Upon Shadows - Black Metal from Uruguay
Interview with Tamara and Natalia
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Interview by Jay Parker
1) Tell us about Upon Shadows... when and where was the band formed? Who is in the current line up? Tamara: Upon Shadows was formed in 2002 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Natalia Arocena on bass and Tamara Picardo on keyboards, guitars, vocals and drums since 2021, before we had sessionist drummers and in the earlier albums we used programmed drums. In the beginning we were
three with Marcelo Aguilar on guitars and vocals, until the end of 2009 when he left and we decided to stay as a female duo. 2) Tell us about your releases...
new every year on the same date... every 18 of October, that’s our tradition for many years already. The reason for choosing that special date is because it is my birthday (Natalia’s birthday is in September so we are pretty close on that too). I used to hate my birthday until I had this idea, and now I have every year a real reason to celebrate. A new release is always the best that can happen to me.
k r a d e h t s i s w o d a h S U p o n o f t h e m u s i c a nydrti chse. feeling heart of the l poetic Tamara: We have seven albums, a couple of Eps, and a few singles. We try to release something
