Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.
In 1994 from the ashes of LEVIAL (our old death metal band) we deciced to form OUIJA because we needed another way to communicate our feelings and the different changes about the concept of our music in that moment…so OUIJA born. In 1997 was released our first album under the Spanish label Repuse Rec, currently we are working on our new mini-cd that will be released in December of this year by Xtreem Music… the current line up is: Map (guitar), Murcilag (guitar), Fulgur (drums), Aldromk (bass) and Midgard (vocal).
How would you describe your style? Which bands influenced your music?
Our sound is only Black Metal without more tags… we like the old school very much, bands as Slayer, Kreator, Sepultura (old), Morbid Angel, Sabbat, Mayhem, Bathory, Rotting Christ, Emperor, Entombed (old) and so on...their sound and attitude always will be in our hearts but we like a lot swedish black metal as Dissection, Dawn, Sacramentum, Sargoth, ect
Why should a metalhead buy your demos/albums?
You'll find only true metal of death in our music; if you need it; this your stuff.
What have you released so far and how were your releases received by the public/media?
Our releases are:
'Riding in to the funeral paths' - 1997 - Repulse records
'Adversary' - 2010 - Xtreem Music.
The acceptance of our first album was really exceptional so much in Spain as in the rest of Europe, also in South America we got a lot of fans there.
Do you play live as well? How's your live activity so far?
OUIJA is going to play a few times; just in carefully chosen festivals, we will fuse our old songs with the new stuff so that our fans enjoy also of our legendary hymns.
What sould labels/zines/promoters know about your band? Why should they be interested in it?
OUIJA as well as keeping these awesome melodies and great song structures which will for sure please not only every long time fan of the band, but every lover of great quality Black Metal!!
What plans do you have for the near future as a band?
Right now we just think of doing new songs with OUIJA for the next album; we are an underground band and this is the reality now, apart from that the future will speak, all successes will always be welcome; we aren't cynics about this..
Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?
You can listen our new song on myspace: www.myspace.com/ouija1997 and you can buy our material in: www.xtreemmusic.com
November 2010