Italian who lives in Finland, in love with music and photography. Mastermind of Metal Pizza talkshow. Reporter for The Offering Webzine & Femme Metal Webzine. In my page you can find live music videos and interviews with metal & rock bands.
The mic was on the table to take the voices of everyone. From my pc and phone I can ear clear what they say, I will ask other people to check this video. Thank you for the comment.
@@LindonBindon I don't think so :) . There are many things that can affect the perception of audio, most of the time it is due to the devices in use for listening such as speakers or headphones, but what I have noticed is that there is a bit of background noise in the video and this can affect the quality and the way some people hear it.
@@LindonBindon I watched the video on another computer and the audio is not that clear. I will try to fix this problem. Thank you for informing me about it! :)
Interesting interview. I'm looking forward to the last part of the trilogy too. Yes, characters are all dead now. And I wonder what will happen in new single. I wonder if there were many drunk Finns at that show or not. :-D No, concerts in Finland must be great. I wished go to the Rock Castle here in the Czech Republic this year to see Elvenking. But now it looks like I can't go there in the end. I will see. So I'm glad Elvenking has plans for next year. I hope for more concerts. :-)
@@Tulackyvrch thank you 😊. Me too, still few months to wait for the new single! No, there were not many drunk finns when they played 😊. I hope you will get to Rock Castle 🤞.
@@traff1986 in Finlandia non si e' mai troppo vecchi per cambiare, quindi direi che tutto e' possibile. Nella sanita' la lingua e' importante come farsi riconoscere il titolo DI studio. Daro' una risposta piu' completa nel video che faro' prossima settimana 😉
Intensa la domanda che Marika ha lasciato per il prossimo ospite. Bell'episodio anche questo! ❤ Ricordi bene, i Leprous li abbiamo scoperti di spalla agli Amorphis nel lontanto 2011😊
If the subtitles don't work, here the text: Hi Marika, welcome to Metal Pizza, how are you? Hi everyone, thanks, I'm fine and you? I'm fine thanks. And thanks for inviting me. You are welcome. I finished working on the photos I took in Tuska the other week, I put them online, so it's been a very busy week, as they say. Okay, okay. Sometimes I can't even think of words in Italian. Messed up, a messed-up week, that's it. Perfect, perfect, it's a special period for me too, I thought that with the start of summer everything would calm down, but absolutely not. Never a joy, oh well. This doesn't mean that there aren't beautiful things, on the contrary, sometimes if there are many beautiful things there isn't time to relax. It's true, very true, very true.
So, let's talk a little about you. You are a singer and are skilled at singing in different styles. When did you start singing? Then, if I have to say the very beginning, I was three years old. Yes, it's something, I was really little and they realized in nursery school that I was predisposed. So there was a competition, let's say there were the selections for the zecchino d'oro, which is a very famous competition here in Italy for children, and so they let me participate. And I still have the videos, I was so little I couldn't speak. In reality the video is very sweet, because they ask me “what your name is?”, so I couldn't even speak because I was young. And that's how it started. Then in reality I was lucky because my parents always left me free. And that means they didn't even pressure me. So when I approached singing again, I still did it with awareness, I did it because I wanted to. So I started from such a young age, then I always sang, I always had the passion, I also took some courses in high school, etc., etc. Until then, when I started studying musicology in Bologna, therefore at university, I decided to take the Music Branch. Then, let's say in parallel, I started seriously studying singing and piano, with the course, with school, etc., etc. I say in parallel because it's true that I went to university for music, but the university is for music theory. So there was no practice, it's not the conservatory, musicology is something else. And so nothing, then from here, one thing led to another, and here I am.
