Interviews

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Interview with new member Manne Engström

Interview with Beseech long time producer Christian "Bullen" Silver

Interview with Lotta after her participation in the ANJ video

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Other interviews

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Music Tap Interview (Interview with Robert)

Music TAP: Define Gothic Rock/Metal. What makes a band gothic? Rock? Metal? And what makes them all of the above?

Robert Vintervind: To be honest, I don´t really know as it has nothing to do with goth music if you talk about gothic metal/rock as many think… it´s a newer kind of metal/rock with mostly the love/death theme with a darker atmospheric vein of some kind. This is just my type of explanation of a “typical” gothic metal band but I think our music contains so much more than that.

MT: Well then, define Beseech, if you can.

RV: This is the hardest question, I think, as every person can decide for themselves what they hear but I´ll try to explain…
We use both male and female vocals (since 1994…) in our music to have more room to make interesting music and there are of course some gothic rock/metal influences but you can hear inspiration from pop, synth, industrial, [and] harder metal as well. I also think we have [a] unique kind of atmosphere and [a variation of] songs, both musically and lyrically if you compare other bands in this genre. It´s almost like a movie or painting that is telling you a story and bringing you feelings and hopefully something that touches you emotionally.

MT: How has response to Drama, which was released in North America in August, been in the United States so far? Do you feel you’re finally starting to make a name for yourselves in the U.S.?

RV: It´s been better than before for sure as Napalm Records hired a radio promotion agency over there, Heavy Hitter that works with bands such as Rammstein, Nightwish, The Haunted and A Perfect Circle to name a few. So there has been massive radio promotion… but unfortunately we didn’t record any video or something to promote even more.

MT: How has response been to the album in Europe?

RV : It´s been good I think but of course [you] can find people that like the older stuff more when you release new albums but we are very satisfied with the result and how it turned out. But we could [use] some more support from our label to reach higher as we [have] not toured since 2001, when we were out with Lacuna Coil and Theatre of Tragedy and that´s very bad!!!
Of course [we] have done some gigs and festivals but we really want to come out and play and in USA as well where we never played…

MT: There was an apparent evolution in sound from Souls Highway (2002) to Drama. The songs developed a great groove that Souls Highway only hinted at. What, and/or whom do you contribute to that evolution?

RV: Firstly did a longtime member (guitarist Klas Bohlin ) quit the band and it was me and him that made the most of the music, so now I got a chance to put even more into the music and get it my way and that of course also affected the sound of the album that sounds heavier and groovier as you mentioned.
I´m really not afraid to test new things and love to experiment with our art and also the aspect that the whole band was more involved in the production and to get the final result gave it a glorious touch.

MT: Erik (Molarin, male singer) and Lotta (Hoglin, female singer), throughout Drama, I can hear subtle influence in your voices. Tiamat, Type O Negative, Lacuna Coil, just to name a few. Where does your vocal inspiration stem from? Were you trained?

Erik: This is a sensitive topic as we have used this kind of male, female vocals since 1994…so it could be the opposite way who influenced who that not many know… I've been singing all my life and I haven't got any trainer or anything, I guess I've been training myself. I get inspiration from other artists of course, artists like Nick Cave and so on. But I also get inspiration from movies, some movies have a special feeling over them and sometimes I steal that feeling and show it with my voice instead.

Lotta: I would say that [I] get influenced all the time from all kinds of sources as for example music, movies. I guess when [I was] younger [I] got inspired [by] different kinds of bands, like Type O Negative, Skunk Anansie to name a few, but now [I am] just trying to find [my] own sound and way of singing.

MT: Your lyrics are pretty interesting. You’ve got life as a play and the ensuing drama that is a part of it (“Drama”), some down and dirty innuendo (“Higher Level”), even some healthy religious introspection (“Addicted”). Where has the band pulled inspiration from, not just in music but also in life?

RV: Yeah, I think you got it on how the title came out and what we want to express. It´s basically pretty simple as it is about life, from things you think about as fascination of the human kind, cultures, religion, death, love and extraterrestrial life and sex… so we can write about almost everything.

MT: What can we expect from the next album? Do you have a title yet? Song titles? Will it be longer? I loved Drama and hated the fact it was only 40 minutes!

RV: Yeah, we are actually in the studio and recording the next album that will be out sometimes in the middle of 2005 we hope.
The songs are even more heavy and groovier than before and I think feel it´s a natural progression from Drama, but you can never know what to expect!
It will be longer than 40 minutes (I hope…), but we also have some other surprises on the album that I hope and think fans will love…

MT: Manne, when did you join Beseech? What kind of style, influence do you plan on bringing to the band?

Manne Engstrom (guitarist): I joined the band in June 2004. I´m not planning on changing anything, I´m just going to follow the natural development that the band is going through right now. Every band evolves with time and the progression I´m seeing with Beseech right now suits me perfectly.

MT: What were some of your previous bands?

Manne: My first band was a death metal band called Fatal Embrace. We released an album in 1997. We have recorded a second one, but we have put the band on ice so I´m not sure when that will be released. I have also been playing with Sundown, Cemetery 1213 and a few smaller bands. But I have to say, I haven’t felt this good about playing in a band for long time.

MT: Why did you decide to join Beseech?

Manne: It´s a funny thing, really. I had actually said many times to my friend Chris Silver (Beseech´s Producer) that I would really like to play with them. I have for many years considered myself a fan of the band. Then I got to work with them in the studio on Drama and this made me want to be in the band even more. I went with them to [the] Sweden Rock Festival last summer and saw them play an amazing gig and after the show they asked me if I wanted to join the band. It wasn´t really anything to think about. I just said yes at once.

MT: Robert, what was one of your worst shows and why?

RV: For myself what I remember was one show in Bochum in Germany on the tour with Lacuna Coil and Theatre of tragedy [in] 2001 when one of my guitars broke down and I got some other technical problems and of course it happened when it was broadcasted.
The worst I don´t remember was when we played in Borås, Sweden with Entombed and I drank 70 centiliter booze and 10 beers before the gig back in 1996. Didn´t remember that I [was] onstage… just played as a god I thought but it probably sounded like hell. I fell into the amps etc. After that we never drink more than 1-3 beers before a gig.

MT: Any plans for a U.S. tour anytime soon?

RV: There are no plans for it right now, but we would really LOVE to come and play there someday!

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Metal Reference Interview

I've never allowed myself the slightest glimpse of Beseech's musical universe until their album Drama landed at my office desk, and had it not been for my occupation as a music reviewer, I would probably have never offered the product a second rotation on my cd player. However, it merely took the album two rounds in the ring before it seized my wholehearted attention, and within short notice I was convinced by its qualities. I've always been interested in gothic rock, but somehow I never squealed at Beseech, which is obviously subject to change from now on. An easy target for a proposed interview, I mailed a quick bash of questions via mail to the band, and the promotional speech was ready for launch.

Please introduce yourself and your band to Metal Reference's readers.

Hello, Robert Vintervind, the guitar player and composer of Swedish Beseech here... For those who don´t know, Beseech started back in 1992 and released the first demo tape the same year. After that two demos followed until we got signed in 1995. The first album From a Bleeding Heart was delayed becuase of some label problems, and it was finally released in 1998 through Metal Blade Records. Since then, we've released Black Emotions in 2000 through Pavement Music and Souls Highway in 2002 through Napalm Records.

Congratulations on your new album, Drama. It seems to get better and better after a few rotations, but at the first glimpse I felt quite indifferent towards it. Have you met such comments before?

Thanks. Yes it seems like the most think (as you do) that it need more listenings to understand the message and feeling on Drama, as it's more experimental and contains more different kind of music styles than previous albums. The previous album, Souls Highway, was more catchy and built around the choruses, but now it was a more theatrical way of composing... the emotions and structures are more based upon a feeling. It's really hard to explain but it's therefore it's maybe harder to under the skin of the album, but it´s more interesting and gets a lasting effect for the listener that gives it a chance, I think.

If I said the your music sounds like a mixture between Type O Negative, Lake Of Tears and Tiamat... what would you answer?

It's of course ok, and up to the listener to decide what they think it sounds like, but I can agree that some parts and feelings have things in common with those bands. I think they are all great bands, but that we may have more crossover and experimental kind of music. Each song on Drama has its own identity and sounds differently.

Who are your musical influences?

I belive that all things I hear and like influences me in some ways, and it can be almost anything, because I listen at 1960's music up to modern rock, metal, pop and synth, but I have a certain passion for movie scores, and it's therefore I think our music is that varying and contains these different kinds of moods.

Beseech hail from Borås, close to Gothenburg, which is renowned for its metal scene. Are you familiar with that one?

Yes, it's hard to miss it when it´s just 70 kilometers away, but I think that people outside Sweden think it´s bigger than it is acutally is. I know some persons in bands from Gothenburg, but I prefer our little town where bands such as Lake Of tears, Cemetary, Sundown, Falconer etc come from, and I know those bands much better.

Napalm Records has been widely critisized for its lack of support in recent years... from several bands that I've interviewed. Do you feel well supported by Napalm Records?

I actually heard that they had a good reputation. It was therefore we signed with them after all our problems, but reality is obviously different than words. I think they could have done a better promotion for our last album and getting us out on the road to promote that album, which had huge potential... commercially, but they didn´t dare to take that chance, I think. But so far for Drama, I think and feel that the label are doing a much better job (for Beseech at least). I can't say anything on how other bands feel. Of course we had some argues over the two years we've worked together, but we cleansed the air between us and are just hoping that Drama will reach a higher level. In the end all in the business are about money, unfortunately, so we'll see how things are going...

