Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

   The Force Within was indeed published back in 2004. (Rock Express Records/Serbia), but we decided to review it because this is the very first Serbian band that deserves a few lines in our respectable zine for its music and other relevant elements. By the way, do you know where is Serbia at all? Do you know what Serbia survived in the last 20 years or so? Do you know why Interfector actually is Serbian band although 3/4 of the band’s members live in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Confusing? Indeed, but that’s just one more reason to listen to this great record, because the answers on these and many other questions are there, in the music as well as in the lyrics. Of course, it wouldn’t be bad if you put an additional effort to improve your knowledge about this small, but proud country from the Balkans whose wounds bleed even today. Nevertheless, it still manages to amaze us with its devotion to spite and to object the injustice, no matter if that exists at all. Anyway, with fast and decisive steps we evade history and moder politics lessons and with a great pleasure are getting ready for the opening song:
   Mother Serbia – definitely a great selection for introduction of the album, because it makes even an indifferent listener to impatiently open up the booklet and pop-up the questions like “who the fuck are these guys?!”. A Serbian national music-instrument called “gusle” (or so I’ve been told), thunders (the sound of NATO airstrikes over Serbia in 1999??), church bells, fuckin’ gloomy backing-keyboards, warning sounds of the bass-guitar, galloping style of drummings that freezes the blood in enemy’s vains and calls for the Uprising, and creeping guitar riff are automatically intriguing and implying on something graded, but at the same time unexpected. Agressive, but yet extremely melodic folk metal is primary and thanks to interesting rhythm and singing riffs grabbs a point at the first listening. It is immediately clear that this is an interesting band, that these musicians are quite decent and that they are amazingly good lyric writers (of course, that one goes for the songs written in English). Beause of all said above, the information I got is not surprising at all – this very song is Interfector’s live hit-song. But still, we are sobered down thanks to:
   Alienation – its dark intro fits the previous song perfectly, but at the same time deceives, for here are blast beats, melo black riffs that swiftly turn into melo death. A strange song because it appears as if quite a different band is in question. Of course, it doesn’t mean it is bad – on the contrary, it is a very energetic, a little bit deja vu melodic death quality, followed by:
   ‘The Dark One’ – and now some things become much more clear. Interfector belongs to a stream of metal bands that do not take into account whether they belong to a particular direction or not, which is not a bad thing anyway. As its name suggests, the song is dark, but full of different vocals, thus enabling us to get a more wider insight into the whole issue. Gollum-like recitations at the end of the song introduce us into a single weak side of this interesting story, and that is:
   ‘Temple of Desire’ – in which male clean vocals marred all that could be marred. Also, if we accept it as a kind of melo black balade, the presence of a female vocal seems quite logical, but it appears as if not exploited in a proper way. However, it pleases the band is ready for experimenting and resolved to demonstrate more sensible sides of their personalities, that are seen best within:
   ‘Buried Memories’ – that is in fact the first song where keyboards play a dominant role, for their wonderful color makes everybody wanting to dance. However, it also shows something else – completely undefined style of the band, which by itself should not necessarily be a bad thing, but at least is surprising and putting question about identifying and discovering fans in music. Guitar in fade out calls us to jump into:
   ‘S’ Druge Strane Svjetla’ – again we are impressed by dark metal impact, melodic keyboards, interesting rhythm, and drum playing style. The Serbian language intrigues us again (for the first time since one part of the ‘Mother Serbia’ lyrics), but at the same time female vocals get on our nerves. It appears to me the vocals are not worked out and necessary at all, because the song would be quite solid (in my opinion even better) without them. In any way, a slow dark pace starts to lull us a little bit when we get back to reality by:
   ‘The Lightbringer’ – that has a potential to become a proper black metal anthem of the Eastern Europe! Periodical blast beats, fantastic basic riff being somewhere in between Burzum and Satyricon styles, almost punk energy all come as a surprise and we finally realize the whole strength of the band. Excellent melody unfortunately comes to an end, but fortunately there is a ‘repeat’ button, which we skip over this time in order to honour the following:
   ‘Dark Saga’ – a song by Iced Earth (by the way, one of my favourite bands of all times), so I have to accentuate that I am not objective, because not a single version of my favourite bands songs suits me. Something that is really positive in the version of this Serbs is the fact that they are not trying to fit themselves into the Ices Earth sound, but to simply recall Iced Earth into their chambers. Few bands succeed in this and Interfector can play it with pride. But, let us devote the precious space to original songs for a real killer follows in:
   ‘Na Krilima Noci’ – my personal favourite, as we have an opportunity during full seven minutes to hear all that make Interfector an interesting band – melodic guitars, punk energy, folk impacts, various vocals, rhythm changes, blast beats, very catching keyboards, and finally – Serbian language. This is a composition that joins all influences into one point and represents in the best manner the band’s way of working, living, feeling, thinking. Only for this composition the whole text was written in Serbian (so, without a single word in English), and the fact should be especially appreciated. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the song is about, but I will learn it soon thanks to UG contacts (thanx BP!)

