姓名: ViaMistica 英文名:- 性别:男 国籍:- 出生地:- 语言:- 生日:- 星座:- 身高:- 体重:-
故事的开始简单的出奇,Katarzyna打电话应聘女主唱,通过其他成员的认可,就这样“When Katarzyna joined the group, VIA MISTICA was born”。
这件事情发生在1998年的波兰,三个月的磨合似乎已经绰绰有余,Bialystok音乐节迎来了VM的处女秀,演出空前的成功,带着前所未有的热情,乐队开始了第一张demo的录制,同时也在Biaystok等地的音乐节上频频亮相。短短几个月,乐队已经拥有了自己的音乐朝拜者群体。
但是,波折难免,因为鼓手引起的一系列乐队阵容问题接踵而至……频繁的成员更换、合作不协调、激烈的纷争似乎让人们看到了VM无法挽回的破裂。幸亏来自IN EXTREMIS的鼓手伸出了援手,尽管这位老兄打鼓才短短两个月,但是乐队第一张以CD为媒介的demo“In Hora Mortis Nostre”顺利诞生。Katarzyna的婚礼给VM带来了不小的好运,首先是鼓手的正式落实,然后是和MORBID NOIZZ PROD的签约。重装上阵的VM蓄势待发……
可是一切似乎都是那么的艰难,VM总是很难和新公司达成一致,尽管新专辑的录制从2000年10月就已经开始……而且,乐队的演出机会也越来越少,谁都知道这意味着什么,因此,成员的频繁调动又一次出现。
转眼到了2001年初,VM满心期待着自己劳动结晶的诞生,可惜世事弄人,新生命确实如期而至,只是这个小家伙是Katarzyna的baby,而这一事实无疑再次让VM的计划搁浅。
2001年8月,VM第一张录音室正式专辑的制作只差后期制作了,甚至有人开始预测专辑的首发时间。尽管我已经不想再用“但是”这个词语来考验大家的耐心,不过事实就是如此,VM似乎惹上了Satan,这次又轮到了MORBID NOIZZ PROD放他们鸽子,历时近1年的努力瞬间幻化为泡沫……
我不得不佩服Marcin的坚定,这样接连而至的灾难都没有打垮他。皇天不负有心人,乐队的阵容终于再次确定,而Metal Mind Productions的握手合作也带给了VM新的希望!
终于,2003年6月27日,VM的第一张录音室正式专辑Testamentum (In Hora Mortis Nostre)横空出世,真可谓“千呼万唤使出来”,不容易,太不容易了!
很多人都把VM和TOT(Theatre of Tragedy)比较:TOT在1998年出人意料的变成了个电音团体后,全世界无数的doom迷为之心痛,而同时,VM的到来似乎让人们看到了曙光……
只是,似乎这张专辑让大家等的太久了,漫长的等待差不多把VM刚建立不久的影响冲刷的只剩一点点痕迹。而当Testamentum横空出世,那点仅存的痕迹就足以让所有人找回全部的记忆,难以压抑的激情蓬勃而出!
确实,在我看来,这是一张几近完美的作品:Intro的薄击后发,outro的娓娓落幕,一头一尾用相同篇章遥遥呼应;I Would Die用当时很流行的“海浪、海鸥等等”作为起,现在听来多少有点老土,但是紧接着的一段吉他solo直接就抓住了听众的耳朵,Katarzyna的仙乐飘摇而至,军鼓的大段应用也在这首歌里出现,而后配合Katarzyna这个大才女的大提琴,简直摄人心魄;Sacred Whisper最出彩的部分莫过于头尾乾净利落的旋律,同时这首歌也开始出现了女仙乐和男黑死的穿叉,哎哎哎,不晓得又有多少人开始怀念起那个曾经的TOT了;Valley of Fear重回平铺直叙的节奏,只是这首歌再次让我们领教了Katarzyna出色的演唱技巧;Lost Desires有着浓厚的doom氛围,如同来自北欧的一些doom团一样,纯正的黑死嗓配合着埋藏在背景的大提琴,幽幽的伤感就这样如期而至;缓和的气氛在Blaze和Eternal陡然变化,一路延续到When I Die,乾净的女声仅仅和着清冽的键盘和提琴,却丝毫不觉得单薄;One Bridge Too Far是我个人很喜欢的一首作品,初始的键盘隐约有着黑金的感觉,副歌部分的黑死尽管凶猛,但是配合着背景处幽幽的女声,又有了别样的感觉;Gold Dust虽然是专辑的倒数第二首歌,却已经在为整张作品的尾声做铺垫了,很多元素又回到了专辑刚开始的模样。
总结一下,VM的作品很讲究前后呼应,这一点在这张专辑里被明显强调;然后是多元素的运用,不会让专辑显得太过单调无聊,甚至有几首作品完全没有doom的影子。
BIOGRAPHY
Chapter I - Nice Beginning
It was one winter evening, when Marcin picked up the phone. Astonished, he heard nice voice of a female: 'Hi, I'm calling for the advertisement. Are you still looking for a vocalist?' Of course yes, we've always dreamed about it.
