Mares of Thrace, Slat', TarLung

0:11HostWelcome to Disceptor Beyond Podcast. My name is Artern and today we have three awesome bands. They were great. We recorded at Pensta, Indiana, Austria. The whole evening was amazing. The music was great. The people were awesome. It was a really nice, great evening. What can I say? You just need to listen to the interviews. So we recorded it with Mares just before the shows. The Slut right in the middle and the Talon right after all the shows. The time codes are in the description. Don't forget to follow this podcast on any platform of your choice. Leave a rating, subscribe, etc. Follow on Instagram. We also have a separate YouTube channel for the Interceptor Beyond show that happens once a month at Arena Basel. So just search on YouTube, the Interceptor Beyond show. And that's it. Anyways, enjoy the interviews. Let's talk to Mares of Therese.

1:19?Great.

1:20HostAll right. Meshuggah and ISIS fanatics. All right. Tell me how was the tour? Because today is the last tour of the European tour.

1:49HostLife changing experience. Yes. That big. Yeah. How many days? 10 days or something like this?

2:11HostYeah. But considering how, because I checked your tour diary, because you post on Instagram, everything was pretty fine, except like a little bit of Italy and maybe some stuff that you didn't write about or something like this. So everything went completely fine. Yeah.

2:27HostNo. No. What are the most impressive experiences that you had? Life changing experiences on the road. Come on. You thought about it.

3:03?Describe what is special about Köpie.

3:43HostProbably that it's even possible to have something like that.

3:58?Maybe.

3:59HostSo, I mean, you need to think about it maybe when your new album, which is like, we need to talk about your new album in a second. But, you know, who knows, maybe going to Berlin, Berlin is a good spot for like for something else. But jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, day jobs. This is not easy.

4:23HostSorry about the bitter part.

4:27HostOh, yeah, I know, I know. It's the last day of the tour, back to reality, back to the shit of life.

4:33?Yeah.

4:50HostYou never met them before? No. How, okay, how did, okay, okay, okay, wait a second, because it felt like it's like a big body is coming together and touring the Europe, but how, okay, okay, how did this tour come about?

5:39?They're the best. We love those guys.

5:55HostI mean, I could immediately see it when you posted the first, the zero post of the tour, the zero day, when you're like, oh, we just ended here.

6:04HostIt's so amazing. You know, like, like, I was like, okay, everything is already fine. Everything is going to be fine unless something happens. Something, like, completely, like, but you could see immediately that you're, like, relieved that, okay, they're not assholes. Everything is fine. We, we, we, we survived the move, like, like, the, the travel, whatever, right? Yeah.

6:24?Yeah. Yeah.

6:24HostHow was the Czech Republic, right? You've been there yesterday, I think, right?

6:36HostYou know, what's funny is, like, each time, because I was researching your Instagram feed, I mean, everything, but I was going from the freshest to the oldest one, and it was, like, holy shit, amazing day. It's, like, every day, it's, like, it's, like, but I was going down, but if you go it from the beginning, like, every day is even tougher, top and higher of, like, what you experience and, like, like, like, like, the Berlin and stuff, right? Italy didn't play in Italy, right?

7:09HostWhat surprised you the most?

7:25HostYeah, yeah, yeah. And, I mean, when I ask Canadians, not Americans, you know, they all have the same response.

7:33?The food is amazing, food is amazing, people are amazing, and, yeah, history, that's the stuff.

7:41?Okay, let's pause the tour, let's talk about your album, right?

7:44HostThat's what everybody wants to know, because you recorded the album already in July, I think. It's done.

7:53HostAh, you still want to record it in winter?

8:03HostYeah, yeah, in all interviews you say, I'm not going to talk about this yet, yet, yet, blah, blah. The producer and engineer, so it's... Now it's easier to find producer and engineer.

8:36HostReally excited about that. Okay, without naming the name, it will be like a game, kind of, right? So, how... We can discuss, too, without names and without even artists, how did you get in touch with this person?

8:52HostInternet friends. Friends of yours and your friends of them?

9:14HostHe's, yeah, got a chance to meet him. All those details will go into the Reddit page and people will, like, people will play a game, oh, like, because... In theory, it's already, like, enough, enough, enough, enough information to... Is it somebody local from your area?

