Interviews in german/english....

[Martex]

Ok, here you can read interview (in german) with L. Rambo: http://www.soulburner.de/portal/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=35

And here is english version of this interview:
With "Aura Sense" you delivered quite an awesome album. I solely came across positive reactions. What about international reactions to the second Enter Chaos - release?

L. Rambo: As I saw almost all reviews and reactions about AURA SENSE are very good, so that's great people enjoying music we created this time. Our friends and fans - they see our progress and they saying we made better albuym then the first one. I think our label is concentrated about promotion here in Poland and in Germany when we have a promotional agency to promote our name - I saw many reviews in Germans magazines and webzines. Hopefully we will be able to play some shows in Germany. I was playing some tours in your land with my other bands and I really enjoyed that.

Since I suppose many people haven`t heard an Enter Chaos - Song up `till now, please try to describe your music for them.

L. Rambo: Basicly, we can say we are playing agressive and groovy death metal with a lot of melody and harmony in it. Album is also very varied because we had 4 guitarists on the album and each of them created his own songs - so we have many brains in the album hehe. There is also some progressive elements. I like progressive style very much and bands like Rush, Dream Theatre, Fates Warning are really inspiration for me. All of us have own inspirations, Martex has great voice and all these things making ENTER CHAOS and Aura Sense. You can check our music very easy - just go at www.enterchaos.tk and download some songs to know what's up.

Can Enter Chaos now be regarded as a "real" band or is it more or less "just" a mere project of people from the Polish scene?

L. Rambo: We really want to be a regular band but we have some problems. First thing is we have many people in the band, so sometimes it's hard to decide who will be playing shows etc. Now, we have to make some changes - we need to have a strong concert line-up - after Aura Sense we have to play many good shows. it's life so we have problems like jobs, other bands etc. so we need a line-up where everybody knows what they want.

As to Marta`s vocals: how are the common reactions when people come to know that it`s a woman that contributes the vocals? To be honest, I didn`t want to believe that neither - after all Marta does in no respect rank behind her male colleagues...

L. Rambo: yeah, Martexs voice rules! People always have a real shock when they realized this growl comes from womens throat. sometimes all attention is concentrate on Marta and people forget about the music hehe. She's making great job for a band - she is a frontman (frongirl), she's promoting band very well. Some stupid people have a problems with accepting women in a death metal but we totally ignoring them.

Since all Enter Chaos members are involved in other bands, it must be difficult to unite them all for tours or festivals. What are the plans in this respect for 2004?

L. Rambo: yes, sometimes we have a problems with other bands but not very often. We are involved in DEMISE band, but we used to play shows together DEMISE & ENTER CHAOS. Now, situation can change because for a few people it's hard to play two intense shows at one night. We will try to arrange everyting good and we want to play many shows this year, maybe a bigger tour. We'll see.

If I`m not mistaken, there are three active guitarrists in Enter Chaos, previously even four! What purpose was this for? Was the aim perhaps, to always have someone available, in case one of the other guitarrists is on the road with "his" band? Or were there other reasons?

L. Rambo: When Martex was creating this band few years ago she had a concept she wants to have many guitarist in the band. We didn't have much time to create "Dreamworker" so each guitarist made 2-3 songs very quick. I played drums on all these songs and we had ready album very quick. Almost all job was made in the studio in 10 days. But too much people is too much chaos and we are starting to fixing this hehe. On Aura Sense we also have 4 guitarists - Ozz, Zenek, Seboff, and Simon as a guest musician. But on the shows we playing as a normal band - 2 guitars, bass, drums and voice and this line up is solid. of course if somebody can't play a shows we can take someone else.

What are those Industrial influences in two songs and in the alternative version of "Baby the Handgun" all about? Honestly, I can`t do anything with it...

L. Rambo: I'm not sure what songs you are talking about - propably about Simon songs. you know it's just his style. He is playing in bands like Prophecy and Nyia and this is very crazy stuff. We made these songs very spontanic in the studio. Everybody can have his own opinion about these songs - I like them. About "Baby The Handgun" - we wrote this song as a slowest one on the album. After we recorded all the tracks we sended this stuff to Henu from Fintroll (he is a good friend of Marta) and he added all these keybords and samples. We really enjoyed his work, so we also decided to make alternative version of Baby The Handgun which is really electronic stuff. But in my opinion it's interesting thing on the end of the album.

