Interview:


Deus Ex Machina is a rather new band on the scene. When you formed the band were you aware of the many other bands playing under the same moniker? Is this something that may affect the band in the future, or it doesn't matter?
To be totally honest, no, we weren’t aware other bands played under this name and we discovered it later.
But when our former guitarist proposed us this name we loved it immediately as its signification matched totally with the band’s universe.
For now, we’ve never had any problem due to this name, and if it happens one day we will see what we can do.

Your band belongs to the modern type of Metal, and although it is usually labelled as Melodic Death Metal, your genre is way more advanced, and a lot different from what one may imagine while hearing this tag. How would you describe what you do in order for someone who never heard your music to get a slight idea?
That’s true and we don’t like to be categorized in a particular genre of metal. Our music is a mix of several influences that can change over time.
We are composing without asking ourselves in which genre our music should be: we are composing with what we like, and it makes our own genre.

Talking about the modern Metal territory, how supportive do you feel are the new generations of fans? And I'm talking here in terms of sales, music and merch sales, which ultimately it's what drives a band ahead even if makes no money, it something that shows support and appreciation (do you agree?).
We are always very impressed by the support of people we meet on our shows, and especially since our debut album has been released. People show us their support of course by buying our music or merch, but also by attending our shows, coming to talk to us, following us on social media, sending us messages… This is the most important point for us. It’s very encouraging and it really makes us want to do more and more shows to meet fans all over the world!

You released your debut album this year, how were the reactions? Do you still listen it at home? What's the best thing on it? Is there something that will make the listener go WOW?
We were happy to see that people really liked our album! We received great reviews and great comments.
We don’t listen to it at home because we are still playing it several times a week to prepare our live shows.
It’s difficult to say what is THE best thing on it, but for sure we like the fact that all songs are very emotional and full of energy at the same time.
This album can break your neck and bring you to dark atmospheres in one song.
(Maybe the listener could answer better than us to this question.)

What are your lyrics about? Are they important in what the band wants to transmit to the listener? Why have you chosen English for your lyrics?

The most important thing to know about the lyrics is that they are open to the interpretation of the listener. All the lyrics are connected to each other to form a character’s story who describes its progression into his deepest fear.
The signer Stephany has chosen to sing in english after many years doing it in french, because she felt it was easier to express herself in that language.

Are you ready for a next step as a band? I'm referring to long tours inside and outside Europe? Are you willing to take the band to that level where you'd have to devote all your time to it, or do you prefer to keep it as a hobby and combine it with your daily lives?
This is actually our main goal. We already devote all our free time to it, and if we could devote even more, we would ! After the album release in 2017, we will dedicate 2018 to tour as far as possible in Europe, and also composing our second album. We are working on planning two tours and already have several shows booked. Don’t hesitate to visit our website or our Facebook page, maybe we will come in your town!

What's the biggest dream for you as musicians and for you as a band? What was the best thing that happened to Deus Ex Machina so far? Any unfortunate incidents?
Our biggest dream for now is to continue to progress together, do more shows, visit new countries, and then work with professional structures like labels and booking agency. The best thing that happen to us was to find the perfect line-up! It was the first step to a more professional work and it motivated us like never before. Then, of course, the release of our first album. No unfortunate incidents at this time, hope it will continue!

January 2018


Changed name to Kassogtha

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