Jacc

This is an excerpt from the full interview that will be published in issue #1

Interview by Sakis

-For those who don’t know your project, can you gives us a brief history of the band?

During the lockdowns in 2020 I was craving some kind of creative & productive outlet. Some friends showed me how to use a DAW and we started making some basic drumbeats & melodies together for fun, but I was instantly hooked. I soon recorded some guitar riffs & programmed drums by myself to create what was “I” from my first demo. My friends gave positive feedback on the track, so I kept recording for the next month until I felt there were enough tracks for afull demo. From there I wanted to improve on my songwriting and improve my DAW mixing & mastering skills to create better music, and also wanted to trying out different styles like Death Metal & Raw Black Metal. I’ve continued to record & release ever since, drawing inspiration from whatever I am listening to at the time, and am currently most proud of the recent duology releases “cathartic sorrow” and “melancholic bliss”.

 

 

-What is the meaning behind the band name?

 

I wanted a basic and nonstereotypical artist name for Extreme Metal “standards”, and the logo is also designed in a similar fashion. 

 

-Can you tell us about the lyrical content?

 

Most lyrics are improvised live around the current feeling for that section of the song, but I write them down afterwards if I need to re-record some takes. I’d probably share them if I could land a re-release of the albums physically on a record label.

-So far you have released 4 album and one demo, very productive for the 3 years of existence of the project?

Thank you for the kind words.
My main inspirations have been Leviathan & Burzum who are both one-man bands, and I thought if Wrest can do 16 Leviathan releases in his first 5 years (plus a few each year after that) and Varg could make his first 4 records in a little over a year, why couldn’t I try at least 1 per year?