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Une Misere Opens Up About Debut Album & Iceland

The great thing about the internet is that it's enabled not just fans, but labels to discover bands from all over the world. We're now seeing bands from such places as Ukraine, Moldova and Estonia break into the metal spotlight, whereas not so long ago, it was rare to find a band who weren't from an English speaking country, Germany or Sweden. One such country which now has a growing number of interesting artists is Iceland, thanks to its viking heritage and breath taking if cold scenery, perfect for heavy metal.

Recently, Une Misere, another group from the small Scandinavian country, released their debut album, "Sermon" through Nuclear Blast, a label which has seen its roster display great loyalty and in turn, receive much promotion. Since the release of the record, the band has gone on tour with Darkest Hour and next month will be embarking on a run across North America with Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex and Fit For An Autopsy. During the trek with Darkest Hour, I caught up with vocalist Jón Már Ásbjörnsson to discuss the record, promotion for the album and Iceland itself. You can watch the interview in full below.

Diamond Oz: Straight into it, the full length debut, "Sermon" is out now. So far I've seen a lot of positive reviews and responses. Have you felt that to be the overall reception?

Jón Már Ásbjörnsson: Yeah, we've kind of always been waiting for that really bad review. There was one guy who commented that we were too much like Gojira, Behemoth, Slipknot and Hatebreed and he is said that as if it was a bad thing. I was like, "Man, that's the best review ever!" But yeah we've been getting some rave reviews and we couldn't be prouder.

Oz: Nice one and there's probably no better label to release your debut through than Nuclear Blast.

Jon: No. I've been going through it in my mind during this tour, where we would fit in if we weren't at Nuclear Blast and... No. It's just Nuclear for us.

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