How has been "Enslaved the Weak" received?

In generally we got good responses. However there are two groups of

people. The first one (fortunately larger) thinks we overcame our

previous album and like it more. The second group consists of people who prefer maximum brutality and they like THE ART OF BLASPHEMY more. They do not look for anything else than brutality and maximum speed tempos.

Also many people say we are a copy of Morbid Angel. Some of them like it and some of them think we should be more original. But for me originality is not the main attribute. We create music naturally without any intention to be original or similar to any famous band!

Which are the main differences that the new album has with "The Art

of Blasphemy"?

THE ART OF BLASPHEMY was created on purpose to be totally fast - extreme

brutal blast. After our first CD KILL THE THOUGHT ON CHRIST that

includes mainly slower tempos due to poor drummer we wanted to show we are able to create something devastating. We managed to because we had a good drummer for this intention. I would say we did not change our

patterns or our musical features but we maybe included some slower parts to ENSLAVE THE WEAK. These parts are the main reason for statements like DEMENTOR is a copy of Morbid Angel. However we did not change so much.

If you listen to THE ART OF BLASPHEMY more carefully you can realise a

lot of melodies but they are played in higher speed. When you listen to

our music in concerts where we mix songs from all our albums you can not

realise any dramatic differences in our music.

How would you define the music that Dementor does?

I think we play classical form of death metal. However I would say we

play blasphemous death metal. This label comes from our lyrics that are

full of blasphemy and hate towards Christianity.

How do you compose the songs?

I think it is common process. Guitarists make up some new riffs at home

and then present it at the rehearsal. Then follows matching it with drum

parts and later some lyrics is stowed into this finalised song.

How has been the tour with Vader doing?

Yeah, it was cool! Unfortunately we played only two concerts because

some dates were cancelled because of some stupid reasons. Anyway we

spent almost one week with this great band. I am really glad because of

their behaviour. They approached to us with respect and were really

friendly. Firstly we thought Shambo, the bass player is strange a bit

but in the end we liked him. He is quite nervous man and he always

curses! It is easy to make him angry. Some concert promoters had a

chance to learn it! Well, both concerts were totally great. In Minsk we

had 700 and in Moscow 400 people. We liked it much!

Are you satisfied with Osmose as your label?

So far we can not complain despite we expected some larger concert

support from them. Unfortunately we must wait until we prove people are interested in DEMENTOR. I hope the time will come after we record our new album. OSMOSE are really honest and fair label. It is real change between them and our previous labels. Easily, they are professionals and it reflects in quality of their work. No reason to complain!

Looking back...What do you think about "The Church Dies"?

I like this record. It was our first professional record. Unfortunately

it came out only on MC format despite ISP planned to make it on CD too.

In the end they did not have enough money to realise it. I think they

are thinking about THE CHURCH DIES on CD again. Maybe it would be good

investment for them in time when DEMENTOR gets larger interest from

fans.

Are you always composing? For example...do you have new songs that

you compose on the tour that you are doing now?

We never compose new songs on tour. There is no space for it and also

bad conditions for activity like this. We need quiet environment for it

therefore we compose at home.

Why do you consider the Minsk show in 2000 your best show?

Now we maybe played better shows or maybe equally great but all were

played in C.I.S. countries. We consider Minsk like the best because we

had 600 people like headliner playing first time there! The atmosphere

was totally crazy. Every band would like it for sure! It was in May 2000

but this year we played another cool gigs in Kiev (600 like headliners),

Minsk (700) with Vader! People there like death metal much and are

really friendly. I think DEMENTOR has good position there.

I know that you have been touring in Europe...Are there any plans of

touring in USA or in South America?

Not yet! We are not that popular to tour in America. Maybe we might

support some known band there but in this case we would need some

financial support from the label or some really exciting offer from that

part of world. We would like to show up there once but we should wait

for some better timing.

Which is your opinion on the Slovakian metal scene? And the opinion

I think there are many great bands in Slovakia but in generally they do

not receive as large support as Swedish or German bands do. They would

need to get some chance and they might make some break through. Eastern

scene is strong but I do not like when people separate us from Western

Europe in expectation of something weaker. Be sure we have as good bands

as Germany if not better. Those are just prejudices what defends our

bands to be fully accepted.

Can you explain a little bit the lyrics on "Enslave the Weak"?

We focused on totally blasphemous themes. We refrained from using

another themes than blasphemy and criticism of Christianity. You can not

find there anything else. We like this way and will carry on in that.

Any final thoughts?

to learn more about the true blasphemy! Hail!

KEEP THE BLASPHEMY !

Interviewed by Federico Marongiu

Morbid Infection-demo (1993)

The Church Dies - CD (1994)

Kill The Thought on Christ - CD (1997)

The Art of Blasphemy - CD (1999)

Enslave the Weak - CD (2001)

Rene Blahusiak - guitar, vocals

Rast´o Schmögner - bass

Alex Suchácek - guitar

Peter Stenda - drums