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First of all, can you give us a short introduction of
your band?
Rikkert (guitar, vocals): We are a three-piece,
Dutch band. We started out in the summer of 2000. We
play a kind of music that we describe as ‘Death Metal &
Dance Symbiosis.’ Death metal combined with dance styles
such as trance and techno. By combining the heavy
guitars with both atmospheric and analogue synth, the
music sounds modern and powerful.
How was the name developed and has it got a special
meaning?
Rikkert: A while after we started it was time to
think of a name. Rikkert and Niels made a list of words
and ideas that would suit the band. We went to Midtown,
our local hangout pub and decided that we would not
leave it without a good name. We thought of ‘Wasteland’,
or something with ‘Dimension’ but we found it a bit too
ordinary. A few beers later we came up with ‘Next Waste
Dimension’. It suits our (musical) ideas and the chance
that there is another band on this planet that has
called itself Next Waste Dimension is minimal. We
regularly get questions about our name. Most people
think it has a negative meaning, since the word ‘Waste’
is in it. The name stands for metaphor for freedom.
That’s also what our music is about. We make music that
we want to make, no matter what others think or do.
Combining metal with dance music is not a new and
unique thing, although not much bands do it. The NEXT
WASTE DIMENSION sound is also pretty unique. Where do
you get your inspiration from?
Rikkert: Thank you. To say it shortly our music
is the sum of our individual preferences, both musical
as other. Fortunately our interests are partly the same.
Although there are a lot of bands that make great
‘traditional’ metal, we like to get the best of both
metal and dance. After all they are both energetic
styles and make a great combination. About our musical
preference: We grew up with great bands like Death,
Carcass, Cynic, Bolt Thrower, Gorefest and Obituary. In
some way these bands have had an influence on our sound.
They are still great. Nowadays we are pretty amazed by
Soilwork, Strapping Young Lad, Nile, etc. Besides that
we have always been open for other music. For example;
dance (Prodigy, Faithless, Kosheen and various trance
DJ’s/acts), jazz/funk (Weather Report, Niacin, Stevie
Wonder) and all kinds of crossovers (White Zombie, Les
Claypool/Primus, Peter Gabriel, Mr. Bungle). Too much to
mention... Once we are down in our rehearsing hellhole
all this comes out as pounding synth filled metal if we
plug in.
The industrial metal scene isn’t very huge in
Holland, but bands like THE KOVENANT and SAMAEL have got
a pretty huge fanbase over here. How do the people react
on NEXT WASTE DIMENSION? How popular and known are you
guys?
Rikkert: First of all, we do not consider
ourselves to be an industrial band. We do use a lot of
synths and samples, but we are a metal band. The
reactions on our music have been great, both from fans
as well as from the press. We got great reviews in some
major magazines: Aardschok, Oor and Fret. Check the
reviews at our site and see for yourself. We have played
with a wide variety of bands. From singer songwriter pop
acts to corpse painted black metal bands. We’ve done
some major gigs with Epica, Machine Head, Peter Pan
Speedrock and Holy Moses to name but a few.
The new demo Xenotron has just been released. The
music sounds more developed than the first release. Do
you agree with me?
Rikkert: Yes, that’s true. The studio is the
laboratory for our stage show. Experimenting never stops
with NWD. We came up with new interesting things that
really added to our music. We used a vocoder on some
vocals in Zephyr for instance, inserted a bass solo and
used well hidden acoustic guitars. We worked with a
dance producer (Marchenko’s Mark Stokhof) who had a
positive influence on our synth sounds and mix. In our
humble opinion Xenotron ended up as a coherent release
with very strong individual songs.
Until now I only once have been able to check NEXT
WASTE DIMENSION out live. I was impressed by the music
and the energetic performance. Isn’t it difficult to
make this complex kind of music with just three persons
on stage?
Rikkert: On stage all guitars, bass, drums and
vocals are performed by us. We use a click track system
to synchronize drums with our synths and program parts.
For your info: All synths have been written,
played/programmed and recorded by ourselves. So no cheap
ass theft, all comes from our own minds and hands. A NWD
live show equals partying to heavy, synth filled metal.
Too us every gig is a cool night out, so we jump, run
and bang as much as we can. Addressing the audience is
something we learned through the years and enjoy very
much. We always try to get everyone into the groove that
we bring.
Thanks for the time answering the questions. Got any
final words?
Rikkert: At our site www.nextwastedimension.com
you can download 5 full version songs. Three of them are
192kbps songs that come from our latest release
Xenotron. Two of them are 128kbps songs of The Delta
Machine, our debut release. Do not speak too much about
music…you are wasting quality listening time. Click and
experience NWD. Cheerz!
Interview by: Gerardo (January 2005) |
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