UN: Before going into the writing process for Southern Storm did you look back at Assassination and pick out anything you wanted to try differently or continue with the next album? I know this album continues what could be considered a more diverse approach rhythmically that was more noticeable on Assassination than earlier albums.

Moyses/guitar: Yes, we always try and come up with something new and different from previous records. Definitely we reached it on the Southern Storm album. We always write new songs jamming, not doing some on computers or whatever, but real emotion playing together with the band. Feeling the real speed and groove and getting us all. I think our new records are different because it's been 15 years of band. When we just started we were young guys without any production, just the rawness and aggression. Nowadays we look more for the song structure and writing process trying to come up with something that pleases us as death metal heads and musicians.

UN: While you guys progress from album to album one thing that stays consistent is the speed of the band. After all this time, do you guys still enjoy playing at breakneck tempos? I have to say when it comes to blasting Krisiun is one of the best bands around and Southern Storm does not disappoint.

Moyses: Yes, nowadays speed is a trend and a lot of bands are using protocols to fix their lack of speed. We dont care about this because this comes straight from our hearts and we did it since the beginning more than one decade ago. We can play at real fast tempos with the groove pulsing the music. It's different from a lot of square bands that play at fast tempos without groove. They speed up bass drums but they forget the patterns, and rolls. Some drummers have 1/1 hi hat cymbals playing like shit, weak snare rhythms. The pro tools helps to be fast but it cant do groove or music, so basically it's the difference between Krisiun and other so called fast bands nowadays. In the beginning we played some fucked up, broken tempos but we developed it so much to become fast, groovy and tight but before all musical.

Of course I'm not taking about bands like Morbid Angel or Slayer which always had tremendous groove and speed to their music.

UN: At this point in time in the bands career, does the songwriting come easy? Obviously you guys know better than anyone what works for a Krisiun song, do the songs go through a lot of fine tuning before you guys are satisfied with the end result?

Moyses: Like I said before, we do all songs jamming with all the band together. We can feel it better when we hear the songs and see that it's all natural, straight to the face like a kick in the face. A human approach so we don't spend much time thinking and writing songs.

Of course we have a lot of shitty ideas that never will get into a done tune.

UN: Southern Storm is the third time that you have worked with Andy Classen as a producer. Is it safe to say that you guys are quite comfortable working with him after three albums? Does he push you guys to record the strongest album you possibly can while in the studio?

Moyses: We like Andy because he likes the same things we like. He doesnt like to edit guitars or drums. That's why when you hear his productions it sounds natural and punchy. He also likes the raw aggression but at the same time he goes through a lot of gear until he reaches the desired sound.

He is into the human factor which is different from a lot of producers nowadays that even dont like the musician plays but their editing everything.

UN: The cover of Refuse/Resist was a pleasant surprise. Obviously Sepultura is one of the biggest Brazilian bands out there and released some amazing albums back in the day. What brought about the decision to cover the song? If I'm not mistaken is this the first time you guys have released a cover song?

Moyses: We always do some covers for our records so this time it was a time to pay tribute for the golden years of Sepultura. But its not only because they are Brazilian but because they were a great band back in time.

UN: Krisiun has always been a three piece band and for me trios are really all that is needed for most metal bands. Have you ever thought of adding a second guitar player or does it really seem unnecessary? Does it make you laugh when you see some of these newer bands that have like 7 members? Why a band would need two vocalists, a keyboard player and three guitar players is beyond me.

Moyses: Some of the most solid bands are trios like Rush, ZZ Top, Venom, old Cream, Jimi Hendrix and so on. It's a challenge to go on stage as only 3 guys and try to make it louder and more brutal than a 5 piece band. It's an emotion and feeling together with a physical and mind demand to make all correct. You can't do much mistakes cause any one can notice that. It's daring so it's the spirit of real metal.

UN: It's also very surprising that the band has had the same line-up for an incredibly long time. I guess it is safe to assume that you guys must get along very well and truly enjoy playing music together. What would you say has attributed to the band staying together for so long with the same line-up?

Moyses: Besides being 3 brothers we are good friends which share the same taste for music. So I think all of this makes us go strong together and doesnt break up the band for stupid reasons.

UN: My first exposure and Im sure most death metal fans exposure to the band was Black Force Domain. Do you guys go back and listen to the debut album at all these days? To this day I still think the album has one of the best album covers the death metal genre has ever seen.

Moyses: Yes, it's back in 94, one of the first extreme death metal albums of the new wave after Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Deicice, Cannibal Corpse, etc.

We tried to push the speed beyond the level of that time, playing straight bomb blasting music all over. Maybe it's too much but fuck that it was our feeling on that time. After came a lot of bands claiming to be really extreme and so on but we never cared about this we cared about the music pleasing us. We always try to go on the opposite way the band wagon is heading for.

The cover was satanic and evil like death metal has to be, specifically back in that time. Nowadays as those matters are overused and became stupid because any little girl can claim to be satanic or part satanic bullshit. Its trendy bullshit, people try to be what they are not.

Believe in yourself, thats what we believe.

UN: Many bands that have been around for a number of years have started to record their earlier songs either to mark an anniversary or just to give the fans something a bit different for a release. Any chances of anything like that from Krisiun in the future?

Moyses: Maybe yes, time will tell.

UN: Near the end of October the band is embarking on a Canadian tour with a surprising amount of dates in Quebec. Have the fans in Quebec always been receptive towards Krisiun? Quebec is definitely a hotbed for Canadian death metal and has some of the best bands the genre has ever seen.

Moyses:Canada in general always has been good for us. We can't wait to be there again.

Thanx for the interview.

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