01. TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF SHEMHAMFORASH?

Shemhamforash was created a few years ago by me as a black metal project, focused on obscure lyrical themes with a fast and thunderous musical style and some ambient passages.

02. WHAT IS THE FEELING FOR THE CHOICE OF NAME SHEMHAMFORASH?

For me it is way to create a portal between this plane and the dark side (or Sitra Ahra), which lies beyond the veils of our “reality”. The word comes from the ancient term used to decode the secret names of god and his angels described by the sages who studied the Kabalah and in this case it is a way to summon the (opposite) forces of darkness to manifest in our world, producing the absolute separation from the divinity to create our own universe, our own cosmogony, allowing us to become a god.

03. COMMENT ABOUT YOUR INFLUENCES?

There are a lots of bands that helped to create the sound of Shemhamforash, like Funeral Mist, Katharsis, Marduk, Deicide, Watain, Parabellum, Sarcófago, Teitanblood, Profanatica, Inquisition, Mayhem, Dark Funeral, Deathspell Omega, and many others.

04. WHAT’S THE MESSAGE BEHIND YOUR LYRICS?

As I already explained the main concept behind the lyrics is to summon the forces hidden on the other (dark) side of existence to manifest in our plane and in our minds through music and, mostly, by describing personal experiences on the occult through meditation or other kinds of ritualistic practices regarding the Qliphot. There are also lyrics about Death in all its forms as a way to express the futility of our Ego and blasphemous diatribes against those religions that try to enslave the free will of man, such as Islam or Christianity.

05. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

The only merchandise I have available right now are the copies from the first EP “The Devil’s Chalice”, which was released independently on CD format.

06. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ARGENTINE BLACK METAL?

On the one hand there are a few bands around here that are very promising and sound very professional with interesting ideas both musically and lyrically, while on the other hand, there are bands which make great music but lack a clear artistic concept or don’t really care about their lyrics and many of them include political issues which, from my point of view, it is inadmissible.

07. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SATANISM?

I think that Satanism, whether it is taken as a Religion or a Philosophy, it appeals to our irrational side (hidden) and liberates us from the yoke of all those other religions and philosophies that try to pervert the true essence of human kind and have become an obstacle to evolve mentally, physically and spiritually.

08. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BRAZILIAN SCENE?

Well, I don’t really like the word “SCENE” although I do know a few bands which are amazing which have been suggested to me by people I have contacted from Brazil and I still listen to the old Brazilian classics of course.

09. FUTURE PLANS?

Right now I’m working on a new EP which, hopefully, will be finished by the end of the year.

10. ANY LAST COMMENTS?
AVE SATHANAS!!!