Evil Invaders Interview (2013)

BFM:Hi Joe! how's the last tours?
JoeAnus: hey man, so lately we've been playing a lot of shows in belgium and we're just back from a european tour with screamer and striker that consisted of 19 shows in 20 days! It was a total blast! Today we will play at the masters of Kassel festival in germany with Sodom!  I can’t wait to hit the stage again!

BFM:I think some of our readers might don't know Evil Invaders very well, So please introduce a little profile of your band!
JoeAnus: evil invaders is a 4-piece heavy/speed/thrash metal act strongly influenced by the great bands of the 80's. 

BFM:How is the Metal scene in belgium now?
JoeAnus: i think the scene in belgium is pretty good for the moment. everybody supports eachother: bands, organisations, etc. just friendly competition and that's a good thing!



BFM:In "Alcoholic Maniac". I heard the verse "ZATOS poepeloeres!" sangs out in the few last second, what does it mean?
JoeAnus: haha the lyrics of this song were written while being drunk with some friends. in the region where i'm from we have this saying when somebody is really drunk. 'poepeloere zat' which means drunk as fuck. 
it was just a reference to the local drunk friend of ours. he was always saying funny stuff that didn't make any sense and he was trying to translate the flemish slang 'poepeloere zat' to spanish so he just added '-os' to both words. which would make zatos poepeloeros
this song is about him so we added it as a joke on the end of the song. 

BFM:I heard you are in the session of recording for the Debut, how does the progress?
JoeAnus: we were just doing some try-outs in a small studio for some songs. as a sort of preproduction. right now we're working our asses off to write really cool new songs and we hope to releast the first full length album in oktober 2014 on napalm records.

BFM:Did the members have a full-time job?
JoeAnus: only senne (drums) actually haha! i'm still studying, sam ( guitar) had to quit his job and nico (bass) is doesn't have a job either. we're totally dedicated to the band!

BFM:Do you have a support from the family while playing in both indoor live and abroad?
JoeAnus: yeah our families sometimes come to the show and they're really supportive because they see that we're really living for this music and that we're working hard to get the band to a higher level.

BFM:Don't call i'm too much curious, but I saw the small Logo on your guitar, but I forgot the brand of it. Can you tell me which brand of your V-Axe?
JoeAnus: haha i made the guitar myself. it's my own design and logo. i'm studying lutherie and that was the first electric guitar i've made. 

BFM:Can you introduce the cool Belgian Thrash & Heavy Metal bands to our Readers?
JoeAnus: you have some cool bands here yeah! the ones that are really worth checking out are: horacle (heavy metal), prematory (thrash metal), and voltrage (hard rock). you also have some really young bands in which i see some potential: witchtrail (black thrash) and hammerhead (thrash) for example. 

BFM:How did you work out before Jamming & Touring?
JoeAnus: you mean how we met each other? i started this band with a completely different line-up. i've known sam for years before he was in the band. i used to hang out with him and party. senne just came to the auditions when we were looking for a new drummer and he immediately fit in perfectly. nico just joined the band but i knew him for quite a while too because he used to be the bass player in voltrage And we played some shows together.

BFM:Name the 5 Albums that influenced you
JoeAnus: crimson glory: transcendance, mercyful fate: melissa, motorhead: bomber, exciter: heavy metal maniac, exodus: bonded by blood

BFM:Any fine beer in Belgium?
JoeAnus: grimbergen, karmeliet, ...too many to mention!! hahaha the belgian special beers are definately worth checking out! 

BFM:No more question,The rest is up to you to spread the Shout!
JoeAnus:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Lost Society Interview (2013)

BFM:Hi guys! This's Beer Friendly Music from Thailand! how's the last tour in Europe?
Sami: Hey man! We've been doing lots of gigs around Finland during the summer and we travelled to Germany and Italy for a couple of shows, but other than that, we've been pretty much only in Finland! It's been a great summer for us in terms of gigging, and we're looking forward to continuing our Fast Loud Tour this year! 

BFM:Can you tell us about the band's history and how the each members were met?
Sami: The band was founded by me in the beginning of 2010, and it was with a totally different line-up. In the summer of 2011 we got the rest of the dudes onboard, which means: Arttu Lesonen on guitar, Mirko Lehtinen on bass and Ossi Paananen on drums! I met the other guys actually through another band i was in at the time as a singer! Somehow all the guys just came together, and it's been going really well ever since! 

BFM:I heard that you guys have shared the stage in Global Battle Of the Bands (GBOB) 2012 and prevailed it. As the champ of that competition, how did you feel about it?
Sami: We won the finals in the Finnish GBOB, and that definitely felt good. Basically ever since that competition finished, we've done a lot of gigging and we did the album and everything. It's really been a crazy time after that, and we're all really excited to what the future brings for us. The competition was a good boost for our career, and we had an awesome time with the other bands! 

