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Ethernity
is a band
from Belgium, formed 15 years ago and featuring 3 brothers. They just
released their debut album on which they play progressive power metal
and I caught up with the drummer Nicolas Spreutels...
-I'm very impressed with your amazing debut, the band
already founded in 2000 why did it take so long to record your first
album?
Tell me something about the history of the band?
- Hi! Thank you
very much! It's true it took 13 years before deciding to record an
album. When
we started the band in 2000, we were all beginners and started learning
music.
It would have been impossible to release such songs back then. It took
us some
time before having the skills to be able to play the music we wanted.
We just
followed our path of a young band, writing our first songs, getting the
right
singer, record our first demos and then making a bunch of shows to gain
experience. When we felt the moment had come to take the things a bit
more
seriously, we just did it. We really wanted our first real effort to be
as good
as possible.
-Especially in the guitarwork I hear similarities to
Symphony X, do you agree? What are your other influences?
- Of course we
agree! Symphony X is a major influence in our music. Every band member
have
different taste in Hard Rock/Metal music. It goes from Evergrey,
Stratovarius
to Deep Purple, Europe and even Hatesphere and Testament.
-What are the lyrics about on the album?
- The lyrics are
often kinda dark. There's a theme along the whole album which is: Your
life is
made of all the choices that you've made but what would have happened
if you've
taken another path? The album goes into a thiller/sci-fi kind of mood
while
also dealing with the loss of a loved one or double personalities.
-Julie Colin has an amazing voice, how did you get in
contact with her?
- Indeed! Glad for
having her! During a few years, the majority of the band was learning
in a rock
oriented music school in our area. One day, Julie came as one of the
new students.
We were kinda impressed by her and asked immediately if she would be
interested
to come to one of our rehearsals! The rest is history!
-There are three family members in the band, makes
that easier to work with? Which one of the family was the first to
discover
Heavy Metal?
- Right! Of course
it's great! It's a beautiful thing that we share this together. I don't
know if
it makes things easier than in other bands, but it's cool to have a
common
passion between us.
The 3 Spreutels are brothers and cousins and our fathers were playing
in a
Heavy Metal band. So I don't think there's a first one! We're into this
kind of
music since we're born! I guess they gave us the virus and we wanted
also to
have our own band!
-Any plans to go on tour? Maybe Holland?
- We'd like to go
on tour! We already had a few proposals but nothing we can afford right
now
unfortunately. Maybe when the time is right, we will come. For now, we
have a
few isolated shows and we'll play in Switzerland soon. Demands from
outside
Belgium are slowly showing up. Of course Holland would be great too! If
there's
some Dutch promoters around, feel free to invite us!
Some short personal questions:
-First bought LP/CD: When I was a kid,
I was often stealing my father's cassettes of the Scorpions, Kiss,
Yngwie
Malmsteen. I think the first CD I really asked for me was Europe's
"Prisonners in Paradise" around 1992.
-First gig: Royal Hunt - The Mission tour
-Favourite Metal artist: Symphony X
-Favourite non-Metal artist: David Cook
-Food:
Fries
-Drinks:
Beer
-Sports:
Olympic
Wrestling
-Favourite country to play in the future: Finland
-Your favourite own song: It's not released
yet :-)
Anything to add for our readers....
Thanks
for reading the interview and for your interest into Ethernity. If you
want to know more about us, feel free to visit our official website and
Facebook page (www.ethernity.be, www.facebook.com/ethernityband). If you
want to get your good dose of metal and be in a good mood, come and see
us live
when we'll come to your place!