Life got in the way of things so the guitar and the dream of being in a huge successful metal band got pushed to one side, although my musical taste got heavier and more extreme. When I was in my teens it was all Metallica, Slayer and punk music. I didn’t even know if I could still play the thing, never mind play black metal. What made you want to play black metal in the first place? Were you planning to form a band, or did you always want to go it alone?īefore I recorded Clíodhna (Pronounced KLEE-uh-NA) I hadn’t picked up a guitar in at least 13 years. Although in the words of the late Bill Hicks, “If you play records backwards, you are Satan.” Dratna, spelled backwards, is… And therein lies the big secret. You know the old myth that if you play certain records backwards you can hear secret messages? If you play ‘Stairway to Heaven’ backwards you can hear Satan? Well, it’s basically a play on that idea. What is the significance of the name Dratna, and how did you arrive at it?
Not too many people who know me know that I do this. The music is something I do for pure pleasure. I have built up a good career here in Northern Ireland. I use my real name for my photography business, which is how I make a living. That’s a pseudonym, right?Īntard is what people who know me call me. This also is one of those rare Demo:listen s in which the Q&A-style interview reads so well that it works best presented in full. This time, we’re covering two demos at once as both Clíodhna and Altar were released this year, and both are extraordinary demonstrations of atypical black metal. Dratna is the work of Antard, a man living in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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