MIDNIGHT INTERVIEW 2011

Infernal Hails Athenar, finally the first Midnight full leght is out, are there any particular reasons you make us wait so much long?
IT'S ALL ABOUT TIMING AND WHEN I JUST FEEL LIKE DOING SOMETHING.

How did you get the band started? 
I STARTED IT BECAUSE I HATED BEING IN BANDS SO I JUST MADE UP THE SONGS AND RECORDED THEM MYSELF. I STILL HATE BEING IN BANDS!

I must say that the sound and the production of Satanic Royalty it`s really great, how much time took to write and record all the stuff? 
NOT LONG AT ALL. ABOUT A WEEK FOR THE MUSIC, ABOUT 2 WEEKS FOR THE LYRICS AND 3 DAYS TO RECORD AND MIX. I DON'T LIKE TAKING TOO LONG FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE NATURAL SOUNDING.

I saw that the CD version contains a bonus DVD. What kind of blasphemies can we expect? 
IT'S SOME LIVE GARBAGE AND A STUPID FUCKING COMMENTS BY MYSELF AND LORD ZIGAR WHILE SITTING ON MY COUCH LISTENING TO TESLA LIKE IN CLIFF EM ALL.

In April this year you split up with your previous label Nuclear War Now. Is there any specific reason or simply Hellsheadbangers offer you better conditions?
HELLSHEADBANGERS IS MUCH CLOSER TO MY HOME AND THEY JUST WOULD KEEP THINGS IN PRINT. NWN DID A GREAT JOB WITH ALL THE OTHER MIDNIGHT RELEASES THOUGH.

Your stuff it`s long time sold out. Do you plan to repress some of your cult releases on Hellsheadbanger? 
YES. BUT NOT THE DEMO BONUS TRACKS THAT WERE ON SIDE 4 OF COMPLETE AND TOTAL MIDNIGHT.

Who Is The main Artist behind your albums covers and is there any meaning behind them? 
THE GUY WHO DID THE NEW COVER IS A FRIEND FROM NYC NAMED WILLIAM LACEY. I'M SURE THERE'S SOME KINDA MEANING BEHIND IT BUY I DIDN'T DRAW IT SO WHO KNOWS?

Do you plan any tour to promote Satanic Royalty? 
YEAH WE'D LOVE TO DO SOME EURO GIGZ AND PLAY PLACES WE'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.

Tell me something about the japanese benefit split with Toxic Holocaust, how did you come up with this idea?

FOR ME I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE WE JUST GOT BACK FROM JAPAN AND HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME, EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE GIGS WERE FANTASTIC AND I PERSONALLY LOVE JAPANESE HEAVY METAL. SO I REALLY DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE I THINK I'M BETTER THAN ANYBODY AND PEOPLE NEED MY HELP BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL, IF ANYTHING I COULD REALLY USE THEIR HELP! LIKE IT SAYS IN THE LINER NOTES ON THE RECORD IT WAS JUST TO PRESERVE JAPANESE HEAVY METAL. 

Athenar thanks for your availability. Any last words on your side? 

THANKS FOR THE INTEREST IN THE BAND.