1. Hello Thorn, we know each other from other projects but this time let's talk about - Painful Insomnia.
Tell us about the beginnings, why is the style different from your other projects and how good or bad is making music by yourself?
T.Hails! The beginnings of this project date back to around 2020. That's when Krystian Łukaszewicz knocked on my door, offering his services as a sound engineer, which I decided to use.
Although I'm known as someone who surrounds himself more in Black Metal style, the Death Grind vibe has always been pulsating somewhere in my head.
It just so happens that from time to time I record various ideas "in a drawer", so I decided to dig a few out and do something other than Black Metal.
That's when Painful Insomnia was born. Hard, brutal, pure madness plus complete spontaneity. Those were the assumptions then and they last to this day.
As for working alone? It's a great thing for me. I feel great in such a system.
2. You released a new album "Brutal Homoside". It is your third album in 4 years.
Fast tempo, fast music, I imagine that the lyrics are not about flowers and clouds.
What are the lyrics about?
T.Definitely not. The lyrics just fit the music. Kill, murder, guts, horrors and similar pleasures hahaha.
3. Another release without the backing of a publisher or a huge corporate machine.
How does this help or hurt promotion/breakout?
T.Every time I send my stuff here and there but unfortunately it ends in failure. Generally a lot of labels revolve around "their" environment and do not open up to new ones.
What can I do. I have also noticed a decrease in the popularity of this type of music in Poland, a country that revolves around Black Metal.
Or maybe my music is just crap? I don't know hahaha. Honestly, I don't care at all. I create music solely to satisfy my overactive imagination.
This applies to all my projects, Slavia and Stigmata Diaboli. The only thing that counts is creativity.
4. I may be wrong, but in your country - Poland, this type of music is not very common?
Although if you look at old times, Chopin was something new and aggressive.
T.Yeah, that's right hahaha. Like I said. Since I decided to play this kind of music myself, all I can do is do it honestly.
I don't count on popularity or any profits. Each of my new materials brings me quite noticeable financial losses.
Krystian's services have to be paid for and releasing an album alone also costs money.
Despite that, I will do it as long as I have enough ideas for creating music.
5. Returning to the texts. Where do you get your ideas from?
Do you read crime sections or maybe books with this topic?
T.Many factors influence lyrics. Various stories from the past, movies, pop culture, and general annoyance with the reality of everyday life hahaha.
I'm also a big fan of old cult horror movies. Every Painful Insomnia album has at least one song dedicated to one of the classics.
There was "Braindead", "Hellraiser", and "Carrie". Time will tell what will be on the next one.
6. Geopolitical question: are the current situations in Europe a good topic for the next songs by this band?
(unfortunately you don't sing about a smiling Poland).
T.Painful Insomnia is a completely apolitical project, which does not mean that I have no opinion on the geopolitical situation in Europe.
What is happening goes beyond all the absurdities of human leftist stupidity. It is leftist views that lead to the loss of the complete identity of nations
and are responsible for crimes, offences, and attacks on their citizens. In addition, there is also idiotic ecological policy. In general, Europe
is losing its mind, identity, sense of security. I consider leftist views to be extremely dangerous for the European population.
7. How will you convince metal fans to listen to your music and why should such an artistic message appeal to the worker-peasant masses?
T.I don't intend to convince anyone to like me. As I said, I make music straight from the heart, so if someone is looking for something "real" and not something made
for show or for show, maybe they should try to familiarize themselves with my projects. Each of them is a huge part of my soul.
I put one hundred percent of myself into them. I've known people who started bands, financed recording albums,
concerts and then fell apart because there was no profit or proper applause. I'm not in danger of that.
I will only stop creating when I decide that I'm completely burned out.
8. Finally, thank you for your time and good luck in your creative endeavors.
The last blasphemous words are yours.
T.Thank you very much for the opportunity to express myself in your media. What can I add. Support the true art of metal music.
Music that I have listened to since I was a child and that I will listen to until I die. This cult can never fade. Hail Metal!
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