Exclusive interview with Welcome To Pleshiwar and their album Apostasi

 


1- Hello and welcome to Metal Music Midwest. Our readers are excited to get to know you and your band. Could you give us a brief description of the group? Where is the band from?

Hello and thank you for providing a platform for Welcome to Pleshiwar. We are very happy about this and it is incredibly important for the underground. We come from Hessen, which is a federal state in Germany. Originally we all come from Kassel, but in recent years we have scattered to different places within this region. 

The band Welcome To Pleshiwar resulted from the fact that we have all played in other bands and we mixed a few members for Welcome To Pleshiwar who were all up for a good dose of 90s death doom.



2- "Apostasy" is the band's upcoming album. How long did it take to compose and record it?

"Apostasy" is the first full album, but in 2022 we released the EP "Unsolved". It took about a year from the initial ideas to the final mastering by Andy Claasen.

3- What musical influences inspire the band's compositions?

For me personally, the 90s were an exciting time, when death metal merged with doom and keyboards also played a big role. The main influences were Anathema, Paradise Lost, Tiamat and also many bands from the German underground of the time (Calvary, Basilisk, Absulr Existence.... the list is huge)

4- Can you tell us how did the members all meet?

I (Karsten) played in a death metal band with Daniel at the age of 16. After a few years the band broke up and our drummer Marco, who played in the band Immortalis at the time, asked me if I would like to play in his band because Immortalis had problems with the label. Lacrima Christi was formed immediately and the old Immortalis guitarist took over on vocals and guitar. As they were looking for a bass player, they immediately chose my old band mate Daniel. 

2 CD's later, Lacrima Christi disbanded. Then all the band members took a longer break. I then played with our singer Sascha in the grind-death band Uncut Despite. Marco and Daniel got together in Bad Reawacan after a very long time. I watched the band's goings-on with interest and listened to them explain home recording to me. As I liked this way of working, I got everyone together to form Welcome To Pleshiwar.

5- The new album is called “Apostasy”. Why did you choose to name it in this way?

"Apostasy" describes humanity's inability to be human. All religions talk about a peaceful community in the world, but man interprets everything good in such a way that chaos, destruction and inhumanity arise from it.

6- Are the current members of this band part of another band or project? Or is everyone dedicated solely to the group? 

How do you maintain a good balance working together?

7- Have you performed any shows in your area? If so, how receptive and supportive are the people of your music?

My baby is exclusively Welcome to Pleshiwar. marco and Daniel are working on new songs with reawacan and Sascha is working on new songs with the death grind band Bloodjob. Since we don't rehearse and only exchange files, there's enough time for all the bands and projects.

8- Are there any upcoming shows or tours you can tell us about?

Unfortunately, there are no plans on the live front. We need another guitarist and a keyboarder who understands our way of working and of course fits in with us on a personal level. Until something happens here, we won't be able to accept any live offers.

9- Thanks for your participation. Finally, what is the best way to get a hold of the group just in case someone wants to book or promote the band? Any final words?

Thank you very much for your time. Promo and possible fellow musicians are welcome to contact our label MDD or us via welcometo@pleshiwar.de. Of course you can also contact us via facebook and instagram. We look forward to any feedback, enquiry or just contact!Final words: Support the underground, go to local gigs and listen to more 90s death doom ;-


Music and band promotion visit https://www.themetallistpr.com/


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Exclusive interview with Spektrvm

Image
Greetings and please give a warm welcome to Spektrvm 1- Hello and welcome to Metal Music Midwest, first off, thanks for taking the time to do the interview, could you give our readers a brief description of the group? Where is the band from? The music of Greek metal group Spektrvm (pronounced ‘Spectrum’) spreads wide across the chromatic political, religious and many other themes. We are 5 different people, with 5 different musical tastes, and that always makes it interesting to see where the mix of ideas and styles will take us.   2- "Blood For Heaven" is the band's first full album, how long did it take to write? Ideas for the album had been forming since the early days it was formed back in 2016, but when we actually decided to write songs and create an almost concept album, the first half took about a year to form, and the other 5 songs, a little less than that. The songs were being tweaked up until the day of their final recording in 2020. Some changes were even made...
Read more

Feature Artist Jon Billman exclusive interview

Image
  1) Hello and welcome, please tell our readers a little about yourself? Where are you from? What is your current occupation? Hello,   My name is Jon Billman and I currently live in Hainesville, Illinois. I have been a painter for 11 years now. I also play bass in Chicago based bands. Recently I've played with Disinter, The Suffering, Earthen, Cold Bearded Killers, and others. I also work for U.P.S. 2) When did your interest in drawing begin? My interest in painting began 11 years ago. My friend is a painter and I asked where I could get supplies. The next day I went to Michael's Store and started experimenting with acrylic paint on canvas. 3) Your style of art sometimes features dark and atmospheric themes, is there a point in time when that became your dominant form of art? If so, what band or artist inspired you first? Much of my art is dark and atmospheric. I have always been influenced by horror movies and album covers from bands like Black Sabbath, Venom, Bathory, Slayer...
Read more

Nox Misery - Feature model #3 2/2013

Image
Introducing Nox Misery: Artist, Model, Dancer- Exclusive Interview/pictures  Model: Nox Misery- Make up & Styling: Nox Misery- Photographer: Maschka- © Nox Misery, Maschka 1- What inspired you to do modeling? Was there a point early in you life that sparked your interest? Well… once I thought it would be a great idea to have some new profile pictures. So I went out to a cemetery with a good friend of mine to make some photographs. I soon recognized that it was great fun to pose and to “play” with the scenery. That’s why I’ve registered myself in a German model community and soon I got some offers for shootings. And here we are!   Model: Nox Misery- Make up & Styling: Nox Misery- Photographer: Maschka- © Nox Misery, Maschka 2- Your style is in underground, goth, and metal, was there an event or moment that made you decide on this style? I always felt kind of different to all other children… it was a little problematic, because they didn’t understa...
Read more