COCHAMBRE WAS BORN IN 1997, DURING A CONCERT BY FREEDOM XLAVE (PERHAPS THEY WERE CALLED THE POWER MORFERS, A GROUP FOUNDED BY KOLDO AND BRAIS A FEW YEARS BEFORE). IT WAS BORN AS A JOKE. AT THE END OF THE CONCERT THEY GOT UP THEIR FRIEND WEAH TO YELL AT THE MICRO. NO REHEARSALS, NO STRUCTURE, NO AUDIENCE… NO INTENT BEYOND TO MAKE FUCKING NOISE.
THERE IT STAYED. 3 MINUTES IN 1997. (THERE IS A VIDEO, SOME DAY IT WILL SEE THE LIGHT).
FREEDOM XLAVE LASTED FOR A FEW MORE YEARS, AND IN BETWEEN WEAH FOUNDED 23 WAYS TO HELL. THE END OF THE BANDS WAS QUITE SYNCHRONOUS, AND AT THAT MOMENT WE DECIDED TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN TO CONTINUE MAKING NOISE, HANGING OUT, DRINKING BEERS AND COLLACAOS IN YONKIE BARS AT 6 IN THE MORNING.
LIKE EVERY BAND, WE STARTED DOING A FEW VERSIONS, TO WARM UP, WHILE BEHIND WE WERE BUILDING OUR OWN REPERTOIRE IN CASE SOME GIRL CAME OUT. COVERING WAS REFLECTED IN THE FIRST EP OR DEMO: COVERED IN BLOOD. 6 SONGS OF SONGS THAT MEAN SOMETHING, TO SOMEONE, AT SOME MOMENT OF THEIR LIVES: JUDAS PRIEST, LED ZEPPELIN, TURBONEGRO, THERAPY… ALL A LITTLE REVOLUTIONIZED AND WITH A SOUND THAT WOULD GO LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR COCHAMBRE.
IN 2018, WITH OUR OWN SETLIST, THE CONCERTS STARTED, AND AS PEOPLE ASKED US FOR MATERIAL, WE WERE FORCED TO RE-RECORD WHAT WE HAD, ADDING A NEW VERSION: BLACK STAR, BY CARCASS. LIKE THIS, WE LAUNCH RECOVERED IN BLOOD IN FULL HURRY.
WE SAW THAT THE SITUATION COULD NOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS FOR LONG TIME, SO WE LOCKED OURSELVES IN THE STUDIO FOCUSING ON THE RECORDING OF WHAT WOULD BE OUR FIRST ALBUM.
IT WAS RECORDED IN OUR PRIVATE (AND HOME) STUDIO PLACED IN A CAVE IN VIGO AND WAS MIXED AND MASTERED BY BRAIS IN ANOTHER CAVE IN SALVATERRA DE MIÑO, SURROUNDED BY LAMPREYS, DURING A SPIRITUAL RETREAT. THE GRAPHIC WORK COMES FROM THE HANDS OF WEAH, AND POSSIBLY PAINTED WITH THE PENIS OR A FOOT. AFTER A TALK, WITH A FEW TONS OF BEER, WE DECIDED NOT TO CROWDFOUND AND DO EVERYTHING OURSELVES. IF IT WORKS OUT WELL, IT WORKS OUT WELL. IF IT GOES WRONG, IT GOES WRONG. IN SUMMARY: WE MAKE IT, WE EAT IT.
AND FINALLY THE MOMENT HAS COME. ON 02/02/2020, MAGICAL DATE, OUR FIRST OWN JOB WAS LAUNCHED. WE HAD JUST GOT DOOM ÜBER ALLES, AND WE COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD. 12 TRACKS OF DEATH GRINDCORE PUNK WITH A LOT OF BAD HOST, WHICH IS EVIDENCED NOT ONLY BY WEAH’S ANGELIC VOICES, BUT ALSO BY THE WORK OF THE RHYTHM SECTION AND THE DEMOLEZING GUITARS.
INMEDIATAMENTE TRAS LA PUBLICACIÓN DIGITAL DE DOOM ÜBER ALLES (LA EDICIÓN FÍSICA TARDARÍA UN POCO MÁS), EMPEZARON A LLEGAR LAS BUENAS CRÍTICAS Y ACEPTACIÓN POR PARTE DE LOS MEDIOS ESPECIALIZADOS (HELLPRESS O METALCRY, ENTRE OTROS).
UNFORTUNATELY, SHORTLY AFTER THE LAUNCH, WE SUFFERED FROM A MANDATORY LOCKDOWN, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WHICH AVOID US FROM PRESENTING THE ALBUM AS WE WANTED… POSTPONEMENT OF SOME SCHEDULED DATES, CANCELLATION OF OTHERS.
NOT HAPPY WITH THE SITUATION, AND SINCE WE COULDN’T COME TOGETHER AS MUCH AS WE WANTED, WE CONTINUE COMPOSING AND RECORDING THEMES FOR A NEW RECORD, AND TO PASS THE TIME AND FOR FUN, WE RECORDED SOME COVERS… THINGS GETS OUT OF HAND AND WE FINISHED RECORDING 8 SONGS THAT WE DECIDED TO TURN INTO A NEW RELEASE: THE FACE OF ALL YOUR FEARS, RELEASED ON 12/28/2021 (ON STREAMING PLATFORMS ON 01/07/2022). VERSIONS OF ANTHRAX, SLAYER, ENTOMBED, ANNIHILATOR, KREATOR, SEPTICFLESH, AT THE GATES AND FINALLY… DEAD KENNEDYS, TO WHOM WE HAD ALREADY WINKED WITH THE TITLE OF DOOM ÜBER ALLES.
THE FACE OF ALL YOUR FEARS WAS RECORDED PARALLEL TO THE COMPOSITIONS WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ALBUM. A SAMPLE OF THIS COMPOSITION IS THE SINGLE RELEASED IN MID-2022, CALLED TEAR YOUR SOUL APART, WITH A CLEAR INFLUENCE FROM THE NOVEL (AND FILMS) HELLRAISER.
IF EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE, WE WILL FINISH 2023 WITH A NEW RECORD.