Let`s do some brainstorming! So please tell us your spontaneous thoughts about
- soulburner.de

L. Rambo: oh it's hard man. I don't know German language so it's impossible for me to make a solid review. But it seems to be very good metal webzine. And thanks for promoting ENTER CHAOS!

- At the Gates

L. Rambo: Great band, great music. We made a tribute for them and recorded our version of COLD on our first album "Dreamworker".

- Underground

L. Rambo: Few years ago I was really in the underground scene, you know - letters, paper zines. But now we have different times - internet changes everything. but it can be still underground of the new era.

- Black Metal

L. Rambo: I'm not a big fan of this style but i respect a few hordes. black metal isn't make me happy hehe.. I like more advanced things.

- New Metal

L. Rambo: some bands are good and some just copying eachother - like every style.

Finally many thanks and cheers for the interview, the last words are yours:

L. Rambo: Thanks a lot for supporting Enter Chaos. Hail to all Germans metalheads and openheads. Hope to see you guys soon in Germany. Stay chaotic!

[Martex]

http://www.heavyhardes.de/metal/interview/index.html

English version:
Hi ! First of all, congratulation to your new CD "Aura Sense". This is how Death / Thrash Metal has to be ! But I think, not everybody knows you already. So, would you please start telling us something about your (short) history ? You've been founded in 2002, right ? How long are you into the music business ? What are your influences ?

L. Rambo: Hi there! We started in 2002 and it was an idea from Marta. She just quicked her previous band and she decided to invite some people from polish scene to make a band. We got a deal and we started recording first album "Dreamworker". We had about 10 people recording this album and it was very spontanic, and also chaotic hehe. But in the short part of time we made a good album. We had many good reviews and opinions about "Dreamworker", played several good shows with renowned bands. So we tried to transform Enter Chaos to the real band and few months ago we made "Aura Sense" As EC we started in 2002 but we played and playing in the other bands since 1995. Few of us also playing in Demise and other bands like Dar Semai, Trauma, Azarath, Damnation so we have some experience about music bussines. It's hard to talk about influences because all of us has their own masters.

You've been playing in several different bands. What was the reason to build up Enter Chaos? Have you been dissatisfied with your other bands?

As I told it was Marta's idea. We had some time for this so we started doing this. I always like new experiences, playing with new musicians and creating some new stuff. We are not dissatisfied with our other bands. But in Enter Chaos we can make real things wchich sometimes doesn't fit to our bands.

Enter Chaos was started as a project. Is it still "only" a project or have you changed into a "real" band ? What about the other bands you are members of ? You've got several personal changes due to your other bands.

L. Rambo: Now, Enter Chaos is transforming into a real band but it needs lot of work. My other band Demise is waitinf for releasing our third album "Torture Garden", so now we have some time to do all the best for Enter Chaos. Our other bands still existing, we playing shows etc. But we trying to arrange everything well to not collide eachother.

Poland has got a good underground metal scene and also some international well known bands. What can you tell us about your scene in Poland ? What can you tell us about the daily life there ? Are you inspired by bands like, for example Vader?

L. Rambo: We are not really inspired by polish bands. We have respect to our international bands like Vader or Behemoth but we are trying to go our own way. Polish scene is good. we have many great bands but music businnes not always working good here. Sometimes I think to many people fighting, compete. Not supporting eachother like few years ago. I hope this will
change. Daily life here is not so bad. Of couse, Poland has a lot of economy problems but if you really want to you can have a good time here.

You've got 3 guitar players in your band. This is unusual, especially in Death Metal. Do you want to be the Death-Metal-Iron-Maiden ;-) ?

L. Rambo: hehe. No, i don't think so. You know, on the albums we have 4 guitarists and they recording their songs but on th shows we playing as a regular band, 2 guitars, bass, drums and voice so it's really doesn't look like Iron Maiden show hehe

"Aura Sense" is your second album. Unfortunately I don't know your Debut "Dreamworker". What are the main differences between these two albums in your opinion?

