1. Hello, the Morrath group was founded in 2012 from Greater Poland. Tell me a few words about the group? You are all from the band Prowler. Is Morrath's music very different?

Cheerz, to be clear, the band was formed in 2017 haha. The story is simple, our bassist Mieszko and I met in secondary school, found out that we like similar music and started hanging out together listening to it and fool around our hometown - Rawicz. After some time we decided to form a band and started playing hc punk inspired thrash metal, even though we couldn't play our instruments above the level of three-chords punk riffs. It was the first incarnation of Prowler. Time went forward, there were many line-up changes with us two being the only founding members left. We made new material and got rid of old songs a few times and in 2019 we reached something we could call a stable lineup, moved our rehearsals to Leszno and started playing local gigs more often than before. We released a demo-EP and in 2020 we had a change in drummer position. We pushed our playing into a more extreme direction and made better songs, so we did not even want to play old ones live anymore. We decided to change our name to have a fresh start and I’m not gonna lie - there were tons of bands called Prowler before us - Morrath sounds more original. So it was more like an evolution, but Morrath music is more extreme, when Prowler stuff was more thrash metal. We are still based in Leszno, Greater Poland, even though Mieszko and I moved to Poznan in recent years. In april we released our debut full-length ‘Centuries of Blindness’, which has received some appreciation and we play shows presenting this material live. To say more about us, we take inspirations mainly from old-school stuff like Morbid Angel, early Suffocation, early Immolation, Deicide, Vital Remains, thrash-era Sepultura, among many others. We want to pursue our own vision of old-school aggression and make something what maybe won’t blaze new trails, but will stand out from the rest of the old-school stuff.

2. You are all very young, already with a lot of experience and life's baggage. What are your plans for the future?

I am 22, so as our second guitarist and bassist, our vocalist is 23 and our drummer 25 - you can judge if we are young or not haha. Life writes its scenarios and we have to live with it and take what we want and can get from it. If we are talking about private plans, everyone has different plans, but we are adults - we have to work for a living and do other adult stuff, we are not popular enough to be free from this haha. One thing is certain among all of us - we’re not gonna stop playing and contribute to the metal underground, it has become our main activity other than work, education, everyday duties etc. This is the fact I can tell about every guy from our commando.

3. The group is developing, publishing, giving concerts, etc. Are there plans for concerts and trips outside Poland?

Yeah, we are pushing it, we are making new music, playing as many good shows as we can, and we wanna take over as much underground as we are able to. We wanna explore our vision of extreme metal, make new albums that we will be more and more satisfied with and go forward into bigger stages and better performances. Coming back to the question, we have played one show in Prague this year and have plans to go abroad more in near future. We are in contact with some bands and promoters so STAY TUNED!

4. Covid, war, - did it or did not affect you?

Starting with covid - it made a big impact on us as well as the rest of society. You know, the fuckin’ quarantine, being locked in our homes, no live shows, no the life we got used to before. Some people died because of it. Anyway there was one plus in that situation. We were locked in our rehearsal room, there were no live shows and other shit to distract us, so we could focus on writing new better material, playing together, honing our skills. We recorded and released our first demo-EP under the Morrath name during that period. All of it made it possible to make a bigger step forward and when the shows become permitted again we went on the stage as a band that has reformed, became better - better skills, tighter playing, better show and last but definitely not least - better songs. In the beginning of last year the war in Ukraine started. Yes, it affected us. Just next to our border people are fighting with guns and dying because of some stupid dorks’ megalomania. Some of our more anti-war and anti-megalomania lyrics were inspired by it. We were invited to play on one charity show helping the victims - we played there. This shit is serious and I think it affects any man who has at least some empathy or something.

5. The end is yours!

Thanks for having us, thanks for this interview, we appreciate it. The fact that zines like this are read, the attendance at underground shows, feedback bands like we receive - it all shows that the metal scene is alive and doing well! We don’t have to be in the mainstream with radio airplay and videos in MTV like in the past to function and make music, have fun at shows and celebrate this musical extreme. And it should be kept as long as we can keep it - I’m telling it as a musician and as a metalhead, fan of this music and a guy who attends underground shows himself. Support the bands, go to gigs, buy merch - it all lets the underground bands do their shit better and release new stuff more often. Have fun at gigs and have fun listening to the albums. Metal is the music we love and we are the ones that keep this scene alive and vital, so just keep doing it! For the glory of the underground! ~Bartek - guitar