After over a decade of silence, Inborn Suffering returns, exploring themes of depression and resilience in their new album, Pale Grey Monochrome. In this interview, band member Emmanuel shares their journey back to music, the personal inspirations behind the album, and how collaborating with Ardua Music and producer Déhà helped shape their unique, melancholic sound.
1. After
more than a decade of silence, Inborn Suffering has returned to the music
scene. What inspired you to come back and create new music?
After a
year of depression, i wanted to do something as a therapy and decided to
repress our demo (first pressed on cd.r ) but this time in pro
format. After talking with the other band members, we wanted to rewrite at
least a new song because we had stopped inborn suffering in really bad shape (
anger, animosity) and i think it was not a good thing stopping an activity like
that.
Stephane
was still busy with fractal gates and Laurent began to write some new music,
and after 45 mn of material we have decided to turn that on a new
album.
2. Pale
Grey Monochrome is described as reaching new heights of melodic beauty while
delving even deeper into despair. Could you tell us more about the themes that
shaped this album?
The main
Theme is simple, depression, but not in a cringe way i think. I have written
all the lyrics and it’s talking about my personal experience, the past 3 years.
Except one song which is talking about Steph’s experience.
3. How
did your partnership with Ardua Music come about, and how has it influenced the
direction of your latest work?
Ardua is
for me one of the few labels that works with passion in my opinion - and of
course knows doom metal like no others. I have followed this label since the
beginning and for me it was natural trying to work with David. I had the
chance to meet him in Belgium at From Dusk till Doom festival and it was really
cool. Things were clear after that.
Depression->therapy->déhá->ardua.
Choosing things that have helped me through the years was the key.
4. After
so much time away, what was the biggest challenge in bringing the band back
together and working on new material?
I think the
biggest challenge was to mix the atmospheres of both albums, and to make
something new after 12 years. It was important for us to bring people emotions
and not another « same » album. It’s a simpler album maybe, but
probably the most personal.
5.
You’ve played alongside renowned doom bands like Swallow The Sun and Saturnus.
How have these experiences influenced your own music over the years?
It's
incredible playing with bands that you have always listened to. It was a
magical thing for me of course. Playing with such giant bands probably gave us
more trust i think in doing some new music. More influences = more ideas. More
ideas= more identity.
6. Tell
us about the single, “From Lowering Tides.” What emotions and stories are you
hoping to convey through this track?
This song
reflects my most personal experience - they are the first lyrics I wrote. It’s
a really typical Inborn Suffering song, which reminds me of 'Apotheosis' and
'Inborn Suffering', but with a little twist. Deha’s clean vocals are really the
one extra thing about the song.
I hope this
song will help some people to find light.
7. This
album was mastered by Déhà of Opus Magnum Studio. How did his expertise enhance
the atmosphere and sound you envisioned for Pale Grey Monochrome?
Since the
beginning i wanted Déhá. i love this guy. He helped me a lot when i was down.
Just on thing to say about that - Ave maria.
8. Pale
Grey Monochrome has been described as both ‘melancholic’ and ‘majestic.’ How do
you balance these elements in your songwriting to achieve such a powerful
impact?
To be
honest I was in charge of the main theme, the lyrics, doing my bass job and
some ideas, but the main composition was made by Laurent.
He has done
an amazing job transcribing my thoughts into music. It’s amazing how his voices
and his music fits perfectly with the theme. You can feel the suffocation in
his voice. I think he gave a new breath to this album.
Talking
about Stephane. He probably wrote the most dark and deranged song on the album.
I like to describe it as an 'upside down' song. You listen to the
lyrics and you read the music. It’s a completly different song from the others
and it’s not the easiest part of the album. He was in charge of all the
keyboards on the album too and of course 'inbornizing' everything with
his typical dreamy leads.
9. For
those who discovered Inborn Suffering during your hiatus, what can they expect
from the reissues of Wordless Hope and Regression To Nothingness?
Wordless
Hope will be rereleased with the original first mix. Also the order of
the tracks will be different. Like we wanted before the changes made by our
first label.
Regression
To Nothingness will remain the same, but It’s a cool thing for those who wanted
a physical copy as it's sold out and really difficult to find.
10. With
your new album approaching release, what are your hopes and goals for Inborn
Suffering moving forward? Are there plans for live performances?
To be
honest, as I said before, we wanted to do just one song . We have done an
unexpected album. For now we have no plans, but who knows?
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