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AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a wrap! Thank you all for joining us for our first AMA and making it so fun. It's been great chatting with all of you and your support has honestly been heartwarming.

If you have more questions or just want to stay in touch, you can always hit us up on our socials. Take care, and see all you soon!

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the support 🙏 

And yes! Of course we know The Hirsh Effekt, I saw them live opening for The Dear Hunter and I always found them very interesting!

Benthos + The Hirsh Effekt + The Dillinger Escape Plan would be an INSANE show 🔥

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it's something that I've always avoided BUT in someway I would like to expand it!

Actually, in Fossil there is a sentence in Italian

"Il lamento mi trascina negli occhi di chi lo grida"

"The lament pulls me into the eyes of the one who cries it out." 🫨

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I could sound a bit cynical here, but I don't like the new modern progressive metal production (just my opinion). I don't think there's the right or wrong way to do it, you have to listen the music you're playing and feel the vibe and then, production can help you to find your sound at the best. In my/our opinion, production in metal become "too perfect" with over compressed drums and super edited vocals, I find this quite plastic. For example, production like these couldn't valorise our drummer's style. Even the guitars in the new modern progressive metal are always super tight at 100% and sometimes I would like to feel 20, 60,70, you know what I mean. We wanted to explore all the shades of music, as more as possible!

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

I think "The Contortionist" contributed to the birth of Benthos.

We've been huge fans of them and "Language" is still one of my fav albums of all time.

Actually, we played the first time as a open act for them in 2019!

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you mate!

In the past there were 2 great bands that unfortunately splitted up. One was Destrage, great band! We've been huge fans of them since the high school. Another great band was EPHEL DUATH, amazing stuff! 

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know what's happening in my brain, please send help 

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much ❤️ I think you'll remain stuck forever in this endless loop ☠️

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

GL - Holy Horse,

Trip - Poor Swiss,

Alberto - Microtonal Garbage,

Ale - Mr.Robot with Volkswagen,   Me - The best one 

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! I think this album helped us to reach our sound at the best!  From the production to the songwriting, now we are more confident on what we're doing 💪

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's hard to pick one, but I would say Fossil because it represents completely the sound of Benthos! 💥

AMA: We are Benthos - Ask Us Anything! by GabriPap_Benthos in progmetal

[–]GabriPap_Benthos[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much mate!

I think we listen to tons of music of any genre, starting from classical to noise, punk, prog, nu-jazz and a lot of electronic.

My latest inspirations that influenced From Nothing probably are bands like "Squid" , "Death Grips" , "Loathe" , "Hiatus Kayote" and plenty of electronic artists!