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神秘组织 - 德国死亡金属Archaic Thorn乐队专访

火山杂志 2021-01-25 11:01:27

德国作为世界上重金属音乐发展最强大的国家之一拥有着全世界最好的乐队，今天我要为大家介绍的是一支德国的死亡金属Archaic Thorn乐队，2010年成立的乐队至今已经是10年之久的历史了，这是一支传统，黑暗，粗糙的old school death metal风格的乐队，2013年乐队自主发行了第一张demo作品“Hydra Throats”以限量300份磁带形式发行，时隔两年之后乐队在Unholy Prophecies标签发行了第二张作品“In Desolate Magnificence”在乐队发行完这张作品之后乐队消失了近五年的时间没有任何消息，虽然乐队在没有任何新作品问世，但是乐队在此期间参加了很多小型的音乐节进行演出，比如example Chaos Descends、Party San open air festiva等，就在2020年乐队终于发行了他们的第一张正式专辑“Eradication”新专辑是在德国的另外一家标签Darkness Shall Rise Productions限量磁带版本发行的，如果你是Death, Possessed等乐队的歌迷的话，那么这张“Eradication”绝对是你会让你兴奋不已的作品，就在新专辑发行之际我联系到了rchaic Thorn乐队吉他手C.L.和M.F.进行了一次访谈，下面就跟谁我一起来更深的了解一下这支成立十年之久的乐队吧（M: 代表笔者 C: 代表C.L F: 代表M.F.）

Germany, as one of the countries with the most powerful development of heavy metal music in the world, has the best band in the world. Today I would like to introduce a German dead metal archaic thorn band. The band founded in 2010 has a history of 10 years. It is a traditional, dark and rough old school death Metal style band. In 2013, the band released its first demo work "Hydra Throats" in the form of limited 300 tapes. After two years, the band released its second work "in resolve" on the label of unholy prophecies After the release of this work, the band disappeared for nearly five years without any news. Although the band did not have any new works, it took part in many small music festivals during this period, such as example chaos descendents and party San open air Festiva et al. Finally released their first official album "eradication" in 2020. The new album was released in the limited tape version of darkness shall rise productions, another label in Germany. If you are death, Possessed and other band fans, then this "eradication" is definitely a work that you will be excited about. At the time of the release of the new album, I contacted C.L. and M.F., guitarists of rchaic thorn band, for an interview. Let's have a deeper understanding of this ten-year-old band (M: on behalf of the author, C: on behalf of C.L, F: on behalf of M.F.)

M: 你好，C.L.很高兴认识你，谢谢你参加这次面试。你是一个成立于2010年的乐队，是一个非常有经验的老乐队。一开始是谁提议组建Archaic Thorn乐队的？谁提议的名字？

Hello, C.L. nice to meet you and thank you for your participation in this interview. You are a band founded in 2010 and a very experienced old band. Who proposed to form Archaic Thorn band at the beginning? Who proposed the name?

C: Ave！我（吉他）与M.F.（贝司和声乐）在2010年开始的愿景，发挥原始，病态和诚实的死亡金属。大约一年后，我们遇到了T.R.（鼓），他对这种艺术有着同样的热情，并分享了一个DM乐队如何听起来像完成了乐队阵容的相同愿景。大约在那个时候，乐队成立为“Archaic Thorn”，M.F.提出了这个名字，它非常适合我们的音乐。起初我们在练习一些翻唱，但没过多久我们就自己写歌了。在2013年我们的第一个产品“Hydra Throats”演示中，这是第一次出现。一些在这里和那里地方演唱会，两年后，它是由一个传销所谓的“In desolate Magnificence”。现在到了2020年，我们终于掌握了第一个完整的“Eradication”计划。与其他乐队相比，我们是一支相对年轻的乐队。

Ave! Me (guitar) together with M.F. (bass and vocals) started in 2010 with the vision to play raw, morbid and honest Metal of Death. About one year later we met T.R. (drums), he with same passion for this kind of art and sharing same visions of how a DM band has to sound like completed the bands line up. Around that time the band was founded as Archaic Thorn, M.F. came up with the name and it fits our music very well. At first we were practising some covers, but it didn`t take us long until we wrote songs of our own. This first emanations where manifested in 2013 on our first output the demo “Hydra Throats”. Some local gigs here and there and two years later it was followed by an MLP called “In desolate Magnificence”. Now in 2020 we´re finally holding our first full length “Eradication” in hands. We are a relatively young band compared to others.

M: 你刚开始时没有鼓手，但你一直排练了一段时间，直到2011年，鼓手T.R.加入乐队。你成为了一个完整的乐队，那么你是怎么认识T.R.并邀请他加入乐队的呢？

ou didn't have a drummer when you started, but you kept rehearsing for a while until 2011, when drummer T.R. joined the band. You became a full band, so how did you meet T.R. and ask him to join the band?