Why is it that you've changed labels that often? Are you the the ones who launch problems?

It's a combination of bad luck and the afct that we care about almost everything that concerns the band - such as promotion and how things are working, so we can be a pain in the ass for sure. But it's our music, heart and soul, so we care much for our art.

Is it really necessary to call it 'male vocals' and 'female vocals' when describing the vocalist functions in Beseech?

We actually thought about it, but some countries use female names on men and vice versa, so it´s just to make it clear actually, and it's not sure that they see the photos...

You're apparently planning a mini tour in Germany, Holland and Belgium. Do tell.

The exact dates and venues are to be announced, but it will take off in the beginning of April - in those countries you mentioned, and Lacrimas Profundere will support us on that tour, and we really looking forward to coming out and touring for Drama. We are also confirmed for the Summer Breeze Festival in Germany this year in August. Much more is planned, and later this year we hope to join a bigger tour as a support act, or something, and hopefully gain some new fans.

Tell me about the movie Black Emotions that you provided music to.

We got in contact with a movie company in Canada that releases horror movies, and they asked us if we wanted to be in this project - with three songs from the Black Emotions album, and we of course said yes, as we all like this kind of movies. I also think, our music fits very well into movies, as they contain emotions and moods for such purpose, and I hope to provide music for more movies in the future.

Interviewed and written by Lolk

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Intromental Interview

1. Your previous album "Souls Highway" turned out to be a success. How would you describe "Drama" compared to your previous releases - musically and lyrically?

"Since everyone in the band were more active when it came to working with this new material "Drama" has a wider range of music. On "Souls Highway" Robert Vintervind and Klas Bohlin made most of the work so there were basicly only two persons that made everything from lyrics to music. But since Klas quit the band and that made everyone else more active in the creation of this new album. Me and Robert made most of the lyrics on "Drama" and I think that we succeded with that part. The lyrics on "Drama" is about tragic moments in life, things isn't what they seem to be and also about the weird mind of the human kind. Musically I think that we have evolved and now we are a more experimental band. Every song has its own personal touch in some way."

2. When listening to "Drama" I get this dark and moody kind of feeling in me. Is that your actual intention, and what does the music mean to you?

"For me it´s a way to express my feelings, mostly the feelings I get when I feel anxious, sad, horny or whatever. It's not really our intention to make the music dark, it just turns out that way mostly."

3. I would like you to describe the various lyrical concepts on "Drama" as it seems to me that you really reflect on life and the darker side of the soul. Is that also what you had in mind when you wrote the album?

"Basically it´s about the life, from the day you are born till the day you die and also thought about what´s happen after life. Some songs are more poetic and symbolic and some more straight forward as from dark thoughts to sexual perversion. We write everything from our heart what we feel to write about in that special moment."

4. When I first put on "Drama", the first thing that popped into my mind was the Finnish, also gothic band, HIM. I know musicians hate this, but if you where to compare your self to another band, what band would it be. Why?

"That's a hard question, but I wouldn't pick HIM. I think that our music is of a very wide range and unique in many ways and with own personality but of course are we influenced of bands, but maybe not of those typical "gothic metal" bands that are out there. But to refer from some magazines it´s from Nick Cave, Type o Negative, The Gathering, Lacuna Coil, Alanis Morisette, Sisters of Mercy, Kent etc... so it´s pretty variating we think."

5. You've changed record labels quite a lot over the years, from Metal Blade, to Pavement and now to Napalm Records. Why this need to change labels ... ?

"It´s actually our 2nd album on Napalm (4 totally since 1998). But it´s because they are is the only label that treated us good. The other labels had problems with economy or they were just lazy and didn't do anything for us. But I think that we are quite happy about our label now, but of course you always want they doing more."

6. What made you want to play this kind of gothic rock music?

"I think "DRAMA" (as I said earlier) are more than gothic rock, but the darker feeling and atmosphere are little maybe little "gothic" but it´s just natural for us, it´s nothing we thought of really. Maybe it´s why you gonna hear such great variation in our songs."

7. Although gothic rock/metal seems to be quite popular these days and new bands emerges all over the world, still not many gothic bands come out of Sweden, but why do you think that is?

"Hard to say, but for us it´s good that there aren´t many bands with this kind of music from Sweden. Maybe it´s because bands as for example In Flames, Dark tranquillity etc are pretty big here and influence other new bands to play such music. But in a near future there will be another change of popular style and just hope that our kind will be there..."

8. Who do you think buys your albums? What type musical interests do these people have - in your belief?

"I think that all kinds of people buys our albums. I've seen everything from older ac/dc, motorhead fans to hardcore gothrockers and black metal people on our gigs. I guess those who like great variation in different kind of rock/metal and want to hear something new and interesting gonna like Beseech music."

9. Are you planning a tour to support the release of "Drama"? If so, are you visiting Denmark?

"First we have a couple of gigs here in Sweden, then after the big releaseparty here in our hometown Borås, we gonna head for a minitour in Germany, Holland and Belgium in the beginning of March. Then we have some things on going as well but it´s a little to early to talk about. But we really love to play live and hope to tour as much as possible and promote "DRAMA"! Denmark are unfortunately not in the plans, but we would really love to play there! So demand your festivals and venues to bring Beseech to Denmark!!!"

10. I wish you the best of luck with your latest release. If you have any last remarks, this is the time to say it.

"Thanks a lot, hope all of you that are looking for something new and interesting is going to give "DRAMA" a chance. You can download soundclips and find all kinds of information of Beseech at: www.beseech.net Hope to see you all in Denmark some day!!! "The drama never ends....", Bye."

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Adrenalinfanzine Interview
Questions by Mike answers by Lotta

In Beseech's biography on your website, it describes the many changes the band has gone through since it began in 1992 (new band members, different labels). Does the band's current condition seem to be stable?

Yes, the band feels very stable and we really enjoy working and hanging out together, we're more like a family these days. We have been through quite much together and we know how each one will react to different things by now. And I must say we have much fun together, some of the guy's are real comedians..! ;P

Your new album, "Drama", is set to be released at the end of January 2004. How is this album going to be different from "Souls Highway", your last release?

The big changes is that on the new DRAMA album we been working more as a team with the songs than before. You will find the same "Beseech sound" on DRAMA but also a freshness in all the songs and a better production. More experimental and with stronger voices.

How would you compare Napalm Records to the previous labels you have been on?

As we have worked with a range of labels for many years new, we can easily say that Napalm is the best so far without any doubt. But I think that bands never can be totally satisfied especially when we in BESEECH have a strong will of our own and really wants to be part in most of the work.

Does Napalm give you a lot of freedom with the music you create?

We decide completely what we want to do and which songs we want to use..

Do you ever get mail from fans who try to tell you how the band should sound? Or any other crazy mail from people?

That has happened but most of all we get mail from fans that just wants to tell us how much they like our music. Those mail makes us wanna struggle harder to get our music out there..!

Is there a tour planned to support your new CD?

We're in the middle of that. You can check out our website www.beseech.net for more info about that later on. So far there will be a few shows here in Sweden and a mini-tour in Germany, Belgium and Holland are also scheduled in the beginning of March, but more dates will come soon!

Are there a lot of people who join the Beseech street team that help promote your shows and merchandise?

Right now we are working on building up the street team section in a better way so it'll be easier to get material and help for fans who wants to help Beseech. We have a bunch of people over the world that put their soul in to help Beseech out in different ways and we are deeply thankful for that!

Whose the mastermind behind your current website? I love the layout
of it. Very cool. Will the new site be done by the same person?

The mastermind behind all of our website's are our own Robert
Vintervind together with Mikael Back helping out.

On your website, on the page that lists the band members, part of the information given is your star (astronomical) sign (such you being an Aquarius). What is the story behind that and why it was included?

I believe telling your sign is quite common here in Sweden, that's the
reason why we put it in there..

Now, how about a little information about your background. You have an mesmerizing voice. Did you take singing lessons when you were younger?

I grew up in a music family, there has always been music around and I often made my own little shows and performed them in front of the rest of the family when I was little. I learned to play the piano when I was about 7 years old and me and my sister used to play the piano and sing together. Later on I started to join bands. In my first band I was playing the drums actually! Then I found another band where I was a background singer and at that time I started to take a few singing lessons. Around 2000 I started to work as a web designer where Klas - our former guitarist - and Mikael already worked and they asked me if I wanted to join them in Beseech and here I am today! :]

Who/what are your influences in music and life?

Oh, I've listen to all kinds of music and has always been fascinated by good singers. And of course a lot of practice have made me explore my voice. I try to stay who I am and my sister has always been my mentor in life I guess..

What other music projects have you been involved in?

I've been playing and singing in a couple of other small bands. Been a poorly drummer in a girl band, tried to play the bass once - hihi - but most of all I've been singing, both background and lead.

What type of childhood did you have? Were/are you parents very supportive?

I grew up in the country in a small town up in the north of Sweden with my mom and older sister. My mom has always pushed me to try new things and my sister has been and still are the one I turn to whenever I need advice. Both my parents has supported me and my choices in life.

Do you have any advice for young musicians who are dreaming of
being signed to a label some day?

Don't give up just for getting a negative response from some labels, keep on going and never loose the joy of playing together!

Any other finals comments?

