Present yourself to the audience
Hi everybody, I'm MIRI MILMAN (known as the red head) - female vocalist of DISTORTED from Israel. We are a melodic death/doom metal with oriental influences. I'm 23.5 years old (born on October 3, 1982) I had started with my singing career when I was 14 years old and I joined the band on 1998. I met my DISTORTED brothers in high school (we all went to the same high-school). I consider myself as a musician since I was 4 years old. At first I had big plans for being a famous pianist but over the years I understood my passion for singing. I also used to play the guitar but on the last few years I try to focus as much as I can on being a singer. Being a singer is a lot of fun and excitement but it also means a lot of hard work and limitations. You probably ask what are my limitations? So let me tell you all about it.
- Before shows I never ever drink alcohol, only water or tea.
- I almost don't drink milk only soy milk.
- I don't smoke or get near to people who smoke.
- I try not to eat chocolate
- I try not to speak loud
Besides that, I do a lot of breathing exercises and vocal lessons. Besides being a singer I am also a graphics designer. (I do almost the entire artwork of DISTORTED) sometimes it's hard for me to do designs for my own band because I'm too involved with every matter and every little detail so I prefer to give some work to other professional people that sometimes looks at things in an other perspectives. I love my life. I love My DISTORTED Family and friends, especially my fans. Although it may appear from the lyrics that I write that I am a sad person, actually I'm not. I really trying to be a funny person who likes to laugh and to do fun things. Ok...enough about me :-) I also like to share my life with my fans cause it is very important to me that my fans will feel connected to me and our music.
What musicstyle do you prefer personaly and what are your influences ?
As a musician I like to listen to all kinds of music. Metal of course!!! I like almost all genres. My big influences are doom metal bands such as: My Dying Bride, Anathema, November's doom, the old Theatre of Tragedy and the Gathering but on the last two year I had been sucked into the metal core world!! You will find a lot Meshuggah albums, Killswitch Engage and Soilwork. My true love over the 5 last years is: NEVERMORE and OPETH - Two amazing and unique bands. My Metal influences as a singer first began with Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering) She is an amazing singer! And she always improves herself from album to album and I really appreciate it. I am also very influenced by Warrel Dane (Nevermore) and a portuguese singer called Dolce Pontes.
What's your opinion about the actual metal scene in Israel ?
Good question! I think that we have a wonderful scene. Although it isn't that big - it is special! People are really devoted to music and they are really crazy when they like a band. At first when we started to play concerts, we had only 5-10 people in the crowd, because the scene had died after 1996, but today our scene is bigger than ever! It has been awaken from its deep sleep, and it's amazing to see the differences in each concert. Every time I see new faces.
