tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30401240037125696582024-03-05T15:37:53.442-08:00Crucifixion 'ZineWelcome to Crucifixion, an online 'zine featuring interviews with some of the best bands in the Extreme Metal world. Originally started in 1993 as a physical zine and now brought up to date as a digital zine. Whether you like Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal or whatever Metal - if it's underground and extreme then you will find it here...Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-85186357857530466592012-11-23T16:02:00.001-08:002012-11-23T16:07:49.846-08:00HELLBASTARD INTERVIEW Nov 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><strong>Many years ago in Newcastle, United Kingdom a band called Hellbastard was formed. This band, whether they like it or not, spawned a genre called Crust - a dirty blend of Punk, Hardcore and Metal. Hellbastard were first interviewed by me in the first edition of Crucifixion way back in 1993. I spoke to front man Scruff to see what's been going on since then...</strong></em> </div>
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<em><strong>Hi Scruff, how's things going?</strong></em><br />
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Well, hi to you too Matt, things are definitely going...wrong. Look at the world. What a fucking mess.</div>
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<em><strong>I last interviewed you back in 1993 for the first issue of Crucifixion, what have you been up to for the last 20 years?</strong></em><br />
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Ahhh the normal shit, you know - working and earning a wage and paying the bills. Making a lot of bands.<br />
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<strong><em>Musically speaking, you seem to be a perfectionist who is rarely happy with his work, but out of all the Hellbastard material, which is your favourite and why?</em></strong><br />
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Nothing. I have a really great rehearsal tape from 1988 with Bry on drums, that was such a good rehearsal...it was 30/9/1988.<br />
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<em><strong>With the Ripper Crust demo you basically invented the whole Crust thing. Looking back, is this something you are proud of?</strong></em><br />
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Not in the slightest.<br />
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<em><strong>When I previously interviewed you, a couple of things you mentioned was the 'Situation Violent' LP and 'Procession Of The Blind' 12" which were to be released on the Tombstone label. These never surfaced, can you tell us a bit about what happened?</strong></em><br />
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Marky the guy that ran Tombstone was found dead, he was selling The Big Issue in the street and I think he was murdered. He used to be in a band years ago called The War Ploys. I used to knock around with that guy years before Hellbastard was even thought of. One time we even dyed his hair black in the middle of the street in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Shit happens.<br />
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<em><strong>It's been three years since Hellbastard released 'The Need To Kill' and 'Eco-War'. I understand there is a new album in the pipeline though, what can we expect this time round?</strong></em><br />
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Same old shit, probably......<br />
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<em><strong>Thanks to you I have had a sneak preview of some of the new material, all of which sounds killer. You have re-recorded 'We Had Evidence' which originally appeared on 'Heading For Internal Darkness' - what made you choose this song in particular to re-record?</strong></em><br />
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Erm, because we chose that song. <br />
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<strong><em>Ever since I have known you, you have never been fond of 1990's 'Natural Order'. Is this still the case? Was it because of the sour taste left in your mouth from Earache Records or purely the material that you didn't like?</em></strong><br />
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Both, definitely...</div>
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<strong><em>Hellbastard t shirts and merchandise seem to be pretty scarce these days, are there plans to do some new shirts and patches?</em></strong><br />
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No plans at present, we have no cash to make merch at all. We can't even afford the fucking rent on our rehearsal room.<br />
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<em><strong>When we spoke last, you had a new vocalist called Gordon. These days you're back doing the vocals, I</strong></em> <em><strong>take it things with Gordon didn't work out?</strong></em><br />
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Well, we played one show with Gordon, and it was awful. No, it never worked out at all, not in the slightest, not even a little bit. That was 1992 - a long time ago.<br />
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<em><strong>What bands are you listening to these days? Are you still a huge fan of Papsmear and Sindrome?</strong></em> <br />
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Yes, I will always love those old bands. But now some jazz and some 16 horsepower does me fine, oh with some Gallows thrown in for good measure. <br />
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<strong><em>For you, is the lyrical side of Hellbastard just as important as the music?</em></strong><br />
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No, the lyrics are far more important than the music.<br />
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<em><strong>How do you view the Crust and Hardcore scene these days?</strong></em><br />
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How do I <em>view</em> it? Well, let me tell you this - I'd rather stick my head up a cow's ass, and then play with six fully revved-up chainsaws whilst blindfolded, whilst simultaneously trying to fight off a million nazi skinheads.</div>
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<em><strong>How did you originally come up What made with the name Hellbastard?</strong></em><br />
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It seemed like a good mixture of Metal and Punk. <br />
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I had previously been releasing albums, touring and being busy with graduating from university, a band called Nero Circus, then Sidewinder, then King Fuel, then Heavy Water, then The Dischargers and then a band called Moodhoover. All these bands released albums and got busy, keeping me sane.<br />
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<em><strong>The most recent release was the split 7" with Dissent. How did this come about?</strong></em><br />
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I think it was that mad drunken bastard Tom from Dissent, it was his idea. We got copies of that 7" when we were on tour in the USA in 2010. I am sure the idea came around in 2009 when we were on tour in the usa then, as well.<br />
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<em><strong>Many years ago, you told me about Nero Circus. This was another project of yours, what happened to it?</strong></em><br />
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We made 3 or 4 demos and toured, got a deal with a USA label, released an EP and then got a better deal and released a full album, then made our best recording <em>after</em> that album which had Troy Dixler from Chicago's Sindrome do some guest vocals on it, that was a laugh. There are 10 tracks or so on that, way better than the 'Nailed Harder' CD and the 'Human Pigs' CD. The one video we made was to the song 'Kicked In The Face', it was filmed in a really old barn in Italy.<br />
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Well, it seems like a long time ago but we only just played The USA Maryland Death Fest with Saint Vitus, Morbid Angel, Anvil, Napalm Death, etc etc. and we were not too long ago in Belgium at Ieperfest with Corrosion OF Conformity, Sick of it All, Agnostic Front, Nasum, Pig Destroyer and a ton of other bands. Previous to this we did a tour of the UK with our mates from Boston, Massachusetts - 'PanzerBastard', that was a lot of fun I can tell ya. We actually plan on touring non stop in 2013 and 2014.<br />
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in Europe, and in the USA on vinyl via Unleash Hell and Patac Records.<br />
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Yeah, that was really annoying to be sent an interview and have to make it coherent by putting in the numerical question numbers myself. Stop it. Also we have other guys in the band too, Tom McCoombe who plays guitar and Paul O'Shea who plays bass. I could never ever do something so shitty as this by myself, see? <br />
Cheers Matt.<br />
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<em><strong>Thanks Scruff. Don't forget to check out the new Hellbastard LP, and be sure to check out their killer back catalogue too. You can visit their offical Facebook page </strong></em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/hellbastardofficial?fref=ts" target="_blank"><em><strong>HERE</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></div>
Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-40394279764972681332012-10-16T13:44:00.000-07:002012-10-17T14:49:48.072-07:00THANATOS INTERVIEW Oct 2012<br />
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<i><b>There are very few Death Metal bands who can say they have been around for almost 30 years, but Thanatos can. They were around before the genre was even born so they are definitely a band who have seen a lot of things over the years. This was an exciting interview for me, being that I have always been a massive Thanatos fan myself. I spoke to front man Stephan Gebedi about the history of the one of the genre's most underrated bands...</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Hi Stephan, how's everything going?</b></i></div>
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Hey Matt, well things are a bit hectic right now, we’re in writing mode now for the next Hail of Bullets album, we’ve just had the re-releases of the first two Thanatos albums and I’m having some “domestic issues” right now as well, but hey, that’s life I guess.</div>
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Ok, I have been active in the Extreme Metal scene since 1984 when I started the first incarnation of Thanatos. There have been numerous line changes and even a lengthy period of inactivity, but we’re still around. At the end of 2006, early 2007 I formed Hail of Bullets, which consists of (ex) members of Gorefest, Thanatos, Asphyx, Pestilence and Houwitser. Hail of Bullets pretty much became a success story and we’re working on our 3rd album right now. Besides that I also write for Aardschok, which is Holland’s most important Metal magazine. Apart from that I have a semi-fulltime daytime job and a family, sort of …</div>
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<i><b>I have always said that Thanatos are one of the first pioneers of Extreme Metal but are also one of the most underrated. Is this something you agree with or are you satisfied with the recognition you have received?</b></i></div>
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Haha, have to agree on that one of course. We could and should have had a lot of more recognition but there’s such a thing as bad luck and besides some of my former band mates were experts in missing great opportunities and fucking up things for themselves, so we also have to blame ourselves. We always went against the grain and kept true to our style though and that’s something I can be proud of. That also goes for our perseverance and I see our recent deal with Century Media who will re-release our entire back catalogue as some sort of recognition as well…</div>
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<i><b>Thanatos started in about 1984, with the first demo 'Speed Kills'. What drove you to form Thanatos at this early time?</b></i></div>
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I guess it had to do with being disappointed with the current local metal scene back then. I had just discovered bands like Venom and Slayer a few years before and there were no bands in Holland that played metal in that style so I decided to form a very fast and very heavy metal band with some friends from school myself. I think we were between 13 and 15 years old when we started jamming and needless to say we weren’t great musicians or anything, but we had some sort of vision from the start…</div>
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<i><b>Thanatos have come along way since the thrashy early demo days to the full on Death Metal monster it is today. What was it that made you turn the corner from Speed Metal to Death Metal?</b></i></div>
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year after we started out as Thanatos. So it was a logical development for us. We were fanatically into trading tapes and we traded or early recordings with people like Ken and Bill from Carcass, Killjoy from Necrophagia, the guys in Dark Angel, Possessed, Death, Master/Deathstrike etc, so the music we listened to and managed to get hold of became heavier, faster and more brutal along the way, so the step from Speed Metal, as we called it at first, to death/thrash metal was a natural progression. We experimented with vocals to try and sound rawer and more brutal than on the early recordings, so we became more ‘Death Metal’ than before, but we always kept our Thrash influences as well.</div>
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Several people in the band were more into partying and doing drugs than into playing metal and writing songs. We also encountered a shitload of trouble with our record label back then and two major tours we were supposed to be part of, one with Cannibal Corpse (35 dates) and one with Exhorder (20 dates or so) both fell through, so I got really fed up with the whole thing. Needless to say it began to feel like unfinished business after a while so in 1999 I recruited new members and we made a fresh start</div>
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Well, I was never really involved with Legion; I was supposed to join that band, but it never really happened. Second Hell was the former band of ex-Thanatos guitarist Mark Staffhorst and me, him and former Thanatos member Erwin de Brouwer joined forces in a new incarnation of Second Hell. I really liked to sing those old songs but unfortunately the band disbanded and we never got a chance to re-record those songs. Hail of Bullets has become my main band although Thanatos is still equally important to me. Right now we’re writing stuff for the 3rd Hail of Bullets album which we hope to start recording early next year.</div>
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The guy with whom I formed the band, guitar player Remco de Maaijer, actually came up with the name Thanatos. We were first called Whiplash until we found out about the three Tony’s... I came up with the first version of the logo and a guy from Belgium called Wim Baelus, who also wrote for Aardschok magazine made a better version of it if I’m correct.</div>
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Oh man, too many to mention. I was raised on stuff like Maiden, Priest, Sabbath, Saxon, Motörhead, Raven, Jaguar, Holocaust, Satan and of course Venom, which was one of our major influences. I was totally into the NWOBHM thing and I also loved the early Sabbat stuff. So yeah, UK Metal has been a major influence on our sound and song structures.</div>
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It’s a funny thing cause in the early nineties there was huge rivalry between bands from the western part of Holland (like Thanatos) and bands from the east such as Pestilence and Asphyx. It’s really cool to see people form both sides now joining forces in Hail of Bullets and of course our guitar player Paul Baayens plays in Asphyx, Hail of Bullets AND Thanatos, which makes him the biggest musical whore in the Dutch death metal scene right now I guess, haha. I like the way that EP turned out, two cool bands from Holland that have been around for ages both doing a cool cover song, we’re considering a similar release with Hail of Bullets and Legion of the Damned sometime next year.</div>
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Thank you, I totally agree and consider it the best album we’ve made so far along with ‘Realm of Ecstasy’. It received great reviews but unfortunately it didn’t really sell well. The label it was released on is just a tiny label with poor distribution and no money for proper promotion so it died a silent death. I’m happy that Century Media records have decided to re-release our entire back catalogue so hopefully it will get the attention it deserves when it is re-released sometime next year.</div>
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We’re booking some shows for November/December now and hopefully will add a few more next year. First of all the sold stuff will be re-released and after that...who knows?! It would be great if we could do a new studio album for Century Media, but that will depend on the sales of the old stuff I guess.</div>
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I has great songs and I like the dark and brooding atmosphere of that album. My vocal performance could have been better on that album, but as whole I think that’s our pinnacle, although ‘Justified..’ comes damn close.</div>
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Sometimes I become pissed off watching all the misery in the world, caused by religions, politicians, whatever and sometimes it’s simply a good old horror movie that inspires me or a combination of fiction and reality...I tend to cross the line with lyrics sometimes but that’s simply the person that I am.</div>
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Well in 2014 we might celebrate our 30th anniversary... IF we make it till 2014 it would be nice to go out with a bang and release another studio album... our aim is to make an album with the same spirit and intensity as Dark Angel’s ‘Darkness Descends’.</div>
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Thank you very much Stephan, and I wish you well with both Thanatos and Hail Of Bullets in the coming years. For those of you who have not checked out Thanatos or Hail Of Bullets, firstly where have you been? Secondly - check out these links - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thanatos333" target="_blank">Thanatos on Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.thanatos.info/" target="_blank">Thanatos official site</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Thanatos616" target="_blank">Thanatos on You Tube</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thanatos666" target="_blank">Thanatos on Myspace</a>, <a href="http://www.hailofbullets.com/" target="_blank">Hail Of Bullets official site</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hailoffuckenbullets" target="_blank">Hail Of Bullets on Myspace</a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hailofbulletsofficial" target="_blank">Hail Of Bullets on Facebook</a>.</div>
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Hello readers - I go by either Hadoth or H if you prefer. I do a Metal project in California - nothing more, nothing less. Thanks for your interest.</div>
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Well, I started in June 2008. In the beginning, I was playing drums/doing vocals for a band called Dodsredskap (meaning the instrument of death in english). I consider this the beginnings of Hadoth as I named that band that month, and worked on my first song, and recorded my first demos. At first I wanted to be a depressive black metal band, but that got really boring, very quick. Now I just play what I feel and that's more interesting.</div>
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Sadly, a bit slow and it's kind of an awkward process- and maybe that's because my method of recording is a bit unconventional and somewhat unique. But on a more positive note, a longer song was recorded and it's 10 minutes long- original, brand new material. it will be released as a single sometime soon to bring something new to the table. I think maybe the album could be done in the beginning months of 2013. It will be a full length.</div>
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So many to name, I'll try not to forget any: Lifelover, Bathory, Forgotten Woods, Old Gehenna, Old Satyricon, Burzum, Trist, Ulver, Arckanum, Wolves in the Throne Room, Black Plague (torrance) - surprisingly, lately I've also been picking up on Nirvana 2002 and Obituary. In the beginning days, my influences were more stereotypical DSBM bands that I don't care much for today.</div>
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It's good and bad at the same time! I think you're right, it can be very rewarding. You never answer to anyone and no second opinions are required for the material or your recording/practice time. It's sometimes bad because I enjoy the feeling and atmosphere of playing along with other humans, rather than just yourself. But for the most part, it's great.</div>
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Happy with it? Yes and no - I kind of regret the shitty quality of one of the songs on there, but for the most part I was very content with it. It took long because of either being on hold, or because of recording troubles, or feeling like the project should just stop. Better late than never though, right?</div>
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Great question! Well, the reason for this is that when I began in 2008-09, I hated labels- but I also could not afford to put physical formats out on my own. I didn't like labels because I felt that they would constantly screw bands over. However I am a bit more open minded these days, and know that not everyone out there is a prick- so now, physical formats will arise and be more common. Some physical formats of my releases exist from the 2008-09 days- though they are heavily rare and mostly due to Nino of Black Plague, making DIY copies and handing them out at shows. They are so uncommon, that I don't own an old copy myself- and I don't know what they look like either. In recent times, I made DIY copies of my split and EP, and sent them out to strange places where you'd never think to see metal- like Missouri.</div>
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I'd like to do some live shows and also, release music and merchandise in physical formats - shirts, patches, CDs, tapes, and more importantly, vinyl. I don't believe it will deviate too far from this. But getting stuff out on vinyl is difficult and labels will rarely do it- but fuck it. Better to try and fail than to not try at all.</div>
