MZ666-Greetings Well alot has changed since the last
time we interviewed
Soulhavoc.You have also gone thru some member changes
over the past few
months or so. Tell me more about that.
Ilkka: Hi there. Yeah, during this year Soulhavoc line-up
has indeed changed and not just so little. First, right after our first album was out, our former drummer Hessu founded him
self in some real time issues and he was released from the band and Jaakko T took his place right away. Then, just couple
months later the same issue was discovered with our bassist, so out goes Janne and in comes Teemu R. We played our first gig
in Finland in a pub called The Factory, in Hellsinki, with this new line-up and it worked pretty well. Allthough, Teemu R
had only 2 weeks time for that gig to learn all the bass stuff and he fucking did it. J That was pretty great, but then again, this was the turning point for us. Couple
weeks after the gig Ville told us that he’s not able to continue work with us, we still don’t no why, and he left
the band. But no harm done, vocals taken over by me, Ilkka L, and we got our shit back together. And now this winter, in the
middle of recorging our new tunes, Arto gave us an announcement that he will be leaving us to and he’s position was
taken over by mr. Joni S couple days later. So, there’s really all-new-line-up besides me ofcourse and it feels fine
J
MZ666- How does this effect the band,And what can we
expect different from
Soulhavoc
Ilkka: Not much effect, at least bad, taken. Biggest
problem with these changes was time. Our new album recordings were delayed pretty bad and stuff like that. But these changes
has also brought a lot of good things and now this line-up seems to work perfectly. You can shure expect something mindblowing.
Soulhavoc is now more brutal and skilled than ever. But still the Scandinavian boozefilled depression is present now also
more than ever. Just wait for it ;)
MZ666- What members have been replaced.
Ilkka: All. Guitarist Arto replaced by Joni S, bassist
Janne replaced by Teemu R, drummer Hessu replaced by Jaakko T and vocals taken over by me from Ville.
MZ666- I see you are currently working on a 4th album,when
where these songs
written and who is producing it.
Ilkka: Actually it’s our second one :) All songs
are written by me during 2004-2006. We will be producing and engineering the album ourselves, but we will be having few outside
producers just to make shure that we will give you the best Soulhavoc sound ever. Sami Hauru from ID:Exorcist will be at least
one of our assistants, he did absolutely fucking amazing job with the new Exorcist release, never heard so dynamic drums in
my life.
MZ666- So far with the changes within SoulHavoc what
is your's and your fans
reaction been like.
Ilkka: Some has said that they can’t believe this
is the same band, not in bad way. We’ve actually recieved lots of good feedback after these changes. They say this brought
Soulhavoc to very different level.
MZ666-How would you describe your music to someone who
never heard you.
Ilkka: Most heavy \,,/ J
MZ666-How are the other bands in your country are there
lots to play
with,That fit your genre.
Ilkka: Yes there are. Finland is really the promised
land of heavy and metal music. There’s so much to choose from. Melodic death metal is pretty big deal here and you can
find bands in almost every corner.We actually have our very own unholy alliance here, we played bunch of gigs with two bands
called Neverend and Sole Convert all over in Finland. Those are pretty good bands by the way, check ‘em out.
MZ666-Who are some of the bigger bands you have opened
for?
Ilkka: Amoral from Hellsinki, Finland. Dunno if you guys heard them in the states but if you haven’t, you should. They are
the sound of todays death metal.
MZ666-Do you get a lot of fans, who just stumble across
the site from web
surfing
Ilkka: Ofcourse. After all, web is the best place to
get your name to be known and people to find our band. We’ve recieved a lot of feedback from allover the world, and
how else they could find us besides the web.
MZ666-How often do you guys get together for practice
Ilkka: We do practice all the time. Depends if we are
prepairing for a coming gig or just practicing new material and stuff like that....well one to four times per week is propably
pretty close
MZ666-Anything else
Ilkka: New album will be out this fall, so beware, we’re
on our way to havoc your soul. Next door we’ll be knocking on, might just be yours.