   Conclusion: Due to the presence of different metal influences (black, death, folk, melo, progressive and tech, sympho, dark), the most sincere recommendation to all fans of hard, but exotic sound. As it is impossible to find Rock Express Records’ CDs in local shops, it would be best to contact the label on e-mail rockexpr@EUnet.yu or directly Interfector band on its official site www.interfector.net. After an excellent debut, we are eager for the story to continue!

Band members:
Carcass (vocals, bass), Invictus (guitars, vocals), Antares (keyboards), Apeiron (drums)
Origin: Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Republic of Srpska), Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)

Related links:
www.interfector.net (official page)
www.rockexpress.org (official page)
www.serbian-metal.org (fastest and bestest info page about Serbian metal scene)
Recenzirala: BW

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Interfector were my first encounter with Bosnian metal, and I must say it's a very positive start! Opener “Mother Serbia” is quite folky yet very dark and foreboding. It's also quite long compared to the following tracks, which are around three minutes or so, yet still with a very epic feel to them.
There's a lot of interesting influences in this album, aside from the aforementioned folk influence, such as the jazz breaks in the drumming and the sometimes 80's metal feel to the guitar riffs. “The Force Within” can at times feel a little convoluted, with all these different elements vying for your attention on what is quite a short album (around 38 minutes or so, if I remember correctly). There are a great many moments of genius on this debut, though some may find it requires some work to grasp Interfector's sound. Those who like their metal progressive and challenging yet still full of energy and dark aggression will love this rare diamond from the Balkans!
Recenzirala: Jamie Smith - 95/100

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records


Serbian Metal at its best

Interfector is the first band I heard from Republika Srpska, for those a little rusty in geopolitics, the Republika Srpska is one of the two political entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other entity is the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and is primarily inhabited by Serbs.
You might know that I’m a sucker for Metal bands from non ”mainstream” countries (fuck, I live in one!). Anyway, what could you expect from this band? I don’t really know, but this surely is a lot more than I expected! The array of influences that Interfector uses in their compositions is quite amazing.
The base of their sound is Black Metal, yeah, blast beats and shrieks, but in addition they put a lot of ingredients in the cauldron, like Folk, Thrash, Death and Gothic Metal.
Let’s take for example opener track “Mother Serbia” clearly a nationalist song, when I first heard this song I thought this was a Folk-Black band, because this song really reminded me of Melechesh, but then, second song “Alienation” proved me wrong, because this song has a raw Black Metal sound.
The brew keeps mixing as I listen the rest of the Cd, songs are varied and we listen some other influences like Gothic Metal In “S Druge Strane Svjetla” , song with nice keyboards and female choirs. The album also covers an Iced Earth classic, “Dark Saga” is done tastefully and quite faithful to the original (except for the vocals of course).
The production and the presentation is quite good, the albums sounds crisp and tight while the cover art design and booklet inlay looks awesome. Definitively this guys took the effort of giving us a quality product, so is more than reasonable than we took time to sit down and listen to it. I strongly recommend everyone doing the same.
Recenzirao: Undercraft - 8/10