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Yes, I was very excited about that. At the time, especially, I was excessively fond of Black Plague. It was received *very* well in the underground. I think I recall Nino, the band behind Black Plague, telling me that he gave out somewhere between 50-100 copies of the split- he promoted it beyond my expectations. But yeah it was a big thing for me- lots of people liked it. I like the rawness of the first edition in 2008, my split side- it's very demo sounding. Some people have described it as sounding like it was recorded in a dungeon.</div>
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Mostly themes of desolation, despair, chaotic occurrences, fantasy, nature- that kind of deal. I try to keep lyrics interesting and not boring- I attempt to invoke different kinds of images in the readers/listeners heads by using metaphors or maybe describing something unique.</div>
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It's definitely been both bad and good. It's good because we get to hear more original sounding stuff- creative takes on making music- that sort of thing. It's also been bad, due to copycat bands or those who are interested in looking "cool". Some of my favorite newer bands are Wolves in the Throne Room, Black Plague, Benighted in Sodom (who is very experimental, especially in the last couple of albums). There is some really great stuff out there, and I'm grateful to hear it.</div>
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-Excellent question. For those of you who are HP Lovecraft fans, you may recognize the word from the story titled "The Outsider". I won't give away too much of this story- it's like 6 pages and found online, so those interested can read it. But let's just say that it describes perfectly what I envisioned for making music and the way I feel about myself, oftentimes anyway. Another main reason why the name was chosen was because no one had this name- I didn't want the name to be boring, stereotypical, or taken by others. Instead, I wanted a name that raised curiosity. I think its successful in doing this.</div>
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Absolutely! Burzum is one of my main influences. I don't really know if I would have gotten into Black Metal had it not been for Burzum, really.</div>
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Record and put out the album for sure! Apart from that, some of you who remember me being in Dodsredskap will be happy to know we are re-recording the demo tracks and making an EP of that as well. We'll be going to our old recording spot to do this. It's 4 tracks, so it will be short but nostalgic nonetheless- very much so. I don't think we even remember how to play the songs, but no worries- we'll figure it out.</div>
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Thanks Hadoth. For those of you who are interested in checking out the band, be sure to click the following links - <a href="http://hadoth.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hadothblackmetal" target="_blank">Youtube</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Hadoth" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</div>
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Wolves’ Winter was formed in the 2008 by me, and the help of Cabra. The band changed members many times. One of the oldest members is Longinus, since 2009. But Zagoth too, although he left the band the same year and returned this year. Cabra left the band in the 2011, and was replaced by Maleficvm, he’s the actual member of the band.</div>
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<i><b>How did the demo sell? Were you pleased with the response you got from it?</b></i></div>
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And, yes, we got good reviews for it! We get interviews, proposals and offers after the release!</div>
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And I felt the hate, misanthropy, coldness and all those kind of feelings, and I decided that’s all I want in my life. So, if I had a band, it would be Black Metal.</div>
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I wanted a name who represents Black Metal, fiercely like “Wolves”, cold and grim like “Winter”.</div>
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<i><b>Is there any Wolves Winter merchandise, and if so how can people obtain some?</b></i></div>
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Yeah, we're mostly influenced by Arckanum, Satanic Warmaster, Sargeist, Behexen, Horna, Unhuman Disease, Beastcraft, Darkthrone, Drowning The Light and more!</div>
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Our lyrics talks about personal experiences, books, rituals, witchcraft, necromancy, spiritism, like I said…</div>
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I don’t see Death Metal as an enemy of Black Metal… They are different, different different meanings, 'ideologies' but that doesn’t mean it is an opposite genre… I don’t think it's connected, but both are Extreme Metal genres.</div>
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Mmm no, only one show in June 19th, that was the only gig in the year. I think at the end of the year we’ll play a show again.</div>
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I think we have a future. We’re working hard to show that Argentina has Black Metal too. The First full length album will be the coldest thing Argentina will have seen I hope.</div>
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Yeah, of course. We’ll finish the album before the end of the year, and maybe we'll do a split with Unhuman Disease! So, we’ll have good material soon!</div>
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Thanks <i><b>Beelzebuth. Make sure you support Wolves' Winter and check them out on their <a href="http://www.wolveswinter.com.ar/" target="_blank">official website</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/wolves.winter?ref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/wolveswinterblack" target="_blank">You Tube</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/wolveswinter" target="_blank">My Space</a>.</b></i></div>
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Sure I am Paul Speckmann a bassist and singer as well as a songwriter for many underground bands that I created, struggling as always to survive the underground and succeeding at this. Master is my main focus at the moment while my other bands Deathstrike and Abomination are re-entering the picture with a few various shows coming up this year at a few festivals in Europe. You can read the bio at master-speckmetal.net for those who are interested in the history of the band and its influence on the genre so-called Death Metal.</div>
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<i><b></b></i> My career has been faced with an uphill battle ever since the inception of the band. Over the years shitty record contracts, members coming and going as well, has sometimes had a devastating effect on the band, but we still endure and conquer the competition every year with true and aggressive Metal, period.. Master and I have had our ups and downs but the band continues to play shows and create brutal masterpieces again and again. If it was only about money I would have left the scene years ago. It's about sharing your views and ideals in the music. I realise Satan sells better than the truth, but I prefer the truth over fiction any day.</div>
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Pulverised says the CD is selling well but I don't have any figures at the moment. The reviews have been unbelievably phenominal this time around. You create an album and have too see how it goes. I personally write albums for myself and see how the chips fall. This is all you can do really.</div>
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<i><b>Your debut with Master is considered a genre classic, how do you view this album 22 years later?</b></i> </div>
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The debut is and was a good album, but let's face it this was 1985 and we were really just experimenting at this time. Today we have the music down to a science, and the recordings as well as the playing, is much better than in the beginning of the genre.</div>
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<i><b>Over the years your vocals have become slightly more lower in tone, and sound very different to your older style of the 80's and early 90's. Was this a conscious change you made or just natural progression?</b></i></div>
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<i><b></b></i> This was just a natural progression, old age mabye. When recording the vocals I just go in and do them. I never conciously think about the tone of the vocals I just go in and sing a few songs per day and hope for the best. Sometimes they are killer and sometimes I'm not satisfied in the end, this is just the way the cookie crumbles brother.</div>
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<i><b>On the second album you recorded at Morrisound in Florida, which is where so many bands at the time were recording. Is this something that Nuclear Blast pushed for or was it a choice that you made personally?</b></i> </div>
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This was a choice that Nuclear Blast made and I suppose this helped the record sell the 25.000 copies as well having that moron Scott Burns at the helm. The guy was only interested in the 100 dollars an hour that he and the studio were making. All he did was talk shit about Morbid Angel and many other bands and I am sure followed suit after Master left.</div>
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<i><b>Abomination is another one of your bands which is steeped in history. How are things going on that front at the moment? </b></i></div>
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<i><b></b></i>We will play some shows in Italy next year after a Cancer Festival in Dresden at Skullcrusher on October 5th for young people struck with the disease.</div>
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<i><b></b></i>Sure, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Onslaught. What a bunch of cool motherfuckers. We just played a cool festival with Onslaught in South Italy again and had a blast. Hopefully in the not too distant future we will have a chance to tour with this band.</div>
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It disappeared of course after I left the band to form Abomination with Aaron Nickeas. I felt Abomination was a better direction for me in 1987 and Master disappeared by the wayside for a few years. I laugh when I think about it now. This Funeral Bitch was blast beats and crazy time signatures and at the time the critics were saying it was too fast etc, and Napalm Death and many others went on to make a career of this style.</div>
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I regularly tell people 15 years but in reality it no longer grows, my wife trims it and it grows back to the same length. I last shaved in 1996!</div>
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The latest New Elite is my personal favorite at the moment because it is a fresh vision on the old formula I have always used. The production has also improved as the studio gets better every year as well. Many people still love the first two and this is cool as they are classics of course but in my opinion the last several records are the best. So I can only hope that people give them a spin. They are definately missing the quality and writing on the latest masterpieces because many are stuck in the past. People get over it. </div>
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The best demo is the 'Four More Years of Terror' demo which was recorded mixed and mastered in one day. This demo truly captured the intensity and ferociousness of Master, period.</div>
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The one thing about Master is consitancy, many of the more successful bands are copying the latest trend, we always stick to our roots and never try to change a winning formula.</div>
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Never. I only hear the old albums when it is necessary to listen to them for a re-issue. I never really listen to my records after recording because it's the past. I live for the future. Of course I'm forced at shows or clubs to hear old songs sometimes, but I hardly ever listen to the old albums in their entirety anymore. I think I said earlier on, that I only listen to Rock and Heavy Metal as well as a dose of Punk Rock from time to time. I don't want to be influenced by bands that I already influenced in the early days, for one thing and I want always to keep my music fresh, so no Death Metal is ever played in my home, period!</div>
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Life, the ups and downs of my own personal life made me become more aggressive and critical of society in general and this has always been captured on the Master recordings. The things that happen in my personal life as well as the lives of others dictate the music for me. We live in and aggressive corrupt filled society and music is my muse so to speak. There was no Extreme Metal Scene in 1982, only Motorhead, GBH, Discharge and The Exploited. This was the main influence on my many projects right from the start!</div>
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Labels always say we sell too little so it's always a struggle to get on a bigger label, when in reality we just need more promotion. The New Elite was released in the USA on August 14th and the US promotional company wrote me that they didn't even know about this. Great work from our current label Pulversed.</div>
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This is how I make my living period, from the merchandise!</div>
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The lyrics write thmselves. After the music I create, the lyrics come naturally. Society dictates what's happening on the albums. We live in a society ruled by dictators that tell the people when to eat, when to shit, what to wear, and when to sit back and watch with their remote control!</div>
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Sure go out and buy the New Elite and support the band instead of just illegally downloding the album like most people are doing in this shit society.</div>
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<i><b>A big thanks to you Paul for doing this interview. For those of you who know Master (which should be most of you) be sure to buy the new album and support Master. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past 26 years, you can check out Master on the </b></i><a href="http://www.master-speckmetal.net/" target="_blank"><i><b>official site</b></i></a><i><b>, on </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Master/18521536017" target="_blank"><i><b>Facebook</b></i></a><i><b>, and on </b></i><a href="http://www.myspace.com/masterspeckmann" target="_blank"><i><b>Myspace</b></i></a><i><b>. </b></i></div>
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Hi Matt! First of all thanks for this cool interview. I’m fine; I’m just passing my summer holidays in absolute calm, just like the Dudeism professes. Going to the beach, listening to music, getting drunk and so on. Good shit in short.</div>
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Undead Creep is mainly a side project founded by this “two freaky brains” that are friends of mine: Giorgio (guitar, backing vocals) and David (drums), who mainly play in Haemophagus, a really nice Grind horror band, I absolutely recommend them to you. Undead Creep was born (literally): “pushed by the urge to bring back the spirit of Old School Death Metal the way it was meant to be”. A tribute to the old way, primarily influenced by the sound characterizing that musical movement born in the early nineties in Sweden (in a few words, Sunlight Studio scene). After the entry of Maso (bass) and me (lead vocals) the band recorded its first S/T Demo in 2009 (on CD self produced and on Tape by Unholy Domain Rec.). A year later, the debut album with the american Dark Descent Rec. “The Ever-Burning Torch” introduced us to the European and global Old Death scene. After the exit of Maso this year, we’re really proud to have our two new members: Claudio (bass) and Fausto (guitar). We roamed around Germany (early this summer) to play some gigs and now we’re waiting for the d.i.y. Kill Town Death Fest (in Copenaghen) where we’ll play with: Master, General Surgery, Interment, Hooded Menace etc and where we hope our new work will be available: an EP 7’’ produced by Blood Harvest rec. entitled “Enchantments from the Haunted Hills”.</div>
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The demo went well. We sold all the copies (both cd both tape). The response was really pretty cool.</div>
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For me the demo will always be important. Because it was our first work, and especially it marked my personal entry into this genre. For what concerns “The Ever-Burning Torch” it has characterized the first point of arrival for Undead Creep. A good step of maturation toward our identity. So, in the end, I think I prefer both in the same way.</div>
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It’s nice. There are so many band that play so good, especially all the stuff produced by the mighty Dark Descent rec. is awesome. But seriously, personally I think that the return to the old school is primary a failure of the new scene. The twisted technicalities perpetrated by a portion of this new Death Metal has definitely made it: self-referential. Something that is not the real genre. Complicated riffs that seem like exercises, speed taken to the extreme consequences etc… to go where? Bitch please. So you know, when you've lost the right road the best you can do is to turn back to your own way.</div>
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Is a simple union between two words that recall the sphere of horror movies. Undead and Creep. They don’t have a real meaning together, but if you want to see absolutely something… Undead Creep could be the “creepy walking of the undead”.</div>
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Yes, this 7” EP as I said before will be called “Enchantments from the Haunted Hills”, it will be released by the Swedish Blood Harvest Records. Hopefully it'll be available at the Kill Town Death Fest this Summer. This 7” includes the title track that you can listen to on Youtube and another track called "To Be Condemned" with an instrumental intro inspired to Fulci’s and Argento’s movies.</div>
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We're especially into the old gods like SABBATH and PRIEST (eternal influences) Napalm Death, Monolith, Bolt Thrower, Benediction, Lords of Putrefaction, Sabbat, Iron Monkey, Acrimony, new acts like Cruciamentum and Indesinence... not to mention dozens of punk, crust and more experimental bands and artists. It was always such a hotbed for music of every kind.</div>
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Yes, thery are now some for sale, which wew printed a few months ago. When we went to Germany we have sold quite a bit. For anyone who wants them, please contact us by email.</div>
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Sure, we’re really proud about the result of the full-length. Matt of Dark Descent did a perfect job with the production and distribution</div>
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They are different. We speak about classical horror b-movie stuff, post-nuclear scenery, esoteric and dark worlds (Lovecraft reigns) but I prefer those speaks about introspective states of mind, obscure ruminations and the correlations between the world of the living and other, black spheres of spiritual existence.</div>
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I’m an ardent supporter of stoner rock, in fact it's been a year now since I've started playing in a stoner/sludge band with Giorgio too. It's called Elevators to the Grateful Sky. In Undead Creep there many influences but very often I don’t know their roots. You must ask this question to Giorgio (our first composer), He is a great musician with an infinite musical knowledge, you must listen to his personal projects: Furious Georgie, it's really amazing. So I think that he will be more capable than me to answer to you.</div>
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As I said we played the “Into the Void Fest d.i.y.” fest organized in Bologna by our drummer David. Add to this two gigs in Germany. We can’t wait for the KTDF, it will be awesome.</div>
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Our mainly influences are: Carnage, Nihilist, Grotesque, Nirvana 2002, Evocation and early Therion and Unleashed but the list goes on and on. Primordial thrash like Bathory, Slaughter Lord, Mercilles and non-swedish bands like the masters of horror: AUTOPSY.</div>
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I respect them, they do what they love. Ok, sure you know… but when they describe that stuff with the word Death, I just go crazy. Kids, come on. Death Metal is ANOTHER THING. Call your genre pink sky metal, or super cool metal. But DON'T use the word Death. As I said in another interview literally: Death Metal is born to be dead. This is the real essence of this genre, to lie in a rotten catacomb infected by the evil. Not jumping kids, with unlikely haircuts. Come on!</div>
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<i><b>What is the Death Metal scene like in Italy these days? Do you gain a lot of support in your own country?</b></i></div>
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I don’t really know at this time. We have bands like Horrid, Eroded, Voids of Vomit and Blasphemophagher, but as my drummer David says: it seems like Death Metal (the way I mean it) will forever dwell in the dark corners of the Italian underground.</div>
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This is really difficult to choose. If I had to keep my feet on the ground I would say: Hooded Menace, Bombs of Hades, Horrendous, Kaamos, etc. But the dream would be Autopsy, Asphyx, Repulsion, Entombed etc.<br />
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I don’t have plans for the future. The only things in program are: playing the KTDF and recording the full length with Elevators to the Grateful Sky on September. Maybe next year we will do a European Tour with Creep or a gig in a big Festival, who knows… the only sure thing is that we should write new stuff soon.</div>
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What should I say? Matt, thanks for this cool interview and for the video reviews. We really appreciate your work! For the people out there, come on and listen to our new 7”, we hope you'll like that, and keep on supporting the old shit. Remember, the gates are open for you to see, the horror of the Undead Creep.</div>