And do you currently teach? Yes. Approximately how many students do you have? So, as I was telling you, it's been a year, it's a busy period. As of today I'm at about 50 hours a week, so that's 50 students each week. In recent years there are truly hundreds, I say this with great pride, I am very happy. Then, even when the kids go their own way, they always remain students for me, so some continue to send me messages, they send me, maybe in the meantime they have made some albums, some things, I'm very happy, so I still give advice. So yes, but today we are around fifty people. Ok, so 50 hours a week is demanding, because basically, if we take for example a person who does a random job, whatever, 40 hours a week are more or less the hours of work. So you do extra. Yes, exactly, exactly that. Then it's clear that I'm talking to you about 50 hours, then there's always maybe the one who is absent, the one who gets sick, but in terms of number of people there are around fifty, so more or less remove those 5 people per week, so yes, I go out of my way. Then considering YouT
Then considering RU-vid and the rest, I push myself a lot. Are they all in-person lessons, or are there also lessons you do over the internet? A little and a little, a little and a little. I work in a rock academy, a very cool place here in Bologna, which is called FM, which is closely linked to Alchemica which is a place on a national level which however has its own name, and therefore from there I make a greater presence, even if I still have some online there, and then the rest are mostly online students. So I'm also lucky enough to have students from all over Italy, yes. Do you have any foreign students too? So, let me think, we're starting in September. We start in September because I have already had contacts in Germany, specifically, and we start in September. OK well.
So yes. So it also reaches an international level. So, let's talk about your group, the Red Masquerade. Your first album was released in 2018, The 7th Room. What can you say about that album? What are the topics covered? So, on a textual level we built that album a bit like a concept album, so it basically refers to Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death. The Masque of the Red Death has seven rooms in the story, I won't spoil anything for you, read it, because it's short but beautiful, so it's really worth it. However, inside the castle where the situation, the story, takes place, there are seven rooms. We took these seven rooms and associated each one with a color, but we also associated a capital sin with each one, but in reality it is more traced back to something that is leading humanity to degradation. There are various themes inside, so we start from, as I can tell you, greed to even more things such as exploitation of prostitution, that is, we are talking about quite serious topics and we have tried to link each topic to a room. We talk about war, we talk about depression, in short, every song has its own meaning. However, there are nine songs, one is dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe and the other is dedicated to the mask of Red Death, which is also the single Les Masques, in French, like this. And now what are you currently doing? Because I saw that you did your last concert at the Alchemica in March, if I remember correctly. Yes, opening for Frozen Crown. What are you doing right now? Are you working on new music? Exactly, we are finalizing the composition of the new album. In fact, look, just yesterday we had a meeting where we took stock of the situation, so we are really finishing writing the tracks and we hope to start with the new school year, so from September onwards, really to the recordings. It will be a very different album, we are trying to change genre to the point that we even thought about changing the name, but we're not changing the name, but we really want to change, change the style, almost completely. Because let's say that Les Masques were born with a big symphonic imprint that made sense when it was born, that is, the artist evolves, we see it even in the most famous, right? Exact. And Les Masques Red was born in 2013, so it's a long time ago, and we realized that we've changed, so it was also right to follow our instincts a bit and we're going into a much nastier current, let's put it that way.
Ok, so it’s going to go more towards heavy sounds. Yes, it's a mix between progressive, modern progressive, and nu metal in some respects. Ok, I like it. This is my fault. It's okay, moreover nu metal is currently having a great comeback, in short there are lots of new bands offering nu metal, so it's current. Yes, I'm very happy because I come from that stuff, so I was born with System of a Down, in short everything from Limp Bizkit, so I'm very happy that they're coming back, the late 90's, early 2000's are coming back, it's beautiful. Yes, yes, yes, I bought pants like Sandra Nasic from Guano Apes the other day, I'm proud of this return of nu metal, listen to nu metal, it's beautiful. Exact.ly And above all I want to tell the bands that it is right to experiment, not only to the bands, to the musicians in general, to experiment, to try anything, even if it is not metal, if one always plays the same thing throughout his career, he stays there, there is no that something extra, many times you have to go outside your limits a little, try something new, maybe then it doesn't work, you can always go back, but no one puts you down if you try something else. Maybe there are some hardcore fans who really want it to always be the same as the first album, but in my opinion the artist must be free to experiment, to do what he feels in his heart. Absolutely yes, I also totally agree for another reason, that if we always get stuck on the same stuff, and if by chance we start to get bored, but we do it out of criterion, out of coherence, it could also happen that we don't have fun anymore. That's kind of what was happening to us. And the problem is that if we don't have fun anymore, the public will feel it, and regardless it will be a failure. Exactly.