Check out our updated homepage (www.beseech.net) for more news and info about upcoming gigs and DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT "DRAMA" THE 26th JANUARY 2004!

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Beseech Fanclub Interview

1. Hi guys, how are you?
We’re just fine, thank you.

2. How’s the work with the new material going?
Quite good actually, we’ve almost finished two songs, but we have about seven that we’re working on right now. But there’s two that’s almost finished.

3. What can we expect from the new material?
Well, it’s hard to say, but it’ll be a bit heavier than the last album. But you’ll still be able to hear that it’s Beseech. Lotta and Erik will share the vocals as they did on “Souls Highway”. Although there's only one guitar now we really don't think that there'll be that much of a difference.

4. How does Klas leaving the band affect the work? He did write a lot of the songs before.
The biggest change has been that the entire band has gotten more involved in the creation of the songs. Jonas has written one of the new songs, Lotta and Erik are doing a lot more with creating the vocals now, Klas did most of that before and so on. So all in all it’s more of a joint effort now, everyone’s doing their part.

5. When will you start recording?
We’ll probably go into the studio sometime at the end of the summer, late july or the beginning of august.

6. Are you going to use Studio Mega this time too?
Yes we are. The collaboration with producer “Bullen” is very good so we actually see no reason for changing studio. We’ll try to bit a bit more prepared this time, when we recorded “Souls Highway”, we actually created a lot of the vocals while recording which took a lot of time. So this time we hope to have everything done when we enter the studio.

7. So, we can look forward to a new Beseech album sometime this fall, do we dare to hope for a tour too?
We don’t know anything about that today, but of course we’re hoping to be able to get out on a tour after the release of the new album.

8. You have some gigs planned in the near future now, how does it feel to be able to get out there and meet the fans again?
It feels great, hopefully we’ll get some new fans too. That’s what makes us happy, being on stage performing our music, meeting our fans.

9. Any gigs coming up outside Sweden?
We’re working on it, but nothing is confirmed yet.

10. Are you going to play anything from the new material at the planned gigs?
Yes, we hope we’ll be able to play at least one of the new songs at some of the gigs. We’ll try to finish the songs so we can perform them.

11. Earlier you’ve changed your recordlabel for every record. How’s it working with Napalm Records?
It’s a lot better than it has been. The communication between us is good and they’re working rather well for us. We get a lot of info on when we get airplay and so on. So we’re quite happy with them.

12. Your fanclub now has over 100 members in 23 different countries around the world. How does that feel?
It’s great! It’s nice to know that there are so many people around the world that listens to our music and enjoys it. But we’re hoping to reach even more people in the future.
We’d like to take the opportunity to thank all our fans around the world for their support. We really appreciate it.

Well, thanks a lot then. See you soon

We stayed around for the rehearsal to get a listen of the new material. And take it from us, it sounds great! Although there’s only one guitar now it sounds heavier than ever, and the collaboration between Lotta and Erik is just getting better. There’s some really good vocalstrings in store here.
We can hardly wait for the new album and hearing these songs live.
We’ll be reporting from the gigs that are planned up’til now, so keep your eyes open.

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Metal Elite interview

Here we have a band from Sweden that hasn't gone the easiest possible (whatever that may mean, decide for yourselves) way when talking about their music style and success with releasing a debut cd. They certainly do not play traditional Swedish melodeath/black metal, but variable, symphonic doom/heavy metal with even some pop-influences and lots of catchy riffs which remain in your mind long after you've stopped listening to their songs. Neither did they release a cd right after one promotional demo tape, but made three demos (A lesser kind of evil'93, Last chapter'94 and Tears'95) before having caught by a record label, which on their disadvantage couldn't keep any deadlines for their cd releases. But, more about this and other things you can read from the following interview, which was answered by Robert Spånglund, Beseech' guitarist on one sleety March evening.

1. Hello Robert! Do you feel relieved now as the debut cd of Beseech will finally be released for sure? How and when did you get in contact with Metal Blade and what kind of response you received from them? Any specific details you'd like to reveal about your contract; details that you're possibly very satisfied with or proud of?

Hello Jussi, nice with an interview after a time with silence..... Yes, it feels very good to release "...from a bleeding heart" after all problems with labels and that kind of shit. Our publisher have helped us very much through all problems and thanks to Misty Music (Anders Moren) do we have Metalblade Rec as label. We have a 4 record deal with Metalblade Rec. and I think it's a type of standard-contract, we'll see if we are satisfied with it.

2. What actually went wrong with Mega Rock, the label that should have released your album in the first place? Do you feel either eased now when they're not delaying the Beseech debut anymore or frustrated and bitter cause it's rather old stuff that's being released?

It was a worthless label with bad distribution and low in money, that's the opposite to Metalblade that is pretty big. Of course it's pretty old material and bitter on the past but I'm proud over the material, it was we back then, today we would do it different, but it's nothing to do now about it.

3. "Songs from the bleeding heart" (or is it now just "...from the bleeding heart"?) is one of the albums I've personally been awaiting very eagerly, cause I simply adored your "Tears"-demo'95... But which things in your opinion make this album a masterpiece? Are you still satisfied with the final result, although it has gone a long time since the recording of the album?

I think it's the wide spectra of different music styles that makes "...from a bleeding heart" a masterpiece and that we experimented with different kind of intruments. As I said earlier, I'm proud over the material today too, but all things can get better.

4. Has Metal Blade provided you with any information about possible gigs in the future with other MB bands? With whom of your label mates would you like to play and why? Have you been in contact with other MB bands before or after signing the deal? How many gigs have you played so far? Any cool memories?

No, not yet but I'll hope they do but I suppose they do...... Which band to play with... hmm.... Maybe King Diamond/Merciful Fate or Kings X, but I never been in contact with any bands from MB. We have played around 50 gigs so far with bands such as Lake of tears, Dissection, Ablaze My Sorrow and more. And a cool memory was when we played in Germany with AMS, but no details on that.... (Damn, I'd have liked to hear some Swedish boozing stories... -ed.)

5. Now a cliché question... From which sources comes your inspiration to write songs? Do the ideas for riffs, song structures and lyrics just pop up in your mind once in while or do you need some specific atmosphere or mood to come up with new material? Is flu an important inFLUence? Heh...

My inspiration comes from all things I hear musicway and likes but when I write music I must be in perfect mood and feel something special at the moment. We not spitting out new songs, a song can take almost a year to do, but not with any flu.

6. Are Beseech members very creative? You must already have a bunch of new songs written during the period your debut has been delaying and delaying, so can we expect the second album to be recorded and released in the very near future?

We are very creative I think but with that I don't mean just music, we try to do high quality music with no halfgood riff, all thing must fit together to 100%. We are also creative to arrange things as a liveshow, stageclothes and more things.... (Yeah, not many demo bands can play 50 gigs in a couple of years. -ed.) Right now we have almost a new album finished and we hope to record our second album in autumn -98 and release it beginning of -99.

7. Do you think Beseech could be THE metal band of the future? How high are the goals of Beseech set? Which do you prefer more, great success and being famous or small but dedicated underground-based following? Which are the good and bad aspects in both situations?

Yes, I think we can put a milestone in the scene and our goals is to tour around the world and play for our fans and hopefully live on the music. I prefer to live with great success, because I think the underground scene is shitty nowadays, some serious people try to make something good out of it, while much people try to destroy it and they hopefully do. (So, no dedicated underground fanaticism here, eh... -ed.) But to live with success could also be negative becouse you always have "eyes" on whatever you do.

8. Talking about success, what's your opinion about metal bands that have become more and more popular when they release albums with "softer" and "more commercial" music? I mean bands like Paradise Lost and Moonspell. In which extent should a metal band stick to its roots and, on the other hand, try to progress and develop its sound from release to release?

It's important for a band to experiment and make the music interesting espacially for themselves and often it becomes more "softer" but not neccesary more bad, it's natural for a band to mature with the music but it's important to keep in mind about your roots.

9. Do you have any idols? Do all people need at least a some kind of idol, if not anything but themselves?

Not really idols but some bands that I like more is Doors, Beatles, Black Sabbath and I think everyone have some bands that they like more than others. (Really? håh håh... -ed.)

10. When did you beseech last, if ever?

I have never done that........I think......or have I? (How could I fucking know? -ed.)

11. On your debut cd one can hear many classical instruments such as cello and violin. Why did you decide to use those instruments and how do you think the arrangements of them differ from the majority of (doom/gothic) bands who use such extra elements? Where did you find the persons to play these instruments exactly the way you wanted to?

To reach the level with the music we done we needed some more classical intruments and we knew some guys/girls that could play for us. I think we have our own style to express the music trough the classical instruments and often better arranged than other groups. We had the music in our minds and could play it on the guitar so it was no problems for them to play it

12. According to your biography, you used a huge amount of demos for promotion (400 copies of "Tears"), but how many copies did you manage to sell? How much do the demo/album sales mean to you?

Actually we used about 600 demos of "Tears" but didn't sell so much approximently about 100 maybe and used the others for promotional use. Of course it means alot for us, I really hope we sell alot albums.

13. Do you like Pyogenesis? I suppose your music has been compared to them more than once, so how do you see the similarities between Beseech and Pyogenesis? The growly vocals sound very much like recorded in Sweet X-Rated Nothings -sessions and also the both bands play quite "soft" metal added with some death metal parts. What do you think about the evolution of Pyogenesis from doomy death metal to punk/grunge/pop -group?