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<i><b>Thanks to you Sandro for doing this interview with me. Be sure to check out Undead Creep on </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/UndeadCreep" target="_blank"><i><b>Facebook</b></i></a><i><b>, </b></i><a href="http://www.myspace.com/undeadcreep666" target="_blank"><i><b>Myspace</b></i></a><i><b> and </b></i><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/undeadcreep" target="_blank"><i><b>Reverbnation</b></i></a><i><b>.</b></i></div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-38574307758326278352012-08-08T11:37:00.002-07:002012-08-08T11:44:09.052-07:00ENTRAPMENT INTERVIEW Aug 2012<br />
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<i><b>Hi Michel, can you tell us who you are and what you do?</b></i></div>
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Hey Matt, first of all thanks for the support!</div>
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Besides Entrapment I’m running my own merchandise company, printing band shirts etc.</div>
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<i><b>How is life in Entrapment at the moment?</b></i></div>
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Life is pretty ok at the moment. There’s a lot coming up and I’m busy with the full length which should be released by Soulseller Records within a couple of months from now.</div>
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<i><b>You have only been around for a couple of years so far but already you have three solid releases. Are you happy with the way the demos turned out?</b></i></div>
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Yeah very pleased with all the support! Entrapment started off with some ideas I recorded on my pc. And now after 2 demo’s and a 7” things are starting to look pretty serious ha ha.</div>
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Detest records released the Infernal Blasphemies demo in 2010 and since the beginning we had plans to record and release a 7”. So last year I wrote and recorded the songs at a friends studio and Detest released the gem.</div>
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Serpent and the rainbow kinda claustrophic lyrics about being buried alive and that kind of nonsense haha.</div>
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Carcass, Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Anathema, Benediction, Cancer, Desecrator,</div>
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Paradise Lost, Cathedral,The Ruts, Discharge, Crass, the Clash, Slaughter and the Dogs, Varukers, Amebix, Buzzcocks, Budgie, Blitzkrieg, Tygers of Pantang, Rudimentary Peni, Flux of Pink Indians and so on and so on.</div>
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Pretty easy I have to say, as soon I got the songs stuck in my head I record the drums. When the drums are done I record the guitars and the bass. Then I write the lyrics and do the vocals. At home I try to find nice melodies and solo’s as well as our live 2nd guitar player Jerome.</div>
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I stole the name from Asphyx’s side project Soulburn. The first song is called Hellish Entrapment. When I started to draw the logo it turned out a bit the same as the Dismember logo..well I like that band a lot.</div>
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The first demo and the 7” are my favorites. The recordings went very smooth and that’s always a good sign.</div>
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Yeah we do live shows. I’ve got some friends helping me out. We rehearse once a while. The new death metal wave didn’t reach the Netherlands yet so we don’t play that often.</div>
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Yes it’s great. We had the honour to play at the Kill Town Death Fest last year…it was really cool to see all the people going mad on bands like Funebrarum, Winterwolf, Vanhelgd or Sonne Adam.</div>
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I have to admit that I'm not really ambitious at the moment. Death Metal have been my favorite genre for more than 20 years now. And I’m glad there’s an uprising of new bands playing the old style. It’s great that Entrapment is taking part in this before it’s over again, ha ha.</div>
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There will be a Digipack with basically both demo’s, raw mixes and live track released by Godeater Records. Slap Bet Records will release the Putrefying Stench of Death demo on 7” vinyl. There will be a split 7” with Torturerame from Belgium. Also a split 7” with Massive Assault from the Netherlands. And there are plans for a split 12” with Pyre from Russia. And a limited Live tape released by myself.</div>
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Thanks a lot for the interview, I'm enjoying your Youtube channel!</div>
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Stay true - whatever that means!</div>
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<i><b>Thanks to you Michel for the interview. Since doing this interview, Entrapment has released a special digi-pak CD featuring both demos and can be obtained </b></i><a href="http://entrapment2.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>here</b></i></a><i><b>. Also be sure to check out Entrapment on </b></i><a href="http://www.myspace.com/entrapmentdeathmetal" target="_blank"><i><b>Myspace</b></i></a><i><b> and </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/entrapment/171603089577707" target="_blank"><i><b>Facebook</b></i></a><i><b>.</b></i></div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-64999292231891972432012-08-06T13:38:00.002-07:002012-08-06T13:39:26.518-07:00CODE INTERVIEW Aug 2012<i><b></b></i><br />
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Hello Matt, I am just fine thanks. Keeping very busy as always, perhaps a little too busy. Over the years the number of projects I work on at any one time has varied a lot but I am happy with where I am now and am on the edge of what I can manage to do in the time I have, yet not let the quality slip. It's a balance sometimes, but right now, it is just about right.</div>
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Things with Code are really great, actually the best they have ever been. We have never had a settled line up until now, and in addition, having members spread across Europe never made life easy. Now we are all based within 30 minutes of each other, we are playing great and really looking forward to taking the new incarnation of Code forward.</div>
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In actuality, Code really doesn't have anything to do with Seasonal Code. There is a lineage in terms of band name obviously, but everything else about the two are completely different. Seasonal Code was essentially a solo project, whereas Code was a much more serious attempt at creating music. We wanted to actually get somewhere with Code, whereas Seasonal Code was nothing more than a solitary dip in the water.</div>
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In all honesty, the music of Code is not premeditated in any way. All the music in Code has been written very naturally without a thought as to how it may fit in the wider scheme of things. Vocal wise, that has always been created by listening to what the music needs and in that respect, it is quite an inward looking process. If what we do comes out as seeming original then that is by accident rather than any great design. The best music is always made for selfish reasons I think.</div>
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I am proud of both albums to be honest and they are very different in feel. It is hard to compare and decide what is my favourite as they give me very different things. I think Resplendent Grotesque was perhaps a more measured and personal album. There was a lot of self doubt with Nouveau Gloaming as it was a start from a blank piece of paper…and I think the tension in there is quite palpable which works in its favour. Resplendent Grotesque was a real exercise in paying attention to every detail and there is a lot of depth in there in terms of layering. Production wise I had a much better idea of how I wanted Resplendent Grotesque to sound too and for the most part, it turned out how I wanted it to.</div>
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Indesinence is a Doom/Death band from London who I joined a few years back. We have been playing a few gigs here and there over the years since I joined and we are now finishing recording for a new album which will be the first studio recording I will have been involved in. It is a great band to be a part of and playing bass is something I love to do whenever I can.</div>
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Decrepit Spectre as far as I know is dead now. It was the baby of Heimoth who is now restarting his old band Seth so the concentration has moved away from Decrepit Spectre. Whether anything happens again with that project, I don't know.</div>
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With Blutvial, we are in the process of reissuing Curses Thorns Blood on UK label Mordgrimm which I am very pleased about. The album was really killer and it needs to get heard by more people. Anything we can do to spread the hatred on that album, we will do!</div>
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My other main project is Binah which is a pure old school early 90s Death Metal entity. We are soon to release our debut album Hallucinating in Resurrecture on CD and vinyl. I may put it out on cassette down the line to complete the set. It has been an absolute blast working on this album and summoning the spirits of the early 90s, and I think there is a lot more mileage to be made.</div>
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When we first knew each other, my goals were to trade as many tapes as possible and to release fanzines. I never thought of myself as a musical artist, especially as I didn't really start playing guitar until the mid/late 90s. When I did start writing, getting signed and releasing an album was my one goal. I am massively proud of Nouveau Gloaming for that reason. Everything else is a bonus, and I love being able to make music and get it released and for people to be interested enough to listen to it. Thinking back to the early 90s though, I remember my older brother telling me that I would grow out of metal by the time I was twenty…..I am glad that never happened.</div>
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In a word….YES! I am really chuffed with how that album came out, the production is absolutely killer and the whole thing is a complete ordeal to listen to. It is brutal and aggressive, yet there is a lot of variation in the album and a lot of depth. The one regret so far is that it has not been heard by enough people…I think it is a really strong album and hopefully the re-release will help get word about that this album exists.</div>
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The band I always name drop whenever I am asked this is Ghast. They are one of the very best bands in black metal no matter what country is considered. Just the most amazing creation of absolute darkness and grimnity. Everyone needs to check this band out! </div>
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I guess my favourite albums I own are the ones which are more obscure. We all love the classics, but it is the off the beaten tracks ones which I hold on to the most. Stuff that falls into that bracket are the likes of the Lord of Putrefaction / Mortal Remains split, Lubricant and Phlegethon EPs, stuff like that. Not the most valuable but those are the little gems that I consider my own little secrets. The Timeghoul demo is another like that. I do collect a lot of other music on vinyl now and one of my treasures is the Alex Sanders 'A Witch is Born' LP from 1970 which is a Wiccan witch initiation ceremony recording. It seems pretty kitsch these days but it was quite a big deal back then and was banned almost straight away so there are very few of them in existence. I have a lot of old prog and folk albums too which are quite sought after.</div>
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Very fond memories indeed. As you know, writing and producing a sine was a real labour of love, and the rewards for me were to have an excuse to write to the bands that I worshipped, and to get hold of new music. I followed Final Obituary with a run of newsletters under the name Hringnum which were a lot more successful than Final Obituary was. It was hard work but very rewarding. Tape trading was a huge pleasure for me too, I spent hours after school recording tapes and updating my trade list…I counted down the hours each day until I could get home and get on with answering mail and checking out all the new music I was getting.</div>
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I think getting the first album out was the biggest moment for me as it was something that I had been working towards for so long. To get that affirmation of what I was doing was a real buzz and I will never forget that. Everything past that is a bonus and I always enjoy recording and releasing new music. With regards to playing live, there is always something that doesn't quite work right or come together…..I'm still waiting for that perfect gig.</div>
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Hails to you Matt….I remember Crucifixion sine the first time around so it is killer to see some life being breathed into it again. Thanks for the support and….CHHHHEEEEEERRRRSSSS!</div>
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<i><b>Thanks to Aort for answering these questions in so much depth. Be sure to check out his excellent projects by clicking these links - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/codeblackmetal" target="_blank">Code</a> - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Blutvial?ref=ts" target="_blank">Blutvial</a> - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Binah/304245586256643?ref=ts" target="_blank">Binah</a> - <a href="http://www.haintic.com/" target="_blank">Haintic</a>.</b></i></div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-41386672601005640272012-06-09T14:30:00.004-07:002012-06-09T14:34:53.487-07:00NECROCURSE INTERVIEW June 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NR: Nicklas “Terror” Rudolfsson, drummer and de-composer in Necrocurse. I have been involved in many bands of the swedish metal-scene over the years but since the past few years, I see Necrocurse as my main band.</div>
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SR: I like both very much, but I think 'Chaos Carnage Cataclysm' is slightly better. 'Shape Of Putrid Abomination' is a personal favorite. Every time I listen to that or play the song it just gets better. </div>
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NR: I like them both but may feel that the sound was better mixed on the shaped CD "Shape of Death". </div>
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SR: Judas Priest, Saxon, Motörhead, old Carcass and stuff like that. </div>
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NR: Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Judas Priest, Angel Witch, (old) Cathedral, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Venom, Electric Wizard... </div>
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<i><b>You have quite a lot of merchandise available, is this something that you fund yourself or do you have good financial backing from your label? </b></i></div>
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SR: We make our own merch and pay for everything ourselves. I previously owned a screenprinting company so I have very good connections there. And Hellbutcher is an awesome screenprinter and graphic artist as well. </div>
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NR: It sounds hard and represents the music pretty well. Some of the first project/band names were “The Necro Project”, “Necromagick” before we chose Necrocurse. Of course there are many "Necro*" bands already but what the hell, it's good enough for us! </div>
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NR: Well, as I said earlier, we hope that it (CD/vinyl) will be a release late in 2012 by Pulverised Records and vinyl license partner. We have quite a lot of material and have selected nine songs for the album. Some of the titles: Speed to the Grave, Infernal Rebellion, Strike of Sepulchral Terror, The Devil Cobra, Brain Raper, Morbid Maniacs, Havoc Rebels of Doom, Grip of the Dead. </div>
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SR: We will possibly release another 7 "vinyl this year too. </div>
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NR: old Death, Coroner, old Tiamat/Treblinka, Sodom, Sarcofago, Grotesque, old Morbid Angel, Slayer... </div>
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NR: Yes we where all playing in bands (Death / Doom / Thrash / Metal) in late 80’s / early 90’s. Me, Stefan and Johan played together in many bands like Masticator, Blasfemia, Crusaders of Death and so on. Martin played in metal/doom bands and Hellbutcher started Nifelheim. </div>
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NR: Hard to tell, but probably more or less everything (which is hard and good) we listened to over the years. </div>
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SR: Record the album, and hopefully play more live gigs next year. </div>
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NR: Thanks for the interview! Speed to the Grave!!! </div>
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<i><b>Thanks for your time in answering the questions guys. Remember to check out Necrocurse if you're serious about Traditional Death Metal. Visit their official website <a href="http://necrocurse.com/" target="_blank">here</a>, check them out on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/necrocurse?ref=ts" target="_blank">here</a>, and Myspace <a href="http://www.myspace.com/necrocurseswe" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></i></div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-15554082313367550432012-05-14T10:17:00.004-07:002012-05-14T10:18:23.166-07:00OLD CORSPE ROAD INTERVIEW May 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>The UK has a lot to offer when it comes to Black Metal. One of those offerings is Old Corpse Road who have been making a real name for themselves over the last three years. I spoke to Steven Mills about how things are going with the band...</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Hi Ste, how are you? How are things with the band?</b></i></div>
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Hi Matt. I'm great thanks. All is busy within the OCR camp as we are currently recording our debut album and preparing for its release this year. Over 2011, aside from playing numerous gigs around the country we crafted and perfected the tracks for the album and in November we began the recording process.</div>
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Everything is now recorded for the album with the exception of some acoustic guitar parts and a few more finishing touches. The mixing stage is getting very close indeed so hopefully we'll have some samples on line soon!</div>
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In the autumn of 2007 myself and The Dreamer (Drums) were on a weekend break with another friend in the UK Lake District. We frequently visit the lakes to enjoy the outdoors and most importantly to listen to black metal. One day we visited Haweswater and came across a footpath named the Old Corpse Road. At the time we thought it sounded brilliant and after some research discovered what it was and decided it would be a great name for a band. I go into more detail about this later in the interview.</div>
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Anyway, we quickly began working on music in our practice room and also worked on a lyrical concept, choosing to write songs purely based on British folklore and legend. Over the following 6 months or so we drafted in the rest of the band, who are all friends and band mates from previous projects. The line-up has been consistent since.</div>
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We began work on the demo 'The Echoes of Tales Once Told' which we recorded at the back end of 2008 and released in March 2009. Receiving a great reaction we also secured a deal with Godreah Records to record a split album with the Worms of Sabnock (which contained 2 members of The Meads of Asphodel). Due to a number of reasons the split ended up changing to be with The Meads themselves which of course was great news to us.</div>
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We crafted and recorded 3 new hymns which we recorded during the latter half of 2009 and the split was then released in March of 2010, again receiving a great response. We also began our live crusade in late 2009, being invited to renowned folk metal festival Gathering of the Clans.</div>
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In 2010 we concentrated heavily on gigging around the UK and gained a slot on the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival where we played to a near packed out tent.</div>
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In 2011 as well as gigging, we wrote the material for the debut album which is currently being recorded and will be released this year. We also recorded a cover of 'Equimanthorn' for a Bathory tribute album released in May via Godreah Records. This about brings us to date.</div>
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Back to how I feel about the scene, personally I'm extremely passionate about it. I like to know about every band that emerges and where possible Old Corpse Road try to play live with as many as possible. With gigging, it's about more than just playing for the fans. It's about meeting the other bands, buying each-others merch and most importantly making friends.</div>
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Where I think the scene fails in the UK is in promotion. Sadly we are in a scene where too many people are in bands and there are not enough dedicated promoters and fans. Gig attendance is not as good as it could be and here I sympathise with UK promoters having hosted a number of gigs myself. Of course there are still plenty of gigs which are packed out and the feeling you get at these gigs makes up for the gigs with smaller crowds.</div>
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I listen to all forms of black metal and have no specific preference. It all comes down to the mood of the day, or hour! When it comes to black metal I'll listen to anything from early Bathory through to the most polished of Dimmu Borgir's albums. The whole scene, in all its forms is very special to me and something I adore and live for.</div>
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We didn't know the band in person but JD Tait (guitarist) contacted us via MySpace after receiving the demo via his webzine The UK Legions of Black Metal. JD also plays in the Worms of Sabnock and he basically said himself and Crin (Godreah Records owner) were really impressed with our demo and would we like to do a split CD with them. As it transpired the split ended up being with the Meads of Asphodel which turned out great for us. Less than a year later, the split was released.</div>
