend
it’s off time?
Henri of
Disentomb: Any time that I have off I like to spend with friends and family.
Brandon Harris: What got you all into music?
Henri of
Disentomb: I’m not really sure, I’ve
had an interest in music since I can remember. I first listened to metal when I
was nine or ten with bands like Pantera, Korn and Metallica. Since then I’ve
always searched for heavier music and eventually got into death metal. When I
was young my older brother had a drum kit which I played a few times and really
enjoyed. In high school I decided to play drums and start a band with the
Jordan on vocals.
Brandon Harris: Anything to say to your fans?
Henri of
Disentomb: We’d like to thank everyone for their continued support. To anyone
who has ever listened to our music, been to a show, bought merch or supported
us in any way. Hopefully our second release won’t disappoint and we can play in
a city near you. It is due to be released in mid 2014 through New Standard
Elite.
