NAHEMAH is a progressive metal band from Alicante, Spain consisting of Pablo Egido (vocals), Paco Porcel (bass), Miguel Palazón (guitars), and Robert Marco (guitars) formed in 1997. The band has gone through several line-up changes and is currently looking for a drummer.
I got in touch with the band and Miguel answered my questions.
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Your
biography has been covered in your ProgArchives profile so let's
bypass the biography details. But which bands were you influenced by
and why did you choose that name ?
At
this stage NahemaH is a band that is more than a decade and a half
old, so we had the opportunity to get the influence of a lot of bands
and styles.
In
the early years we were influencied by Amoprhis, Dark Tranquillity,
Opeth... but nowadays we are influenced by other kinds of music, not
especially death metal, we have to add to our old influences stoner
rock, electronic music, and the ultimate tendences of vanguardist
sounds.
The
name came from the dark beauty, because Nahemah was the godess of the
dark beauty in old Babylon. And we really liked it.
How
is the music scene in your area ?
To
have a band like NahemaH in our country and especially in our area,
means that you will find yourself alone and without support. You have
to love so much what you are doing and composing because there is not
an “experimental-progressive” public. That’s why you will find
more fans of NahemaH outside than inside Spain.
Over
to your three albums so far. Your debut album Chrysalis was released
in 2001. Please tell us more about this album.
It
was our first step in our career. I love so much this album, despite
that the style is quite different than its predecessors. We were very
young in that time and Chrysalis was created in an age full of fresh
ideas and passion.
Then
there is a six years long break. What were you up to during these
years ?
We
were trying to build up again a fallen line up. We had really
problems with the old members and in our area is really difficult to
find members with Nahemah’s profile. It was a hard job but we
finally found the people that was able to fit in the commitment that
means to be a member of NahemaH.
Your
second album The Second Philosophy was released in 2007. Please tell
us more about this album.
It
was one of our more important releases of NahemaH. Thanks to The
Second Pilosophy we could open the frontiers of our band in all
aspects. We sign a deal with the Lifeforce Records and that provoqued
us to be listened in more countries and gave to us the opportunity of
playing tours otuside Spain. In this album we started to create our
own style.
Your
third and so far final album A New Constellation was released in
2009. Please tell us more about this album.
With
this release we gave a step forward in our music. The style we
started to play in The Second Philosophy got more perfection and
intensity in A New Constellation. We had a lot of great reviews in
the media that show to our public that consolidation of our style and
our job as musicians inside the band.
How
is the availability of your releases ?
Is
not difficult to get our albums you just only have to visit our
website, our label’s website or to us in our gigs.
For
those of us unfamiliar with your music; how would you describe you
music and which bands would you compare yourself with ?
NahemaH
is a band that likes to play and compose uncommon things. We are a
cocktail of all our influences but is very difficult to fit us inside
a concrete music style. We say that we do Experimental Metal because
in this style you can do whatever you want and feel free.
The
closest bands to our style are Amorphis and Katatonia.
What
have you been up to since the release of A New Constellation ? What
is your current status and what is the plans for your band in the
future ?
After
the release of A New Constellation we had the opportunity of playing
in some festivals (WGT, Hellfest, ProgPower Europe) and play some
tours with Ghost Brigade and Insomnium and the last one that we
supported Amorphis in their last tour.
At
this stage we have taken a very important break for composing our
next album. We are very excited about it because is going to be our
best album so far.
To
wrap up this interview, is there anything you want to add to this
interview ?
We
want to thank to all the people interested in NahemaH and we hope you
to stay tuned with our news. The new album will be a big surprise to
all of NahemaH fans.
Thank you to Miguel for this interview
Their PA profile is here and their homepage is here
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