Interview with the Band Nazgul Rising





By Mick Michaels




The Cosmick View: Hello, and welcome to The Cosmick View/MBM Ten Pounder! Thanks for taking some time to chat with us! 

CV: Describe your definition of the band’s sound and style and how does that definition uniquely describe the music?
Nazgul Rising: In the early days, Nazgul Rising was inspired into direct and aggressive Scandinavian black metal…later we added keyboards giving a breakthrough Symphonic Black Metal…always keeping the guitar riffs fast and melodic. On the two full-lengths the tracks are more accurate in orchestral arrangements.

CV: Today, everyone talks about artist and audience connection. Is such a level of connection actually achievable for an artist and if so, how have you made the connection to your fans?
Nazgul Rising: In the past there was no direct audience connection, the only one was through a magazine or in live concerts. Today it is easier through social networks, if behind there is the real band to manage accounts.

CV: Is fan interaction an important part of the band’s inner culture?
Nazgul Rising: Of course yes, we accept criticism or compliments for not repeating mistakes or improving what has been done so far.

CV: Can a band truly interact with its fans and still maintain a level of personal privacy without crossing the line and giving up their “personal space” in your opinion?
Nazgul Rising: With social networks it is very difficult to maintain a state of privacy without someone giving it to you with criticism. Maybe they’d like a slice of fame, too. But it is true, that an artist, in order to maintain popularity, lowers to levels that go beyond privacy…this is quite pathetic.

CV: Is music, and its value, viewed differently around the world in your opinion?  If so, what do you see as the biggest difference in such multiple views among various cultures?
Nazgul Rising: Each specific piece gives an emotion or if it has a particular text…the listener identifies himself at that moment.

It is proven that based on negative experiences, people are motivated to listen to sad or aggressive music in order to distract themselves from the event or to channel their emotions or stress. I think that the difference between the various cultures is only in the approach and the musical genre that you listen to in recent years is increasingly globalizing. I don’t know if anyone in India listens or plays Viking Metal.

CV: Do you feel that a band that has an international appeal, will tend to connect more so to American audiences? Would they be more enticed or intrigued to see the band over indigenous acts because of the foreign flavor?
Nazgul Rising: Absolutely yes, a band with its own ethnic trend, always arouses curiosity or sometimes hilarity among listeners. It’s interesting to hear new sounds or maybe to learn about different cultures.

CV: Has modern-day digital technology made everyone an artist on some level in your opinion? Have the actual lines of what really is an artist been blurred?
Nazgul Rising: Surely technology has made great strides in music production, both in instruments and in ease of composition. Everything will evolve to be able to experience new sounds, but how much will be real music and how much played really?

CV: How would you describe the difference between an artist who follows trends and one who sets them?
Nazgul Rising: The artist follows the trends of the moment, but who sets them initially are always the labels.

CV: Has music overall been splintered into too many sub-genres in an effort to appease fan tastes in your opinion? And has such fan appeasements, in actuality, weakened music’s impact as a whole by dividing audiences?
Nazgul Rising: I don’t see it so…there are different subgenres not to satisfy the fans, but it is the bands themselves that propose new genres…also to have their own identity.

CV: What can fans expect to see coming next from you?
Nazgul Rising: Surely there will be another album, but how it will sound is all to be seen whether to keep the style of the last ones or experiment with something new.

There are no tours and nothing live, I would not mind but I think it is quite difficult at the moment to re-propose the live songs being a project studio…we will see in the future if it is possible to have a real band of musicians.

CV: Thanks again for taking some time and talking. It is greatly appreciated.
Nazgul Rising: Thanks to you


Check out Nazgul Rising at:

https://nazgulrising.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/nazgulrising

https://www.instagram.com/nazgulrising/

https://soundcloud.com/nazgulrising

 


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My name is Mick Michaels...I'm an artist, music fan, songwriter, producer, show host, dreamer and guitarist for the traditional Heavy Metal band Corners of Sanctuary. Writing has always been a creative outlet for me; what I couldn't say in speech, I was able to do with the written word.  Writing has given me a voice and a way for me to create on a multitude of platforms including music and song, articles, independent screenplays, books and now, artist interviews. The Cosmick View is an opportunity to raise the bar and showcase artists in a positive and inspirational light. For me, it's another out-of-this-world adventure.




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