I actually never heard them but I've read in some reviews that they compared them with us, but I hope we are better..... The way to grunge sounds little weird but ok, that's their way but if you change too much within the music you should consider to change name and form a new band. (Take Beherit for example... -ed.)

14. I haven't seen many Beseech interviews in zines, so have I read wrong zines or had the infernal promotion of demo'95 influence only on a big number of reviews? Is it possible that you wouldn't answer an interview for some reason (boring and stupid questions f.ex.)?

We always answer on interviews and we got maybe 100-150 interviews from zines/magazines around the world and been reviewed much too.

15. Who is Rainbowman? Is he able to save the world and us from ourselves?

Rainbow is the man that carries all the colors in this grey world we describe in the lyrics.

16. Please, describe every member of Beseech as any kind of animal.

I'm the lizardking, Klas is two legged deer with Ace Frehley lips, Andreas is slimy frog potential problems, Niklas is lamb, Jorgen is hairy Rhino and Mikael is a "jimmy the fox". (Hmm, Beseech on stage must look like a minizoo then... :P -ed.)

17. What do these emotions mean to you: passion, envy, anguish and anger? When was the last time you felt one/some of these?

It's really hard to explain those emotions but they all are important for you as a person, I think I feel them almost every day.

18. Now it's time for you to advertise Beseech with only one sentence, preferably as short as possible. Also tell us the complete Beseech merchandise. Do you already have baseball caps and tooth brushes carrying the name of the band? Heh...

Buy our debut CD "...from a bleeding heart" if you are into symphonic doom/gothic metal and watch out for Beseech in a near future. We are soon going to get T-shirts that you can buy from us.......thanks for the interview.

Interview by Jussi Helenius (metalglory@hotmail.com)

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Ultimate Metal

For 10 years, Sweden's BESEECH have been weaving melancholy goth/doom textures in the underground Swedish scene, while at the same time never quite getting the lucky break they deserved. Three labels and 2 releases later, they're releasing Souls Highway through Napalm Records, one of the finest albums I've heard this year. I was lucky enough to talk with Robert Spånglund on the phone one rainy Saturday afternoon, and learnt about the ups and downs - and then some! - of BESEECH's hectic career.

Let's start at the beginning. How did BESEECH come about?

BESEECH was formed in 1992, and all the guys in BESEECH were from Borås, near Gothenburg. From the beginning we always played a kind of atmospheric, emotional music... even if the music has changed from more doom-death to more gothic-oriented music, we always had our way, our sound. We recorded 3 demo tapes, from 92 to 95, 'A Lesser Kind Of Evil', 'Last Chapeter' and 'Tears'. And it was on the 'Tears' demo where we were more involved with the underground scene, and the labels and the magazines started to show interest in the band. 'Cos at the time we had a pretty unique kind of music. And that ended up in a record deal with... shit, I forgot it...

Was it Metal Blade?

No, no it was eh... Corrosion Records, and so we went into the studio to record our first album [...From A Bleeding Heart] in late 95, and it was finished in 96. But they didn't pay the studio bill so we couldn't release the album, so our first album was delayed for almost 2 years. And then we broke the contract with help of our publisher, and searched for other labels, and Metal Blade was the one we chose. They released it [...Bleeding Heart] in 98. So, it was very painful for the band, that it was delayed for such a time. Because the music scene, there are a lot of bands that used the theme of goth and this kind of stuff. And when we started to use it, we were one of the first bands in this kind of music. We released it in 98, and a short while after that our singer [Jörgen Sjöberg] left the band for the first time, and so we didn't know if we were going to continue with the band at all. And of course Metal Blade weren't very happy with that because they'd planned a tour and that kind of stuff, and had to cancel everything, every month of touring. Because of that, and because sales weren't as high as they expected because we couldn't market it, go out and play... So we decided to go seperate ways at that time [with Metal Blade], and we didn't know if we'd continue with the band at all, so it seemed like the right thing to do. But he [Jörgen] came back after long discussions with him, and that was maybe a mistake if you look back from now. We came back and took in new material, and turned up with a demo tape that we sent to Pavement Music, and it was help from a former Metal Blade employee that helped us with Pavement Music. So it was another way for us to go. So we started to record Black Emotions in 2000.

After this we understand it was maybe a mistake to go with Pavement Music, 'cos we didn't feel that we got any support, and maybe didn't arrange interviews, and we noticed it was not released in some countries where it was supposed to be released, and everything was wrong with our communications. There was nothing. It was a tough era for the band, but it ended up in a tour with LACUNA COIL, in the beginning of 2001. Also it was one of the biggest things in BESEECH history I think, the real first tour in almost 10 years.

How did that go down, that first tour?

I think the response was really good, actually, and we noticed also at that time, what bad promotion Pavement had done - [the fans] knew we'd released our first album because Metal Blade did much greater promotional work for us, but they didn't know about our second release. So they didn't know we existed. Many knew that we were BESEECH, but didn't know we still played. It was a very weird situation, and I think it was a good thing for us to do that, to show the people we were still alive and that we were on the road, and playing for audiences for the first time outside Sweden.

And how did your deal with Napalm come about?

Yeah, after the break with Pavement - I don't know if Pavement are bankrupt or something, but I know many bands have left them now - but after that, we started to... well right after the tour, Jörgen quit the band. It was a decision from the band that converted him, cos there were some... When we were on tour we noticed the things you never see before when you're so close with each other, see how they are for real. And it was because of him we had to cancel a show in Stockholm for example, and almost all the gigs in Norway too (but we managed to get him to play there), cos he had some really big personal problems. So we didn't see any future - he was always so unreliable, we couldn't trust him. So we decided to make a restart of the band, and see how the new songs turned out, and if we could find a singer that could suit the new songs of BESEECH. So we started to look, and actually we got the new singer Erik [Molarin] - he played at the same rehearsal place as we rehearse, just the floor above, we heard that he was a good singer. So we asked him if he wanted to play. He liked BESEECH very much, also he really liked to play in the band. I think it turned out to be a good choice for us.

On Souls Highway, Lotta [Höglin] and Erik seem to split the vocals down the middle now, whereas on Black Emotions you didn't really hear Lotta that much.

Yeah, we didn't use the female vocals that much on Black Emotions...

Why was that? Why did you decide to do kind of half and half now?

I think the biggest reason was, Lotta wasn't really a member of BESEECH [on Black Emotions], and we didn't know if she wanted to continue to work with us. So when she showed that she really wanted to play in BESEECH, we thought of course she needed a bigger place in the band. So it wasn't a decision that, "we must use half male/half female vocals", it was a natural way because she became a real member of BESEECH.

And how did that effect your songwriting? Did that change how you wrote the songs?

Not really, but now the lyrics also change a lot since Jörgen left the band, because he wrote lyrics, and this was my first chance to write lyrics also. And also the lyrics are much more personal now, so we can have more interesting kinds of writing I think, and music, because now we have one other dimension to add. Because we have two kinds of vocals, now we have more like a dialogue between two persons, and we think it's a pretty interesting thing to work with, and music can be more interesting too.

How would you compare Souls Highway to Black Emotions? It seems like a much more solid album this time around.

Besides the lineup the changes, musically I think we have matured in our songwriting, and as I said before, the lyrics are much more personal, more meaning in the lyrics, and also we are better composers... We know more how we want to sound, because we know more about technical stuff, and more what we want.

Do you think it's closer to how you thought BESEECH should always sound? Or has it always been just each album is how you sound at the time?

I think we changed very much since the first one - I don't know if you've heard the first one?

No, I haven't heard that one.

Ok - we should get you one.

(laughs)

Every album has sounded very different - the next one, we don't know how we're gonna sound, because we write music as we think, at the moment we want to play. It's a combination of me and Klas [Bohlin - guitars], and also Mikael [Back - keyboards], that are most in the process of making the music. And for Souls Highway for example, it was a very critical time for Klas in the band for example, he had a very tough period, where he had a very close friend that died. So its been a rehabiliation for the Souls Highway album, so he could write the music - we could see it in the lyrics, you can see his hard period in the lyrics so next time we might have another touch of sound. I don't really know... I have no idea how it'll sound.

Do you always write, or is it only when you need to do an album?

We compose the music on demand, we write the music when we feel it's the right time for us... so we haven't begun to write the music for the next album yet... I don't think we even have a tune for the next album. Maybe its because of too good weather in Sweden right now (laughs) so we are not in the right mood to write right now.

What's your inspiritation, musically? You sound like a very goth/doomish kind of band. What were you listening to when you were growing up, and which bands inspired the way you write music or your sound?

It's kind of hard to say, because I think it's all things you hear. It's old things, it's new things - I think it all influences the song writing. But we have very different views on which kind of music we listen to. Me, Klas and our drummer Jonas [Strömberg] are very into 60s and 70s kind of music. And the others are into more modern kind of music. So, I like it all from THE BEATLES to THE DOORS, and then to DEPECHE MODE, MADONNA, and everything like this... I think good music is good music, don't have to be a special kind of music.

And what's with the ABBA song? Who's idea was that?

(laughs) I think we always talked about a cover song, for fun, but we couldn't agree on just one song to play just for fun, but for this it was me who came up with the idea. It was one day when I went through our town here, and I heard it in the background somewhere. And I thought this could be a very cool cover, I could see the melancholy in this kind of song, thought this kind of thing could fit BESEECH very well. And of course they're Swedish, and we're very gratefull of one of the biggest bands, so... and I thought to record it for myself at home, and then I showed the band - and they really liked it too... But there were some in the band who didn't like it (laughs) but now it's finished, I think the band is very satisfied with it. It's always mentioned in interviews and reviews, but from the beginning there wasn't a commercial thought about it, we'd just talked about a cover song for so long.

