INTERIEW WITH XAVIWER MORALES (Ruined Conflict)
Firstly, I want to start it asking you about a particular song that i love it’s “Stricken" from the album Revolutionary Mayhem album. This is a special song for me. Please i just want to know if there somebody to inspire you to write such emotional lyric which i appreciate so much. I think the song is about hate, anger, rage wrath... at least it is my perception.
-When writing music, I try my best to look through other's eyes or point of view on any topic and put it into writing. In Stricken the lyrics I wrote are for those who does feel this way but I myself didn't write it for any one in particular. I look at music as a stress reliever or a way to engage with others feeling the same. My job is to make other by then end of a song feel better, view a situation differently or just want to let go and dance. Stricken is a song that ideally reflect on relationship or anger and what to let go as if there not the only one that feels this way. At one point or another we all feel anger or emotional no matter the circumstance.
Metal, Electronic, EBM, Industrial sounds is something aspects that Ruined Conflict contains in their songs and all genres the band combinates, according my point of view. do you agree with this? And how do you define your style
-I agree we ranger in a lot of genres, but I really enjoy all styles of music and find way to use it and influence to create tracks. I don't really have a style to describe I find it boring to only remain in one genre of style of music, so I find ways to expand on what we are building during new albums. For example, this new album is much more enlightening and retro. We are using a lot of analogical and 80's synthesizers to accomplish this. My main influence in music has a very extensive list but to be honest anything electronic I will listen and i always find what other are doing as a learning tool. I think one of the biggest influence I found to have more of an Impact is bands like Combichrist for their unique style of electro and crossing borders in rock and remaining who they are as a band as well as future-pop bands like Covenant for how they take analogical to a new level on the music they produce.
Ruined Conflict has a great work in graphic design, and a good Icons. What is the meaning of these symbols that are a brand in the band?
- Well the logo is something I made sketching at work and it was a simple concept that turn out to look how i imagined it to look overtime we wanted it to stand out from another bands logo, so we tried our hardest to shape and fine tune to what you see today. Meaning there is none behind it just a nice simple retro design.
Energetic, powerful, intense and strong style for write music is the sensation that I perceive in general in your discography. Also Ruined Conflict has melancholic, romantic, passional, tender, and love songs. What are in your opinion the love songs that you want to mention of Ruined Conflict? Maybe "Sanction" from "A.R.M.O.R" album?
-Love story's that we have a little, a lot has to do with love stories that never end well or hope of finding true peace along someone’s side like in the song " In Open Arms " or “Where I Remain” are good examples of this. I try not to get to romantic on music lol, but I do talk about it once in a while.
And lastly give me all your links where our readers can follow you.
www.ruinedconflict.com https://www.facebook.com/RuinedConflict https://ruinedconflict.bandcamp.com