Colombia is a newcomer on the worldwide NSHC map, but since they appeared we only saw quality bands coming from that country. Heritage plays a very agressive, metal influenced hardcore music, so we were highly interested in them since we discovered their presence on the internet. We are in contact with the guys from „Heritage” for a while and as the debut CD was released by the German OPOS Records, we contacted them for an interview.
1., Hi Guys! Please introduce us the band! Who are the members of Heritage?
Hello everyone, first we want to thank the space, take into account the work we are doing. The band is made up of Criss (Drummer) Diego Alejandro (Guitar / Voice) and Julian Felipe (JF) (Voice)
2., Is the official band name "Heritage" or "Heritage H8Core"?
The name of the band is Heritage.
3., Tell us something about Your music! What are Your musical influences?
About musical influences are quite wide ranging from metal sub genres such as death metal, deatchore, metalcore, slam grind to hardcore, beatdown among many other facets. This first Ep really is a path in which we are still consolidating the sound we want, a strong and aggressive sound. We try to capture in music a lot of what we feel, personal tastes, visions that encompass an endless number of ideological nuances that are quite important when writing our music.
4., We are glad to see that Your debut album was released not long ago on OPOS Records. Please introdunce us the cd! How many songs are on the disc? All of the songs are in Spanish? What are Your lyrcis about?
Firstly, we want to thank Record Opos for giving us the support in this debut work, we are very satisfied. Regarding the CD, there are 5 songs which do not have a single line or theme in their lyrics or composition, if not each track has been imprinted with a unique essence that makes them different from each other, related in their lyrics to experiences, ideals, memories or very personal desires. All the songs are in Spanish so far, including the VoJ cover which was translated from, the original language, English, and tried to stay in the lyrical and musical essence.
5., There is a Voice of Justice song covered on the CD; I showed it to the guitarist of VoJ, he loved it a lot. You honored the Hungarian movement with such a perfect cover. How did You come to the idea to make this cover?
Well, for us the music we listen to arouses different emotions, we already had the idea of adding a cover to the debut CD, and this will represent, not only not our musical taste, but also much of what we think and with it. which we felt identified with. We remember, among so many options that were on the table, this Hungarian band, not very well known on this side of the world, which caught our attention the most because of the whole atmosphere and what they transmit, And which we had been listening to for a while now. We decided to take from them two songs (voice of justice and suicide in slow motion) from their album eruption of hate, finally we decided on Voice of justice and as previously mentioned the idea was to give it a touch of ours, in our language, but that in In general, the song will retain its essence.
6., OPOS Records is currently one of the (if not THE) best record label which promotes rightwing/NS music worldwide. Was it easy to get in contact them? Why did You choose OPOS and not another label? Are there record labels in Columbia?
The recognition of record Opos, we would dare to say that it is almost worldwide and for us from the beginning it was tempting to propose that they get a job from us. We have followed many of the bands that Opos works with (moshpit-terrorsphara-brainwash etc) and really contacting them was not difficult, the process lasted almost 6 months between emails and links to our songs, they found the product good and they agreed to be initially pressed and distributed in Europe. We had other labels in mind but we mainly opted for them (OPOS) In Colombia, there are many independent labels that work more with many metal and rock bands, but due to the type of music we make or more than all the lyrics, it is not easy to achieve due to the NS theme.
7., Please tell us Your views! Which political ideologies do You follow?
Politics is inherent to the human being as a social act and although we feel very in tune with national socialist and fascist doctrines, we see that politics limits ways of thinking that can be nourished by guidelines other than those stipulated by these two worldviews, for What we do not follow any specific party or ideology, we believe more in a blood legacy from the West and the protection of it, since in places like South and Central America, indigenous heritage, Afro and Semitic minorities are defended and promoted by governments. and organizations that discriminate and demonize any ideology that they use in their rhetorical white heritage and western legacies in America.
8., As far as I know You declare Yourselves creole. Please tell European readers about this ethnical & cultural background.
