#30-Inside the darkness

Semjaza - Black
Metal from Mexico
Today I am lucky to be
talking with Rebellion from
Semjaza from Mexico...
Good afternoon, guys!
Thank you for taking the
time to talk to our readers.
1 - Tell us about Semjaza's
roots, when, where and why
did you decide
to form the
band?
Rebellion.
- Thank you
dear Master
of Kaos
Prods, first
of all, we appreciate
the time and attention
you give us in your
Interview by Jay Parker
valuable space to get to know us
better and thereby build a bridge
between us and the readers.
Semjaza is formed in the city
of Durango capital in the
year 2022, I consider a
kind of synthesis between
two projects
In the last seven years or so, our
country has been a point of investment
and opening for a large number
of concerts that obviously favor
support for the scene and its growth.
Interview with Rebellion
that I have
led, so accentuating certain
characteristics of both I decide
to form Semjaza.
2 - Tell us about your discography
and let our readers know
where they can get copies.
Rebellion. - The Fire That
Burn Within is our Debut
Demo Ep, and you can
proudly purchase
it both
physically on
CD and on
all Master of
Kaos Prods
digital platforms.
3 - I understand
that
you are about to release
a new album in 2024,
what will it be like?
Do you think you can surpass
previous releases? Tell
us about the new material
you're recording...
Rebellion. - The Fire That
Burned Within is the foundation
of what we are
working on, our Debut
Ep is the catapult for what
is to come and anticipating
something of what it will be
like, we can inform you that
it will have more strength
and more darkness, a direct
and clear message, no
We seek to indoctrinate
or boast of having otherworldly
knowledge that
only the Initiates know. No,
we precisely opt for a Black
Metal that goes against it,
being the backbone of following
the path of precisely
how the movement emerged.
4- What were your musical
influences growing up?
Rebellion. - The family context
greatly delimits these
influences, my older brothers
to this day continue
listening to rock and roll
from the 70s and its crossover
with disco music, obviously
that guides us to
search for an identity finding
Heavy Metal and from
there we don't We finished
continuing to look for proposals
until today.
5 - When did you start
playing music? And what
was your first instrument?
Rebellion. - The drums were
our first and only instrument,
between the last year
of high school and the transition
to high school we met
a friend who had his band and
we were lucky that he invited
us to a rehearsal, with this we
began to explore and practice
giving guideline to form
my first Black Metal Band.
6 - Do you have any other
side projects apart
from Semjaza?
Rebellion. - Yes, the first is
Ars Inferi which debuted live
in 2004 and is active today 2024.
· “Signa Animorum
Inferi" (2005) Demo.
· “I am one with night"
(2007) Full Length.
· “Sarcophagia"
(2011) Full Length.
· “Negative Utopia"
(2015) Full Length.
Official Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/ars.inferi
The second project is I.N.R.I.
(In Necis Renascor Integer)
is a band dedicated
to the wisdom of
the dead, following a
tradition in which Gnosis
is derived from the
transition to the afterlife,
which implies a cult
of death and Necromancy.
· "Azoth" (2020) Debut Ep.
· "Walking the path
of no return" Official
Live Session (Bra)
Official Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/inri.mx/
7 - Tell us about the extreme
metal scene in Mexico...
Rebellion. - From my perspective,
in the last seven
years or so, our country has
been a point of investment
and opening for a large number
of concerts that obviously
favor support for the scene
and its growth, as well as many
Mexican groups have transcended
borders working in a better
way. and placing national music
at a good level.
8 - What are your 5 best
albums of all time?
Rebellion. – This is a complex
question, so I will change
the angle and tell you the 5
albums that marked something
in my perspective of listening,
enjoying and trying to
create something of my own.
KISS, Alive! (1975). Motley
Crue, Shout at the Devil (1983)
Slayer, Reign in Blood (1986)
Judas Priest, Painkiller
(1990)
Darkthrone, Soulside
journey (1991)
9 - If you could play with
any musician, living or
dead, who would it be?
Rebellion. - Jimmy Page from
Led Zeppelin, Steve Harris
from Iron Maiden, Ray Manzarek
from The Doors, Billy
Gibbons from ZZ Top, David
Gilmour from Pink Floyd.
10 - As part of the growing
wave of young and talented
artists, how do you see
the scene developing in
the coming years?
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