9:33HostI don't believe that, but we're, I don't know, we'll see. East coast, west coast, US, Canada...

9:49?That's all I'm gonna say. Yeah.

9:51HostThat's enough, actually. That's, okay. All right, but let's talk about the sound, right?

9:58HostAs I understand, you already play some of your new stuff during the tour, right? Yep. I haven't had a chance, I will only hear it today for the first time, so sorry about that. Didn't have a chance to, I don't know if it's online or somebody posted it online, I don't know. But did something change drastically from the Exile and the new album? Yes.

10:26?Yes.

10:27HostYou also went progy. I went progy. Like progressive.

10:31?Maybe.

10:36HostYou did that. You said, that's your quote.

10:39?Progy! That's one. Ish.

10:43?That's all him.

10:46HostYeah, but what changed? Yeah.

10:56?In every interview, in the basement in Halifax. Yeah.

11:31HostYou have, like, some Taylor Swift influences there?

11:49?Delbert McClinton?

12:18HostYeah, but he was not the influence for this.

12:27HostIt's just the influence that surprises people.

12:30?All right.

12:31HostOkay, but what about theme of the album? Is it like a thematically concept album?

12:37?Yes.

12:38HostYes. Same as previous ones?

12:55?Which is? Death.

13:02?Stages of loss. Yes.

13:03HostUsually you write about your personal stuff, right? You try to put your stuff from the previous album. That's what I heard.

13:09?Yeah.

13:09Host50-50 at least.

13:10?Yeah.

13:18HostNobody. Well, even if they warn you about it, it's still... You still have to experience it. There's no way how... Nobody can prepare you for that.

13:30?Yeah. I know what you mean.

13:52HostAnd the music, is it a solution how to discuss it or it's a creative output or it's, like, talking with people? Like, you know, like, because sometimes when you're on stage and you perform, it's, like, a communication with the audience. You can discuss in a way. You can share your pain with Amy.

14:40HostYeah, because now you have a responsibility. You know, you're helping somebody. You know that your music is touching somebody. So, like, fuck. If it's working for somebody, it's responsibility.

15:10HostYes. They're kind of pop culture. Pop culture, yes. Denial, acceptance.

15:25?Car. Car.

15:28?Game on.

15:31HostWhat's the plan after the tour?

15:33?Recording. Recording.

15:34HostWhen the album is coming out? March.

15:39HostSummer probably.

15:44HostAre you still shopping for labels?

15:48HostEurope, America? Europe or North America?

15:51?For a label?

15:54HostGo with Heavy Psyche Sounds in Italy. You know that label, right? No.

16:03HostSomething like that. Check them out. Big ones. Organizes. I mean, all the bands that you know are there. I mean, it's not a big one. It's in Italy. Hey, Italy.

16:20HostThey became bigger in the last. I mean, they focus on the dual stoner rock stuff. Wait, did they? So, nice. Anyways, what song should I put at the end of the episode?

23:29HostWhat's your official name? Kremat.

23:34HostYeah. If you want, you can use your real name. If you want, you can use your nickname. Doesn't matter.

23:50HostNot much information about you online. What can you tell me? Okay, we'll have a demo, right? We'll have a demo. I listened to the demo. I really enjoyed it.

24:01?Thank you.

24:02HostI mean, it comes together with the name of the band, which is like a swamp, right? Like if you translate it to English, the name of the band. It's like a dark, moist, watery, cold place. Am I wrong? Am I right?

24:50HostSo it's like a forest meets water.

24:53?Yeah.

24:54HostAnd it's like really...

25:01HostSoft, soft, super soft, right?

25:18?Yeah.

25:26HostSo this is totally captures the mood of your music. You don't expect this from your band, but like the vocals and all the stuff and the music hard as fuck. Normal ground and then you go down and you're completely destroyed by the nature, right?

25:49?Yeah.

25:50HostActually, like Trout.

25:53HostI think, I think, is it the one that, like, because I tried to translate all the lyrics because you have lyrics. Thank you very much on Bandcamp. I think this one I like the most regarding the lyrics.

26:05?Mm-hmm. Okay.

26:07HostThe first song. The first song.