Super interview. And his music sounds amazing. I know that feeling of not belong anywhere too. Not all the time, but sometimes it happens. And some people were very mean to me because I'm weird. But is ok to be myself and to be different. And yes, music is very important and can save lives.
I will always be grateful to My Space, and you know why sisko... 😊❤ Another interesting interview, Good job! Andzrej is a nice and friendly guy. Let's wait for the next episode of Metal Pizza 🤘🤘
Wow!! Thank you Christina, this looks amazing. I remember how much I enjoyed talking to you. Am grateful to have been a guest on your show. Talking about my passion for music and my work and how it was easy talking to you it was like a breath of fresh air. Thanks again for everything. Remember… Metal Pizza 4 ever 🙌 🤘
He is very kind and interesting person. And it is cool to believe he is immortal. Maybe he is. :-D I wish to go to Turmion Kätilöt concert in the future. I don't know them that long but I saw some videoclips. And they are really interesting. When I saw Kuolettavia Vammoja, I was confused what I was watching.... But then I needed to see the videoclip again. Games with interesting story are great. It is really like go into another world. I don't understand why vampires should be afraid of garlic when raw onion exist...
Yes, Saku is such a lovely guy. We are all immortal somehow, internet is going to make us remembered forever! You have to see them live, they are so good, one of my fav band to photograph! Agree about these games. Haha, true 🤣.
"Mikä vi*** teitä porilaisia vaivaa?" Vitsi, vitsi. Siskoni valitsi hieman samanlaisen elämänuran, ja muutti Helsingistä Poriin. Kiitos paljon tarinastasi!
Mukava kuulla tarinasi ja tervetuloa Suomeen näin jälkikäteen! Todella hyvin olet oppinut Suomea ja näemmä myös kulttuuria ja tapojakin. Olet rohkeampi kuin minä, koska itse en ole rohjennut muuttaa muuhun maahan vaikka olen asiasta nuorempana usein haaveillutkin. 😊
Great interview and she is amazing singer. It's interesting that jar of random topics choosed karaoke. And karaoke sounds like fun but I never tried that. I still haven't decided if my singing is ok or if that can kill someone. :-D Sometimes we really see world as illusion. And I sometimes try to imagine how I would feel withou fear. But sometimes it's hard to keep doing that. But is good to try. Because fear is often telling lies and we start believe it in moment of fear. And I don't think I panic from wasps but 8 wasps in room??? That is too much. I would be afraid too. I'm more scared from hornets, only 1 hornet and I don't want be close to it. And many people are scared from spiders, I have fear just from really big ones but few times I helped to save friend from spider, I just took spider away. Raw onion is evil.
Thank you! Yes, she is super good! You should try, it is fun even if you are not good in singing as I am :D . Fear is a primordial feeling, without it humans would be extinct. Wasps and hornets are not something I wanna be close of... Spiders only if they are vnomus, gladly those are not existing in Finland :D . Agree on the raw onion!
That was really crazy story with that disco. I hope he saved his phone in the end. :-D I didn't know MyGrain and Crownshift but I listened to a few songs now and it sounds amazing. Dreams are interesting and inspiring but some dreams can be scary. And it is scary to be launched alone in rocket into space. When I was kid I had few times a nightmare where windows came to life and their handles were longer and longer and they chased me and I wanted run away but I was running in same place. :-D I'm not sure how metal pizza could look but it should be as good as metal music.