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Bosnia-Hercegovina so far has only been featured on our pages through Proggers SOUTHERN STORM, with INTERFECTOR’s “The Force Within” changes this and doubles the statistics. Somehow I was sure that these guys hailed from Serbia, but not without a reason. For one the quartet hails from Banja Luka, the Serbian part of Bosnia, they have guest musicians from Serbian bands, for example Black Metallers THE STONE, and they have a song titled “Mother Serbia”, so not completely out of the blue.
Founded in 2000 by Carcass, Invictus and Apeiron, the first document was a live recording in 2001, followed by three promos until now reaching “The Force Within”, released via Serbian label Rock express. They are promoted as Black Metal and knowing bands of this style from this region, for example MAY RESULT or THE STONE, I already braced myself for a brutal onslaught, but what the opener “Mother Serbia“ has on offer is almost Folk Metal that blows me away!
Foreign sounding melodies are combined with broken rhythms and garnished with a gruff voice. The melodies almost sound oriental, but the Serbian folklore bears some resemblance to this culture, especially in the scales, which make the whole thing sound foreign to European ears. As the title already tells, it is a hymn to Serbia, in the chorus even with some choir, very good start. But this is not the general direction of the album, because “Alienation” right after throws a harsh, blastbeat driven Black Metal grenade at us that almost severs your ears. The blastbeats are cleverly combined with mid-tempo passages, so that you never have the feeling that the band only passes you by in light speed without any kinds of hooks.
After „Temple Of Desire“ gives us a breather, with some clean vocals and in the chorus also guest singer Marta Vlahovic, „Buried Memories“ surprises with some tribal-like rhythms, overall the whole song sounds almost progressive in its structure with disharmonic melodies and scales. Then “The Lightbringer“ amalgamates Death and Black Metal, covering the rhythmic spectrum from fat double-bass to blastbeats, before “The Dark Saga” indeed is a cover version of the ICED EARTH classic, musically pretty close to the original, only the riffs have a different sound and the keyboards are more prominent, it is the rough vocals that give this song its very own character. At the end “Na Krilima Noci“ amputates almost all limbs with a heavy Black Metal conflagration, yet still varying tempo and adding melodies, great closer!
INTERFECTOR have surprised me very positively and show that they can’t fully pinpointed to a specific style, but have the courage to integrate foreign sounding elements, in a very homogenous way. Give this band a chance, if you like the mentioned sounds, you might have discovered a future gemstone! (Online June 20, 2005)
Recenzirao: Alex - 8/10

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

So zerrissen wie die Länder des ehemaligen Jugoslawiens, so präsentiert sich auch diese Combo aus der Stadt Banja Luka in Bosnien und Herzegowina. Banja Luka hat nach dem Balkan-Krieg die Funktion einer Hauptstadt übernommen und in ihr sind die wichtigsten Verwaltungseinrichtungen der Republika Srpska, der serbischen Teilrepublik Bosniens, zu finden. Diese Zerrissenheit, aber auch die teilweise grundverschiedenen Wurzeln werden im Opener mit dem bedeutungsschwangeren Titel „Mother Serbia“ hervorgestellt, in welchem Kirchenglocken und orientalische Klänge den ersten Track einleiten. Danach entpuppt sich „Mother Serbia“ als ein Black Metal-Stück mit Death Metal-Einflüssen sowie mit einigen Folk-Elementen, die insbesondere durch den Chor im Refrain hervorgehoben werden. Track Zwei, „Alienation“, ist dagegen ein reinrassiger, räudiger Black Metal-Song mit scheppernden Blast Beats. „Buried Memories“ kann mit seiner starken Melodie und herausragenden technischen Aspekten dagegen eher Erinnerungen an skandinavischen (Melo-)Death wecken, während „S Druge Strane Svjetla“ sich mit schönen Keyboard-Passagen und weiblichen Vocals gar in Gothic Metal-Gefilden bewegt. „Dark Saga“ ist eine eher leidenschaftslose Umsetzung des Iced Earth-Gassenhauers mit erwartungsgemäß fürchterlichem Gesang. Funktioniert in meinen Augen nicht wirklich. In „Na Krilima Noci“ gibt´s nochmal ordentlich Blast Beats auf die Rübe, der aber womöglich glatt den besten Song Interfectors darstellt. Das Problem mit Interfectors Musik ist, dass die Mischung von einfachem Black Metal und technischem Death Metal sowie Einflüssen aus Gothic und Folk Metal nicht wirklich zündet. Hier wird etwas verbunden was nicht zusammen passt. Und so klingt auch oft genug das Ergebnis. Zerrissen eben.
Recenzirao: SBr - 6/10

