GENTIHAA – Interview for KICK ASS FOREVER courtesy of Marian Nicolaou from Angels PR #gentihaa
GENTIHAA INTERVIEW
Hello guys and thank you for your time!
– First of all, what’s behind that weird and unique name? I tried to find some info about it online, but i came up that there is no similar word in any language! Please unveil the mystery!!!
Valgran:
Hallo and thank you for the invitation. The ‘’Grande’’ mystery about the name of GENTIHAA is quite simple.
About a year ago, I was goofing around on the net and suddenly came up at a historic/religious site and I saw a picture of a daemon with his name depicted there in circle form. For some reason I read the daemon’s name backwards.
That’s how GENTIHAA born!
– Your music doesn’t have a specific label and it comes as a “Fantasy themed symphonic black/death metal” (!!!). What are you actually playing and what are your main musical influences that gave shape to your riffs, tone and melodies as we personally can hear stuff from Nevermore to Arcturus and from Metallica to Arch Enemy and Dimmu Borgir!!
Valgran:
This is the tricky part! It’s hard for me as well, to specify the genre of GENTIHAA. As you say correctly, our influences start from Metallica, Nevermore etc and go far til Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy,Children of Bodom etc.I would say that the final product of GENTIHAA is a harmonic mix result of all of these influences putting them together. Such a thing was quite risky but as we can see from our fans response ,It’s working!
– Your debut album “Reverse Entropy” talks about a fantasy story. Who came up with the idea and the lyrical themes? Do you believe that by making a concept album it’s easier to catch the attention of the viewer/listener as a “newborn” band?
Valgran:
I believe in concept albums. I really like an album that has a full story to tell from the top to the bottom, and of course is more catchy to the fans. The whole concept idea came up from our frontman Andre,bwho found a novel in the deep web and when the rest of GENTIHAA’s members read it, we all agreed to be our debut album.
– You managed to do something extremely unique at the metal world at your debut as you managed to be the special guests to DIMMU BORGIR at 2 live shows in Thessaloniki and Athens, as a band that never played live before!!!! How did that happen? How did it go and how the people responded?
Valgran:
A Big Dream came true. It was so unexpected but we all thought that we’ve got the potentials to do it. The procedures was simple, we talked to our management Angels Pr music Promotions and we expressed our desire to do those two shows. So, they sent our work to the management of DB and we waited for the answer.
After couple of months the response came up and that’s it!
We were amazed when we hit the stage, cause we saw lots of people singing our songs and follow our energy, which was an awesome feeling for us.
– If you had to choose one band right now that you would like to share the stage, what would that be?
Valgran:
Behemoth,Arch Enemy,Children of Bodom if I may say.
– What you consider as the key factors nowadays in order to make the difference in the “busy” music industry?
Valgran:
First of all you need to have your own identity as a band, the same thing applies to your music as well. Secondly you need the suitable management for your band in order to do the correct choices for your band and of course the correct image.
If a band follows those three steps has a chance to make a difference in the music industry.
– You had the great Tom Englund from Evergrey as a special guest at the songs “Command” and “Singularity. How this collaboration happened?
Valgran:
Actually we met with Tom back in 2015 when Evergrey came to Greece as they touring for their album ‘’Hymns for the broken’’.
After a couple of drinks i said to Tom that I’ve got two songs from my album that suit perfect for his voice. After he listened to them he said me that sounds great and he agreed to be the guest voice for ‘’Reverse Entropy’’.
– What are your plans for 2020 and beyond? Is there any chance that we are going to see you on a European tour?
Valgran:
We are looking forward for some lives in Greece and of course we seeking the correct slot for our first European tour.
– Where do you see Gentihaa in 5 years from now?
Maybe in a headline World Tour!!!
Official links
https://gentihaa.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/gentihaa/
https://www.instagram.com/gentihaaofficial
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaUAcnyTmSNdnHNVcVu9TQ
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