Deus Ignotus

I must admit that the thing that impressed me at the first listening to Deus Ingotus is their musical originality, while keeping in the canons of black and death metal band.
So when  I like a band and that band  inspires me musically I have to buy their CD immediately because I find it increasingly rare to find some black metal bands that really surprise me and are worthwhile to spend time and money on.

Then the first  question I want to ask now is:
How did your style evolve and how were the main factors that influenced your way of writing songs and your sound?

Deus Ignotus began as a traditional black metal band (influenced by the Norwegian scene mostly) but as the years passed we started incorporating different musical expressions of black metal. We have been highly influenced by bands like Deathspell Omega, Leviathan, Funeral Mist and many more... This in combination with some death metal influences like Dead Congregation and Suffocation eventually resulted in our current sound I believe...

How is your formation now? Is it difficult to find session musicians to complete your line ups and recordings?
Deus Ignotus has been a duo since it's inception and will probably always be like this... There is no need for session musicians for the recordings (besides vocals), but if we decide to play live there are many talented musicians among our friends in the excellent Greek black metal scene that can fill in...

Are you playing in alter bands at the moment and / or do you have parallel projects?
No, Deus Ignotus is our main focus right now...

The Ellenica music scene has many valid bands quail are the cosecs you feel to say that they share this musical scene?

We have great respect for the Hellenic black metal scene. It is one of the oldest black metal scenes and there are many bands out there that keep pushing it forward today like Acrimonious, Primeval Mass, Awe, Dead Congregation and many more...

How do you see the trend of the current black metal to emphasize much the occult themes and to use many nubs and to greatly enhance the visual and scenic impact? (Perhaps, often times in a definite way)

We believe that the occult is a very fitting theme for black metal, as it intertwines beautifully with the musical atmosphere. We also like to sink into occult themes through our music and we have been heavily influenced by the works of H.P. Lovecraft in particular. About the visual aspect we believe that it is best created through the music into the mind of the listener and not so much with specific illustrations...

Do you also hear different things from death and black metal that you feel affect your style?

Yes we have many influences from both black and death metal bands as we stated in a previous question.

Do you have plans to play live? Do you think it's worth it and worth it in the underground scene to invest heavily in concerts and live tours?

We currently don't have any plans to play live but we would like it to happen sometime in the future under the right conditions and with the right musicians who share our musical style and our vision.

Are you preparing a new album or a new upcoming recording?

Yes right now we have some new material that will go into our next album. There is a long way to go yet but we are very excited about it... If everything goes well we believe it will be released in 2018.

The artistic and graphic presentation of the product (CD Vinyl or Cassette) is indispensably linked to the message and attitude that the band wants to show off to some artist's estimate in particular or is there someone you would like to work with in the future?

We have a very clear image about how the artwork should be for every release and we work with some great artists (like Milovan) that understand our concept and perfectly express it visually... We are very pleased with the results and we'll continue to work with them in the foreseeable future.

Feel free to say what you like like anecdotes, episodes or anything else about your music and artistic experience ...

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