Me (Sathor) and Nero Baratro started up as a duo,
we had the ideas and the concepts
on what and how to play...fast extreme Black metal and still
today we have similar ideas, and inspirations. We had different members but now we are
a duo again and its working great!

 

What can you tell me about "Iter in Obscuritates Mentis"?

"Iter.." comes from more than one year of composing
stuff, trying different musicians, and a previous recording we weren´t so much satisfied with( it had many songs from Iter, but had a sound we didnt want to use as for our demo debut cd ,had a sound similar to the first Emperor very rough and grim
but we thought that as our first product could have been misunderstood and criticised, also we are not from Norway either).

Is your music influenced by the old school of black metal or are there some new bands that you would like to mention?

We are influenced of course by our listening to
Marduk, Dark Funeral,Darkthrone,
the old school of Black Metal is a combination that others have
made as well for may be some riffing style, but we didn´t really had that
particular intention, we both like good bands new and some old.

Which are the elements in your music that you find most interesting?
I think, despite what other Black Metal bands play in
Italy we find that our peculiarity is of not sounding "Italian" too much. Ars Macabra
music has a lot of impact, aggressivness, and evil that comes out.

How important are atmospheres and melodies in your music?

Very important, those are the keys that give you
certain kind of feelings. Listening to our music would be too dry just to play at our hellish speed without creating catching and evil melodies and atmospheres. This is even more well done in our last recording "Daemonolatria Hypnotica".

Which are the topics that you prefer expressing in your lyrics?

We deal with morbid psychotic issues, and evil dark
grim presences.

How were the songs in "Iter Obscuritates Mentis "composed?

Joining my and Nero Baratro ideas together and then
developing them and extending them on standard and not musical standard using also
variety of instruments.

Do you prefer to work independently or are you searching for a record
deal?

We have a record deal with an Italoian label for 2 CDs. The debut one will be called "Daemonolatria Hypnotica".

How are Ars Macabra´s shows?

We didn´t make that many but the few we did were more
of a thunder blasting bloodbath of evil, we like to use a lot of blood on stage.


Any final thoughts?

Ars Macabra thank you for the attention and say
that what they play is on "Daemonolatria hypnotica".
There is Ars Macabra at the best.

Interviewed by Federico Marongiu

Daemonolatria Hypnotica - CD (2001)

Sathor

Nero Baratro