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Un gruppo serbo non mi era mai capitato e come prima esperienza devo dire di non potermi lamentare; gli Interfector sono una buon gruppo di death metal fortemente influenzato da sonorità medio-orientali e provenienti dalla Serbia stessa. Questa soluzione molto in voga in questo periodo risulta abbastanza originale grazie alla forte personalità della band che non si pone l'obiettivo di scopiazzare i cliches del genere, ma che cerca di andare oltre, proponendo una miscela omogenea e ben strutturata; la voce al vetriolo e a tratti terribilmente accattivante viene spesso a stendersi sul letto di note creato dalle chitarre: fraseggi interessanti per gli axe men che si destreggiano bene con partiture non complicatissime, ma sicuramente inusuali e immediate. La produzione, pur trattandosi di un prodotto "fatto in casa", è buona e gli strumenti sono tutti riconoscibili. Quello che davvero non fa decollare le composizioni è forse la scarsa dinamicità dei pezzi (dopo un paio di ascolti terminare un brano risulta assai arduo) e la poca esperienza live che avrebbe potuto aiutare i Nostri a snellirli, privilegiando le parti più dirette, quelle che in fin dei conti risultano le migliori; già perché quando gli Interfector si lanciano in lunghi passaggi strumentali non sempre la fluidità dei brani risulta riuscita, anche se mi rendo conto che tali momenti rappresentano una peculiarità per una band che fa delle melodie strumentali folk il suo punto di forza. Per il momento promossi, ma con la speranza che la loro prossima uscita possa ovviare i più che normali peccati di giovinezza e inesperienza commessi in questo platter; superate queste difficoltà gli Interfector potranno ambire a molto, ne sono certo.
Recenzirao: Alessio 'Slayer' Noè - 6/10

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Black metal z bylej Jugoslawii? Jeszcze nie slyszalem zadnej tego typu kapeli z tamtych terenów, tym chetniej siegnalem po debiut serbskiego Interfectora, zatytulowany "The Force Within" i bylem ciekaw jak to bedzie brzmialo. Juz wczesniej slyszalem pare kawalków z oficjalnej strony kapeli, i musze przyznac, ze po ich wysluchaniu dosc duzo obiecywalem sobie po tym albumie.
Jak to bywa jednak w rzeczywistosci, czesto okazuje sie, ze reklama potrafi czlowieka nabrac, i ja zostalem nieco nabrany, gdyz te trzy utwory, które znalazly sie jako MP3 na stronie zespolu, sa jednymi z lepszych kompozycji na calym albumie. Trudno, ale takie sa prawa rynku, ale szkoda, ze idzie za tym troche robienie w balona sluchaczy muzyki metalowej. Nic to, Interfector prezentuje blackowe, raczej bardziej klimatyczne granie, z nienajlepszym brzmieniem i pewnymi dodatkami klawiszowymi. Czyli standard. Ile juz bylo takich plyt, o których mozna by powiedziec: standard. I nic ponadto. Black metal nie jest zbyt kreatywnym kierunkiem, i chociaz czasy totalnej amatorki i zupelnego braku techniki w tym stylu przeminely, to nadal black jest kierunkiem muzyki metalowej, który jest najbardziej na bakier z technika. I jesli w miejsce tej techniki nie wejdzie cos innego, jakas awangarda, nietypowe rozwiazania, czy po prostu czad, blackowe plyty robia sie nudne i przewidywalne.
"The Force Within" zapowiada sie calkiem interesujaco, nawet bardzo ciekawie, mozna by rzec. Pierwszy kawalek "Mother Serbia" zaspiewany w calosci w rodzimym jezyku rozpoczyna sie dzwiekiem koscielnych dzwonów, po czym klimat utworu przypomina lekko to, co robi izraelski Orphaned Land: bliskowschodnie skale, arabska melodyka i specyficzny plemienny klimat. Bardzo ciekawa kompozycja i wlasnie to ona miedzy innymi byla umieszczona na stronie kapeli. Nic wiec dziwnego, ze nastawilem sie na album, który bedzie operowal orientalizmami i odwolywal sie do bliskowschodniej tradycji i do folkloru balkanskiego. Nastepny kawalek "Alienation" niweczy misternie utkany klimat, okazuje sie malo ciekawym, szybkim black metalem o niezbyt ciekawym, bzyczacym brzmieniu. I dopóki nie zabrzmi nastepny, bardziej intrygujacy fragment "S Druge Starne Svjetla" z kobiecymi wokalizami i bardziej atmosferycznym brzmieniem, Interfector tlucze raczej przecietny, dosc szybki black, który jednak jednym uchem wpadnie a drugim wypadnie. "The Lightbringer", kawalek nastepny, z kolei kojarzyc sie moze z wczesnym Dimmu Borgir, z powodu podobnego uzycia fortepianu.
Ciekawostka na "The Force Within", i przy tym trzecim kawalkiem, który znalem wczesniej, jest cover power metalowej, obecnie przyblaklej, formacji Iced Earth - "Dark Saga". Przyznaje, ze z ciekawoscia zabralem sie do sluchania tej przeróbki, ale ta, jak wiekszosc coverów, okazala sie, pomimo ciekawych fragmentów, raczej mizerna. Owszem, na samym poczatku brzmi to intrygujaco, ale po wejsciu gitar, zamiast czystego wokalu, slyszymy growle, i co najgorsze, klawisze! Zgroza! Tak sprofanowac ten kawalek! Potem ciekawym rozwiazaniem okazuje sie partia solowa, w oryginale zagrana na gitarze, tutaj na basie. Bede zlosliwy, ale pewnie dlatego, ze gitarzysta nie potrafi grac solówek, bo faktycznie na tej plycie ich nie ma w ogóle.
W rezultacie otrzymujemy album dosyc slaby, ale z paroma ciekawszymi elementami, które jednak nie ratuja calkowicie sytuacji. Nadzieje daje pare utworów, ale jako calosc plyta sie nie broni.
Recenzirao: MoonFire