BFM:Any stress, pressure or funny things while recording Fast Loud Death?
Sami: It was actually really cool to notice that the two weeks we were in studio went really quickly and smoothly! We didn't really run into any problems and all went the way we planned it! We had a great time, and we are really happy with what we got! The funny stuff mostly happened in the evenings after the sessions, but I couldn't tell you much about that haha..

BFM:And how's the mostly Feedback from media?
Sami:  Ever since the album came out, we've been getting really good feedback from people and definitely the media. Reviews have been really good and people have sent a lot of mail to us telling us that they really like it! It's an awesome feeling to know that we've really done something the people like, but also because we're so proud of the album ourselves!

BFM:How's the feel like to have a contract with a titan label like Nuclear Blast?
Sami: Crazy! Even before signing to Nuclear Blast, we knew that the label was huge and when it happened, we all just were in awe knowing that we were signed to the label where our idols were at! It's been great with NB, they really promote LS well and we get along really well! Hopefully we'll work with them for a long time, well into the future! 

BFM:Has it difficult to prepare for the tour, both in hometown and in Europe?
Sami: Not really, we always practise at least 4-5 times a week and we all enjoy that a lot, so preparing for gigs is just practise and more practise and then we go out there and kill the places! 

BFM:17, 18, 19 and 19 is your guys' ages that written on the band FB page, but i wanted to know  that how old are you guys in now (2013)
Sami: I'm 18, Arttu is 20, Mirko is 19 and Ossi is 1 

BFM:Have you guys got a work or still studying?
Sami: Me and Ossi are still studying but we should be getting out (hopefully) as soon as possible.. Mirko at the moment is doing his civil service and Arttu is taking it easy haha! 

BFM:Opinion for the bands such as Children of Bodom, Apocalyptica, Nightwish, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Amorphis, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani and including HIM
Sami: Well, of course it's great that those Finnish bands have got out there, but we don't really care for much of those. Bodom is fucking awesome, especially the old stuff and Korpiklaani is awesome haha! 

BFM:I heard that you are played in Beastival, How's the feeling to play on the same stage with Teutonic 4?
Sami: It was a really awesome time. Our show went really well and the crowd was really into it! And after that, we got to see the mighty teutonic 4 which was awesome! 

BFM:Any oldschool thrasher from Finland to show us?

Sami: Check out Nuclear Omnicide and Forced Kill! Awesome bands from Finland!

BFM:When did you guys found Thrash Metal?

Sami: For us, thrash has been always 'there' with us, but it really took us with it some years ago, really hard to pinpoint the year but anyway, it's stuck with us since then.

BFM:Who is the each members' Idols?

Sami: My idols in guitar playing would be Dimebag Darrell, Maiden's three guitarists (Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Janick Gers) and lots more.. For singing I'd say Phil Anselmo and Steve "Zetro" Souza. For the other guys there are lots of idols including Eric Singer, Vinnie Paul, David Ellefson, Frank Bello, Rex Brown, Ace Frehley and lots more! 

BFM:At first, have you got the parent support to play music?

Sami: Our folks have really supported us A LOT! They've helped us in many things and always pushed us forwards so we really owe them big time for that.

BFM:How many people approximately attended the show in Jyvaskyla?, and did the people come many since the early bands or just at the later bands?

Sami: In the beginning, mostly just our friends came out to see the shows, but basically as we got more and more shows, a lot more people came along too, which was awesome to see. Nowadays there are lots of people coming to see the shows, and we're really happy about that! Talking about people by the hundreds anyway. 

BFM:Any hobbies beside the music?

Sami: As we spend almost all of our time at the rehearsal place, we don't really have time for anything, plus we all really just want to play music all the time! If I gotta name some hobby, it's going out with the dudes and having a great time, it really beer friendly! 

BFM:"Silly Question" Have you been planed to have more guitarist and let Sami grab just a Mic

Sami: Definitely not! I love playing guitar, and I love singing, and doing them both on stage for me is just awesome! I'd never switch to only one instrument, i was born with both! 

BFM:We have pure thrash metal in almost every countries in the S.E.A., Do finland have a gig like that?

Sami: It's great to see that thrash definitely is alive all over the world! In Finland, thrash isn't such a big thing, but if you look into it, there really are a lot of thrash bands around the place. 

BFM:Any plans to tour in S.E.A. countries like Thailand?

Sami: At the moment we don't have any plans, but we really hope that later on we could come even out there and thrash the whole place up with you guys! 

BFM:Any fine beer in Finland?

Sami: Finland has a lot of different cheap and expensive beer, the cheap ones of course are much more appealing to us, and they taste like they should! You should come out here and have some KOFF or Olvi with us! 

BFM:Off your Shouts and Promotings

Sami: We'd like to thank all the Lost Society supporters out there! Keep supporting thrash and come see us live and bang your fucking heads with us! Cheers!