Mater Infecta/Interview with Jana Maista

Interview by Andrew Stanton

Mater Infecta are a cool new band from Italy. Andrew Stanton talked to frontman Jana Maista about the new album.

- Can you tell our readers a bit about your history, please?

“Mater Infecta is a Black/Death Metal project born in Foggia (Puglia, South Italy) in 2018. Following some lineup changes we’ve stabilized in the current lineup: drum (Nico), Guitar (Naz), bass and vocals (Jana Maista). A dear friend of ours, Giovanni, support us in concerts as second guitarist.”

- Who is in Mater Infecta?

“Mater Infecta is a concept. It’s an image, an metaphor that describes the human condition, It’s the corrupted matrix that generates us already sick, poisoned…”

- What is the Italian Black Metal scene like? What Italian bands should our readers check out?

“The Italian B.M. scene is really rich and varied. We quote and thank the “Museo Del Black Metal Italiano” for his meticulous research and collection work of Italian B.M. They supported us with a great review. The bands we would like to mention are: Opera IX (Symphonic Black Metal/Gothic/Doom/Death Metal), Imago Mortis, Fiave, Selvans (Atmospheric Folk/Black Metal), Dispnea (Depressive Black Metal)...”

- What are your lyrics about?

“Our lyrics are about mystical and disparate experiences in the nature (see “Venomous Foams” and “Discendo Dai Monti), existential drift, stream of consciousness... “Colloquium” is a tribute to E.A. Poe’s novel “The colloquy of Monos and Una”.”

- What bands did you like growing up?

“For example: Belphegor, Emperor, Bathory, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Dark Funeral, Deathspell Omega…”

- Are you planning a tour?

“Yes, we’d love to, maybe in the summer! But first we want to work on the new songs.”

- How have fans reacted to your EP so far?

“It was wonderful that so many people liked our project... In concerts we had a lot of positive feedback.”

- Do you have a message for our readers?

“Support independent music. Fight all forms of ignorance and violence.”

Thank you for your time.