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

He! He! It was a strange situation! I was in a railway station in Pancevo, Serbia, and I asked a guy for some info about the trains. He told me he doesn't know, then aksed me where I am from! After this, when I told him I am the editor of Axa Valaha zine, he replied with this promo CDR. Thanx, man, for your trust! Unfortunately I didn't see this band live, due to my trip to Beograd, anyway their CD kills and I just don't understand why the Serbian label REX didn't sign them til now! It's excellent & complex folk, dark, black metal with almost progressive influences and true Serbian spirit, if you know what I mean! They are from Banja Luka, the center of the Republic of Srpska, quite unusual? Don't be idiots and have prejudices because they are from Balkans, The Stone and May Result proved it is real hellish propaganda in there and Interfector band is an excellent follower I think! Support them or... die?!
Recenzirao: Nosferatu - 5/6

Interfector - The Force Within
Advanced Promo

I'm really happy that these guys manage to record their first full-lenght. I hope that they'll find out some proper label to release their stuff. They're coming from Republic of Srpska and are playing progressive black metal, as they call it, with recognizable folklore sound and elements. This album is composed of 9 songs and two of them have Serbian topics and all other have English names. What I have to say about their music is that have many tempo changes from very slow songs to fast ones. The computer design of their layout is more than killer and I like it a lot. 'Na Krilima Noci' and 'The Lightbringer' are my favorite songs from this CD. Support them!
Recenzirao: Darko Krsteski

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Interfector is one of those very few Metal bands hailing from the lands of Serbian Republic. Quite a surprise to tell you the truth this album. They play some kind of an Atmospheric Progressive/Death but with some consistent Black and Gothic elements too. Sounds well arranged, ingeniously performed (very good technique), and quite mature. I also saw them this summer at Hellhammer Fest in Serbia (could have been a great fest but turned out really lame in the end), but on stage they seem a bit more shy and uninspired than on the CD. There's also a small dose of Serbian nationalism on top of everything, to spice up the things even further, but it's quite innocent in the end. The production is quite good, with each instrument clearly identified, and the cover looks also decent. If I could make two suggestions: first it would be with the name. I mean what kind of name is Interfector? No real significance, no poetry, mystery, no nothing. The second is with the too many influences. They should stick to a clearly defined style, not try to cover everything. They have the resources to do that, no doubt, that's why it may be harder, but in the end when you want too much you end getting too little. Cause Black Metal doesn't work combined with Techno Death and Gothic. Other than that, no complains at all.
Recenzirao: Negru - 7/10

