tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85005338111963605442024-03-14T04:35:11.554+11:00VomitoseONLY DEATH IS REALRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-21418999543326652172013-03-03T22:00:00.004+11:002013-03-03T22:11:14.663+11:00CONVULSE - INNER EVIL<center>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">With sights set on US shores for the upcoming Maryland Deathfest 2013 and new material in the works, it seems CONVULSE has risen from
the grave at the right time; when things are at an almost standstill in terms
of true Death Metal that was made to invoke darkness and totally crush
all who dared to listen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>CONVULSE have long been hailed as one of the pioneers of the unforgettable
Finnish or more specifically ‘Nokia’ Death Metal scene and sound, despite a
relatively short lived career which saw them only release one demo and 2
albums. I was interested to see what made CONVULSE join the recent
whirlwind of classic reformations and what 2013 will hold for Death Metal from
the past in the ‘brave new world’…</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Hey Rami, thanks so much for wasting some time on this interview! To begin
with, what are the origins of CONVULSE? How did the members of the band
meet and form? What was the vision musically for CONVULSE in the beginning and
what were your main influences?</i></b><br />We were friends since
12 years old kids and wanted to play heavy metal. As soon as we could play
something we formed a band and started to compose own songs. At first heavy and
speed metal and later death metal when it arrived year 1989-1990 to Finland.</span><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Main influences of Convulse were at first (and still are) Bolthrower,
Death, Sepultura, Black Sabbath, Vader, Slayer, Testament, Benediction, Master,
Napalm death, Autopsy, Obituary, Pestilence and so on.</span><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>To me it seems like the early Finnish death metal scene was an absolute gold
mine of original and abstract death metal and grind bands, including but not limited
to some of my favourite bands purtenance/demilich/Rippikoulu/demigod/Lubricant
etc etc – and many more classics I’m still discovering to this day!
Some of which are from the same town of Nokia I believe?
<br /> What was your impression of the scene back in the early days
of CONVULSE? What were your favourite bands from this era?</i></b><br />Many legendary bands
in Finland Yeah! I think the main reason is that Heavy metal was so big thing
in Finland since 1985. Lots of kids played in their own bands. When the DM
arrived we had enough skills to play DM and adopt that brutal music. But we
surely put something of our own too.<br />
It is finnish dark brutality with courage to make own music. Not just copy of
the full package.<br />
My finnish favorites are Abhorrence, Sentenced, Demigod, Purtenance, Disgrace
and Funebre, We played also with these bands several times.<br /><br /><b><i>
Was there much of a live scene then? Were there any specific underground
venues you used to frequently play? </i></b><br />There was quite active live scene.
Fans and other bands arranged shows in "Youth centres" and places
like that. I organized also two death metal parties in Nokia. There was playing
bands like Sentenced, Disgrace, Xysma, Beherit, Lubricant, Phlegethon….
<br /><br /><b><i>How wide spread was Death Metal in general back in these early years? Was it
accessible for you guys to get your hands on demos? zines? Instruments?</i></b><br />The
whole UG scene was very very active. Tape trading, letters, flyers and zones
were the Internet of early 90es. I remember that my parents paid my first
guitar and amp, but I also worked after school days to get enough money to get
bigger gear.
<br /><br /><b><i>Where did you record your first demo Resuscitation of
Evilness? What was your experience with recording this compared to
the World without God and Reflections full
lengths? What was the response like when these were both released/re released?</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i> </i></b></span>We
recorded it 24-track study MSL. In the same place 8 months later we recorded
WWG-album too. ROE-demo we recorded and mixed in two days and WWG-album in six
days. I remember the ROE selling 1000 copies quite fast. And the WWG-album 3000
copies at least. Pretty cool for the 17-18 years old kids playing in the
unknown band. So the response was pretty good. We used the same method in our
new "Inner Evil" 12" EP. We went to 24-track analog studio. No
computers, no pro tools, no triggers etc.Keep it simple. Rehearse enough with
your band, go to the studio and concentrate to live feeling. That is my recipe
for pure and authentic death metal<br /><br /><b><i>
CONVULSE has recently reunited, with plans to play Maryland Deathfest 2013 in
the USA and new material in the works. Why and how did this reunion occur?
What are your plans for the new songs in terms of releases?</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i> </i></b><br />My
old pal from Nokia asked to play in his Heavy Metal festival 2011. At first I
refused. Then original bass player Juha took contact and showed his interest.
There was no chance to get more original members with us. So I asked my old
band friend Rolle (played together from 1998) and my Friend Kristian to join
the Convulse.At first it was thought to play only one show. But soon we marked
how brutal and good we sound together and how much joy it gives to play
together.I had also lots of new riffs in my head. So we decided to compose new
material also. Then finnish Svart Records heard about our reunion and wanted to
sign us. And here we are. New "Inner Evil" maxi vinyl comes out 25.1.
We are composing new material for the new album also. We will enter to studio
in autumn. Beware! Hopefully there will be shows in Europe later too. And of
course I am expecting playing in MDF!<br /><br /><b><i>
Are you surprised by how much interest still exists for CONVULSE?
Internationally and within Finland too?</i></b>Partly yes and not. We were DM pioneers
in Finland and we recorded some good stuff that time. Many younger listeners
are also starting to find us. We were playing in Jalometalli festival in Oulu
Finland. There was punch of kids who wanted to chance words and take photos
with them. It is lovely to see that metal is still alive. New generations are
coming all the time and we old beards are still strong and very much alive!
Generations have changed, but the ritual is the same.
<br /><br /><b><i>Will this be your first time playing overseas with CONVULSE?
Will you be planning on doing any other shows around MDF time?</i></b><br /><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>We
done only one show abroad and that was 1992 in Sweden. So this will be a great
adventure too. Let´s see what happens. At least we play in MDF, that is for
sure.<br /><br /><b><i>
We talked earlier about your vision for the sound of CONVULSE in the starting
days. Do you feel this sound changed over the years? Will your new
material be more in the vein of the earlier CONVULSE or the later ‘Reflections’ type
sound?</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i> </i></b></span>I
don´t know is the sound changed a lot comparing to World without god album. Of
course there is much more experience now than 20 years ago. It makes Convulse
much more tighter than early 90´s. The new material is more old school vein
like ROE-demo and WWG-album. A little bit more technical, but far away from
"Reflections" rock/funk death.<br /><br /><b><i>
Did you ever expect in the early days that Finnish Death Metal would have a
certain ‘signature sound’ to it, like Swedish DM, Norwegian BM etc? </i></b><br />Hard
to say. I have always loved finnish death metal. It´s more authentic and brutal
comparing to Swedish DM. Maybe that is the reason the value of finnish DM has
grown after all these years. Of course I like swedish DM also, but it
sounds…hmmm..swedish<br /><br /><b><i>
Newer bands from Finland like STENCH OF DECAY and SWALLOWED for example seem to
be making Death Metal in the same vein and spirit as when CONVULSE started. What
do you think about the recent resurgence of interest and appreciation by
younger generations in this style?</i></b><br />
I am very proud of we have made music that still have strength today. It is
cool that new bands discover the power of old school death metal.<br /><i><br /><b>
Have your tastes changed? Or you mainly listen to the same stuff you did
then? </b></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i> </i></b></span>When
you get older the taste gets wider. I listen to a pretty much also 70´s rock
and progressive music like The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Wigwam,
Pekka Pohjola, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy etc. But I still love the legendary
DM/Thrash album of 80´s and 90´s.<br /><br /><b><i>
Any last words before I close the coffin on this interview? Thanks again,
looking forward to watching you destroy MDF in May!</i></b><br />Thanks for your interest for
new coming of Convulse. Order our forth coming "Inner Evil" 12"
vinyl or mcd from Svart Records. Beware also of the full album in the end of
2013. Hopefully we see you in shows. Thanks for this interview!</span></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b>
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-66629289198408562292012-10-16T22:13:00.000+11:002012-10-17T20:43:23.777+11:00LUCIFER'S HAMMER - THE BURNING CHURCH DEMO<b><span style="color: #e06666;">Another killer and criminally overlooked demo to come crawling out from the graveyard of the 1990's...<br /><br /></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />Lucifer's Hammer were a death/doom outfit formed in the late 80's in Michigan, this demo "The Burning Church" was their best output in my opinion. <br />Furious, chaotic DM in the vein of Nuclear Death combined with bleak, atmospheric doom abstractions from beyond.....<br /><br />For the Eternally Doomed ONLY!</span></b><br />
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-46807438961918265892012-10-14T13:59:00.000+11:002012-10-14T13:59:04.579+11:00SCHISMOPATHIC - Kharkharamaphatic Regurgitator demo 1989<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: cyan; text-align: start;">Another underrated gem lost in time!<br />Hostile Polish Grind from '89!<br />For fans of Pungent Stench(early), Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Fear of God...<br /><br />Listen and weep you modern grindcore frauds!</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HPJ9_7tEGSM" width="420"></iframe></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lN32uHtLlapnXkGWkwFMgzvIvc0mgelS4xDKt9v21hipzKHVCXkdJnNP_P5gEe5CFOnFMtLEomnfOV0DF_JCuNlWleUeoZP3ljp394m-7C72e_HSE5YT7H5I3MlIB_mEkSVbLUm38Tw/s1600/39219_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lN32uHtLlapnXkGWkwFMgzvIvc0mgelS4xDKt9v21hipzKHVCXkdJnNP_P5gEe5CFOnFMtLEomnfOV0DF_JCuNlWleUeoZP3ljp394m-7C72e_HSE5YT7H5I3MlIB_mEkSVbLUm38Tw/s320/39219_photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-45388939812076378582012-03-27T19:11:00.010+11:002012-03-27T20:39:46.666+11:00INVERLOCH - THE RETURN OF DISMAL DEATH<div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="text-align: left; "><span ><b>Below are some photographs I shot recently for my friends INVERLOCH and a preview clip from their upcoming full length on Relapse Records. </b></span></span></div><span style="text-align: left; " ><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>INVERLOCH is a Melbourne based band that includes two members from the </span>pioneering death/doom outfit <span>DISEMBOWELMENT.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">INVERLOCH play doom drenched death metal that gives more than a firm nod to not only their own legacy but also to the much welcomed revival of the 1990's ambient doom sound.</div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Their new album 'Dusk... Subside' </span><span>promises to be one of the few releases worth looking </span>forward <span>to in our present age that can still embody the </span>atmosphere<span>, heaviness and ultimate darkness of an era long past.</span></div></span></b></span><div style="text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span ><b><br /></b></span></div><span ><b><div style="text-align: justify; ">They will be playing Hellfest Festival and a bunch of European and UK dates this year, including performing their legendary album "Transcendence into the Peripheral" in its entirety at Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands this April.</div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Witness live or regret forever!!!!!</div></b></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><span ><br /><br /><br /></span></div><span ><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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font-size: 100%; "><span ><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AbFYV9I5xXE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div><span ><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rI5nZ5SAwWU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><span ><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><div><br /></div></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-87414391288970706502011-10-25T20:54:00.024+11:002011-10-28T21:03:57.566+11:00NASHGUL - GRIND FROM THE FUCKIN' GRAVE<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0x3w01HVrd_Wyu6e306Quy2-YnXXbsIpoY0ZSNeOMRsvLW-qquEzAmJu8wRsVwFGAsadvjVCOFuOc1T6t9uclgs2loVUUyqErpO2LP4tlRTChJrn78qGkA9U_BrFP2JUKzjidYfr__A/s1600/nashgul+banner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 470px; height: 809px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0x3w01HVrd_Wyu6e306Quy2-YnXXbsIpoY0ZSNeOMRsvLW-qquEzAmJu8wRsVwFGAsadvjVCOFuOc1T6t9uclgs2loVUUyqErpO2LP4tlRTChJrn78qGkA9U_BrFP2JUKzjidYfr__A/s400/nashgul+banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667373724857566866" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYGQPWjJ9K4jIoalwa5t-PIs3X8zF1az8dkf4Jp-F0si3aU42Zxs0J3wF_hSJj56MF1OTuE1xUUcSRapCvNvM_CA0egfW6_G8e2MqO0pj_VNYZWDrQNvrqtmlqWrjuc_COLOkT9sasyk/s1600/interview-nashgul4.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYGQPWjJ9K4jIoalwa5t-PIs3X8zF1az8dkf4Jp-F0si3aU42Zxs0J3wF_hSJj56MF1OTuE1xUUcSRapCvNvM_CA0egfW6_G8e2MqO0pj_VNYZWDrQNvrqtmlqWrjuc_COLOkT9sasyk/s400/interview-nashgul4.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667374365780832626" border="0" /></a></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height: 115%; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" lang="en"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;" lang="en"><span style="font-size:130%;">Spanish Horror Maniac's Nashgul are truly a “thorn amongst the roses” in the decom</span><span style="font-size:130%;">posing world of 'mode</span><span style="font-size:130%;">rn grindcore'; bringing back the violent and the ugly that has been severly lacking in today's generation of over produced limp-wristed-art-g</span><span style="font-size:130%;">rind.<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I talked to old friend and vocalist Santi to see</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> how these fanatics keep the flame burning...</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;" lang="en"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" >-Santi! Hola! Thanks for doing this in</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">terview</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">!</span><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Hey Reb! Great to be interviewed for Vomitose Zine, i owe you a beer...</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" lang="en"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-First off, Who and what is </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Nashgul? Who does w</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">hat, and how did you all get together? What did you set out to create with thi</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">s band? </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Nashgul are 4 freak guys from A Coruna and Ferrol, tw</span><span style="font-size:100%;">o s</span><span style="font-size:100%;">hitty citties in the northwest of Spain. We dont </span><span style="font-size:100%;">know how to play our instruments but we have a good time every t</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ime we get together to get drunk/high a</span><span style="font-size:100%;">nd play fast! I was not around when the band was created, so i dont know what intentions they were up to....but i think know is just to play honest music, pay tribut</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e to the stuff we lov</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e and </span><span style="font-size:100%;">travel a bit...if this changes, we are over!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" lang="en"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimghM07_ikY67GEInIURvDyq5B1B9ZWD_1FjHfsi2zhx3e42fSkcjc1322mQvCQopUCatIgHLpgkVEGzbMtw6C5FK6d4I6gjc9x5tOS2zfijgLoM1qCz6D2iot1gdZX4vsD2zL9cB7Lc/s1600/58342_115077971883059_115073528550170_108228_8190099_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimghM07_ikY67GEInIURvDyq5B1B9ZWD_1FjHfsi2zhx3e42fSkcjc1322mQvCQopUCatIgHLpgkVEGzbMtw6C5FK6d4I6gjc9x5tOS2zfijgLoM1qCz6D2iot1gdZX4vsD2zL9cB7Lc/s400/58342_115077971883059_115073528550170_108228_8190099_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667384370277817058" border="0" /></a></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-What influences you visu</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ally? Do </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">you have a Top 5 movies of all time you can rattle off for us? </span><br />Real life was more the influence in the past....and as real life totaly sucks now im stucked in fantasy and films haha....i would recomme</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">nd this movies to every freak interested: The Wicker Man, Easy Rider, The Trip, Psych Out, The Wild Angels, Las</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">t house on the left, Simon King of the Witches, Let sleeping corpses lie, Maniac, El jorobado de la morgue, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">60/70s Jess Franco movies, Lucifer Rising, Tigon Fil</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">ms, Jean Rollin, Jose Ramon Larraz's Estigma, John Carpenter, Romero living dead </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">trilogy, Lucio Fulci, Werewolves on wheels....and the list goes on and on and on an</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">d on.....</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" > <span lang="en">-Are you a typical metalhead like most of us when it </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">comes to being influenced by Horror movies?</span><br />Why do you think Metal and Horror works in toge</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">ther so obvio</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">usly?<br />Metal and Horror is the best combination ever when your teen hormones are burning inside you thus is the perfect way to release our darksid</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">es in a creative way! My ad</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">diction to Horror Movies started way before i knew about metal or fast music...so when i saw the 2 combined in Live after death frontcover , was the coolest thing in the f</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">uckin world! then came Impetigo, The Acussed, TSOL, Mo</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">rti</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">cian, Machetazo... I recently disc</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">overed this old doom band</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"> Blood Farmers, their only full lenght is a must!!! perfect </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">exploitation horror doom rock! </span></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">-You seem to be totally OB</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">SES</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">SED by all things horror and obscure. Do you sleep well? Wha</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">t are your dreams/ “NIGHTMARES</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;"> OF DEATH” like?</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">Nightmares come more from reality than from horror imaginary unfortunately! I would really love to sleep a bit more in the nights sometimes, but im a hyperactive</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"> bastard! Horror dreams are quite cool though.....love to dream about creepy </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">things and places, i should write some dream someday but my octogenarian</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"> memory and chr</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">onic </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">laziness don't help too much haha</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuFNJTT8m8Ih0Ja5evYqbAibEmzUhmKfvzQrmi0PrFW1m8wmO3bBAj0bKaNJMGYHt-3iU07Q7DIGbJgv_5WUMTcEJ73Ar_K5TTESlkE5cHwuamK6qtA5mI2_xTIFAb2s-pUuUOq2gkcw/s1600/l.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuFNJTT8m8Ih0Ja5evYqbAibEmzUhmKfvzQrmi0PrFW1m8wmO3bBAj0bKaNJMGYHt-3iU07Q7DIGbJgv_5WUMTcEJ73Ar_K5TTESlkE5cHwuamK6qtA5mI2_xTIFAb2s-pUuUOq2gkcw/s400/l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667379714691833186" border="0" /></a></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> -</span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Nashgul is obviou</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">sly a band that takes pride in reliving the past gl</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ory days of Grindcore ala Repulsion, Terrorizer, Warsore.. But wha</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">t do you think of this 'new age' of Grindcore? Do you feel Grindcore has any future?</span><br />I don't care about new Grind. My musical tastes are quite wide so i spent more my time lookin in the past for some good stuff (whatever the style) rather than keeping updated about the "scene"...anyway i love when a new ba</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">nd surprises me and makes me crazy, its like "there's still hope!!", some new grind bands i dig are Knelt Rote, Malpractice Insurance, Parlamentarisk Sodomi....i would love to be i</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">n touch with more good contemporar</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">y </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">grind bands...lets write and trade motherfuckers!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" lang="en"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-What are your top 5 musical influences? What are you listening to these days?</span><br />Top 5 Nashgul influences.....mmm...just the old grind stuff Repulsion, early Napalm</span><span style="font-size:100%;">, Siege, SOB, Unseen Terror, Bolt Thrower, Discharge, Autopsy, Brutal Truth...at least thats the "</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Nashgul-related stuff" i tend to listen more....im listening tons of music everyday from noisegrind or doom to early dub or electronics, lot of 70s rock.....too much obsession....lately im liste</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ning a lot Captain Beyond, Butcher ABC, Sore Throat, early Anal Cunt, Moho, Negative Approach, Grant Green, Spazz, early Judas Priest, Gism, Eskorbuto, Samson,Brodys Militia, Scientist, Black Hole, Confuse, Iron Curtain, Bram Stoker, Bulbous Creation, Clear Blue Sky, early Soundgarden, some soundtracks.....lot of different stuff!</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" lang="en"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-What is the social and political climat</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">e like in Spain/where you live? Is the environment </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">around you </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">an</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">y influence whe</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">n it comes to Nashgul?</span><br />People in general sucks so i dont think theres too much hope about this....Politicians use this stupid marketing shit of "choose your side"...its like too chose your fucking favourite football team..you choose "left" or right...you have yor newspapers, television channels etc </span><span style="font-size:100%;">to feel related and happy in your side and talk shit about the other while </span><span style="font-size:100%;">you convice yourself of their spoonfed "ideas", its pathetic....also we have now this revolution</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ary wannabees trying to be like the new hippies with </span><span style="font-size:100%;">their ipods......just another p</span><span style="font-size:100%;">art of the game! weakeners! the nightmare continues!</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-Tell us abou</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">t the scene where you live. S</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">pain seems to produce consistently great bands.. Are new recommendations?