We spoke to Andy Bomberg, guitarist from the finnish band Lost In Tears. This band has three guitarist and that can make their sound unique. Here Andy speaks about their music, about their projects and about their detractors.

doom metal. Then again what people see as doom metal differs a lot. I don't
really have a clear picture of what doom metal is anyway. I usually refer to
us as a gothic/doom metal band when sending out promo stuff.
On a not so serious note we have come up with an own genre name, Melodic
Martyr Metal.

How is the recording of the new material going? What can we expect?

So far the recordings have gone pretty much as planned but now it
seems as if though we are forced to postpone the mixing and mastering due to
financial problems.
What you can expect. To begin with better quality in all aspects. The sound
is better, the artwork will be very good and we also like to think that the
music has progressed in a positive direction. What will be most noticeable
is probably Lasses vocals and the fact that they are crystal clear, except
for the grunt parts of course. On .ad mortem the mixing on that wasn't too
grate.
And other thing that might be noticed is the extensive use of three guitars
in the new songs.

Are you satisfied with "...Ad Mortem"? Is there something you would have
changed?

If we would have had unlimited studio time and lots more of money "...Ad
Mortem" would have been better. On the whole I am still satisfied with the
musical content of it. The artwork however could have been better.

Which is the message underneath your lyrics?

You'll get the first taste of lyrics written by me with the new album.
I don't really have any message in them. They are small pieces of my life,
moments of longing and loneliness put down on paper. Our songs have always
been more about emotions that anything else and this will continue on the
new album.

Have you find any label interested in releasing your music?

We have a few labels interested, all just waiting for us to finish our
album so that they can listen to it and decided if they would like to work
with us. Sounds pretty good when you say it like that but you never know how
things will turn out. We do hope that we will find a label willing to work
with us and with whom the work would benefit both parties.

Are you going to use female vocals to enhance the songs?

No. No female vocals for the time being.

How important is the role of keyboards in your music?

It's almost non existent. There will be keyboards in one of the new
songs but only to bring a certain atmosphere to that one song. Three guitars
gives us a lot to work with.

Are the atmospheric parts the first to be composed ?

Personally I don't have any method I use to make new songs. They
pretty much come out of the blue so to speak. Sometimes it grows from a
melody that suddenly leaps in to mind other times from a line of text.

Is Lost In Tears going to play live when the new material is released?

We sure hope so. I dream of being able to play somewhere outside of
Finland this year maybe on a open-air festival or something. I guess it's
much up to which label sings us.

Anything more that you want to say?

Please be patient with us and our new album. It will be worth the wait. And
I'd also would like to thank all the fans for their support! It really means
a lot to us.

Lost In Tears web page: is http://listen.to/lostintears

Interviewed by Federico Marongiu

UNTITLED - 4 song Demo (1998)