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█║║█▀ artist : Kiju ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ title : Ignite The Revolt ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ genre : Metal ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ source : CDDA ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ type : Album ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ rls date : 04.10.2011 ║║ st date : 01.19.2010 ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ size : 58,1 MB ║║ tracks : 10 ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ encoder : Lame 3.97 ║║ label : Serpentine Records ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ quality : avg. 236kbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo ▀█║║█
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█║║█▀ website : http://www.kiju.it/ ▀█║║█
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█║║█ Kiju - We're Still Animals █║║█
█║║█ A while ago I wrote a review for the new album of Italian metallers █║║█
█║║█ Kiju. They were very pleased with the result and therefore offered █║║█
█║║█ me to do an interview with them. Vocalist Vitto was kind enough to █║║█
█║║█ answer some questions for us. HereÆs the result: █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Hey, how are you? █║║█
█║║█ Fine Thanks, how are you? █║║█
█║║█ ItÆs a fucking cold dayà but itÆs ok, itÆs sunny actually soà █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Please introduce yourself and the band. █║║█
█║║█ IÆm Vitto, singer of Kiju, a █║║█
█║║█ SuperViolentMutatedHardcoreThrashMetalRockAndRoll band from █║║█
█║║█ Tuscany. We play together since 1999 and after the release of our █║║█
█║║█ first album, in 2002, weÆve been playing shows everywhere in █║║█
█║║█ Europe, making a looooooot of noise!! █║║█
█║║█ WeÆre trying to keep on making a loooooot of noise during the next █║║█
█║║█ months, promoting our forthcoming second album: Demo(n)cracy! █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ What does æKijuÆ mean and how did you come up with the name? █║║█
█║║█ Actually, I joined the band when the name was already chosen. I █║║█
█║║█ donÆt know what was in the head of the guys when they decided to █║║█
█║║█ give the band this name, æKijuÆ does sound great to me though! █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ What are, musically speaking, the main influences for Kiju? █║║█
█║║█ Oh, we listen to everything what has been made with sweat and █║║█
█║║█ inspirationà Some of us love bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan, █║║█
█║║█ Poison The Well and Hatebreed. Others canÆt stop listening to █║║█
█║║█ Slayer or Pantera and our bass player just loves Duran Duran. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ And how about the lyrics? █║║█
█║║█ I just open the newspaper and I write about all the shit I have █║║█
█║║█ been reading. ItÆs really easy isnÆt it? HmmàitÆs not easy at all █║║█
█║║█ actually. I really believe that humanity is walking in the wrong █║║█
█║║█ direction. ItÆs 2005 and still we are killing each other like █║║█
█║║█ animalsà(showing that at least we still are animals). The only █║║█
█║║█ thing we really control in our evolution are the weapons weÆre █║║█
█║║█ using for our mass exterminations. ôDo you remember the song: █║║█
█║║█ 'Military Intelligence', these words combined can't make sense." I █║║█
█║║█ think that we have to change a lot of things in our society and we █║║█
█║║█ have to do it fast! ItÆs time to stop staring at the television █║║█
█║║█ like dumb people, stop dreaming on buying useless new cars or new █║║█
█║║█ shoes. Everybody is talking about the cultural integration, █║║█
█║║█ environment, peace and democracy, but theyÆre doing it in the same █║║█
█║║█ way they talk about something in a reality show. We have to wake up █║║█
█║║█ the consciences of millions of peopleàhow? I donÆt know █║║█
█║║█ unfortunately! Sometimes in my mind it comes out that we need █║║█
█║║█ another September 11thàthen maybe we will start reflecting. █║║█
█║║█ The way somebody uses to talk about the æexportation of democracyÆ █║║█