</span><br />Some great spanish bands everybody should check are Baron Rojo, Moho, Machetazo, Eskorbuto, RIP, HHH, Ruido de rabia, D</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">enak, Destino Final, Ras, Disturbance Project,One of these days and thee heavy random tone color lab, LFAA, Gruesom</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">e Stuff Relish, ....mmm, i think i would l</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">ove to do a mix tap</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">e/CD to anybody interested haha</span><br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlT1mqn37G4VNwRcroCaGcmHuDWiPdkExeDPNBthB7OCP8FrvUUOinpNa17_0e7me5iujs9kWPR8V0iPXitHio6npxtbJQlP6CPlQD7UiWxAqHnkiPkpIvj9PEd0QrTIsvvfQkQYzDOE/s1600/59987_115080381882818_115073528550170_108242_8363462_n.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlT1mqn37G4VNwRcroCaGcmHuDWiPdkExeDPNBthB7OCP8FrvUUOinpNa17_0e7me5iujs9kWPR8V0iPXitHio6npxtbJQlP6CPlQD7UiWxAqHnkiPkpIvj9PEd0QrTIsvvfQkQYzDOE/s400/59987_115080381882818_115073528550170_108242_8363462_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667384769056273266" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">-Where do</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;"> yo</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">u </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">play </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">lo</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">ca</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">l</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">ly? How o</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">ft</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">en do y</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">ou play live?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><br />We dont pla</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">y local shows ba</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">sicall</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">y....im </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">not really into play local shows really, and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">we dont play live since december last year anyway....we are quite lazy and inactive sometimes, then we get together and play live a lot or reco</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">rd some shit, but it just have to happen! no r</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">eason for t</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">his really haha....i really miss to play live, specially do some long tour but fu</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">ckin shitty daily life use to get in the middle of the plans so often....anyway we are going to do some kind of 10 anniversary show in A Coruna in December and also we are plannin some shows around Spai</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">n...Next year we will go to USA fo</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">r first time to play Maryland Death Fest and pro</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">bably play some other shows in the East Coast....really looking forward to it!!! I t</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">hink we will play more often after th</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">e recording </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">we just did for som</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">e s</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">plits!</span></span></div></div> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: left; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">-It s</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">eems lik</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">e in the past you guy</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">s have</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;"> done some pretty extens</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">ive touring throughout </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic;">Europe. Do you have good/bad memories from those shows or touring? Where would you love to play?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><br />I have lot of great moments and only very few bad touring experiences...Definitely lot of good moments, we are working class people so for us to be able to visit lot of parts of Europe was really a blast...i could never afford to go to lot of places i went (tourism sucks anyway). Bad moments involve only to have flu or some shithole we had to play in a couple of ti</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">mes..but i love to tour..play grind, travel and forget about the routine...its perfect and worth even though the few bad moments! I wo</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">uld love to play Japan for sure, Mexico or South America, Asia….any place we didn’t go would be great as long as people is enthusiastic about music…<br /><br /></span></span></p><div style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;"> </div><div style="text-align: left; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">-In the past Nashgul have mainly released split eps, with jus</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">t on</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">e full </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">length under your belt. </span> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Do you prefer releasing Nashgul in this way? What format do you prefer your music to be on? Are</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> you guys vinyl freaks? or the odd one out like me who prefer</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">s CDs hahaha</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQQg7zohHQ5dd7Za97aocKTdyflOmArDYgB96YK39oA7ucH1mc5wQl4GMv0kbwCaNacAODNQkTiCuXXdAzWsbcO7vx3OvB4CElTozW-KMvFHbIdUVfYfnj9knFkiJ5taJ-zN6Esom-Bk/s1600/100723-24-obscene-extreme-nashgul.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQQg7zohHQ5dd7Za97aocKTdyflOmArDYgB96YK39oA7ucH1mc5wQl4GMv0kbwCaNacAODNQkTiCuXXdAzWsbcO7vx3OvB4CElTozW-KMvFHbIdUVfYfnj9knFkiJ5taJ-zN6Esom-Bk/s400/100723-24-obscene-extreme-nashgul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667374917454499666" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en">We dont release more stuff</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"> because we are lazy and we work fuckin slow haha.....splits are more easy and funny to record, just make a few songs, go to the studio and grind!! We prefer vinyl for sure, but i dont discriminate music b</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en">y its format...if its something i love i just have to take it no matter the format vynil, CD or tape....music is</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en"> first but my fa</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="en">vourite format is vinyl. </span></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" lang="en"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> -What new releases have y</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">ou got </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">planned in the future for Nashgul? What can we expect to hea</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">r?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Some splits 7" with PLF, Crucifist, Total fuckin destruction and Malpractice Insuran</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ce....you are going to hear the same shit like always, just a bit more old school oriented, the vocals changed a bit from previous records and i think t</span><span style="font-size:100%;">hey fit better with the music , also I think now we</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> have better riffs, better lyrics and better </span><span style="font-size:100%;">bass sound....in the future </span><span style="font-size:100%;">i dont know, its hard to forsee but i would like to co</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ntinue in the search of our sound adding more old punk/hc influen</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ces and doom on the mix....lets see!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: left; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tzIZJb-6AsKOnh8FughIoKKUYvQeC3Q-sVZBzb_PbnHYl39u-EoPp9O31U33IAIDbtnLVD2TW6ajn-y-p_8ZwdT4mf5POmpna8L0ytJkPwPTeAEQT8i_-RmAxx2bD8O2D2ukceOjkCM/s1600/294587_229220123802176_115073528550170_636240_1738110357_n.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tzIZJb-6AsKOnh8FughIoKKUYvQeC3Q-sVZBzb_PbnHYl39u-EoPp9O31U33IAIDbtnLVD2TW6ajn-y-p_8ZwdT4mf5POmpna8L0ytJkPwPTeAEQT8i_-RmAxx2bD8O2D2ukceOjkCM/s400/294587_229220123802176_115073528550170_636240_1738110357_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667389399033653426" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">-Are you still on Power it U</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">p Re</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">c's? How has your experience been with this label?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><br />We dont have any commintment with an</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">y label...when we have some stuff ready to be recorded we talk with friend labels in order to do a release. Power it up </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">was the first foreing label that gave us the chance to release something..was fuckin great to be able to release a split with a band i was really into like Sewn shut, so Power it </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">up has our sincere gratitude, but we dont belong to anybody...</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">-Do Nashgul members have any other side proje</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">cts? How can we check these out?</span><br />We play/played in several bands like Hongo, Codia, Black Panda, Deadmask, Generic Death. i also helped in the past to LFAA and Machetazo, being a great pleasure both experiences! You can check everything on the internet go</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">d, everything belongs there<br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">-Nashgul has recently been added to the Maryland Deathfest 2012 lineup which is looking better and better.. How did this come about?</span><span style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" lang="en"><br />I wrote to Ryan asking if he would be interested in</span><span style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </span><span lang="en">Nashgul, he said yes and gave us great conditions so we said yes immediately! We are planning to play some shows across USA with Marrow, a band from Baltimore that sadly is not going to play in the fest but you can bet they fuckin rule!</span> <span lang="en">Yeah, its going to be our first time there...so im hoping to meet old/new friends there, play with some nice bands, check some nice places and get wasted watching fuckin Autopsy!</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXyPrDYgVMMnkntK6IqOTsFhnGrpXVGJzkdpaKp3F-qyUBFSDdGLLDG4lGoZdelaXTDJGGApZbFRM4B4rkxJQZ0-awLqBqgED4kaaGQAjhttQhPf_lGKGQzTGv98APqZxIKBtEyr26SM/s1600/MDF2012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXyPrDYgVMMnkntK6IqOTsFhnGrpXVGJzkdpaKp3F-qyUBFSDdGLLDG4lGoZdelaXTDJGGApZbFRM4B4rkxJQZ0-awLqBqgED4kaaGQAjhttQhPf_lGKGQzTGv98APqZxIKBtEyr26SM/s400/MDF2012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667385909789699026" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;"> </p> <p face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </p> <p face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> </p><p face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-Tell us </span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">about the influence for lyrics and art in Nashgul.The Nashgul artwork is always impressive, full of primitive skeletons and horrific looking hand drawn zombies.. Who does the artwork and lyrics in the band?</span><br />The artwork is mainly made by Luis and the lyrics by me. Hes a professional drawing artist working in a daily job doing that, and also working for bands, festivals and so on..you can check his work at </span>www.sendonluis.com </span></p> <p face="times new roman" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PyMN-auxaIE" allowfullscreen="" width="420" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-What do the memb</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ers of Nash</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">gu</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">l do in your daily lives? What do you guys enjoy doing outside of Grindcore (if anything)?</span><br />Beside work (or being unemployed) I spen</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">d almost all my free time between music, movies and books! Also I love to spend lot of time in the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">countryside or in some solitary beach, we have nice gloomy landscapes here in Galicia so its always nice to have some outdoor doom sessions with the good friends haha…</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-What are your thoughts on New Zealand and Australian bands? Do you have any</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> in</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">terest in our tiny scene over here? Are their an</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">y particular countries or scenes that really interest you?</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">I love WARSORE!! one of the best grind </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">bands eve</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">r, raw and angry like grindcore is supposed to be!....Rupture, Blood Duster, Mournful Congregation.... of course AC DC, and one of my favourite bands ever is australian.....im tal</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">king about BUFFALO, their fir</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">st three LPS are fuckin masterpieces...Volcanic Rock LP rules so fuckin much!! a rockin psyche</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">delic kick in your face with some of the best artwork I ever saw!!! “Only want you for your body” LP comes close</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"> as well… Also gotta say you int</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">roduc</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en">ed me to some early New Zealand punk bands that I totally dig! Looking forward for more kiwi old school stuff…yeah!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-Th</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="en"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >anks again Santi! Insert your dying words below....URGH!</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Thanks for the interview Rebe! Vomitose rules but you have to PRINT IT again!! haha…… UP THE IRONS!!!!</span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGA2R66-xaQBQ-8DiRYP2gziF0hoWQzapCLIIirDKTjPqFzoRfcrdrOP4omFyhim9l9FY-MAVyqgxwwv3not3bPC9xQWv3ni6Xgf4QZtnaMmLiBK4QBx7OlhIOGZLs-kh0fk9eojs8C8/s1600/conqueror_worm_poster_02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 576px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGA2R66-xaQBQ-8DiRYP2gziF0hoWQzapCLIIirDKTjPqFzoRfcrdrOP4omFyhim9l9FY-MAVyqgxwwv3not3bPC9xQWv3ni6Xgf4QZtnaMmLiBK4QBx7OlhIOGZLs-kh0fk9eojs8C8/s400/conqueror_worm_poster_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667393376738054898" border="0" /></a></span></p><table width="2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="TOP" width="2"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-62894304092502120662011-10-23T20:32:00.036+11:002011-10-24T20:34:02.234+11:00DILEK BAYKARA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKpnRmoaXrReHozxhT4sRXEZTaOq3NPGBAAMRjuk7WauRtm6NMAeVYQynaBbj5ZzHKFdMbk7R25ivPjV6PJQDllg9dB_Dr1evyS9UsahyonWFtEKlZ9uUu2HZ0FZDJKoJsSR1Y7pSCCY/s1600/The_Witches1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666637518687695122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 325px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKpnRmoaXrReHozxhT4sRXEZTaOq3NPGBAAMRjuk7WauRtm6NMAeVYQynaBbj5ZzHKFdMbk7R25ivPjV6PJQDllg9dB_Dr1evyS9UsahyonWFtEKlZ9uUu2HZ0FZDJKoJsSR1Y7pSCCY/s400/The_Witches1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLMgKhVabVt4luoBwaolyWPkfT9Jlsd-MxWJJOveYEJCRG_bxW2znJNOfgfL3qEQ6uy08YPQpdYbOpI4z6thuDr98h-E7NwEC1BFVZZ50dy9e9rUXrBX6VpsCoVIOdHoiNCoWinLuLEE/s1600/mmmmmmm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666944976442800194" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLMgKhVabVt4luoBwaolyWPkfT9Jlsd-MxWJJOveYEJCRG_bxW2znJNOfgfL3qEQ6uy08YPQpdYbOpI4z6thuDr98h-E7NwEC1BFVZZ50dy9e9rUXrBX6VpsCoVIOdHoiNCoWinLuLEE/s400/mmmmmmm.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGORk4TuPQ19Cg3ymQIuTkH8367zvp6e1_vlTjv-4tu40e4jCcvAPjs6eUlqqMN8VBWvrhjsGtcB8thJWZwuW_cWhjvwhtN76WCJh1_QADC-5bkEfGFJxgc838g-Hy249To9ErM9D4HU/s1600/headertitle1.png"></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> <em>Di</em></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#ffffff;"><strong><em>lek Baykara is a female illustrator spreading morbidity and decay from out of the stinkin' sewers of Brooklyn, NYC. A leader in the forever-lacking underground of gorey female artists, Dilek has rapidly made a name for herself within the international metal scene creating disturbing and dark shirts, posters and flyers for bands such as EyehateGod, Pentagram and Sourvein to name a few.<br />Dilek's illustrations suck you in and spit you out, her lethal mix of femme fatale attitude and the ability to hypnotise her viewers attention with every deadly stroke makes her someone I was extremely interested and proud to interview for Vomitose!</em></strong></span><br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong><em>Dilek!! I hope you survived the 'Hurricane' okay.. Were you in any of the areas affected by the flooding? Whats been going on there and what have you been working on lately?</em><br /></strong>I'm glad I did, Although I was in a "safe" area in Brooklyn I decided to flee to my hometown of Sussex County, NJ since I wanted to work on my artwork without interruptions. I've been working on a poster for the upcoming WEEDEATER show in Brooklyn as well as a few other commissions.<br /><br /><em><strong>-Tell us about the origins of your artwork. Have you always been into the 'darker side of things'?</strong><br /></em>The origins of my artwork began around since I was old enough to hold a writing utensil, Whenever my parents bought me books I completely covered the insides with my drawings, they were mostly drawings of weird dinosaurs and my family members. I was not into the darker things growing up as a child/pre-teen, because of my traditional Turkish upbringing. I just kept drawing because I loved to do it. My work became darker when I first got into music and I decided to become serious and experiment with my art around the age of 14.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong><em>-Have you always worked in your current style? How has your style evolved? </em><br /></strong>Certain elements in how I draw have stayed the same, but the way I render subjects have changed dramatically, since I have learned so much over the past couple of years, I prefer things to look very realistic, while maintaining my own style of line work. The more I was drawing the more I learned how to be more advanced in my approach. I still have much to learn.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWq8rx6zpw4m-7U3LhAbm_BS69K8lyZ4MTpKgA8-q7L77aJcbZ641JeYExJgJYz_SQ-JKw9wFGM0-zM7WIgS2IMth9LG2XPr9CoA4LjvnsgvmO4z4LROCnDTvAFHrZYW9pMZpcfFGR2M/s1600/36254_1803293048806_1434244459_31965060_5702357_n.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666960633703175970" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWq8rx6zpw4m-7U3LhAbm_BS69K8lyZ4MTpKgA8-q7L77aJcbZ641JeYExJgJYz_SQ-JKw9wFGM0-zM7WIgS2IMth9LG2XPr9CoA4LjvnsgvmO4z4LROCnDTvAFHrZYW9pMZpcfFGR2M/s400/36254_1803293048806_1434244459_31965060_5702357_n.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666951913033008290" style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 394px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPS4bPSdWznYlCrDET8iYMCl0Wk2yfjXN5C7ql81uJlW6nF6NwMrktrUm6SJ-I1L4po_x8avtS2tHx8EQpP40njBqazJaqhOPcCLH2cdRlbaz9AuuTLUew86ZJ9TUERm3Vu4AwRiGL1_Q/s400/1burialinvocationanatomiasplit.gif" border="0" /><br /><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVr2mAbNIMfD1-asl-ycKDKIvrqhU_8cp-mBuUnNLL0KwxF8XDQxj3UI-pMuQLJlli5kQysWEkTYvRJYqVOR_1Q19aratBjvyv_wzt4F7cgghmLtpeSBERwO3h4Ba0_A1HR4Ct5SVJPCk/s1600/001.jpg"></a><em>-Who and what are your main influences? Visually/ Musically/whatever......?</em></strong><br />My main influences in general would have to be my mother and my high school art instructor, they have always stood by my side and pushed me to do my best no matter what, I always keep this in mind when I create work for myself or others. </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><br />My main Visual influences are Audrey Kawasaki, Vania Zouravliov, Franklin Booth, Harry Clarke, James Jean, Aubrey Beardsley, Berni Wrightson, Putrid, Florian Bertmer, Ken Taylor and Joao Ruas. I often look at these artists to see how they work, I discovered Audrey Kawasaki when I was 15 and she changed the way I drew faces forever. Soon afterwards I found out about Vania Zouravliov. He's my favorite artist and I have a piece of his tattooed on my arm. When I started doing work for bands I discovered artists like Putrid and Halseycaust.. seeing what they do empowered me to forge my own path. I like to think I am a mixed up version of most of my influences, I can't help but take what they do and make it my own, it is all part of my process.Music has a very strong influence on my work.<br />All of my work (in the past 2 years) has been based on a song. My latest piece has been based on a Sarcofago song. Music inspires me the most when it comes to creating work. I especially take the time to read into lyrics <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVr2mAbNIMfD1-asl-ycKDKIvrqhU_8cp-mBuUnNLL0KwxF8XDQxj3UI-pMuQLJlli5kQysWEkTYvRJYqVOR_1Q19aratBjvyv_wzt4F7cgghmLtpeSBERwO3h4Ba0_A1HR4Ct5SVJPCk/s1600/001.jpg"></a>when I really get hooked on a song.. that tends to spark ideas for new pieces.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666959398158900898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0Zvwh1MzlnCdjbQoV5hxC514P48ZtgTBibR5VQI17237SJhFMh6f4y52C7YI0sTlylQUno7evXIr102GN_xG3R86cYbXcdGeMHddoKULe1THZa5qWk-hT2mOVtsiuuzdHvNgPrZ69O8/s400/164006_1787978345948_1434244459_31926281_461809_n.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong><em>-I know you study at the 'Liz Buckingham' School of Visual Arts haha..Do you work other than doing art? Like a 'day job' so to speak?</em></strong><br />Yes I do, I'm approaching my Junior year and I can't wait for it to be over. Currently I have a job at the computer lab at my school. </span></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong><em>-</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvm2WPiJGySnfUQ5K23OByJCNQzX9TrzMjZGQMFynIEB2Q_KTz07wQpBh2W0xra_PxOfc_AgQwxoq6XhwNC7VSkRnipzGKQCq_godZHrD5hkvgd_-Nc8YF8cQFeQI7n9BgPZ-vbIL6Xo/s1600/ghosty.jpg"></a><em>You mainly do work for bands and labels these days. How did you get involved and whats some of your best/worst experiences been so far? Do you enjoy working with any type of bands specifically?</em></strong><em> </em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZvAQ-x2c_A-82mabAZmBULG7de8vsTJL6TiqFMoBj78co1aGp_1XH9ES6Ol9Olrg5qg5jMeYva7ZuS2Vou9X8EM7zssOiAswT38syawh94XSOvFOjrG5dWwsY-WawsEVaVXAA82mB7Y/s1600/ghosty.jpg"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666964068357071586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZvAQ-x2c_A-82mabAZmBULG7de8vsTJL6TiqFMoBj78co1aGp_1XH9ES6Ol9Olrg5qg5jMeYva7ZuS2Vou9X8EM7zssOiAswT38syawh94XSOvFOjrG5dWwsY-WawsEVaVXAA82mB7Y/s400/ghosty.jpg" border="0" /></em></a><em><br /></em>It all started when I was 17 years old and living in Philadelphia on scholarship for a summer program at UArts. I met my first boyfriend who was in a band at the time. I mentioned that I could draw and he immediately wanted me to draw something up for his band, It all snowballed from there as I met more people who were in bands/ involved in music. I drew a shirt design for his band and never got paid. Any experience where the artist is ripped off is a horrible one. I don't want to waste my time with bands that have no intentions to pay me for my efforts. Though there are circumstances where there will be an exception, such as my friends who are touring and are in need of a shirt design. It is the nature of this "business" unfortunately. Punks and Metalheads tend to be broke, and if someone is a no name artist starting out this is going to happen to them plenty of times, but the more work artists make for bands the more they will become noticed, so "paying your dues" will help artists in the long run. On the other hand I have begun to have great experiences, I have done posters for bands I admire and have made money off of my artwork. There is nothing like walking to a show with a portfolio full of heavy posters and wondering if you will sell them all and leaving with an empty portfolio feeling like you are doing something right. The way I felt leaving Ghost's recent performance at Webster Hall with my empty portfolio is a something I will never forget. It was exhilarating. </span><span style="color:#6666cc;"><br /><br /><strong><em>-How much input do bands have when it comes to the creating process?