| Thank you very much for taking the time out to answer some quick questions. I hope all is going well for you and Pandemonium at this point? |
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Paul:
First of all it's us who thank you for the possibility of taking some place in your magazine. Things are going as great in PANDEMONIUM as never before. We are finishing with our album at the studio. That what we achieved seems to be more than we could even expected. The material sounds professionally and very dark. I know that people always say such things but I am convinced that it is going to be our best album.
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| First of all, I was contacted to review a promo the band put together for 2010. I see sites listing as a demo, but is that what it is since on the cover you acknowledge the new album has a home with Pagan Records for 2011? |
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Paul:
Promo 2010 is just a sample of new Pandemonium skills. It covers two absolutely brand new tracks from the latest album called "Misanthropy". I hope that its premiere will face no delay and the album will be released in autumn 2011. The publisher is Pagan Records. "Promo 2010" is a material to regain old friendships and contacts, to broaden our range of activity, to get to the larger group of fans. That idea has done well so far.
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| Do you think that the Promo actually accomplished what you originally set out to do with it? |
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Paul:
As I mentioned before, "Promo 2010" gives really good account of itself. It reaches all strategic places on this planet and does quite good job with harbingering the fresh upcoming of Pandemonium - in the darkest way this time. It shows the new face of the band both musically and according to the image, live performances, graphics and lights. It's the very essence of Pandemonium. Unfortunately, we have to wait for the main course but it is worth it in my opinion.
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| Pandemonium has technically been around for 20 years (according to the internet), including the name change to Domain for a few albums. Why is it the band has only issued six full-length recordings with a seventh coming up? |
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Mark:
Yeah, well, fate has not always been good to us. During those 20 years of our Unholy Existence many factors and many various events influence the number of albums. I'm not going to describe all of it in detail. I don't think it bad or wrong. The albums which we recorded, are good albums, well-thought-out and very well received by our fans. And the incoming seventh album is the best thing we've done so far. I dare say, that it's gonna make quite a stir on the metal stage.
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| Would you mind enlightening everyone as to why you changed the band name to Domain in the first place, and why you changed it back to Pandemonium after a while? |
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Mark:
The change of name was a result of many legal factors. We wanted to play but we couldn't use the same name. After a few years it came out that we can come back to the previous name, and we did it without a moment's hesitation. For us and our fans it was always Pandemonium anyway.
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| Now, you have a new effort in 2011 as I said. The "Promo 2010" cover art has "Misanthropy" on it. Is this the title of the album? If not, what is it, or is it still untitled? |
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That's right, "Misanthropy" is the title of the new album.:
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| Are the two songs on the promo off the upcoming effort, and if so why were they chosen for the promo? If not, where are they from? |
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Mark:
Yes, these two songs are going to be on the new album, but in a slightly different arrangement. They weren't chosen at random. We didn't want to reveal everything, only to give the foretaste of the new album. As I'm sure you noticed, despite the fact that the songs are kept in one style, they show two ways. Which one is taken on the album? See for yourselves.
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| Can you give the readers any information about that upcoming full-length, such as how many tracks, what they are, maybe a release date? |
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Mark:
There are going to be 8 full pieces, supplemented by intros. They sound really amazing, I could even say devilishly, forming a self-contained whole. When it comes to the date, I can't say precisely but I assure you it's going to be this year's fall.
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| On the promo you used live footage for what seems to be a music video for "Frost". Will the band be issuing a video for anything off the upcoming full-length? |
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Mark:
The video which was placed on "Promo 2010" was supposed to show people, who didn't have an opportunity to see, our band during a gig and give them a better understanding of what Pandemonium is. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to work in two directions, recording the album and making the video. Because the album is practically finished, and we begin making the video. If everything goes well and we're happy with the result, the video will be on the album so, keep your fingers crossed!
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| Have the fans of Pandemonium been able to listen to the two tracks or see the videos off the promo? If so, what has the reaction been like? |
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Mark:
Surely they could listen to the songs and see the video. Promo was attached to the re-edited "Devilry" on vinyl record. Those who did not buy the re-edited version could listen to the songs on the Internet on our official sites. The reaction outgrew our expectations and was very positive, not only in Poland but around the world. This gave us even more power to work on Misanthropy.
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| How about live? Has Pandemonium had the opportunity to play any of the upcoming album's material live and if so, what did the fans think of it? |
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Mark:
Yes, we player both songs from "Promo 2010" on a gig with Incantation In Warsaw. We were surprised that our fans know our 2 new songs so well. That was really nice.
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| Considering Pandemonium has existed for 20 years (again, according to the internet, correct me if I'm wrong), congratulations on that milestone by the way, has the band done or plan to do anything special to celebrate this, or are you looking to do something special later on for a bigger milestone? |
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Mark:
On this occasion, especially for our fans, we released a special edition of our first album, on a vinyl record. Another present from us will be our New album, which we are very happy about.
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| Before I leave you I do want to ask one more thing. Since you used live footage on Promo 2010, is there any chance of a future Pandemonium DVD or even live CD? |
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Paul:
Thank you very much for your time, I hope all goes well with you, the band and the upcoming album. Take care of yourselves!
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