APOSTATE

APOSTATE.

01. TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF APOSTATE?

Hi! Thank you for your interest. Our story began back in 1993. A few people who loved doom metal came together and decided to create a band. In 1995 we recorded our first demo, in 1997 released a cassette album and started playing a lot of concerts, gained enough popularity in the underground circles. But in 2000, for a number of different reasons, the band ceased to exist. In 2009 I decided to reactivate the band and gathered a new line-up, because with previous members we hadn’t come to understanding. In late 2010 we released an album Trapped in a Sleep. We again played many concerts and festivals, but in 2012 the line-up was once again changed almost completely, remaining only me and vocalist off the previous one. Then we recorded our new album Time of Terror. So it’s in short the whole history.


02. WHAT IS THE FEELING FOR THE CHOICE OF NAME APOSTATE?

The name has a vast meaning, including that we don’t accept mainstream rules in our music and we are open to different things, often inconvenient to most people. The name is not related to religion in any way.


03. WHAT`S YOUR INFLUENCES?

It’s mainly doom metal in all forms, black metal and other heavy atmospheric music. Perhaps the biggest impacts on me personally were bands like My Dying Bride, Asphyx, Candlemass, etc.

04. HOW`S THE ACTUAL LINE UP?

Alexander Kostko - bass


Bohdan Kozub - vocals


Nikita Holovin - drums


Yuriy Savchuk - guitar


Vlad Filimon - guitar

05. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIDE PROJECTS?

Yes, we do have some other projects, I have Goliard, vocalist has Nonsun, drummer has Gud.


06. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

We have only CDs available. These are a compilation From Consign to Oblivion to A Song of the Dead Lake which includes a demo cassette album and unreleased songs recorded with the first line-up; the album Trapped in a Sleep issued by Ukrainian label Black Art and reissued by American label Metallic Media. There’s also available our new album Time of Terror released by British label Ferrrum. T-shirts and caps have been sold out, but we have plans to make some in the near future.


07. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE MUSIC OF APOSTATE?

Of course we cannot be satisfied 100%, and now looking back we see what we would make a bit differently. But we are not upset at all and surely will make it better next time, with new material.


08. AS YOU SEE THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN UKRAINE?

If you mean Ukrainian scene, it is big enough, there are several bands that are well-known in the world underground, such as Nokturnal Mortum, Khorse, Drudkh, Apostate ;) If you mean local scene in the city where we live, it is little, there are several bands that play metal, but they are known only locally. And generally the metal scene in Ukraine at the moment is not doing well enough. And the support of fans in recent years is low.

09. AS YOU SEE THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN UKRAINE?

If you mean Ukrainian scene, it is big enough, there are several bands that are well-known in the world underground, such as Nokturnal Mortum, Khorse, Drudkh, Apostate ;) If you mean local scene in the city where we live, it is little, there are several bands that play metal, but they are known only locally. And generally the metal scene in Ukraine at the moment is not doing well enough. And the support of fans in recent years is low.

10. WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTS THAT YOU HAVE OUTSIDE OF MUSIC?

It’s kind as usual, some of us love football, others like fishing, cars, etc. Nothing special :)


11. TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE BEST TOURS LIVE PERFORMANCES YOU HAVE HAD?

The tour with Therion in the Baltic States was the best one so far. Great performances, the audience, lots of fun. Though, each tour is interesting and enjoyable.


12. HOW MANY ALBUMS/CDґS HAVE YOU RELEASED?

With the first line-up we had a demo Consign to Oblivion and a tape A Song of the Dead Lake. Then in 2007 we had a compilation consisting of the demo album and unreleased songs titled From Consign to Oblivion to A Song of the Dead Lake. After the revival we had an album Trapped in a Sleep released in 2010 by the Ukrainian label Black Art and reissued in 2011 by the American label Metallic Media. Well, finally our most recent album Time of Terror. There are also a few songs recorded but never released, and I think that once they’ll also see the light of day.

13.TELL US MORE ABOUT ALBUM ЁTIMES OF TERRORЁ?

Our new album is a symbiosis of different subgenres of metal, we mixed doom with black and death metal, perhaps a little of post-metal, but the music is based on classic doom riffs, in the vein of Candlemass, Black Sabbath etc. We have tried to keep the old-school spirit. It seems that few bands nowadays create music in this tradition. We wanted to transmit our emotions and feelings by the means of our music. The album is honest, it’s straight from our hearts.


14. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE APOSTATE?

Well, we have a lot of plans for the future. First, we are currently working on new material for a new album. Also, we’ve received several offers to play concerts and festivals, and we’re working on organizing the tour in support of the new album.


15. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?

Thanks everyone for reading this interview. Check our new album (fully at Bandcamp), if you like it – support us buying it, come to our gigs and drink with us! Doom on, bros.

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Alex