26:12HostSo, the truth, I liked about the lyrics and the first one I liked about the groove.

26:18?Mm-hmm.

26:19HostIt's my jam. In general, I really enjoy that music. So, the question. What's up? Who you are? We're writing. At the moment, we are writing your Wikipedia page. So, how did your band start? Because I couldn't find any information, right? How did your band start? Where? Basic information. Some of you. Any of you.

26:48HostSeptember 1 is the demo 21.

26:58HostYou started, like, how, how, how, how? You know each other, school.

27:02?Yeah. We had a band, previous band called Nickander with Diana together, and because Nickander doesn't exist anymore, so we make a new band called Slut.

27:18HostSlut. So, you pronounced Slut, okay, good.

27:20?Yeah, that's it.

27:21HostSo, you decided to do Slut, all right? Were there some rules what you want to do? Like, creative limitations, or like, we don't want to do psychedelic pop.

27:33?Yeah.

27:43HostSo, you like fat, nice, deep, destroying music. Yeah, yeah.

27:51?That's right. Yeah.

27:53HostThat's how I felt when I was listening to your music. Fat, destroying music. So, tell me more about this demo, for example, right? We'll talk about this demo, a new future, what you want to do with this demo. But tell me how this demo come about. Were there some rules what you wanted to do to show?

28:29HostBut what about, what there is, a theme, a topic, something that you wanted to talk about, who writes the lyrics?

28:39HostJana. Why do you write about being, like, tortured and stuff?

29:09HostAre you trying to express something really, really deep? Or you're just like, okay, this is like what, the genre demand?

29:25?So, it's like...

29:27HostAll right, so it means that what you feel about the music... And what I feel, or what I feel, yeah. No, no, no, how do you write the lyrics? Do you listen to the music first and you like the lyrics? Or do you make the lyrics...

29:57HostAll right, so you react, don't worry about the song. Yeah, yeah. So, you react to the music, right? Question to you, where comes the music then? You know, because you go deep. Dark. Because she's reacting to the music and she's coming up with some dark shit lyrics, right? So, where does the music come from?

30:31HostBut what do you feel when you try to make this riff, you know? Like, what... Do you want to kill somebody? No, no, no, no.

30:43HostThat's it. Yeah, you're happy, nice. And then you play the horrible music and then the horrible Yama's making horrible lyrics.

30:51?Yes.

30:51HostSo, you recorded this demo, right? In 21, right? In 21. What are your plans right now?

31:08HostDo you have a label already? Are you doing yourself?

31:15HostHave you tried heavy psych sounds?

31:31HostBut because I asked the same question with Amirsa Therese, they don't know it about it, but I think you know it more.

31:47HostItaly. Yes, yes, yes. Black Rainbows, the guy who's in Black Rainbows is one of the organizers of the label.

31:56HostWell, anyways, any plans to not sing in Czech and go English?

32:19HostPersonally, I think you should stick how you feel comfortable with, so there's no pressure about going English, not English, or whatever, right? Because Google Translate works, we can still, like, understand what you're singing about, music goes, so I don't see any problem with it. But for me, it was more like a question if you want to go there or not.

32:52HostI have, I have, I have interviewed bands who started with English in Austria, and then they switched to German, because it felt better. So, maybe you're already, like, skipping a step and saving some time of going, like, forward with Czech, just sticking with the Czech, and that's it. Okay, what's, what's the plan right now for, for the start band at the moment? So, recording a music, when, right? When do you want to do it?

33:22HostLet's recording, when they want to release this. Do you already have, like, new material?

33:32HostDo you have a, a, a, a concept, a theme?

33:37HostDo, did you have a concept in the demo?

33:43HostAll right, so, no concept, no fave, uh, have you listened to the music already? Like, have you written lyrics already?

33:53HostFor the new song, new stuff.

34:01?Yeah.

34:08HostSo, when, when, when the new music is coming out?

34:21?March!

34:30HostLike, in half a year, what, almost like a year, the whole, the whole album, or just new music?

34:42HostSingles, singles, or?

34:47HostTo, to work on the stuff. But the real record will come out. Yeah.

35:01HostI, I think the, it's natural, I know, I know, I know, I know, it's natural.