</em></strong><br />Bands rarely give you full reign over subject matter, most of the time they ask for sketches of their ideas before the piece is finalized for them. In some cases it becomes a great experience for the artist to create whatever they like, and to have the band give them feedback on what needs to be changed/redrawn. It really depends on whom you are working with. Some bands completely trust your judgement whilst some bands have a specific image they would like to uphold for themselves, and it is your job to deliver. The process tends to be exciting either way because I love tackling a hard challenge.<br /><br /><em><strong>-I know you recently did some artwork for a skate deck. How did this project come about? Is skateboarding/skate art something your interested in? Do you have any interest in the gods of skate art like Jim Phillips etc?</strong><br /></em>Yes, for KCDC Skateshop in Brooklyn, NY. It all began when I was selling my posters at EYEHATEGOD, Towards the end of the show I completely sold out but decided to take down the emails of people who still wanted a poster since I had a few extras at home. One of them happened to be the owner of KCDC. When I delivered a poster to her I noticed that the shop collaborated with other artists. Later that night I emailed her asking if she was interested in collaborating with me and she was really excited to have me do a skate deck for the shop. I'm very interested in working with skate shops/companies because I think it will allow me to branch out beyond band artwork and tackle different subject matter. I have much respect for Dennis Mcnett, Jim Phillips, and Mike Giant. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQqO-YmGXnwtKpzraA3OmHT1o0_dvA_W0rG6izD_S_i90YtZUIlz6gZlMyRkNDlHrls8zu6PmnnTNatKr9lb-H51eacaMiKjnuKEHRMNqsHnRNOq_UYw-HxEVsmFtPzZxjt2n-fBNCnI/s1600/134057.jpg"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666948844823263074" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQqO-YmGXnwtKpzraA3OmHT1o0_dvA_W0rG6izD_S_i90YtZUIlz6gZlMyRkNDlHrls8zu6PmnnTNatKr9lb-H51eacaMiKjnuKEHRMNqsHnRNOq_UYw-HxEVsmFtPzZxjt2n-fBNCnI/s400/134057.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /></span><span style="color:#6666cc;"><br /></span><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong><em>-Where abouts do you do most of your drawing? Do you have a specific space or studio?</em><br /></strong>You can find me in the SVA Print lab or at home hunched over my drafting table 6 or 5 days out of the week.<br /><br /><strong><em>-Do you use a lot of reference material to create your artwork? Or is just weird stuff that seeps from your brain onto paper?</em></strong><br />In rare cases I tend to have a very strong image in my mind when I have a great idea, I definitely need reference such as taking countless pictures of myself on my laptop in order to draw bodies in correct poses or drapery. I have a good amount of art books that I use for reference and look at my favorite artists to see how they work and it helps me put things in perspective for myself. Google images and certain tumblr blogs are also a guilty pleasure that I often use for certain things such as trees or rotting skeletons. </span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhZYc_vVgtJWNU4LsGQF1x7acAyoSoS7e32MPr-jpnkzSCmZd62mKvawlaZVbLhZBi6whLd_vnhnHs6aeicN8iCRDbtolZc5gccabpiqQBgMsNbNSVUQQuGubseHaLBGKEEGRtoS7FNk/s1600/73988_1701532904866_1434244459_31753603_8044134_n.jpg"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666632840822498466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 343px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhZYc_vVgtJWNU4LsGQF1x7acAyoSoS7e32MPr-jpnkzSCmZd62mKvawlaZVbLhZBi6whLd_vnhnHs6aeicN8iCRDbtolZc5gccabpiqQBgMsNbNSVUQQuGubseHaLBGKEEGRtoS7FNk/s400/73988_1701532904866_1434244459_31753603_8044134_n.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><em>-"Serious” females in the underground metal scene are often few and far between.. You seem to be forging your own path where no other females have really gone recently in terms of this style and this scene. How do you feel about being a female in a male orientated arena? Do you find it intimidating or liberating?</em></strong><br />I really don't give it much thought because I find myself really easy going and don't feel like I am a "stranger in a strange land" I don't think I am the only one because there are women like Halseycaust and Alexandra Snelgrove doing work for bands and I certainly am not the last. What tends to annoy me are women who think they are "special" because they know a lot about metal music and it is somehow seen as a rarity these days, I don't really think it matters either way and people who continue to behave like this will emphasize the fact that it is a male dominated genre rather than treating it like a unity of people who are passionate about this genre of music. I do realize that there are less women around but I don't think the amount is scarce. Although I have met some females who "dress the part" I don't mainly target females as doing this since I have met many males that do this as well. I believe it goes for all genres of music "scenes" because there are just some people who try too hard to fit in.<br /><br /><strong><em>-How much of your work is done on photoshop/computer? What sort of medium do you prefer to use?</em></strong><br />I despise photoshop and try to use it as little as possible, none of my work has been created using photoshop, except for very rare cases when I need to "clean up" an image after it is finished. All of my posters have been hand drawn/lettered. I take much pride in the fact that I don't choose the "easy" way out because it robs the artist of the process of working. I don't feel like I am creating art when I am sitting in front of a computer trying to render an image, it just doesn't feel right to me. I love to work with pen and ink, I also prefer better materials over cheaper ones, I love using Sennelier inks and my Cretacolor watercolor palette, As well as Fabriano and BFK rives paper. The better your supplies are the better your work will be.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666955859124976402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS3gjHjcNCiK0BgRi9o1L66tIji9jfwa8WaxRHb8IKe8S6Uny91BmknwDJbLxWP1HJYbAxGICksPBpKKdNp9JFzhl7VLvq75wQJsvHxANoV8oG1dQ1z68sfEbymR-vVYIcojgdPMizuI/s400/302581_2456037687014_1434244459_32790231_1431776736_n.jpg" border="0" /><strong><em>-Have you ever shown your work in a public space like a gallery? Would you like to?</em></strong><br />Not until recently! I am finally going to have my work shown at St. Vitus bar on Sept 25th in Brooklyn, NY. It's a group show and I'm very excited to see the turn out.<br /><br /><strong><em>-What was the first record you ever bought?</em></strong><br />The first lp I ever purchased was "Some Girls" by the Rolling Stones. It was in the Used section at Vintage Vinyl in NJ. I was around 14 or 15 at the time.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666963379869643042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEird-1bbrqgH5swdceh1jY4K47-lKeF_72j_TnLhgsK1a9_HXQoKD8l7c7Tmv4IeVh4tUmztloJf-k6_kQG_gka2Cj4DUW1KhgLMkvS3Cc4t1jCZ14RZo8ihhBRtmT7cFstFN_qwzgwQsE/s400/268334_2268038387149_1434244459_32582010_2214478_n.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="color:#6666cc;"><strong><em>-What are your top 5 mandatory albums that you feel 'sums you up'?<br /></em></strong>"Screaming for Vengeance" by Judas Priest - I have the album artwork tattooed on my right arm, It's one of my favorites. The Void side on the Void/Faith split - This band is one of my favorite hardcore punk bands, so angry and raw. The song "My Rules" sums me up. "Dynasty" by KISS - My favorite album by one of my favorite bands."Powerslave" by Iron Maiden - Their best album."Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath - The title track on this album made me freeze in my tracks when I first heard it. Essential.<br /><br /><em><strong>-What can we expect to see from you in the next few years? Have you got a 'dream project' in mind?</strong><br /></em>I hope to branch out and work editorially, for magazines and for other clients outside of the realm of music etc.. while still continuing to work with bands. My ultimate dream is to live off of illustrating for others. I'd also like to open up a space similar to Tara McPherson's "Cotton Candy Machine." Fingers Crossed.<br /><br /><strong><em>-Thanks so much Dilek! Can't wait to see what you come up with next!! Feel free to leave some contact details 6ft below!!</em></strong><br />Thank you for your time Rebecca!<br />Dilek Baykara </span></span><a href="http://www.dilekbaykara.us/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#6666cc;">www.dilekbaykara.us</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#6666cc;"> </span><a href="http://www.blogspot.com/dilekbaykara" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#6666cc;">www.blogspot.com/dilekbaykara</span></a></div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#6666cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666638255752313250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgeudtxUhzNu4pLauv1F57MMAJfyhlaU9OAMsJcBGEM7ZGqLWcOy8ya965KmaBjeFyznsvRt-S3-4CDJ5ZGEgR-7oTpDXRhIF6MU2cO_MEPZilSMHj7c_R7cGI-7QXPta6IUV4ND9Uxk/s400/timthumb.png" border="0" /></span></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-41823981193642030332010-02-24T21:49:00.006+11:002010-02-24T22:19:43.519+11:00Rippikoulu - Musta Seremonia - FINNISH DEATH METAL FROM THE GRAVE<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441763098145505938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJh8fEl1FIaFo2tVqjybu_kCeFcaLKw_LpktvJnomCiMSQP9o3G4j14iqgv7163sb8rsKANRaIEbP3L6D7G4nc1GnJKVFythEOrw6MmCbjchaX_QOjFHyIWrgEua8KGsWhQaB59R1Jmp0/s400/18921_logo.gif" border="0" /><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#66ff99;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;">This demo is a invaluable artefact from the days of the once godly 80s and 90s Finnish death metal scene, and after years of trying desperately to track this demo down to no avail and impatiently waiting for someone to put some cash into reissuing it, recently SVART RECORDS has reissued this demo into an amazing LP and CD, with shirts available too..Half a dozen tracks of some of the most miserable and abysmal death doom to date, this is truly an absolutely classic piece of early death metal in its most primitive(and finest) form!!<br />GET IT NOW OR REGRET IT!</span> </strong></span></div><div><br /> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441765867197011746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 363px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jhYC8w7L87LotSLHOAOLaREFlOvpKSCZ3ef658hoQpPJPIW_r8pT9Mqxn9r2RkX4_pWU2pvKJGLWitypWaDIvJIPVWwEF68vvU3JL_OQRaMavb3yyP-ojgGSN6Cev_G8QvzTZb2vrTQ/s400/28u19hs.jpg" border="0" /></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-82357367061572772962010-01-10T00:20:00.008+11:002011-03-12T07:19:10.758+11:00DISMA - VAULT OF MEMBROS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYzDfoHCgDpXfqkkeu0zP1r-EjbIiOBi8Kd-Pm4Ub9-Rp1EK5x35PNEuryDXu7ImGQjUm6p5UUlDVNzC6BxfIx02ZBL9Fr7RllDXQWzC8NnU-hqWuLuZz7wiOKHg9WBvaeFEp9GRmUTE/s1600-h/3540292739_logo.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424733555350784610" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 232px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYzDfoHCgDpXfqkkeu0zP1r-EjbIiOBi8Kd-Pm4Ub9-Rp1EK5x35PNEuryDXu7ImGQjUm6p5UUlDVNzC6BxfIx02ZBL9Fr7RllDXQWzC8NnU-hqWuLuZz7wiOKHg9WBvaeFEp9GRmUTE/s400/3540292739_logo.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424737540078263058" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 181px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWV5ynEjju41kPthJP9lOfpE9lta3tumZi1fn_Q13pm0RIx7SIV8I5UVD62L13XjapbHgI7xBV1x37NLR6K-MzjsWqyxcAztb14XUEWRlqZakT8WPH5qvdDao61yFo8ZMNRJR5fJLzy0/s400/253018.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Disma is founded and viciously executed by members of Funebrarum and Incantation, and aside from reputation alone being enough to check this band out, this recently released three track demo tape ‘The Vault of Membros’ is one of the precious few releases of late that’s seriously blown me away.. Well, enough to waste your time reading about it anyways..<br />Over the past few years, Death Metal bands new and old have appeared to have either totally lost the fucking plot, or are just in the process of an embarrassing fall from grace; Disma however is a band that is surprisingly innovative and simultaneously unyieldingly ‘true’ within the ominous sound and dark legacy of the 1990’s Finnish and Swedish death metal scene as well as the devastatingly heavy acts of early US death metal such as Incantation, Morpheus Descends, Autopsy.. Overflowing with bleak and brooding vokills and set against a backdrop of turbulent, intensely hypnotic riffs of Pure fucking Death, Daryl Kahan and Bill Venner’s riffs swarm with morbid throwbacks to (un)godly bands like Abhorrence, Xysma.<br />Two out of three songs on this demo are epically over 6min long, and being on cassette the production alone is raw enough to please even the purist of DM sticklers I would imagine...<br />Considering this is only a three track demo, DISMA and the brutality yet to come is indeed something to look forward to..<br />Pick up the demo via </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dismadeathmetal"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-family:times new roman;" >http://www.myspace.com/dismadeathmetal</span></a><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424736621915220322" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 361px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibq4dC3KPgnR9293MEp49koSiVNOaAIbzQunYvrSMfvI27tX4uCtSQfY3pA_lAua0ogiYXyQGdPPGgdRDhONInuBcaERQKc74uX9uPX30BqnVJRYcYWeU-p-lMkgmsr0AGpCx73XEN2_g/s400/l_23f715386bdd41428bf4fcf6aa3ba545.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dismadeathmetal"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></a></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-77668744191510515472008-09-17T18:40:00.016+10:002011-03-12T07:18:46.012+11:00CATASEXUAL URGE MOTIVATION - VOMITOSE issue 2 2006<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8cqehBIEmDGfK_4vvXoO9YUCuV2gO5O7GZJhJIvgEKJ59-gequBwlcwa47h0vyymAWtBK3TGlpKgRjoE0KW4NcbGjqwEnduFig0iw63KzTUbZClQHd9Jb4nDNJeBX7lZ0qH_7Va4cDc/s1600-h/ca1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246914712752324002" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 463px; height: 237px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8cqehBIEmDGfK_4vvXoO9YUCuV2gO5O7GZJhJIvgEKJ59-gequBwlcwa47h0vyymAWtBK3TGlpKgRjoE0KW4NcbGjqwEnduFig0iw63KzTUbZClQHd9Jb4nDNJeBX7lZ0qH_7Va4cDc/s400/ca1.jpg" border="0" width="440" height="219" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Most of you will (should!) already know the cult death/grind masters of the bizarre, Catasexual Urge Motivation. Throughout the 90’s these 2 Japanese murder-obsessed perverts produced some of the most original and insanely complex death/grind to date.Catasexual Urge Motivation is the true showcase of cruelty and bloodshed translated into music, music for serial killers!!!This interview was originally in 1997 by Chris for issue 4 of Subcide Zine(NZ) which never eventuated.<br />Please note - the contact and merch details at the end of this interview probably aren't relevant these days, so don't go sending your cash or love letters to any of the addresses below.<br /><br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246924340772110354" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6vfCXTEjI-d7Vaqwi0ojDFCAf8zVueFJaSvjXVwD988L9NEVQcpcB3HFbp2WxUuTjbUhWJqqnljUIaEflg-lqBeKYoVHCVKUr-l9HlXaWmgyELwrHutNaEvC6Bj1xe5cibRWcF1IdwQ/s400/ca2.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">You have some really long and bizarre titles for some of your songs. Please give an explanation for each of the following titles and give a brief description of each of the songs lyrical content:<br />- The Man Who Aimed At Maximum Murder To The Greatest Pleasure<br />- He Shot Her Down And Ate Her Flesh, And Then He Said "Excuse Me For Living But I Preferred To Be Eaten Rather Than To Eat"<br />- I'll Confess Everything That I Have Ever Killed 5 People And One Was A Little Girl<br />- The Legacy Of A Serial Killer Lives On Forever Due To Their Uncanny Ability to Capture The Interests Of The Worlds Spectators Through The Extreme Quality, Quantity, Method, And Results Of Their Actions.</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Okay, I will try. But most of our song titles talk about what the song contains in it when you read it. That's why they're quite long. Well, "The man..." is about a man who did that, hahaha. He wanted to have world's record of killing. We named it because the song fits for the title I guess. "He shot her down..." is about a Japanese cannibal called Issei Sagawa who killed (shot his gun) and ate Dutch exchange student (female, of course) in his Paris apartment in '81. This song is a kind of his confession that he wanted to eat her but his actual motive was to be eaten by women. He still wants to eat women. "I'll confess..." is not my idea and I don't know exact content. 99 % of lyrics were written by my younger brother in Japanese. This song is really weird and I asked him for a strange song title. I think the lyrical content of the song is related or similar to "He shot her down...” a confession of a serial killer. "The legacy of..." is our newer song that will be featured on our second album and the demo version is now on the 'Shadows of Michelangelo' magazine's compilation CD sampler. What I can say about the song is that just read it, feel it, take it and swallow it. Sorry that they're not brief descriptions as most of them were written in Japanese. Sometimes I sing in Japanese, sometimes not. It depends on what kind of mood I am in. It's really hard for us to say philosophical words in English, so Japanese parts remained that are about philosophy.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Please tell us about your current CD release "The Encyclopedia Of Serial Murders". Are you happy with the way it came out, production and recording wise? What sort of reaction and level of success has it gained? Are you happy with the promotion and distribution Deliria Productions have given it? Has the CD gained C.U.M. any interest from any other bigger recording labels? How can readers get hold of it? </span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" >At the time we recorded and mixed it, we were really pleased </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiol3erNLf2jqcEr8PpTvTbi3WWWjn8XNtH8x_TnihY35H1i1e1SAyDcKAPDUaQhkvu9yzs7TjfpcbSh0RWzWDPkFGa0htOhEtog38m7muJNMAlE1Suk4ScwsqimG6k5FAXvVwIR6g2RIY/s1600-h/c3.jpg"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" ><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246916102690363506" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiol3erNLf2jqcEr8PpTvTbi3WWWjn8XNtH8x_TnihY35H1i1e1SAyDcKAPDUaQhkvu9yzs7TjfpcbSh0RWzWDPkFGa0htOhEtog38m7muJNMAlE1Suk4ScwsqimG6k5FAXvVwIR6g2RIY/s400/c3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" ><br />with it. We re-recorded some of our previous songs because they're not as good as we wanted. And so production goes, too. We just wanted a very extreme album with sickness and heaviness. I honestly think we failed the production. Because we have now really good sound compare to the CD tracks. We think the CD is our best at the time, but not in the future. To be honest, we want to re-mix most of the songs and re-release it with new vocals on another label who might be interested in our second album or something. We think first album of a band is very regretful and we felt so. Probably I won't be satisfied with our second album, as I'm a perfectionist. It depends on how the label will support us to record it, financial and promotion wise I mean. We just gained with the album a debut. We've also released other several stuff but the main focus is albums. We haven't gained other than that. I think I'm not really happy with the promotion and distribution the label has given us. Frank of the label is my personal friend and I understand that he's many plans and his own life and of course busy. He's a dedicated and trustworthy guy but I think we won't release anything on the label as he hates Death fuckin' Metal but we're Death Metal. Hell no, we haven't have any other offers. We have now a new promo tape that contains brand new 5 songs and they will be featured on our second album, and let's see what happened with it in the future. The debut CD can be purchased from Deliria productions, c/o Frank Riesinger, Martin-Luther-Str.23, 71636 Ludwigsburg, Germany for Europe/$15, world/$18 (airmail) or $15 (surface). We don't have many copies left, so order directly to the label. Thank you.</span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Exactly who is "Cyber E.M.F/chaos"? Why is the brother of the Sadochist so perverted? Where does the drum machine come into all of this?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cyber E.M.F. is our machine-made drummer. It's a machine but has attitude. I help the programming but the actual sound came out from within the box. Yeah, we're so perverted because we love fetishism, S/M art, torture, cannibalism, vampirism, bloodshed, bizarre tales, macabre story, etc. I like weird sex. To use drum machine is my idea and this way there will be less argument between members. We're two-piece and brothers, so there will be no line-up change. One more reason is that we're influenced by Industrial music rhythm-wise. That's why we use it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">In the year 1993 how exactly did Catasexual Urge Motivation go on a journey to search themselves and try to become the sickest band that ever existed?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Beyond description. That's why we're here and brutal and sick and heavy as fuck.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Your band bio mentions a number of already recorded releases that aren't out yet such as "Cyber Gore" an industrial album, another album called "Fantasy Wants Victim" and also a MCD of cover versions called "They Made Us Extremely Sick". Please tell us about each of these releases. What compilation tracks have you recorded and for what compilations were / are they recorded for?</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Cyber Gore" meant to be just a fun listen. At the time we recorded it, we're really into Industrial rhythm and we thought that if we re-arranged a normal Grind/Death song to very industrial oriented one, that would be cool and we like the idea. So far we've recorded 7 Industrial version songs for it but never sees the daylight because no one has been interested. Probably in the future, it will be released, at least I hope. But 'hope' is senseless. I hate 'hope'. Perhaps, there will be no hope. I don't know. "Fantasy Wants Victim..." compilation album was meant to be released on V. records but the label ripped us off. Also Gulli records offered us a deal but they also refused, as they're too busy. What a joke!!!! Both labels offered us but they quit to release it. I don't really mind because the album is just a compilation album recorded various dates/sound. It's not our second album. I'm sure the album won't be released. We also don't want to. It's too late to release it. We've progressed, and the songs on it we aren't really pleased with today. We used some tracks for upcoming cass. EP's. Cover MCD also was a plan. We asked to some labels with it but they didn't want to release cover album. We just wanted to say 'thank you' to those who we covered, they're innovators of Death/Grind. I don't know who will release it. Maybe not. It also was just fun to record them. Probably there will only be second album next time, I'm not sure. Compilation CD's that we contributed so far are: 'Shadows of Michelangelo' magazine comp. CD sampler (already out),<br />Ecocentric records comp. CD, Dolphins records comp. CD 'Stranger than Paradise pt.2' (two fuckin' years delay!!! but not out yet), Visceral productions comp. CD, Extremist records comp. CD, Fuck You records pop song cover comp. CD, and a couple more. All of the tracks are unreleased.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GfPUtW5qk-6tIsgZfa5I24jRtXWiuMbEe9Rmn1hyjUTfieJpLxUOCUNJY0cmy43U8GYwwsHPQBCKFeW2Eqg86jrR5qw3JP5GOoVGUVAAVb2GnCkXHDabEDDyKHKwv06mIr8Wd5hDmRM/s1600-h/ca3.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" ><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246919420564039586" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GfPUtW5qk-6tIsgZfa5I24jRtXWiuMbEe9Rmn1hyjUTfieJpLxUOCUNJY0cmy43U8GYwwsHPQBCKFeW2Eqg86jrR5qw3JP5GOoVGUVAAVb2GnCkXHDabEDDyKHKwv06mIr8Wd5hDmRM/s400/ca3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Early 1994, Catasexual Urge Motivation found a new dimension of sickness, morbid perversions, and ultimate gore in philosophical views, which strongly involved the following things. What do each of these things mean to you?<br />- Serial Killers:</span> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I like serial killing more than mass murdering. We don't worship murderers and killers like most of bands that write about that. We're psychologists of murder and we perform psychological aspect only. Serial killers have most unique mind to do research for. I'm very interested in why they did it, what they thought, what was the motives, etc. Human beings are all slaughter and our history proves it. But modern crimes, especially serial killing is not really simple to talk about in a word. So that is a most definite topic.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Mass Murderers</span>:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A man talked to himself about how many people have I killed. This is the reason he cannot count because he cannot stop killing. Murder is his life. To kill is to live. This also is very interesting as above.