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The demo has been shifting consistently over the last few years. We've only sold between 300 and 400 copies so far of the CD version, but in our eyes it's great news. We wanted to limit the demo, but not by such a small quantity that we'd run out any time soon. As it is limited to 1000 copies there's still a good 600 left.</div>
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<i><b>Darkness Shade Records released a cassette version of your demo a couple of years ago. Can you tell me how this came to be?</b></i></div>
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We received an email from Darkness Shade asking if we'd like our next release to come out on tape via the label. At the time we had no new material to offer, aside from our ongoing album writing which had already worked out what we wanted to do release wise.</div>
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We did however have 2 unreleased tracks from the demo recording sessions which we always wanted to release at a later date. It seemed the perfect option to get those tracks available in a limited format. Something special for the fans. We agreed with Darkness Shade to re-release the demo with the additional 2 songs ('Hell's Kettles' and 'The Song of Amergin') limited to 100 copies and also with new artwork. The tape came out early 2011 and as far as I'm aware is now sold out.</div>
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<i><b>How far do you think Black Metal has come since the glory days of Norway in the very early nineties?</b></i></div>
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Most of the darkness and mystery surrounding black metal has now gone. The days where you'd buy a release based on hear-say or a glimpse at a cool front cover are gone. Nowadays you can hear a full album before deciding if you're going to buy it and it will never be the way it was.</div>
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Still, for those of us who still care to look through the tiny cracks there's a really healthy worldwide underground scene with lots of hidden gems waiting to be discovered. Black metal will always for me be a personal thing and as long as I respect it, it will respect me.</div>
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Musically black metal has gone from the simplistic and raw form it started out as, to a versatile beast. Nowadays there are so many varieties and blends with other genres and I think this is a great thing. Black metal has always been experimental and I look forward to hearing new incarnations in the future.</div>
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As I mentioned before, we came across the band name in the lakes near Haweswater. This footpath as it is now travels over the hills from Haweswater to the town of Shap. The best way to sum up the meaning of a corpse road is with an extract taken from our most recent press release:</div>
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<i>Corpse Roads provided a practical means of allowing the transport of corpses to cemeteries that had burial rights. In Britain, such routes can also be known by a number of other names: bier road, burial road, coffin road, coffin line, lyke or lych way, funeral road, procession way, etc. Such "church-ways" have developed a great deal of associated folklore regarding wraiths, spirits, ghosts, and such-like. Many of the corpse roads have long disappeared, while the original purposes of those that still survive as footpaths have been largely forgotten, especially if features such as coffin stones or crosses no longer exist.</i></div>
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We've had interest from a few labels which I'm afraid we can't mention right now.</div>
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The Bathory tribute will be out in May which we are really excited about. The album will be finished and hopefully news regarding that will surface very soon. Aside from that we are looking to gig more this year to promote the album, with 4 shows already lined up in June and a few more for July, August and September so far.</div>
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Thanks for taking the time to ask us these questions. I hope you enjoy the read and please help spread the name of Old Corpse Road across the world!</div>
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Until then, farewell....</div>
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<i><b>Thanks for the in-depth answers Ste. For those of you unfortunate enough not to have already checked Old Corpse Road out, you can visit them on </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/OldCorpseRoad?ref=ts" target="_blank"><i><b>Facebook</b></i></a><i><b>, </b></i><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/oldcorpseroad" target="_blank"><i><b>Reverbnation</b></i></a><i><b>, and of course the bands own </b></i><a href="http://www.oldcorpseroad.co.uk/" target="_blank"><i><b>website</b></i></a><i><b>.</b></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"></span></span></span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hails, I'm the owner of Darkness Shade Records, a label that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">specialises in releasing underground metal bands on cassette format. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">also have my own Dark / Drone Ambient project Orbis.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">barren desolate wasteland of a world drowned in darkness. My nightmare</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">I present in a atmospheric sound-scape giving you the listener an</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">The underground scene in 2012 is still alive and pretty strong. Still</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">loads of bands recording strong albums and many older bands still</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">still a good scene to be apart of.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Most of the releases on Darkness Shade Records are on cassette tape,</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">in your opinion is there still a strong customer base for tapes?</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Support for cassettes is still about but in much smaller numbers. This</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">only effects the volume of tapes I get pressed but still enough</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">support and trading active to keep cassettes alive in 2012.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Witchclan's 'Misanthropist' album was your first CD release, do you</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">plan on more CD releases in the future?</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">I might do another couple of pro-CDs in the future on Darkness Shade</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Records just see where the future takes me and what bands come my</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">way.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">What is your main inspiration for when you write and record Orbis material?</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">My main inspiration is my misanthropist / depressed mindset which I</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">really want people to feel within my music to create my nightmare</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">within my songs for people to hear and escape within.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">If you had the choice, which band would you most like to release on</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Darkness Shade Records</span></span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">?</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">I'm happy with the current roster of bands I have signed on Darkness</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Shade Records, And pleased with the bands I have worked with over the</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">years.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">What UK bands are you into?</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Some off the top of my head -</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Abwehrschlacht – Bal-Sagoth – Witchclan - Akercocke – Barad-Dur -</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Hecate Enthroned - Myrrdin - The Meads of Asphodel - Venom – Acid</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Regin – Lawnmower Deth – Xentrix - Black Sister – D.A.M. - Deathwish –</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Decimator - Drunken State – Evile - Gama Bomb – Re-Animator – Sabbat –</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Skyclad - Blind Fury - Pariah – Satan – Slammer - Tortoise Corpse –</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Virus - Cerebral Fix</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">I've missed out loads but could go on forever the UK has an amazing</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">past of many hiden gems within the world of Thrash / NWOBHM.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">I remember you saying that there might be some Darkness Shade Records</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">merchandise such as patches available soon, is this still on the</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">DSR-EVIL-XIV- Orbis - "The Unquestionable Chapters Of A World Forgotten" Tape 2012 </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">The logo patches have been done and will be avalibe with the new Orbis </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">album set, details below.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Dark / Drone Ambient hailing from the shores of the UK. Drowned in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">pitch black ice cold depressed darkness. Capturing true emotions of a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">barren desolate wasteland of a world drowned in darkness. My nightmare</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">I present in a atmospheric sound-scape giving you the listener an</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">extraordinary listening experience never heard before. Orbis is not</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">just samples / re-sampling, but original recordings done with real</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">The dust partials of ash blow in the wind like a sandstorm all that</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">poems + 1x Flyer + 1x Pro Doubled Sided Cover + 1x Pro-Duplicated Tape</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">cold drone ambient spanning over 50 minutes long.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">New releases out next month on DSR -<br /><br />DSR-EVIL-XIII- Temple of Baphomet "Testament Of The Heretic Priest" Tape 2012<br />13 tracks from the ToB era 2000 to 2005. 6 classic ToB black metal tracks<br />and 7 experimental / piano songs - just a little under an hour of demo material.<br />Lots of unreleased tracks - and the first re-pressing of the originals<br />in over 8 years.<br />Marking the 15th anniversary of ToB...<br /><br />DSR-EVIL-XV- The Stone - "Golet" Tape 2012<br />Praising the ways of old with modern strength and ineffable<br />persistence and dedication, The Stone deliver their 6th opus "Golet" -<br />sophisticated black metal mastery, renewed through 8 chaos invoking<br />spells; dynamic, heavy and harmonic, yet wickedly indulging,<br />accompanied by top notch musicianship. A new chapter of European<br />darkness has begun.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Death" Tape 2012<br />Limited one off cassette tape limited to 100 copies first 25 come with<br />pin badge and on special coloured tape! Once sold out this will be<br />history never to see the light of day again!<br />The strange dark spirit of Njiqahdda is summoned forth once again for<br />an epic journey into an ethereal maelstrom of mystic eccentricity.<br />Njiqahdda easily shatters the bonds of it's former self to present<br />over 75 minutes of technical, complex, progressive and melodic<br />Njimajikal art.<br />This latest spell incorporates multiple guest vocalists and a densely<br />diverse, technically-proficient instrument performance, delving into<br />previously undiscovered complex chasms of mind-altering mystery. With<br />their signature thickly-immersive recording production, Njiqahdda this<br />time lashes forth with surprising skill and virtuosity to carve<br />violent vistas of structure out of cosmic chaos using their seemingly<br />endless well of creative energies. Guest Appearances: Guest vocals :<br />Syntax A. and<br />S. Trombatore.<br /><br />To order just go on the above web site.</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Thanks Paul. Be sure to show your support to Darkness Shade Records, the label has some excellent releases so get yourself onto the website</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"> </span></span></span></b></i><i><b><a href="http://www.darknessshaderecords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">here</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"> and be sure to check out </span></span></span><a href="http://www.orbisband.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">Orbis</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">. You can email Darkness Shade Records directly at </span></span></span></b></i><a href="mailto:darknessshaderecords@googlemail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">darknessshaderecords@<wbr></wbr>googlemail.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<b><i>Brazil are pretty well known for churning out some of the best Thrash Metal over the years, and Deathraiser are no exception to this. Having released their debut album through Xtreem Music last year, I spoke to the bands drummer William to get the lowdown on Brazil's latest Thrash export...</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Hi William, how are you and how are thing with the band?</i></b></div>
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Hello Matt, is a pleasure to do this interview for you and for everyone who enjoys the Deathraiser. With us everything is great, just rehearsing and touring.</div>
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<b><i>Can you give us a bit of background history on Deathraiser?</i></b></div>
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Deathraiser began in mid 2006 under the name Mercilless. In 2007 the band recorded their first demo 'Possessed By Thrash', having a great acceptance in the global scene. In 2009 we decided to change to Deathraiser, and released the album 'Violent Aggression' in 2011.</div>
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<b><i>Are you pleased with the reception you have got with your latest album 'Violent Aggression'?</i></b></div>
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Of course man, we had a great acceptance of the album everywhere with fanzines, magazines, web sites... We were very pleased with this CD, it has brought us many good things and hopefully it will bring more. Now we can now launch it here in Brazil and hopefully get some good publicity.</div>
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<b><i>How did you come up with the name Deathraiser and what prompted you to change the name from Mercilless?</i></b></div>
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After we recorded the demo, we saw that there were already several bands with this name, and we were looking for something more aggressive and it was then that we came up with the name Deathraiser. We liked the name, but we were hesitant to use it at the beginning as it was hard to get used to it, but I believe it was a good choice.</div>
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<b><i>Your style has been described as Kreator on amphetamines, how do you feel about this? Are Kreator a big influence for you?</i></b></div>
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We received several descriptions, but do not see this as a downside. Kreator has always been a great influence to the band, and for us it is a pleasure to be compared to bands that created Thrash Metal as they are part of our influences but I believe we still own one side, and are more characteristic of Brazilian bands like Sepultura, Sarcófago, and Mutilator.</div>
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Haha, it is sometimes tricky because we can get very tired, but the best thing is to show it live because the energy is insane and you get used to it. I confess that at first it was more difficult to maintain, but today we are very familiar with the songs and we want to do always perform better.</div>
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I particularly listen to a little of everything. I like various styles and I think the band members also do. I really enjoy Old School Death Metal, 70's Rock n' Roll, Crossover, Grindcore, Punk Rock, Hardcore, Stoner, Hard n' Heavy and various other things but it is clear that Thrash is always first.</div>
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I love this 'new' wave of Thrash Metal, but it will never be like it was in the 80's. The 80's was perfect and there's nothing that can compare to it, but today we have many great bands, and more bands emerging which is good, but of course you will get a lot of bands that appear and then disappear over night. I believe that things must be done with passion and desire, and there must be cooperation not competition.</div>
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<b><i>What is the scene like in Brazil?</i></b></div>
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Our scene is always on the rise but still has plenty of handicap, in various ways. Many producers who think only about money and lots of people wanting to take advantage, but the underground is very strong in Brazil. I like living in this scene, and we like organizing gigs, our local scene is getting better and better.</div>
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<b><i>Are you guys writing new material, and what can we expect from this new material?</i></b></div>
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We started writing two new songs, new material that we wanted to be more evolved, with more variations and simple riffs. We are very concerned about the lyrics this time, they will be more critical about the world we live in, with all this misery, corruption and ignorance. We believe it will be a more mature work in every way, to give an example I will say it will be a mix of Sepultura's Arise with 'Extreme Aggression' by Kreator hahaha - do not take me seriously, haha just kidding!</div>
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<b><i>What UK bands are you into?</i></b></div>
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We have plans to make our official merchandise as fast as possible. So far we haven't been able to for lack of money and services from quality businesses, but hopefully this year we will do our shirts and other official merchandise.</div>
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Hopefully in 2013 we will record the second album. We have plans for several tours in Brazil, South America and Europe now, our plan is to record our first video and play at many places that we can.</div>
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I want to thank you Matt, for giving us this opportunity, and everyone who enjoys the Deathraiser. We hope to play in England some day, it would be great to meet you and drink a few beers haha!</div>
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Thanks for answering the questions, William. Remember to check out Deathraiser and be sure to buy their album which you can get direct from <a href="http://www.xtreemmusic.com/"><span style="color: #0022e3;">Xtreem Music</span></a>. You can visit the band on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deathraiser-Thrash-Metal/180993345257461?ref=ts"><span style="color: #0022e3;">Facebook</span></a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deathraiser666"><span style="color: #0022e3;">Myspace</span></a>, and you can also follow them on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/deathraiser666"><span style="color: #0022e3;">Twitter</span></a>.</div>
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<i><b>Hi Vlad, how are things with Necrowretch?</b></i></div>
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Greetings from beyond! The Necrowretch beast is becoming more and more of a frenzy while the gigs and releases become more bestial than ever.</div>
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<i><b>Necrowretch seems to have become very popular in the underground in a short space of time. Are you pleased with the way things are progressing? </b></i></div>
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Of course I'm glad to see all these good critics with support for the band, but it wasn't planned at all, we're just playing Death Metal the way it has to be.</div>
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He came one day to a gig and was blasted by the bestial performance of the band, quickly after that we made a deal for a mini LP.</div>
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A repress of 'Necrollections' (50 copies) was made and afterwards a compilation tape limited to 350 copies of both demos was released called 'Ripping Souls Of Sinners'. </div>
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<i><b>You did a cover of a Nihilist song on your second demo, how did this come about or was it just something you guys always wanted to do?</b></i> </div>
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You can easily guess that we are dedicated fans of corrosive Death Metal such as the old Nihilist demos, so it was natural for us to play this song. Furthermore, it was easy to play and very catchy for the end of the gigs.</div>
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Death, Carcass, Autopsy, Bolt Thrower, Bathory....<br />
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<i><b>How would you describe Necrowretch's music? You obviously play old style Death Metal but personally, I also here a slight Black Metal influence especially in the vocals. Would you say this is a fair comment?</b></i></div>
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Necrowretch plays 'Putrid Death Metal', which means music dealing with death, the unholy, the cryptic and the beyond! There is no Black Metal inspiration (not intentionally), the vocals are inspired by Dismember's demos, Nihilist, Sadistic Intent...</div>
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There are some good bands around, but no real scene... I like the old Massacra and Mutilated material, but it's not my favorite type of Death Metal.</div>
