| Interview with Jere BY: MidKnight Damaelle |
MidKnight Damaelle: The first thing I notice when I read about a band is the name. What
brought about the name ‘Rainroom’?
brought about the name ‘Rainroom’?
Jere: The symbolical meaning of the name is quite simple. The house has been a very used
emblem for human mind, especially in pop-lyrics throughout the 20th century. Houses have
rooms, and a room in which it always rains, a morose room of sorts, seemed quite an accurate
depiction of the band members' feelings at the time of founding the band. And those devoted
to metal music will undoubtedly be able to spot the tribute payed by choosing this particular
word.
emblem for human mind, especially in pop-lyrics throughout the 20th century. Houses have
rooms, and a room in which it always rains, a morose room of sorts, seemed quite an accurate
depiction of the band members' feelings at the time of founding the band. And those devoted
to metal music will undoubtedly be able to spot the tribute payed by choosing this particular
word.
MidKnight Damaelle: What bands would you say have influenced you musically?
Jere: I would say that any music that strikes our fancy will eventually end up influencing our
sound. A lot of influence comes from outside metal, from bands and people like Kate Bush,
Isis, Mogwai and all sorts of Classical composers, Dimitri Sostakovitsch being worth mentioning
sound. A lot of influence comes from outside metal, from bands and people like Kate Bush,
Isis, Mogwai and all sorts of Classical composers, Dimitri Sostakovitsch being worth mentioning
MidKnight Damaelle: Give us a short music bio of each of you.
Jere: Jp and Jere, the founding members of Rainroom, have both played the guitar for ten
years and played together in a now buried project called Dewian. Jere is, besides Rainroom,
also playing with an epic, 12-piece pop-group, and JP is playing the drums with his "Rock
Band". Jelle has been doing the drumming in various groups of various sub-genres of metal
before Rainroom, Black Metal in Germany, Death Metal in Sweden, and is currently playing the
drums in a Finnish Sludge/Stoner-group Cold Meat Society. He has probably been playing his
instrument for the longest of all of us. Kimi, the bassist, is also doing the vocals in a Black
Metal band. He's played for considerably less than any other in the group, but is by no means
the least skilled player.
years and played together in a now buried project called Dewian. Jere is, besides Rainroom,
also playing with an epic, 12-piece pop-group, and JP is playing the drums with his "Rock
Band". Jelle has been doing the drumming in various groups of various sub-genres of metal
before Rainroom, Black Metal in Germany, Death Metal in Sweden, and is currently playing the
drums in a Finnish Sludge/Stoner-group Cold Meat Society. He has probably been playing his
instrument for the longest of all of us. Kimi, the bassist, is also doing the vocals in a Black
Metal band. He's played for considerably less than any other in the group, but is by no means
the least skilled player.
MidKnight Damaelle: Elaborate a bit on the lyrics to your songs and where they derive from.
Jere: The lyrics are quite case sensitive, although we did just release an EP about birds (the
birds appear as a threatening mass). The music we do, and the lyrics we write, is not
necessarily trying to teach anything to anyone. There might or might not be storylines. Mostly
the lyrics are manifestations of the bad things living inside ourselves, and about finding ways
to exercise these.
birds appear as a threatening mass). The music we do, and the lyrics we write, is not
necessarily trying to teach anything to anyone. There might or might not be storylines. Mostly
the lyrics are manifestations of the bad things living inside ourselves, and about finding ways
to exercise these.
MidKnight Damaelle: What do you hope to look back on and remember 5 years from now?
Jere: 5 years from now it'd be great to look back at uncompromising young men, who knew
that their music is doomed to stay in the margin, but carried on doing it
none the less. In 5 years, we'll probably be the same uncompromising young men, though, in
the same margin.
that their music is doomed to stay in the margin, but carried on doing it
none the less. In 5 years, we'll probably be the same uncompromising young men, though, in
the same margin.
MidKnight Damaelle: Music set aside, what are your hobbies as individuals on your spare
time?
time?
Jere: We have in the band a WoW-addicted computer-nerd, a person who likes to go hiking
and biking, a different type of nerd who derives pleasure from reading and learning stuff and
painting with watercolors, and then there's one person doing Yoga.
and biking, a different type of nerd who derives pleasure from reading and learning stuff and
painting with watercolors, and then there's one person doing Yoga.
MidKnight Damaelle: If you could compare your sound to other bands, what would they be?
Jere: We would like to let everyone judge this for themselves.
MidKnight Damaelle: What can we expect from one of your live shows?
Jere: This is quite tricky to answer, since there have been no live shows as of yet. This has to
do with the fact that there's an overflow of heavy metal music in Finland. The places are
booked for months and people are rapidly losing interest in newcomers. And yet we're
incapable of finding more than a handful of groups with which we could play gigs with.
However, when there will be live shows, one might expect aggressive feelings and massive
songs combined with oppressive drone and peaceful ambience. No easy listening, this can be
assured and very little comfort.
do with the fact that there's an overflow of heavy metal music in Finland. The places are
booked for months and people are rapidly losing interest in newcomers. And yet we're
incapable of finding more than a handful of groups with which we could play gigs with.
However, when there will be live shows, one might expect aggressive feelings and massive
songs combined with oppressive drone and peaceful ambience. No easy listening, this can be
assured and very little comfort.
MidKnight Damaelle: Of course you will always have new listeners. What message do you
have for us who have recently entered your domain?
have for us who have recently entered your domain?
Jere: We'd like to thank people for their patience, doing this stuff tends to be slow even when
you're paid for it, and we're not. And taking interest in our music somehow restores bits of our
belief in ourselves, and the people out there.
you're paid for it, and we're not. And taking interest in our music somehow restores bits of our
belief in ourselves, and the people out there.
MidKnight Damaelle: Best question for last: If as a group you could obtain ONE superpower,
what would you want that to be?
what would you want that to be?
Jere: If preventing people from depreciating themselves
by watching crap, listening to crap, reading crap, buying crap and talking bullshit could be
considered a superpower, this would be it.
Jere/Rainroom
by watching crap, listening to crap, reading crap, buying crap and talking bullshit could be
considered a superpower, this would be it.
Jere/Rainroom
| Rainroom is a creative atmospherically doom death metal band that resides in Finland. Their sound will take you to another world with their unique lyrical themes. The band recently released an EP titled Monochrome of Feathers and is most defiantly worth checking out. |