█║║█ sometimes is so absurd! WeÆre killing thousands of people to free █║║█
█║║█ them?! █║║█
█║║█ [img]http://upload.metalrage.com/Kijupic1 (Custom).jpg[/img] █║║█
█║║█ About your new album, it just got released, how are the reactions █║║█
█║║█ so far? █║║█
█║║█ Oh, your reaction was a good rate: 77/100, so I was glad to read █║║█
█║║█ your words on Metalrage.com. ItÆs really early to talk about this █║║█
█║║█ actually, but I can say that for now the feedback from magazines █║║█
█║║█ and webzines is definitely good! The average is above 85/100 until █║║█
█║║█ now. Considering that we have decided to involve our sound with █║║█
█║║█ more violent structures, we can say that we are absolutely █║║█
█║║█ satisfied! █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Did you expect the reactions to be like this? Why (not)? █║║█
█║║█ Well, we recorded the album just in the way we thought we had to do █║║█
█║║█ it. It means that æDemo(n)cracyÆ is more ædifficultÆ that the █║║█
█║║█ record we made 2 years ago. Our first album æNothing To Play ForÆ █║║█
█║║█ was much more easy to listen, it was a little bit less powerful, █║║█
█║║█ less claustrophobicàThe new album is ôtickö, æDemo(n)cracyÆ is a █║║█
█║║█ sane punch in the face of everybody that expected a cleaner sound █║║█
█║║█ and easy refrains from us. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ How was the recording process for the album? █║║█
█║║█ From my point of view the recording sessions have been strange. I █║║█
█║║█ used to live in Belgium during the period of preproduction, so I █║║█
█║║█ had to work on the songs on my own. I just went back to Italy for █║║█
█║║█ the vocal sessions and I hadnÆt seen the guys for 3 monthsàin the █║║█
█║║█ end it went out not so bad, donÆt you think? █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Would you consider Kiju to be a studio band or more like a live █║║█
█║║█ band? Why? █║║█
█║║█ Oh man! During live shows we are something far better, bigger and █║║█
█║║█ louder! I hope you can come and check us out live sometime, it will █║║█
█║║█ be a complete hell! And we love to be on the road, meeting people █║║█
█║║█ and having fun before, during and after the gigs. The stage is our █║║█
█║║█ natural dimension! And backstage is our 4th dimension. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Speaking about live, please tell us about your touring plans. █║║█
█║║█ No touring plans: we are waiting for reviews, to see the results of █║║█
█║║█ the promotional process and wait for most of the reactions in █║║█
█║║█ Europe, then we will talk about shows. █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ About the Italian metalscene, how would you describe it? █║║█
█║║█ Well, there are a lot of great guys working hard and playing very █║║█
█║║█ good, it is just a matter of time and a lot of great bands will █║║█
█║║█ come to tour in your countryà █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ [img]http://upload.metalrage.com/Kijupic2 (Custom).jpg[/img] █║║█
█║║█ What goal would you like to achieve with Kiju? █║║█
█║║█ 150 big shows a year for 10 years long, is that too much? Oh well, █║║█
█║║█ I forgot the groupiesàWell, letÆs say 150 groupies a show for 150 █║║█
█║║█ shows and that 10 years long, ok now? █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ Ok, that was my final question, anything left to say to our █║║█
█║║█ readers? █║║█
█║║█ Check out our website http://www.kiju.it and █║║█
█║║█ http://www.myspace.com/kiju █║║█
█║║█ And see you soon everywhere in Europe! █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
█║║█ /team FKK █║║█
█║║█ █║║█
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█║║█ 02 Ignite The Revolt 03:26 █║║█
█║║█ 03 New World Oblivion 03:30 █║║█
█║║█ 04 Breathe Or Suffocate/Resurrection 03:57 █║║█
█║║█ 05 Spinning Vultures 03:20 █║║█
█║║█ 06 Clouds Start To Burn 05:03 █║║█
█║║█ 07 J.J. Snowballin' 03:31 █║║█
█║║█ 08 Disaster 03:24 █║║█
█║║█ 09 Impossible To Say Which Was Which 03:01 █║║█
█║║█ 10 Endless Storm 04:07 █║║█
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