CORPUS DELICTI " All is quiet, the motion's cold. I face the wind as I'm taking the road. " In the shadowed corridors of gothic rock, there are names whispered like incantations—legends that burned briefly yet left scars that refuse to fade. Corpus Delicti, born in Nice in 1992, carved such a mark. With Sébastien’s spectral voice, Franck’s serrated guitars, Chrys’s pulsating basslines, and Roma’s relentless drums, they conjured a sound that was both fierce and fragile, melodic and merciless. Their debut Twilight (1993) was no mere record—it was a beacon in the night, a benchmark that secured their place beside the eternal giants of the genre. Though their flame seemed to dim in 1997, time only deepened the shadows around them. While other names flickered out, the cult of Corpus Delicti grew stronger, sustained by faithful devotees across the globe. Revered as France’s dark emissaries in a pantheon dominated by Bauhaus, The Cure, and Joy Division, their legacy survived in whispers, reissues, and the trembling hands of collectors. Then, like revenants breaking through the veil, they returned. The year 2022 brought resurrection: soldout halls from Cannes to Mexico City, voices united from continents apart, the past colliding with the present in a wave of devotion. Streaming numbers soared, festivals opened their gates, and the oncebroken silence was filled again with haunting grooves that had never truly died. Now, three decades after Twilight, Corpus Delicti rise once more—armed with new songs (Chaos,A Fairy Lie), a forthcoming album ‘Liminal’, and the same unwavering spirit that first set their darkness ablaze. They are no relics of the past, but living proof that shadows, once summoned, never truly vanish. At Peek-A-Boo Magazine, we have the pleasure of delving into the depths with the band, to speak of their past, their resurrection, and the echoes yet to come. www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 20 - Hello to you all—Corpus Delicti united once again, and with us today. Let us close our eyes and wander back to Nice in 1992, when darkness first whispered its call—how did you, as companions in the night, meet each other, and what omens led to the birth of Corpus Delicti? [Chris]: We weren't very many at that time to listen to this kind of music. At that time, I was working in a record store, which allowed me to spot people who had good musical taste. I met Franck like that; I had then seen his band, he played bass, and one day I told him to join Corpus, but he had only been playing guitar for a few months. I told him it didn't matter, he said okay! We met Sebastien in the same way; he had a great look (except for his Smiths t-shirt which had slightly put me off), very charismatic, he sang well, without imitating anyone, that was cool. Personally, I had been in a relationship with Roma for some time, so there you go, the band was complete. [Franck]: Corpus Delicti already existed before I joined the band. It was a trio. We all knew Chris from this record shop he was working for. Once I opened for one of their gig with my ex band, and the day after he asked me if I was interested in joining the project. First I thought he was kidding me,and when I realized he was serious, it took me 2 seconds to accept the offer. All is quiet, the motion's cold. I face the wind as I'm taking the road. These opening lines from your song Twilight, the title track of your 1993 debut, immediately evoke something special, like an inner solitude. Focusing on your debut album, could you share with us—and your fans—how the album came to life? Was it truly a passage into the cold wind, a path through darkness? [Franck]: He came to life in the rehearsal room most of the time. We started to compose from a Chris baseline idea or a guitar riff or even drums pattern, and we developed it together. Then, after every single show, we used the money straight away to go in studio to record one or two songs [Chris]: Creation is a strange thing; it mainly happens thanks to the chemistry within the group. Some things
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