Criollo is defined as children of Europeans born in American territory, whether in the south, center or north of the continent. Currently, Colombian ethnography is made up of three strong ethnic groups, European, African and indigenous. Miscegenation with each of them has been inevitable and we all have genetic traces of these three groups, however the white population or with some type of mixture where their phenotype is close to Caucasian, is a portion of 35% to 40% of it. Even so, this does not have any type of support or cultural manifestation sponsored by any group or government entity, the system underestimates this type of legacy and it is usually seen to anyone who wants to express their sympathy for it as racists or "NAZIS" and a media hatred is unleashed against them. The NS in Colombia have a multi-ethnic and explicitly nationalist vision, something that we do not fully share, for us a white nationalism is more important, where the most important thing is that, be it with some degree of miscegenation or with the Caucasian phenotype in all of America, from the south to the north of this continent, in the same way the collaboration of this population, and the integration of it must be more important than nationalisms centered in countries that do not have unified cultures and ethnic groups.
9., Powerty is one of the biggest problem in Columbia today and powerty is always the source of communism. Are the reds strong in Columbia?
We cannot deny the shortcomings that are attributed to the third world, this country is a country full of diversity, very rich in many cultural and economic aspects, but unfortunately with a destructive virus, worse than the current pandemic, the corruption of its rulers and leaders. Communism is part of the vast history of the country and many political parties that have been destroying it, dynamic politics as it is, makes the left take more and more force, but also right-wing leaders are also part of this deterioration and bleeding both economic and social.
10., In Europe there are not too many sources to get real informations on the guerillas in the jungles. Are they still active? There were rumors, that red guerilla organisations are so powerful that half of Columbia are in their hands. Is this true? Are those organisations present in big cities too?
Well, this topic is quite extensive, but to clarify whether this is the case, the guerrillas are still active and benefited by drug trafficking. On September 4, 2012, the "peace treaty" of the current government and the guerrillas began, it was a process in which the guerrillas managed to obtain political benefits after almost 4 years, obtaining seats and recognized political positions, these in turn they did not comply with the delivery of arms, even so the "peace agreement" is finalized and signed on August 26, 2016 with the guarantor countries Cuba and Norway. This does not offer a very optimistic vision for the country. About the presence of these groups in the cities is quite complex since they are not managed directly as an armed group but infiltrated in the universities where they camouflage and gain followers with their ideology and thoughts. However, today there is enough rejection in some sectors against these infiltrated groups and this type of ideology since many people realize the business that was the signing of the false peace and the media show before the world just to gain government recognition shift.
11., The 3rd problem what causes a lot of problems inside of Columbia are the drugs; at least it was the situation in the 90's. As there is a new wave of films and TV Series (like "Narcos") which handle this topic, I think a lot of people would be interested in the current situation. Are the drugcartells still so powerfull?
In reality, the series that you see are based on events from that period of the 1990s. It cannot be denied that even today the same problem exists, but on account of the guerrillas and their ties to drug trafficking, which remain with social issues and a political background, but the cartel war has spread more to countries like Mexico.
12., We had an interview with the excellent Columbian NSHC band "Disciplina" 2 years ago, but since then they are disappeared from the web unfortunatelly. Are they still around? The guys had strong antipathy towards the Columbian skinhead and RAC scene. Do You share their opinion?
Regarding Discipline NSHC, the band was well recognized, our vocalist Julián Felipe was part of that project, but the other musicians who were part of the band formed separate projects more related to technical death metal and other sub-genres of metal and the band did not continue. About the rac and skinhead scene we have very good friends there, we try to have good relationships with everyone. The rac itself seems to us a different musical style but it also contributes.
13., The Columbian football was always very famous in the world. Do You support any local clubs? Do You support any kind of ultra or hooligan groups?
We like soccer but we do not support any particular club, nor are we part of ultra or hooligan groups. We have other sports interests like kickboxing, boxing or skateboarding.
14., Do You cooperate with comrades with other South-American movements or bands?
We try to get to know other comrades through music and social networks, share texts, enrich knowledge with friends from other countries.
15., A big thank You for the interview! If you have some last words, you have the possibility now!
To close, thank you for the space that you gave us, the interest in our music, once again to
record Opos our greatest affections and we hope to continue making music, and to be able to
share more spaces like these.
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