La Baza Gatului: When did you start playing music and when did you realize that this was going to be your “path”?
Patrick Mameli: I think I was 4 years old and I knew I was going to be a rockstar hahahah....In 1986 I started Pestilence and now we're in 2011 and still going strong with Doctrine. Amazing how my life is going.
Pestilence was never a band easy to listen to, that is clear.
After a thrash/death debut, more or less similar to the metal trend of the epoch (with the albums Malleus Malleficarum and Consuming Impulse), in 1991 (by the Testimony of the Ancients) and especially in 1993 (by the ultra-experimental Spheres), the band has chosen the path of a totally atypical death metal, very technical and complex, a decision that provoked both the breaking of the contract with the record label and the splitting of the band’s fan base.
Pestilence nu a fost niciodata o trupa pe treaba ei, asta e clar. Dupa un debut thrash/death destul de conform cu ce se canta in acea epoca (a se citi Malleus Malleficarum si Consuming Impulse), in 1991 (prin Testimony of the Ancients) si mai ales in 1993 (prin ultratehnicizatul Spheres), trupa a ales calea unui death metal total atipic, foarte tehnic, decizie care a condus atat la ruptura relatiei cu casa de discuri, scindarea bazei de fani si, in final, la desfiintare.