L. Rambo: "Dreamworker" we recorded very fast. We had only 10 days in the studio. It's not much especially when you realized that we created over half of the album in the studio. So "Dreamworker" has crude sound. "Aura Sense" sounds more
clear and powerful, we playing on instruments better and we had almost a month for recording so we could concentrate on details. But I still thinking "Dreamworker" is a good album and I proud of it.

The biggest difference between you and "the rest" of the Death Metal bands is of course your female "singer" (or should I say Growler?) Marta. The first time I was listening to "Aura sense" I did not realize, that a lady was singing. sorry, growling. She is doing a great job. This is maybe a question you are asked a lot of times: What does it mean to the rest of the band having a female singer? Is it only to be "different" or don't you care at all ?

L. Rambo: I don't really care is women or men singing. But I see people are more interested when women using throat like that. Marta has great voice, she's a good frontwoman, poeple like her so that's great. Besides, she is doing great job with promotion, all public relations stuff etc. Another thing is I can see her body from the back, from my drumkit and this make me more powerful hehehe.

Your actual CD is f*** great ! It is a very good mixture of melodic Thrash and Death. Sometimes I thing it sounds a little bit like "At the Gates". What kind of reaction did you achieve with this album ? Have you expected them ?

L. Rambo: Thanks man. We tried to make the best album we can and we enjoying all good response. You right - sometimes we are inspired by swedish style, like At The Gates but we also trying to create our own style and we still working on
it. This album came out about 2 months ago and we have great reactions. We have great reviews in Poland and abroad. People seeing our progress. When we finished recording we knew we made a good album, but you never can be sure how people react on that. Aura Sense has a litlle bit experimental stuff and sometimes people don't like that. But as I see people appreciate this and accept our vision of metal.

Marta is responsible for the most of the lyrics. What does she want to tell us, what is the message of each song ? "Fire in the hole" , I think is about the stupidity of war, or am I wrong ?

L. Rambo: The message is different in each songs."Fire in the hole" can be about stupidity of war but it's also a lot of irony there, and this also song about RTCW players. Lyrics have varied and uniwersal message. When I first read them I thought some lyrics are about situation in the band during the recording process hehe, some crazy shit but I think it wasn't intend. So as you see the message in the lyric sometimes is depend on point of view.

What is the process of a songs' creation ? Is every member involved in the writing process?

L. Rambo: Usually, each of guitar player making 2-3 songs. I'm working with them separetly and we arranging etc. So we have four different flows on the album, but not totally different music styles so everythings fits well. We have a base - it's Martas voice, my drums, and bass and we building the rest on it. Sometimes it's very hard but usually we are working very quick. We always have about half of the album before we start recording - the rest of the album we are making in the studio.

What about live gigs ? Are there any plans for gigs outside Poland, for example here in Germany ?

l. Rambo: I hope so. We really want to play outside Poland. Germany is a great place to play shows, we have some promotions there so I think our label support us and we will be able to play some tour in Germany. It will be great.


What are your plans for the future ?

Shows are really important to promote the album - this is the main thing. Besides, we have to start thinking about the next album. Also have many plans with our other bands, especially Demise have to wake up. So we have lot of work to do.

O.k. That's it. Thank you for answering my questions. Finally, the last words are up to you.

L. Rambo: Thanks a lot for a cool interview. Hope to see you guys soon in Germany. Check out our website www.enterchaos.tk and download some music to see what's up. Thanks for support! All the best.

[Martex]

German version only:
http://www.metalglory.de/index.php?bereich=2&inhalt=1&int_id=132

[Martex]

English version:

1. The traditional question: Tell us about your band history !

L.Rambo: Enter Chaos was an idea from Martex. She just quicked her previous band and start thinking about a new band. She asked her friends from other polish bands and part of them agreed to play some new stuff. We signed a deal with Metal Mind and recorded first album "Dreamworker" in May 2001. "Dreamworker" had a great response and we played some great shows after this album. After some line-up changes we start working on the second album. In october 2003 we invaded Studio-X and recorded second album - "Aura Sense".

