Thomas Berglie
Sarke
Hi, thanks. Everything is ok over here.
It was supposed to be just one album. I would not think it would be that many releases. But it's a good thing. It's great to work with the people I do and also on this kind of music. We do whatever we want in terms of music style and sounds. I guess we are really challenging some metal people out there. I feel we do explore different kind of music within the metal genre.
I understand it's not easy to find the meaning. Gastwerso means ghost war. I have use language that was used a 1000 years ago in Europe. Its merged with Gast and werso.
It has to be a bit personal when you write the songs and the lyrics. Sarke is also some kind of personal band for me. Sarke started off as a solo project, so I could get my personal music, my inspiration, my view on music. To combine the darker and more beautiful (in a sinister way) sides of music. Also to add the lyrics with the darker side of the human mind and Norwegian inhospitable nature.
We have taken a bigger step this time in the musical direction, we have always have that on each album, but this time as you say even more. I guess this is not for everybody. I also said it when we recorded the album. Some people will get their coffee stuck in their throat listening to this. So far is has been a lot of good words on the new album. I guess people who take their time listen to it appreciate the variety of what we have done.
Yes, I did. But this time I wanted to explore even more. But next time we maybe go back to more primitive direct black metal. Maybe even more than before.
Lars Erik has a huge saying how everything turns out in– the end. He works a lot of sounds and what to add along with us. But all songs are almost done before we enter the studio. But we do change some parts and work with it as we work in the studio. He is also our guy from the outside that can point on things we may not have thought about. A second ear. So he is important for the overall Sarke sound and music.
It's mostly me that make all the music, then we meet up and work on the songs to make it all go together with the whole band. And there is always a lot of changes and the Steinar do his things and changes on the guitar. All solos and guitar adds is his work, I make the basic riffs structure. Keyboardwise Anders is making that himself, I say I have thought about something here and there and what kind of sounds and ideas I have. He does his things and that's great stuff. That is also why I use him.
Almost all songs are made on guitar, so it's to get a good riff idea and to make something that makes you get a feeling of something. I have pictures in my head that a want to add music to. I often used painting to get inspiration. The albums are connected in the way it's the same minds that have made all the albums.
Don't know about better. I guess I used more time on this album. But is the same approach as before.
I agree with you. It's an interesting track. This is actually the track I was most unsure of. Many people point out this track, so I guess it worked out well. This is one of Lars Erik's favorite tracks. It has some prog elements, 70s vibe, keyboards are an important specter in this track. A quite dramatic and emotional song. As I said earlier, I try to make music that make to think and get pictures in your head. Music is emotion and feelings.
We have on each album has soft parts, but this time we did a whole track. I wanted to do something different. I also knew there would be both negative and positive response on this track. This track is about a person's mind of the endless dark universe and I thought this kind of track would be good.
No, we have not done any of these tracks live.
The songs are so different, so I cannot say this is the perfect Sarke track. I like all songs. I think they all stand out on their own as strong tracks. If I most pick one now, I would say "Cribs Hand".
We will keep doing our own thing without thinking what is popular. I will try to do something new again, so it will be interesting for us also.
No big plans yet. Let's see what our management and record label get offered. Our band members are quite busy, so let see what we can do.
Thank you for the interest in the band. We do appreciate all the fans that take their time with our music. Thank you.
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