Band: Desolation
Year Former: 2008
Genre: Drone/Depressive/Ambient/Metal
Location: Daleville, AL
Member: Scott Kianka (Kei) - All Instruments, Vocals, Etc.
Website: http://desolationfd.weebly.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FD.Desolation
Interview with: Scott Kianka
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Why start this project?
"Mostly because I could never get the results I wanted
with an actual band. the sound was always wrong. people always tried to change
things. at least now i get the general idea across despite my limitations.
you'll never really get the music to your specifications when you have to rely
on other people to get it there."
How would you describe your music?
"I always used to describe it as Elegant Ambient
Violence. its sort of an unexplainable fusion of whatever style of music I
happent to feel like playing at the time. I don't feel the need to confine it to
one general style or genre. music isn't supposed to be that limited. it should
reflect whatever you're feeling when you play, and not simply be created to
please your fans and get you paid."
Can you give some history of this project?
"Ihe project was started around October 2008 (the exact
day escapes my memory) because of my dissatisfaction with all of my actual
"bands", and the assholes that always ruined them for me. my initial intent was
just to create my own music for my enjoyment and possibly 2 or 3 friends of mine
who had taken an interest. an (now) ex-girlfriend actually talked me into
posting it online and making a page for it. the first Desolation page was on
myspace shortly after her nagging drove me to create it. the first generation of
releases were (in order) Misery (demo), Desolation, Anguish, and Corruption.
Corruption was actually unfinished due to a fairly massive throat infection that
killed off my singing voice entirely and made it incredibly painful to scream.
took me months to get back to normal. during the time between Corruption and the
Obscurity demo (mid 2009 through around early 2010) Desolation was dead. In 2010
i started it back up again, and Obscurity (demo) and IV were released. again
took a hiatus to try to get my life back in order after IV. as of several months
back, Desolation is active again, and Shinigami (demo) was released as a prelude
to the next album (V), which will most likely be more in a Ritual Ambient style
and less in the older Doom/Black Metal/Ambient styles i have been focusing on.
though you never know how things will turn out in recording. things may change
as i record the album."
How does the music you were making in 2008 in the
project differ from the music that you are making now in it?
"There is absolutely no comparison. the old music was
more rock/black metal. the songs were less abstract. the Misery demo from 2008
sounds nothing at all like Desolation from the very first full length album
right after it. the emphasis now is more on ambiance and mood, and less on metal
and standard structures and patterns. its far less important to me now to make
"music", as we generally accept it, and more important to make something with
emotion and atmosphere."
As of right
now you are working on your album called 'V" how is that going?
"V being the
Roman numeral for 5, as it is my fifth full length album. its not going well.
constant issues so far. computer problems, recording gear blowing up, hard drive
malfunctions, etc., but despite all this, it is slowly getting done. i'm three
songs into the new album as of now. my estimate of the release date for it may
have to be pushed back, but it will be finished, hopefully before the end of
this year."
What is the
game plan going to record this album?
"There's never a
plan. my work is unpredictible, and i just have to do it when i can find time. i
can't read or write music, so i have to record ideas as i have them. all
Desolation albums are improvised recordings. i do wish i had a more formal
background in all this, so i could plan ahead and do this a bit more properly,
but i just have to do it the best i can manage."
What should
listeners expect it to sound like?
"Darker. slower. still heavy as
hell but with less emphasis on the metal aspect for this album. i'm more
interested in the atmosphere and the mood this time."
What are the
things that influence your music?
"Nature and
poetry, as far as physical things i can interact with. my personal life in
general has nothing to do with my music, as it seems to have for a lot of other
artists. i make music to escape from life for a short time. as far as other
bands are concerned, Celestiial, Funeral Mourning, and Lustre."
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