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Sexual Homicide:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Man killed woman because of his sexual desire. Murder is erotic. He knows it.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Torture:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To hear screaming of death is what I long for. It shivers me.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Rape</span>:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is not physical movement. To rape one's mind is the one I wanted to say. First the mind, second the body. Talk to her sweetly and give slow death with raping.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Cannibalism</span>:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You know the ancient history. We ate each other at the time. But now? Religion doesn’t allow us to do that. Animals eat animals, and we should eat people. This is my opinion. And this is my opinion on cannibalism. It's not illegal.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Vampirism:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Believe it or not, I really wanted to become a vampire at my younger days. I was possessed. Vampire is my father. Blood is my mother. I am a vampire, too.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Mutilation:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Murder is art. What do you use when you draw or build a sculpture? Dead body just lying on the floor is not interesting to me. To make it better, that means to mutilate the body and create an original sculpture with the body. Human body is a canvas. You can paint it, cut and paste it, taste it, move it, and feel it.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">- Sadism:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Violence. Anger. Hatred.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">You guys have a really cool Web Site "Murder Web" on the Internet. Please tell us about it.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We started it almost two years ago. Since then, I became an Internet junkie. It's not perfect yet. I'm studying about the Internet and web site. Our site is almost always under construction but stop by, if you dare. The world's most brutal site I'm sure. I've added to it an access counter in Feb. '97 and since then, nearly 5000 people have visited. I think our web site is not just a band's site. I also will start up a homepage building site called web TECH studio.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">What is your opinion on the Heavensgate mass suicides? Where do you think the 38 dead are now that they're shed their human bodies? Who do you think was right, them or us?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I know of it but not exactly. There's always somebody using religion to get earned money or to be famous. You know the Aum Supreme Truth in Japan, Branch Davidian (I forgot the spell!!! Please correct it if I wrong.) etc. is current happenings. I wonder when somebody will use the Internet to do that. I think Heavensgate is Internet version of People's temple.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">I've just gotten hold of the Catasexual Urge Motivation / Egrosid split cassette from Crust War Tapes in Australia. Please tell us about it. Why isn't this release mentioned in your Discography? What's the story behind the cover of Madonna's "Like A Virgin" you have featured on it?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I haven't received it yet. We don't count rehearsal tapes as our official releases. I'm not satisfied with the label's job. I think there will be one or two rehearsal tapes around but I haven't heard them. Do not buy it, hahaha. The idea of "Like A Virgin" cover is that Fuck You records wanted us to do a cover song but not Metal song. The offered us a cover song from pop music that should be re-arranged to extreme music. So I choose Madonna's song. I'm a music junkie and have listened to so many music genres. To play Metal cover song is really easy but to play pop song cover is very interesting because we changed (destroyed, if you ask me, hahaha) everything that original song has. As I said, the track will be featured on F.Y. records' comp. CD soon. Watch out. I think the cover version is really crazy. The most hyperultrasupergruesomedeathnoisegoremetal cover tune as far as I know. What do you think?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">What are Catasexual Urge Motivation’s plans for the future? What merchandise do you have available? Last comments?<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >Soon to be out are "What do you kill for" cass. EP on Icy Illusions records (Czech) and split cass. EP with Negligent Collateral Collapse (Czech) on Bizarre Leprous prod. (Czech). Both material includes remastered tracks from "Fantasy Wants Victim...", never-released album and some extra new songs and remixes. And comp. CD's that I mentioned earlier will follow. After that, we should get a deal with good and trustworthy label for our second album which entitled as "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law". I guess it will be out within 1998. It depends on label interest. The album will be the most definitely brutal Death Gore Metal. Can't wait to record it. The followings are currently available from the band:<br />'Rape Trauma Syndrome' demo '95...$3 (5 songs)<br />split demo with Goropsy' demo '96...$5 (9 songs)<br />split 7"ep with Squash Bowels...$6<br />split 7"ep with Slough...$6<br />'Satsujin Live' studio live session '96...$5 (17 songs)<br />'Shadows of Michelangelo' magazine comp. CD...$5<br />4 bands compilation 7"ep 'Hungry Urinary Urn'...$5<br />For our debut CD, order directly to Deliria productions (address above).<br />Thank you for this great interview, Chris. Really a great job. Very informative and well thought out questions. Thanx again. So long.<br />CATASEXUAL URGE MOTIVATION<br />C/O TOMOAKI KANAI<br />1-26-3-204, MIYAGI<br />ADACHI-KU, TOKYO, 120<br />JAPAN </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >E-mail: f4033684@ca.aif.or.jp</span> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246920181374920834" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jj_3KbeKS-Fe1nFjE_6v47e90JbWVntFMRAsHD_DCggkG76FVGlXVX262zp6L6I1IMBYyo-QXrU7Ybem8f1mKLHHUMcf5p97hWp2N5zf-M8GVJaL91BQEqbicHHLyI3LjaZrpLDeM34/s400/ca4.jpg" border="0" /></span></span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-40740452254264151162008-09-12T15:50:00.021+10:002008-09-17T20:17:17.347+10:00GEHENNA INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE issue 3 2008<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBVK3U6iLMfiG7JtIbS_Z7Y60GAMS9bo-24OuywcVzjkbwkOSD-xo5CVTqEXD7C89FcnSfFp6-dE7rCDlW4Dk9tHDlZD_9ce0qFvYHfz-re6w4Z295XsjS0_6cmeNfhVZw0dPxGJo0QM/s1600-h/ge11.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245012672569140130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBVK3U6iLMfiG7JtIbS_Z7Y60GAMS9bo-24OuywcVzjkbwkOSD-xo5CVTqEXD7C89FcnSfFp6-dE7rCDlW4Dk9tHDlZD_9ce0qFvYHfz-re6w4Z295XsjS0_6cmeNfhVZw0dPxGJo0QM/s400/ge11.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#999999;">The following Gehenna interview was conducted by Rob Nabbe from Insult/Skulhog a while ago, originally for his own printzine that hasn't quite e<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoW4vy1SJAWJs-AzI-afuxpRvLiT6TefFIupPqBfqSverDO9JfmGvcvvdjfNnocM0ZCBUIglU96jPBXMMmUCmDkG9K0GWMH7Dc09KE3eF5ZYJpnRlpMGPn3348YbxsdTjOAKVQzEPN02w/s1600-h/genehha.jpg"></a>ventuated as of yet. Needless to say I was more than happy to take it off his hands! Big thanks for this interview, and your generous donation to Vomitose 3 Rob!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSP3jpdQtqIENTYOPdV5PIPBDwCC0BY87zXMaeVG0vjLDPt_WoHH-zTjxIGb8ASqs8CznFpfrNO-6_SVKkrTa9yk7yAb4wk3up-mzsxzJdVeUmpClkD7fltW93dn-c19Xkl2NxeXyUEM/s1600-h/genehha.jpg"></a><br /></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#cccccc;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Being one of my all-time favourite bands for about 11 years now, I’m very pleased to introduce you guys to Orange’s GEHENNA.<br />Rabid HC/Thrash with a violent and commanding live-presence.<br />Bow down before the seven crowns as vocalist Mike Cheese and I discuss nun-whores, hovercrafts and Turbojugend amongst other things.</span></strong><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#003333;">Where to fucking start? How are you doing? If I had to believe all the rumours and gossip out there, you guys would either be dead or in jail somewhere. As a band and especially as a vocalist, GEHENNA has a violent reputation. Fights, stabbings…etc…<br />Would you like to comment on this subject-matter?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Fuck! Where do I start?!? I guess I'm doing alright. I've been staying high (from one thing or another) and managing to survive without too much along the lines of a job. So all in all I guess that's pretty good. I've been able to stay away from cops and out of jail. Most of the rest of the band has been doing the same. All of us have been working on other project bands, recording and stuff too. As far as the reputation and rumours about GEHENNA being a violent band...<br />The only thing I'll say about that is that life is violent. GEHENNA is just a direct representation of the violence in life. We don’t make music about "The Good Times" or the days that were the "Best of Times" or any of that stuff because those things in life are temporary. They are distractions from reality. And while everybody likes to feel good there are plenty of things that a person could take to distract them from life. Our music is based on the belief that violence and anger are far from being a rare phenomenon. They are the central and unavoidable parts of human nature and key pieces of human survival and existence.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><span style="color:#003333;">I witnessed you guys play in Europe about 10 years ago and I can understand where those rumours are coming from. In a scene filled with spineless, wannabe thugs and tree-hugging hippies exchanging poetry and walking barefoot, a raw-ass Punk/Metal-band Like yourselves stands out musically and attitude-wise. Stuff like HELLHAMMER and GG ALLIN bizarrely come to mind when listening to GEHENNA</span>.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Of course HELLHAMMER and G.G. ALLIN are huge influences!! So are bands like SARCOFAGO, INFEST, FU'S, and G.I.S.M.! All of those bands were devastating in every aspect. They all have had a huge impact on every member of GEHENNA and they still influence the music we write today.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#003333;">GEHENNA shares it’s name with a bunch of Scandinavian Metal-bands.The overall grim vibe of your music can be compared to early ‘90s Black Metal stuff like DARKTHRONE and BURZUM. Do you think those bands have things in common with you guys?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">It's funny that you say we "share" our name. We had it first and like I already told them, they are welcome to fight us for the name if they have the balls to. They wear dresses! What are they gonna do to us? Fuck them. I'll piss in their fucking faces.<br />We are the only GEHENNA that ever existed. Those fucking pussies are lame. As far as what we share with DARKTHRONE it is probably in the sound and feel because we listen to the same stuff. I'm sure Fenriz and Noturno Culto have really similar record collections. They also seem to write music the same way we do and have similar end results. I think they play live as much as we do too.</span><br /><br /></div></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245021262506346210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVAAvgBN1sJgqIir5KZo7v936E1o5z6M2rZFr3hgU21WM5iceJrwblF1MV_871zglyw6FVY9RPWHs75_o_FXgmtvJ096e4dmv1aflEcZ976kO7-_NQX_jigQ59JwAxrzBYQeFQAOWzZM/s400/gehennappp.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003333;">Wehehehe!! I recently read this book dealing with that whole scene (‘Lords of Chaos’) and that BURZUM-clown is definitely fucked in the brain. Believing there’s some sort of connection between aliens and the Aryan race. What about the link between nun-whores and hovercrafts? </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;color:#003333;">Do you think they are as menacing as the media wants us to believe?<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I think Varg Vikernes wrote some great music at one time. I think his big mistake though was that he believes that one race of people is better than another which is ridiculous. All people are shit. For him to make the weakest electronic shit music now as a reaction to how much he hates "Non-White Music" proves he is fucking confused. It is kind of funny though. It's like he realized how many dorks and losers liked his band and he did everything he could to insult them. That is funny as fuck. I kind of like him a lot for that, but the new music does suck. But the thought of making the worst shit records to make money of off idiots is funny.<br />It's like Seth from ANAL CUNT's band VAGINAL JESUS. Funny shit. As far as the link between aliens and Aryans go, I think they are quite similar in the fact that neither of them exist. There is no such thing as a human of pure Aryan bloodline. And there is no such thing as alien life. Which is the same as nun-whores and Hovercraft. They both exist and are key pieces to the sexual dreams of every man and woman on the planet. But that is because the media makes nun-whores out to be much more slutty than they really are in day to day life.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#003333;">Whatever… Can we expect GEHENNA to release any new shit or Tour Europe soon? It’s b</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuViqRBULB0Ttrfe9RZ8yP37nSoEm3GNxB5D5OT94M8jWG-T-DlqDd7-6O9mQRtM741LsPpRvIe_3FCHABpPRlODjuYIT9Fv7OMqWid_GycjNJ_zRYwQ3Yjb3y_hRNgC3fvvHWSPvbGfM/s1600-h/gen2.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#003333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245015049229337106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuViqRBULB0Ttrfe9RZ8yP37nSoEm3GNxB5D5OT94M8jWG-T-DlqDd7-6O9mQRtM741LsPpRvIe_3FCHABpPRlODjuYIT9Fv7OMqWid_GycjNJ_zRYwQ3Yjb3y_hRNgC3fvvHWSPvbGfM/s400/gen2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#003333;">een way too long.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#003333;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Touring won’t happen, cause we are only in the same city to practice and record for about 2 weeks one time every two years. One member of the band lives in Reno Nevada, another in Phoenix Arizona, another in Portland, Oregon, On in Santa Cruz, California, and I live in the city of Orange, California. So the shortest distance between any of us is a 5 hour car ride. So we never practice unless we are going to record. And playing live sucks too. I hate going to places and sitting around hearing stupid bands and hearing stupid kids talk about stupid things. I hate trying to get paid after the show. I hate all of that shit. I'd rather just record music and release records. Then I don’t have to deal with that shit. We are working on some new stuff right now. I got a tape in the mail of 3 new songs recently so we should have something on the way pretty soon.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Talking about Europe. You’ve recently made a trip overseas involving the WELTTURBOJUGENDTAGE, am I correct? I found out by accident that you’re a member of the Jugend-chapter of Orange County. Tell us about that and why people should give one flying fuck about TURBONEGRO (besides the fact that ‘ASSCOBRA’ and ‘APOCALYPSE DUDES’ are briliant).</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Yeah, I've spent about 4 months on and off in Europe between March 2004 and May 2005. I spent most of my time in Madrid, Spain. But I also went to both WELTTURBOJUGENDTAGE ..1 and WELTTURBOJUGENDTAGE ..2.<br />I'm in TURBOJUGEND ORANGE. I'm not in that bullshit-assed ORANGE COUNTY shit club. ORANGE COUNTY is a fake chapter full of Christian wimps and Jesus freak- nerds. TURBOJUGEND ORANGE is all guys who hate the fuck out of religion.<br />Fuck the county! The city of ORANGE is all that will ever matter!! Let those county sissies go to church and suck shit for a living. TJ ORANGE will be at the bar, or the record shop!!! Personally I don’t care if people like TURBONEGRO or not.<br />I like them because they are great people and great musicians (yes even Hank) who seem to get better with every record. Have you heard the new one (at that time), PARTY ANIMALS? Just a bunch of songs.<br />It’s fucking flawless!! They mix a ton of great stuff together and come out with one of the best records of the year! Any band that can do that and still stay true to themselves are inspiring to me. Like NIFELHEIM for example. I've always thought they were the best Metal band because every one of their records is increasingly devastating! When I saw them live at the Sweden Rock-fest in 2004, I was completely fucking blown away! Now I'm positive and will say without a question that in my opinion NIFELHEIM are the best Metal band playing music right now!</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#003333;">That’s cool…Never really looked into NIFELHEIM, but than again I’m not into Black metal. Who seems to be into Black metal, is Hank von Helvete. What the fuck is up with his make-up?? Kinda looks like Alice Cooper wearing a couple of widespread assholes around the eyes!!</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">I'm not too sure what's up with Hank’s make-up, you'll have to ask him.<br />I like those guys a lot though. They are all really good guys to hang out with and they all like great music. Just ask Tom about the GETO BOYS. Or talk with Chris about THE CRO-MAGS ‘Age Of Quarrel’ LP, or with Knut about AGENT ORANGE. Those guys are all fun guys to drink with too. And they didn't even give me any static about smoking crack either. You can’t beat that</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color:#003333;">Can we ever expect GEHENNA to perform live completely denim-clad with sailor-hats and shit? That would be good for a giggle!!</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">No!! That will never happen. I'm the only guy in the band that is in the TURBOJUGEND. I think everybody in the band likes the music, but I'm the only JUGEND member. I know for a fact that everybody in the band enjoys rock and roll.<br /><br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245026052320586674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ19bVafOCEYlX0rUr0cAU5H51ouZ2UOYiTjf34XPK4OEs1QhmHDhZkrYtWBZuvdLXwueOLZO7eqCLG4NTrKD3ahqIP3uNewtF3iLrSWy6j0dmAI0iZs4Ve1IcFbJiBhwYLmsFLCiqI8/s400/7headedBeast-only-AlbrechtDurer.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><span style="color:#003333;">Since R’N’R is all about sex, drugs and violence. You seem to be the party-type. Alcohol, weed and cigarettes are my weapons of choice. Rumour has it you guys had a bit of a rumble at a show in Belgium with some Hardline Straight edge-crew, because you guys broke ‘The Edge’</span>.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Yeah!! Drugs, booze, and cigarettes are some of the best things that ever happened to me too!! A lot of sXe kids took that shit personally though, but I don’t give a shit. Kids make up bullshit stories all of the time. Nothing really bad ever happened at all in the U.S. or Europe. Sure, I bashed in some kid’s face or a guitar hit a guy or whatever, but most of that shit is all rumours... I guess in all of those rumours there is some truth in them. No one has ever tested GEHENNA without getting fucked up. So to all of the "chat room historians" talking about how they're "gonna shoot me for beating their friend’s brother", think about it first before you try to test my knuckle-game. I've never really cared about going to jail or if the planet has one more newly maimed, or crippled or scarred up motherfucker on it. I don’t care about sexism, so I WILL beat your girlfriend or sister up too. Think about it. What is a computer-geek gonna do to a guy who is wired on speed and numbed up on PCP, that has no reason to live??? Nothing! Stay at home or in your seat in the restaurant or on the other side of the club.<br />You don’t want to get hurt or fucked up!!</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisthKJLp-umxKYIUFUx7lpYHmOObqpPqRQot3GpU6RkyRhAPQ8zFCKlejX9s4oqIS-_lRKw6crHkXitB4fx2wyEoNYW-z42ubv8SNTlVdcoDXwL1k_l0HCw-2_2HWbTfG_Fn9ad0hkI3E/s1600-h/311286_l.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245015053571573426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisthKJLp-umxKYIUFUx7lpYHmOObqpPqRQot3GpU6RkyRhAPQ8zFCKlejX9s4oqIS-_lRKw6crHkXitB4fx2wyEoNYW-z42ubv8SNTlVdcoDXwL1k_l0HCw-2_2HWbTfG_Fn9ad0hkI3E/s400/311286_l.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color:#66ff99;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Settle down, homeboy!! Wehehehehe!! Punk rock is getting way too fucking soft these days. The element of fear is totally missing at shows. As a young kid it was fucking exciting and scary to go to Punkrock-shows.<br />The big Skinhead and scary Punk-types are replaced by Spock-haircuts, sandals, backpacks and rich-kid gangster clowns practising the latest Mosh moves in front of their whore-mom’s mirror. Do you still feel related to this scene at all?</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Without a question Punkrock has gotten too soft. But fuck, Metal is too soft now. Rap is too soft now. Everything is too safe. All of the bands look the same and sound the same. It's so safe and contrived it is fucking pathetic. That is why I don’t even want to play live. People don’t even deserve the pleasure of seeing GEHENNA. Bands don’t even get the chance to hear our shit and try to understand it any more. So that is why I can’t relate to almost anything anymore. I think anyone that likes GEHENNA will understand that.<br />If not then fuck them!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#003333;">Years ago you were doing this little record-label called REVOLUTIONARY POWER TOOLS. Are you still involved in releasing new talent? And more importantly…Is there any talent left out there? Any cool bands we should know about?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">I'm not releasing records on the label anymore, but if I were there are only a few records I would want to do. Bands like CITY SCUM, the ORPHANS, VAGRANT VINNIE AND THE INSTIGATORS, are all great Punk rock bands. TAFKATA, LANDMINE MARATHON, BEYOND THE GRAVE, are all really ugly violent sounding bands. And the PLAYERS CLUB is the best classic Rock and roll band I've seen in a long time. The BINDLE STIFFS are a great Country and western band, I loved seeing them live. My friend Flo from Austria and I went to go see a surf band called the DUO TONES that were fucking amazing!!!<br />I like checking out new bands but I hate scenes and shows, cause most of the bands out there suck.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Right, get ready for this one. If you would be a fucking superhero Mexican wrestler fighting prehistoric Japanese beasts and ex-girlfriends. Who would you be and what special powers/weapons would you benefit from in battle?<br />Don’t give me that crap about leather moustaches or sailor-hats!!</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffffff;">That is a tough question!! I guess I'd have some magic dust I would inhale through my nose to turn me into a tireless fighting machine. Or alcohol-acid vomit and blinding clouds of menthol smoke. I guess I'd be called something like THE SUBSTANCE ABUSER.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtCJTvnc1D_Hgab1QXdEAFe8AIVt-qN6PdOAkWXHE-PgHq7-qpRaiVnEWtdiT3RhfZUkEpqMOk_S9gJBi_3VzQaMeJ4sKDua3wCOIC_s4IBNIQOcMGQhvz4J4xxk-nC1tcKf4j3FnNcI/s1600-h/geh1.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#003333;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245022326301471842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtCJTvnc1D_Hgab1QXdEAFe8AIVt-qN6PdOAkWXHE-PgHq7-qpRaiVnEWtdiT3RhfZUkEpqMOk_S9gJBi_3VzQaMeJ4sKDua3wCOIC_s4IBNIQOcMGQhvz4J4xxk-nC1tcKf4j3FnNcI/s400/geh1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#003333;">Right, good answer. Mike, I would like to thank you for your time.<br />Is there anything you would like to add here? Any diseases we should definitely catch? Declarations of war, love or any bogus religion you’d like to promote?</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">Get fucked up, and show no remorse!!</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Cheers, man. Take it sleazy and catch ya later.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;">Since this interview took place a while ago, I can inform you guys that GEHENNA has started playing shows again. They’ve already done an American tour about a month ago and is about to release splits with the likes of REPROACH and CALIFORNIA LOVE.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245013400001118754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLuF-tnQEJ7jvAnSV0W5sIgeUOyUjMsKpwMjVnMg4FNXu7r_FTpgPwi-Wj_NjdyvYhsHc5ja2oRaDYkCtPZXt8RhnFjKbDqj39hG4CEn87cCci7BA6OkueS3Luwj_v949pMvDiec9Hgc/s400/gehennashirt2.jpg" border="0" /></span></span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-31136619540697555072008-09-06T14:44:00.013+10:002011-03-12T07:18:09.808+11:00ABRAMELIN INTEVIEW- VOMITOSE issue 3 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KKboIKgd7UtQTn-G110U6zR5hroumaNrFNsya6pQiBAtCAPqJDRKd1S6LbOurjON5u-Qp1f14gyvAMbIX8M35ry48A7KCAXI5eMaO9BDfxpVwVSTwCvaMaYpGhBfcao3wksq8uSmsic/s1600-h/abramelin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242770029612182258" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KKboIKgd7UtQTn-G110U6zR5hroumaNrFNsya6pQiBAtCAPqJDRKd1S6LbOurjON5u-Qp1f14gyvAMbIX8M35ry48A7KCAXI5eMaO9BDfxpVwVSTwCvaMaYpGhBfcao3wksq8uSmsic/s400/abramelin.jpg" border="0" width="370" height="172" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Despite long periods of inactivity and only 5 releases since 1988- ABRAMELIN, formerly “ACHERON” were one of Australia's most legendary Death Metal bands. Chris Vomitfiend interviewed vocalist Simon Dower about Australia’s historic Death Metal scene, and how Abramelin made their mark.