What is a lot of noise for one person, is a pleasure for the eardrums for another. The five men of the alternative rock band Epifyse can confirm that. It goes fast and they don’t mind. “First of all, it is the energy that it brings with it. A lot of energy, I like that,” says singer Quincy van Dijken.
He adds that in metal music, which Epifyse rubs against in terms of genre, there are so many sub-genres that you can go in all directions with it. “A genre fits every emotion. And I think that’s the great thing about loud music: it’s not just loud music, it’s also very diverse.”
Although Epifyse rubs against metal, it is more than that, according to the singer. “You hear a little bit of grunge, punk, metal and rock. That all kind of passes by.” The five band members each have their own taste and all those tastes together form Epifyse.
By the way, that means pineal gland. In some cultures it is seen as the sixth sense. Judas Priest, Halloween and Rammstein are just a few names the gentlemen dropped when the conversation in the studio turned to musical heroes. A nice mix within the harder musical genres.
Three of the five band members come from Drenthe. One from Overijssel and also someone from Brussels, but the band lives in Zwolle with music as binding agent. “We love music. We met and we started making music,” says Quincy.
The youngest band member and also the newest addition is drummer Tim Wienen from Ruinerwold, where the inhabitants of the village are familiar with heavy music with bands such as The Claim, Jammer and Titt’n. Another binding factor between the band members is the preference for music that is not made for the masses. Maybe just music for the outsiders. And there goes the number Call me weirdo about. “We all know those moments when we think: I don’t belong. And that’s not bad at all. Call me a weirdo, I’m proud of that.” According to Quincy, the song is quite interpretable and that is precisely the beauty of music.
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