35:10HostBecause I do the same with everybody else. Like, I ask, when do you want to release it? And I say March.

35:19HostAutumn, no, no. But in reality, yes. Because you need to, are you going to do vinyls or tapes or something?

35:27?Depends on the label. Yeah.

35:36HostHeavy Psyche sounds, Gabi from Black Rainbows, if he's listening, and he must be listening to this episode. It's highly possible that he will contact you at some point. Or contact him, you know? Okay. Alright. Which song should I put at the end of this interview of Sluts? A good introduction to your band. As far as I know, there's only official four. So one of those.

39:33?And I'm Philip. I do guitars and vocals in Talang.

39:38HostI was just, uh, I think it was the first time I saw you live, and you fucking killed it. Oh, thank you. Thanks, man. We appreciate it. The pop of death, the sounds of desperation. I don't know. I don't know what to explain, but it was intense. It was intense. Thank you. I really enjoyed it. Yeah. I could feel it in my balls. Oh, yeah. Balls to the wall. Balls to the wall.

40:05?Yeah.

40:05HostAlright, guys. So, the last, let me look at my notes. The last, uh, uh, full length album you had in 2021, right? It's correct, yeah. So, how are you doing? What's up? Uh, any new material?

40:43?Oh, yeah. And, uh, yeah.

41:06?Yeah.

41:07HostAha. Okay. What's up? I mean, I've been doing, like, interviews with the bands for some time. I know what they say, like, uh, interview, uh, record and stuff, which, okay, I will tell you what, what do you mean? I will tell you what do you mean? You mean that in the winter you're going to record, around October you're going to release,

41:33?you know?

41:47HostJust make a fucking album, man.

41:52HostOkay, okay, okay. But do you have new material already prepared? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yes, we do.

42:25?Yeah. Yeah.

42:34?Yeah, absolutely.

43:01HostYeah, okay, but, okay, it's about preparation, but what about the inside, the theme, do you have, like, is there, like, concept, something, like, uh, like, like, limitations, uh, creative limitations in this album, what, what, what do you want to express as artistic human beings?

44:22HostI mean, well, when you listen to your song, I mean, if somebody is, like, like, listening to this interview without knowing about your music, it's like, oh, it's like, ah, like, like, like, like, a jolly thing, but no, in reality, it's like, hardcore, yeah, fucking doom metal shit.

44:41HostIt's like, your balls are, like, burnt out, like, like, like, like, it's like, horrible and pleasant, and pleasant, and pleasant, horrible and pleasant, the same, it's like, sodomazole thing,

46:10HostYeah, no, I have to ask you, is this, uh, kind of music, is, uh, a way where you can become yourself? Is it something that you can escape to, or is it something that, like, like, just, whatever, I don't know, I don't know. It's just like, there's a music and how do you physically, emotionally relate to the music, no?

48:33Hostsame feelings in some way. Here's the big question. Audience first, or how you feel first? For me,

50:34Hostyeah. All right. Are you going to invite some more people into it? We will see. We never know.

51:34Hostlabel at the moment? No, we are at the moment 100% DIY. DIY, yeah. That's what I heard. The architect was completely DIY. Hmm. All right. Uh, and, uh, this album, the new album, DIY also? We will see. We'll check our

51:58Hostthat was... Heavy Psyche records. Heavy Psyche sounds. Yeah. Hey, if someone from Heavy Psyche listens, call us up, yeah? Gabi, Gabi, Black Rainbows, Black Rainbows, Gabi from Tech Records. What? I interview

52:32HostExactly. Yeah, yeah, that was a big thing that you, after a while, you did, uh, with labels, two, three labels, I don't know, and then you said, do it yourself. Yeah. Worked out. Great. Love everything about the album. Music is great. Thank you. Thank you. Great. How it looks like is great. Fucking awesome. Oh, thank you. I saw you live. Fucking awesome. Wow. Thank you. You're like a great band, you know?

53:04Hostin the end of the interview? Your band, a good introduction to your band? It's always a

53:50Hosthe's gonna do us a coin and... What did we say? Head is? Architect. Tails is... Horses. It fits perfectly.

54:28Hostthe name of the... of the song with emotion and attitude. Horses of Plague! Nice!