Band: CORAM LETHE
Country of origin: Italy
Style: thrash / death metal
Questions by: Kai Mathias ** finishing with a bottle of whiskey **
Answers supplied by: Giacomo (bass) ** sober as hell **

To start with: be a nice guy and tell us what you’ve done today that supposedly could drive you outside of Heavens...

- I've been studying all day long for University's exams. I have terribly a lot of things to do. It's not a very good period for me now!

“Your God Also Cries”… In fact, what do you think about the mass-hallucinations christians use to fancy pretty often? Like Virgin Mary’s statue spilling bloody tears and crap like that. Do they just get high before attending Church?

- I think that if you believe in something higher than you, I mean "god" or whatever you want, you don’t need to workship a THING; you can feel it inside you every moment. Catholicism is only a way of representation of god, originally moved by good intents. The problem is the CHURCH as an istitution, which is corrupted as any other political system and so it isn’t moved by the same good intents.

Why do you think there’re way more mentally retarded individuals amongst muslims than both christians and devil-worshippers? Perhaps, life in modernday’s Middle Ages, as it happens to be in Afghanistan and the whole Middle East, is the reason why all poor motherfuckers part with their mind before actually having been born?

- I think that they have completely misunderstood what Bible or Coran or what any Satanic book wants to say. They use their fake good actions to reach their dirty aims. Religion is only an excuse, in muslims example, used to control people’s mind who, unfortunately, don’t have the possibility to see any other opinion, because they are allowed to see only one.

Have you ever heard about the band called NOMICON? The one from Finland, y’know? I mean, a couple of years ago Tommi sent me a brand new promo CD (well, it was "brand new" in 1999), the back sleeve of which stated “made in Finland, not Afghanistan!”. Why this statement? Is Suomi Bin Laden’s secret shelter? Sounds like a good idea, by the way!

- I'm sorry, I've never heard about it. I think that maybe he mentioned Afghanistan, because it probably is the most primitive State in the whole world.

The bottle of whiskey I’m currently having a good time with, just told me I was supposed to interview a BAND, not some drunken Finn. I think the term “interview” implies a chat about music… right? Man, I’m definitely right. So here we go. “Reminiscence” is a fucking great piece of thrash / death metal, so why the hell did you release it on your own? Hey, wait a bit – I guess I know the answer! You just didn’t want some label scumfucks rip you off, paying no fucking royalties! But why? Didn’t you want to help some little tiny label like Nuclear Blast for example, earn some few more bucks? That’s not fair!

- "Reminiscence's" idea was to make a great demo. We would like to make it as good as possible trying to appear technically prepared, original but also professional, so to attract the label's attention. The problem is that for many people it seem like a self-released album, but in act it is our first demo CD. Now we have find a label, Negatron Records, which will produce our debut album sometimes during this year, I think this spring.

The coverart looks stupendous! Now confess: how many thousand bucks you paid the greedy bastard who has drawn it?!

- He's a 50 year old graphic who usually make flyers for discos and stores; it was his second cover album, and we payed about 400.000 Lire (200 Euro). Not so much.

Man, didn’t you know that entitling your songs like “Cold Winter Of Fallen Stars” is a trend! Moreover; a trend courtesy of Norwegian pussy-black pussy-metal “acts” only! And somehow I think you’re not Norwegians… Or did you name the song this way because it was a fucking HOT summer back then when you wrote it?

- Mirco wrote all the lyrics; I don’t know precisely what he wanted to say, but he told me that he had the inspiration while he was listening OPETH's album “Still Life”.

I think you have a huge problem with homeless bastards over there. I mean, when I was in Rome, I saw the bastards occupying Coliseum! I also think you have to buy a shotgun and murder them fucking all. Or don’t you want to do it because all the homeless bastards listen to DARKTHRONE?

- We live in a very small town, about 20.000 people, and we don’t have this kind of problems over here. I think that this people could be helped, especially in Rome, “the home of Catholicism”, but Pope prefers to break our balls speaking about condoms than to help these people who really need charity.

“… And when he visited the world of the dead, he saw a great number of souls wandering along the banks of the river…” It’s from the inner tray of “Reminiscence”. WHAT. IS. THIS. I think this wise statement is taken from some wise book. Like The Holy Bible. Do you read books? WHAT FOR?! Do you hope you’ll be a wise man when you grow up…?

- It's taken from Greek mythology. I don't read too much, I prefer to listen to music being completely concentrated, like reading a book. When I listen to music is very difficult for me to make any another thing than listen!

I think Bill Zebub sucks. I also think Grimoire of the Exalted Deeds zine sucks too, because it’s worse than toilet paper since it makes your asshole black. I think he wants everyone become a nigger-ass man.

- I'm sorry, I don't know this guy.

I guess you don’t know anything concerning Russia, and that’s why I’m going to ask you what do you know about Russia.

- I've studied, like everyone, your story in history books, and had an image of you, as a kid, of the worst enemy of the U.S. Army and Rambo! But I don't know anything really specific that could make a realistic image of what are of has been your problem during the last ten years.

Ok, that’s enough. Just one more little question: detail all the projects you take part in, detail all your live performances, tell us what you think about all of your releases, how many albums you managed to listen to last year, how many beer cans you betrayed this month, list all the bands you like, tell us your life story, name all the songs CORAM LETHE ever contrived to put on tape, all the bands you watched playing live, all the correspondents you’ve been in contact with, speak about small issues like World War II and origin of the Universe, tell me to fuck off and release new goddamn album fucking fast!!!

- We haven't taken part in any project disregarding compilations, we have made about 15 concerts, one of them supporting TANKARD. I don't like alcohol very much, but I prefer wine over beer. I live in Tuscan and we have the best red wine of the world. For our lifestory and information check www.coramlethe.cjb.net. About the new album, I hope it will be out before
Summer. I think that it will be fantastic; we're very happy with the new songs which are more mature in every aspect, I think you’ll like it. Surely it will be dedicated to Chuck Schuldiner and to have he has given to us.

CORAM LETHE contact -
Email: coramlethe@musician.org