Vedervärdig Is a solo project from Sweden which plays a very dirty raw noisy black metal. This interview was conducted on 14th August 2002.
1.) Let's start off with a short introduction to the band.
Vedervärdig consists only of me and has been around since sometime autumn 2001. I can't really pinpoint the start since it was just some loose ideas that eventually got recorded. I usually do all things myself, but I've had some help of my good friend and enemy Självhat from time to time..
2.) For those of us who dont speak swedish, what does the name mean?
Something along the lines of repulsive or discusting. I've never really come across a good translation.
3.) The music is a blend of raw minimalistic black metal and power electronix/noise stuff. where did the idea behind this kind of music come from? and how would you personally describe the music?
I'm not quite sure where it came from. I've always had a limited acess to real drums, and I'm not much of a drummer either, so I've played around quite a bit with drum machines (computer based, mainly.) Of course, this is not very stimulating in the long run, and I just started tweeking the sounds with distortion and filters after a while. I liked the sound and have worked from there.
Where I am now, I would probably describe the music as noise based on black metal aestethics, at the beginning it was rather the other way around.
4.) Would you say your main influence is within the black metal genre or the noisier side of things? name some bands.
I didn't really listen to much electronic music until some time after the beginning of Vedervärdig, but by now I've started to check out alot of the genres. To mention some bands, Mz. 412, NON, Sutcliffe jügend and of course, Sechzehn Schmerzen comes up from the top of my head.
When it comes to Black Metal, I consume alot of it and I can't really tell what has influenced me. Some favorites would include Megiddo, Abruptum, Ildjarn, Manes and Antaeus.
5.) How do you feel about the old days of the Swedish Black Metal scene with bands like Opthalamia and such. do you feel the Swedish scene had died now adays? it seems all we get out of sweden is In Flames clones now adays.
I shouldn't really comment on the 'old days' since I wasn't around back then due to my rather young age. I would however say that looking back on it, there seems to have been alot more interesting bands back then than it is now. I could probably agree with the In Flames statement, almost all of the swedish bands are boring, clean and melodic.
6.) Do you have any other projects you'd like to share with us?
I play drums in a grind-like band called Todes Terror. We don't really have a real rehersal room, and most of the time we just jam and improvise. Sometime we might play live or release something, but right now I don't know.
I also do some more pure-bred death industrial that I don't really know what to do with.
7.) What do these represent, and why did you create them rather than incorporate these musical ideas in vedervardig?
Well, I wouldn't want to mix up Vedervärdig with grind, but I do have a taste for grindcore and punk. Also, this is my only chance to play along with other people, which is indeed nice from time to time.
8.) Your demos are very minimalistic in the sense that there is no artwork, no lyrics, just a track list. is there a reason behind this? perhaps to keep it all a mistery?
There really isn't a reason, but I've always had a taste for minimalism.
I'm not quite sure where it came from. I've always had a limited acess to real drums, and I'm not much of a drummer either, so I've played around quite a bit with drum machines (computer based, mainly.) Of course, this is not very stimulating in the long run, and I just started tweeking the sounds with distortion and filters after a while. I liked the sound and have worked from there.
Where I am now, I would probably describe the music as noise based on black metal aestethics, at the beginning it was rather the other way around.
4.) Would you say your main influence is within the black metal genre or the noisier side of things? name some bands.
I didn't really listen to much electronic music until some time after the beginning of Vedervärdig, but by now I've started to check out alot of the genres. To mention some bands, Mz. 412, NON, Sutcliffe jügend and of course, Sechzehn Schmerzen comes up from the top of my head.
When it comes to Black Metal, I consume alot of it and I can't really tell what has influenced me. Some favorites would include Megiddo, Abruptum, Ildjarn, Manes and Antaeus.
5.) How do you feel about the old days of the Swedish Black Metal scene with bands like Opthalamia and such. do you feel the Swedish scene had died now adays? it seems all we get out of sweden is In Flames clones now adays.
I shouldn't really comment on the 'old days' since I wasn't around back then due to my rather young age. I would however say that looking back on it, there seems to have been alot more interesting bands back then than it is now. I could probably agree with the In Flames statement, almost all of the swedish bands are boring, clean and melodic.
6.) Do you have any other projects you'd like to share with us?
I play drums in a grind-like band called Todes Terror. We don't really have a real rehersal room, and most of the time we just jam and improvise. Sometime we might play live or release something, but right now I don't know.
I also do some more pure-bred death industrial that I don't really know what to do with.
7.) What do these represent, and why did you create them rather than incorporate these musical ideas in vedervardig?
Well, I wouldn't want to mix up Vedervärdig with grind, but I do have a taste for grindcore and punk. Also, this is my only chance to play along with other people, which is indeed nice from time to time.
8.) Your demos are very minimalistic in the sense that there is no artwork, no lyrics, just a track list. is there a reason behind this? perhaps to keep it all a mistery?
There really isn't a reason, but I've always had a taste for minimalism.
9.) When the demos are re-issued onto cd will there be artwork?
Perhaps it will, perhaps not, I'm not taking a real standpoint on this. I don't really know if the Demos will be re-released on CD. Right now I'm discussing a release of the first two on a tape with the new founded Total Holocaust Records.
10.) As i dont have any lyrics with the demos, i am unsure what the music is about, would you indulge us and let us know some of the philosophy?
It has varied. The first demo was basically just a musical experiment and the lyrics where simple destructive and misanthropic rants. The second demo had a more narrative tone, third person descriptions of death and suffering. Post Metal really had no lyrics, at least not any written, all was just improvised at the time of recording.
11.) What can we expect in the future/contact info/last words.
If all goes as planned, the first two demos will be released on a single cassette sometime rather soon. Hopefully we can expect a seven inch later this fall and perhaps also a few compilation tracks.
I can be reached via e-mail, all_ruins@postmaster.co.uk
Total Holocaust records is found at www.totalholocaustrex.cjb.net
Blame your suicides on me!
Perhaps it will, perhaps not, I'm not taking a real standpoint on this. I don't really know if the Demos will be re-released on CD. Right now I'm discussing a release of the first two on a tape with the new founded Total Holocaust Records.
10.) As i dont have any lyrics with the demos, i am unsure what the music is about, would you indulge us and let us know some of the philosophy?
It has varied. The first demo was basically just a musical experiment and the lyrics where simple destructive and misanthropic rants. The second demo had a more narrative tone, third person descriptions of death and suffering. Post Metal really had no lyrics, at least not any written, all was just improvised at the time of recording.
11.) What can we expect in the future/contact info/last words.
If all goes as planned, the first two demos will be released on a single cassette sometime rather soon. Hopefully we can expect a seven inch later this fall and perhaps also a few compilation tracks.
I can be reached via e-mail, all_ruins@postmaster.co.uk
Total Holocaust records is found at www.totalholocaustrex.cjb.net
Blame your suicides on me!
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