C: 我们通过一个共同的朋友与T.R.取得了联系，他给了我们他的联系方式。我们见到他，他向我们展示了一些打鼓技巧，然后我们邀请他加入乐队，他同意了。

We got in touch with T.R. through a mutual friend, who gave us his contact. We met him and he showed us some drumming skills and then we asked him to join the band and he agreed.

M: 你们乐队的所有成员都并没有参加其他乐队，你们所有的精力都放在了Archaic Thorn上。我觉得你可以把精力更多地放在Archaic Thorn作品的创作上，那么你平时是怎么写歌的呢？你能介绍一下这个过程吗？

None of the the members of your band participated in other bands, and all of your energy was put on Archaic thorn. I think you can focus more on the creation of Archaic Thorn's works, so how do you usually compose songs? Can you introduce the process?

C: 是的，没错，我们完全把重点放在了Archaic Thorn上。我们创作歌曲并没有一个确切的计划，有些歌曲更多的是基于清晰的视野和想法，有些歌曲是出于本能而创作的。但我们所有的歌曲素材都是在排练室里创作的，我们每个人都平等地参与创作过程。

Yes, thats correct we are fully focused on Archaic Thorn. There is no exact scheme according to which we write our songs, some are written more on clear visions and ideas some songs are created more instinctively. But all of our songmaterial is created in the rehearsal room, and everyone of us is equally involved in the creating process.

M: 你们乐队的音乐主题是关于神秘，那么神秘是什么意思？你为什么选择这样的音乐主题？

The music theme of your band is about occult, so what does this occult mean? Why do you choose such a music theme?

F: 我们所有的歌词都涉及死亡、黑暗、混乱以及远离我们所生活的世俗世界的神秘主题。因为它应该是在这种艺术形式。我不选择这些抒情的主题，它是我脑海中自然浮现的。神秘是一个常用的词，用来描述所有的东西是隐藏在大多数人的头脑，但这是非常真实的，在同一时间。我不想再深入了，因为它会远远超出范围。

All our lyrics deal with occult themes about death, darkness, chaos and things far from this profane world we are living in. As it should be in this kind of artform. I dont choose these lyrical themes it comes to my mind naturally. Occult is commonly a word used to describe all things which are hidden from most peoples mind but which are very real at the same time. I won’t go much deeper into it, cause it would go far beyond the scope.

M: Archaic Thorn已经建立了很长一段时间，但你没有发布很多专辑。2013年，您发布了"Hydra Throats"演示作品，2015年，您发布了"In Desolate Magnificence"专辑。然后你消失了五年，没有出版任何作品。这些年你做了什么？为什么不发行更多的作品呢？

Archaic Thorn has been established for a long time, but you don't release many albums. In 2013, you released the demo works of "Hydra Throats", and in 2015, you released the album of "In Desolate Magnificence". Then you disappeared for five years without releasing any works. What have you done in these years? Why not release any more works?

C: 在上面提到的那段时间里，我们为这张专辑写了所有的歌曲素材。我们不是最快的词曲作者，一切美好的事物都需要时间去发展。

In that mentioned time period we wrote all the song material for the album. We are not the fastest songwriters and everything that shall be good needs its time to develop.

M: 你的作品是在专业工作室录制的吗？哪位录音师为你混音？

Are your works recorded in a professional studio? Which recorder mixed music for you?

C: 是在专业工作室里做的。录音发生在时间和灰尘两个工作室，在一个小镇靠近我们住的地方。最重要的是，我们决定在那里录制这张专辑，事实上，我们的工作人员是100%的这种音乐爱好者，并有一个很好的理解我们自己的声音。而且能够准确捕捉我们想要的专辑的声音。由于J.Lava也在一个DM乐队演奏，我们选择了一个很好的录音工程师，他有好几张很好的唱片，为Schafott和Vidargängr等乐队录制和混音专辑。

It was done in a professional studio. Recording took place in Time and Dust studio in a town close to the place we live. Most important for our decision to record the album there, was the fact that people we are working with are 100% into this kind of music and have a good understanding for our own sound. And with the ability to capture exactly the sound we were looking for the album. With J. Lava also playing in a DM band we made a good choice as a recording engineer, he had several great references with recording and mixing albums for bands like Schafott and Vidargängr just to name a few.

M: 你们乐队的标志和专辑的艺术作品非常独特。是谁为你设计的？你能介绍一下这位设计师吗？

The art works of your band's logo and album are very unique. Who designed these works for you? Can you introduce this designer?

C: 乐队标志是我们在2011年创造的。这张专辑的封面是由德国艺术家Misanopic Arts完成的，他在过去曾为多个乐队做过许多伟大的艺术作品。

The band logo was created by us back in 2011. The cover for the album was done by Misanthropic Arts, a german artist who has done many great artworks for several bands in the past.

M: 你成立多少很多年了？我想你一定参加过很多音乐节。你能介绍一下这些音乐节吗？当时的气氛如何？什么音乐节让你印象深刻？

How many years have you been founded? I think you must have participated in many music festivals. Can you introduce these music festivals? What was the atmosphere at that time? What music festivals impressed you?

