First tell us little about history of your band,from what country are you, and discography:

Noctuary formed in 1996 as the joining of two co-existing bands. Since the beginning we have made two recordings, our 96' demo "Where all Agony Prevails" and our debut full length"For Salvation..." Noctuary is from the US.
Discography:
1996-"Where All Agony Prevails" demo
1998-"For Salvation..."-Lost disciple Records
1998-"Root's Comp. Vol. 1"
1998-"Dead Forever" a tribute to Motorhead(Dwell Records), covering "Iron Fist"
Coming soon:
2000-"When Fires Breed Blood"-2nd Full length on Lost Disciple Records
2000-"TBA" Venom Tribute(Dwell Records), covering "Die Hard"

1.Who are the band members:
Joseph Van Fossen-guitars/vocals and Edward Knecht-bass/guitars

2.How did you got your name and what does it means:
Noctuary comes from a horror short story book by Tomas Lighotti. It's our place to gather our thoughts, a place to write music and bring out our emotions.

3.What music stile do you play and compare it to some similar bands:
We play extreme black metal, sometimes chaotic and brutal, sometimes cold and grim, sometimes melodic and triumphant. An extreme assault of extremity and metal inspired by the masters of old metal! I can't really compare Noctuary to other bands...but we do take influence from Iron Maiden, Ozzy, old Metallica/Megadeth, Venom, Slayer, Rotting Christ, Abigor, and more...

4.Some of your favorite groups:
The ones I have already mentioned and Ved Buens Ende.

5.Your opinion about underground and commercial music scene:
The underground is where real music is written, straight from within and not for the sake of money(for the most part). The commercial music scene is run by corporations and is not written for anything except the sake of making money... commercial music is not timeless.

6.What was the biggest success of your band:
We haven't really had big success, but I guess the Milwaukee Metalfest XIII was pretty big. It was a killer show, and we send our darkest hails to all of those who were in attendance!

7.How many concerts did you played and by your opinion what was the best:
Not sure, not very many. Probably around 6-8 so far. The best was probably metalfest, we had a lot of energy on stage and good crowd response.

8.The favorite song you made and why:
Probably "A Tears Descent From Heaven," a new song that is to appear on our next album. I like how a lot of the new songs turned out, more of the old metal feeling and completed with blasphemy and darkness!

9.Where you on some local radio show (or something like that):
I was, personally, but Noctuary wasn't. I performed bass for another band on the air and I did an on air interview on behalf of Noctuary.

10.Do you think that underground music need more attention of media and what is your opinion about big music televisions and radio stations(such as MTV,Viva.....):
If underground music got more attention from the media it wouldn't be underground anymore. Mainstream radio and television has destroyed music.Weak minded youth are, virtually, controlled by the mainstream media.

11.Do you have support of local metal fans:
Yes, we've received a tremendous amount of support from our local scene and the US scene in general. Fucking Hails to the US hordes!!

12.Plans for the future:
Recording "Die Hard" for a Venom tribute in December. Hopefully get in the studio to record our follow up to "For Salvation..." in January. More shows, possibly tours...

13.Say something for the end:
Hails to you for your interview and support... and hails to all who took the time to read the interview... together we shall keep the metal scene alive and strong!

Noctuary
25 Scrub Oak
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
USA

E-mail :Noctuary@aol.com
Web-page : http://members.aol.com/noctuary/nocturnal.html