First ,we were thinking about our first gigs and finding a label but right after we received the physical cds , our drummer ,Chewy ,decided to leave the band.
So, the first thing that we have done is seeking a new one and as everyone knows, it’s a pain in the ass to find one and even more difficult one who is a good fella, good musician with motivation and who wants to play that kind of music!
But, we will try a guy at the end of July. Let’s see!
2.In March you had released a new album, musically how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
2) In 2005 when we composed “On the ninth day”, we were 6 musicians and not all of them were “real metalheads”.
And when we recorded, none of us knew what we were talking about, even not the sounds guy who never heard metal before meeting us.
So the production was really amateur and uncertain.
We had a lot of different influences as celtic musics, punk and reggae.
But we found a sound that everyone likes with atmospheric metal close to my first personal Influences: My dying Bride, On thorns I lay and The sins of Thy beloved!
But little by little , I began preferring more brutal sounds with more doom death influences as Ataraxie and Colosseum…
So now , our music is more heavy and brutal, something less easy to listen.
“On the ninth day” was melancholic music like when you are sad because it’s rainy outside,
“A tout jamais” is like despair you could feel when you are waiting for a sentence without knowing where and when you will be hurt after seeing your friends and family get killed in front of your eyes.
And thanks to Brice (bass) we had the chance to record with guys like Asgorn and PY who are really goods musicians and technicians too. Moreover, Asgorn gave us really good advice on so many things.
Thanks again to both of them!
3.This was also your first album in 14 years, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during that time frame?
3) When Hidden in Eternity split in 2008, we all had different projects!
Some moved to other cities far away, started studies, began working ,stopped playing music etc etc.
I lost contact with some of them for years with no reasons…just like that…
So I moved to Bordeaux with the desire to reform the band one day and meanwhile I played in others projects like Stille Volk (dark folk from Toulouse)where I played drums for 3 years!
Meanwhile , I was still composing for a future Hidden in Eternity.
I met Brice and lots of musicians while being active in metal associations organizing extreme metal shows in Bordeaux..
And one day, the miracle, I met Chewy at the end of a gig ‘cause he was wearing a Monotony Fields t shirt of Shape of despair.
So, the band could rise again!
4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects you have explored over the years with your music?
4) In my music, the lyrics are always hermetic like poetry is!
The music talks about the fear of time, of missing something or someone somewhere!
“Endlessy lost and still searching for something, someday” (still motion, Shape of despair )
The fear of not living enough and to see friends and family disappear one after the other without the possibility to save neither them nor myself.
I talk about choice too ‘cause It’s always been a real difficulty in my life, and still is.
I want everything at the same time. I am impatient, I hate waiting!
5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Hidden In Eternity'?
5) The meaning behind “Hidden in eternity” is that all we have lived and all we will live, you, me ,the people reading this words are lost in time.
Our birth, our death and all what you will live inbetween ,everything is always done in my mind!
Each and every second is lost but they all connect with each other !
It s like reading an old letter or watching olds photos or having a skull in your hand and watching it .
Everyone will pass away and who will remember me , my music or this interview?
The old Nereide composing On the ninth day is hidden in me now and the future Nereide who will compose our next album too!
Hard to explain!
6.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?
6) The artwork is the most hazardous story the kind of thing that if you would make it on purpose do it, it would fail!
I was with my girlfriend at an exhibition and I was waiting for her at the exit!
When she finally got out, she just took the picture without telling me ‘cause she found it beautiful and unique.
We decided to keep it for the artwork ‘cause it’s exactly what “hidden in eternity” means to me!
It’s impossible to recreate that photo ‘cause it was one particular day and one particular time and in a particular place with a particular sensibility!
And the light!!!
It's like a gate between two worlds, life and death..
something that you can’t reach but which is there in front of you, all around you and blinds you when you think you can touch it…and finally ,no !
It is perfect !
For the logo, it represents an old clock with hours and minutes hands reaching out of the sphere of the clock like time can’t be measured anymore ‘cause each instant is lost and hidden in eternity
7.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
7) We have only done two shows before Chewy left the band so I can’t answer you right now!
The last one was in April 2019. For a “public trial” it was great, we played really well, and we received good feedback from unknown people .
Of course, We will do better next time !
8.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
8)As we are looking for a drummer , we only have two shows planned for the moment.
The first one is in Bordeaux with Ataraxie on October 12th, 2019. I’ve been waiting for that moment for 14 years now !
And the next one will be in December in the north of France with friends from “Veil of Mist” that I first met just before Hidden in Eternity split in 2008 after our last show.
By choice, we prefer playing rarely in some specialized event like from dusk til doom in
Belgium for example.
9.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?
9)Yes of course, we are looking for label!
We will try with Solitude prod for example …
We are searching for any kind of promotion, reviews etc.. anything that can help us being known!
10.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of funeral doom and death metal?
10) I was really pleasantly surprised ‘cause thanks to the web, people from all over the world found us. We received some orders from Russia , Ukraine, Germany ,usa without efforts!
It’s a mystery how they found us after 14 years of silence!
It seems that we composed really good sounds!
Of course we are a little band and a lot of work is waiting for us but it’s really promising and I am really trustful for the future of the band!
11.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a part of?
11) For the moment, I decided to focus on Hidden in Eternity even if I wish to play in another project as a drummer in a folk, medieval ,Celtic band .
Brice is a bassist in Thunderland and plays prog metal with female voice for years now but it seems that they have some musicians who are not really motivated to carry on .
12.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
12) I hope the band will become an European reference as Ataraxie is now on the doom death scene!
I wish to play 4 to 6 times a year in front of people who know what they will hear not “tourist”.
And for the moment , I am composing new stuff for the 3rd album..
To be continued!
13.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
13) I am influenced by all king of melancholic and sad music.
in metal :Shape of despair, Ataraxie, Colosseum,Slow,treurwig, Frowning,Tyranny, Pantheist.
But neo pagan as well like Heilung, WArdruna, Elend, Gregorian music, tribal sounds
I listen Monotony fields every night to sleep and the last heilung is so powerful that I can’t get tired to listen to both of them!
The list is infinite.
14.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
14) I wish to thank people who work with me especially Brice ‘cause he is an excellent musician and very focused on details that I forget or don’t think about!
He is able to stand me, it’s a great quality or form of madness!^^
It's thanks to him that “A tout jamais “sounds like this!
To Chewy, even if he left the band, ‘cause thanks to him the band reformed and recorded A tout jamais after 10 years of longing!
Thank again To Asgorn Studio for his work and advice, To PY for his work on mastering!
To Clem Boo and Aurelie Pons for the artwork!
All my gratitude To Kostas from Pantheist for accepting to work with us and playing keys on the album!
Regards to all the ancient members of the band :Tistryinn, Leikkanthroppe and Moolill and of course Graphin von Todeskampf who died 2 years ago!
A tout Jamais is her epitaph!
Thanks to you for your time and work!
See you on stage
Nereide
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