For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
‘I, The Chaos’ is the sound of urban dystopia. Music to discomfort your senses, released via amplified instruments. An experimental, post-black, drone, noise road to sonic ecstasy.
So far you have released a single and have been a part of a split, musically how do they both differ from each other?
In our single ‘Landlady is Satan’, we use a drum machine as the main instrument and build everything around its beats and rhythm. The split cassette release is, in a way, more representative of our present sound. Rhythmless and bass heavy.
So far all of your music has been instrumental, are you open to using any vocals on future releases?
Yes, it is in our future plans to use vocals, but in unconventional ways.
You also have listed post black metal in the music description, are future releases going to show you expanding on the influence?
We are planning to expand to post-black directions in some of our future releases, playing harder and faster and maybe adding some brutal vocals, too.
What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name ‘I, The Chaos’?
An atom’s endless struggle with itself is to put its inner chaos into some kind of order. We, in the other hand, have decided to give into chaos and become chaos ourselves.
Currently there are only 2 members in the band, are you open to expanding the line up or do you prefer to remain a duo?
The core of ‘I, The Chaos’ is duality. But, we intend to act as a sound collective, having guest musicians play in our future releases.
Are there any shows planned once the pandemic is over?
Hopefully, once the pandemic is over, we will be able to plan live shows, which will be combined with dark and eerie visuals.
Recently you where a parts of a split with ‘Six Steps Above The Earth’, what are your thoughts on the other band that had participated on the recording?
‘Six Steps Above The Earth’ is a band that we admire and it is one of the pioneers of this sound, in our hometown, Thessaloniki. It is a great influence on our sound and DIY attitude.
On a worldwide level how has the reactions to your music by fans of drone, experimental, noise, doom and post black metal?
The feedback we receive from the band’s social media is encouraging. Not all comments are positive, but even the negative ones motivate us to try harder.
When can we expect a full length and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
Nowadays, tons of music is only a click away. This fact makes us adherents of EP or single releases, since we believe that it is not easy to spend a straight hour listening to a full length album. Now, regarding our musical destination, we would like to further experiment with the mixture of heavy bass riffs with sound textures and field recordings.
What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Sunn O))), Earth, Boris, Merzbow and Sonic Youth are some of the acts that have an influence on our sound and music. Nowadays, we are listening to Dark Buddha Rising, Oranssi Pazuzu and some 20th century experimental music composers, like Henning Christiansen, Charlemagme Palaistine, Le Monde Young etc.
Does Satanism or Occultism play any role in your music?
No, neither Satanism nor Occultism play any role in our music. We are kind of atheists or agnostics. Religiousless.
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