Thank you for watching! Yeah, the disco story will be always a fun one to remember 😁. Crownshift is new as band, they are going to do great things! MyGrain has been on the scene for many years now, really good band. Some childhood nightmare stay forever in our memory. I have to think about what should be on metal Pizza as toppings 😁.
Finland has been voted as the happiest Nation in the World - for 7 years in a row ! A Swedish Team & RU-vid - came all the way over to find out... what is behind all this... as YES THEORY - INVESTIGATING - I dont share their metodhs - but they are from the Nation of ALFRED NOBEL - so they have their own scales ! This quite funny - to see some random Swedes in Finland to go sauna & make all this take place ! Worth a watch & have and share some Fun ! Cheers to ALFRED NOBEL
Aina kermaa maidon sijasta ruuan laittoon. Osaan keitoistakin voi laittaa tilkkasen veden sijasta. Ruuasta tulee paksumpaa ja ravitsevampaa - ja ehdottomasti parempaa.
I'm surprised how Pium Paum (Vipula Vapula) song, in Italy works in a different context. It is sung by an Italian-Finnish woman. It was also a surprise how Italian cities in Finland use the Italian written form, with some exceptions. Laco di Pudas is one of my favorite commercials.
Myös Suomessa voidaan pitää arkku auki hautajaisissa aluksi, mutta se on harvinaista. Suomessa on paljon erilaisia tapoja, ei aina täysin sama kaava. Grazie, era un video molto intressante.
First: Do you drink coffee as much as we do? What would you do. If you had the opportunity to meet Nightwish Tuomas, Floor or other members? I'm a Finn, but write in English because it is easier to copy/paste to google translator. Greetings one of Nighwish Army
I will keep other question for the next video but I have to answer to the one about Nightwish; I interviewed Tuomas and Kai almost 2 years ago at Knotfest, you can find the interview on my channel 😊, and told him something like "thank you for The music" if I remember well.
@@crix4e I saw your meeting and interview with Tuomas and Kai. Pro musicians are so calm and straight. Not like hyped and on drugs. (they don't use - besides alcohol , which is the basic sin of ours) Ever seen a Finnish man drunk? After 10 yrs I think you have <oP
A true Italian loves (good) food! I am a Finn and i really like the lunch and dinner times used in the most of European countries, not the ones we have here. Yes, agree about our home cooked food lacking taste, or soul and love. Isn't metal just wonderful music that can lead to adventures. ❤️
Have You ever heard of the song called - Olen suomalainen ! It is an Italian song called - IL Solo Italiano by TOTO ! KARI TAPIO - is known by Finns as TOTO is by Italians ! #1Q Have You been to REPOSAARI - where a famous Hollywood movie WHITE NIGHTS - with Isabella Rosselini was filmed ! Family Rosselini is very well known in Finland too !
Should I do a video in which I talk about Italian songs that were "translated" in Finnish and became big hits? L'Italiano by Toto Cotugno is the most famous in Finland, the lyrics are very different compared to Olen Suomalainen by Kari Tapio. Interesting topic. I have been in Reposaari, but I have never watched White nights 😬.
@@crix4e There are several RU-vid Videos to watch about the movie WHITE NIGHTS ! As Have You ever heard The theme song - Say You - Say me ? This movie is from the time 1985 - No Hollywood production could film in Russia - so Helsinki is as Leningrad ! Many shown RU-vid videos are known to all the People - that live in Helsinki ! There are also ones that Reposaari People do know !
@@crix4e Have You ever heard The Song Say You - Say Me ? WHITE NIGHT really made The Song Famous ! Isabella Rosselini had never been to Finland - even she was half Swedish !
Interesting interview. That was funny story with bicycle shorts. But underwear is important so better this than nothing. :-D I just watched Room Without Walls. Song is super. Videoclip is interesting. It's great there is deeper meaning and story. It looked first nice in that room, that forest there, but it turned into horror once she was trapped there. But is really great she could escape room in the end. I guessed he likes pineapple on pizza... :-D
Thank you for watching 😊. Yeah, that was a funny story 😂. Countless goodbyes is a really good band, I can't wait to see them live again! Pineapple horror continues...