Have you played it live yet?

No, no we haven't - we should've played it at Eurorock, but it was the only song we didn't have the time to play.

How did Eurorock go down, how did the audience react to you?

We played very early at Eurorock, around 12 o'clock, so we didn't have any really big expectations that there'd be many poeple there, but we went onstage, there were many people there, and there were other bands who played before us, and I think it was much better than we thought... It's really hard to say when you're onstage, cos it's a very big arena so it was hard to picture it. It was much more than I expected.

Was that the first show you did for this album?

Yes... No, actually, we played one here in our town Borås, in club called Kashmir, our club here. It was at the time we released our album here in Europe.

You have some shows lined up in October, haven't you? Around Europe.

Yeah, it's our first tour on this album, and its about 2 and a half weeks we're away, mostly in Germany but also in France, Belgium, Austria, and Hungary.

Souls Highway has been out in Europe for a while now, hasn't it?

Yes, out for a while

And it's out in the US this week?

Yeah, middle of August, next week.

Do you know if they have any plans for you over there? Do you think you'll get over there to play?

All things are depending on the sales in the United States. In our contract we have a deal where if we sell a certain amnount of CDs in the USA, they'll get us there to play.

Right. Have you ever played outside Europe before?

No, no we haven't - so it's a really great thing for us to do. We got a pretty good response from both South America, United States and Canada, and also in Japan, so it would be really good if we could sell the albums so we could play there.

What's the reception like for BESEECH in Sweden? Are you popular in Sweden? As like a 'hometown band'.

It's really hard to answer this question, but I think in the underground music scene we are pretty well known, cos we have played around Sweden a couple of times, and released our demos when we were involved in the underground scene too, so those that are into music, and listen to this kind of music, know we exist at least.

What about the media in Sweden? Magazines and radio...

Our albums have been reviewed in the biggest newspapers, and also played on the national radio stations, so we have had airplay.

Do you think you'll have a chance to cross over to the mainstream audience?

Yeah... I think it's the best album so far to reach a wider audience - it's more commercial, the songs are more easy to take... so I think at least some songs are pretty commercial, and a non-metal guy or girl can listen to.

You're not so metal that people would be put off, but you're heavy enough for metal fans to dig you.

Yeah, I think we have a different sort of songs, so like I said people who're into metal they hear some songs that they can like... but we have pretty soft songs that other people can like... I'm not sure if it's good to have both or not.

(Laughs) You've had three albums out, and three different labels.

Yeah.

How does Napalm compare to the other labels?

Napalm are the best label we've worked with so far, and so far I think they've done a good job for us. But we also understand they have a pretty tough job, because our previous albums... It's hard for distributors for some places to take us on 'cos they still have the old albums they didn't sell out, so it's been tougher job for them than we thought to get it out, but we hope that they realise the new album is better than the other ones, and that this one could sell.

Do you think you'll be staying with Napalm, or is it too early to say?

In our situation we never can tell (laughs) But it also depends on sales and everything, and all things are about money... so if we sell many albums, of course the label will want to be there, and will treat you well.

Travis Smith did the Souls Highway cover, but you've done the layout on your CD booklets yourself; is that because you like having control, or because you can do it, so you may as well do it?

The main reason is we always want to have control of everything, and maybe that's a problem for labels too, but layout we thought we'd do for ourselves, because then we know how it'll turn out to be... But I don't know if the label really trusted that we could make it, but we said we're responsible for how it turns out, and I think we're satisfied with how it looks. And we wanted something clean, and pretty simple. And I think Travis Smith also did a good job. We gave him some material to work with and we direct how we wanted it to be.

You used him for Black Emotions cover as well...

Yeah.

Do you like working with him?

Yeah, I think he's a really great guy, and does really great covers. And you can really trust that if he will do something you like, 'cos if you don't like it you can always say you don't, then he'll do something else. And he always tells you before he does anything and we know that he's a very serious artist also, and will understand what we want. So there's never been any problems with him - one of few people in this music business we don't have any problems with.

(Laughs) You've got a side project with Erik... MISSION DIVINE?

Yeah.

Tell me some thing about that.

Yeah. I started a project about one or two years ago, and recorded a demo with about 4 or 5 songs on, I'm not sure. And then after all this work with BESEECH I put it on ice, and now when I heard it again after a long time I really thought they were really good songs, real potential. So a year ago when he [Erik] heard the songs, he really wanted to join it - we have the same views on like the same artists who write books, this kind of futuristic sort, and had the same ideas. So it was a natural choice that he go in with the MISSION DIVINE project. So now we're going to record a song and I'm also going to pollish the songs a bit more.

How do they compare to what you've been doing with BESEECH?

Umm, this music has a completely different theme, and is not so much about our feelings, not the same emotions and atmosphere, it's more of a futuristic theme, the future that we believe in and also a celebration for the book writers that write really great futuristic books. More experimental, more electoronic, and more... harder.

More industrial sounding, maybe?

Yeah yeah, it's more industrial.

When do you think we'll be able to hear some of that?

It all depends on how it goes with BESEECH, and our time. It's definitely a side project that has to come second, and in a couple of months we'll try to send it out to people we know, and to labels of course, to see if it's interesting.

You're very active on the internet: how do you feel about music on the internet, MP3s - sharing of them and all that?

Internet is a very very good communication tool, but it's also has good and bad sides I think. But for a pretty uknown band it's a good media to reach out with your music, and to get in contact with the important people. But I can understand the bigger bands that have problems with it too. Because of all this copying with the music... but it's really hard to say if I like it or not, because I know we reach a lot of new people through the internet, but it's hard to say if they wouldn't have known of BESEECH if we didn't have the internet. But for our band, a pretty small band, it's good to reach out to people.

That was going to be my next question, how the internet has worked for BESEECH itself. Do you think you've gained some more fans?

Yeah, and you hear more from fans, 'cos it's easier to send an email. So for us I think it's very good. There are three of us who work with the internet daily, so for us I think it's good.

I was looking on your fanclub website, and there was something called the BESEECH drink...

(laughs) That's the club I was talking about before, the Kashmir, they have a special BESEECH drink on one of the floors, I don't know if you know the ingredients?

Vodka...

Yeah its like a screwdriver... but with another click or something.

What's coming up for BESEECH in the near future?

The biggest thing is the tour this autumn, then we're also going to record a video for 'Between The lines'... we start that tomorrow, to discuss it, and next week we are beginning to make a story board and make it with our producer.

Are you going to have some control over how the video's going to turn out as well?

We always have some control in what we do (laughs). So we'll be there and decide if we like it or not. So it'll probably be finished in a month or so... we'll see how it turns out. And of course it's depending on the quality, if we like it... it's a high risk project for the producer so we'll see how it turns out. And we hope it gets some airplay.

Do you have any final words for Ultimate Metal readers?

They should check out Souls Highway, if they want something in the gothic vein of music.

Ok, thanks a lot!

Great, thanks Mark!

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Metal Realm
Interview with Klas Bohlin
By Menelaos Megariotis

This interview with Klas Bohlin, Beseech's guitarist came because of their very special new release which was one of the most remarkable releases of this year, until now. What really surprised me was how many times, while reading this interview, I caught myself thinking "yeah, I agree!" ;-) Now, if you'd like to learn more about one of the brightest flames of atmospheric metal, just read this interview!

Hello! First of all, congratulations for your great work! Will you introduce us to the band and tell us a few things about your history?

For about 10 years ago I wanted to found a underground metal band with my friends, that somehow didn't want to try as hard as I (en: same problems we have, it seems). Then later on Robert joined the band and since then we have shared the same visions about Beseech. During the years 92-95 we recorded a few demos and decided spread them really well in the underground, something that also helped us to get to know several bands and fanzines from all over. But it wasn't until 1995 we started to receive offers from the labels, then later on in 1997 we signed a record deal with Metalblade that released our first album "...from a bleeding heart". After this album the new Beseech started to enter its perfect shape, some members left the band and got replaced by new members. This change was really necessary for Beseech's existence, that became more like one unit with the same kind of visions. For our second album "Black Emotions" we changed label to Pavement Music, that somehow were really difficult working with. This album also led us to our first European tour, that we did together with Theatre of tragedy and Lacuna Coil last year. After this album our previous singer Jšrgen also left the band because of his personal problems. A short while later we found Erik Molarin, that somehow managed to make his voice fit in perfect with our new material. Then in the summer of 2001 we wrote a lot of new songs that are featured on "Souls Highway", which also is our latest album released by Napalm Rec.

How is the new album received worldwide, so far?

Some love it and some don't... actually we don't care so much since we believe that "Souls Highway" is something really special, and for those who find it good we can only say that they understood what we wanted to create.

So, let’s get into it! And first of all, which bands were your greatest influences in creating "Souls Highway"?

I have been listening a lot to psychedelic music from the late 60's and 70's, a period when a lot of interesting ideas started to appear in the music. We are not influenced by any band or so. Me, Robert and Micke that are the songwriters decided this time to step deeper into our selves, and therefore make the music more emotional and close.

How would you describe your music, in this album? Would you simply call it Gothic/Atmospheric metal?