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Najzad je svetlost dana (ili tamu noći) ugledao dugonajavljivani prvenac banjalučkog progressive black sastava Interfector. Iako snimljen još polovinom decembra 2002. godine u beogradskom studiju Kazablanka, ovaj materijal je zbog raznoraznih peripetija morao sačekati skoro godinu i po do objavljivanja, što je za mnoge fanove koji su neumorno posećivali energične svirke ovog kvarteta bio više nego dug vremenski period. Od kredita se još može istaći i gostovanje na albumu Marte iz Abonos-a i Nefasa iz The Stone-a, kao i njegovo trajanje od 45 minuta u obliku 9 numera od kojih samo jedna nije autorska (Dark Saga sastava Iced Earth), mada se po njenom izvođenju može smatrati takvom, jer je prilagođena filozofiji i viziji koju bend gaji. Interfector su specifična pojava na srpskoj metal sceni i kao takvi su već stekli ugled i reputaciju među ovdašnjim fanovima i mnogo pre izlaska ovog materijala, a njihov najveći hit, harizmatična Mother Serbia, je postala nezaobilzna himna na mnogim metal okupljanjima, a koja odličnim kombinovanjem etno elemenata i epskog metal-a neretko stvara pravi delirijum na koncertima. The Force Within je u osnovi black metal album, ali će vas Interfector kroz njega provesti kroz sve faze ovog zvuka - od rane ere, inkranirane u sirovim rifovima i jednostavnim aranžmanima do progresivne i tehnički daleko zahtevnije periode koja povremeno može koketirati i sa death metal uticajima. Ta efektna kombinacija folk uticaja sa ekstremnim metalom vas može delimično podsetiti na neke radove palestinskog benda u izgnanstvu Melechesh, mada su sličnosti, zbog neminovnosti uslovljene takvim spletom melodija, opravdavajuće i tematski potpuno divergentne. Raznovrsnost pesama je na zavidnom nivou, što je sa opisanim muzičkim pristupom koji su momci odabrali i logičan sled događaja. Muzika izražava gnev prema mnogim nepravdama koje bend okružuju i oni se ne libe da otvoreno napadnu i uspostavljeni sistem tipičnih vrednosti, smatrajući svoje oružje dovoljno snažnim da se uhvate u koštac sa surovom prazninom sveta oko nas. Sa reputacijom jednog od najboljih metal sastava koje Srbija u ovom trenutku ima da ponudi, Interfector-u se mora odati priznanje na postignutim rezultatima na ovom opusu, ali i naglasiti očekivanja da se na narednom malo ubedljivije izraze sve negativne emocije koje bend iskazuje, jer su oni sigurno sposobni za to. Uostalom, retko ko se trudi da spoji tradiciju sa progresivnim težnjama, jer je dobro poznato koliko je to mukotrpan posao.
Recenzirao: Vladimir Ninčić

