Chronosphere Interview (2014)

BFM:Sawaddee-Krub Spades! let's begin the first question, have you ever been interviewed by fanzine/webzine like this before?
Spades:Yeap..Of course..

BFM:Can you introduce a little bit about your Band?
Spades:We are Chronosphere and we play thrash metal.The band was formed back in 2009 as Homo Sapiens and released a demo called Hypnosis.
After that we changed the name to Chronosphere and at the moment we approach thrash metal in a more modern way.

BFM:I heard you once named the band as Homo Sapiens. why do you change your band's name?
Spades:The band at that time had a more old school thrash style.With the new line up we decided to play some kind of modern thrash combined
with other elements of metal(heavy,speed etc.).With that change in our music we also decided to change the name to Chronosphere.



BFM:"Chronosphere" is obviously taken from VDO Game, but I wanna ask you. is there anything special in that name?
Spades: ahaahhaha.i don't play video games so i don't know.We think Chronosphere as a sphere that is used as a portal for you to travel throught time
and witness human sins or other stories.

BFM:Can you explain about feeling in doing the Debut?
Spades:We were very excited at the time.It was our first time in studio so we had to figure out how the whole process is done.We tried to work as
professionals but we also had a lot of fun.



BFM:And how is the Feedback?
Spades: The feedback so far is very positive.There's a range of fans of all ages that are hungry for thrash metal and really dig the new shit.
That gives US a motive to continue and try harder for a better result.

BFM:Did the members have a full-time job?
Spades: No one from the band has a full-time job.We try to do short term jobs just to make ends meet and cover the requirements of the band.

BFM:Did anybody in band have another band or project up to Chronosphere?
Spades:No.We are solely devoted on Chronosphere.It is our pride and purpose.



BFM:why the band members wear red pants in recently? Just curious
Spades:We see it as a way of expression.It's a stylish touch to our stage presence.Also the red colour represents war!!!!

BFM:How did you get into Metal Scene?
Spades:When i was a kid about 12 y.o. a friend gave me the first record of Iron Maiden and it was a blast.After this i started looking  for bands and 
records.The first metal genres that i got into were black and thrash metal.



BFM:Which bass playyer inspired you?
Spades:I was really inspired by Steve Harris, but the bass player that affected my playing and sound in every domain was David Ellefson from Megadeth



BFM:How many gig that exclusively organized for Thrash Metal in Greece?
Spades: Thrashers United is one of these events and it's held annually since 2010.We participate in this festival with other bands like Exarsis,
Bio-cancer,Fadom etc.

BFM:As you seen, There is how many people approximately attended to the show in Athens?
Spades: The average in every show was 200 people. The last one was attended by 450 people.
It was sold out actually !!

BFM:Name the 5 best albums that you loved most!
Spades: 1)Motorhead-Ace of Spades
2)Motley Crue-Shout at the devil
3)Megadeth-Peace Sells...
4)Bathory-The return
5)Kill Cheerleader-All hail

BFM:Is there any fine beer in Greece? 
Spades: Hahahah..I am more of a whiskey guy.We got a few beers like Mythos and Fix..But my favourite beer is and austrian beer called Samichlaus.

  

Vektor Interview (2011)

BFM: What's up guys! How's everything?
David:Hey, what's up! Everything is going great. We've been really stoked after getting out of the studio and seeing the great response from Outer Isolation. It was crazy finding out how many people were waiting for us to put out our second album.

 

BFM: how 'bout the experience on working "Outer Isolation"?
David:It was really fun, but stressful. We wanted to push ourselves and try to step it up from "Black Future." We recorded with the same studio engineer as last time, and I think the production turned out really cool. It sounds new and relevant, while maintaining a cool old school vibe. We put in way more effort this time in the studio, and I think it shows. Our engineer, Byron Filson, gave both me and Erik three different guitar heads to play through at the same time when we recorded, so the guitar tone is awesome! "Outer Isolation" turned out to be one of our most focused and aggressive recordings yet.
 


BFM: I think that your band's logo are very samilar to Voivod's one. did u have an opinion about this topic?
David:They're pretty similar, but we weren't trying to rip them off or anything. We just wanted a logo that represented our sound: sci-fi, space thrash. A lot of black metal and death metal bands have similar logos, but that's not a big deal. I think people can hear that we're different from Voivod, even though they've been one of our many influences.

BFM: How is Metal scene in around AZ? any great band you shared stage with?
David:The metal scene is ok, but not the greatest. There aren't a lot of good local bands. They're mostly metalcore, or other crap. We have played with a lot of great touring bands though. We opened for Iced Earth, Testament, Toxic Holocaust, Hirax, Bonded By Blood, and a lot of others.

BFM: How did you get into Metal? any of you have a family background?
David:I used to listen to punk. I was into punk for a long time, but then I got into thrash because it was faster and cooler. I first got into metal after my friend showed me "Kill em' All" about 15 years ago.

BFM: Why Thrash Metal?
David:I like the speed and aggression. Thrash bands also sing about more relevant topics like war and social issues.

BFM: 5 Favorite album of all time?
David:Oh, that's hard. There's so many!!
 Destruction: Eternal Devastation
 Kreator: Terrible Certainty
 Vio-Lence: Eternal Nightmare
 Voivod: Killing Technology
 Emperor: Prometheus
 And number six... ASPID: Extravasation

BFM: Where did you guys feel the best crowd? where's worst? Any plan to do a tour in South East Asia? I'm pretty sure there are fans waiting for taste your guy's shred in Thailand. including myself haha!.
David:All of southern California has a great thrash scene. Those kids go crazy at the shows! haha. We would love to tour all over the world. Unfortunately, we don't have enough money for plane tickets, haha. We're looking on getting on a bigger label so we can start touring more extensively.

BFM: according to our (Beer Friendly Music) rules, we need to ask this question. Best Beer in AZ States?
David:Hmmm, also a tough question. haha. I like all beer. Pabst is good because it's cheap. Four Peaks is a good local brewery. I also like wine. Red wine is the best.

BFM: Last Question, give some shout out!, promote new album, quote anything, whatever you want to say ,Mine's "ROCK CHICKS HARD!! & KILL THE POSERS & CLONES!"
David:Support your local scene! Support your local record stores! SCI-FI OR DIE!!