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Yes... and it will bring you to your doom!</div>
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The classics - Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Benediction, Cancer... But also newer bands such as Bonesaw, Grave Miasma, Nethilith...</div>
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I was looking for something unholy as fuck and my brother came up with this idea: An evil priest possessed by hell who brings death upon the living sinners! That idea led us to the name of Necrowretch!</div>
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<i><b>Detest Records have just released your latest abomination which is a 7" called 'Now You're In Hell'. Will this be the last time you release something on Detest now that you're with Century Media? </b></i></div>
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Putrid music, death rituals and gruesome sorcery!</div>
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Thanks a lot for your questions and your support to Death Metal! </div>
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PREPARE YOURSELF FOR HORRIBLE DOOM!!!</div>
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And thanks to you as well, Vlad. Check out the new <a href="http://necrowretch.net/" target="_blank">Necrowretch official website</a> and be sure to support Necrowretch by ordering their material from <a href="http://www.detestrecords.com/" target="_blank">Detest Records</a> and keep checking <a href="http://www.centurymedia.com/" target="_blank">Century Media</a> for updates on forthcoming activities from the band!</div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-16703773577952377422012-04-11T13:31:00.000-07:002012-04-11T13:31:15.543-07:00DESOULMENT INTERVIEW April 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNJE_qx_qnXtNor9OPUuPJz4yw9gHw4VzJyLHwrD9K_QSdM4KgJ9mrSktVAsYCPLJT02M1bMga12O6qkqF0wEkJsgyD6uqfs76kBYseqUAoLZPE9CoMl2rxhMVqAISk0bEj2tbaoJHgca/s1600/desoul+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNJE_qx_qnXtNor9OPUuPJz4yw9gHw4VzJyLHwrD9K_QSdM4KgJ9mrSktVAsYCPLJT02M1bMga12O6qkqF0wEkJsgyD6uqfs76kBYseqUAoLZPE9CoMl2rxhMVqAISk0bEj2tbaoJHgca/s320/desoul+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Desoulment are a top quality U.S Death Metal band who have two solid demos under their belt. I caught up with Matt Kruger who spoke to me about the band...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Hi Matt, how are you? What can you tell me about what you've been doing lately?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not much, haha, we released a new demo song in December and have been</div><div style="text-align: center;">on a break do to personal reasons. We hope to start working on a full length CD soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Can you tell me a bit about how Desoulment came to be?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tom and I have worked together in the past and wanted to do something new and be a bit more committed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I understand you are currently working on new material for a full length album, how is that coming along so far? </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have all the material written with the exception of lyrics for one song.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The music that Desoulment play is a brutal blend of traditional sounding Death Metal with some Thrash Metal influences. How easy is it for you to write such original sounding material in a genre which can </b></i><i><b>sometimes be seen as quite limited?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is easy for us, we like all different genres of Metal and don’t want to limit ourselves in our writing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You have released two solidsounding demos to date. Are you happy with the way they turned outand did they get a good response?</b></i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah for the most part. I think a couple songs could have been better but it’s a demo. They will be on</div><div style="text-align: center;">the full length. I think the response has been good to this point.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Who would you say are your main influences as a musician and in Desoulment in general?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I can’t speak for Tom on this but me, old school Thrash and Death Metal and just Metal in general, I could list a million bands here. I am just a huge Metal fan.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You wrote a song dedicated to Ed Veter who presents regular videos on You Tube. What was the story behind this?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ed did a promo video for us. We gave him some stuff for doing it but thought doing this would be a huge honour for him .and for us to do it was an honour for us. Just glad he liked it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tom and I both write lyrics so they definitely vary. Some songs Tom writes all the lyrics some songs I write all the lyrics and some we write together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You have already had a nice amount of merchandise available like different design shirts and even hats. Do you have more plans to release more garments like hoodies in the near future?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a very limited t-shirt available at the moment directly through me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has some sick angie decay artwork. I am sure we will have more items available in the future.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>In your opinion, which country is the best for quality Death Metal, and why?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s hard to answer, quality Death Metal comes from a lot of different countries so I don’t think anyone is better than another.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What is the best thing about being in Desoulment?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We started it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully a full length CD and then some live performances.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for your time and interest in Desoulment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Thanks Matt. Be sure to check out Desoulment's </b></i><a href="http://www.desoulment.net/" target="_blank"><i><b>official website</b></i></a><i><b>, and also on </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Desoulment" target="_blank"><i><b>Facebook</b></i></a><i><b> and </b></i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/desoulment" target="_blank"><i><b>You Tube</b></i></a><i><b>.</b></i></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><span class="h4" id="q_136a311a1a0d4673_13" style="color: #500050; cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px;"><i><b>- Show quoted text -</b></i></span></div></div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-58460640292381235552012-04-01T14:11:00.001-07:002012-04-01T14:12:43.281-07:00ENTRAILS INTERVIEW March 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwXkKQPmOoF_eTArLVWRS3-G4Gz7krd_4IH3TBlPMIGgTUnqszEwxUPDhH-asc4zDZXp6WUusxgzE4Rpr5n2Je6MyQlObUvmBVtWzWfZf8NnuMwNNU4qErIShA4-3N-8hPzVwTezkOs6I/s1600/entrails+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwXkKQPmOoF_eTArLVWRS3-G4Gz7krd_4IH3TBlPMIGgTUnqszEwxUPDhH-asc4zDZXp6WUusxgzE4Rpr5n2Je6MyQlObUvmBVtWzWfZf8NnuMwNNU4qErIShA4-3N-8hPzVwTezkOs6I/s320/entrails+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hey Matt! Sure I can give you some short history, the long one is written on Myspace.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me and some friends started Entrails in the very early 90´s and I think it was in early 1991 we had a complete band doing some Death Metal in my home village in South Sweden. After a few years the other half wanted to move and do other things so in 1994 I decided to close down the band, there was no other option since there was no one else around to take their place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> During the years we had together, we tried to record some demos but with no money to get us a real sound engineer, the results of the songs were so bad that we kept them for ourselves, sad but true. We really wanted to have some songs released but it was totally impossible to have get it done well and so the years went on...</div><div style="text-align: center;">In around 2007- 2008 I found my old recordings and many more cool things in an old box where I kept all my tapes from the 90´s, and after some time listening I become so nostalgic that I said that "This shit deserves to be released.." and by June 2009 Entrails had put down their feet and risen one more time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>How did you come up with the band name? A few people say that your logo is similar to Entombed, was this intentional or was that just the way it turned out?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Haha, not a few - almost everyone just has to mention it! Well, in the beginning we were seeking a grotesque name and in a library we found the name Entrails, and at the same time we were also searching for an old looking font to use when our drummer at that time found the font that Nihilist, Carnage, Bathory, God Macabre and also Entombed used so we ended up in that font as well. Unfortunatly the first three letters are the same as Entombed´s so the similarities are not hard to miss.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Your two demos were a really cool slice of old school sounding Death Metal. Did they both sell well and were you happy with them?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yeah they turned out to be pretty good. They become popular very quickly and a french guy had the first one 'Reborn' released on tape, and from that day Entrails grew a bit every day. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They´re all sold out now i think, and many are asking for re-presses of the CD´s, so maybe later this year we´ll make some more..</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was glad finally have some of my old songs released even though I did used a forbidden tool in a drum machine in remaking them but I just couldn't find me a drummer at that time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What do you think about the explosion of old school sounding Death Metal in recent years? Are you proud to be a part of it?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">To me its a good thing to be a part of it since I missed it first time. but I think this shit in calling it 'old school' has become too much, I mean every band is now saying they´re playing old school and to me that's bullshit. For me old school started 1988 and ended 1992, then it progressed and the music became more technical stuff and involved. Today mostly all of the bands play too technical and without any passion from the old style and the simple riffs and to me that's more like brutal/technical/melodic Death Metal and not old school, this is just my own opinion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You signed to FDA Rekortz for the debut album, did this work out well for you?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yep, Rico from FDA asked about the first release and if I am looking back, we are pretty satisfied. I don't know what we´ve missed by signing with him, we could have it re-released on a bigger label the near future which could sell even more, I don't know.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Are you pleased with both your albums and the way they turned out? Is there anything you would have done differently given the chance?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hmm... yeah I am satisfied I think. There are some things here and there that could be done in another way but we are pleased with the way they turned out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What do you think of UK Death Metal and are there any bands you particularly admire?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I must say am a terrible listener to music from other countrys but some bands I do know, like Carcass and Bolt Thrower, they were huge inspirations in the 90´s.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What future plans do you have with Entrails?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">In 2012 we will release one more album if everything goes as planned and do some major shows at Summer Breeze for an example, and some other places in Germany and Sweden, then only the future can tell what will happen to the band.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>22 years ago, did you think that Death Metal would still be around today? Does it surprise you that it has stood the test of time and do you think it will still be around in another 20 years?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">At the time I didn't think so but as the style carried on along the years, now I'm not that surprised and I think people liked the past more than the new shit that's around these days.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Death Metal seems to have gone full circle and there are now many new bands playing in the style of the late 80's and early 90's. What do you think about this?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Very cool if they're doing it as it was done back then. There are many bands who are doing this very well and playing the way it used to be with no involvement of new shit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>There are a lot of bands who seem to have made a bit of a come back over the last few years like Autopsy, Massacre, Pestilence and Carcass. Do you think that this shows that Death Metal is stronger than ever?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yeah I think so, if the good old bands still deliver then the Death Metal will always be strong.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To keep it alive is a must and to have the same passion for the music and not to mix with new shit, it should sound and play as if it was torn up from the grave!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Any last words?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Keep on buying and support the bands you like, and they will continue to deliver damn good tunes to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope to see you out there some day banging your head off!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">T<i><b>hanks Jimmy. Make sure you support Entrails by buying their albums, both of which are available from </b></i><a href="http://www.fda-rekotz.com/gx/" target="_blank"><i><b>FDA Rekortz</b></i></a><i><b>. You can check out the band on </b></i><a href="http://www.myspace.com/entrailsreborn" target="_blank"><i><b>Myspace</b></i></a><i><b> and also </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Entrails666" target="_blank"><i><b>Facebook</b></i></a><i><b>.</b></i></div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-10917113358716255532012-03-29T16:15:00.000-07:002012-03-29T16:15:38.272-07:00KAM LEE INTERVIEW March 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgw1jTLkgnlMPcMh81xGODrvhyPyg4pyQ7tLoPRQMlCURWxe_ouZGgLuJn_JOMFtWcna_YZytcYegPC7p_uF_Qh-iB4-6_KptcHdw6yNsqkwfKw-IRdQXDUXfB9keBfPAe5koGdVBGxnP/s1600/KAMlogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgw1jTLkgnlMPcMh81xGODrvhyPyg4pyQ7tLoPRQMlCURWxe_ouZGgLuJn_JOMFtWcna_YZytcYegPC7p_uF_Qh-iB4-6_KptcHdw6yNsqkwfKw-IRdQXDUXfB9keBfPAe5koGdVBGxnP/s320/KAMlogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Death Metal vocals were invented way back in 1983 in a band called Mantas, by a young drummer/vocalist with the name of Kam Lee. He is now considered the 'godfather' of Death Metal and has done vocals for many different bands of the genre. I spoke to him about his career to date...</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><b>Hi Kam, you don't really need too much of an introduction, but for our younger readers and those newer to Death Metal can you give us a brief introduction to who you are and what you do?</b></i></span></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm just an old guy that started Death Metal vocals (growling) when no one else did it. I was in one of the very first Death Metal bands ever in the U.S, that band being Mantas/Death in 1983 through 1985, was in the band Massacre in 1985 through 1993 then took a 7 year break from doing it. I came back in the 2000's with a bunch of different projects but got most recognition from the band Denial Fiend which was between 2004 through 2008. I reformed Massacre for a tour in 2007 and 2008, then left that band to form Bone Gnawer. Later in 2009, I formed another band The Grotesquery (which is more or less my main band at the moment) and have done some others such as Broken Gravestones, Cryptidz, Grave Wax and The Skeletal. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm hated by most 'trendy metallers'... you know the type - the ones who follow instead of lead themselves... and I'm 100% UNDERGROUND. </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, I'm NOT an elitist and I don't follow cliques or inner circles - I don't follow the rules... I don't kiss ass... and thus I'm an outcast even in the scene. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm proud, and I have my integrity... and that is more important to me then being a comodity sell out opportunist or a "rock star". I hate pretentious ego-manical narcissistic types and sell out opportunist... and I feel that 80% of the current scene is over run with thee types. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I can be very cynical at times, and have been known to be a bit of misogonist, but rather think of myself as a hedionist. I'm an athiest and an anarchist. Although, I consider myself a pretty easy going and a down to earth guy that treats everyone equally... no matter who... fans and friends alike... until someone stabs me in the back... then I'm the worst enemy you could have, because I DO NOT forgive easy. I can be rather frank and upfront... but I DO NOT bullshit, and I won't pretend to like something or someone just to appease others. I'm a 100% horror-nerd, game-geek, old school Death Metal fan, and a comic book-worm. I smoke a lot of cigarettes (which I know is bad for me... but that it's the only vice I have) and I like to eat sushi and drink Becks beer. That about sums it up I think. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Over the years you have been in many bands starting with Mantas right up to your most recent efforts with The Skeletal and The Grotesquery. What have been your favourite moments in your career so far and why? </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's hard to pin point a favorite moment. But I still have found memories of back in 1983 and 1984 playing in Mantas and Death, before all the bullshit... when it was just us three guys making and creating a new metal genre called death metal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>In the early 90's Death Metal exploded as a genre, especially with the Tampa scene but it quickly became saturated with countless copycat bands and many thought that Death Metal would die out but it kept on going. Today the genre is more saturated than ever but what do you think it is that has kept it going since 1983?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Too many bands today run trends and are just some corperate created comodity and they do flood and overflow the scene today. But the ones that do it for the 'passion' and not the 'fashion'... I say it is because it is music that is rooted in pure agressive nature. It's an outlet and a means for people to express themselves in a way that is primal that no other music can. It's not about the rythum of the heart beat... like that of dance music... you know 120 b.p.r.s, but rather it's an augmented sense of an adrenaline rush - and an endorphine rush. Sure it also has it's droning deeper heavy moments... like in Doom Metal. But death metal has a way to express feelings of dread, as well as frustration... anger, rage, excitment and fear. Lyrically it's a freedom to explore the darker side of humanity... the horror - the forbidden and the unknown. It's rooted in the most primal of all creatures existence, and that is in death itself. Only death is real.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Your lyrics are very horror based, and I know you are a huge horror movie fan. How did you get into the genre of horror, and what was the first horror movie you watched?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I always consider myself a horror fan first... a Death Metal vocalist second. I could give up the death metal thing, but never give up the horror! My first, introduction into horror was at age 6 - when I watched the original Dracula with Bela Logosi. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been into horror - as long as I can remember... Halloween is my all time favourite day of the year... and I love reading all the classic horror novels. Esp. Lovecraft and Poe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>This is probably an impossible question to answer, but which Death Metal album has the most longevity for you and do you never tire of hearing?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hellhammer - 'Apocalyptic Raids' - and nope... never tire of hearing it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You are not only the godfather of the Death Metal style vocal, but you are also a talented artist. How long have you been into creating your own art for now?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've done art on and off for more years then I've done music. I just never took it too serious levels. As for one reason... when I was younger... I never liked to stay still for too long. I always was active, and never wanted to be couped up someplace for too long. Now as I'm older... I don't want to be out amoungst people... so I find myself able to stay put long enough to do art.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The new album from The Grotesquery 'The Facts And Terrifying Testament Of Mason Hamilton; Tsathiggua Tales' is soon to be unleashed, what can we expect from you this time round? </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL MADNESS!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>When you first started singing, there was no other vocalist in Metal that was doing anything on the same level as you, and many people consider you to be the true inventor of the Death Metal growl. How did you come to start doing your vocals in that signature style?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just felt that what guys like Tom G. Warrior, Cronos, and even Quorthon where doing at the time... could be done even more extreme... more deeper... more primal. Like an animal growl - more or less. Back then... it was more common for 'screamers, and screetchy high pitch type vocals... the way Chuck and even Jeff Becara and Killjoy were doing. I wanted to be different then that. So I went deeper and more growling. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I know today there are guys much deeper and much more gutteral then me... but back then... NO ONE was doing it. I was made fun of - laughed at... for doing it... even by fellow band members at the time... who would insist I not be so deep. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But look at it now... it's "the norm" in Death Metal style vocals. So I think I knew what I was doing, and that it was the right way to go. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But also now a days... it's common to be deep growling and incoherent. </div><div style="text-align: center;">As you know... with me - I try to stay coherent... I enunciate. I think that is what makes me differ from most of the rest. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I mean... I see no reason to 'show off' - but a lot of these vocalist do just that. They just try and be as deep and brutal as they can - for the sake of being 'gutteral'. And what is truelly sad... is they try and 'out do' one another... it's become a fucking pissing contest with their vocals... it's just competative jock mentality bullshit! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Alot of them do it too with no sense of dimension to their voice... it's like one long elephant fart thru out the song... with no dynamics. And the pig squelling thing... fucking rubbish!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You have a radio show called 'From The Crypt' on Brutal Existence Radio every Saturday, can you tell us a bit about it and how it came about?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fowler at B.E.R. had contacted me before about doing something. I've always been interested in doing some sort of radio show... you know for support of new demo bands, and just for fun in general. It took about a year to finally get organized, but once I started... I really enjoyed it. And still do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I know you're a fan of Bolt Thrower, but what other UK bands are you into?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Carcass & Gorerotted are still two of my all time favs... but others like Benediction, early Napalm Death, early Cathedral, Anathema, My Dying Bride, and early Paradise Lost are some of my old school favorites as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I know this may be a touchy subject but what are your thoughts on Massacre reforming? I know you have had disagreements with certain members but I wondered how you feel about the band,their recent gigs and rumors of a new album? </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me sum it up in one word... BOLLOCKS!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>In the photos of you in the 'From Beyond' Inlay (above), you are wearing a crucifix and in the credits you thank Jesus Christ. Were you once a Christian?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually it was NOT a crucifix... it was a celtic cross. Sorry, but no little Jesus was hanging from my neck. It was a celtic knotted cross... with a rose in the center... given to by me fiancee at the time. No it's Billy and Rick who are the big Christian believing - bible thumping - Jesus freaks. Even to this day I wager. Hell... Billy so much so that he thinks the world is coming to a Jesus rapture end and moved to Japan - and I guess he follows one of those idiot T.V. evangelist assholes or something. Rick is seventh day advetist... he's so proud of licking the sweat off of Jesus' balls he even posts it on his FB page... but a fucking hypocrite Christain at that he is... like all of them. Just a bunch of two-faced bastards that fuck over anyone... and everyone, but think because they bend their knee and pray to an invisible man in the sky - they got a place in heaven. FUCK THAT! If heaven does exist, and it has ass wipes like him in it... count me out!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me... I don't believe in any god. Simple thing - I'm athiest now... BUT during that time in Massacre, I was more or less agnostic. One just doesn't become athiest over night... unless you're brought up that way. </div><div style="text-align: center;">During the recording of 'From Beyond' I was engaged to marry but my fiancee at the time insisted that I convert to her belief system as she was Catholic. And well, if you know those damn Catholics, they get pretty insistent on the whole 'belief' thing, haha! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I never did get married, and I NEVER did become a Christian.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As a matter of fact, that was a turning point in my own system of beliefs, as I began to do my own research into many different aspects of religion and theology.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I understand the reasons behind religion, why it was formed, its principle philosphy and its roots in basic morality. I most likely understand this aspect behind its creation more so then most believers do, but I don't follow any sort of belief system. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My faith is in science, my philosphy is in proper ethics, and my belief in the simple fact that life is a complex combination of cells, and there is nothing after death.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You have worked with a lot of respected musicians over the years. The most recent as far as I know would be Rogga Johansson who you have worked with on Bone Gnawer and The Grotesquery. What has it been like working with him?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">THE BEST! Honestly - Rogga has been the best musician I've had the pleasure of working with in years. I can not even recall the last time I was as excited to work with an individual on music. Although, working with Mark Riddick in Grave Wax is just as exciting. But truelly... Rogga is one of the best, and just a pure great death metal musician. We share alot of the same interest... within music as well as outside of music, and that helps a lot with understanding and respecting one another. Something I never got in Massacre.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You started a project called My Black Omen, and did a cover of 'Dawn Of Eternity' . Is the band now put to rest or will it continue in the future? </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not sure what is happening with My Black Omen... That was something that guitarist Rossferatu organised. It's been through delays and changes but I'm still up for doing it - if it ever comes together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What was the first Metal album you heard, and can you remember how old you were at the time? </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Haha! This is a funny one... because I HATED Metal at first, I was NOT into it at all until Rick started getting me to listen to it. I was a Punk... a skater... and my favorite bands were The Misfits, Samhain, The Plasmatics, and 45 Grave.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The first Metal I heard was Judas Priest and Ozzy... and I thought it was pure shit! I'm still NOT at all a fan of their stuff... I can respect it, but I don't like it. I do like older Iron Maiden, even older Black Sabbath and some Motorhead, but most older Metal didn't do it for me. Not until the early Death-Thrash bands out of Germany... like when Destruction, Sodom and Kreator came about... but it was really Hellhammer and Venom that changed all that. That was when I was more open to like Metal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Are you pleased with the reception that the debut Grotesquery LP got, and what made you decide on the concept for that album?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes... the reviews for the most part were really great. Even better than that of Bone Gnawer. I think with Bone Gnawer most people didn't get the 'camp humor' behind the band, as well as the simplicity of the song writting. It was meant to be catchy and repeatative on purpose. It's the punker coming out of me I guess... but The Grotesquery seemed to be more on a serious level. Although it's all based on fiction and my love of Lovecraft and Poe... it seemed to get more a positive response because of the material. The music was written with a more serious and darker tone - and the lyrics just formed around the concept and storyline. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The concept was based on a story I had been working on for a few years... but I decided it would work best for the band... to be able to build an entire album around a concept. For the album to be more then just music, I wanted to tell a horror story, and make it feel like a book or horror film.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Merchandise such as t shirts for most of your bands seems to be fairly few and far between. Is this a specific choice of yours or are there other reasons?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mainly finacial reasons, that and when we <i>did</i> do shirts no one bought them (such as Bone Gnawer) and many were given away or traded instead of purchased. I lost money and went into the hole. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Shirts are good for a band that tours because honestly, merchandise on the road is a bands 'bread and butter' on the road, but for recording projects such as I've been doing these past few years it's really not something economical smart to invest into. You end up sitting on more shirts then you actually sell as most places ask you to order large sums of them. Otherwise it costs more to do a low run. It's just not cost efficient these days to do merch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You recently appeared in a horror movie called 'Deep Seeded'. Can you tell us how this happened, and what the film is about?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok - it's a horror film, but more like a torture porn flick... basically I play a serial killer who takes revenge on some girls whose mothers sliced the face of my character when he was a teenager. I follow them around, capture them, and torture them. Pretty basic plot... nothing mind blowing... it's just a basic 'grindhouse' type 1970's style sleaze fest, nothing more. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I got the role... when I auditioned for the part really. The fx people that did the gore effects... I knew, and they set me up with the director. the director had seen my Horror Punk band Cryptidz play a few times... so he knew me from there, but didn't know if I could act. I did the audition and got the part. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What can we expect from you musically over the next couple of years?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to finish up The Grotesquery with maybe two more full albums, to finish up the concept story line pretty much. I have the band Grave Wax which I'm currently working on a new full length album now. I would like to do another Bone Gnawer - to do it for fun. Broken Gravestones would be great to do a full length, but who knows if it'll happen... that up to Noel really. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Skeletal is done. Nothing more with that band, and to tell you the honest truth that was the entire line up for The Grotesquery that did that album so in a sense you could call that an album of The Grotesquery by a differnt name. My Black Omen... who knows? I'm really not behind it enough to push forward with it, if it happens it happens. If not, meh...it's cool. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I did want to start my own Funeral Doom band Akatharta, but I'm going to wait until the rest of this stuff comes to completion. Who knows, maybe I'll do Akatharta when I'm 50 - to finally close the book. Once I'm five ohh I plan to retire from this Death Metal thing anyways. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Any last words?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for the support!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Kam thanks for the nice long, detailed interview. Make sure you check out all of Kam Lee's current projects and show him some well-deserved support;</b></i> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thegrotesquery" target="_blank">The Grotesquery</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bonegnawerdeath" target="_blank">Bone Gnawer</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/THESKELETAL" target="_blank">The Skeletal</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/myblackomen" target="_blank">My Black Omen</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cryptidz" target="_blank">Cryptidz</a>, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gravewaxband" target="_blank">Grave Wax</a>. </div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-25244326893837188622012-03-29T13:44:00.000-07:002012-03-29T13:44:23.504-07:00MIKE BROWNING INTERVIEW March 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EUNYdgUze5ZcyHVkyNi6KZAWElhNmH6iPHEaCyKHjlzUIxxb27sSEdv6_UBoHqxo5umEvTQ6_JvdebPM3GVOnp8gd0d8fLg0NY0BzFUI_0mdsxHECr8qDQViij4eZNkrfAlNQGyJ2dDv/s1600/after+death+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EUNYdgUze5ZcyHVkyNi6KZAWElhNmH6iPHEaCyKHjlzUIxxb27sSEdv6_UBoHqxo5umEvTQ6_JvdebPM3GVOnp8gd0d8fLg0NY0BzFUI_0mdsxHECr8qDQViij4eZNkrfAlNQGyJ2dDv/s320/after+death+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><b><i>Mike Browning is one of the pioneers of the Death Metal scene, having been in bands such as Morbid Angel, Acheron, Incubus, Nocturnus and now his latest venture After Death. I managed to catch up with him to speak about the past, present and future and here is the result...</i></b></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><b><i>Hi Mike, how are you and what have you been up to lately?</i></b></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">I am doing pretty good, things have really started picking up for us lately, so I have been staying busy trying to even keep up with it all. Our Split CD has just been released last week and we are waiting for our copies to get here as we haven't seen them in person yet, just the pics of the CD's and layouts and the packaging is awesome. It's also a limited edition release of only 500 so it won't last long. We have also been playing a lot locally, it's only March and we have done three shows already this year, hopefully we can do something in another country too this year. And I have a ton of side projects going on as well.</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>How are things going with After Death? You recently released a split with Unaussprechlichen Kulten, how did this come about?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">The band, besides doing shows, is working on a few new songs right now. We have three finished and a few others in the works, so I have a lot of lyrics to write!</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">As far as the split, it was Proselytism Records that contacted us and the label owner sent me some samples of his releases and they do these special Giant Digi-pacs with mini posters and awesome packaging, so I thought that this would be something cool and limited for people to buy, you can download the music for free, but packaging like this makes the difference for people who will really want a real copy and collect stuff. So we said sure we could do a split or something and he mentioned UK doing the split with us because they were also a Lovecraft Occult type of band and as it all started coming together all these coincidences started popping up everywhere! Not only were the bands similar in lyrical content, but even the titles we similar to ours being 'Dwellers of The Deep' and theirs being called 'Madness From The Sea'. Then we made plans to play in Chile where the label is from and we did all 3 shows with UK and were able to get a great picture with everyone from both bands in the same picture, which made it into the packaging too. It's gonna be something really cool for 2012!</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Do you have fond memories of the early days with Morbid Angel and Nocturnus?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">Yes of course, being around for as long as I have I have done and seen a lot, so of course there are a lot of memories. I was lucky enough to be a part of helping start the reputation that Florida has for Death Metal and to this day still continuing that. I think the best memories about all of this is how people really felt about the music itself back then as compared to now where it seems everyone just wants to be in a band and compete with everyone else, it's just not the same anymore, but at least I have the memories of the fact that it was like that at one time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>You have been in the Death Metal scene for a long time now. How do you feel it's progressed over the last 27 odd years or so? Did you ever think that the small scene from Tampa would spread into this worldwide movement?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">And it feels like a long time, although I can still remember almost all of the things that have happened to me since the beginning in music, just like it was yesterday. I have seen a lot of things change over the years and mostly for the worse unfortunately. The musicianship of the kids these days is unbelievable, but there is something missing that is just not there anymore in the music and that is why I still feel the need to be making music to show people that is just not all about being technical and fast, I like that a lot too don't get me wrong, but that old feeling that was in the music just doesn't seem to be very prevalent anymore.</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">I think when we were all here in the Tampa area, we were all just doing our own thing and there was so much room for ideas at that time that everyone had a different sounding band and everyone supported each other, but as the crowds grew, so did the competition and it took away from the originality, because if someone is trying to be more technical or faster or more brutal than the other bands they are listening to then that means they will have to copy that thing and improve on it, which means they are just copying something and not creating it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>Of the bands you have played in over the years, what has been the defining moment for you so far and why?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">Well probably of course just all the crazy stuff we did in Morbid Angel, at that time we were a real occult band and what we did was for real, it was never about money or how big we could become, it was about creating something that would bring forth the forces that we were working with at the time. It all starts at the beginning with that and just sort of played itself out to where I am today. It's funny but back in 1987 and 1988 when I was writing all those Nocturnus lyrics I never thought it would become almost prophetic in that I was talking a lot about After Death in my lyrics, it's all over 'The Key's lyrics, especially like in 'B.C. /A.D' and 'Visions From Beyond The Grave' and I had no idea at the time that I would end up almost singing about my own future in my songs!</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>In 1990 you released 'The Key' with Nocturnus. For many this was the start of a new fresh face of Death Metal. I remember being a kid of 12 years old, first hearing it was something special. What was it that inspired you to use keyboards and the sci-fi theme?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">For me since I grew up in the 1970's I was always hearing bands with keyboards, from Led Zeppelin's Kashmir song to Rush and Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Deep Purple and I always liked the extra sound keyboards gave a band, no matter what type of music it was the keyboards always gave it that atmosphere of you being more involved in the song and I wanted my music to have that too. The sci-fi theme was actually more of Mike Davis' idea than mine, but also being a fan of sci-fi and horror I was totally open to adding those elements into the mix.</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Who are the bands that you're listening to most these days?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">I still find myself listening to the old stuff like Mercyful Fate, Slayer, Angelwitch and even a lot older stuff from the 70's. I really like to find old bootlegs of bands playing live that would play the same songs differently every night in front of stadiums of people and do like 15-20 minute versions of 4 minute radio songs, for a band to be able to do that live night after night, to me that is really awesome. Just lately though I have been listening to that new Blotted Science CD if you mean something brand new!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>I understand you are a collector of weapons? Is this something you have always been interested in?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">I collect a lot of things, as far as weapons though I only have a couple of guns, it's mostly swords, spears and axes and stuff like that that I have a large collection of. There have been some real cool weapons made in the early days, so pretty much I have always been interested in them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>What UK bands are do you admire and why?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">That list would go back to the first days of course with Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Angelwitch because to me they started it all with that NWOBHM stuff. And still today you have bands like Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower and others like them that are still doing it and still coming out with some great stuff after all this time.</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>Are you guys writing new material, and what can we expect from this new material?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">Yes as I had mentioned earlier, we have probably close to half of a new albums worth of material we are working on already.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>Most of your lyrics have always been fairly occult-based. Is the occult something that has always interested you or is this subject just something that you feel fits your music well?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">It's pretty well known that I have been into the occult stuff for even longer than I have been playing in bands, so for me I think it was more that I use the music for my occult work than that it fits with the music, the music is more of an avenue for expressing my occult work.</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>What UK bands are you into?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">One band in particular besides from all the ones I had already mentioned that is from the UK was called Biomechanical, they put out an album a few years back called Cannibalised that just blew me away and I heard they were working on a new one a couple of years ago but still haven't seen anything new come out by them since, too bad to because that was a very promising and original band I thought.