INTERVIEW(ENGLISH)-SCARS OF THE FLESH

One of the most interesting bands in the extreme scene in TEXAS(U.S.A),mixing agression,melody and catchy death metal grooves,and one of the most exciting albums in the american death movement in 2017,we speak with the band to talk abouth the band's origins and his next proyects

1 - WHEN, WHEN AND WHY DO MEMBERS BEGIN THIS EXTREME METAL PROJECT?

We started Scars of The Flesh to prove several points and I will give you the main two. First off to make music we see fit to represent some of the things that we feel most people arent talking about or doing. Second, we are making music for ourselves and the stuff we are writing is very personal, very deep. We as musicians have to find our medium to release whatever we are feeling into what we feel is art, Scars of The Flesh does that for us, gives us a different voice, a different narrative for us then our other projects.

2-WHAT TRACK HAS HAD THE BAND TO THE CURRENT?

Probably the first track we released and also the first track on Harvest of Souls which is Birth Defect. We also have a lyric video online on youtube if anyone wants to check it out.

3-WHAT IS THE LYRIC AND MUSICAL CONCEPT OF THE BAND?

Well the concept can be anything we desire because Scars is held by no boundary. Our debut album Harvest of Souls, plain and simple is about death. We know bands are always talking about death, but the type of death this album speaks of is the kind we expierence on a day to day level. The mental death, the physical death, and most importantly the spritual death. For example, Reduced to Rust is about our lives and the role drugs play, how they become all you want and all your money is spent on. Consuming all you can get your hands on until you finally wither away. Mortal Release was written about losing a loved one, it can be friend, family, or our instance was written about the passing of Bryan's cat Bones. It's difficult to cope with loss sometimes and writing this help give us clarity. Then you have Serial Madness and Last Rites. A made up story of a serial killer hell bent on making widows, stalking loved ones and taking their life. The torment of his mind and why he does it. Last Rites is a continuation of Serial Madness where our killer is incarcerated and questioned by police and media about his reasons for this. Then leading to his execution because he is no longer fit for this world. The other important thing about Scars of The Flesh is its very personal, very self reflective. Every track on this album is somehow tied to a past expierence or relation of the topic spoken of by one of us. Obviously none of us are murderers like our guy in Serial Madness, but it a personification of "if" one of us was, I step into the shoes of the poor soul living this madness and I envision it to description and detail.

4-WHAT DO YOU INSPIRE TO COMPETE THE SCARS OF THE FLESH MUSIC?

We just hope someone out there hears this and wants to have it live. Our number one priority is just getting our music out there. Making people soak it up and create some kind of attachment to it, like we have. We are making this music to touch people in places they normally ignore or pacify. We are also looking to complete our true line up for we still need a permanent bassist and drummer. We are doing all roles now so to go live we need those two important parts. We always want to create epic music that rings with the spirit and breaking it, rebuilding it. 

5-YOUR EXTREME METAL STYLE IS REALLY SUGGESTED.COMBINING VARIOUS RECORDS AND ELEMENTS, HOW IS THE WAY TO COMPOSE THE

MUSIC IN THE BAND?

We just write what feels natural. We write to better ourselves as musicians and as people. Our music is our therapy so anything angry, sad, happening in our lives it is put into this. Our influences as a band are pretty spread out ranging from Hypocrisy, SepticFlesh, Amon Amarth, Immortal, Arch Enemy, Death, Nevermore......the list goes on and on. We take it all in and this is what we have created. 

6-THE ARTWORK OF THE ALBUM IS EXCELLENT, WHO CARES TO DESIGN IT?

We got this done by Dwi at Genocide Artwork. He does a fantastic job with taking our idea and bringing it to life. Very skilled hand at making lyric videos, promo videos, and just designing 360 degrees of the album front to back. Anyone needing artwork needs to talk to this guy because he is very prompt and professional plus he never lets us down for the various artworks he has done for us. Bryan and Kobey have another band called Wings of Abaddon and he did the last two album artworks for those. Even Bryan Eckermann solo project uses him for all 4 of his album covers so he is just our go-to guy for getting what we envison coming to life.

7-HARVEST OF SOULS, IT HAS A CERTAINLY EPIC AND MELODY ESSENCE BUT A STRUCTURED AGGRESSIVITY. WILL THIS BE A CONSTANT IN THE BAND?

More than likely. We love making epic music. Our sound resonates in us to the point that listening to it still gives me chills, literal chills. I can't believe the music we have made and the pain I released into it. That refreshijg moment of release, nothing equals that and that is what you will find in our music. Next album will totally have a different concept lyrically other than death. We havent started on it yet but we are brewing some stuff together. Right now our main focus is getting Harvest of Souls on anyone's playlist or in their hands. Harvest of Souls is just the beginning of something huge.

8-WHAT'S NEXT OBJECTIVES HAVE THE BAND?

Finding our drummer and bassist then revving up some live shows. We definitely want to create some steam before our debut show so we are hoping this album will help that along. We want more merch to choose from and we want to be on all download sites so we are accessible anywheinterview -SCARS OF THE FLESHre and everywhere. We are confident the music speaks for itself and will help us find what we are looking for. We will also be releasing another lyric video in the future so keep an eye out for that. Also we just want to say thank you to anyone who has given us a try, if you love it or hate it, we are just happy with the fact that someone listened. Hail from San Antonio, TX!!!!

 Ivan Arrieta aka RasputinDoomPriest