BB: First of all, I would like to thank you for this interview. Can you tell us about the band’s beginnings?

We are trying to play as many concerts as possible. And of course we are already writting new songs for a possible next album.

BB: Why you choose the name Nekropolis to your band? Why the “K” instead the “C”? Have this name some special meaning to you, besides the Greek meaning (City of the dead)?

As we was on the search for a name, Marc, Reto and Beni sat in a bar one rainy afternoon, drinking beer and thinking about this new project. They decided themselves to push a knife into a loan German-Greek dictionary and take the word, where the knife point would stop as the name of the band. Fortunately the word meant something suitable to their idea of an image of a band in those days: to be dark and evil...as you said: the city of the dead or a burial place. In Greek you will write it with K and we didn’t want an English name.

BB: The first thing that takes my attention was the name of the band written (in the info sheet) with old Greek characters. Have you any direct connection with the Greek legacy?

BB: Your logo has some astrologic symbols… Why is that? Have you some esoteric inspiration?

BB: Can you tell us about your previous works: Nekropolis and Demo 01? What’s the main difference between those works and “The Perversion Of Humanity”?

Well, I think we developed the sound, the ideas, the quality of the production and the band for itself. The Demo'01 was thought for finding a deal or getting more gigs. Suddenly we were selling it and it reached the status of a CD.

BB: Can you tell us how has been the reception of “The Perversion Of Humanity”?

As we had the idea to produce a new album, our contition was to do it right! It have to be a full-length album with a really good artwork and of course a convincing production.

Hehe but...if you don’t have any idea how such a project works, you'll find a lot of hurdles on the way to the aim. It was an amazing time to learn very much. It was heavy, but also extremely interesting. I'd do it again in the same steps. Not now with my knowledge, but if I had to begin again, I would do it as we did it.

BB: You seem to have a wide “live” experience… Can you tell us how your live shows are?

“Nekropolis live” means high-energy-performance on stage and an audience turned into a headbanging fury. When we go on the stage, it’s like enter another world. On stage everyone is giving all what he have. We had some bloody decoration before we went on tour in May...but unfortunately, everything is away!

BB: What’s the most important concert (to you) in which you have played? Why?

This is difficult. We had a lot of cool shows, but if I had to decide, I would say, that it was the gig at the Metal Dayz in Pratteln (CH). We could play for Lock Up, they felt out of the program, due to someones helthy or anything else. There we played in front of 1300 people. That was a fantastic feeling!

BB: Can you tell us about your “Perversion over Europe” Tour? How was the reception of the audience?

Okay, this is not the easiest question. We could play only two shows and then we already had been interrupted by the stolen car and equipment. The first gig was quite good with some amazing people. The second one wasn't the absolut hit! We play pretty late and most of the fans already left the place.

After that we were forced to break off the tour for almost two weeks. But in the end we did the last four shows in Germany and Switzerland. These were great concerts. You could feel all our hate against the thieves of our bus and equipment. We were very sad about the fact, that we had to cancel all shows in Poland. It was and still be our dream to play there…but time will come again!

BB: I remember the first time I contact you, you told me about an unfortunate incident with your bus and equipment during your tour… Can you tell us about it and how you overcome this difficulty?

Yes! It was planed that we play two shows in Brnõ (CZ). The second day was the 1st of May. On this date in Brno - well in whole Europe - people are demonstrating. It is the day of the work. So when we were on the way to the club, where we would play in the evening, we had a short contact with the police. They thought, that we are going to a battle. Of course we didn't and they suggested us to leave the city and to come back in the evening. So we went to a lake near the city. We were drinking beer in a bar, playing cards and watching the ice hockey world championship. The promenade of the lake was really busy and the police was standing around everywhere. As we went back to our bus around 6 pm...well, back to the bus isn't right – rather back to the place where we parked three hours before, there was nothing – only emptiness. Not one only police officer saw something. Afterwards we had to stay for hours in a police station and then we drove home by train. There we had a lot to organize with the insurrances, the concert organisators and with ourselves. One week later we could borrow everything we needed and could finish our tour! That’s why we could finish our tour with some losses. Now, three months later, we got the money from the assurance and could buy most of the stuff back, what we had before. But anyway, we lost a dream and at least a lot of money. But we didn't lose our aims, our dreams and we found back on our way. We got an amazing experience!

BB: The first time I listen to Nekropolis the first band that comes to my mind was your country mates of Samael, specially in the song “One Day In Hell”…Does Samael influence you in some way?

Yes of course. We all listened to Samael and we loved it. They gave us the first impulse to try it with a sequencer and electronics anyway. Unfortunately we didn’t have the change to play with them somewhere. Once on a festival in Switzerland they played one day before.

BB: What are your most important musical influences?

The musical background of us is not exactly the same. So, not everyone listen to the same sound. Okay, our favourite bands in the early ninties were Metallica, Slayer and or something like this. During the last few years we all gazed the work of Dimmu Borgir, but everybody has his own style. Everybody has his own idea of music and all this influences togehter are giving Nekropolis. In the beginning 1998 I think Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Dissection, Machine Head, At The Gates and Metallica were important. But in the following years we developed our own style. Yes of course you'll find simmilar things to other bands, but there are already as much stuff in the world, it is hardly possible to produce something what never have been done before. And isn’t it interesting to hear someones roots out of the sound?

BB: I read in your info sheet about a DVD-clip of the song “Organ Removement”. Where can we found this clip? Is this part of some compilation or something?

For the moment this clip is sold out. It was available on a DVD with some other stuff like a little making of and photos from the set. I think you can enjoy it on our website soon.

Now we are working on a DVD with a lot of stuff from our tours in this year. We gonna add also the clip "Organ Removement" again on this publication. I expect, that this DVD will be availlable in the end of this year in our onlineshop on our homepage www.nekropolis.ch...

BB: What about Subversive Records? Was “The Perversion Of Humanity” labelled under this label, or was entirely self-released? …I’m quite disconcerted about that…

"TPOH" was self-released at the beginning. Subversiv Records is a nonprofit-organisation of several bands from our region. They came together to help each other. They have a deal with a distribution company in Switzerland and because of this we are available in every store here, but we are not in the frames actually. So that's no deal as you know it. You know, in Switzerland doesn't exist any metal label. We had to look in foreign countries and “Subrec” was an interim solution.

BB: How have been the conversations with Metal Axe Records?

In Metal Axe Records we found our label in Germany. Since February, when we had the first contact with Metal Axe Records, the chemistry was brilliant. Of course we had many points in the contract we had to deal out first, but that's normal and we found for each point a perfect solution.

BB: When can we expect new material of Nekropolis? Will be this work under Metal Axe Records?

I have no concret answer for both of these questions. It depends on what does gonna happen with the actual album. But it is possible, that it will be under Metal Axe Records and it could be in the end of the year 2006. But at the time we are concentrating on "TPOH".

BB: Thanks again for your time and words… These last lines are all yours…