SOURCE – Could you please introduce us Cinis, by means of the members, the background and history of the formation of the band?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – Cinis was formed in 2003, in Bialystok, Poland by Robert Danielski and Lech Szuszkiewicz. After the drummer Konrad Zubrzycki joined the band, we rehearsed a lot and in 2005 our first demo “Vile Angel” demo was recorded. Before recording our first full album “The Last Days of Ouroborus” in 2007 there were some line-up changes and until now only Łukasz ‘Bielem’ Bielemuk (g.) and Konrad are left from that line-up.
Just after releasing our first album, Kret (vocalist) joined the band and has done vocals for our second album called “Subterranean Antiquity” which was out in 2014. We played numerous gigs back then. Around that time our second guitarist, Maciek Jakoniuk joined the band (ex-Calm Hatchery) and we started working on the new songs. In the meantime, Rafał, our long-term bass player and Kret (voc.) left the band and Lech Fiedorczyk took duties of bassist and vocalist.
In 2022 we signed a contract with Selfmadegod Records and released our third album called “The Lies That Comfort Me”.
SOURCE – Where do you think Lies That Comfort Me stands in terms of your past releases?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – The latest album riffs were done in 80% by Maciek, so it might be a little different than on previous albums, but we hope that it brought some kind of fresh vibe to our music and it is eventually bonded by the rest of the group. It keeps the level in my opinion, it is not so wild as our first record, the songs are more deliberated and might be better in reception. Lyrically it is a continuation of the topics which were taken up by our friend, Michał Pawłowski, where we try to show some human stupidity, bad behaviors and actions.
SOURCE – Have you filmed any videos for this new CD?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – Yes. Our good mate, Radek “Larry” Grabiński made it for us for a opening track called “Witness”. It is a lyric, animated video where Lech is appearing most of the time. It is based on Tomasz HAL Halicki (bassist for Vader) graphics. The lyrics here are about seeing people as objects – new items for one’s private collection of trophies. Or maybe it’s about a stalker choosing the next target fitting his sick desires? Or maybe it’s all about the psychopath nesting in the heads of each and everyone of us?
SOURCE – Is it ever hard to keep up the energy and creativity after so many years?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – I think that everyone has a different take on this issue. If there wouldn’t be that spark in us, we wouldn’t create anything new or even not trying to play all what we have created so far. Back in the day, when we were teenagers, playing music was some kind of revolt. Now, when we are in our thirties or forties, when we understand more and we are more life-experienced, we treat it as a vent from the daily life problems and shit which is around us, hoping that listener will dig into our music, lyrics and will find it interesting.
I really dig Iron Maiden attitude concerning your question. I have seen them recently in Warsaw. Pure, unbounded energy. I wish everybody to be like them in their sixties or seventies (Nico is 70 this year)!
SOURCE – Tell us a little a bit about your interests outside of making music. Don’t you ever feel like taking a break from it all since you have so much going on at once that is purely music related? What is it that you like to do not dealing with music?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – Music is what we love and all of us do it as a hobby (fortunately or unfortunately), so this is some kind of rest from everyday “normality” for us. We spent some time everyday for practicing on drums or guitar and we rehearse as often as possible (it is not so easy because Konrad, lives 250 kilometers from Białystok, but he comes for rehearsals). Everyone of us is having regular family life and activities, like traveling, reading, jogging, rising children, but nothing different than other people do.
SOURCE – Do you feel that your band and your music is a way of communication and relating with people?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – We deeply believe it! The world today is a fucking brain wash. Many people scroll their feeds and gets nothing from there, but still using that to live with other peoples’ lives (focusing on that). This is a dead end. We think that it is better to spot on something interesting, unobvious, to learn or discover something new or check another point of view. Playing shows is another level of communication, because people come to the venue and can really experience the music live and feel it their own way.
SOURCE – Living in Poland, which has a very large metal scene, which bands out here do you think will make an impression in heavy metal?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – Metal music still evolves worldwide. There are new types of metal and we are not familiar with every genre so I don’t want to rate any band bad, it depends on what one likes.
We have our metal stars like Vader, Behemoth and Decapitated, but Mgła became really big in recent years and I am very proud of those guys. They have been working really hard to achieve their level and keep it alive. There are many promising bands in Poland, yet experienced but not very famous abroad: Dormant Ordeal, Redemptor, Gruzja, to name the few.
SOURCE – Do you have anything else that you want to talk about or promote?
Konrad Zubrzycki (Drums) – Thanks for the interview. Feel free to visit our social media pages, support good music, buy merch, go to the concerts and stay heavy!
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