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Nakon izvjesnog vremena, u prilici sam da vas konacno upoznam i sa prvim full-lenght albumom banjaluckog black metal sastava Interfector. Ovaj debi album nosi naslov "The Force Within", a snimljen je prošle godine u beogradskom studiju Kazablanka (u kojem su snimali i dobro poznati May Result). Kako je Antares zauzeo mjesto klavijaturiste, ovim je ukupan zvuk dosta poboljšan i donešena je nova dubina pjesmama, od kojih su neke i rearanzirane. Sama muzika Interfector-a je spoj razlicitih uticaja, što je zasluga samih clanova benda, koji se nisu ogranicavali samo na jedan pravac. Kao prvi i najosnovniji pravac tu se moze spomenuti melodicni/old-school black metal, ali tu se mogu primjetiti i folk/black uticaji, progresivni fazon lupanja bubnjeva, pa i nešto thrash i death metala. Originalnost je zaista na nivou i to je mozda i najjace oruzje koje moze da posjeduje jedan bend sa naših prostora. Prva pjesma na ovom CD-u je "Mother Serbia", rodoljubiva pjesma, za koju mozemo reci da je odlican primjer folk/black metala. Kraci intro u sebi nosi neke mracne klavijature, zvuke zvona, pa cak i krace dionice na guslama! Atmosfera je mracna, ali pjesma je puna energije, koju najbolje docaravaju snazni vokali Carcass-a i brzi bubnjevi Knorkkus-a. Gitare, za koje je zaduzen Invictus, su totalno u vec pomenutom folk/black tripu, sa odlicnim etno motivima (zaista za pohvalu!). Pricajuci o gitarama, na njih bih dao zamjerku, ali po polju produkcije. Mogle su da budu mnogo glasnije, jer ipak one moraju da budu taj instrument koji reze sve pred sobom i daje snagu. Nakon nje na red nam dolazi "Alienation", inace prva pjesma koju je ovaj bend napisao, a što se ocituje dosta sirovijim zvukom uz koji su prikovani blastbeatovi na bubnjevima, a i uticaji melodicnog death metala na gitarama. Zaista sirova pjesma, puna besprijekorne energije i bijesa. Slijedeca "The Dark One" dolazi isto iz ranog perioda rada benda i isto tako je oblozena cistom energijom. Ovdje se klavijature ne pojavljuju toliko cesto, samo u dijelovima refrena. Daleko bolji rad gitara i pakleni 'duplaci' nose ovu energiju direktno u lice slušaoca sa samo jednom porukom - "ne uzimamo zarobljenike". Sam naziv je dovoljan za opis ove pjesme, koja u sebi krije pravo gnjezdo tame (poslušajte samo misticna pojanja Invictus-a pred sam kraj). Iako su balade rijetka pojava u black metal zvuku, Interfector ipak imaju jednu - "Temple of Desire", doduše dosta mracniju i agresivniju nego ono što se veze pod klasicnim pojmom za jednu baladu. Solidno uradjena, ali sa slabijim clean vokalima nego što sam to ocekivao. Odlicni glasovi Marte Vlahovic (Abonos) su upotpunili atmosferu za refren (svaka cast Marta!). "Buried Memories" prikazuje tehnicki jacu stranu benda, potkovanu na black metal podlozi, ali prozetu kako sa melodicnim varijacijama na klavijaturama i gitarama, tako i na perfektnim bas dionicama i gotovo progresivski odradenim bubnjevima. Knorkkus kao da je malo izucavao tribal ritmove kod Igora Cavalere prije nego što je ova pjesma napravljena. "S Druge Strane Svetla" je više u modernim melodic black/gothic vodama, nešto brza, ali i melodicnija. Ona ima snagu za komercijalni proboj ka fanovima dark/black zvuka koji ocekuju dosta klavijatura i zenskih vokala. Tenzije se povecavaju sa paklenom przacinom pod imenom "The Lightbringer", koja je jedna od najboljih i najefektivnijih pjesama na albumu, kombinujuci elemente black i death metala. Kontrasti izmedu melodicnih dionica i brzih przacina su odlicno odradeni i ne vjerujem da postoji metal fan kojeg ce ova pjesma ostaviti ravnodušnim! "Dark Saga", obrada od power/thrash metal legendi Iced Earth je sasvim solidno odradena - scream i growl vokali dodaju posebnu caroliju ovoj pjesmi i predstavljaju je u potpuno novom svijetlu. Za sam kraj tu je najpoganija numera na albumu - "Na Krilima Noci". Brzina je ovdje definitivno vrlina i bubnjevi su pakleno dobro odsvirani! Atmosfera je najmracnija do sada i ovdje se mogu pronaci svi ljubitelji sirovog black/thrash metala. Interfector inace tragaju za stranim izdavacem, tako da im zelim sve najbolje u toj potrazi. Ako jedan od naših bendova zasluzuje da prodje granice ex-Yu to su zasigurno oni!
Recenzirao: Boris Todorović

Interfector - Promo 2003.

Interfector is, for me, one of the most interesting Serbian bands. Three tracks that are on this promo serve the purpose of presenting their first full-lenght album 'The Force Within' recorded in Belgrade, in studio Kazablanka during the last December. 'Mother Serbia' has been one of their concert favorites and a song that is obligatory opening each gig. I don't know how to describe the music this band plays as it combines various elements each member brought into the bad. This mixture can confuse, but it works very well. As you might have guessed, 'Mother Serbia' is a patriotic song with opening lines in Serbian and the rest in English, and it is opened by the Serbian national instrument - the fiddle. 'S' Druge Strane Svjetla' continues in the same dark, misanthropic way, with shivering atmosphere of some modern gothic metal bands. This notion is only argumented by a guest appearance from Marta Vlahovic (from the gothic metal band Abonos), thankfully only as backing vocals as I'm not so great lover of female operatic vocals in metal. The last tune here is an ICed Earth cover 'The Dark Saga' and I can't picture the song that would fit their style so perfectly. It works great with a combination of growling and clean vocals that don't take away the original grim Iced Earth feeling while adding their own vibe and that is the needed element to make a good cover song. All of the songs are enriched with keyboards sound courtesy of Antares (Draconic, Consecration) and they strenghten the songs in their atmospheric part.
Recenzirao: Boško Radišić

