Your band’s name sugest your inspirations a bit… how did you come up with the idea of such brand?
Our name came up from the fusion of two our favourite bands : Memento
Mori and Psychotic Waltz. Take this name was very easy, very natural
for us. Obiviously, it sounded good.
There is Polish band called Division by Zero, did you know about
it, before you choose title of the album? (Did you listen to their
music?)
The album title is an idea of Marco. He did not know the Polish band
before. Thanks to this, we know also the band Division by Zero and it is
a very very good band. However, unfortunately (or not?) the album title
was chosen and we decided to keep it.
I consider your debut album less heavy oriented (much more
twisted/prog), than material from EP, what was the reason of such
evolution?
We don’t think it is an evolution or involution. Our songs come up from
improvisations, so you can feel the emotions and the feeling that we
have felt in our lifes at that moment, what the synchronization of our
instruments and minds have generated note by note, riff by riff.. and
song by song. We don’t use to decide nothing before playing our
instruments.
I just wanted to ask in which way do you guys writing your material, so is it hard to match lyrics with so much intense music?
Our songs born from improvisation. We use to record everything in our
studio and listen to everything we have played. Then a lot of things are
deleted… and a lot chosen. The next step is, naturally, play together
what we have choosen and go on straight with our feelings.
Lyrics were composed in the same way. Is very natural, but difficult at
the same time, to put lyrics following the changes of intensity and
tempo, but exciting 🙂
So, what about the lyrics? Are their puzzled in any concept?
No, nothing of this. Each lyric is different and also collocated in a
different space and time, intensity and pathos. Opus Alchemicum speaks
about the past, Mechdreamer speaks about a (fantasy?) future. Writing
was very difficult and exciting at the same time for me and for my not
so good English 🙂
I saw some links to positive reviews of your new album, have you find any negative reactions at your music? 😉
No, we are very happy:) We are still waiting for the first negative reaction.
Are you going to search the label to publish your next album, or maybe you prefer to take care of your business yourselves?
There are a lot of good labels but, if you want to catch the higher
level, you need to choose the best for yourself… and we are still
looking for the best opportunity.
What are your plans for promotion? Are there any chances to see you on European tour?
Tour is a big word. We have a job and we don’t have much time to go out
from Italy. We would be very happy to play in festivals like Wacken or
Prog Power for example, but our condition must be considered. We need
money, support and a very good label/booking agency behind us.
What is your idea to reach fans of prog music abroad? Any videoclip in plans, or maybe something else?
Yes, we are thinking about a videoclip, perhaps for the next album. We
have no idea of how we could reach more fans, we can only play our
music. It’s very important for us to find a management that can help us
in this way.
I admire your work, and hope you will succeed.
Last line for you as a point, or maybe you guys could recommend your album to our readers yourselves?
If you want to listen to a good prog metal album and support our band,
please visit www.mementowaltz.com and follow us on facebook. We need you
and we hope you like our music as well!
Questions: Piotr Spyra