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw76JbVFHKTgFF0jrmysjG79vaw-fnKB_0yi-D5R_p_zvqL1qnoX1BLWgMIAxejAtZSVZFVWcIeyC4DYQIJi4C1PtqJjB-3sSSab2Ha3JVDBq_A2ITfotwhjqxOiSOJhIlCs1Oh6Au-t4/s1600-h/s_p6.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242767426952928098" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 312px; height: 366px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw76JbVFHKTgFF0jrmysjG79vaw-fnKB_0yi-D5R_p_zvqL1qnoX1BLWgMIAxejAtZSVZFVWcIeyC4DYQIJi4C1PtqJjB-3sSSab2Ha3JVDBq_A2ITfotwhjqxOiSOJhIlCs1Oh6Au-t4/s400/s_p6.gif" border="0" width="263" height="325" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It’s been almost 7 years since the release of your last album ‘Deadspeak’, although ABRAMELIN has never been known for regular releases. Is the band now a rotten corpse or should we expect to see another album in 3 or 4 years time? In 2002, the last time I saw you, you mentioned that ABRAMELIN were going to record another album and do a tour. What happened to that?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To my knowledge Abramelin is well n truly a maggot-riddled corpse, quietly decaying beneath the earth… sorry, got stuck in lyric-mode. Ah yeah, it’s all over as far as I know. I really don’t know what happened? We did the Cradle of Filth national tour and then we just sort of lost contact with each other, there was never a final decision made that the band was over, it just sort of fizzled away…<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What are you thoughts on ‘Deadspeak’? Do you prefer its more professional sound over the rougher sound of the older ones? Why wasn’t the usual ABRAMELIN logo used on the cover?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I wasn’t very happy with it to tell you the truth. I liked it pre-mastering but I thought they mastered it way to loud and it distorts on most stereos. I also thought it was a little too clean and sterile, our music always sounded so much better live in my opinion. We decided to change the logo for no particular reason, the artist came up with that design and we were happy to do something a little different. At least it gave people half a chance of working out what we were actually called, I was quite shocked to find out that not everyone is well schooled in reading death metal.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Going back to the ACHERON days; the change from the ‘Eternal Suffering’ demo to the ‘Deprived of Afterlife’ 7”, released only 2 years later, was pretty noticeable. What influenced the band to change like this?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I think learning how to play our instruments and sing helped a lot. At that time we were all listening to early demos of Carnage, Entombed, Grave, Morbid Angel, etc., all of which had a definite influence on our song writing and overall sound, that and just the natural progression of the band’s direction.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Rather than just random, nonsense lines thrown together, which is something I hate about a lot of bands’ lyrics, yours are like short stories. Have you ever thought about writing a horror novel?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Why thank you, I’m glad somebody noticed. I used to spend ages writing and researching my lyrics, yet, ironically, being a death metal vocalist, most people had no idea what I was saying (unless they had a CD sleeve). I have always been an avid reader of horror fiction (Brian Lumley, James Herbert, Graham Masterton, early Clive Barker, Lovecraft, etc.) as well as a keen collector of horror films from all over the world, these two elements provided more than enough influence for the lyrics I wrote, so you are quite correct in saying that they were like stories… that’s exactly where they came from.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">On the topic of horror, I know you’re a massive horror movie maniac. What are some of your favourites and why?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Here we go, I hate being asked this question. Not because it’s predictable but just because it’s such a hard one to answer. It’s like<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBezxdgccbsVwu0qWKj1igPsIsdskk8GwdqK25C0_3frakkcWOluWok8iSRwE8pQLp02Oxh8ZmN-9rA9Aac9ikISWcyrMh0CIn5aJ_SZu9gAxy-b6X1OBOcsTehYSRUpoVfqntc5Y_j4/s1600-h/simon3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242767944933491186" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 266px; height: 350px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBezxdgccbsVwu0qWKj1igPsIsdskk8GwdqK25C0_3frakkcWOluWok8iSRwE8pQLp02Oxh8ZmN-9rA9Aac9ikISWcyrMh0CIn5aJ_SZu9gAxy-b6X1OBOcsTehYSRUpoVfqntc5Y_j4/s400/simon3.jpg" border="0" width="186" height="321" /></a> saying, “You’re really into music. What’s your favourite song?” Let’s just say that I have been consistently watching horror films for 30 years and am not about to stop. I have no idea how many I have seen and have many favourites for different reasons. I will say though that one of the best I’ve seen in recent years is the UK film, The Descent. Now there’s a real horror flick.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I heard that Peaceville showed some interest in the band at one stage? Is this true? Did any other larger overseas labels ever contact you too, other than Repulse Records?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yeah the Peaceville thing rings a bell, not sure what happened there. Repulse ripped us off. The good folk at Relapse helped us move a few copies in The States and my friends at Nuclear Blast & Century Media helped us out in Europe but that was about it from memory.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Quite a few ABRAMELIN reviews I’ve read said that had you come from a country like America, rather than from Australia where you didn’t receive the same exposure, you would have been more popular. Were you happy being an underground band or would you have liked ABRAMELIN to become one of the better known Death Metal bands?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yeah, I’ve heard that from a few folk, especially o/s. I’m sure that if we were located o/s that we would have developed into something bigger n better but we weren’t and we didn’t. Personally, Abramelin was always a hobby for me, I never really had any great aspirations to be a big rock star, I wouldn’t have been in a death metal band for starters if I did. I also love Melbourne to bits and had no interest in re-locating myself o/s just to see the band progress. In answer to your question, I would have liked to have seen the CDs do a little better o/s but I was never really up for getting over there and promoting them.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">ABRAMELIN and ACHERON played with some of the biggest Death Metal bands to tour Australia. Who was your favourite to support and why? Do you have a favourite local gig or festival that you played?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yeah, there were a few really good ones. I’d say the friendliest guys we played with would have to have been Cathedral & Napalm Death, both crews were very relaxed, did not have their heads up their butts and were happy just to chill out and have a beer. On the other side of things, the least favourite artists we toured with Cradle of Filth (well, just the singer) and Paradise Lost, who thought they were of U2’s status and way better than anybody else. Most other bands were somewhere in between</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">How did you discover metal? Which bands got you into it and what drew you to them? Is it considerably different to what you are listening to these days</span>?<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">My first delving into the dark side was when I got Kiss’ Destroyer, followed by Dynasty in the late 70’s. Not to long after that I purchased Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast in ‘82 and it was on, everything after that had to be heavier, nastier, faster, etc. Not too long after that it was Halloween, Kreator, Bathory, Sodom, Destruction and what ever else was going on in Europe at the time. By the late 80’s I was heavily involved in the underground death metal demo audio tape trading scene. My god, cassettes! Remember those? And doing it all by snail mail, no e-mail back then kids and definitely no downloading! The rest sort of went from there. What am I listening to these days? I don’t listen to too much metal these days apart from a bit of Entombed, Acid Bath and a few other old favourites. I tend to listen to a lot more electronic and other unusual genres but never anything mainstream.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">How did ACHERON originally come together? Were there any disagreements on what type of metal to play?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Acheron was originally formed in 1988 by myself and a bunch of other local guys from the metal scene, a group of like minded folk who just wanted to get a metal band going. I don’t think there was ever to many disagreements on the type of metal, we just wanted it to be as heavy, fast and nasty as we could possibly make it. That’s normal isn’t it?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Have you ever been a part of any other bands other than ABRAMELIN / ACHERON, either permanent or even just session?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yeah, and sharing band members is a pain in the butt, ask anyone. We had the guitarist from Necrotomy and the drummers from Damaged & Blood Duster. None of them ever worked out although Matt from BD was with us for a while.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Some of your lyrics are based on Hell and being dead. What do you think happens when you die?</span><br />I think that we spend eternity floating around on cloud playing shit religious tunes on a harp at passers by. Well, that’s hell, as far as heaven goes… Seriously though, I’m a believer in karma and reckon that we’re here till we get it right, however many times it may take. After that…</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242768979514497778" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzP6HKL_qHmoRrF_zwreUoeIQmyO0fomZGeMkHD9Xp04Qpet8A-r3zSvyp0CmnKFLDYYlcX6ikQLJ7X6hfbvKSkDzvjNtwEcBkJEC57EjqhmtscmAcnk4q1zc2ytUcD1zi6ta2N0WLPE/s400/35942_photo.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">You would have been into metal for a while before Black Metal really took off in the early 90s. What did you think of all that? Did the ignorance of Black Metal vs. Death Metal piss you off? I read in an interview with DECEASED from about ‘93 where Mike mentioned that a “Black Metal Mafia” had sent death threats to bands like DISMEMBER, ENTOMBED and UNLEASHED. I wonder if they were even aware that some of the Norwegian Black Metal bands they loved so much started off playing Death Metal and bands like DARKTHRONE love stuff like AUTOPSY, NIHILIST (Swe) and old DEATH.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I was a HUGE Bathory fan in the late 80’s so I wasn’t really taken by surprise at the whole black metal explosion. What I didn’t like about it though was that that crew bought a lot of violence, religion & politics into a scene that was all about horror fantasy. I never got the Black vs Death metal; I found the whole thing VERY immature and saw a lot of friendships destroyed by it, some with myself included. Many (not all) of the BM crew started taking themselves way too seriously and forgot about all the fun, the reason why they should have been there in the first place. I think that some really good BM evolved out of all the trash that flooded the market around that time though but I was never really a fan of the genre. Not brutal enough I say, I like always liked it deep, dark, guttural and gory. There’s no room for politics & religion in metal as far as I’m concerned, let alone tinny guitars, corpse paint and over sized codpieces.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What are some of the rarest and most prized possessions you own, metal related or otherwise? I’m pretty jealous of that old GRAVE shirt you’re wearing in the picture on the back of the ACHERON 7”, although I’m sure it gets even better than that.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Not much these days I’m afraid. When I was right into the whole tape trading thing I used to write to a lot of bands and get all sorts of shit sent my way. I had merch personally sent to me from Entombed, Amorphis, Grave. OLD and a host of other bands. It was always like a bit of a competition in the Melbourne metal scene as to who had the rarest shirt. Pretty funny stuff when you see most people doing the opposite in other scenes. My real prized collectable stuff was always my horror movie poster collection and horror film models that I made.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The cover art for the ‘Deprived of Afterlife’ 7” and ‘Eternal Suffering’ demo are fucking killer! I’m guessing you drew the ABRAMELIN and ACHERON logos too? Do you still draw often? Did you ever do artwork for other bands?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanks for that. Yeah, as well as watching horror, writing about horror, singing about horror and reading horror I used to like to draw a lot of horror too. Can you tell that I went to a private Catholic school? Does it really show? Ha ha ha. Apart from doing cover art, gig flyers and what ever else was required for us I also did a shirt for Melbourne band Disembowelment. I also drew up some pics for a 7” and a couple of demo covers for international bands, I can’t remember their names though.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qqJ0J-YZTq__S2D-eAWqwm2g7ke0qKrZfdy6Nk-ywUoWcRAluutEz8lvUJCH3LSP7DgQdb5qRb9HbzSLXJ8PjUxbfy6Zu-ScIQJ9ouws_-Vdii6n-e42HXwql5FJCmfuN3CaryZRPLA/s1600-h/oldacheronflyer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242769335035277138" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qqJ0J-YZTq__S2D-eAWqwm2g7ke0qKrZfdy6Nk-ywUoWcRAluutEz8lvUJCH3LSP7DgQdb5qRb9HbzSLXJ8PjUxbfy6Zu-ScIQJ9ouws_-Vdii6n-e42HXwql5FJCmfuN3CaryZRPLA/s400/oldacheronflyer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I’ve been told that you once posted a shit to a member of the American ACHERON. Is that true?! You must have some other hilariously sick or macabre stories that you could tell.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Posted a turd to The States ya reckon? I know it was pretty hard for Chapelle Corby to get pot through customs in Bali, I could only imagine that you’d have to package a turd very carefully so as to not attract the attention of sniffer dogs or anyone else for that matter. I’ve never heard that one before Chris, where did you hear it? Hilariously sick macabre stories? Yeah there’s a few but nothing I’m proud of or would like to mention.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Alright mate, thanks a lot for answering these questions! Any last words?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I can only imagine that a few people would say something along these lines but that is undoubtedly the best bunch of questions I have ever been asked in an interview in my entire musical career. It’s a pleasure to talk to someone who has clearly done some research and knows what the hell they are talking about. Thanks very much and best of luck with the mag.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >INTERVIEW BY CHRIS VOMITFIEND<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="mailto:chris_aarghcher@hotmail.com"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">chris_aarghcher@hotmail.com</span></a></span><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-65205116417330746342008-09-04T11:10:00.014+10:002011-03-12T07:17:32.241+11:00THE KILL INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE issue 3 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSG0Fcyq3_6g92tS3B8j0QzPaLxCLiGvE9_rDpW59nSkFsmBIhK7l7jGSzG0S5cwDADmyTaWA_xXI0K9kPzxmWqh8ce6JBCvt_itG6yVk8ZfkkNpgsGWc-LATWbkZHOXwBApwQDsxDF4/s1600-h/thekill2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241972544719580194" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 486px; height: 158px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSG0Fcyq3_6g92tS3B8j0QzPaLxCLiGvE9_rDpW59nSkFsmBIhK7l7jGSzG0S5cwDADmyTaWA_xXI0K9kPzxmWqh8ce6JBCvt_itG6yVk8ZfkkNpgsGWc-LATWbkZHOXwBApwQDsxDF4/s400/thekill2.jpg" border="0" width="507" height="181" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxcuqhyCokJOJ7Oqhpu-HsKZlEVWHMIsgK2eUwJcbHSUmsZ4hqqZFxUdkpIW_6F6xwuP-Th-mNOFfUZDWldyZXyJq2dp9i67JfOMegtGCbVIdIDc13TGLztEjyQR-0jyT8FskDQsXwKw/s1600-h/thekill1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241972549193451874" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 418px; height: 38px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxcuqhyCokJOJ7Oqhpu-HsKZlEVWHMIsgK2eUwJcbHSUmsZ4hqqZFxUdkpIW_6F6xwuP-Th-mNOFfUZDWldyZXyJq2dp9i67JfOMegtGCbVIdIDc13TGLztEjyQR-0jyT8FskDQsXwKw/s400/thekill1.jpg" border="0" width="413" height="40" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241978514764560162" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfS-jQ2TFeSOMyiiFY1ur7Onb31Du3UJ-3G9H_5GqEk4PZioadsQyIGl-K6qPXWZd1voO06in2KvzSo9SGbHQBtEOmz9zA7eZ-W2qgHjj646gnDq6nun2arjuFXAlXewz4JjAbxAKH-U/s400/the+kill11.jpg" border="0" width="430" height="308" /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" >With a staunch background in unadulterated blastasfuk grindcore, The Kill has most definitel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdEmxvz7iOm_nzEmjAQfk5au5EAkGgssSP3dyyjsbiDByiX7xrmVaxyKPZOmVcnuWg9B58qNSbjGKBV0F_lq-GQvHOs3rOQprpZquDDbAhdUanMbet66Q0l17RRrU1nszyd-vaht9ydM/s1600-h/thekill4.jpg"></a>y set the standard for “Australian Grind” in general, not to mention every band that has followed in their absence. Surprisingly, The reunion of The Kill doesn’t make me nervous like most of the bands that have been reuniting lately, Roby is far too much of a old skool stickler to be swayed by hip hop beats and porno samples. After what seems like forever it’s good to know that the unfortunate spastics (mainly me it would seem!) who missed the boat to see these guys live when they were still around will finally have the chance to have my skull ripped apart this year by these mad cunts!After 3 years 6ft under., guitarist Roby gives us the last word in GRINDCORE. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTnRB5f_3e9AOHLlO2YVb2NmuOQU5TPafQRKXtweshG6bXygjyVwjFK5IsCGoO2tsbk4MOjUGbe8Ql1NWllofMQXqOGzhhO42i8hKEnri9CQkil1fxLcJAPknhlCvsNunqFDse6wrmpg/s1600-h/thekill3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241973102799968130" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 351px; height: 485px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTnRB5f_3e9AOHLlO2YVb2NmuOQU5TPafQRKXtweshG6bXygjyVwjFK5IsCGoO2tsbk4MOjUGbe8Ql1NWllofMQXqOGzhhO42i8hKEnri9CQkil1fxLcJAPknhlCvsNunqFDse6wrmpg/s400/thekill3.jpg" border="0" width="321" height="460" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">First off, The Kill have already split up 3x, so what do we have to get rid of you guys for good? Why did The Kill get started again? Why didn’t you just start a new project?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Ok, well for your information woman, The Kill split twice. Originally The Kill was just Jay & my self. It would be stupid to grind under a different name.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Can you give us a brief history of the band so far? Whats the actual lineup now?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Jay/Drums, Roby/Guitar & Neil ‘Undinism’ Vokills on the Demo 2000 recording, Jay/Drums, Roby/Guitar & Tony ‘Blood Duster Vokills on the Soundtrack….. 2002 recording.<br />The current line up:<br />Jay/Drums, Roby/Guitar & Fresh Face… Nik ‘Super Fun Happy Slide’ Vokills.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">After the last breakup, you auditioned drummers from as far away as the Blue Mountains, Did you ever get any people seriously wanting to try out from overseas?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">I had a couple of guys try out on drums & young Jordan from NSW was so determined to drum for us… We had jammed twice within a few months but unfortunately he couldn’t pull it off. He was an excellent drummer, but wouldn’t have been the right man to fill Jay’s shoes. He tragically passed on a little while back. Jordan Overlunde (R.I.P). As for overseas drummer’s… well, that was more or less just bull shit talk through email. I doubt anyone was really ever serious. If Australia wasn’t located on the arse end of the world, there would have been a few good drummers try out back then.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Will Neil have any involvement in this reunion?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />I doubt it, though it would be a good idea to see if he wanted to scream a few abusive lines the next time we record.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Neil wrote your previous lyrics. Are you including lyrics in the new material? Who’s writing them? Are you gonna rip off aWhitesnake song this time around</span>?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Nik writes pretty much everything now, & has the same outlook on life as Neil did when he was on vokills. It has taken a huge amount of pressure off both Jay & I now not having to worry about the band being completely different lyrically. At once stage we were going to do the vokills ourselves, & just not play any shows. On the last recording we both did vokills in many tracks with lyrics already written. But if we had to come up with the lyrics for these new songs, The Kill would have been delayed for another 5 years! As for using GNR lyrics back then, well that was just a thing we thought was funny at the time. But I doubt that would ever happen again, unless we become desperate.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L1sQl2nKFfjLZ0pmMI7hAKnNu84RVXNjqxpG4ip7LLzGIaVWzY5zRahXnnFqqffFy5-3RU6I18smJQzsYLiCQznIcO4rm_364GZFARCAibpsy2GvOddNr2T2R5jAgWlVTgAWbqidR4Y/s1600-h/tk2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241977178547547170" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L1sQl2nKFfjLZ0pmMI7hAKnNu84RVXNjqxpG4ip7LLzGIaVWzY5zRahXnnFqqffFy5-3RU6I18smJQzsYLiCQznIcO4rm_364GZFARCAibpsy2GvOddNr2T2R5jAgWlVTgAWbqidR4Y/s400/tk2.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >What other projects have you guys been doing while The Kill has been out action? Any news with these bands that’s worth repeating?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Both ‘Jesus’ Christoph / Roskopp & I were jam’n a bit at one stage, but it was too much of a head fuck coming all the way to St. Kilda once a week. He actually helped me compose a few songs that Jay & I are using now in The Kill. Of course, they are a little different, but he will still recognize them once they are recorded. I would love to do something with Christoph some day. But he needs to get his drivers licence…<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Has being in so many different bands/taking up a lot of time made it hard for either you or Jay to find time for The Kill??</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Jay has sacrificed heaps of his TV time for The Kill this year. We jam approximately once a week now & it’s not as much of a struggle for him anymore since his become a skinny cunt. But still… He is a fucking lazy cunt!<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >What’s your opinions on the state of Australian grind in 2006/7? Any favourite local bands?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Ha.. I’m rarely at shows these days, so I haven’t seen a few of the latest local grind bands. Now living the family life & paying off a mortgage, it takes up a lot of my time. So on weekends I just wanna chill, stay home, watch movies, listen to music, drink beer, red wine & hang out with my family. When I did get out last, Die Pigeon Die took me by surprise. One of the heaviest live bands I’ve seen at the Arthouse in a long time. They were so loud it vibrated the shit out of my chest, but the songs were so brutal & catchy I had to stay positioned where I was hanging for a leak & put up with the pain until the set was over!<br />Still, by far the two best bands in ‘Oz are Roskopp & Captain Cleanoff!<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Do you feel any pressure as the main songwriter to live up to the old tunes?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />At one stage yeah! I couldn’t come up with any riffs at all, & it was driving me mad & then I couldn’t stop writing new tunes that I thought were good for The Kill... Obviously as we get older we start to experiment a little more, but at the same time I try to keep it within its boundaries & not become too metal & stay true to grindcore.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >What are your personal influences? Favourite albums of all time?