Calling all death metal heads! Meet Jeroen Thesseling, bassist from the progressive German death metal band Obscura. As a long time vegetarian, we knew he'd be perfect for our 5 Questions series. Check out what Jeroen has to say, and then enter to win a copy of Obscrua's latest CD, Cosmogenesis.
Photo courtesy of Relapse Records
What prompted you to become vegetarian? Were there any bands, books, etc. that influenced your decision?
I decided to become a vegetarian about 16 years ago at that age when young people become aware and conscious of their decisions and the world in general, about life and what you want to stand for. Also some people around me were already vegetarian which stimulated me to make the same step. Moreover, I have great respect for nature and animals in general. The decision to never eat meat again was natural and logical.
What are some of your favorite vegetarian foods?
I love Italian cuisine. For me it is the most tasteful food, with endless meatless possibilities; and best to enjoy with a glass (or bottle) of Italian red wine. I also like Indian food from time to time.
Of all of the major animal rights issues (factory farming, dog fighting, animal testing, the fur industry, animals in entertainment, etc.) are there any issues that are particularly close to your heart?
All are. However, the issue I am directly confronted with on a daily basis is factory farming and supermarkets filled with cheap meat consumed by ignorant people who never wonder what suffering went before, nor the environmental damage it's causing.
If a fan were to approach you with questions about how to get involved with animal rights, what advice would you give him or her?
Check out www.peta.org and www.peta2.com.
What do you and Obscura have coming up that we can be looking forward to?
We are finishing new material for our third full-length, which will be recorded in July and August this year. After releasing the new album early next year we hope to pick up touring again through Europe and North America.
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My favorite metal bands would be
1. Slipknot
2. Underoath
3. Slayer
And…
4. Metallica
Favorite metal bands?
Three Days Grace
My Chemical Romance (if you consider them metal)
Skindred
Lykin
Nirvana (again, if you consider them metal)
My favorite metal bands would probably be (in any order):
Slayer
Saosin
Cannibal Corpse
Anthrax
Pierce the Veil
I have a hard time choosing favorite bands…
Despite being a bit 'preachy' with their lyrics on recent albums I still love Disturbed and I also love Rammstein (although not their recent album, why so sex obsessed?!).
Nice interview !!! keep up the good work =) Jeroen.
My most favorite bands/musicians are Cynic, Exivious, Whoopgnash, Megadeth, Scale The Summit, Cause for Effect, Blotted Science, Obscura, Centaurus-A, Chris Poland, Aeon Spoke, Gordian Knot, Textures, Four Question Marks, Damn the Machine, Sleep Terror, Zhabareth, Attention Deficit, Gordian Knot, Death, Pi-eR 2, Fellsilent, Ohm, Canvas Solaris, Animals as Leaders, Anomaly (US), Anomaly (Hol), Angel of Disease, Twisted Into Form, Meshuggah, Catharsis (Pol)
Some of my fave metal bands includes;
Týr
Tristania
Theatres Des Vampires
Lumsk (if you consider it metal)
Mortemia
Svartsot
Glittertind
1.) Avenged Sevenfold (if you consider them metal)
2.) DevilDriver
3.) Slayer
4.) As I Lay Dying
5.) Chimaira
My fave metal bands:
Morbid Angel
Slayer
Death
Obscura
Metallica
Emperor
Cannibal Corpse
Immolation
Sepultura (Max era)
Origin
Bloodbath
Decrepit Birth
And the list goes on and on
My fav metal bands:
Metallica
Death
Blind Guardian
After Forever
Iced Earth
Sonata Arctica
Nile
Obscura
In Flames
Dimmu Borgir
My favorite metal bands… mmmm…. :
Necrophagist
Brain Drill
Obscura
The Agonist
Opeth
Origin
Beneath the Massacre
Atheist
Sleep Terror
Arsis
The Black Daliah Murder
The Faceless
Arkaik
Decrepit Birth
Devil Driver
Dying Fetus
I wrestled a bear once
Anata
Suffocation
w.a.s.p., annihilator, angel city, dio are only a few of the bands
My Favorite Metal bands are:
Pestilence
Malevolent Creation
Foreign Objects
World Under Blood
Cynic
Gorguts
Obscura
My Favorite 10
Opeth
Agalloch
Wolves In The Throne Room
Darkest Hour
Nevermore
Unearth
Alcest
In Flames
Eluveitie
Dark Tranquility
obscura, necrophagist, dissection, at the gates, dimmu borgir, old mans child, borknagar, arcturus, cynic, abigail williams, dragonlord, opeth, behemoth, death, control denied, hypocrisy, in flames, cronian, burzum, immortal, dethklock, children of bodom, dismember, amon amarth, entombed, enslaved, zyklon, bal sagoth, sepultura, soulfly.
I like
My Chemical Romance
Black Sabath
At the Gates
Death
Suicidal Tendencies
Metallica
Rise Against The Machines
& All Time Low (idk if there a metal band though, i think there only rock)
I really like
My Chemical Romance(i think they are a metal band)
Black Sabath
At The Gates
Death
Suicidal Tendencies
Metallica
Rise Against The Machine
All Time Low (idk if there a metal band though, i think there only rock)
ah, my favorite metal bands are Alesana, Metallica, White/Rob Zombie, Bullet For My Valentine and The Dillinger Escape Plan.
All of which I've seen live, 'cept for TDEP.:D
Hello,
my favourite metal bands would be something along the lines of:
1. Opeth
2. Cynic
3. Death
4. Emperor
5. Deathspell Omega
I suppose I could go on forever but… yea those would definitely be my top 5 metal bands, I'm sure.
Suicide Silence
Cryptopsy
Dimmu Borgir
Obscura
Behemoth
Job For a Cowboy
Asking Alexandria
Of Mice and Men
Bring Me the Horizon
and some other ones I can't think off of the top of my head right now
This is f*ing relapse bands!
OBSCURA
NECROPHAGIST
ORIGIN
NILE
TAER
the dillenger escape plan
of mice and men
death
cynic
rise against the machine
My fav bands are:
Death,
Opeth,
Cannibal Corpse,
Cryptopsy,
Necrophagist,
Cynic,
Tool
TOP 5 metal bands
Cynic
Gorguts
The Faceless
Pestilence (Spheres era)
Emperor
1. Iron Maiden
2. Bruce Dickinson
3. Judas Priest
4. CoC
5. Faith No More
My favorite metal bands are Metallica and Damn the Machine.
My favourite bands? Okay:
Bathory
Death
Manowar
Dissection
General Surgery
Flotsam and Jetsam
Destruction
Immortal
Emperor
Wintersun
Obscura
Gamma Ray
Falkenbach
Pestilence…
I first discovered Bathory, Manowar, Dissction and Immortal at the tender age of 12. The rest is history…
i guess tool is metal
my top 10 favorite metal bands would have to be(in no specific order)
1.System of a Down.
2.All That Remains
3.Children of Bodom
4.Dr.Acula
5.The Faceless
6.KillWhitneyDead
7.Otep
8.Bullet For My Valentine
9.Meshuggah
10.August Burns Red(:
yup.