C: 我们已经活跃了十多年了。在那段时间里，我们在德国有一些演出，但只在俱乐部和较小的场地。但我多年来以嘉宾身份参加了一些露天节，如example Chaos Descends、Party San open air festiva等都可以推荐。但这不是什么盛大的节日，我们根本不喜欢盛大的节日和音乐会。

We are active for over ten years now. During that time we had some gigs here in Germany but only in clubs and smaller venues. But whe participated over the years in some open air festivals as guests, for example Chaos Descends and Party San open air festival which can be recommended. But this are not kind of big festivals, we dont like big festivals and concerts at all.

M: 兄弟，首先祝贺你在2020年发行了第一张官方专辑"Eradication"，这也是你的乐队五年后的最新作品。首先，我很抱歉，我没有通过实体出版物听到你的歌，我通过网络听到你的作品，但我会去收藏你们乐队的的实体出版物，你的新专辑"Eradication"是一个非常好的老派风格死亡金属，复杂的即兴曲，低沉的鼓，歌手像野兽，我最喜欢的是你音乐的整体氛围，就像你的音乐主题一样，给人一种神秘莫测的感觉。这是一张非常成熟、稳定和大气的专辑。你对这项工作有什么看法吗？

Brother, first of all, congratulations to you for releasing your first official album "Eradication" in 2020, which is also your band's latest work five years later. First of all, I'm sorry that I didn't hear your songs through physical publications, I heard your works through the Internet, but I will go to your physical publications to collect it, your new album "Eradication" is a very good old picture school style death metal, complex riff, low drum, singer like a beast, what I like most is the overall atmosphere of your music, just like your music theme, which gives people a mysterious and unfathomable feeling. It's a very mature, stable and atmospheric album. Do you have any views on this work?

C: 谢谢你的客气话，非常感谢！自从我们的第一张唱片开始，我们就对自己的声音有了清晰的认识，但它仍然在不断地进步。我们专辑的主要目标是实现一个有机的声音，它代表了我们在现场演奏或排练歌曲时听到和感受到的原始和独特。一种接近我们在舞台上所表现的声音。在我看来，我们在这方面取得了成功。

Thanks for your kind words, much appreciated! We have had a clear vision of our sound since our very first record, but it’s also still in constant progress. Our main focus for the album was to achieve an organic sound which represents this rawness and uniqueness we hear and feel while playing our songs live or rehearsing them. A sound which comes close to what we are representing live on stage. In my opinion we succeeded on that.

M: 当你第一次接触死亡金属音乐时，你多大了？你几岁学的乐器？是什么乐队影响你形成了自己的风格？你能列出一些你最喜欢的乐队吗？

How old were you when you first came into contact with death metal music? At what age did you learn to play musical instruments? What bands influenced you to form your own? Can you list some of your favorite bands?

C: 我第一次接触死亡金属是在13岁。我爸爸也听重金属和死亡金属。所以我可以随时带他的CD。我的首选是像Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, Metallica, Rainbow等乐队。后来我花了更多的时间在ayer, Death, Possessed等事情上。17岁的时候，我开始弹吉他，后来音乐《富科斯》更喜欢老式乐队，音乐更粗糙。Sadistic Intent, Venenum, Katharsis, Grave Miasma乐队是我最喜欢的。

I had the first touch with Death Metal in the age of 13. My dad listens to Heavy and Death Metal too. Thatswhy I can took his CDs whenever I want. My first choice are bands like Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, Metallica, Rainbow and so on. Later I spend more time with stuff like Slayer, Death, Possessed and more. In the age of 17 I startet to play guitar and then the musical fucos fells more on old school bands with a rougher kind of music. Sadistic Intent, Venenum, Katharsis, Grave Miasma are bands I like at most.

M: 现在是2021年。新年你有什么新工作要做吗？

Now it's 2021. Do you have any new work to do in the new year?

C: 排练和写新歌，尽可能地宣传我们的专辑。

Rehearsing and writing new songs, promoting our album as much as possible.

M: 你是一支优秀的乐队。虽然许多德国乐队在中国很有名，但我希望通过我的文章，很多人会开始关注你的Archaic Thorn乐队，喜欢你的作品。我有什么想对中国球迷说的吗？现在疫情非常严重，请大家保护好自己，保护好家人，祝大家身体健康，来自中国的问候

You are an excellent band. Although many German bands are famous in China, I hope that through my article, many people will start to pay attention to your Archaic Thorn band and like your works. Is there anything I want to say to Chinese fans? Now the epidemic is very serious, please protect yourself, your family, wish you good health, greetings from China

C: 谢谢你的面试。我们希望中国的metalheads能享受这次发布。可通过我们的网站直接购买根除病毒的副本archaicthorn.de公司或通过标签英托恩德尔斯乔斯.de

保持警惕！

Thanks for the interview. We hope that metalheads in China will enjoy the release. A copy of Eradication can be purchased directly through us at archaicthorn.de or via the label at intoendlesschaos.de

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Archaic Thorn主要作品：

Archaic Thorn - Hydra Throats