Hi Thomas! Hey, you are still play with your little friend. Let it be and answer the questions!

Birath: Hey man! I'm not Thomas and I don't like you calling me Thomas either! ha ha you see Thomas' fucking PC has had a heart attack and are not willing to answer this stuff so, you have to settle with me! What was the question again?? hehe

Tell us something about the history of INSISION! From the MCD'99 there are only Roger and you left. Are you so fuckin' idiots or what's the reason?  What's up with the other guys from the MCD and where did you find the new one?

Birath: Thomas and Roger are the original members but it really do not matter as the real INSISION is being unfolded as we speak... But if you insist I will puke some regular info on us upon you. INSISION started back in 1997. Released our first official demo "Meant To Suffer" in 1998, kept on going and released the Mcd called "The Dead Live On" (1999). The MCD was followed by the "Promo2000" (2000) tape which was the first tape with today's line-up. That is Carl Birath (v), Roger Johansson (g), Toob Brynedal (g), Daniel Ekeroth (b) and Thomas Daun (d). After the promo came the demo "Revelation Of The Sadogod" (2001) and now in 2002 we will release the debut album on Wicked World in March!
I remember Thomas getting in contact with me after I had seen them doing a gig at a metal place here in Stockholm. I guess he saw me to and then he just called and asked if I was interested cant really get how he could have got my number. Hmm anyway, conserning Toob  he was first in a band called GENCRUSH FEROX but as that band died out we snatched him right away! And he fitted like hell he’s a cool dude man! They rest of the guys who were active on the MCD?? Well Johan Barsk (Then Vox) is not in another bad and the monkey man (Bass) is not doing something special really. The rest is history!

Suffocation, MONSTROSITY, MALEVOLENT CREATION are no  new names to you, if I'm listening to your stuff. Is it ok or are there other bands which are influenceing you?

Birath: I know that Roger and Thomas are big Suffo fans and I to like them and speaking of M.C and Monstrosity Oo well they fucking rule, but We are influenced by many things, not only music wise. The brutality comes from within and not from copying others, I/we don't really reflect over the sound being similar to other groups. Brutal shit just grow forth and develop and there it is, that's how we get this shit going!! The MCD was straighter than the demo, but the demo is more like a fist in you face! Are there any reasons for that?

Birath: New members, I entered the band and the band begun to grow for itself as well. I remember when I got to the rehears first time, I saw only roger and Thomas doing their stuff. So with more heads and thought to influence and decide how things should be the music came out harder, faster and more aggressive then ever. The new and improved INSISION had begun to take form. The MCD is one of my favourites and its as you say "Straight" but it also misses something. The hatred and Beliefs that Insision today have achieved.

I have to say that "Imparniis Graa" with that inhuman basspart and "Entangled In Thorns" from your demo are real mostertracks. Is that the direction you want to follow?

Birath: Actually the Impamiiz graa song and Entangled in Thorns are one of the songs we think is, if you are forced to judge, the weakest of all songs we have done. Actually Entangled in Thorns is the only song we deliberately has removed from the new CD.

Next to "The Gate and "Unholy Terror" I have never read something about you! Are there no zines, which want to speak to you?

Birath: maybe theirs not so many cool zines that we want to do some lame Interview with same fucking regular question?? HA ha.. no seriously, I think we have answered a lot of shit but in the same time we have to keep in mind there are lots of fanzines and you might not have read them all?! But I also think we could be a bit more productive in the Interview-parts!! On the other hand it can bee that I'm such an asshole that nobody wants to speak to me?! What do you think?

I think, that you, next o IMMERSED IN BLOOD and KAAMOS are the leaders of the brutal sound from Sweden. Tell me more about the actual scene in Sweden. But please nothing about the fuckin’ melodic crap! Are there possibilities to play live?

Birath: Immersed in fucking BLOOOOOOOD!! Great guys and friends of ours, KAAMOS is also good. The scene today is growing as never before but still there's lots of crap out there. We are playing as much as possible but also try not to play at the same place all the time.... Last year we played in Stockholm I think, only three times and that's great if you don't want to bore the audience, then we of course did gigs in other parts of Sweden like Uppsala and Gothenburg. Hey we're a LIVE band and the thing we love the most, next to, beer, SATAN and beating up bad journalists, are playing live!!

Are there some labels, which have interests in you? I have heard, that you are now on Wicked World!?

Birath: Yeah! You’ve heard it right! We are now signed to Wicked World (sub-label to Earache).

On the photo of the MCD, you wear a cool NOMINON girly-shirt. Where can I order that?

Birath: You can order it from the "pride-association" for guys with large dicks but with girly shirts!!

What will we see in the next future from you?

Birath: New fucking album that will rip ya head of! Hopefully some live shows around Europe new t-shirts and maybe some live sounds as well. And yeah, get the 10" split vinyl with Greek INVERACITY... It’s the "Revelation of the SadoGod" material on it!! Going to give you the damn address later!

The contributor of Carnage is now living in a flat with two men. What do you think; we have to think about that?

Birath: Ass licking, dildo dipping, faggot fest!! Are you invited?? I heard a rumour that it actually was you who was living with them? Is this true?? What do we think about this, he he..???

Which records are you loving as hell?

Fucking hard question. But I'll guess I'll just answered it so all the "I know so fucking much"-assholes can get something to chat about, haha!!
DECIDE - Deicide + the 2 after this one
MOTÖRHEAD - No Remorse + lots of the rest
CANNIBAL CORPSE - Eaten Back To Life + Butchered At Birth
JUDAS PRIEST - Unleashed In The East + Painkiller
NILE - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka + Black Seeds Of Vengeance

Thommy, that's it till now! Do you know that your demo is looking like the LEGACY (pre TESTAMENT) demo, haha? Please continue with your great music and cheerz goes out to everyone in the band! Hope you have enjoyed the questions!

Hell yeah! Cheerz goes from all the lads to you all, too! And hey, don't call me Thomas (His name is Thomas and not Thommy, but if you are really nice to him you might call him little Tommie-boy, he he!), man, it's Carl BIRATH to you!! Arrgggh!
He he, Well Thanx for a superior interview with good questions, good luck with it!! And if you meant the promo 2000 it's cool that you think so, tell me what you think about the "Revelation of the SadoGod" demo?
Oki just going to give ya all some good info and related links to check out!
Rex mundi regare! Hail Satan! Support the scene!!
Birath

INSISION
c/o C. Birath
Inedalsgatan 10nb
112 33 Stockholm, Sweden
satanwins@insision.com
www.insision.com

Nuclear Winter
www.nuclearwinter.cjb.net

Wicked World
www.earache.com/WickedWorld.html

Interview: Marcus