To make it easy we could say that... some people have also compared us with such high respected non-metal songwriters as Nick Cave. I think that we have become more depressive and dark, the music is still pretty hard, but it's not that much metal anymore. No one in the band listens to the bands in our genre anymore, this was something that was interesting for 10 years ago.

To be frank, I believe that your music can reach massive success, since it’s not the kind of metal which cannot appeal to people not previously associated with metal. What’s your opinion about this, and how do you like the idea of Beseech reaching a non-metal-based stardom level?

Might be true, but if we have a look at hip-hop/metal(?) bands like Slipknot, that are way more brutal than we are sells millions of albums. Music today has become so much more wide the last 10 years. If people would like to put us in non-metal level it's ok. We play the music which we believe is good, and if this is metal or not is not important. I also believe that money is an important input, if a band should succeed or not. Today the really big labels can invest a great deal of money into their "so called bands". It's a shame that it's already decided from the beginning if this "band" should succeed or not. First they probably do marketing research, to find if there is room for more shit like this in the business. In Sweden there is a soap/program called "Wannabe" on TV about a hip-hop/metal band called Trible INK, that really sucks (but that's my opinion). First they held auditions to find the band members, and then later on they hired the "hit-songwriters", to write their music. Now they have become one of these products that are selling shitloads of records. Actually this shit could be really fun to watch if you are drunk and are really way too much music interested.

The limited digipack edition of the CD will also feature a (very nice) cover on Abba’s "Gimme Gimme Gimme". How did you decide to cover this song? What’s your opinion about Abba in general?

We wanted to create something new with a song that were very far away from our music, and ABBA are really great songwriters (en: I can only agree). This also made it quite easy to create something that sounded like Beseech. If the basic structure of a song is good, it's easier to make arrangements to it.

By the way, have you heard Therion’s cover on Summer Night City? If yes, how did you like it?

No.

What’s your opinion about pop music in general?

Some is good, some isn't. I really don't know where to draw the line here, but I do believe that pop music in general was better in the 60's and 70's (en: I can only agree, again...), take a look at bands like the Hollies, Redbone, Supertramp, Mamas and Papas, Creadence, Simon and Garfunkel etc... this music brings so much more spirit if you compare it with the today's mainstream rap/pop music.

Some questions about the lyrics now, since I don’t have them myself. Firstly, what subjects do they actually deal with?

They are about love, depression, relations and death. It's me and Robert who writes them, and I think that they deal with subjects that everyone can relay to. I have written about my own personal experiences, and what I've been through the last two years. A long relationship died, a good friend died, I happened to get ripped off by someone I trusted etc... things have been quite heavy! Robert has been writing a lot of lyrics concerning death, and his thoughts about a life after death. The reason why he decided to write about this is because a relative to him slowly faded away from his family. I believe that it's important to tell something with the lyrics, perhaps other people can find something, that makes them feel better. For me song writing has been a great help to deal with my life, and to find answers.

In the tracklisting we can find some pretty strange titles. One of them, "Sunset 28", really caught my attention (basically because I loved the song!), so I’d like you to tell me some things about this composition!

This is my favorite song on the album (en: it seems that I'll not disagree with anything in this interview! ;-))... this song is dedicated to a friend's daughter that lost her world 00 05 28. Unfortunately this friend is no longer with us today, but his spirit is, as well as his wonderful 10 year old daughter. This is more or less a message to her family, so that they don't forget all those wonderful moments that we spent together. Unfortunately we don't have that great contact anymore. When someone dies, I think it's important to remember all the good things.

As for the visual aspects of your music now, the cover and layout was done by Travis Smith, right? Once again, he has done a brilliant job, in my opinion! How did you get to work with him?

It was a friend to the band, that used to work at our former label that helped us to get in touch with him. We basically gave him a couple of songs + lyrics, and then he came up with this most beautiful piece of art. I believe that Travis has the magic touch to understand our music, something that is good. Then the people that are interested in our kind of music, can almost tell from the beginning what kind of music we play.

Are you satisfied with the result?

We are very satisfied with the results. Souls Highway is definitely the best Beseech album ever, and the cover goes hand in hand with the music and lyrics. For those who are into the more emotional stuff, would probably like it.

By the way, will you shoot any videos to promote your work?

So far it's to early to tell.

You’ve recently moved to Napalm Records, which in fact released "Souls Highway". Are you satisfied with them so far?

Yeah, they have done a pretty great job I think. 1200 promos has been sent in Europe, and at present 1800 promos are reaching the media in the US. This time we also had more than twice as much budget for the recordings, than we had on our previous album "Black Emotions". If a label invest a lot of money into an album release it's a good sign that they believe in the music. We do hope that things will be work out fine with Napalm.

Which were the reasons for this "emigration"?

The reasons why we left Pavement are quite many. I think that they had serious economical problems before we got signed, and this was something that we noticed when it was time to pay for the studio. They came up with the most strange excuses why they couldn't pay the studio in time. I think that the people at Pavement were more or less a bunch of music interested people that weren't that good at making money, perhaps they noticed this? Stuart at the European office did a great job though, but it must have been like hell to run the whole Europe by himself.

Are you going to tour now that the album is released? Any summer fests, maybe?

This Autumn we have a European tour together with Ashes you leave, as well as one gig booked at EuroRock/Belgium in august. Check out our webpage for information and tourdates.

This is the end of my questions! So, please close the interview the way you like! Wishes and all the best for the future!

Check out our new album "Souls Highway", a journey through love, depression and death. More information about Beseech can be found at www.beseech.net and www.beseechfanclub.com.

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Borås Tidning

Dark, darker, Beseech

Third time coming for the Borås-band that releases their most worked through album so far.

The Borås-band Beseech has it’s tenth birthday and celebrates by releasing their third full length album. Souls Highway is a walk through the darker stages of life with broken hearts, anxiety, depression, sorrow and death as it’s main themes. But in spite of the gloomy lyrics and music, Beseech of today are a band feeling better than ever.

That the torn phrase “third time coming” is like a mantra in the record business, everyone knows that works within it. If you haven’t made your breekthrough by the third album you’re more or less wasted and it’s just to go back to the beginning.
Beseech are now releasing that third album, also on their third label. But neither Klas Bohlin, Robert Spånglund or the newcomer Erik Molarin seems to be particulary worried when BT meets them. They’re not nervous, afraid and not the least superstitious. Instead they laugh at the statement and selfconfidently answers that they’re counting on selling at least twice as many copies of Souls Highway as the last album Black Emotions. If the record label just does what they’re supposed to do this time, everything will be allright, says Robert and leans back in the armchair. And with the record in my ears you realize that they are selfconfident for a reason. The production is better than ever, the songs has sharp, captivating refrains, the coverart is extremely good looking, and last but not least...it contains an ABBA-cover. As a bonustrack Beseech has chosen to do their own very dark interpretation of one of the swedish discoheroes big hits: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.
The guys smiles a bit in their awareness of the fact that it’s a highly unexpected choice of cover for a band best placed among the gothic metal bands. – But we like ABBA, they explain. They’ve made a lot of good songs, even if we don’t necessarily like everting they’ve done. Besides we wanted a song that was as far away from what we usually do as possible, and see if we could transform it into our style. We never thought comercially from the beginning, even if it now has turned out to be the song we get the most reactions to.

Long way to a good record company

Beseech’s story is long and complicated. The band formed ten years ago and since then all of the bandmembers except two has changed at least once. The group got their first contract early, but soon discovered that taking the first offer might not have been that good. There were trouble with the record company, the contract was torn after the first album and the band went for a new label. But that didn’t turn out much better and after one album on Pavement Records, the hole company went bankrupt and Beseech was left stranded again.
The first labels problem was I guess that they really didn’t work with our kind of music. They had no good connections towards the audeince. Pavements problem was that they were no businessmen but more a bunch of guys very into music but with no control at all of the money. If the labels biggest band didn’t sell enough it came down on us in form of loss of tourmoney and crappy distribution. So when Beseech went hunting for their third label they decided to do it thoroughly. They got an offer pretty fast, but before they wasted any ink, they started to call newspapers, record stores and upcoming label collegues to see if everyone was happy with the label. Then they signed instantly – and the results came almost immidietly
When you all of a sudden get enough time in the studio it’s a clear sign of commitment from the label. Then there’s always problems in form of differences of oponions or missunderstandings, but then it’s important that both parties know that these kind of problems exists and that they can be worked out. Besides this company aimes for the right target group and not some obscure deathmetalfans in the US.

The end of may

Souls Highway has so far been released in Germany, France, Austria and Sweden, but Beseech expects that it will take at least until the end of may before it is out in all stores and has been launched properly. 1200 promotion album has been sent out to press all over europe. 1800 are being sent to the US right about now.
They describe their music as a mix of contrasts between rock, goth, pop, heavy metal and some jazz...
Although you don’t really think like that. We’ve never sat down and decided on a special style. It just turns out this way, it’s our way of making music. Then we change in the same pace as we grow as musicians and songwriters and when we’re forced to change bandmembers, but right now it feels like we’re on the same path more than ever.
The lyrics - that most often has Klas or Roberts name under them – concerns everyday issues according to the band, even if they’re always about the darker sides of life.
No, it’s not joyfull music we play, but that’s the way it works for us. When you’re on the dark side of life you think a lot and there’s a lot of subjects to talk about, but if you’re happy then there’s really not that much to write about. It’s a bit like therapy, like writing a diary to rehabilitate yourself. Just making things up has never been interesting to us, that’s just foolish.

