TACERE INTERVIEW

1) Well... as first question I would like to ask you if you know what
"TACERE" means in italian... It means Silence in the sense of... Don't talk
anymore... do you know that?

Yes. It’s a derivation from Latin, and the same word is also in Italian. I think the direct translation would be an imperative form “Keep silent”?

Silence is a very deep theme… And I like to use that theme. Everyone knows the phrase “music begins from silence”, and I believe that in a philosophical way everything begins out of silence. So it’s a very deep theme.

2) What about your new single?! When the entire album will be released?!

Our new single “I devour” is the first ever official release from Tacere and it was released 31.5.2006. It has two tracks, the first one being the title track called “I devour” and the second one being a rare demo song “The black roses have died” (not released anywhere else). Unfortunately the single is (at the moment) only distributed in Finland. But it can be ordered anywhere around the world from a couple of netstores that have global shipping (with decent prices). You can check out our website (www.tacere.net) for links where to order the CDS.
Just a while ago we decided together with our label that we’ll postpone the release of our album. This was for many reasons. So there is no exact release date for our full-length album (which is called “Beautiful darkness” by the way), but it will be released sometime in January 2007!
Since it’s a long time until January 2007 we also decided that we’ll put out some other material before that. So we’re releasing an EP called “A voice in the dark” in the beginning of September 2006. The EP will include 4-6 songs, we haven’t decided yet.

3) Are you satisfied by your new record company work?? Are they a good label
or they are like many others that don't do nothing for the band?

SM-Records is a very good label. The owner of our record label is one of the most respected music industry people in Finland and I can see why. Our label has very good contacts and is very active with us, so compared to the situation most of new metal bands face, we’re in very good hands, so to speak. We’re very happy about this situation.

4) The wonderful Helena... Is it a "problem" for you to work with a
splendid woman like her in the band?! I mean... The distractions could be a
lot or not?!

No. It’s great working with Helena. I have personally known Helena for a long time, we know each other very well, and we’re the closest of friends that you can imagine of. So there are really no problems and I’m not distracted, even though, well she is a very beautiful woman *wink*.

I think that the media and the general public are the ones that will be distracted with Helena, not our band. I (and our whole band) just hope that the distraction won’t be too big and the music will still be the main focus with our band, and not our female singer. That would just be shallow and plain stupid.

5) Any tour in the near future?!

We’re going to do little touring inside Finland during the autumn and we’ve also been discussing with our new exploitation manager (who is starting to our international promotion from now on) about the possibility of doing some gigs and showcases abroad also (Europe mainly). It’s impossible for us to do our own tour in Europe yet, because we don’t have a large enough fanbase… But we’re looking for an opportunity to tour as a warm up act with some bigger band in the near future. We hope that this will happen.

6) Talk about the metal scene in your country...

We have a very healthy and active metal scene in Finland, and it’s growing up all the time along with the popularity of metal music. Metal is very popular in Finland, and if I say that our top 10 album chart is constantly filled with metal bands it gives you a picture of just how popular metal is around here. There is a huge amount of bands and a lot of gigs and events. Thanks to Lordi’s eurovision victory metal is also starting to be politically correct and there’s really not much disdain towards metal people.

7)tell me please your thought about the file sharing!
are you agree with the mp3 sharing in the net or no?!

A though question…
Well I have to say that I agree and don’t agree: In a way the illegal sharing of mp3 songs does good for many small bands, it’s kind of exogenous promotion for these smaller bands that aren’t very known yet. And after all many file sharers do eventually buy the albums of bands they like for support. But on the other hand file sharing is piracy and piracy is stealing, and I of course don’t approve stealing. And also many researches show that file sharing is eventually taking money out of the musicians’ pockets!

