An interview with Barbarian Prophecies

We get inspired basically by listening to a lot of music, life experiences and, of course, sharing time together as a band. This last situation is the most important because the songs are originally fragments of other compositions that are combined and worked to make them sound their best, so that connection as a band is necessary for the music to take shape.

In terms of lyrical themes, lately our albums are inspired by the mysteries about the existence and the origin of the universe. And regarding musical influences, there is a great variety because each member of the band listens to different genres within extreme metal and that makes personal contributions to each track.

We don’t close ourselves to determinade ideas when when we start to compose. We are not afraid to experiment and combine ideas until we find something that sounds different. In fact, it’s a bit difficult to put ourselves the label of a musical genre because we mix many different styles. To sum up we usually say that we play death metal, but actually we should say that we play melodic death metal with various influences such as black metal or progressive… Or something similar.

When we present a new album we always try to play it live. And once it’s done, we modify the set based on the audience’s response.

We try to make the show as energetic and precise as possible, for which we need a balance between fast and slower tracks or complexe and easy tracks… For example, we don’t choose songs in a row that require us too much effort when playing or we won’t to start with a fast song because we need to warm up properly. The setlist is never random.