The goal for Beseech playing music is not to produce and sell albums but to get out and play to an audience. A need they got satisfied as late as last week when they were in Vienna performing at a gigantic underground party.
The dreams of becoming rockstars has worn off by now, now we just want to get some breaks in everyday life. Then of course it doesn’t hurt if we make a buck or two, considering how much money we’ve spent on this during the years.

Written by Anton Hedberg.

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Infest Webzine

Answers : Mikael
Interviewer: Saqrangel

To begin, should I say that your name is an unusual point, reason you chose this, beg / implore/ beseech; to the one who and reason?

It was our old drumers Morgan who came with the name. One doesn't have any deep meaning behind this name, we think that this it sounds cool.

'Black Emotions' is already in the stores, can you tell us reason you left the MetalBlade, did the Pavement offer them a better contract?

There were different variabels that happend , first of all it felt like MetalBlade didn´t helped us too much, we felt like we were behind the bigger bands that they have and it was hard to get in touch with them, (nothing personal against the people working there.) They didn´t manage to get us out on tour which is one of the most important things with this kind of music to promote and reach new peoples. And after that our singer quitted (but now his back) for a time and the band did almost split up and that was a hard period for Beseech. Nothing was really positive and the album didn´t go so well as they thought. Maybe because they couldn´t handle this kind of music or the timing of the delayed album. We started wonder why the put our album next to Canibal Corpse when they where advertising, seemed kind of strange. A person from Metalblade began to work for Pavement and he helped us out
with the contact and Pavement liked our new music style very much. It felt very good as this was a smaller label that seemed to care more about all bands.

Is the distribution good, does the album have good acceptance?

The distribution seems kind of ok, dont really know much about it though. Comments on the album are both good and bad, but there are alot of possitive comments about our new album but there will allways be some people you cant satisfy. When you compare this record to ŠFrom a Bleeding Heart, this is more electronic and probably more easy to listen to.

Can I appreciate certain airs to Sundown in your music, as well as certain influence of bands current Gothic electro, do tell us that type of influences receives to be able to make your music? How would you describe the music that Beseech makes?

On the album Black Emotions we felt that we wanted to experiment and create a special feeling for the album and we done that. So far it´s been positive response from the fans but it´s little to early to say too much now, but the new elements have not taken over anything. It´s just an interesting unique touch to it.

That say about the " Romanticism ", can I appreciate certain romantic feeling and certain tranquility in your work? Do enlarge us a little but the lyrical aspect of the band?

Jörgen and Klas writes all the lyrics in the band. You could say that their lyrics has some of the feelings as the romantic 1800 century, when the artists wanted to escape from their reality. The lyrics are not about the 1800 century as an episode how life was at that time, but at that time these kind of thoughts started to appear in litterature. They are not religious or politic. The stories for the lyrics are based on Klas and Jörgens fantasies and thoughts.

Many bands Gothic Doom is criticized by its pessimistic posture and negative in the face of the reality, your that you say of this?

I dont think that it´s more pessemistic than many other musicgenres. Whe dont write our music to make people misserable, whe try to make people to feel good with our music, everybody gets their good feeling from different sources and hopefuly we can contribute with some.

Do I imagine your next album like something but electronic, am I in the certain thing?

You cant really say how the next record is going to sound, we create our music when we are in the right mood, so allmost all of our music is based on emotions/feelings. That´s probably why we have many different feelings on our album Black Emotions.

That say of the current Tiamat? Do you like this type of bands?

Yes I like that type, but I dont listen to them much thought, I try to listen to as many different band as possible, in all genres. Both to develop as musician and to satisfy the mood I´m in.

Who is the girl that makes the female vocals, I could not see it in any picture of the band, was she invited alone for the recording of the album?

The girl is a excellent singer named Lotta Höglin. She is working with us on the record and some gigs vi had. The reason that she´s not on any photos is that she havent been a member of the band really. But we´ll se what happens with that, maybe she will show on the next pictures we take.

Is your country recognized to have excellent bands metal, some good band inside the Metal Gothic Doom scene?

Here in our hometown there is a lot of bands in that genre, to mention a few there is Cementary, Sundown, Lake of Tears and Beseech.

I wanted to know a little but about each one of the members of the band: favorite bands, age, work, personality, etc.

Klas: Age: 24. Favorite band/bands: Kiss, Black Sabbath. Work: webdesigner. Personality: careful, ingenious, stubborn

Mikael: Age: 24. Favorite band/bands: I doesn´t really have a favorite band, but listens to many different bands like Black Sabbath, Monster Magnet, The Doors, Slipknot, Depech Mode etc. Work: webdesigner. Personality: energetic/lazy, stubborn, charming.

Jonas:Age: 27. Favorite band/bands: All the music who came before 1979. Work: Works with cars. Personality: social, pleasant, ambivalent.

Daniel:Age: 18. Favorite band/bands: Pantera, In Flames. Work: Studying. Personality: taciturn, kind.

Robert: Age: 25. Favorite band/bands: Type O Negative, The Doors, Beatles, Depesch Mode. Work: AD/Intercom. Personality: stubborn, sly, energetic

Jörgen: Age: 28- Favorite band/bands: Skunk Anansie, Sevendust, Dinah Washington, Faith No More, etc. Work: Busdriver
Personality: reserved, ambivalent, kind.

Lotta: Age: 24. Favorite band/bands: Listens to many different bands like Skunk Anansie, Sevendust, Dinah Washington, Faith No More etc. Work: webdesigner. Personality: happy, social, ambivalent.

Some project for the future?

We are making a musicvideo right now on the song Manmade Dreams. Some moviecompanys has showed interest in having some music from our new album Black Emotions featured in a movie. Right now we have signed a deal with a b-horror/scifi company. For more info about the film visit our homepage www.beseech.net. We are constantly working on new songs for the next album and hopefully we will start record our next album some time earlier than the last one. The last album took way to long time because some problems with bandmembers and recordlabel changes. Actually it was ment to be released in 1995 (...From a bleeding heart).

To conclude you do tell us your last words, some message for the readers of Infest Mag?

Listen to "Black Emotions" it´s harder gothic metal album as you never heard it before! With classical intruments, female vocals, electronic parts and ambient songs and passages. It´s out in the stores now so check it out! Visit our homepage for latest information, soundsamples and more at:
Contact:
URL: http://www.beseech.net/
Listen to Manmade Dreams (the first song on the album)
http://www.beseech.net/manmade_dreams.mp3
Soon available on musicvideo.

Thank you for the interview Jesús.

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French Connection

1. can you tell us more about the history of the band?

Beseech was found in '92, and released 3 demotapes before our debutalbum "...from a bleeding heart". The first on was "A lesser kind of evil", second "Last Chapter" and the third was "Tears", but it was with this demo we began to promote it to labels, zines and recivied very good response. About 600 copies did go out to that. We was featured on some compilation CD's and did get contact with some labels. From the beginning we signed to German We Bite/Corrosion Records (shitheads!!!) they didn't release it, but after about two years we managed to break the contract with help from our publisher. We got offers from some labels and choosed Metalblade Records because they seemed to be big and trusteble label. And now in May we released "...from a bleeding heart", 10 songs of doom/death/gothic metal.

2. I think that you're now working or thinking about your next album. Can you tell us more about this one?

Yes, we have material to next album, about 8 new songs so far and little other things so we are soon going to record a demo to the label. Next album will be our breaktrough I think, A KILLER!!

3. What will on your own the difference that 'll have your next album in comparison with the first one?

" From a bleeding heart" is really a variated album from calm almost ambient songs to more heavier stuff, but our next one will be more variated still some very calm songs and classic influenced to more raw and faster songs and more commersial I belive. We included more piano and different noises to the new stuff since we got a keyboard-player to BESEECH.

4. What are your influences?

My influences to write music I got when I'm boored on life and everything sucks, but musicway it's all I listen to and like from classic music to pop and metal.

5. First album & already signed on one of the famous record company worldwide. Can you explain ?

As I said on the first question, our publisher managed to get contact with some labels and we choosed Metalblade from several labels. Our album was already recorded and finished so we didn't really bring a demotape to them. So they just have to pay the recording and put it out.

6. To someone that hasn't heard of the band yet, how would you define it?

A very variated album that include all different parts of music, a symphonic doom/death/gothic album with piano, cello, violin, flutes and female vocals.

7. The cover of the album is very good & very strange. Is there any conept behind this picture? What does it represent?

The cover is abstract and a bit surrealistic and that fits the music very well, not so predictebel. It's also got little of Dahli and Michelangelo in it and represent the romatic era of the human that also fit the music, a romantic epos so to speak.

8. What are your 5 favorite albums?

This one is almost to hard to answer....
1. "...from a bleeding heart" (Europe press) 2. "...from a bleeding heart" (US press) 3. "...from a bleeding heart" (Ep - never done) 4. "...from a bleeding heart" (single - never done) 5. " ? " (Beseech next album)
Couldn't think of others.........

9. What do you think that the gothic scene ? Do you think that the success of bands like Type O Negative, Paradise Lost explain the numerous gothic bands that are signed today?

The gothic scene need more bands and grow stronger to reach the band as them you mentioned, also need a stabil ground. Gothic music is so wide so it need to put a mark......

10. What does Beseech bring to the metal scene that not any band owns?

A own identity as the structure on the songs, the music and sound, more experimenting with different kind of instruments and a nice looking guitarplayer (hmmm that must be me).........

