WITCH HUNT- INTERVIEW
WITCH- HUNT is a great Majestic Black Metal act coming from USA, formed by
two men : ERIK SAYENGA (D/G/B/V) & SETH NEWTON (G/B/K). Your music is very complex and
powerful with great atmospheric & melodic touches. Your new album "SOULS
ENSHROUDED FIRE" released by the legendary american label X RATED is a masterpiece of
brutality and creativity. Interview answered by Erik.
Krepuskulum: What is the meaning and the reason of the name WITCH- HUNT??
Erik: well it can have various meanings. It can mean either a group of people after one specific person for no reason or it can mean just someone on a hunt for something. This term was used a lot in the salem Witch-trials of course.
The brutal midtempos in your musics remember a lot the thrash acts from the 80's and the melodic guitars are a personal touch in your music. What are the bands that you listen now?
We listen to everything from Setherial,Dark funeral to Morbid angel,hate eternal,Cannibal corpse. Not much thrash really. I would describe our sound to be more like Vinterland(r.i.p),Amon Amarth.
Talk to us about the tragectory of the band. What is the reason for only 2
members? Do you invite guest musicians for your Gigs??
It just ended up that way. Seth and I write better just the 2 of us,and I hop on drums, and we record the whole cd . We are auditioning people now for live gigs,and my Girlfriend Dawn from Rain fell within will be doing keys live for us.
The Lyrics in your songs is very short and poetics. Who write the lyrics? What are the sense behind it?
I write the lyrics,and I like to dwell in the afterlife and the sensation of your soul leaving the body.we also write some about the end of the world,and ancient Nordic battles,as my forefathers are Norwegian.
Some musics in your new CD SOULS ENSHROUDED FIRE is atmospheric and deep like "As Life Fades Away" and others are gore melodic black acts like "Ablaze Thy Majestic Kingdom". What do you think about radical black metalers that named true black metal the bands without melodic touches?
For every man has his way. I love the endless blasting blackness as Infernal,Setherial,etc, but when we write it just is a more melodic yet still blasting and brutalness ,but we are influenced a lot by the swedish movement,at the gates,dissection,in flames. And I think you can hear it in our music.
Your flyers and release call WITCH HUNT a BLACK DEATH metal Band but in your CD you thanks GOD. Is it incoherent or no?
We are black death metal no matter what you may read.
What is the meaning of the SOULS ENSHROUDED FIRE cover art??
It represents a soul leaving the body,enshrouded by fire, rising to the light of eternity.
Contacts:
X- RATED RECORDS: www.xratedrec.com / info@xratedrec.com
WITCH HUNT: WtcHunt@aol.com