musicians who played these albums. But we are happy when these words are spoken. A feeling of the cult band? I think..we are certainly not that in terms of personality Building upon the previous question, if you were to pinpoint the most personal or significant album or song within your catalog, which one would that be? It's hard to say something different depends on each track. Poison Tree for the Galleries of pain e.g. where a track was missing and Christoph and I made the track in Bruno Kramm's kitchen with an synthesizer on our knees. When we mixed the Slashed Open in a small basement studio in Göttingen.There are so many things that cannot be listed. Often these are things that are nostalgic from the past. In a few years we might be talking about Shattered Souls where all the data was suddenly deleted and we were desperately looking for a backup. Thank God all the bands we were friends with told us "that's happened to us too" :-) A pice of us. As if someone pressed "start" and it just started again. I think we carry this within us, I don't mean just ourselves but in the scene in which we grew up.We don't lose the identification with the thing, no matter how much time has passed or how "old" we are now. What does art mean? Something that we humans carry within us. An unexplored spot that may never be properly clarified “scientifically” Upon releasing "Shattered Souls," your first studio album in 26 years, what emotions were stirred? Does creating music bear any resemblance to riding a bicycle, in that you never truly forget once you've learned? Shattered Souls has left behind everything that had prevented us from continuing with Manipulated Mind Control or Past and Present.We always found each other as friends, and we were able to find great people like Arnte from PYROLINE as producers. In retrospect, Shattered Souls reminds us of our first album.The tracks were able to be created over the years without any pressure or deadline and since we weren't signed to any label, we enjoy the freedom we have. Surely it's something little bit like riding a bike, only somehow more adventurous. Placebo Effect allows us a large sound space that we can re-enter again and again. When the number 26 years appears,we realize how long a “break” can be. Placebo Effect feels completely normal. - 19 - "Slashed Open" stands out to me as a particular favorite. What served as the inspiration behind this composition? What typically ignites your creative process,prompting you to sit down and craft music and lyrics, as well as conceptualize your stage presence? I'm very happy that you like it. Thank you! I would now like to write that the Slashed Open is a particularly consistent concept,but that would mean that something comes from the head. We were and never have been. Maybe I'm subconsciously trying to build our strength in music even more? Maybe also a technical aspect,we had started to use a lot more sampling from horror films. I think with these “snippets of sound” and our penchant for dense, atmospheric, cinematic moments. This is how our Material came about. Lyrics, music and performance all these things do not follow a script. It can be an interesting passage in a book, a picture or a symbol, a scene in a movie, noise all of these have an influence. But everything happens unconsciously. It just happens. It's undeniable that your live shows possess a captivating and symbolic quality. They are marked by theatricality, emotional depth, aggression, and intense audience interactions. How do you personally perceive your live performances? Do they hold a cathartic element for you? I often think in hindsight that it wasn't me who was standing there. Someone else. I can't tell you exactly, then it would be conscious of what it never was. I was certainly influenced by the old black and white scary films that fascinated me as a child. These had a certain theatricality to them - the monster was somehow never really evil. More..Theatrical creatures. Today there are many real things that move us, money, power, faith, weapons, that could be the headlines for a show. Your music encompasses a wide spectrum, ranging from harsh and aggressive to hypnotic and ethereal. Is this complexity of tones and emotions an inherent part of your artistic fabric? We are very influenced by film music.My first albums, for www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
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