Teratoma was formed in early 1993 in Barcelona, the first official demo came out in 1996 under the title “... From inside” and in 1998 the first full-lenght of the band “The terato-genus reborn” was recorded by the label Fleshfeast, in the year 2002 a new album is registered that does not get to be published since the band is not satisfied with the result after this the band decides to end its life.
2015 marks a new beginning for the band, returning in 2017 with the ep “In the inside ... Reborn the flesh” released this time by the Slovak label Immortal Souls, after a hard work on new material Teratoma signed by Base Record Production for the edition of the second full-lenght “Overtures of the flesh” that will be released 30th December 2019.
01) TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF TERATOMA?
Hi, Hell's friendship Zine brothers. Teratoma was formed long tome ago...at the beginning of the year 93 in Barcelona. The band was made up by Titopsy, Juanjo, Roque and Jose David. Shortly, months after, Juanma joined as a second guitar player, and Juanjo started playing bass. It took us a long time to edit the first demo official "... from inside" in 1996....
02) COMMENT ABOUT YOUR INFLUENCES?
Our influences have been the same since we got involved in Teratoma; Bolt Thrower, is one of the main ones; Death, Immolation and many more bands from the early 90's, both American and European. At one time we were more influenced by the American brutal death metal bands such as Suffocation Cannibal Corpse, but now it has been balanced more with the sound of European bands. And not only death metal bands but we also feel very influenced by Thrash bands like Sodom, Protector and also grindcore bands from those same years.
03) HOW`S THE ACTUAL LINE UP?
Currently the line-up has been stable since 2016, Juanma and Juanjo on guitar, Titopsy on vocals, Sergi pounding on drums and Joxe on Bass.
04) WHO WRITES THE MUSIC? LYRICS? AND WHERE DO THE LYRIC IDEAS COME FROM?
We compose the music together, we all contribute ideas, riffs, song structures etc. The lyrics are all written by our vocalist Titopsy. The topics are very wide varying from lyrics inspired by old horror films to topics that speak of the abuse of the Christian church, religion and also topics related to the darkest history of mankind.
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05) WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?
We have our works available, both the first CD "The Terato-genus reborn" and the EP "In the inside ... Reborn the flesh" and of course our last album to date "Overtures of the flesh" in cd and digital formats.
And several models of t-shirts, of "overtures of the flesh" and a special model of "In the inside ..." with another cover. The t-shirts that came out with the EP are totally sold out.
06) COMMENT ABOUT THE ep “In the inside...Reborn the flesh” 2017.
That work is very special for us, is our return after many years From Our split-up información 2000 , it was edited by Immortal souls productions from Slovakia. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago the owner passed away. It is made up of five songs plus an intro and we are very happy with the reception it had and the very good reviews that reached us. The sound of this record is in vein of old School death metal without lesser grindcore influences.
07) TELL US MORE ABOUT CD “Overtures of the
That work is very special for us, is our return after many years From Our split-up información 2000 , it was edited by Immortal souls productions from Slovakia. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago the owner passed away. It is made up of five songs plus an intro and we are very happy with the reception it had and the very good reviews that reached us. The sound of this record is in vein of old School death metal without lesser grindcore influences.
07) TELL US MORE ABOUT CD “Overtures of the
flesh”.
"Overtures of the flesh" is our second complete album, this time it was released on a label in our country, Base record production, and, for us, it is our best work, both regarding production and song composition. Perhaps the fact that it came out at the beginning of The pandemic and the fact that we have not yet been able to present it live has slowed us down, but the criticisms received are better than those we obtained for the previous work. Since our return we continue with an old school sound as our previous work, it has eight songs and it was recorded at Axtudios in Barcelona.
08) TELL US ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN BARCELONA?
The scene in Barcelona regarding bands is very powerful and full of quality, there are more and more bands in different extreme music, black m
"Overtures of the flesh" is our second complete album, this time it was released on a label in our country, Base record production, and, for us, it is our best work, both regarding production and song composition. Perhaps the fact that it came out at the beginning of The pandemic and the fact that we have not yet been able to present it live has slowed us down, but the criticisms received are better than those we obtained for the previous work. Since our return we continue with an old school sound as our previous work, it has eight songs and it was recorded at Axtudios in Barcelona.
08) TELL US ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN BARCELONA?
The scene in Barcelona regarding bands is very powerful and full of quality, there are more and more bands in different extreme music, black m
etal, death etc..
09) WHAT`RE YOU FUTURE PLANS?
Well, our plans for the future are to finish preparing the songs for the new album of the band that will be released again by Base record production next year, 2022; still without an exact date of release. But we will soon inform the study entry date, and be able to carry out some shows also within next year.
10) THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?
Thank you very much for the interview. We hope you will follow us on our pages, listen to our music and we can see each other soon in a gig.
