FULGURETMORTE 'Possessed By The Unholy' and 'Devourer Of Light' are both recorded at the Opus Magnum Studio. Is this your own studio? Is running a recording studio what you do as your profession? Absolutely. My producing works are under the name "Opus Magnum Studio", while I work in a cult studio in the Brussel's suburbs, the Blackout Studio, initially formed by two members of Enthroned back then. It was the first studio I ever went. It was back almost twenty years ago, recording the vocals for "Yhdarl -Ave Maria". The experience was unique, strong and lifechanging : to the point that I knew, then, that this is what I want to be. Now, I am working there. The circle is complete. You release a lot, using many different monikers. And you play and played in manybands. Is being a musician what you do as your job? Producing (recording, mixing, arranging, composing, mastering,...) for bands or else is my job, yes. Being a musician is still a passion that I cherish. I work every day on music, whether would it be mixing, recording, mastering, arranging, composing and more. Today, for instance, I had the pleasure to welcome my friend Kim Carlsson from Lifelover/Hypothermia, with whom I worked for three days, resulting in an amazing album that would see the light of day when it will be time for it. I am also working these days for bands like Inborn Suffering (Death Doom, France), Angellore (Goth doom, France), Wynter Arvn (Dark folk, France), Mirror (Raw Punk/Black metal, Belgium) and more. I will not name the other styles (pop, hiphop etc) in this interview, as it's not the place for it. I am a part of Cult of Erinyes (BM), Silver Knife (BM), Horrible (Modern extreme metal) as studio and live member, Oerheks (atmo BM) as live musician, and studio projects are Acathexis (atmo BM), Brae (raw BM), Chaînes (raw harsh BM), Drache (raw "epic" BM), Iniquitatem (funeral ambient doom), Lykta (raw BM), Imber Luminis (atmo doom), Impending Triumph (epic heavy metal), Maladie (fucked up avantgarde extreme metal), Slow (atmospheric funeral doom), Ana ana (black n roll), Transcending Rites (transcending raw bm), Yhdarl (cathartic extreme raw doom/black/drone/whatever). That's quite enough and a funny long list no one cares about but here it is. Oh and of course, add 7 anonymous bands.At least. Why did you choose te be a metal musician? Or don't you see yourself this way? I see myself as my own. I am not to be etiquetted. If people know about me, they'd know because of the various styles that I'd be doing (from extreme metal to - 29 - electronic to classical to hiphop to pop to noise... anything I can put my hands on). Hiphop is how I've grown. Black metal is what I have become. I am myself, I think it's enough. What's your favorite album at this moment? I wish I had time to listen to music, other than myworks. Right now, I am listening to Gallhammer - Ill Innocence. Nature can be insanely violent and death is certain An album that, despite being with different styles in it, destroys me with two songs : "At the onset of the age of despair" and "Long scary dream". These two songs are emotionally immense. What's your all time favorite album? Too many. But I'll name a few. Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss / Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger / Pink Floyd - Wish you were here / Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory / Shape of Despair - Shades of... / Wormphlegm - In an excruciating way... / Dr Dre - The Chronics / Chopin - Nocturnals / Guiseppe Verdi - Requiem / and many more. Joeri BRUYNINCKX deha.bandcamp.com/album/devourer-of-light Want to contribute to this magazine? Drop us a line: [email protected] www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
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