Interfector - The Force Within
Rock Express Records

Ovom prilikom vam prestavljamo poslednji i jedini full-length album banjaluckog black metal sastava Interfector. Interfector je za sada jedini black metal bend u Republici Srpskoj, i iako to nije merilo kvaliteta njih odlikuje velika kompleksnost i sadrzajnost. Album je nazvan The Force Within, a sniman je u 'Kazablanka' studiju, dok je izdat pod okriljem Rock Express izdavacke kuce. Ceo album je stvaran kao jedna veoma kompleksna prica koju je tesko shvatiti, dok vam sam naziv nudi jedan deo objasnjenja ovog albuma. Mada, ako zelite da saznate sta se zaista krije iza tog naslova, potrebno je prouciti svaku kompoziciju zasebno da bi ste u potpunosti bili sigurni da ste doziveli ovo delo. Pored ostalih textova i pesama, jedna se upecatljivo istice i po textu i po zvuku. Naime, pesma je patriotska, a govori o neizbeznom uzdizanju nase zemlje. Mnogo toga je proslo: ratovi, stradanja, i sve je branjeno, ali i dalje ona nije spasena. Zato kroz dozivanje 'Oh Mother Serbia, where are you now…' ceznu za njenim povratkom. Nemojte ovo shvatiti kao da je izgubljena, vec kao motiv da se treba za nju boriti, ali i umreti kako to Invictus kaze. Pesma se razlikuje i po zvuku, a razlog je instrument koji je specijalno koriscen u ovoj pesmi, a to su gusle. Mozete li zamisliti black metal ukombinovanim sa nekim izvornim instrumentom? Sigurno ne, zato je i neophodno da poslusate ovaj album… Pesma 'The Dark One' je jedna od mracnijih. Pesma govori o ubijanju, zlu, nezadovoljstvu - zemlja mrznje i zla! Pesma koja se nalazi i na demo snimku - 'The Lightbringer' ima malo cvrsci zvuk. A tuga, nezadovoljstvo, ocaj su motivi koji su delimicno korisceni. Cilj je spasiti svet od lazi, a svetliji dani dolaze. Na albumu su ucestvovali i gosti: Marta u dve pesme - 'S' Druge Strane Svjetla' i 'Temple of Desire' i Nefas iz black/death benda The Stone je otpevao delove pesme 'Na Krilima Noci'. Numeru 'S Durge Strane Svjetla' potpuno karakterisu sledeci stihovi: "You said you will be with me \ You said I won't cry \ You said time will heal the wounds \ You left me to die \ ALONE!". Ovo su inace stihovi sa pocetka ove pesme, a numera govori o ponovnom radjanju, ali sa druge strane svjetla! Kao sto mozete zakljuciti iz delimicnoh opisa nekih pesama sa ovog albuma jeste da koriste uglavnom motive mrznje, zla, prirode, ljubavi… i opisuju svaki osecaj koji je u njima - sve ono sto ih okruzuje. Muzika na celom album se ne moze okarakterisati kao cist black, kako inace karakterisu bend Interfector. Zvuk je mesavina svega i svacega. Kao sto sam vec pomenula mozete cuti cak i zvuk instrumenta gusle, a pored toga u pojedinim pesmama dolazi do izrazaja progressive/power, etno, pa i jazz elementi, ali sa druge strane ima i surovih delova gde nisu imali milosti za ljubitelje blazeg zvuka. Surovi black vokal i muzika koja veoma specificna za black metal bend ostavlja veliki utisak na vas. Povremeno mozete pomisliti da su inspirisani samo skandinavskom metal scenom, tipa Emepor, Satyricon,… ali ne….ovo je jedinstveno… Producent je Dadi Stojanovic, a album je fenomenalan, tako da se necete pokajati ako ga uzmete. Ovim malo podugackim textom vam sigurno necemo oslikati zvuk u celini, jer uvek postoji neki neistrazen riff koji mozete otkriti tek nakon dosta, dosta slusanja. A kad proucite album do poslednje sitnice, onda shvatite da je stvarno vredno pomena.
Recenzirala: Ana Stević 10/10