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Hellnation – Thrashwave<br />Magnacite – Safety in the work place<br />Pig Destroyer – Explosions in ward 6<br />Slayer – Reign in Blood, South of Heaven & Seasons <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBB9IwPa9po8lZPa8541Jb0O5qFTxZUj6TJPs8lvvocdnLTtEjaU_XqsZQ0T2yLNBAMyr61-BvgcRywSIoS7nE4VQ-VNw39pLb9dTY962XBGz4W1VeThrBQT4-6K4hTNBcwZsV6IU2Zw/s1600-h/thekill1b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241979531348596146" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBB9IwPa9po8lZPa8541Jb0O5qFTxZUj6TJPs8lvvocdnLTtEjaU_XqsZQ0T2yLNBAMyr61-BvgcRywSIoS7nE4VQ-VNw39pLb9dTY962XBGz4W1VeThrBQT4-6K4hTNBcwZsV6IU2Zw/s400/thekill1b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Brutal Truth – first 2<br />Catheter – Preamble to Oblivion<br />324 – Customized Circle<br />AxCx – 40 more reasons to hate us<br />Assuck – Anticapital & Misery Index<br />Napalm Death – Peel Sessions, Scum & From Enslavement…..<br />Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Honkey Reduction & Frozen Corpse stuffed with dope<br />Exhumed/Hemdale – In the name of gore<br />Squash Bowels/Disgorge split<br />Dead Infection – A chapter of Accidents<br />Gruesome Stuff Relish – Last man in gore<br />Sanity’s Dawn – Mangled in the meat grinder<br />Captain Cleanoff – Everything!<br />Ingrowing – Suicide binary reflections<br />Discordance Axis – Jouhou & Ulterior<br />Retaliation – The Execution<br />Last Days of Humanity side of the stoma split<br />Blood Duster – Fisting the dead<br />Regurgitate- Carnivorous Erection<br />Hutt – Miseravel & Sessao Descarrego<br />Demolition Hammer – Epidemic of Violence & Tortured Existence<br />Cadaver Inc – Discipline<br />Sepultura – Beneath the Remains & Arise<br />Deicide - Deicide & Legion<br />Black Sabbath – All up until the last two with Ozzy.<br />Kill the Client – Wage Slave<br />Excruciating Terror – Expression of Pain & Divided we Fall<br />Damaged – Do not spit & Passive back seat demon engines<br />Birdflesh – Night of the Ultimate Mosh<br />Engorged – Death Metal Attack 2<br />Morbid Angel – Blessed Are the Sick & Altars of madness<br />Dahmer – Everything!<br />Denak – Grindcore 10”<br />Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Demo 7”<br />Plutocracy/DxAx 7”<br />Exhumed/Retaliation 7”<br />Captain Cleanoff – both 7”<br />Noisear/Parade of the lifeless 7”<br />Avulsion – Green Scare 7”<br />Hemdale/Exit 13 7”<br />Kalibas – Eyes red 7”<br />Unholy Grave – Victimized 7”<br />Emetic/Gory Melanoma 7”<br />Warsore – All 4 ep’s with Den on vokills<br />Exhumed – All 5 ep’s with Ross on both vokills & Bass<br />Looking For An Answer on both splits 7”s with Comrades & Overpowering<br />Anal Cunt – Defenders of the hate 7”<br />Etc, etc…<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">You’re also the man behind BlastasFuk records, you give us some info on what releases you’ve got, and what you’ve got coming up with BlastasFuk?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">BAF grindcore is a small label I do on the side with my spare time. I try to only stock blast material! But the idea has offended a few people over the years when working out trades. I haven’t really gone the hack with it due to being flat out with everything else, but it’s something I really love to do when I can. Trading vinyl preferably over plastic is a bonus for me, but I just can’t afford to press vinyl yet. Maybe one day soon.<br />So far I released:<br />BAF001 UNDINISM- Live At The Green Room 01.05.04 DVD SOLD OUT<br />I thought this show being their first show back in many years deserved to be seen<br />Everywhere, not just in Melbourne.<br />BAF002 NOISEAR-Red Tape Agenda MCD 2ND PRESS LAST 30 ODD COPIES<br />I have been a fan of these lad’s for many years, thanks to Andy/Mortville & when<br />we were finally in contact after finding out they were back in action, it was the first thing I asked em! Not many bands I knew from New Mexico back then played grindcore this extreme, & not being a porn gore grind band, I knew once these guys were on a few more labels everyone would love em. They just released a new CD on RSR too… So check it out if ya dig music like Assuck, Laughing Dog, Discordance Axis etc….<br />BAF003 CRUSHING THE GRINDCORE TRADEMARK CD<br />3 WAY SPLIT DISC WITH: GATE, NOISEAR & HUTT. FEW COPIES LEFT!<br />GATE<br />I met Toshinori when he came here filling in on guitar for Unholy Grave, Being so friendly, he gave me some Gate merchandise, & I never heard em before. I contacted him straight away, after listening to his band & I asked if I could release something of theirs straight away! They are a two piece Japanese grind project with no remorse, just flooded with blast beats & distortion. Who also sound a little like Assuck with Terrorizer style vokills.. Killer fucking band!’<br /><br />NOISEAR<br />Bryan got a little lazy staying in contact with me so he passed me onto Dorian the guitarist in Noisear who was on line more often. We got along like a house on fire & stayed in contact on a regular basis. Pretty much organised another Noisear<br />Blastasfuk release straight away.<br />This recording is a lot more raw & noisy, compared to the MCD… Fast & Technical Grindcore that flows…<br /><br />HUTT<br />One of my all time favourite bands! Thanks to Christoph who showed me their demo knowing I would die on my arse. Then of course I emailed em & harassed the shitout of Marcelo until they recorded.<br />Hutt’s style is unique… They play really fast music, with a lot of catchy build up’s, Grindcore that differs from the rest! True Brazilian Kings!<br />Coming soon / 2008:<br />HATRED SURGE – Discography CD<br />HUTT – Full length CD<br />THE KILL/CAPTAIN CLEANOFF MCD???<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >A while back there were whispers of an Openwound reunion, or at least playing a couple of shows. Is there any truth to that? If so, Is this still likely to happen?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Maybe… That all depends of Fab!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXfVGacBjpW_74hJ-9gABXG84hJZDhIBAEjrf4G-4nPNBvuTbAhub_w_FySAkwFZ8GmF3NSIhq6Wf2kV2J3tXF_H2TkTguMFk175H5ixNLdv2avn6QXjr3QthmmLmxOCt8SQrhrPtdj8/s1600-h/tk1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241973984952481730" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 350px; height: 337px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXfVGacBjpW_74hJ-9gABXG84hJZDhIBAEjrf4G-4nPNBvuTbAhub_w_FySAkwFZ8GmF3NSIhq6Wf2kV2J3tXF_H2TkTguMFk175H5ixNLdv2avn6QXjr3QthmmLmxOCt8SQrhrPtdj8/s400/tk1.jpg" border="0" width="315" height="340" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >When do you guys expect to be ready to play live shows? Have you got any special plans for your first show back?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />December the 1st with CAPTAIN CLEANOFF, ROSKOPP & DIE PIGEON DIE! Plus we have a few booked early next year.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Will The Kill eventually go overseas? Are you gonna play Obscene someday or what?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Maybe not! We’ve had a few people email us, but nothing promising. We need to record more first I think. Only having the two recordings, we can’t really expect much. Though it would be great to meet all the people overseas I’ve been in contact with throughout the years.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >What’s the new material sounding like? Does it differ from the old stuff? Are you consciously trying to write in the same style as before??<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">The same… More like the last recording, just more riffs, more blast beats & more Crazy vokills.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Do you think there’s gonna be a massive backlash when people find out you’re using double kicks?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">We’re not! I managed to talk Jay out of using those fucking dbl pedals not too long ago. Jay’s more of a punk influenced drummer. There for we will now stay a Single Pedal Metal unit.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Was it a choice to have one guitarist, and no bassplayer? Will it stay this way?</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Yeah! I love the sound of a noisy bass, like Warsore in the early days, But I have no time to sit down & teach someone riffs. I’m very impatient when it comes to shit like that! I think being a three piece with no bass is what makes The Kill different! Plus I think it would sound all over place if we did try out a bass player, & he or she would have to follow Jay not me. It would be a shambles. Fuck that!<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Will all three of you guys continue to do vocals? Will you do it live as well?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Live, not as much, when we record yes… Gang vokills are a must!<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >What plans do you have for the new material? I’ve heard you’ve already got a couple of splits lined up, how did these get hooked up and what label will they be released on?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Ok, So far we have over 25 new tracks & half with vocals. At one stage we were going to do two split 7” ep’s with Regurgitate & Hellnation. But Rikard /RGTE hasn’t emailed me about this is ages & Doug tells me Hellnation won’t be ready for a long time… So we’re starting to concentrate on two other split 7” ep’s with both Insect Warfare on 625 & Captain Cleanoff on Haunted Hotel! The rest of the tunes will be recorded for a CD/LP.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Whats the deal with THE KILL live DVD? Any idea when this will be released?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Still waiting on my long time internet pal Mr. Sebastian Rokicki of Antigama to finish off all the editing etc… Their no great rush really & I don’t want to pressure the bloke. And I think Karol/SMG is looking into releasing it now too.?<br />It should be pretty good, cause it has footage from when we first started with Andy/Mortville down from the states filming our jam… ha!<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >Are there any dream bands you’d ideally like to do splits or play with? Have you had any cool offers?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Yes! Of course!!! Anal Cunt, Cause I know how much they hate being asked to do splits! Or even better… If SLAYER had some unreleased trax left over from the Reign In Blood recording for split 7 inch ep.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >That’s it! Cheeeeers Roby! The below space is yours for whatever you feel like sayin..</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />LATER!<br />Eric/Torture Garden Picture Company is currently working on The Kill 12” LP 2000 – 2002 discography. This will consist of both the Demo &The Soundtrack to your violence MCD.<br />Plus Dave & Christoph/No Escape are also releasing the CD version. Both will have different artwork & of course the LP version will be Limited………. That’s it!<br />Thanks again Rebecca.<br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241980191319213138" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjq9T4BhcuzSvqhH7Gd-3okRuoAyDMaxyk-WECPfYCB486CkTnRSyziSfmlCehZHgW728p3GjCSpGUXh-_d-gbZRYVQohIN7dvTY7ZaB2tNs6Z5bHPBZg_6KKyN7fWn4WFWWpWTYpJZY/s400/thekill4.jpg" border="0" /></span></span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-87085777571117188182008-09-02T22:05:00.017+10:002011-03-12T07:15:20.456+11:00SKULLHOG INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE Issue 3 2008<div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6UHuMjYlbZ6IQLJnw7cw0a_uEXgXIIXYUtJmkI5pH4ZN03OimwvwP0GaODA0z9LJThO85KHoQWUAjp6mXAFX_Jep_GWPxkv4L8ONRphHmVJjNmAUndW84rB4Qny-WjkKQWq08u7BQnM/s1600-h/skull10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242056173180573938" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6UHuMjYlbZ6IQLJnw7cw0a_uEXgXIIXYUtJmkI5pH4ZN03OimwvwP0GaODA0z9LJThO85KHoQWUAjp6mXAFX_Jep_GWPxkv4L8ONRphHmVJjNmAUndW84rB4Qny-WjkKQWq08u7BQnM/s400/skull10.jpg" border="0" width="369" height="464" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><em>There’s been a few changes since I last interviewed Rob from Dutch HorrorGore Maniaxe Skullhog (formally known as Bile). Heres the lowdown on all the new shit going down and coming up in the Skullhog pigpen, and finally the real story behind the name change.</em></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Yo Rob, Hows the ankle dude?? Thanks for doing ANOTHER interview for Vomitose Zine !<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rebecca, thanks for having us again. The ankle is still fucked up. Next week the stitches might be removed and I'll get plaster for </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">about 6 to 8 weeks. After that period I will receive walk-plaster, which I will be allowed to stand on and move around a bit.<br />So yeah, basically I'm fucked for a good 2 months in total. The metal plate shall remain in my foot along with a cool-ass war scar. Lesson learned? Yeah!! My age, a dance floor and an abundance of alcohol do not mix!!!!<br />Having that said, I was probably the 'lucky' one that got off with only a broken ankle.<br />It happened during a Negative approach reunion-show in Antwerp (Belgium) and I'll tell ya....<br />This was absolutely THE most brutal show I've ever been to. 12 ambulances showed up for a 30 minute set. Broken limbs, slashed faces and even a poor kid that is probably completely paralyzed for life.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br />Well, I guess we might as well get this question out of the way first up.. RE: The Name Change.<br />What’s the full story behind all that shit? Its been a while since you changed your name from Bile to Skullhog. Still happy with decision to change the name?? Do you think Skullhog is a better fit for you guys or was it just a matter of choosing something else as quick as possible etc?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well, douche bags are spreading rumours on the internerd that we've had our name changed because the NY Industrial band BILE was gonna sue us for the name, but this is just a load of crap. I don't even think they know about our existence at all. We've changed the name because people often confused both bands with each other. If you download some of our tracks on-line you will even find our tracks in that other band’s download lists and that's not good for anybody.<br />We've just wanted to start off fresh with a new name and after a long and painful search we finally settled for SKULLHOG.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">So what else is new in the Skullhog pigpen?? What have you guys got coming up in the near future?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As you know we're gonna be dropping about six split releases with bands we like or are friends with (or both) and somewhere in between the release of those splits, we'll be doing a new album for No Escape records.<br />First up will be split 7"es with REGURGITATE and COFFINS. After that we'll be releasing the looooooooooooong awaited split 10" with Aussie cockslappers BLOODDUSTER and a split CD with Dutch Gore metallers BLOODBASTARD.<br />After that we'll be doing the new album and give birth to our final splits, a split CD with ACCEPT DEATH and a split 7" with your boys in ROSKOPP.<br />All of which are gonna be fucking cool and we can't wait to record and release every single one of them......No, we're NOT AGATHOCLES!!<br />This didn't happen on purpose.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Howd the split with BloodDuster get hooked up? Alot of people seem to have lost interest in their newer material - Do you dig the grind N roll style they seem to be known for these days?? Will this have any influence on the Skullhog side of things??<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Didn't we talk about this shit last time? Anyways, we played a few shows together and thought it might be a good idea to do a split 10". No, their 'new' sound does not change things for us at all. I'd have to say we're really digging their Grind 'n' roll stuff to be honest. And even if they played fucking ska or Pop-punk tunes on their side of this split, we'll just do what we always do.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCvbjmNh1cfWGnnKXEEn4Jzrnt7Ojt4NP_23PLV5-8k2_y-cDKT-YAhI-i6R0W-ddSG0hF48gZSsi9MGCeC7Zxf6IYfBc1S6vPCpVO18WH2guU4fCD9fmjI_sZNLrNDVmbP2hrP29ZsQ/s1600-h/l_42a1b195ce90ea9b4cbedec24a8269cf.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242063179010194226" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCvbjmNh1cfWGnnKXEEn4Jzrnt7Ojt4NP_23PLV5-8k2_y-cDKT-YAhI-i6R0W-ddSG0hF48gZSsi9MGCeC7Zxf6IYfBc1S6vPCpVO18WH2guU4fCD9fmjI_sZNLrNDVmbP2hrP29ZsQ/s400/l_42a1b195ce90ea9b4cbedec24a8269cf.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Will you be carrying on with horror themes on these records? Any idea what movies you'll use at this stage?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yeah, we'll keep the Horror/Slasher themes going strong on our upcoming releases. We do have some ideas of what movies to use and have used a particular movie as inspiration for the recordings that are gonna be used on the split with RGTE.<br />I can't go and spoil the surprise here, so I'm not gonna give away anything at all. You'll dig it though.....No doubt!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Any truth to the rumour you guys will be covering a Michael-J/Paul McCartney-esque "The Girl is Mine" duet with Roskopp for your upcoming split?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Those ROSKOPP-cats can't keep a secret or what? Who told you about this? I even used some BRONSKI D-BEATS for this track. Fuck this...The surprise is ruined!! Back to the drawing board.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Have you decided what track you guys will cover for the Iron Monkey Tribute? Can you give us some info about this release?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Of course we have. It's already recorded and mixed. It will be send over to Justin (IRON MONKEY) this month. We've chosen the song 'Fink dial' from their debut album since that's what started it all. To this day they are still one of my favourite bands and I'm stoked Justin asked us to participate. This tribute album will be packed with solid and brutal Doom/Sludge bands.........And us. Wehehehehehe!! Can't really give away any of the other bands yet because I dunno how 'secret' the line-up still is. More about this one later. I think the tribute album will be released around July. Oh yeah!! I'm doing the cover artwork for this one as well. It's looking ace so far.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Your newest song "Dead Stare" for the upcoming Regurgitate split sees a bit of a variation in style for you guys, particularly with the use of Pitchshifter.. What made you guys decide to cut down on using shifted vocals?? Hows the reaction been to the change? Do you think youll end up not using them at all?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We've ended up throwing out the pitchshifter on this one and the split with COFFINS, because we wanna show a different side of us. It's kind of our FUCK YOU to the abundance of Porn/Gore-bands out there and the kindergarten scene that surrounds it. Reactions have been very good overall, besides a few whining Gore-dorks that can't seem to get over themselves. They can eat me. On our upcoming releases we'll be bringing back the pitchshifter and combine it with 'clean' vocals. Like a 50-50 kinda thing. The songs on both mentioned split 7"s don't need the pitch at all. They're brutal enough!!</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242056641580037106" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw5SmVz9FSN5_mirussvOTBRCYaQgb4rTNNqEpJ_NNiPQJW8xUFX5cRsTpmF5NiY6VFEjP0B2Aj-YEOMGKTVFEaILhXLsj9R6QAy3SvQ7TkUbQg7u6GkpF6Tny9a67HxHOJdwut3M5pw/s400/skull1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Camp Blood' is due to be released on LP this year. How did this get hooked up? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well, we thought it was about time the thing was released on vinyl to give the amazing painted artwork the credit it deserves. And let's face it; this shit will come across way better on LP cover format. Can't wait to have it in my hands. I'll probably frame it and hang it on a wall. There was this label that showed interest and we were like : ' yeah, why not?'.That's that basically.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What’s the recording process been like now that you guys are doing it 'DIY' style? What are the pros and cons of doing it this way vs in a professional studio?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nah, it's been totally exciting to finally do things ourselves for a change. No rush, no bullshit time-schedule and no fucking clowns breathing down your neck.<br />Well, except for the other band members that is. We've done 2 recording sessions so far and shit came out really good. And the best part, shit will get better and better with each session since it's a learning process for us to do everything ourselves. We really should have made this choice a long time ago.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Tell us about the recent tour of Finland and Russia. Seems like you guys had a blast over there...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oh yezzzzzzzzzzzz!! This was by far the best organised tour we've done and it was a total blast.<br />The few that might be slightly interested in the entire story can check out a full-scale tour report on our MySpace profile. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/skullhog"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;" >www.myspace.com/skullhog</span></a></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" > - There's also a bunch of drunk-ass pics on there to give a little taster of the ambience and atmosphere. We wanna go back there as soon as we can!! Fuck the States, this is where it's at.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" >Any upcoming tour plans/ for downunder??</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >Sigh............Uhm, yeah. We're still waiting for our little trip downunder and hopefully combine it with a few Japan-dates along with COFFINS. Whenever we're welcome we'll fucking be there. No doubt.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" >I've been asking this question alot lately, but what’s your take on goregrind as of late? Do you get into any of these pornonoise one man bedroom drum machine bands that seem to be popping up everywhere lately?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >As far as Goregrind goes, we're down with the 'Old school' bands in that genre. For the rest I think that the whole Porn/Gore-thing really ruined it for everybody. The juvenile porn-samples, pathetic band names, homophobic attitude and utterly moronic album-sleeves........That's not brutal, it's flat out sad. Only one band can pull off Porngrind and be funny about it and that's ROMPEPROP. They don't give a fuck and admit it's all a big joke, plus they're cool cats.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" >Also kinda on the same subject - Bile/Skullhog never used/use any Porn or female degradation themes. Do you have an actual aversion to these concepts? Or is it just something that doesn't interest you guys much?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >Like I said earlier, fuck all that homophobic and female degrading crap. What's the point? It's not offensive; it just comes across really childish. Don't get me wrong here. I really dig offensive and provocative subject-matter in lyrics, I just don't see the point of bashing gays and women in lyrics and making it your sole purpose as a band. If I wanna listen to some quality offensive lyrics, I'll put on some AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED or EYEHATEGOD.<br />They're black belts in offending good Christians. .........Fuck, I think I used this exact line in another interview...Whatever.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiW8uaQtXK4Wuql8TyTwd_D8rULpwNbFH8cPVB_WA_x3eoZXVSrP4LUFVu2QuJq5PXV47TnqFKEl3vtKlmF0M6OO-qPelOoHwOjKxxYZyWD0NFSmTWF4HE6U4yHJUkiYueFHP7E0kgEo/s1600-h/rob1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242062160426068098" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiW8uaQtXK4Wuql8TyTwd_D8rULpwNbFH8cPVB_WA_x3eoZXVSrP4LUFVu2QuJq5PXV47TnqFKEl3vtKlmF0M6OO-qPelOoHwOjKxxYZyWD0NFSmTWF4HE6U4yHJUkiYueFHP7E0kgEo/s400/rob1.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" >After the release of Camp Blood last year, it seemed as though Bile copped alot of shit for 'ripping off horror themes'. What’s your opinion on this bullshit?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >As far as the internerd bullshit-rumourmill goes, we get heaps of shit for supposedly 'ripping off' Horror/Slasher flicks. Dorks crying on messageboards and what not. Well, first of all - We're a Horror/Slasher-tribute band. This is what we do. We don't rip shit off and try to keep stuff original and use every sample and lyric based on a movie with utter respect. Samples are selected very carefully and we try to put every single piece of the puzzle together to create a fitting 'tribute'. That word says it all really. Fuck all y'all haters out there, we just do what we do and that's that!! I don't get the big deal. We're not the first and surely not the last band that is inspired by movies.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" >I know your personally pretty influenced by Hardcore and Sludge.. What are some of your favourite bands from these genres?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >As far as SKULLHOG is concerned, this is not a Hardcore-influenced band and never will be.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >I grew up on HC/Punk and Old school Metal/Grind at the same time really.<br />The Sludge-thing has been influential since we started out though. The dirty, slow and heavy negative vibes of that genre really go hand in hoof with what we set out to do as a band in the first place, so I'm really happy about incorporating slow passages in our stuff from the get go.