The Obelisk Questionnaire: Sebastián Bruna of Ocultum
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Sebastián Bruna of Ocultum
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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?
What we do is the sound of the edification of a crumble… we play a hard mix between sludge, doom and stoner, resulting in a very own way to play this music. We’re Ocultum, you wouldn’t find something like this easily out there.
Describe your first musical memory.
My father’s vinyls: Pink Floyd, Chicago, ELP, etc.
Describe your best musical memory to date.
There’s more than one: to know that Residue (our last album) will be released on vinyl, have been play live with Belzebong and see Black Sabbath live twice.
When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?
I think that everyday is a test to what we thought, the world is very fucked up and changing every day, fortunately I don’t have a lot of beliefs, so I don’t have a lot to lose.
Where do you feel artistic progression leads?
I think time can mold what we do and find the very soul of our music. Just time and perseverance can sculpt this into his flawless form (or de-form).
How do you define success?
Nothing that have to do with money or people. Just being you as thou wilt, and achieve some heaviness that no one can deny.
What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?
All I have seen has its own meaning and it have forged a sick mentality and understanding. We are all sick. We have to see more. Puke and then drink again, the trip never ends.
Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.
I’m creating an horror tale album that will be released some day… is very sick and creepy, have a hallucinating atmosphere and dismal passages. Is in process of creation.
What do you believe is the most essential function of art?
To keep you sane into insanity, to endure life inside an asshole society and to help to turn off your brain.
Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?
Yeah, I‘ll like to kill the president of Chile, plant a tree and write a book.
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