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>How did you come up with your band names, Nocturnus and After Death? Would I be right in saying that After Death was loosely taken from the Nocturnus song BC/AD?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">I came up with the Nocturnus name from Slayer's 'Hell Awaits' album where he says Nocturnal specters hiding from the light, that line was so cool that I started looking into the word Nocturnal and saw that the original Latin word for it was Nocturnus and that just had a certain ring to it almost like the word Atlantis and it gave me the vision of this black island of evil rising from the sea, so I wrote a song about it and used it for the band name too.</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">Back in 1999 I wanted to put the original Nocturnus together again to show people where the band actually came from in 1987, so with Gino Marino, Richard Bateman and myself, who were three of the four original Nocturnus members, we started jamming again and were just going to call it Nocturnus. I then got a cease and desist letter from a lawyer through Lou Panzer and Sean McNenney that I could not use the name Nocturnus because they owned it and were also back together playing again and were using the name that they stole from me in the first place, so in spite I was going to call the band Nocturnus AD and got another letter saying I couldn't use the "Nocturnus" word at all in my new bands name, so I dropped the Nocturnus and just called it After Death and that's how it came to be.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>Would you ever consider doing Nocturnus again or is that laid to rest for good?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">I was actually offered a couple times about how much money could be made and how the people wanted it and would pay to see it, but I am not in this for the money and to help others that stabbed me in the back get rich on my expenses, so with me the real Nocturnus began and so shall it end!!!</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>What can we expect from you next with After Death?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">At this point some new songs, hopefully some small tours around the world and of course a label that could really get behind us and give us that push, and management that could really take us to the next level in being a band. We take things day by day and just work from there nowadays.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b>Any last words?</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">As always I just want to say THANKS for all the support from people like you and everyone who supports what I have done over the years and yes there are some big surprises coming up real soon that will be unfolding this year in 2012, just wait and see!!!</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;">Thanks Mike for such an in depth interview. Don't forget to check out Mike's current band After Death at their <a href="http://www.afterdeath666.com/" target="_blank">official website</a>, on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/afterdeath" target="_blank">Myspace </a> and on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AfterDeath666" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</div><div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0pt;"><br />
</div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-55128409689582294162012-03-25T12:54:00.002-07:002012-03-25T13:13:38.769-07:00ABWEHRSCHLACHT INTERVIEW March 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8yMaIw0SoRGgAPW5qtGIpkPSn6NgV7XvK3AMNtSRraKLHfD_Nehd-F5LvEq2nCQFtRPaDXVAhr6SKtzd68ge4zYr9kEzvrb0azs73aCbLrTuGQFmfu9Ys-wdunIR0vGNZnGndohzpgnk/s1600/Abwehrschlacht+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8yMaIw0SoRGgAPW5qtGIpkPSn6NgV7XvK3AMNtSRraKLHfD_Nehd-F5LvEq2nCQFtRPaDXVAhr6SKtzd68ge4zYr9kEzvrb0azs73aCbLrTuGQFmfu9Ys-wdunIR0vGNZnGndohzpgnk/s320/Abwehrschlacht+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Abwehrschclacht</b></i> rose from the ashes of UK Black Metal bands <b><i>Xaztur</i></b> and <i><b>Immanis</b></i>. I caught up with frontman <i><b>Alex Sotheran</b></i> AKA <i><b>Erich VonFalkenhyne</b></i>...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Hi Alex, how's it going?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hails Matt, it’s going well thanks. I’m pretty busy with work and a university course on the First World War, which is remaining enjoyable!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You have been involved in the UK Black Metal scene for a long time now, can you tell the readers about your history in the scene?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, my history in the BM scene goes way back to the early nineties, when I was involved with tape trading and was a member of a couple of bands. The first of these was Xaztur, with two other members, Necrentus on Guitar and Sibbanac on drums. I played bass and handled the vocal duties under the name Azazel. We released a rehearsal tape and then a proper demo ‘Pagan Rites’. We actually only ever recorded four full songs but were working on new stuff when I left the band. I was in the position of handling everything in the band, doing promotion, distributing the demo tapes (buying the blanks and dubbing them myself) and even writing new material and lyrics. It felt as though I was carrying the band and getting little back for it. That’s when I decided that time for me to leave had come and I set up my own project; Immanis. This and consisted of myself on bass, vocals and keys and Ludendorf on guitars, although he was not called this then! We used a drum machine for Immanis and I released a promo tape of two songs and intro/outro. After this came an incredibly poorly recorded/played rehearsal tape with three semi-songs on! It was at this point that I decided to lay Immanis to rest. My interests lay elsewhere during this time. The only other recording under the Immanis moniker was a short rehearsal track I recorded when it was mooted that I joined another local band called Demogorgon. This came to naught though and although I continued to listen to BM I gave up playing in 1995. Fast forward to 2007 and after spending a bit of time recording a joke Ninja Metal band, Sudoku, I began writing more BM influenced music. I was working with the guitarist of Immanis, now called Ludendorf, when I decided to create BM in the old style under the new name of Abwehrschlacht. Over a few sessions, we recorded a reasonable amount of material (more than both the Immanis and Xaztur output put together!) and decided to release it on old school tape.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>How does the UK scene today compare to the days when you and me were both starting out in the early '90's?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ll be completely honest here and tell you I know very little about the current UK scene! There are some great bands out there, Witchclan and Deadman’s Blood (of course!), Demonic Cremator, Old Corpse Road, etc, but beyond a handful of bands I know little about what is going on. This is down to me and my lack of time to keep up with everything happening at the moment! But from what I see the main difference is the level of professionalism that is around these days. I guess this is more obvious in the cost of producing CDs or even dubbed tapes compared to twenty years ago. The cost of everything has come down and made it easier to release professional looking products. From what I hear a lot of people seem to be going back to roots, exploring the old sounds of the early nineties, which to me is bliss anyway!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>How did the 'Kaiser Schalcht' demo tape sell?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have shifted a large amount of the original 150 copies, but there are still a few available. I guess this is down to my lack of promotion just through lack of time! I have traded quite a lot with other bands and labels, which has increased my collection quite well. But it is still available for £4 (including P&P), contact me for a copy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The style of Black Metal you play today is very different to the days of Xaztur and Immanis, was this a natural progression for you?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think the natural progression comes from actually being able to eventually play an instrument! I’m kidding, but I think I have also gained a better understanding of how songs are constructed and also I learned to play quite a few BM songs, which I guess must have had an influence as well. I prefer to think that my approach is more mature these days and the construction of songs hopefully reflects that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Are there plans for something new in the near future, and if so what might it be?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, besides the material on the demo we have about four other tracks recorded, with a couple awaiting mixing. We are toying with the idea of some form of release, but being the lazy twats that we are it may be a little while longer before they see the light of day. Having said that, I have literally just been approached by Darkness Shade Records for a split release (alongside your good self) and it looks like we may see an outlet for some of that material after all! The difficulty at the moment is that I have moved cities a year ago so Abwehrschlacht has taken a back seat at the moment, especially since Ludendorf is busy with his other band Goat Leaf. But I hope we will be able to record something in the future.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You once said to me that you might like to re-record some of the old Xaztur material, is this still the case?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is a possibility, we recorded an Abwehrschlacht ‘cover version’ of Frozen Winter by Xaztur which was pencilled for a release with Witchclan (lack of funds has shelved this at the moment though…). I also did a demo recording of the Immanis track ‘Tears of the Trees’, but this is also in my personal vaults. It was an experiment to see if I could do it. Again, the biggest problem with recording anything is the distance between the band members and a lack of time on my part.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Which bands are your biggest influences in Abwehrschlacht?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As the songwriter I am very much influenced by the old school BM bands (now called first or second wave Black Metal, whatever the fuck that means!) and by that I mean, Bathory, Venom, Burzum, Mayhem, Emperor on their Demo, Von, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. I don’t know how much like these bands my music sounds, but I have this stuff in mind when writing. I’m also influenced by some of the newer BM bands like Wolves in the Throne Room and I think that may come through in some of the newer material that we wrote.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Do you think that over the last 20 odd years that Black Metal has lost some of the danger and extremity that it once used to have?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, absolutely. When I first got into BM it was because of the appeal of a music scene that was kicking against the pricks of conformity and the safe metal scene that existed then. It was this mystical entity where we didn’t even know the names of people in the bands, everyone wore corpse paint to hide their identities; the ultimate anti-personality scene. The rumours coming from Norway of church burnings just added to this excitement and interest. Here was a movement that was dynamic and not scared to hide behind their words, they were taking action. It felt like the storm clouds were gathering in the north. It was a dangerous music scene, as the disproportionate amount of deaths has attested, but nowadays it’s dominated by safe radio friendly shit, like Dimmu Borgir. I know there is an underground scene that is in existence now, but the problem is, this already happened. The vast majority of bands nowadays are poor copies of the originals (when I say originals, I mean the ‘second wave’ of bands, because to me, before that scene, Black Metal existed but not as a tight scene like the rise in the early nineties.).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Where did you get the idea from for your band name?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The name Abwehrschlacht is from a 1918 German military doctrine. It roughly translates as ‘Attack through Defence’. It was a way of drawing the enemy forces into over-stretching their supply lines and drawing them closer to heavy defences. It’s a First World War term and as I was specific about the lyrics in Abwehrschlacht being Great War influenced it fitted pretty well, it also helps that I feel German is a pretty martial language!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Have you had much interest from any labels?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">No, in a word. Nothing. We have had a song on a compilation CD and the split tape I mentioned before through Darkness Shade, but beyond that nothing. It would be nice if we were to be picked up by a label, but to be honest, it is not why I am doing this. We are happy to record small amounts and put out limited releases, but wouldn’t refuse any interest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What's next on the cards for you and the band?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I may have mentioned that in the last year my life has become rather busy, with one thing or another, so at the moment, Abwehrschlacht has been put on the back burner. It doesn’t mean we will not be recording again anytime soon, but we are keeping our heads below the parapets at the moment!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Any last words?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for the great interview Matt, it’s great to see the ‘zine has resurfaced after all this time! Hail to the ancient days! For anyone interested in purchasing a tape, you can get them through my eBay account: <a href="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/alex_sotheran">http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/alex_sotheran</a>. Also check us out on Myspace.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks Alex. Remember to check <i><b>Abwehrschlacht</b></i> out on Myspace at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/abwehrschlacht">www.myspace.com/abwehrschlacht</a> and on Reverbnation at <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/abwehrschlacht">www.reverbnation.com/abwehrschlacht</a> and finally Facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Abwehrschlacht">www.facebook.com/pages/Abwehrschlacht</a> - Support the UKBMM!</div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-87142639215960651932012-03-11T15:08:00.002-07:002012-03-11T16:04:45.497-07:00ASPHYXIATOR interview March 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Gq3c8zE2BDN-liXwIB0CNTtEQtSqK87uI4DO7Dhn7tEu_gnsyY_WA6sWjD4BqKnKZYXGjnCFiHLvCu1GFxznCnvv9U9b_7AYWfRFk_fpuu1kSQJAdMT8RJJEcEqzDaQbPOzwNvYC2746/s1600/D.C.-Asphyxiator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Gq3c8zE2BDN-liXwIB0CNTtEQtSqK87uI4DO7Dhn7tEu_gnsyY_WA6sWjD4BqKnKZYXGjnCFiHLvCu1GFxznCnvv9U9b_7AYWfRFk_fpuu1kSQJAdMT8RJJEcEqzDaQbPOzwNvYC2746/s320/D.C.-Asphyxiator.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Black Metal is thriving in the UK, and <i><b>Asphyxiator</b></i> is at the forefront of it all with his bands <i><b>Mystiabllus</b></i>, <i><b>Demonic Cremator </b></i>and <i><b>Unholy Deathcunt</b></i>. I interviewed him and this is what he had to say...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Hi Trev, how are you? What have you been up to lately?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hi Matt, well the past few months have been very busy in terms of writing and recording Mystiabllus material, promoting, and trying to get some fucking holidays booked. I am also in the middle of updating my studio equipment, it never ends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>You seem to have your fingers in a lot of different pies. Can you tell me a bit about your different projects?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok no problem, Demonic Cremator is me and my partner Necrotica playing out our influences really of total mid '80’s black metal, new plans are in action. Unholy Deathcunt is myself and Filthgrinder handling all vocals now, VERY intense band, about as manic as my mind can tolerate, a very anxiety mooded band, new EP in the works, and Mystiabllus, total and utter Black Metal, think early Emperor, Burzum. New split tape out and EP soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Mystiabllus is your latest venture. What was it that inspired you to start this up?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really started this as Spiritus, but something never felt completely right for some weird reason. So I put that to rest, months later returned with a greater concept of the whole idea, and so I wear my influenced entirely on my sleeve, I wanted corpse paint, Satanism, hatred, harsh cold sound, The imagery is as important as the sound, which might sound a bit shit, but it’s true. This is the bleakest part of my soul,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and most introverted and selfish band. Mystiabllus is of course inspired by the early ‘90’s Black Metal bands, Norwegian also French. This my goal to keep this FEEL and GRIMNESS alive in our black hearts, this I suppose where Spiritus left and died, there is no more. New split cassette with Corrupt Humanity is out now on Sacrificial Tapes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Your project Unholy Deathcunt is the most chaotic and darkest of your 4 bands, is it intentional to make this one so nasty sounding?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The intention is to fuck things beyond hell in terms of nasty, angry and total mayhem. Pure Blackened /Death Warmetal!!! Drink it down and destroy with chainsaw, now I have been joined by the mentalist that is FILTHGRINDER on vocals this is taking things even more extreme and new satanic ideas are brewing. The FUCK YOU demo was released to 300 copies in 2011 and was received greatly, now this new 8 track will be along this year and is sounding CHAOS! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You are in Demonic Cremator with your partner Necrotica, she is obviously a big part in your life but how well do you work together on music?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We work together perfectly as Demonic Cremator because we have the same musical influences, mostly, I mean mostly I will show her a new riff or something then the next minute we are jamming and getting songs together, making more plans and getting excited about it, there is something coming very soon by the way!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>How well did the Spititus demo sell? Is there something new planned?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Spiritus releases sold not too bad considering there was no real label or anything to get behind it, but as I Said earlier it is really a DEAD project, I still have some copies around.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>You covered a Mayhem song on the 'Fuck You' demo, how did this come about and is it something you had always planned for the demo?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I fuckin’ love this song, as I do the entire ‘De Mysteriis…’ album, I just wanted to have a bit of fun with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>How do you view the UK Black Metal scene?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You know I think from what I see lately there is a lot of great stuff coming from all over the country now, real quality stuff with the right fuckin’ attitude and lots of passion. And to be honest I am fuckin’ proud to be involved in this.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Which bands inspire you most in Mystiabllus?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vlad Tepes, Mutiilation, Early Behemoth, Early Empereor, and of course the mighty Burzum.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>All your bands are quite different in sound and style, do you find it easy to keep such a diverse style for each of your projects?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sure, these bands sound different and have different feels to them, I have to say it is very easy as these are all different moods and influences. Very schizophrenic but it works, it also takes some time as I work within the mood I am in at the time, but this works out fine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What can we expect next from you?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Split cassette from Mystiabllus/ Corupt Humanity limited to 50, titled 'FACE OF DESTRUCTION'. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Mystiabllus 6 track CD titled ‘THE CEREMONY’ out next month.</div><div style="text-align: center;">New Unholy Deathcunt EP being recorded as we speak, this is gonna KILL!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Do you think the internet is a hinderance or aid to the Metal Underground?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To me it is a vital way of getting heard, and hearing music myself that would be almost impossible without. There is divided opinion of course, but overall this is a blessing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Matt, I just wanna say thanks for the interview and getting the chance to explain things about myself, and these bands. British Black/Death Metal is thriving!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to you too Trev. Remember to check out all <i><b>Asphyxiator</b></i>'s projects;<i><b> </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mystiabllus/227035950692910?ref=ts" target="_blank"><i><b>Mystiabllus</b></i></a><i><b>, </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Demonic-Cremator-Official/134075543327561?ref=ts" target="_blank"><i><b>Demonic Cremator</b></i></a><i><b>, </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spiritus/169404613110827?ref=ts" target="_blank"><i><b>Spiritus</b></i></a><i><b>, and </b></i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Unholy-Deathcunt/115280438560559?ref=ts" target="_blank"><i><b>Unholy Deathcunt.</b></i></a> Support UK Black Metal!