Katarzyna proved she's not only the good vocalist, but a great cello player too and she's been writing texts and melodies. She gave a new face to the group and her beautiful voice exactly filled out our music. When Katarzyna joined the group, VIA MISTICA was born.
In a short time we made some songs and after three months of playing together, we tried us out on the Bialostocka Wiosna Muzyczna '98 music enterprise. It was a really challenge and test for us, and it was our debut. Jury appreciated our music while giving a chance to play in the finish of the party. After that, full of enthusiasm, we came back into our cellar, where we recorded first demo. In the meantime we played some concerts in Biaystok and neighborhood. We made a lot of followers and adherents, and we get listeners' goodwill. After 6 months we changed the drummer. Our second player - although fist he was really co-operative - he left after month. Since then, black clouds has hanged up above our heads. VIA MISTICA lost its stabilization, because the group's lineup was changing once a week. In one year we had o lot of drummers, bassist, even a keyboardist. It's hard to remember, it was too many people here. Instead go ahead, the group stopped and was standing while teaching new people our old numbers. No understanding between the group's members, arguments and atmosphere, in what we fell, made us completely broken and discouraged to do anything. But buy the way there was born an idea to record the stuff in a studio. We started working. Our friend - Sebastian from IN EXTREMIS group - played drums. Working with the material was about 2 months. In May we came into the Hertz studio to recapitulate our activity and to mature as musicians. Recording the material to CD 'In Hora Mortis Nostre' took us 4 days of a deadly toil. All stresses was efficacious taken away by Wojtek and Sawek, owners of the studio. After the recording session we had to stop working in the studio because of reason stricte economic, so we made a little interruption for making some money. This time Katarzyna has got married, so we all had fun at the wedding. In August we came back to the Hertz studio, to finish what we has begun. All that what we did was pretty good, although we could work harder with some things.
In September, a drummer joined us and remained. It caused new possibilities. We started really hard working again. The revival of VIA MISTICA came. We send 'In Hora...' demo to different publishers and we've just made a contract with MORBID NOIZZ PROD. What will be next? We're sure it will be only better...
Chapter II - Usual Reality
Since making a contract with Morbid Noizz, lots of time has flown. After revival period, if we talk about concerts, it means winter and spring 2000, there was some interruption. First advantages of co-operating with Morbid Noizz were playing at the Castle Party in Bolków and interview posted in Morbid Noizz Mag. Appearance in Bolków has been first (and, so far, last) so big enterprise we've been to. It was noted favorably. Since October we've started working with first VIA MISTICA's studio CD. But, unfortunately, if we talk about recording studio CDs ( or maybe if we talk about co-operating with Morbid Noizz ) everything's going so slowly...
After appearance at the Castle Party in 2000, we've played only one concert. The enterprise was at the 2nd December and then VIA MISTICA first time appeared in 6-people lineup. The new member of the group was Grzesiek, the keyboardist. First he came just for a one concert, but he remained and became an official VM member. But in December we've got lineup changing again - Jacek Bartnicki, a founder of the group and co-composer, left us. Instead him, Marek Przybyowski, from STYGMAT group, became our guitarist. Since January - with new VIA MISTICA members - we've started working at the recording stuff for the first CD.
