Interview: Brutal Sphere (2022)

 

New interview with French Death Metal band BRUTAL SPHERE.

Hello guys! This is Jim behind the keyboard and editor of DBH Webzine. How’s everything going and what have you been up to since the release of your killer debut album?

First of all, the recording of this album was a living hell, because I am convinced that god did not want us to release it, first of all our first singer left the group for no reason (surely his wife, ahh ahh) so we had to look for another singer and after some tests we came across Nick and there we knew that it was him, it is really great, and then there was a series of extremely unlikely events that made us lose a lot of time.

How long were you working on “World Decomposing by Vermin” and what was the overall recording process like? What inspired the title?

Ah yes on your previous question the title comes from the fact that man is the scourge of the world and that it is rotting because of him. And for the sound I'm a big fan of morbid angel, but in no way do we try to emulate them.

When you wrote your debut, did you have a particular sound in mind? I heard some similarities to Cianide and Bolt Thrower, as I mentioned in my review.

For my part, as I told you I am crazy about morbid angel, it is for me the very essence of death metal evil, and some bands are unique like sarmat, mortify, necrovorous, etc...

What is the secret to writing a solid and memorable Death Metal album, and do you think you’ve achieved that with the debut?

I don't know if there is a secret but what is certain is that there are catchy riffs that stay stuck in your head and for me it is not the fastest riffs that are the best

Do you think that being self-critical is a good or a bad thing for musicians? Or does too much self-criticism lead to a lack of progress?

I think that reviews are good to take, good or bad, it allows you to evolve and see what is going and what is not. He who does not like them will never evolve.

Do you have any pet peeves about the state of metal today, and if so, could you please elaborate?

Yes there are more and more unfortunately, for me it is serious music with a certain state of mind and these minds lose it. Some young metalheads take this music from the fun and known bands that are no longer in the spirit of what death metal is. It's like in all styles of music, there's a spirit that goes with it and if you don't you'll be.

10 albums you can’t live without.

Morbid angel, suffocation, the first deicide, gorguts, pestilence, crummer, marduk, belphegor, morta skuld, magoth.

What's next for Brutal Sphere? Will you be playing any shows? What can we expect from the band in the future? Thanks for your time and all the best!

So the next step is to propose a new album, we already have some riffs, and that's why it will evolve in our riffs, it will always be dark but more violent. We got a new guitarist and drummer so our line-up is complete. It will be complicated to see each other because we all live far from each other but we are motivated and we will get there if the problems do not slow us down. And of course we will try to play some concerts once everything is in place. Thank you for your interest at brutal sphère.