11. Female vocals are more & more present on several albums & in more various styles of metal : from progressive to black metal, gothic, ...What do you think about female vocals? What are your favorite female singer?

A female singer that can sing is for example Sara Brightman (Phantom of the opera and much more). It's beinning to lots of bands that use it, but I think we was one of the first in this kind of music that alternated with male/female vocals from our early demo "Tears". So to next album are we planning to get rid of the female part.

12. A last word?

Thanks for the interview! Take a listen to BESEECH if you are into symphonic doom/death/gothic metal and we have recorded a video for "Rainbowman" from the album so keep your eyes open for it. Stay romatic!

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Interview

Back in my 6th issue I reviewed a tape from the band Beseech. To me it was nothing short of perfection. I’m pleased in the 8th issue to bring you this interview with Robert Spanglund, lead guitarist of the band Beseech.

UZS: Robert, could you give new fans a little insight on Beseech ?

Robert: Beseech is a Swedish metal band that play a kind of Symphonic doom/death/gothic style of music. We’ve been together since ’92 and it was JØrgen (Gred¯ker) ,Morgan (Gred¯aker) (ex Cemetary) and Klas Bohlin who formed the band. We’ve recorded 3 demos, A Lesser Kind Of Evil, Last Chapter and Tears and now we are waiting for the release of our debut album "Songs From A Bleeding Heart". Beseech is 6 members, the 5 that were on the Tears demo plus a new Keyboard player.

UZS: What been going on with Beseech since the Tears demo?

Robert: We’ve recorded the new CD in May/June of ’96 and it was supposed to be released through a German label called Corrosion Records but they had problems so since then we’ve signed with Metal Blade Records.

UZS: What happened with Corrosion Records?

Robert: For about a year they came up with different reasons why they couldn’t release it we pushed them so in the end they admitted that they didn’t have the money to release it. They stole a year from us.

UZS: What’s the deal like with Metal Blade?

Robert: The proposal was for 4 albums and a certain about of money (classified) and a little to change. When things are worked out this is probably finished.

UZS: Any plans to tour?

Robert: I hope and think we’re going to tour when this comes out. I look forward to that moment.

UZS: What are some of your favorite bands and are they influential when it comes to writing music?

Robert: I listen to bands such as The Third and The Mortal, Enya, different kinds of classical music, Depeche Mode, Theatre of Tragedy, King Diamond and Entombed. I think that everything you listen to that’s good will influence you in some ways but when I write music I don’t listen to music at all. Depeche Modes new album "Ultra" rules. It’s not as good as "Songs Of Faith & Devotion" but it’s still great/

UZS: The magazine "Close up" is one of the biggest magazines in Sweden, have they been very supportive of your demos? What do you think of that magazine?

Robert: Yes they have been very supportive, Asa Swano reviewed our last 2 tapes and gave them a very good write up which has helped us. Close Up IS one of Sweden’s biggest magazines and I think it’s good overall but they could throw the Punk shit and hardcore stuff in the trash.

UZS: Are there other good metal zines in Sweden besides Close Up?

Robert: Yes there are a few handful of underground zines here, Putrefaction, Skogen Mag, Dusk Mag and many more but I can’t remember them all.

UZS: What’s The Scene like in Sweden right now? It seems like every band that came out was really good but we haven’t heard much lately.

Robert: There are a few new upcoming bands from bands here but I rhink it pretty calm right now with releases from the Swedish scene.

UZS: Thanks for taking the time to respond and good luck with Beseech!
Robert: Thank you for the interview John, I hope to hear from you.

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Metal Guide

1) Greetings from Metal-Guide and congratulations for your new work, "Black Emotions". Tell us the latest news and plans of the band.

- Beseech will play at the Swedish Dist Festival
- Beseech and Pavement Music are no longer working together.
- New songs are written and will soon be recorded

2) The album is finished for a while now. Which is the reaction of the press and the fans so far? Was it something that you expected it or not and why?

It was really hard to speculate in what the press would think about our new album, because different factors, first of all we had changed record label from Metalblade Records to Pavement Music, second we had done some member changes and everybody gives their touch to the music when your making it, but I think we had pretty good reviews, off course we had some bad reviews as well but you cant always get good reviews from everybody. Most of our fans has said that they really like our new album, and that is off course really nice to hear, the fans are who we live for.

3) How would you describe the sound of Beseech to someone not familiar with your work?

I guess that the best way to describe our music is to say that we play electronic gothic metal. On our latest album "Black Emotions" we will take you on a journey through harder electronic gothic metal to more ambient and beautiful passages. In the studio we spent a lot of time with making magnificent sound arrangements and keyboard harmonies. The vocals is very dark (not death metal) and emotional, in some songs its pretty hard and intensive and in our more calm songs completely clean.

4) Who writes the lyrics and the music? Which is the procedure that you follow in order to compose a song?

In the band we have three song writers. Klas Bohlin (guitar and vocals),
Robert Spånglund (guitar and programming) and Mikael (keyboard and
programming). None of us are consciously influenced by any band. Beseech has
always been interested in writing variated music and try new ideas in the
songs.

5) You have only two studio albums in over 9 years of existence. Why do you think that this has happened?

Serious problems with labels. Actually our first album could have been released in 1995, if we didn't signed with We bite / Corrosion rec (Ger) that unfortunately couldn´t release the album. This was not so good for the band and we lost a great deal of time thanks to this. During this time this music was pretty new, which could have given us better chances. Then later on our publisher started to search for new labels and found one really interesting offer from Metalblade, who bought the master tapes from the studio and released the album in 1998, then a short while after the release our old singer Jörgen went through a personal crise that forced him to leave the band. This became a really sad time for Beseech to follow, and suddenly Andreas and Niklas left the band, and then there were only Micke, Klas and Robert left in the band, and we were almost about to split up, and therefore Metalblade didn´t see any future in Beseech. Then it took some time with finding the right members to start up Beseech again. Then later on we recorded a demo that led to a record deal with Pavement Music, that became our big misstake nr2. At the beginning it felt like the right thing, but then our label manager left Pavement, and suddenly there were no one that really believed in Beseech. Now we have managed to terminate the deal with Pavement and are soon about to record some new songs for other record labels, something that we see as a very good thing for the band.

6) You music is very dark and depressing. Is it something that you create on purpose or it comes out naturally?

It´s naturally. Perhaps it unconsciously reflects on our dark sides. We have always written music that we believe is good, and maybe the more depressing stuff feels more comfortable for us to write.

7) Which are the things that inspire you and decide to compose a song?

Feelings! When you find the right mood and feel like you have something to tell. Sometimes melodies can pop up in your head, and then this tiny melody can be the basic riff in a song.

8) Playing the music that you play has been often criticized as "commercial" or "trendy". Which is your opinion about that?

I really don´t care. We play music that we feels is good. We have never been interested in trends, but commercial yes. Unfortunately music has to be commercial in one way or another, otherwise you wont be able to reach any listeners with your music. I really miss the time when I traded cassette demos with underground bands. Today I think that music on the hitlists has became much more variated. Bands such as Limp Biskit and Korn sells shitloads of records, and can almost be compare with bigger artists such as Metallica. For like 20 years ago this was impossible.

9) Do you prefer small clubs or bigger audiences and why?

It´s different I think, small club are great because of the closeness to the people, it can also be really shitty because of the sound that is often lousy on smaller clubs. Bigger audiences could be great if you get them going, it´s not that fun to play for a big audience when they just stand there looking, no headbanging, only some week applause, but when the bigger audience is on the go, then it´s really fun.

10) How do you feel about the fact that there are so many new releases and many new bands these days? Do you think it's against quality or it's good for the music?

It´s positive that there are many releases, it means that the music isn´t dead but progressing, it also means that there are many good bands to listen to, some records maybe shouldn´t have been released because of their bad quality but many new bands is really good. The thing is that they maybe wont be specially big and that´s bad because then you´ll never probably see them live.

11) With which musicians you would like to work with? Which album you wish that you have recorded?

I would really much like to work with the people in Pink Floyd, that would have been a privilege and a record I would like to be part of is Division Bells, specially the song High Hopes, that is a killer.

12) Which are your influences as a musician and what music or band do you hear this time?

I have many influences, everything around me influence me in some way or another. Influences comes from feelings you get from different things and emotions you have. I´m not listening to anything special right now, I always have listen to a lot of different music and I think that is good to do, to be able to grow as a musician.

13) What would stop you from playing music or start playing something different from what you play now?

If the band I´m playing in don't get along at all, that would be a factor to stop playing music I think, the thing is that you have to have a good time to be able to write and play music, at least it´s like that to me. To play another music style can be good, like for a couple of years ago I played in a stone rock band too. That is a way of getting other emotions out I think.

14) What has stayed the same and what has changed all those years that you are involved in music? Which is, you believe, the place of Beseech in the Metal music today?

A lot of things have changed and I guess that´s pretty natural, like the rest of things in the world music changes with time. What has stayed the same is that I feel good when I´m around music in some way, if I listen to music or if I´m playing my self. That has always made me feel good.
I guess we are a band still on our way up, we have released two records and been on tour in Europe, but we are still involved in the underground.

15) OK guys the last words of this interview are yours. We want to wish all the good luck for 2001.

Check out our homepage at http://www.beseech.net and sign up for Beseech mailing list.
Our latest album "Black Emotions" and t-shirts can be ordered for 13 US-Dollar / 30 D-Mark each.
I want to thank you Victor for the interview, and wish you readers all well.
Best regards

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