ARDEAL zine (Romania) Adrian Dan ardeal@personal.ro - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1. Greetings! Please introduce your band (history, line-up) to the readers. Hi there all, Adrian and readers of ARDEAL zine. We are an industrial/noise band from the Czech Republic. We created sounds since the mid of `94. Actual line-up: Martin Beraxa - abstract rhythms & noises; Mira Vlcek - sounds and noises; Petr Kopecky - garbage sounds; Radek Kopel - voices and noises. We performed on about 50 live shows and too many recordings were released through the time. ----- ----- ----- ----- 2. How would you describe your music and which are the bands that influenced you? What about lyrics? Simply it is harsh improvised industrial/noise, but we deal with other styles of experimental range as like power electronix, ambient, field recordings, moody atmospheres, dark emotions, ... We are influenced by all sounds and artists we've ever heard, same as sounds of life, civilisation, etc. No lyrics. Voice is used as a kind of instrument. ----- ----- ----- ----- 3. Do you have any releases available? Please describe them and tell the readers how can they get it. As I wrote before too many releases out. The last one is our full lenght debut CD album "Never mind the MSBR, here's the NAPALMED". 2 trax/73 minutes of spontaneously harsh improvised industrial noise with strange elements. Available in #1000 copies edition, first #100 copies in extra luxus package via NAPALMED distribution or various distros over the world. Price is $ or Euro 8.-. Second item is split CD "NAPALMED/MERZBOW - Crash of the titans". Each band presents 37 minutes of digilogue harsh noise and silence.First edition of 500 copies was spread out very fast, so now you can get a copy of the second edition of 500 copies with different cover design. Same distribution. Price is $ or Euro 10.-. ----- ----- ----- ----- 4. What about gigs, whom did you shared the stage with until now? We performed live with the different metal, rock, alternative, industrial bands from the Czech republic and Slovakia: S/M, EINLEITUNGSZEIT, DETI DESTE, PERVERSIST, KDYBY PSI, VERTIGO, DREADROT, AHUMADO GRANUJO, FATALITY, ISACAARUM, KONECNA STANICE, !T.O.O.H.!, GREEDY INVALID, MARTYRIUM CHRISTI, WZRM, AVENGER, CRUSHER, ISACAARUM, COWARD, DR. MORDEM, NOTHINGHAM, TRISTIVA FRAKTURA, BOOTHILL, LANIENA MENTIS, X-CORE, SABATHORY, CEREBRAL TURBULENCY, FLESHLESS, INGROWING, ENOCHIAN, DO SHASKA!, CLIMATIZADO, KEVORKIAN, GRIDE, DEDECKOVA TAZNA ZVER, NADHERA ORCHESTR, VO.I.D, Z.P.K., SACRIST, COWARD, INGROWING, CEREBRAL TURBULENCY, TORTHARRY, AVENGER, SABATHORY, N.V.Ú., CESKA PANI, CRUSHER, ROOT, VIOLENTA PROJECTA, KOTEL C. 26, EUFORIA?, AGON ORCHESTRA, STREDNI EVROPA & PIRANHA, EINLEITUNGSZEIT [Slovakia], LOOK A.I., FENIX, V.A.R., HYPNOTIC SCENERY, FLESHLESS, MANIAC BUTCHER, LANIEMA MENTIS, HERMAFRODIT, DREAD 101, NENI UNIKU, UPSIDE DOWN, PAPRSKY ING. GARINA, RAVELIN 7, PLAYER, KUSAČE, SOUL A.D., INFECTION, PODIVNA FORMACE, M.A.C. OF MAD, MENTALLY PARASITES [Slovakia], INSANIA, GRIDE, AQVA SILENTIA, THEMA ELEVEN, THE KATASTROFA, PER LIBERDAD SOCIETA, DJ RUDE BOY RHYTHM, GARBAGE DISPOSAL, CEREBRAL TURBULENCY, UPSIDE DOWN, IMPERIAL FOETICIDE, David Lochsmidt, VO.I.D, LAHKA MUZA [Slovakia], NEURO, SCROLL, JABLKO ZNETVORENE LIDSKYM FAKTOREM, EXHUMACE, CONFITEOR, FOUR SEATS FOR INVALIDES, SEVENTH SEAL, AGGRESSIVE TYRANTS, KAPYBARA, ASTRAL, THE HURVINEK, PRUSER, INFECTION, NO FEELING, SLORC, GRIDE, TWISTED TRUTH, SOCIAL DEFORMITY, DEADLY INTENTION, LIES & DISTRUST, TESTIMONY, CONFITEOR, AMBIVALENCY, B.O.G.D., UNPLEASANT, DEAF & DUMB, AGGRESSIVE TYRANTS, THEMA 11, IMPERIAL FOETICIDE, NESMELE KONECNIKY, CHAPRAL CRAZY PLESK!, LUCRECIA, RUZNI LIDE, RADOST, PADIVY KAREL, KUTLOCH, VIKTOR CISTIC, LETAJICI TROSKY, THE PRIMITIVS, HROSI FARMA, STEAM SYMPHONY, GORILLA GIRL, RIGOR MORTIS, NOISE LABORATORY, CONTRASTIC, DUCK DANIEL, UKRADENEJ MELUZIN, DO RADY, KRITICKA SITUACE, V.A.P., SOCIALNI TEROR, YELLOW FINGERS, D.A.D, MONASTERIAL KRYPT, SCAPEGOAT. We were on the same stage with following bands: MELT BANANA [Japan], GOMORRHA [Germany], DANIELE BRUSASCHETTO [Italy], MR. NATURAL [USA], PRAYING FOR OBLIVION [USA], PUTREDINE [Italy], MASTER [USA], STOMBAMFIRER STEDKE [Poland]. ----- ----- ----- ----- 5. What do you want to achieve through your music? Simply the power of sound, energy from ourselves and abstract atmospheres. ----- ----- ----- ----- 6. How would you describe your local scene? Too amny bands mostly the metal and core ones. I think this part of the scene is really big and active. Big interest in "techno" here too, but no extra information about that. ----- ----- ----- ----- 7. Thank you! Any last words? Thanx for the interest in our band. All letters and e-messages are answered so feel free to contact me by an e-mail > napalmed@volny.cz or you can write to my snail mail address too > Radek Kopel, Lipova 1123, 434 01 Most, Czech Republic. NAPALMED activities are also available via website > www.napalweb.host.sk All the best in the new year 2003!