<br />Although I'm mainly influenced by Sludge, most of our slow parts can also be traced back to HELLHAMMER, early FROST and AUTOPSY. Bands that have been essential for all three of us.<br />The main goal was to mix classic Goregrind with the Old school-vibes of SLAUGHTER, HELLHAMMER and AUTOPSY. So Sludge-influences are always welcome as well.<br />But to answer your original question here. Some of my favourite Hardcore-bands (old and new) are probably:<br />NEGATIVE APPROACH, REPROACH, CITIZENS PATROL, SIEGE, INFEST, GEHENNA, HAYMAKER, IRON LUNG and MIND ERASER.<br />Favourite Sludge-bands (old and new) are:<br />IRON MONKEY, GRIEF, BUZZOV'EN, NOOTHGRUSH, CORRUPTED, EYEHATEGOD, WEEDEATER, MOHO and GRAVES AT SEA. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" >What side projects do you guys have going at the moment? Any more Insult reunion shows planned or was that just a one off thing?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >Me and Loek have a full-on Sludge-project (what a surprise) going on called TANKSLAPPER.<br />This band consists out of 2 bassplayers and me playing the drums and doing some vocals here and there. We might actually get a frontman to do vocals on the record and live-shows, but we'll see about that. Musically it's just extremely heavy and dirty sounding. It sounds quite original and we've been influenced by the likes of WEEDEATER and MAN IS THE BASTARD. But do we sound like them? No......We sound like TANKSLAPPER.<br />We were about to record our first album within the next few weeks, but my fucking broken ankle shattered that dream for now. It will take at least 2 months till I can do fuck all, let alone play the drums decent. So we'll just have to wait and see when we can start recording this album. We're also thinking and planning some other projects including a band called HELLPENIS, which will be full-on CROSSED OUT/ NEANDERTHAL-style Power violence.<br />As far as INSULT is concerned....Power it up records (Ger.) will be releasing our 'Emobashing Fastcore Pimps' Discography CD on vinyl in August and he might expect us to do some sort of reunion-show, so we'll just have to see about that.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" >Well Cheers Rob! Hope you feel better soon, its always a pleasure to have you in Vomitose! Take care and feel free to drop more Rocky quotes below..</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you once again for the exposure and interest Rebecca. Always a pleasure!!Rocky quotes? ADRIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!</span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242066265907979762" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 443px; height: 202px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOE13UXznjWYm1zmmz8q2c_f9Evqw4DAwA_HZuSG02Ycp-ooERGVL31tMLDhDoK_sKGj62czzgn8r572jjiuinPB16OL4qj2WbxfsCL84BKY666FwY7R3Cup7yrhCcfRHWZ8Y_UwJO8U/s400/skull11.jpg" border="0" width="473" height="220" /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-79392742600176840252008-09-01T17:09:00.020+10:002011-03-12T07:14:28.688+11:00FUCK... I'M DEAD INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE issue 3 2008<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6_aNboZytEjfJWB8Du4zr_Zex1H6O3jMn6syblWE6nonK-Dr38IdS1cV_cjWC0Q3i_ZK4u69aLwAmBx31dzlZX5tzKS8wbgqSYHCz1Je1KAYtQnZF1D6rr1vEpfif-fm5FBXdc8d7X8/s1600-h/fid1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240952070270399762" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6_aNboZytEjfJWB8Du4zr_Zex1H6O3jMn6syblWE6nonK-Dr38IdS1cV_cjWC0Q3i_ZK4u69aLwAmBx31dzlZX5tzKS8wbgqSYHCz1Je1KAYtQnZF1D6rr1vEpfif-fm5FBXdc8d7X8/s400/fid1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">GOREGRIND THRASH ATTACK</span><br /></strong></span><br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Yo Ballz. Thanks for the interview! I haven’t seen many Fuck I’m Dead interviews around so it’s killer to have you guys in Vomitose..First off, 2007 saw Fuck I’m Dead recruit 2 new members - Xavier on Guitar, and Darren on Drums. Tell us about why you decided to add new members.. Did you try out any other people?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We'd been thinking about the possibility of getting a human on drums for some time but never really followed thru with it until Darren mentioned he'd be able to do it and was super keen. He learnt a bunch of songs and we had a rehearsal which was killer! He really nailed it and we thought it improved the sound overall. So I thought if we're going to get a drummer we should get a second guitarist for the full band feel and to maximize the fret board gymnastics, the Xavier was an obvious choice as he's an excellent guitarist who cast many spells on the fret board in Roskopp. We didn't try out any other people besides Xavier and Darren basically because they were spot on right away.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">You were in charge of writing most of the music before, guitar and drums etc. Has this changed since the introduction of new members into the band?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well now Xavier has a lot of input into the song writing, which is great. He has some killer ideas for new stuff and cool ways of enhancing old stuff now being played with two guitars. I still program alot of the drums when writing tunes to get a feel for the songs, and Darren add his own spin on things too.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">The drum machine parts were really well programmed in the earlier FID material. Did they take a long time to programme?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It took a little time to work out using the drum machine, but once that was done it was quick enough to not lose any flow when writing guitar and drums together. I just programmed them like I wanted to hear a real drummer play them, with lots of variation and interesting stuff which sometimes took a bit of time.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What are your thoughts on drum machine bands in general, and drum machine bands playing live?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Overall I think alot of drum machine bands could make the programming more interesting you know so you're not constantly aware it’s a drum machine when you're listening to the music. It’s hard for drum machine bands to play live and get a cool full sound and good feel from what I’ve seen in Australia. With FID we were always worried about the stage looking empty with no drummer and feeling like something was missing, which it was I guess. We managed to get a bag tattering sound from the drum machine we were using which gave the sound engineer a lot of control over individual sounds from the drum machine rather than just controlling volume of an already mixed drum set.</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240959068534208898" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFR2i3plEp40_fXLdCurzRKHRFZiWHmwcogmiHiX6yZLWS8ki0ckeDrblvghwMro__vTcEehpeW3ZsCc6b4RyVAgmeqp85rQkFJxm4hYWg0saXGgYCQLnUnl03WUiRD68PBYHFFoOXbNE/s400/848528887_l.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What were people’s reactions like in the beginning to FID using a drum machine? What was the first Fuck I’m Dead show like?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No one seemed to mind that there was no drummer, I thought more people would see it a bit shit or a joke band or something. The first FID show(s) were cool, we had a great response and it didn't take long for us to get used to playing with the drum machine live where there is no room for error.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Do you feel as though you’ve proved people wrong who think drum machine bands aren’t ‘real bands’?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ha! yeah I think so, its was something that we always were a bit worried about from time to time even up until we got a drummer last year. The Majority of people didn't mind the drum machine at all, and a lot of people were more apprehensive about us getting a human on the cans.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oUpkpZVrondb4jgQ_HNQBeyq24R3YAZORxGlt3qD4-tVRq3OgG7GIAzcl0yX_X3kIXONzAd4J5gYMid-nwQ6rhIrW_VSW4rvq2mX8nZWyzeq9Bxl1xL2MzzDeTcjTDFReJse_5oM9kg/s1600-h/dav1.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240955391132298578" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 395px; height: 247px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oUpkpZVrondb4jgQ_HNQBeyq24R3YAZORxGlt3qD4-tVRq3OgG7GIAzcl0yX_X3kIXONzAd4J5gYMid-nwQ6rhIrW_VSW4rvq2mX8nZWyzeq9Bxl1xL2MzzDeTcjTDFReJse_5oM9kg/s400/dav1.jpg" border="0" width="386" height="254" /></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Where did the name come from? When and why did you start using butchers aprons</span>?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Myself and Tom(bass) came up with the name, it’s not from anything as far as we know and I’m not really sure how it popped up one day. We started wearing those aprons a few years ago, just because we thought it would be fun and extremely tuff of course. I think we did it first at a Metal for the Brain.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What’s the stupidest/most embarrassing/disastrous/hilarious thing that’s ever happened involving Fuck I’m Dead?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We once playing the worst show ever at the Espy in Melbourne I think it was supporting Hate Eternal or something... Firstly Jay got smashed before we played and lent on a door which opened and he fell backwards down some stairs onto his head, while this was happening Tom's equipment had fucked up and he had no distortion and had to play clean bass, my guitar case (which had never EVER been locked) had locked it self and I could get my guitar out. I eventually had to break the fucking thing open to get out the case. So finally we were right to go with concussed singer, clean bass and bent guitar and there was no fold back what so-ever which I really bad if you don’t have a drum kit on stage. No one wanted to see us either at a brutal death show WORST SHOW EVER!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Does Jay use lyrics? How important are lyrics in a band?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jay usually starts singing the song with no lyrics, maybe just the song name somewhere in there. But then over time lyrics seem to evolve. The lyrics haven't been that important to us up until now we're making sure every new song has proper lyrics.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What are the meanings behind the following song titles:-<br />Code Brown</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Code brown is the unofficial "code" which is called in a hospital when a patient shits the bed.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Waft of Stench</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Waft of Stench is either about a rancid fart or a stinky dead person, which ever Jay feels like singing about on the night</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Licky Webster -</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Licky Webster is about that Australian girl Nicky Webster who sung at the Olympics one time and did some other shit, don't know why but jay thought it was funny.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Tarquin the Terrible -</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Tarquin the Terrible, (what a shit song) was about this retarded character that one of friends used to do.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Fuck I’m Dead and TDEBN have both been added to the Maryland Deathfest 08 bill. How did this all come about? Have you got any expectations of what it will be like</span>?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well both bands just got asked by the promoters about 6 months ago, we've heard it’s a killer show and by the looks of all the bands that have played in the past and that are playing this year, you can't do wrong!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Have you got any US tour plans around the same time? Are there any bands you’d really like to play with in the USA?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Both FID and TDEBN are doing a 10 show tour leading up to MDF basically on the east coast of the USA... personally I’d be keen to play with Impaled and Ghoul who both happen to be playing MDF.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What are your plans for the next recording? What are the reasons behind it being so long since your last release?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This next recording will be the first with a human drummer, so we're a bit anxious about how its going to turn out, as far as the quality of the sounds go, because we never had a problem with potential bad drum sounds before now. But song writing is going well and we should be recording in the next few months and have something out in the second half of 2008. There is no real reason why its been so long since the last release, teaching a drummer and new guitarist all the old stuff took up a bit of time and well as constantly playing shows around Australia and other time taken up with TDEBN for me, and just being lazy I guess.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">No Escape recently released a live Fuck I’m Dead DVD+live CD. Are you happy with how these came out? What has the feedback been towards these releases?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I'm really happy with the way it turned out, sound wise and visually. The feedback has been really positive from everyone</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Razorback Records released the FID full length, Bring on the Dead back in 2002?What effect did this have on the band and its profile at the time?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">That release on Razorback as great for us at that time, it exposed FID to a heap of people around the world that had never heard of us.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Why has it been unavailable for so long? Are there any plans to repress or re-release that material?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I'm not really sure why, it was re-pressed a few times at the beginning but nothing for a few years, there is talk about a re-issue of it being done thru No Escape Records.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Are you surprised at how popular FID is considering you’ve only done a few releases??</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yeah definately, I’d be totally sick of us by now listening to same shit all the time with never anything new for years.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnX6WMfQRA0pc_liEdqj0aUCLr25twKgVw33xyNk3ph_8TIAEmo4oQy1jByOX15GJoLaESxEBkEsboOXUH-cRkzPJI75wzGToAkog2eIm3cpsiOW6y6X0AK21FnQwcWX8UahC_iBfjnyY/s1600-h/FuckImDead1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240960106376628754" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnX6WMfQRA0pc_liEdqj0aUCLr25twKgVw33xyNk3ph_8TIAEmo4oQy1jByOX15GJoLaESxEBkEsboOXUH-cRkzPJI75wzGToAkog2eIm3cpsiOW6y6X0AK21FnQwcWX8UahC_iBfjnyY/s400/FuckImDead1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">There was a rumour about a split 7” with Rompeprop being released as part of the Relapse Slime wave series. Any truth to this? Will this still be happening?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">That was the original plan when we were asked to do it about a year or so ago. Then the Rompeprop part changed to another band we hadn't heard of so we decided not to do it and save those songs for the new album.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Your label No Escape Records is arguably one of the best grind labels in the world these days. The first NE releases were Fuck I’m Dead ones.. Was the label started just to release these?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No Escape was started just to release the FID demo then the split 7" with Sanity’s Dawn, I just thought it would be easier to do it myself rather than trying to find a label to do it that had never heard of FID. Then the opportunity to release some other Australian bands came up, then some international bands and it just grew from there.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">How has the label progressed since the beginning? What have some highlights been for you personally?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It’s become a lot busier so much so that Christoph from the band Roskopp has become part of No Escape Records and he takes care of half the work. My whole time working on No Escape has been a highlight really, it’s great to release CDs of such awesome bands from around the world!<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What’s in store for No Escape in 2008?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We've got a bunch of new releases planned from The Kill, Parlamentarisk Sodomi, Skullhog/Coffins 7", new TDEBN and Fuck...I'm Dead albums, hopefully a Roskopp album to name a few</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">You and Tom were both in a band before Fuck I’m Dead named Arseripper, who released a split 7” with Demisor. Can you please outline what the primary motive was for that band? And why did you finally decide to cork the wind that was Arseripper?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The primary and only motive of Arseripper was to excrete severe stinkin wind throughout Australia and the world, and spread the gospel of the anus to those that might not be familiar with the flatulent fig and the symphony of the sphincter. Although Arseripper was full of strict wind we had to take a break from passing gas for our own safety.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Do you think Arseripper accomplished everything it could have? Will you ever breathe new wind into that old band?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Arseripper accomplished more than we could have ever hoped, I mean with hits like "Aimin at the Ain", Defunct Dingleberry", Won Over By Your Wind" and the classic "Fartality" there was not much more we could force out without dominating the world. One day you may see the return of the raging ring piece that was Arseripper, when the methane reserves are about to overflow and the poo particle to air ratio is at its highest... Arseripper will return.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Your other band, The Day everything became nothing has been a lot more prolific with releases and is due to release a new album in the near future.. Can you tell us your plans for this release?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The new album has been recorded, mixed and mastered as of this last week. We're currently working on artwork to match the extreme bag tattering that has been recorded, and it'll be released in the next couple of months.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Is the way that TDEBN works different to the way FID works?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In TDEBN everyone has a really laid back approach, we won’t do anything for a while then we'll decide to write a new album and we work hard on it for a few months play a bunch of shows then take a break again for a bit, it keeps everyone really interested in the band and enthusiastic about it. FID is more of a constant thing all year round, we always seem to be playing shows and don’t have enough time to write a lot of new stuff.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Is it hard to find time for everything considering members of TDEBN and FID are in so many other bands?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Not really, it always works out fine, when one band is quiet the other is busy. And we've done a few split rehearsals from time to time which works out well.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Was Fuck I’m Dead part of the “Melbourne Grind Syndicate”?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I guess so, I don’t know if there was any official induction procedure but we are from Melbourne and we play grind.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What do you think about how the scene is here now compared to back then?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I think over the years the popularity and enthusiasm of the scene fluctuates, but at the moment I reckon it’s better than ever. All the bands from Melbourne are great, the turn out at shows are awesome and there’s shows all the time, most of the bands are putting out or working on releases. No Escape just put on a huge show GRINDCORE 2008, which I was worried about how well it might go, we had 9 bands, two stages and a really great turn out, which shows that people are extremely keen to see and play GRIND in Melbourne!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEqJwjZCl64ufUoCpexGoTZGK94QMM7mMa8Xacqa7cDiBO1Ac8wplg4O6FEyoAvhNAaf0tLs3u1uhS5F2sRc3rNWRbl46f3_QoENktOTuyJnmpKC9S-dgQEWv66gtJSCU79noSEUu37w/s1600-h/FID12.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240961504014828722" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEqJwjZCl64ufUoCpexGoTZGK94QMM7mMa8Xacqa7cDiBO1Ac8wplg4O6FEyoAvhNAaf0tLs3u1uhS5F2sRc3rNWRbl46f3_QoENktOTuyJnmpKC9S-dgQEWv66gtJSCU79noSEUu37w/s400/FID12.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Is there anything in particular that’s made the Melbourne grind scene so strong and respected all over the world?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I'm not sure if it’s anything in particular, I guess a lot of cool bands have come out of Melbourne over the years and continue to do so.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What’s the best and worst band you’ve ever played with?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One of my favourite bands we've played with was Exhumed when they toured Australia, they were absolutely killer live. I can't think of any one particular band that’s been the worst, just any metalcore/sport metal/slam rubbish that we've happened to play with over the years.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What bands got you into grind?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Carcass was the thing that I really got excited about, I’d never heard anything so heavy and bag tattering!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Who’s better D.A.D or KLF?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The question is quite a conundrum, both are the best ever! I mean how can you compare "Girl Nation" and "3am Eternal"? I<br />think D.A.D. and KLF should do a collaboration album.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What are your mandatory top albums? </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHMpRVVbDjCBR_zqevX0F3aM0qbm2FG-KEINyynFUXIsPbT5c-Bn7Pq-TkNbiae_QiSyP7DegIfyoLU7mHSqf6Se3uhsYO4GKgqvw3v5DBSg2oqcsBQvrI7rgXC8OdJZ_emrbF60-Q6w/s1600-h/skull_xray2.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240952542121791954" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 284px; height: 317px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHMpRVVbDjCBR_zqevX0F3aM0qbm2FG-KEINyynFUXIsPbT5c-Bn7Pq-TkNbiae_QiSyP7DegIfyoLU7mHSqf6Se3uhsYO4GKgqvw3v5DBSg2oqcsBQvrI7rgXC8OdJZ_emrbF60-Q6w/s400/skull_xray2.jpg" border="0" width="245" height="365" /></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CBT - Opuss(y)<br />Impaled - Mondo Medicale<br />Soilwork - Chainheart Machine</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What have you been listening to lately?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Die Pigeon Die -Ripped From V To A<br />Impaled - The Last Gasp<br />Exit Wounds - Exit Wounds<br />Parlamentarisk Sodomi - Har Du Sagt "A" Får Du Si "Nal"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Thanks Dave! Any merch/website/contact info can be left below…</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanks Rebecca, and check out:www.noescaperecords.com</span></span> </div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-38160346213465056362008-08-31T15:28:00.003+10:002011-03-12T07:14:02.697+11:00ACCEPT DEATH INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE issue 3 2008<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240560796280129234" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7FJYXD12ul1MwnUT5xP_1qMllF5QTnDezn7CKSP4V6XDxqRWmhFk3cUMNWc7XQwaQzzblIIATAZO08GjxSK8ERoxfTLkm92dtIwu2WOz-ykLhegT7H81psGH2LGIGaBunFvk5zUDEto/s400/acc2.jpg" border="0" width="407" height="357" /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><em>Formed from the smouldering ashes of heavyweight bands like Hemdale and Fistula, Accept Death crawled out from the putrid Cleveland scene in 2005 - packed to the fucking brim with adulterated hostility hurled forth in violent degrees. Matt Rositano’s utterly vicious vocals fuelled by his own eccentric brilliance are doubled up with riff after riff of gritty, hypnotic deathsludge; Accept Death successfully reinstated a form of Sludge that most people believed had been truly dead and buried for quite some time, and in turn – rightly perfecting the concept of explaining absolute ugliness in musical form. For someone that’s kept a pretty low profile in the past when its come to interviews, (not to mention Hemdale being my all time favourite band?!) .. It was understandably great to be able to interview Matt to find out his thoughts on what made Hemdale what it was – One of, if not the most original and consistently insane death grind band to ever exist, and make my Fan girl dream interview jerk off complete. Since our initial interview, Matt ended Accept Death and then started it up again... So part of this interview is pre breakup, the rest explains it.<br />Kind of.