It’s kind of a double barrelled shotgun issue. You just have think about “where is the beef” in this case so to say… And I don’t really have any solutions for this file sharing problem (if you think it is a problem). But I do encourage bands and labels to put out free legal mp3 songs in the net (for promotion) to balance out the situation a bit and sort of use the existing mp3 demand for positive things. The more easier it is to get legal free mp3 songs, and buy “e-music” the less illegal file sharing there will be.

And I also believe that at this moment of time there is a huge amount of young people who are part of a “fall in between” generation: A generation where attitude towards piracy is positive and not seen as a bad thing, only as a normal thing. Especially I think that young people who were born during eg. the 80s have a limp integrity towards these issues because of the general attitude that was surrounding piracy in computer user circles still just a few years ago. But nowadays there has been a lot more attitude upbringing for the youth about piracy, and so I do believe that the youngest kids at this time are more aware of the fact that piracy is a negative thing and also they know how to get music electronically via net the legal way. And when they grow older and at the same time new informed generations are born and getting legal music via net is made easier, this might decrease the amount of illegal file sharing and other piracy. But this is all just my subjective speculation…

And I really don’t want to put myself into a situation where I would say that I’m either against or with illegal file sharing. It so totally depends on the viewpoint. I just try to be as objective as possible and let other people do the battle.

And my answer to this question was way too long *laughs*

9) What do you think about Lordi’s victory in the Eurovision 2006? Tacere
will be the next winner?

Lordi is really not one of my favourite bands, but I still appreciate the work they’ve done very much, and the Eurovision victory (which was a big surprise in Finland) was a great thing. As I said, before, Lordi’s victory has made the whole Finnish nation more open to metal music, and no one really blaims metal fans anymore of being Satanists or anything as ridiculous as that. People in Finland are starting to think of metal music as our national treasure.

And on the other hand Lordi’s victory has opened many doors for all Finnish metal music internationally and also helped the European metal scene in general to become more respected among the mainstream people. Also I think that a metal band winning the eurovision contest was a great slap on the face of the old institution of eurovision song contest and a beginning of something new and better. In the past years all the acts in eurovision have almost always been the same style from year to year. Maybe Lordi’s victory will shake up things a little bit.

As for Tacere… We haven’t really thought about entering the song contest. But now when you think about it: why not? *laughs* We’ll have to see, maybe we’ll try it some time in the future.

10)Another One question Why a single from Eras Reveries?

The single “I devour” is actually not taken out of “Eras – Reveries” but out of our forthcoming album “Beautiful darkness”. All the songs that were on the “Eras – Reveries” demo are also on the album, but the versions are very different from the old ones (re-arranged, re-recorded, re-mixed etc.). And so this new version of “I devour” is also different from the earlier version. So it’s a track out of the new album “Beautiful darkness”.
Reveries

11) Eventually how the new Album is different from your first records Emotion Muerte?

Well the new album and “Emoción muerte” are like night and day so to speak. The song material is a lot more mature. The arrangements make a lot more sense, and the music in whole is a lot more chorus based. Then all the vocal performances in the new stuff are a million times better compared to “Emoción muerte”. Also all the instrument performances are a lightyear away from the old material., And so is all of the production work, mixing etc.

I wouldn’t even start comparing “Beautiful darkness” to “Emoción muerte” so much because it’s so different in some ways. A lot better I think.

12) have you an imminent programs concerts etc.etc.?

No. We’re working on these things to get our show really on the road. But there are no imminent plans at the moment.

13) Ok... we are at the end of this interview... Send a special hi to the
italian fans of Tacere and keep the flame alive

Hello and special greetings to everyone in Italy!
I (and everyone in Tacere) love Italy (even our name is in Italian ;) ), and would love to come and play there soon!
. Please check out our website (www.tacere.net) for more info and for instructions on how to order our new single “I devour”. And also please leave your comments in our guestbook, we love to get comments! Also check out our myspace site (www.myspace.com/tacere) where you can listen to our song for free.

That’s about it. Have a rocking summer everyone, and hope to see you soon!