Thank You for an interesting story. So happy that you have been able to fulfill your dream and also learned Finnish so well! You seem to have a kind heart. Good luck with everything and God Bless!
I'm glad you have fulfilled your dreams of living in Finland and to be physiotherapist. And you are living metal dream when you are doing interviews and taking pictures of shows. And Metal Pizza is part of your dreams. I think Finland fits the happiest country. Living in Finland must be very interesting. I will try to think of some questions. Can you tell us more stories from metal shows? What was the best festival and concert in Finland where you have been to? And in another countries? Have you visited some interesting places in nature in Finland? I'm not sure how to describe it. Some interesting forests or hills. There must be beautiful nature. What animals are there? Have you ever feel that some places are somehow magical? You said you are dreamer. Dreaming is great. Have you written any stories? Are salmiakki good? I never had them. :-D
É stato bello riascoltare la tua storia di vita sognata e poi avverata❤ e grazie per avermi menzionata 🥰 sorella mia, è stato un grande piacere condividere con te tutti quei momenti di viaggio attraverso la Finlandia nel corso degli anni, momenti pieni di follia e risate, musica e incontri, sono tutti gelosamente custoditi nel mio cuore. Sono così orgogliosa di te, orgogliosa della tua forza nel realizzare i tuoi sogni, nonostante qualche momento di difficoltà e ti auguro tutto il meglio per il futuro. In attesa di riabbracciarti presto sisko. P.s. sí era il concerto degli Apolayptica a Milano.
Nice interview. She has interesting work, it must be hard but fun to create designs for metal shirts and other clothes. I like Sonata Arctica too. So, if I ever visit Finland in the future and if I will go to their show there... Then I'm in danger of moving to Finland? :-D But I wish at least to visit the Finland. Because nature and metal. I can imagine that people can be sometimes nervous from interview. But yes, everything is about improving and learning. I think you do great interviews and I always understand your English. My English is very strange, the most strange is my speaking, but I need to speak more to improve. But it is fun. What, there is nothing special in the backstage? No secret dark rituals? My illusions about the backstage were broken. :-D
Thank you! I wish I was talented like her :) . Just listening to Sonata Arctica puts you at risk of moving to Finland :P . Thank you so much, I'm glad you like my interviews. Accent is normal and noone should expect someone from another country to speak perfectly English. Is sweat smell something special? In that case there is something special in the backstage :P.
1:10 When you started, did you expect the great success that you got? 2:27 What is the reaction of your guests, when you ask them to play with you? 5:05 The reason why you haven't yet contacted guest that you would like to work with you? 6:29 So you are working on a new album? 7:40 How was your experience on 70k tons of metal? 10:35 How was the reaction of the people there? 12:23 What can your fans expect from your upcoming tour? 14:33 Who is the one who gets the ideas for the songs? 15:28 Is someone helping you with your music videos? 15:59 Do you have a favorite music video? 17:13 Do you consider yoursef a dancer? 19:00 How do you get ready for the live shows? 19:12 What do you do after the show? 20:23 Is there a limit to the silliness? 21:10 Who is George W. Sanchez? 21:43 Are you happy to be more famous of the original Gatto? 21:58 What are your early musical influences? Do you have plans for another album? How are you so amazing? 22:49 Are you planning to play in Serbia? Do you have fights among yourselves? Who is the one who drinks the most beer? 25:24 How old was Garibaldi? 25:40 What's the best part of being Nanowar of Steel? 25:50 Have you ever had legal problems due to copyright reasons? 26:40 Were was Mazzini? 27:04 Can you tell us more about your Python script? 28:01 Have you ever played in Finland? 28:53 What bass do you use? 29:11 When did you start to play bass? 29:40 How many languages do you know? 35:57 Was there a place that you visited that was disappointing? 37:16 In Italy have you ever lived anywhere else outside of Rome? 39:57 How was getting back to Italy after so many years abroad? 42:28 As a child, did you know that you wanted to study astrophysics? 44:30 When did you start to listen to metal? 45:29 What are you listening to nowadays? 51:04 What was the first gig that you ever attended? 52:18 What is your favorit metal artist in Italy? 55:00 Various car questions 56:55 Various books questions 1:03:21 Do you like pizza? 1:07:00 Do you prefer instrumental music or music with vocals? Vaffanculometro 1- 1:22 2- 5:03 3- 12:59 4- 15:40 5- 16:30 6- 22:23 7- 25:56 8- 1:08:43
