Hard to believe that I actually socialise, is it? The people you saw are my band mates in Memoirs, with whom I recorded the lounge version of, well, "The Thrash of a Perpetual Funeral".

I just checked the Discogs entry and noticed the very nice line up of the Vita Dolorosa project. Definitely got my attention, so somebody cares to explain a bit about that project - how it came to be, does it have any future plans, or it will be just this song?

our next release

I just checked the Discogs entry and noticed the very nice line up of the Vita Dolorosa project. Definitely got my attention, so somebody cares to explain a bit about that project - how it came to be, does it have any future plans, or it will be just this song?

Among my shortlist of MDB tracks that worked well on the piano, “She Is the Dark” caught my particular fancy. The unlikely contrast between the song’s aggressive, dark edge (including the extreme vocals) and a fragile piano-based interpretation seemed very exciting. Additionally, this happens to be the first MDB song I’ve ever heard, although their music didn’t really click with me until I listened to Turn Loose the Swans.
After finishing the Memoirs track, I had a feeling I couldn’t just abandon my ideas for “She Is the Dark” and considered to record them as a solo effort just for the fun of it. For a while, we at Doom-metal.com planned to keep it as an expedient in case another band had to back out. But after giving it some more thought, I came up with the idea to turn it into something special instead: a collaboration between several musicians involved in the tribute album that could serve as an interesting bonus to the project. I would provide the basic piano arrangement and some vocals and coordinate everyone’s contributions. Me and my colleagues contacted some of the bands and, after some discussion and uncertainty, I ended up working with the three-piece line-up you can hear in this unusual version.
It’s been a rewarding new experience to be working with artists from the Doom underground, and it has sparked a renewed motivation to get creatively involved with the genre. Besides, I am grateful for the chance to pay additional tribute to MDB by way of this collaboration: they started the chain reaction that allowed me to get into so many other great bands and eventually led me to Doom-metal.com and to writing my own Doom material. Thus, they’ve been a truly life-changing discovery.

heh, that's not what I meant... I just thought you only play solo... had not really looked into Memoirs before. I just remembered those photos of you playing live somewhere...

A little insight into the name of the tribute? Is it named after the mdb song (so we have someone that is a huge fan of that song=) or it was chosen because it sounds nice (indeed it does=)?

I can see the coverart beeing very simple, black and white with rich tones of gray, a sea, rocks, heavy clouds, a black rain pouring down, coming from the horizon...

I just realized that the most covered album is my favourite one - "Songs of Darkness...", yey=)))

will you be sending any review copies out to magazines, etc? (I'm not saying you should, just asking if...)