Talanas–The Waspkeeper
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Progressive Metal act TALANAS from UK shouted their entry into mainstream music with the release of their debut album THE WASPKEEPER earlier this year. What’s different in WK from the thousand or so albums that Metal debutants come out with every year? Only that it’s nothing short of 11 great tracks with a rather attractive artwork and some expert sound engineering. Following up after their rather successful REASON & ABSTRACT(E.P) and surviving dissolution of the band, TALANAS shuts you up with the best response possible – a full-fledged Metal album which kicks some real ass!
IMR: Greetings Hal Sinden! Before we start off the interview I was wondering if you could give a short introduction about the band’s inception for our readers and also the significance behind the band’s name TALANAS, how does it fit the band’s style ofmusic?
HAL: Greetings, and thank you for reading! TALANAS started in September 2008 immediately after the demise of INTERLOCK - the industrial metal band that Joe & I were in(signed to ANTICULTURE RECORDS). We struggled for ages to come up with a decent name as so many have been taken now by tiny, one-person bedroom bands on MySpace. Eventually, we found talanas completely by mistake whilst looking for names of beasts & mythical animals, it turns out it's a type of insect and have recently discovered that's it's also a solar phenomenon. The name itself has been quite useful since it’s unusual and hard to forget. We could’ve gone with one of the more ‘fashionable’ long emo names like ‘November My Cold Heart Betrothed’ or some othernonsense but TALANAS seems to grab some attention in a good way.