Unfortunately, Gatto failed at being boring. I didn't fall asleep. So I will continue to listen to Nanowar of Steel. Yes, death will come for us all sooner or later. But some bands are even older than Nanowar of Steel. So maybe in very sad future when won't be any big bands what are now... Then people will go to see Nanowar of Steel instead and they will be finally the greatest metal band. But I hope I will see Nanowar of Steel before they get too much old. I couldn't go to Metalfest last year, they played there, but my friend was there. He bought for me their cd and they signed it and drew beautiful picture. It was very nice of them. Gatto has really interesting stories from many countries and is great that he didn't end in jail. And I must check some Jugoslavia rock and punk. I know from Serbia Rune band - heavy pagan metal and it was just side project from members from Mortal Kombat and Kamenolom. When I listened to it, I understood some words because it is slavic language. And I still don't know which videoclip from Nanowar of Steel is the best. Or the worst. :-D Sometimes are people maybe little scared from their songs but then they can't live without it. And even after year I sometimes see disco metal zombies perfectly dancing in the moonlight.
He will be so disappointed since he faild to be boring 😁. Listening to Nanowar of steel is a right thing to do! Yeah, they have still chances to become the greatest band in the world 🤘. I hope we both will see them live at some point 😊. Yes, he is an interesting person, and it's good he didn't end in jail. I also have to check some Jugoslavian rock. Their music videos are amazing, I could watch them all the time 😁.
I heard some songs from Factory of Art and it sounds super. And I wish them good luck with the new album. I think many people wish to be a cat in other life. What a life to rule the humans. That is strange when aren't many people at metal concerts in Finland. It is metal country. When I went on concerts here in the Czech Republic there were usually a lot of people at metal shows. Not always really many but not a few. Few times when I went on concert I was that first one who went close to the stage. Sometimes at begin of events I have very irrational fear what if other people are watching what I do. A band was playing in front of me and people were standing a few meters far away behind me.... :-D No, always later more people finally came closer too and at least I could be in front and see the band. I'm not tall too. I just remembered. Neonfly could be interesting band for interview.
Let's wait for their new album and hope success to them 😊. Cats have super good life, that's why 😁. I think it depends on the band and on the city, I remember years ago when Ensiferum had this acoustic tour and in Pori there were not many people attending the gig. I will check the band and arrange the interview/chat 😁.
Interesting interview. And she has great ideas for stories. Cats are really nice and fluffy. Cats can do everything, keep people awake and throw things down but they are always cute. Power metal is magic fantasy metal subgenre full of dragons, warriors and unicorns. It was the same for me, I realized there are fantasy stories in that songs. And after power metal I started listen to folk metal. I think power metal is more fantasy and folk metal is more mythology. But both are magical. Of course there are often other themes in that songs too. I still like these 2 metal subgenres the most. I agree it is good to be open minded. I travelled a week ago to Brno to see thrash folk band Vintage Wine. But that was the last band. There were 3 folk bands before them. I like folk metal but I don't usually listen to folk without metal. I was afraid of it. :-D No, it was very nice, it had a fantasy medieval atmosphere. And then played Vintage Wine, that was the wildest band at the event.
Thank you for watching 😊. Yes, she has. Cats are the bosses, this is a fact 😁. I like folk music, folk metal is even better 🤘. I have to check the band you mentioned.