Finnish doom metal band KYPCK (Kursk), released their second album on 9th of Feb. 2011. The band is known from their melancolic and hopeless sound and admosphare. Their lyrics have elemets from russian culture and history. Band forms from singer – E.Seppänen, Guitarist – S.S. Lopakka who we can remember from the lines of Sentensed, Bass player – J.T. Ylä-Rautio and a drummer – K.H.M. Hiilesmaa, who’s been producing HIM, Apocalyptica and Sentenced, to name a few. I’m honored to do an inteview with the Guitarist S.S. Lopakka.
1. Your new album Nizhe was released on 9th of February. You must be relieved. How long did it take for you guys to create this album?
Yes, relieved indeed. The songwriting itself didn’t take more time than usual, when the inspiration is there it all comes together somewhat quickly. In the studio we spent about 5 weeks this time, including the mix, and I think you can hear the difference in the sound. Hiili did a superb job once again. But the delay, which was almost a year between the mixing and the actual release of the album, was caused by an unclear situation with a multinational, so called major label we were negotiating with. We were waiting for their „final confirmation” for over half a year, still after the album was finished, finally got pissed off & fed up and looked for another solution. But here we are now, our second torpedo out of the tube!
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Well, I’m not going to write any presentation of a Man who is already well-known to everyone in the metal world… I just write his name:
Odium
The Finnish death / thrash metal oriented band,
Who are
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