</div>Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040124003712569658.post-26503761769202333622012-03-11T09:21:00.004-07:002012-03-11T12:53:49.752-07:00BURIAL interview March 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij22h51FFt8jfDcGja1FcIdEzG1LaZKhF7Y7v9_0XlkREsDjD7COANsGWS5SqnjF69_ttNaN-Dx7VOigTe2njeJhMWe7xuNm97z1VAMPlYpSaEqCTkI1WYhoVQOR5qiymNTX3yDZmbvYw/s1600/burial+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij22h51FFt8jfDcGja1FcIdEzG1LaZKhF7Y7v9_0XlkREsDjD7COANsGWS5SqnjF69_ttNaN-Dx7VOigTe2njeJhMWe7xuNm97z1VAMPlYpSaEqCTkI1WYhoVQOR5qiymNTX3yDZmbvYw/s320/burial+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Formed in 1991 and hailing from The Netherlands, old school Death Metallers <i><b>Burial </b></i>have had their ups and downs but the band are now stronger than ever so I spoke to guitarist <i><b>Steven Vrieswijk</b></i> about various topics...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><i><b>Hi Steven, how are you and how are things going with the band?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Pretty good, actually. We started rehearsing again last October, after being without a rehearsal room for over a year, and currently getting our new vocalist worked in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><i><b>I hear that 'Relinquished Souls' will soon be rereleased, when will this be happening?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">This month, it will be re-released through Memento Mori records .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><i><b>'Relinquished Souls' is now considered an underground Death Metal classic. When you recorded it, did you have any idea that it would ever reach this kind of status?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">No, not really. The other guys, who were in the band that time didn't either.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Although the 85 points in Aardschok magazine should be a little hint though.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><i><b>Apart from Burial, you were also a member of Polluted Inheritance, can you tell me a bit about your time with the band?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">I was asked to join them on bass in the late 2000, if I'm not mistaken,</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">just after the recording of the last album. I didn't record anything with them, but did some shows. In 2008 after our last show with Testament, we called it quits. Since we all had families and jobs, it was really hard to free up the time needed for the complex music that we made. Ronald (vocals&guitars) plays guitar with Master of Waha (with a.o. Xavier Carrion, ex-Channel Zero), Friso (drums) is a professional musician in the jazz circuit and writes all sorts of classical stuff. Erwin, the other guitarist isn't musically active at the moment.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Real shame Polluted quit...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><i><b>Did your 2006 demo 'Resurrection' sell well, and how was it received?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">No not really, still got some left. We haven't seen a review either since we didn't send it around. We know it is a terrible product. The song themselves are okay, but it has been played and recorded poorly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><i><b>Are there any plans for a new Burial album any time soon?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Well we want to, but first we need to write more material. The sabbatical we had caused a real delay in writing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">In the early days you wer</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">e very much influenced by Massacre and Death</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">, is this still the case?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Absolutely, although there are some Obituary and Meshugah things happening as well along with some Slayer and Morbid Angel like stuff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Definitely the album. I have listened to the thing over and over again, so it has some childhood memories for me! And the four demo tracks are on there as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">On the re-release , the entire 'Frigid Cold' demo is added as bonus tracks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Death, Massacre, Bone Gnawer, Slayer, Necrophagist, and the Dutch band IChaos, they're awesome!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">I recently re-discovered Gorguts and Disincarnate... really love that old stuff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDs_QH-lL2GjYCGiLhIkdvt3Llc1meNa5glewt7GxwpHdMZEOO-oFoqUIKSHZGpJr3fHFVbpI7l5fP98BMzGaOfV9G_rQNeUn86jk-sBrnOwHhx2rwbh4KRjtah2MPAtMTUpbIb0z3Cxi/s1600/burial+live.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDs_QH-lL2GjYCGiLhIkdvt3Llc1meNa5glewt7GxwpHdMZEOO-oFoqUIKSHZGpJr3fHFVbpI7l5fP98BMzGaOfV9G_rQNeUn86jk-sBrnOwHhx2rwbh4KRjtah2MPAtMTUpbIb0z3Cxi/s320/burial+live.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">It all started out with KISS, I guess. Later I thankfully got into the Thrash wave in the '80's with Metallica and Slayer, until I heard Death... that was quite an eye-opener!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">As far as Burial is concerned, I've known the original members for years, as I was always hanging out in the rehearsal room they had at the time. Stefan (the original guitarist/vocalist) is my cousin, and got me into playing as well. After the split up in '94 it wasn't until 2000 that I called some of the guys to see if there was a possibility to jump start Burial. Stefan didn't want to sing anymore, so we got a new vocalist called Sebastian whom I've known since we where ten years old. Peter (guitars on the album) started drumming, and I became the second guitarist. In the course of years, Stefan left and was replaced by Frank Schobben (ex-Mordancy). And last year Sebastian left, since he didn't see an end to the sabbatical and got bored, basically.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">He's been replaced by Angelo de Bruijn (also ex-Mordancy).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Well Memento Mori will print some album design shirts, and we still have logo shirts in stock (black with red logo).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Who knows? First we need to get back on stage asap, and write more material.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"> Keep Death Metal old school, and like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Burial/197098597012384" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, add us on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/burialdeathmetal" target="_blank">MySpace </a>and fan us on <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_bio/artist_2241212" target="_blank">Reverbnation</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">Horns up!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Thanks Steven. Remember to check out the re-released version of</span></span> 'Relinquished Souls' <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">out on</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><a href="http://www.memento-mori.es/" target="_blank">Memento Mori</a>.</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">UK rotten Death Metallers <b style="font-style: italic;">The Obscene </b>are making waves in the underground scene at the moment and are becoming a well-respected band. I spoke to the bands vocalist <b><i>Tom</i></b> about a few things...<br />
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<i><b>Can you give the readers a little bit of history about the band?</b></i><br />
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The Drummer (Chris), Guitarist (Jonny) and Bassist (Garry) have been playing in bands together for many years and were members of Morstice and Blessed Realm. They started a band called Salute To The Sun in 2003 and continued under that name until I joined the band in the summer of 2010.<br />
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<b><i>How did you get into music and have your tastes always been the same?</i></b><br />
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I didn't really have musical parents, so no influences came from home. My auntie was into Hendrix and I remember hearing that when I was young and really liking it. From there I got into all the usual stuff a ten year old into rock music would, like Iron Maiden, Guns n' Roses, AC/DC etc. Once you've dipped your toes into the water, you might as well just jump in and you tend to get more extreme as the years go on.<br />
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<i><b>How did you come up with the band name?</b></i><br />
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Our drummer (Chris) came up with the name. I think it was a case of new vocalist, new start! The name just fits us and the music and message we are trying to get across.<br />
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<i><b>What do you think about the current state of Metal in general?</b></i><br />
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Metal is healthy, be you a fan of the mainstream stuff or the underground, I can't ever see it going away.<br />
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<i><b>What are your favourite and least favourite style of lyrics, and why?</b></i><br />
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My favourite lyrical styles are ones that make you think or add to the atmosphere of the music, ideally both. A lot of bands, especially mainsteam ones, tend to have mundane lyrics that don't really mean anything. If you are going to all the trouble of writing the music that you love, then why wouldn't you want the lyrics to be just as good?!<br />
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<b><i>How do you think the internet has affected the music industry?</i></b><br />
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I am sure the music industry fat cats fucking hate it. For that reason, I think the internet is excellent. It has opened up the whole world and you get to hear about bands that you may never have got to listen to. A recent example of this for me was the one-woman Black Metal band from Baghdad, Iraq called Janaza. That being said, it's very important to support the underground. Downloading is fine but if you like the stuff, buy the album!<br />
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<b><i>What is your all time favourite LP of the Death Metal genre and why?</i></b><br />
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Carcass 'Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious'. I can still put this album on now and it gives me the same feeling I got when I first heard it.<br />
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<b><i>You were in previous bands before TheObscene, can you tell me a bit about it?</i></b><br />
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As I mentioned earlier, the musical element of The Obscene is very much from the old school (Morstice and Blessed Realm). Prior to joining The Obscene I played in a Black Metal band called Nebula Rising. We started the band in 1999, with the sole intention of playing Black Metal the way we liked it. Ugly, raw and hateful. We haven't released any material yet, but there are plans for a 7 track demo recorded at Necrodeath studios back in 2006 to see the light of day.<br />
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<i><b>You recently had an EP released called 'The Torment Of Sinners'. How did this come about and are you happy with the release?</b></i><br />
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All the material was written and recorded before I joined the band. After a few rehearsals with the lads, it was decided that we re-enter the studio to record all the vocals again. So on a bleak winters day, I travelled to White Wolf studios and laid down the vocals for 'The Torment of Sinners'. The band is pleased with the release. We wanted it to sound raw and ugly. We believe we have achieved this and look forward to our first full length album.<br />
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<i><b>What is the purpose behind The Obscene?</b></i><br />
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To make Extreme Metal that we are content with as Extreme Metallers. Playing brutal songs, that are tight and give you that intense energy is an amazing feeling.<br />
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<b><i>Do you think the UK Death Metal scene is better now than it was 20 years ago?</i></b><br />
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I was only 10 years old haha, so I am not really the best person to ask. 20 years ago it was fresh and new. Our drummer (Chris) talks about the old days with fond memories. The scene now in the UK is thriving but if you consider yourself a bit of a connoisseur, you need to look back to the old stuff.<br />
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<b><i>Death Metal seems to have gone fullcircle and there are now many new bands playing in the style of the late '80's and early '90's. What do you think about this? </i></b><br />
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If people are inspired by the old stuff, then I say good! If they play that style and play it well, all the better. If however, I am ever at a gig and see some hitler haircut wankers trying to incorporate that old school feel into their modern take on it. I will throw pints of piss at them!<br />
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<b><i>What future plans do you have with The Obscene?</i></b><br />
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At the moment we have about 8 songs already written for our first full length album, entitled 'Architects Of Deliverance'. We are planning to hit the studio later in 2012 and release the album by the winter of 2012. 'Architects Of Once we have this under our belts, we aim to play a few gigs and move forward from there. Each day at a time though, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow!<br />
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<i><b>Any last words?</b></i><br />
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Support the underground and thanks for the interview \m/.<br />
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Thanks Tom. Look out for the bands debut full length album '<i><b>Architects Of Deliverance</b></i>' later this year and remember to check out <i><b>The Obscene</b></i> on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/theobsceneband" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theobsceneuk" target="_blank">My Space</a>. The bands drummer Chris also runs a record label called <i><b>UKEM</b></i> - check it out <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ukemrecords" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://ukem.ucoz.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Swedish Traditional Death Metallers <b><i>Puteraeon </i></b>are working on a brand new album due for release later this year. I caught up with vocalist/guitarist <i><b>Jonas Lindblood </b></i>..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><b><i>Hi Jonas, how are you and how are things going with recording the new album?</i></b><br />
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Hi Matt! I'm fine thanks. Too much to do and too little time, haha. We've recorded all drums and are working on bass and guitars at the same time. I just put down my last three songs today. Rune & Daniel still have some tracks to do. While waiting for the other guys, I will start with some solos tomorrow I think. When all this is done I will start with the vocals. Rune will do some vocals as well since he's backing me up when we play live. It will be great!<br />
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<i><b>For me, The Esotoric Order was my favourite release of 2011 - has it had a good response with other people too?</b></i><br />
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The response has been a lot better than we thought and obviously we are very happy that people like our stuff. We have never written music for anybody else than ourselves, but of course, we're pleased that people seem to like it. People come up to me and say "This is real Death Metal, like it used to sound back in the early '90's". That kinda warms you, you know? Feels like we've done something right.<br />
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<i><b>Who would you say had influenced you and inspired you most to make music in Puteraeon?</b></i><br />
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Mainly Old School Death Metal bands I listened to whilst I grew up. Not only the Swedish bands that everybody probably already figured out like Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Unleashed, old At The Gates, but also non-Swedish bands like Morgoth, Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Autopsy, Deicide, Morbid Angel. Many of these bands have done less good stuff later, but I mainly listen to music from late '80's to like 1994. After that year I feel like much of the extreme music became less good.<br />
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<b><i>How did your demos sell? They are still available from your website right?</i></b><br />
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I'm not really sure on how many of the demos are sold and how many were given away, haha. Our first demo 'Fascination for Mutilation' has probably somewhere around 400 copies out there, the 2nd demo 'The Requiem' around 200 copies and the third demo 'The Extraordinary Work Of Herbert West' somewhere around 200 copies as well. Yeah they are all still available.<br />
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<i><b>What was the idea behind the bonus track on the second edition of the Requiem demo? Are you guys all really big Dr. Who fans?</b></i><br />
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I remember I liked that series and the theme and it was mainly done as a fun thing. I think the track is alright. Mayby we show our humour in this track.<br />
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<i><b>What can we expect from the new album?</b></i><br />
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We are recording 11 songs. Not sure if any of these will be a bonus song or not, but yeah, 11 songs. We've been working through the songs more this time but I don't think we've changed anything really. We still play the same style as before, we just got a couple of new songs. Rogga from Paganizer is also doing some guest vocals by the way. It's gonna be hard and dirty and smell of old pungent death.<br />
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<b><i>You released a demo called The Extraordinary Works Of Herbert West. Are you a big fan of H.P Lovecraft and did you set out from the start to make a concept demo?</i></b><br />
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I personally like Lovecraft and I guess the other guys like his work too more or less. Our material didn't have much lovecraft inspiration before the third demo. Up until then the lyrics was more primitive and often inspired by different horror movies and so on. I wanted a bit more thought through the lyrics and while playing a Lovecraft game on my Xbox I got more and more drawn into his world, not that I havn't been into him earlier because of course I have. I saw the first Re-animator movie sometime as a kid back in the '80's. Anyway, I thought that Lovecraft's themes worked really well as lyrical inspiration for our music. We don't have a complete release with only Lovecraft lyrics, neither demo nor album, but on the upcoming album 'Cult Cthulhu' there's even more Lovecraft than on 'The Esoteric Order'. I'm not saying that we will try only doing Lovecraft themes in the future, I still get inspired by different authors as well. There's a song on the new album with heavy inpiration from the Clive Barker story 'The Great And Secret Show'but on the other hand, this book feels a bit Lovecraft inspired haha.<br />
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<i><b>Where do you see Puteraeon going in the next few years?</b></i><br />
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I have no idea. We take it one step at the time. We have families that take up a lot of our time and that's the way we like it. We love this genre, that's why we play it but I'm not sure that we want to become huge rockstars touring all the time. We're kind of happy where we are right now.<br />
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<i><b>What modern day bands do you admire?</b></i><br />
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I love Behemoth and that I probably the only "modern" band I listen to. Another band I really like is Ghost, but I guess they don't sound that modern. I mainly listen to old stuff or some newer bands doing old stuff. New Paganizer is nice for instance.<br />
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<i><b>What does Puteraeon mean and where did the idea for the band name come from?</b></i><br />
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It means rotten aeon. It's got no deeper meaning than that. Perhaps a warning finger to myself never to try to do something else with this band other than playing old rotten Death Metal.<br />
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<i><b>Are you a fan of Black Metal? </b></i><br />
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To generalise, I like the growl and the heaviness of Death Metal more. I'm not a big fan of either the tape recorder in the rehearsal place guitar sound, the lack of humour, the try to be so fucking serious attitude or the more gothic (nerdy) Black Metal. I do like some of the old stuff though; the first Dark Funeral mini, 'Those Of The Unlight' by Marduk, Mayhem 'De Mysteriis..'. Some people call Dissection Black Metal, I don't. To me it's Death Metal and I love it.<br />
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<i><b>What is your favourite UK Death Metal band and why?</b></i><br />
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Carcass I think. I love 'Symphonies...' up to 'Heartwork'. 'Swansong' was crap though. I Listened very much to Carcass as I grew up. Other bands are the obvious ones; Napalm Death, Benediction and Bolt Thrower and among these three I like Napalm Death best. My absolute favourite album with Napalm is 'Utopia Banished'. Many people say that 'Harmony Corruption' is better, but I like 'Utopia...' just a little more.<br />
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<i><b>Any last words?</b></i><br />
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Once again thanks for your support! To the readers; Go check out our stuff, check our website, like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/PUTERAEON/350494341729" target="_blank">Facebook </a>and please spread our videos. 'CULT CTHULHU' is coming!<br />
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Thanks for the interview Jonas. Remember to check out <i><b>'The Esoteric Order' </b></i>out now on <a href="http://www.cyclone-empire.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>Cyclone Empire</b></i> </a>and check out the bands website <a href="http://www.puteraeon.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.Video Solutionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02399715100560784454noreply@blogger.com1