Interview with SOCIAL SCREAM
- Hello guys and thank you for your time! Your Third album Organic
Mindset is out! Tell us a few words about it!
Hi there! Thanks for your interest in the band and the interview! “Organic Mindset”
is our latest efford and represents the today's face of the band. It is an energetic
Thrashy Heavy Metal record which contains both old school and modern Metal
elements. We believe its our best album so far and we hope you enjoy it!
- The first question is what are the new implementations in your new
album that make it differ from the others? In what ways the composition
progress took place? You wrote the music all together?
The big difference in compairing to the other 2 albums is the absense of
keyboards and brutal vocals. We decided 2 years ago to continue as a 4 piece
band without keyboards and using Vlasis as lead singer (Vlasis did the clean
vocals at the previous 2 albums). So as a result we trasformed to a more tradition
Metal band. The philosophy of Social Scream and the base of our sound maintain,
since always Vlasis was the main songwriter and the core of our music is always
the riff-driven Heavy/Thrash Metal.
- How about the lyrical themes? What is the concept if there is any this
time around?
Mainly we write about our life experiences and our perspectives in human issues,
history, society, science etc.. In “Organic Mindset” there is also a reference to the
mountain “Taygetos”(Taleton) which is located near to our hometown Sparta. It is
a very special place for us!
What is the feedback you have received so far? Is it bigger than your
previous album? Do you feel a new level of elevation and progress in
you music
Until now we have received great feedback from both fans and press, it seems a
lot of people know the band by checking out our latest album. The previous
albums not promoted so well, especially the 1st one “Epiclesis” which is more like
an self-released official demo. I think its clear the progress of the band especially
in composition and production.
– What's your opinion about the music labels that the fans and the
industry tend to put in any bands music? You consider yourselves
as a "Heavy Metal" band, or there are also other elements in your
music, that this statement "limits" your musical horizons and your
fanbase?
We consider our band as a “Heavy Metal” band and we dont think this “limits” our
musical horizons or our fanbase. The labels are good as a guidance or
introduction to a music scene or a band. The problem is when a label dictates a
lifestyle or a listener as an individual. For example I'm strongly against labels like
“metalhead”, “raper”, “rocker”etc...
- How the recent situation with the worldwide pandemic of Covid-
19 affected you as a band?
Unfortunely we didnt do any live shows this period but we try to stay busy and
productive. We released 1 quarantine playthrough video and a new lyric video and
we finished with the recordings of our upcomming release.
- Did you try to take advantage of the recent technology in order to
reach out to your fans with your music during the lockdown.
Besides the quarantine playthrough video we released for the song “Connect” we
didin't do anything else. I saw that a lot of bands did live-stream shows which was
very cool! We prefer to wait for the real live shows when things come back to
normal.
– After everything goes back to normal, do you guys have any plans
for a tour maybe?
Definitely we want to do some shows inside Greece in order to promote our latest
album. Since we are not a full touring band and we have our morning jobs we
can't do an extended touring but it is in our plans to appear in European Summer
Festivals and meet some of our friends and listeners in person.
– Is there anything you would like to share with you fans?
We like to thank you for support and feedback you send us regarding our latest
album! We hope all you guys have health and enjoy your days in whoever place of
the world you living! Hope to see you soon on stage!
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/SocialScream/
https://www.instagram.com/socialscreamofficial/
https://social-scream.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCnippQ4oKHzY1rm_52ieA
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Social_Scream/3540384773
