Interview with Kaatarakt, Folk Metal Band from Switzerland
Kaatarakat is Folk Metal Band from
Swiss. They’re Gaëtan Reichenbach - Bass, Dylan Watson - Drums, Marty Kohler -
Guitars, Nicolas Sanchez - Guitars, Yoann Giacomelli - Guitars, Malo Civelli -
Keyboards, and Marvin Brand - Vocals. Marty Kohler gave us some information. Check
it out.
Tell us about Kaatarakt
Hello everyone ! Kaatarakt is a
folk/epic metal band created in 2015 by 4 of its actual members. We are a group
of friends who can be serious once in a while. Our efforts allowed us to play
with big international bands such as Eluveitie and Welicoruss. We would like to
take it even further and live unique moments with people who appreciate music
as much as we do !
What are the lyrical themes of
Kaatarakt?
In the begining the lyrics weren't
really elaborate. It was a pretty basic theme of glory, honnor and tales but
since the release of our first EP, we wanted something deeper. We did more
research on Norse Mythology. In the future we will speak about what would
happen after the Ragnarök.
What are your influences ?
We are really inspired by the folk
Metal scene with bands like Ensiferum, Equilibrium and Finntroll but we are
also really into bands like Wintersun, SepticFlesh and Fleshgod apocalypse to
name a few. Atmospheric black Metal is also very influencial for us. There are
too many bands to mention.
Can you tell us about Metal scene in
your town ?
We can count a couple
folk/death/black Metal bands with whom we can play from time to time. We are
sure that there will be more and more Metal bands during the next couple years.
4 years ago, the only known folk Metal band was Hypocras. Now there are two
more including us and Delion. Lots of new stages are available for local bands
and it really helps to motivate the music community.
Who are your favorite Swiss Metal
bands ?
We really like
the band Gotthard and Weeping birth, a very talented one man band.
How were the songs written ?
Most of the time
Malo (our keyboard player) composes the tracks on logic pro. Then he sends it
to us by email and we all tell him what we think about the song. The band
decides wheter or not the song should be added to the list. The time of
composing depends on the inspiration. Therefore we can spend two months with
nothing new and learn 3 new songs the next month. Malo also transcribes the
guitar and bass parts for the band.
How did the recording process go ?
We recorded with
a good friend Théo of "la licorne production". We spent 2 week ends
in our rehearsal space to record it. It was a lot of fun and we were on time
and therefore relaxed. Dylan (drums) almost did everything on the first take.
We also spent 30 minutes to record the perfect burp at the end of "Flesh
and Bones". It was really fun !
What are your future plan ?
Following the
release party of our EP "Follow the Raven" we have gained enough
money to record something new and we are really excited. We have enough
material to record two albums haha ! We are going to select our best tracks and
see what we can do with it ! We'd also like to perform live as much as we can
in Europe !
Are there any countries you're
interested in touring or performing and why ?
Germany is a
country we really want to perform in. It's near by and there are lots of
amazing bands there. Touring in Scandinavia would be a great acomplishment for
the band since the style we play was born there. It would mean a lot for us
because it would be the proof that not only our friends appreciate our music.
What bands would you like to play
alongside ?
Like mentionned
before, we'd love to play alongside every band who inspire us. If we had to
pick one it would be Equilibrium because it's way too good ! If we had the
opportunity we would be really in paradise.
Any last words ?
Thank you very
much for your interest for our band and we really hope you'll like our EP !
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