www.vampire-magazine.com 1. Hey Balatonizer, how are you? Hi, everything ok here brother! 2. Before we start off, can you give the band a small introduction? Born in 1997 we grew up in a dull perseverance trying to create today's solid obsolete dimension. In 1998 first demo "Balatonizer" in pure grindecore style. In 2001 became a brutal trio composed by Mario (voice growl/scream), Marco (guitar/drum-programmer), Rodan (bass) and our Drum-machine that satisfied our concept of "vulgar-death-grind"style. In 2002 the demo "Occlused in Ottusity". In 2003 the EP "Reborn in Ignorance" and in July 2004 the full-lenght "Occlused in Ottusity" with the american label Devildollrecors/ThisDarkReign from long Beach California. 3. I just reviewed “Occlused In Ottusity” and it took me by surprise it was recorded in 2003 and was released in 2004. Considering its 2005, what’s the story behind that? Our producer hadn’t make a big promotion than i begin to do it alone! 4. What have the responses on the album been like till so far? Here the response is wonderful. About review we have just begin to do it in many parts of the world and the first response are very cool! I'll link every reviews in my site that will come out on web with a reneve style in the next month. 5. How did you hook up on Devildollrecords/This Dark Reign? We have send our demo to many label and John from Devildollrecords trust in our works. We think that in Italy there are no chance for our genre. Our is a little label than we can't expect a big promotion but we beleve that our producer is doing a good work about promotion and distribution us not only in Canada and USA. 6. Are they able to get you on a tour in Europe or the USA? No. 7. How are you experiencing the Italian death and grind scene? Are you able to perform a lot or is it hard to get gigs for the band? Our brutal scene is relegated to a sterile underground ambit that give us only some poor possibilities to promove us. There are many other bands of fine workmanship that work hard tring to become popular in nations like Germany,Nord Europe and Est Europe where this kind of music is more appreciate. In Italy it's very difficult to find the right channels to promote ourself.For this reason i admire a lot of all italian brutal bands that still continue to promote their project without surrending.They do it only for a pure passion for the brutal attitude. Here our scene has retrograde enviroment and then is not possible to substein a more big contest with more possibilities of use. There are many lives and festival but compared to other nations we have a long way to move. However we trust the situation will improve! 8. You use a drum-machine, so a natural question is: Can’t you find a human drummer? No we haven’t find any drummer here.Drum-machine at the beginning was an expedient...but,as time was going on,we founded out our own musical dimension with it. We think now it's a sort of Balatonizer's trademark! 9. I notified there are no lyrics because speaking through the primitive language creates a particular bond between you and your brutal fans. Are there any particular words you like to growl in favour or do you think it’s of no importance at all? Yes a Neanthertal languagge addressed to the reducted cerebral cosciencial state of our public that, during the listening of our cd, fall in a cataleptic state and expresses itself using the most primordial itellectual capabilities. It's only in that phase that the most primitive and brutal human expression comes out in it's marvellous spontanety. No particular words only grunts! AhAhAh 10. One of the most explicit qualities you own is to be able to write real songs that don’t last a minute. Could we consider that as a trademark or will new songs last longer? Yes about a minute is like pills of devastating violence soaked of Death, Grind, Crust, Black, etc proposed in Balatonizer's key. 11. How about new songs? When can we expect a new album? Yes at the beginning of the next year. Thanks for answering the questions and don’t stop your rage of violence. Hope to see Balatonizer on stage some day. The last words are for you. I hope too brother! Hi to every readers! Irony and brutality is the best mix! Roaar! www.vampire-magazine.com «back