2. Your reviews turned out very well - not only in Poland - have you expected this?

L.Rambo: We are playing in the other bands a few years, so we have some experience and we know how to make a good album. But you never know what people will be thinking about your music. So it's always very cool to see all these great reviews and stuff.

3. Three of you are playing in Demise, a Black/Death Metal Band who received also great reviews - do that members see it as a Side-project or their real band?

L.Rambo: Yes, I'm also drummer of DEMISE. For me - DEMISE is very important band, now we are waiting for James Murphy work - who is mixing and mastering our new album - Torture Garden. So we have some time for other bands. ENTER CHAOS is not a side-project for me, it's real band. We all living in the same city, have the same practice spot, playing shows together - so it's not a big problem have two bands. Except ENTER CHAOS and DEMISE I have two other bands heh - I know it can be situation in the future when I will be have to make a choices. We'll see what happen.

4. Marta, how did you get around to singing in a death metal band? Were there idols like the frontbabe of Holy Moses or was it your own idea?

Marta: Well, before I started singing I've never heard any extreme female vocalist. First time when I was listen Angela and Sabina it was after my ex-band leaving (Immemorial), so it was late 2001 or maybe early 2002. I started singing by accident in 1997. I was on Immemorial's rehearsal - when they took a break, I started to scream for fun. I was not bad, I guess, cuz
then I became their vocalist.

5. Some bands sell more when they've got lyrics in their own mother tongue - Would you do something like that?

Marta: No. I think that polish lyrics don't fit to death metal - haha. Our language is too curved. Maybe polish words fit much better to gothic bands like Delight or Closterkeller, but aren't good for us. It's like with Dornereich. Can you imagine this band with other than german lyrics? Besides this in our contract we have a paragraph that we should record albums with english lyrics. It's perfect for us, I like english a lot :)

6. Here in Germany there are a lot of prejudices about Polish people (stealing cars and so on) - In Poland, are there any prejudices about us?

L.Rambo: I don't know any prejudices about German people - maybe that you are drinking lot of beer hehe. That's really ucks you guys have prejudices about polish people in Germany. But I understand it, cause many people from Poland trying to go abroad to do some criminal things. But I think it?s only a small part. Basicly we have a good society, there are many criminals but it's like everywhere.

7. Have you planned some live-gigs in other countries than Poland? If you could choose, which bands would you take along?

L.Rambo: We really want to. About year ago we planned a tour in Germany, Holland and some other countries but it was very difficult to arrange everything. You need a strong label support to play gigs abroad. We?ll see. We seems to have good promotion in Germany so maybe we will play in Germany in nearly future.

8. Which meaning has got the CD-Cover of "Aura Sense"?

Marta: We chose this cover 'cause we simply enjoyed it and it matched perfectly to the title of our album. Colours of the cover are very fiery like our aura, I mean the aura of our band ;) And through these colours we wanted to relay our frame of mind connected with our music. So, we are ready to conquer the World!;)

9. Now something about the current situation ... Poland is new member of the EU - are there any changes?

L.Rambo: Yes. We joined EU few weeks ago. There are no many changes for now. Just some products are more expensive: petrol, some food stuff etc. People don't know what to expect. We have a lot of work to do trying to reach a level wchich most of european countries have. I hope things going to be better.

10. Have you ever tasted German beer? If yes, which one(s)?

L.Rambo: I like Haineken very much. I'm not sure it's german beer. Don't kill me if not hehe. Yes, you have very strong beer tradition, production and drinking of course heh.

11. Is there a good metal-scene in Poland ? After all Poland has got a lot of milestones (Vader, Behemoth, ...)

L.Rambo: Polish scene is pretty good. Lot of great bands, press etc. It's just very hard to do your band well known abroad, sign a foreign deal and stuff like that.

12. Thanks for the interview - last words?

L.Rambo: I hope we will be able to visit Germany soon and do some shows, meet your metalheads, metalgirls, drink your beer and have a good time. Cheers! Thanks for interview and support! Stay chaotic!