ROUGHDALE recently caught up with Nikos from the Athens,
Greece based death metal band GRAVEWARDS.
Roughdale: Tell us where
GRAVEWARDS is based? Who is in the band and what they play?
Gravewards: We are based in
Athens/Greece. GRAVEWARDS is a three piece 3 piece band that consists of
me (Nikos) on Guitars and vocals, Fotis on bass and Vasilis on drums.
Roughdale: How long have you
guys been together?
Gravewards: We formed the
band in late 2015. But it is important
to mention here that we are longtime friends...doing rehearsals enough times in
the past - knowing our musical ''chemistry''
Roughdale: That
is always a big part to making a band work. The best bands are always
friends in my opinion. What are some of your guy's musical influences?
Gravewards: Absolutely
true. The best way to share these unique feelings.
Death metal and thrash
metal as well...Everything from the late 80's and mid 90's. Pure passionate music. If
I have to mention bands...these would have been Slayer, Sepultura, Death, Deicide,
and Bolt Thrower.
Roughdale: I can definitely
hear the grove of Bolt Thrower in your music. There is also a lot of
space in the riffs and it lets the songs breath in my opinion.
Gravewards: It is
absolutely true. We do not wish to rush riffs just to sound faster or anything
like that we let every song to flow let's say... ''naturally''.
Roughdale: What's some of
your non-metal musical influences? Bands that aren't necessarily heavy
that you guys did
Gravewards: Concerning nonmetal influences.
. .well nothing to be honest...But personally I still listen to the old grind
era, several crust bands and old punk records.
Roughdale: We are gear dorks
over here at ROUGHDALE. . . what kind of guitars, amps, pedals, etc. do
you guys use?
Gravewards: Simple
things for the first recording...Ibanez instruments plugged into the amps.
Nothing exceptional for the time being...Since the result is the desired one.
We let the brands play a secondary role. We do possess several instruments and pedals though, but we
can’t' call ourselves gear nerds.
Roughdale:
One of the first guitars that I worked for and
saved up to buy when I was a teenager was an Ibanez. I still have it to
this day. I have to say the desired result was achieved. Subconscious
Lobotomy has a really great sound to it!
Gravewards:
Honestly we love Ibanez, be it guitar or
bass...they still make some great instruments.
I have tried many guitar labels till now...the next step is to
get a B.C. Rich.
Roughdale:
There is a really great time lapse video of the
creation of the Subconscious Lobotomy cover on You Tube - can you talk about
the concept behind it and the artist?
Gravewards:
Sure, Vojtech from Moonroot art (Czech Rep.) is responsible for the
cover art. I wanted something related to the Lovecraftian Horror theme so
he came up with this drawing which we found very good.
I recommend him to
anyone in need for a cover or anything related to artwork...
Roughdale:
Is the EP all that you guys have out now?
What else is out there for the ROUGHDALE readers to get into?
Gravewards: Well for now this is our only release. But during this month we will start the recording
process of our full length. We will take
our time since we do not wish to rush things up, and hopefully after the summer
days it will be ready to be published...we shall see about the label matters
then.
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/06/09/demolisten-gravewards/
https://www.facebook.com/Gravewards/
Chris
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