In the meantime it proved that year 2001 won't be full of our concerts and we won't play at the Castle Party... The reason is called Tomek and he was born just a few days before the festival. We hope that new member of Kasia's family won't be too big obstacle for her if playing with VIA MISTICA.
In August 2001 working with the new CD was finishing. It's now just only do a mix and mastering. A date of a premiere isn't known yet. Maybe it'll be in this year... We're hope VIA MISTICA will wake up from this marasm...
Chapter III - Changes And New Hope
Unfortunately, after some time our hopes with the CD disappeared. In Morbid Noizz Prod. some strange things happen. Its owner promises us, that our material was sold to some big western publishing firm and we shouldn't worry, just wait. But it was only delusions - after long, long time trying to contact with the publisher, we hear that Morbid Noizz does not exist anymore and all our work with the CD have just gone away.
That situation made lots of uncertainty and misunderstood. Members of the group ABUSED MAJESTY leave us. Instead them new people appear: Adam - drums, Iwan - bass and Pawe - keyboard. In that new lineup we decide to try to find a new publisher. It brings effects - we give a receive from the Metal Mind Productions, it's interested in co-operating with us. In the meantime lineup changes again. Adam remains as the only one from the new members. Jarek from APOKATASTASIS joins us as the bassist and other Jarek as a keyboardist. In May 2003 we made a contract with Metal Mind Productions and at the 27th June 2003 'Testamentum (In Hora Mortis Nostre)' was born.
Chapter IV - Stabilization
After edition of the first CD it proved that material we made so far is sufficient to make an another CD. It was a mobilization for us to start to work with the new album. In the meantime, while having a full lineup again, we tried to play as much concerts as it was possible. We were driving everywhere we could drive. A period of working and inspiriting ourselves has begun.
We've fast proved we're the best lineup ever before. In 4 months we made all the material for the second CD, called 'Fallen Angels' (first we wanted to call it 'Nox'). Before entering the studio we've got a hard period. We've done everything best, we wanted to be prepared great. After 2 weeks in the studio - 2 weeks full of work - we closed the recording session. At the 28th June 2004 'Fallen Angels' appearances and its publisher is Metal Mind Productions again.
A few months since editing the CD, the biggest event in out career has happened. We played at the Dark Stars Festival 2004. Although we couldn't go away for whole month, we decided to play a part of the tour. It was a great adventure and nice learn. We made new friends and we appeared for bigger community. We came back home really tired and exhausted, but full of enthusiasm and new ideas for the songs.
We decided to record w third CD at holidays, so we're working hard with the stuff. We're trying new things and we think about the title. We're peaceful and confident of what are we doing, and we like working and creating together. Effects of this time should be a CD of new beginning songs. What will be the result of our trying, we'll see soon...
Chapter V - Questions about future
Not at the holidays, but a year and a half later we started recording the third CD, called 'Under My Eyelids'. That's the effect of long consultations and it's been making for about a month. Only one thing was known - the CD's created with one main topic: dream. This is the motive which integrates the album, it's all one long night made of next visions, sometimes nightmares, dreams.
In the meantime we played some concerts. We've been showing our new material, which is now on the CD. Three main concerts was the one with Artrosis, Lebenssteuer and Red Emprez in the Gwint club (Biaystok, June 26, 2005) and two appears on the Abracadabra Gothic Tour (Toru, October 7, 2005), when we played with Closterkeller and Artrosis. Those concerts was mainly for present new songs.
Later it was time to realize our ideas. We made it - the third CD is one integrated entirety. We put in order the songs, made all insertions and bindings. It was totally a new work for us. We've been meeting in Marek's house between the trials and we've been recording ideas for guitar, cello, violin and keyboard. It was interesting and effective time. We've been working long with the CD and you can see effects while listening to the CD.
Now we're thinking about the future, what to do after the contract's ending, how to manage our continuance... We're dreaming about great tours and concerts, but would it come true?