IF YOU`RE FED UP WITH STORM OF SMOOTH, CREDIT CARD PUMPING AND SOULESS CO CALLED THRASH METAL, VERMILLION DAYS HERE WILL TAKE YOU TO BELO HORIZONTE CIRCA 1989, WHERE CAVALERA BROS AND CO STILL HAD EGGS AND WERE NOT GOD`S PEAPLE AT ALL, AND THEN WILL CLEANSE YOUR SINFUL SOUL IN THE RAIN OF BLOOD. HERE IS GEROGE, STRAIGHT FROM THESSALONIKI, GREECE.Hi there George, how was your weekend?
Hi Bartuus and thanks for the interview, my weekend was very good with a lot of rehearsals and fun...!
First can you say about your name Vermillion Days, what does it stand for?
Vermillion Days means crimson days and this stands for the situation nowadays. That is to say wars without any reason, political and other kinds of propagandas, unfair bloodsheds and generally chaos into a daily "warfield. This name represents all the chaos and the misery of this world!!!
Can you say some words about bands history?
The band formed in the summer of 2007 and we haven`t changed any member yet! The band has four members: Tasos(Vocals&bass), George(Lead Guitar), Miltos(Rhythm Guitar) and Vaggelis(Drums). In the beginning, our genre was Heavy/Thrash metal but after some months we realized that we wanted to play something faster and more aggressive...! And then we moved to thrash/death metal. After a lot of covers and rehearsals we started playing some lives and composing our own songs. In the start of 2009 we recorded our first ep which is called "`In The Warfield`. After the release of the ep we had some very good lives and two of them were with the german thrashers Tankard and the Arizona thrash legends Flotsam&Jetsam! Now we are rehearsing and composing new songs for our next album.
How about members, have you played before in other bands?
We haven`t played in other bands before,because we were very young.
This is the first band we have ever played for all of us`so we are like a family!
You have debut demo released, what is the feedback for it, how does it spread?
First of all, our debut demo/ep is self-released. The feedback til'now is very good and we distribute it by ourselve.
We distribute it through the internet and live shows. It`s quite hard out there in the music industry but our love to our music keeps the faith alive! We try to promote it as good as we can!
I can hear Sepultura is strong inspiration for your band? I`d like to know your opinion on this band development, and Sepultura today?
Sepultura was a great and aggressive band with great attitude and personality to their music and we are very influenced by them! I don`t think that we like their development and Sepultura today.
I mean that Max was a huge chapter in their history and I`m afraid he can`t be easily replaced. Their attitude has changed and we really hope they gain the former glory, because we do appreciate and recognize their history in thrash! They were one of the best thrash metal bands and maybe the most aggressive...
In more general, who are your favourites in thrash scene both old and modern?
Our favourite thrash metal bands are: Sepultura(Old), Kreator, Slayer, Testament, Exodus, Sadus, Sodom, Destruction, Megadeth, Metallica(Old), Heathen, Flotsam &Jetsam, Sacred Reich, Tankard, Forbidden, Atrophy, Artillery, Sacrifice, Overkill, Dew Scented, Warbringer, Warpath, Lazarus A.D and many more! However our favourite band is DEATH...!
What are your plans for next recordings? How about full length?
Well, there are already new ideas that we're working on, preproduction procedures begin in a couple of weeks and hopefully by the end of the year the actual recordings will begin! It will be our first full length album and it will have a lot of aggressive and technical stuff! The best is yet to come!
What is your opinion on Greek scene, old, and nowadays? How about Thessaloniki, are there more interesting bands?
Greek scene has a lot of good and interesting bands, but I`m afraid that they don`t work that hard. Unfortunately casualness, laziness, irresponsibility, insensibility and hypocrisy dominates in Greek scene! I mean that they could support more each other and be more realists! Also Thessaloniki has some interesting bands but they have to bow their heads, work hard and not pretend the rockstars!
Do you play live, what was your most successful show? Do you play covers now?
We had some very good live shows til now, so i can`t decide what was the most successful! Every live performance has its own passion and atmosphere! Well, we`ve covered so far songs from Sepultura, Death, Kreator, Obituary, etc.. but actually it depends on the show each time!
Ok George, thank you for your time, and last word for you?
Thanks for all the support!!! Thrash til'death...!
Keep the metal faith alive and support each other, stay tuned maniacs!!!
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