Andras: Where did the idea for Nocturnal Depression come from?
Lokhraed: Nocturnal Depression comes from the depths of our souls (H.Suizid and L.Lokhraed). We worked on music different from what was performed at this time. We wanted to deal with some special negative feelings as depression, suicidal thoughts and despair. There were enough bands dealing with Brutality, Satanism and War so why not trying to mix our different influences into a slow tempo?
Andras: You are now the only original member of the band remaining. Do you intend to recruit more full-time members, or just play with session/live musicians?
Lokhraed: The line-up is complete with very lives performances and participation on tracks arranging. All guys have understood the Nocturnal Depression style and are playing this way. Maybe some guests can appear sometimes but that’s another topic…
Andras: The question all fans have been wanting to know: Why did Herr Suizid leave the band?
Lokhraed: H.Suizid left the band cause he was done with ND. He had made what he wanted to do. Also the evolution of the some sub-genres and moralist people telling everybody what to do or to be, made an influence (you know when people blame you that you’re not “open” enough for some music) so he preferred to leave and let me lead ND.
Andras: You recently signed to Avantgarde Music. How did this partnership come about?
Lokhraed: Avantgarde asked for releasing “The Cult of Negation” album and we accepted their offer. They made a really great work both on cd quality than promotion. Actually they are about releasing soon the Ep “L’Isolement” which introduce the new album “Spleen Black Metal”.
Andras: How do Nocturnal Depression recreate the harsh depressive atmospheres on their albums in a live setting?
Lokhraed: Gigs are the place where we can let our alter-egos unleash them. We add the visuals sufferings that each man hide deep into him to sorrow music/melodies. Most of people has always in mind to see a slow and boring show in DSBM. One show of Nocturnal Depression is intense and with lot of moves and headbang on stage.
Andras: What is the writing and recording process? Who writes most of the music/lyrics?
Lokhraed: Most of time, H.Suizid and I wrote the tracks and lyrics. Then we brought it into rehearsal room and worked with the other members on arranging, trying some different ideas of rhythmic we had ect… When we judge a song complete, we play it weekly then we are ready for recording it.. For “L’Isolement” Ep, our guitarist Vrede wrote lyrics in Danish for a song. On “Spleen Black Metal”, Morkhod had written a song in the pure Nocturnal Depression classic style.
Andras: Finally: what does the future hold for Nocturnal Depression? Any tours upcoming? Any albums in the works?
Lokhraed: Soon “ L’Isolement” Ep will be release by Avantgarde. Later this year, the new album “Spleen Black Metal” will be released but we don’t know which label will produce it yet. We are playing several gigs/fest across Europe and we will soon perform our second Mexican Tour.
Andras: Thanks very much for your time.
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