Grind/death band form France, Inhumate has released their new album "Growth" with a great sound and really good grinding tracks. Bassist Fred answered very gently our questions.
How is "Growth" doing now that nine months have passed since its release?
Very well !!! We already had to repress it . The first pressing was of 1000 copies and they were sold out and traded in approximately 6 months. I think that for a self produce band it's a good score ! Besides of this I did 50 interviews (with this one ) for mags and zines and we already had more than 50 positive reviews !
What can you tell me about your first demos "Abstract Suffering" and "Grind your soul" ? Do you still like them?
I can't say that I like them, it's months that I didn't listen to them... But they're a part of our past, a part of INHUMATE's life so I think this are interesting thing to understand the band's evolution through the years.
Looking back to all your career...are you satisfied with what you have done up to now? Is there something you would have changed?
When I look back I'm really satisfied of what we did with INHUMATE. The only thing I should change if everything was to be done again is that I'd investigate the underground scene and world earlier. I began to jump in that underworld and really promoting INHUMATE in 1995 / 1996. It's late I think... If I'd began to do it earlier, maybe should things have been further now... Who knows...
How much have you evolved since the "Internal Life" CD up to "Growth"?
It's always difficult to answer to such questions... I think this is a mag or zine's job to answer this. I could say that we play better and I think our music and lyrics are more interesting but I think it's all I can say if I wanna say objective...
Have the different line-up changes modified the music of INHUMATE?
2 line up changes really changed something in our music. The first one was the arrival of Valentin, our second drummer. When he arrived he brought the absolute grind core playing in INHUMATE. Before his arrival we were playing classical death metal but he wanted us to play faster and after his departure we understood that it was the only for INHUMATE to be ! The second big change happened of course when Christophe and Yannick arrived (in 1996) to create the actual line up. With them we began the true life of INHUMATE, after the dark we entered the light !!!
Can you make a comparison between the ex members of INHUMATE and the actual members of the band?
The actual line up was made to play in that fucking band ! What else can I say ? All the guys that played in INHUMATE were cool guys and helped the band the best they could, time's passing and things were changing, now it can't anymore...
What expectations do you have of the show that you are going to make with Sepultura on May?
I think it is gonna be a really great show because we can expect more than 3000 people. We never played in front of such a big crowd. But in the other side, the problem is that the people that will come to visit that show have never heard about grind core I think... So we gonna play and they gonna cry... Ah, ah, ah... Hope so !!! You know I don't really care what people gonna think about our music and how things will be. I'm sure it will be killer for us just because of the size of the stage ! The only interesting thing we can do there is to bring some fashion follower to the true underground scene.
How was "Growth" composed and recorded?
Like all other INHUMATE stuffs. We compose in our rehearsal room, than Christophe makes the lyrics, then we work all the music with a metronome and finally we enter the studio for the recording. We work very hard to have interesting song and a good sound.
Why are three parts of the song entitled "I want to kill some..."? Which is the concept behind? Where is the second part?
There is absolutely no concept behind those tracks. The missing word is free... Everybody can put his hate in the last (missing) word. So if you wanna kill your neighbour, when you listen to the track you just have to say his name is the noise moment... Ah, ah, ah !!! The second part of it is a ghost track on our 1st CD "Internal Life".
Do you like doing split tapes or CDs with other bands? Do you think that that is the way for people that don't know about the band to know your music?
I think all the ways to be known by other people are interesting. Split tapes, split EP, split CD, compilation tapes or CD, etc...We did several split tapes (with FUNERAL MARCH, DISEMBOWEL, TRAUMA TEAM, MAGGOT SHOES, EXHUMATOR, SANGUINARY, TRAUMATISM, DEPRAVED, MUCUPURULENT, BLOODSHED, PULMONARY FIBROSIS) and many compilations (to know the exact list feel free to have a look on our website (http://www.inhumate.com). All this always helped us to promote INHUMATE and we think that it's the only way for a self produced band because we're not rich enough to buy full pages adv. In magazines...
Is there anything more that you want to say?
Thanx a lot for this interview and I'm really glad that you enjoyed our show in Gent. We always try to give all we can on stage. To all readers I just wanna say that they can write me at
INHUMATE
c/o Fred ANTON
1 rue du college
67170 BRUMATH
FRANCE
We do also have a huge underground distro with only brutal death and grindcore stuffs (most CD), write at :
GRIND YOUR SOUL Distro
c/o Yannick GIESS
61 route de l'hopital
67100 STRASBOURG
FRANCE
All letters will be answered, we are 100% underground and 100% no rip off !!! STAY SICK !!!
INHUMATE - DISCOGRAPHY
Abstract Suffering - demo (1993)
Grind your Soul - demo (1995)
Internal Life - CD (1996)
Ex - Pulsion - CD (1997)
Growth - CD (2000)
ACTUAL LINEUP
Christophe : vocals
David : guitar, backing vocals
Fred : bass
Yannick :drums
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