</em><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240560795552132866" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGaJUeAcUlT4C7KMMDMEsjCtPfMkdI5aQTY1XQi26HjdMfpsvDYqg0H42QyNOdYnYbHnE5V8UoTKbQbtXYYKkLWB-DKCZId1K6I4JWTH_ldeFHu-Qj8srsJP2RYcmtViKgCI4oxMIqf8/s400/acc3.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Hey Matt, How are things dude?? Thanks for the interview..</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Things are going good, getting more and more insane! No sweat, this is my first real interview by myself. I am not too smart.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">For people who haven’t heard you guys yet, how would you describe Accept Death’s sound?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A grind band that doesn’t grind. We are a 500lbs. Fat man in a grinder. I think it is very heavy. Fill with love. I think that was just a fragment sentence.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What have you been doing in the years since Hemdale?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I did a band with this guy Thugbad called Kiss the Grave where I played drums. It was hardcore punk with grind. I have been arrested six times, four OVI’s, two disorderly conduct. I am also a carpenter. I was dieing to play in a band after Kiss the Grave.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">How long has Accept Death been around?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I think for two years</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What was your intention with Accept Death? What bands would you say you’re personally influenced by?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I think we pulled it off. Grave, first Brutal Truth, Napalm Death, First Fear Factory, Entombed, Slayer, and best of all Dismember, they are the sickest band ever.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">I heard you weren’t originally supposed to be singing in Accept Death. Who was? And how did you come into the whole thing</span>?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Steve Matkia from Apartment 213 was going to sing. The only day Scott, Corey and I could practice was Sunday. Steve couldn’t make it and me being an egomaniac I said I would do it. It came out good.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Who does what in Accept Death? Some of the riffs sound slightly reminiscent of older Hemdale stuff, is that intentional?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Corey plays Drums, Scott is lead guitar, I play Guitar, bass, and yell on the recordings. Well I seem to have a way of writing songs. Not really intentional.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The reaction to AxDx has been pretty overwhelming so far. Are you surprised how quickly you guys got noticed?<br /></span>Fuck yeah! It is awesome, totally rad!<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7R0zZ98TL8ElEvpRGf1n2qASTYgYc6htTokbhovycNyMNglXajABfUhyJxU3IZysSUqEF5pGK-CdwYvNZWep2Ov9n7bDhn1NGukJjGvS3ZBpNgbXzdv9T139kN8TVqYx1Mj8FCxIF10/s1600-h/acc4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240564062008277746" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7R0zZ98TL8ElEvpRGf1n2qASTYgYc6htTokbhovycNyMNglXajABfUhyJxU3IZysSUqEF5pGK-CdwYvNZWep2Ov9n7bDhn1NGukJjGvS3ZBpNgbXzdv9T139kN8TVqYx1Mj8FCxIF10/s400/acc4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">You guys have an awesome split coming up with Dutch goregrinders Skullhog. How’d this get hooked up? What else have you guys got in the works?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">They said that they were down with us. Corey worked his magic and we got a split. Land O’ Smiles release Pharmacopeia 5x7” box set, and our second album Most Evil.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Most Evil – can you explain the title, what can we expect from the new record?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The stuff we talk about is much more evil then that fag Satan. Heavy fucking fat.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The vocals on the s/t album are pretty fucking intense, probably most noticeably on the track “I’m Sick”.. How long did it take to get those vocals down?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The first time we tried to do the vocals they didn’t sound right. Then the next time it took one take. Thank you.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Is the music in Accept Death a direct reflection of the band's mindset, like catharsis or something, or did you guys have to work to get it to sound that wretched?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No it just happened. We really wanted to make it the sickest thing ever.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Have you guys played any live shows yet?? Any touring plans?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Not yet, we took a break after the first album. We are planning to play out after the next album.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmD5xJZ592leYggT8j7qj5Y04Fhj56fbq1qRG2us3HyTS51de4CY_yhglnxb5LqooAsoXGaBcqGAD6B_ekdP0DodIRVrXcN_Ek_KMYy28ta7Qxr5C5AGr6UMZdUcD2RBV6NNK993DqLeE/s1600-h/ted1.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240556809148919570" style="float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmD5xJZ592leYggT8j7qj5Y04Fhj56fbq1qRG2us3HyTS51de4CY_yhglnxb5LqooAsoXGaBcqGAD6B_ekdP0DodIRVrXcN_Ek_KMYy28ta7Qxr5C5AGr6UMZdUcD2RBV6NNK993DqLeE/s400/ted1.jpg" border="0" width="246" height="319" /></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The self-titled record is full of samples from the Ted Bundy movie. What was the inspiration to put these in the record? Will you be including samples on Most Evil?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I love Ted; He is a very smooth dude. He fit with our sound. I don’t know if we are going to put any on the Most Evil record.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Have you got any other projects going at the moment? Any plans for recording?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Muzzleloader; a grind band I am doing all by my self, egomaniac. Corey has Fistula, and Scott has Necrodamus.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What was your main lyrical inspiration for Accept Death? Compared to Hemdale?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Death. Hemdale was all about gore.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Older Hangnail/Choke releases? How can people get a hold of this stuff??<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Hangnail with me was good but the other stuff wasn’t that good, but if you what it go to Habachi Records, Choke you can’t get. It was gay.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">So Matt, since our initial interview there’s been some changes with AxDx. Can you give us an overall update on what’s gone down as of late?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No more Accept Death, But I am doing a band called Mutilation Factor. It is a death metal, grindcore band. That is the kind of songs I write best.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What was the reasoning behind breaking up Accept Death? How did the other guys take it?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I quit because I am not a people person. I hate dealing with other people, not that I think I am this great person and everyone is below me,not at all, I am kind of a hermit. Plus poor Corey Had to drive an hour out to my house and it was a toll on him. Corey took it well. He has Fistula he is doing, Scott was really pissed at me because I was going to keep the name and the first song I put up was Raped and Fucked and he hates the word rape, so he called me and said I was a faggot and he was going to rape me. Which is all fine and dandy. I don't want to feel like I am connected with the shit. So no more Accept Death. Oh yeah that is another reason I quit I don't like people telling me what song titles I come up with.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What are they doing now?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fistula</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Did you consider continuing as Accept Death or was it always gonna be a different project?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Originally yes, but I don't want to deal with all the crying.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Tell us about your new projects.</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mutilation Factor is my ego ran amuck. I play everything and yell. Good times.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Will the planned Accept Death releases still go ahead?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No, Mutilation factor is going to do the split with SkullHog Accept Death was going to do on No Escape Records, and maybe a full length on No Escape Records. If they want to put it out. I also got a split Cd with Ottis Toole from the UK, on my own little label called 1803 Records.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Is the new stuff a continuation of the Accept Death material, or a totally different material?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is different more like a continuation of Hemdale, except the drums are as good as Craig's but no one is.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What actually happened with the breakup of Hemdale? Do you still keep in contact with Craig or Mike? Any idea what they’re up to now??<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Truthfully I think women. Mike and Craig quit. Not really.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Visceral Productions seemed like it had a heap of potential… Any idea why Craig ended the label?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Not enough money for all the work. He is a very successful Internet guy.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What’s the Cleveland scene like these days?? Do you still go to gigs etc?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is ok - not that great, I go once in awhile. Many bad Sevendust sounding bands.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzxnulV4zwr5cO2tgk66BC_XXQz8ehRFnDkJ7uo3pxvNTzN5QoIWFZW4Zra1T7zfsJZZ2wDrwsYsbnddvBlJr-YzWV5aHKdc9JmCQjuWBY37tuLuDiISMw1X-W8bSOLAyQC0YPrjbC38/s1600-h/hem1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240556812257405714" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 325px; height: 329px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzxnulV4zwr5cO2tgk66BC_XXQz8ehRFnDkJ7uo3pxvNTzN5QoIWFZW4Zra1T7zfsJZZ2wDrwsYsbnddvBlJr-YzWV5aHKdc9JmCQjuWBY37tuLuDiISMw1X-W8bSOLAyQC0YPrjbC38/s400/hem1.jpg" border="0" width="341" height="351" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Hemdale was on the verge of releasing a full length on Relapse apparently to be called “Jerry’s Massage Parlor”? What’s the story behind that?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well Mike and Craig quit, that ended that. I am not a people person so I couldn’t find anybody to help me do it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What do you think set Hemdale aside from other bands around that time?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Most bands wanted to sound like Suffocation, I didn’t like that crap.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Do you get a heap of people asking you to reunite Hemdale? Can you say whether this is definitely out of the question or not?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Never out of the question, but it wouldn’t be with Mike or Craig.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What’s your thoughts on the following:<br />Ohio:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Love it<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Relapse Records</span>:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Love it in a gay way</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Suicide:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Why not<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Genital Magic:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A secret I will not let out</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Punishing the retarded:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">They have it too easy.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What traits in a human would you say you hate the most?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Know it alls<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">”Modern sludge” taking on a drone/atmospheric edge, instead of the broken down harsh feel it used to have in the old days.. What do you think about this shit?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sucks, I like the raw sound.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What bands did you listen to as a kid? What bands got you into ‘metal’?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It started out as Metallica - Master of puppets, then Slayer, then Death, and then all the crazy crap I mentioned earlier.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">What have you been listening to recently?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dismember- Like an Ever flowing Stream</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Interrogation over. Feel free to drop any closing words below…</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Testicles</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240564466974916770" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8WxXjHDiEXj2F_3AeRo4J9-RsnL5BD6hvrBkwvBYxHyCl7kLEzD06SKBXeMj8FB1xX-sP8kd3rZtBHRd3Wp7kODP2zWAxh66odmjwFoUtdY2p2yQGSFFjMLc2CBqmFoDVe4qHIFBObo/s400/acc1.jpg" border="0" />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-69953006036574029432008-08-31T13:17:00.003+10:002011-03-12T07:13:24.368+11:00EYEHATEGOD INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE issue 3 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-Dw5iwpkdKenBpdvmeA8y-qdYWTOlCmS9o1R-CUlqrUMk9o5BUgb03fXlk35fQuWl2t-5Jw9yxnmBZHHLFgNybO88Tzlv6Wz4bA0rAghFKHYr7cDM8z4IupzSFbjJYgssnabqJu2p_w/s1600-h/eye1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240531689381528674" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-Dw5iwpkdKenBpdvmeA8y-qdYWTOlCmS9o1R-CUlqrUMk9o5BUgb03fXlk35fQuWl2t-5Jw9yxnmBZHHLFgNybO88Tzlv6Wz4bA0rAghFKHYr7cDM8z4IupzSFbjJYgssnabqJu2p_w/s400/eye1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EqxvfmvZr5m5bSqfO0tD1aBHKCT4eoz87PQJ5OS4EFbIXh-_WU7EpBadK02CaYjRfjw1_B6wQqyx2bJ3QcggVUBSCA-EhUn-pDtuauG5iX_5IYhco91MgcqjvjfSRyp8_5wbPGHDyxU/s1600-h/eye2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240531692061075058" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EqxvfmvZr5m5bSqfO0tD1aBHKCT4eoz87PQJ5OS4EFbIXh-_WU7EpBadK02CaYjRfjw1_B6wQqyx2bJ3QcggVUBSCA-EhUn-pDtuauG5iX_5IYhco91MgcqjvjfSRyp8_5wbPGHDyxU/s400/eye2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Welcome Mike – EyehateGod is one of the monumental “NOLA style” sludge bands.. How did it all start? What were some of your inspirations in the beginning?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oh Fuck, I’ve told that story a million times, but, in short, we were listening to stuff like Confessor, Obsessed, St. Vitus, Black Flag, Celtic Frost, Carnivore, anything tuned low and heavy; some fast, some slow. Playing the slow stuff appealed to us at the time ‘cos we wanted to piss off all the local speed and thrash bands by being confrontational and disruptive. I personally was more influenced by bands like Kilslug, Flipper, S.P.K., Laughing Hyenas, Whitehouse, Joy Division. The Melvins were pretty much the catalyst we all agreed on as THE band that inspired us to pound everybody’s brains into the sidewalk</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Where’d the name EyehateGod come from?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The first singer, Chris, thought of it. Something to do with God being your vices and the way you see things and the hate you feel for these vices. Besides all the existentialist leanings we also loved the shock factor and how absolutely furious people got at the mere placement of a few words in a certain arrangement.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What’s Eyehategod doing now? Are you happy with how the recent Tribute CD came together?</span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We’ve just played a bunch of shows here in the South that went fucking great. Everyone is involved in other projects, but EHG are doing the only thing we know how to do, playing live with full force and animosity. Ugly realism with substance abuse as escapism. The “For the Sick” tribute came out great as far as we’re concerned. It’s really cool to be paid respects from some killer bands and artists. I would love to meet and play with/or collaborate with every one of them, and have them buy me something or loan me some money.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What’s your opinion on the collection cds that have come out lately? Was this a label decision?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You mean the re-releases? This was an idea of Century Media but we totally are involved and are in agreement of the re-mastered versions of the first three LP’s; In The Name Of Suffering, Take As Needed For Pain, and Dopesick. They include extra tracks, new photographs and new liner notes written by yers truly.The Eyehategod cds were recently remastered and re released..</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Did you feel they needed it as a band or was it a promotional tool by the label to make them seem new sorta thing?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Of course, it’s a promotional tool to sell more records. That’s what bands do. That first LP came out in 1992 on Century Media, originally, well actually 1989 on French label Intellectual Convulsion. So we get to give something extra to the new fans while at the same time get them to put their Mom’s hard earned cash into our pockets from outta her stolen purse.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Were any stages during EyehateGod where members were fucked off with the countless other bands that you guys were in? Was EHG always the priority?</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I wouldn’t say EHG was always the priority, but we’ve been together 20 years, we’ve been through every possible ordeal that five best friends (plus numerous ex-members) could go through; rotten, incredible, amazing and horrible. I would never say any members were ever “fucked off”, as you say, with other projects going on. Everybody’s always kept busy with one situation or another. We’ve always been very supportive of each other’s bands. Sure sometimes we’ve cancelled shows because of other happenings with someone else’s band, but its always come to full circle. It’s a trade off. We just love to make music and usually aren’t really paying much attention to what’s going on.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Did this have anything to do with EHG lying dormant or seemingly breaking up a few times?Naw</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, side projects were never the reason for breaking up. Lying dormant, now that’s an actuality. We broke up for real only once in 1999 or 2000 or something, I dunno, because of drugs (or lack thereof) and record label dissatisfaction and disagreements.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">EyehateGod stuck with Century Media for a long time. How have your experiences with the label been? How did you get together with CM?<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" >That’s not 100% true. We’ve been officially off Century Media since ‘99. The reason ‘Southern Discomfort’ and ‘10 Years of Abuse’ came out was a contractual obligation. While we were with them our relationship was really rough on occasion, mainly because of their suspicious behaviour, questionable advertising practices and just downright aggravating experiences. For the most part their were some really great people who’ve stuck by us in their camp through the years, but at that time we just felt it was time to move on.<br />Funny thing is that after we left, they hired a whole new crew, some of who were total EHG fans and continued to work with us in a superior capacity. So, strange as it sounds, we got off the label, but built up a better working rapport with the new folks and went on to keep working with them and ended up doing some really cool stuff. We weren’t happy with ‘Southern Discomfort’ ‘cos it was mostly their ideas, their stupid artwork (which we can’t s</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTHhD4T5ipSmfpptTG4G_fa4lbMQKWQ5Jd8nnwyoaK1DmvpGzq5gmdeUSej0codc1yVrpvONtMUen6Cg1mF4ZtTuqpC-xcoS38444_RRDUoxz1wSxPMryJsLNiutauOpUEbFeAUMb3ZI/s1600-h/ey3.jpg"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" ><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240530352107090850" style="float: left; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTHhD4T5ipSmfpptTG4G_fa4lbMQKWQ5Jd8nnwyoaK1DmvpGzq5gmdeUSej0codc1yVrpvONtMUen6Cg1mF4ZtTuqpC-xcoS38444_RRDUoxz1wSxPMryJsLNiutauOpUEbFeAUMb3ZI/s400/ey3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" >tand). A lot of the songs on that record aren’t mixed and are direct from the crappy unmastered masters. But fuck it, the fans still say they dig it so that is what matters. What the Negative Action Group says is the most important.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">New Orleans obviously has a big influence on the bands that come from there. Did you grow up in New Orleans? What’s so inspiring about it?</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I was born in North Carolina and moved to New Orleans in 1977, so I’ve grown up here and feel strongly that it is my home. It’s very hard to explain to someone who is not from here why it is so inspiring. The culture, the mood, the tension, etc…there’s just a sense of pride about our neighbourhoods, the people, the architecture. Most everybody around the world is certainly proud of where they are from, but we here from NOLA just seem to put it out there more than others. Being from the south is one thing, but being from here is another thing differently all together. It’s an all encompassing village. It’s a hedonistic metropolis full of debauchery and tons of various backgrounds and beliefs. Hurricane Katrina has brought us all closer as family and friends. The music/art/writing community has never been closer.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">It’s obvious that drugs played a major role in EyehateGod concepts. Looking back, do you think drugs or music were more important in the day to day existence of EyehateGod? Do you think without drugs the musical outcome of EyehateGod would have been the same?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I guess it is obvious ‘cos we are so open and honest about what we do or have done in the past. We haven’t been afraid to talk about this stuff in interviews. Well of course the music is the most important thing, but there were times when the drugs totally overwhelmed certain people in the band. It just all pretty much comes with the territory; it wasn’t as if there was much thinking going into it. We just got high and played what we felt. I’ve thought about that last part of the question before and it’s debatable, but it seems drugs have gone hand in hand with our sound, who’s to say though. Would the world be any safer with a straight edge EyeHateGod?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What was your first experience with drugs?</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I dunno, probably sniffing glue and taking black beauty speed when I was like 12 or 13 years old.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Has your perspective to anything changed since being in jail recently? Had you been in there before?<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I’ve been to jail numerous times, mostly for minor offences though. I grew up in a boys home when I was 13 years old for being a juvenile delinquent. My perspective on life hasn’t really changed after doing significant time. When you put a stray cat in a cage then poke it with a stick and abuse it by screaming at it, it’s usually only gonna make it worse and not have faith in a living soul. You learn to stay away from certain people. If one positive thing is to be learned it’s never trust anyone.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">How has this experience influenced your music/writing?</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Influenced? No, not really in a way that I feel is obvious to me. Maybe other people will notice a change.<br /></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">A lot of your lyrics describe the futility and struggle of the ‘working class’ and frustration with life in general.. Have you just always felt this way from day one? Or what experiences have you had that influenced this view?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I didn’t know there was another way to be? Being futile, frustrated and struggling, that seems normal to me. I always totally pull for the working class but more so the poverty soaked, down trodden poor, but I’ve not been involved very much in “work” per se. I’ve avoided work in most ways unless it involves art, music or writing, but that’s not real work, is it? Not to me anyway.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Are you surprised by the success EyehateGod has had?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sure. For a band that didn’t ever really give a fuck, I would say I’ve been completely surprised. We only really became serious when we sold our first couple hundred demo tapes and realized that people really do dig what we do. I thought that we’d put out an LP or two and that’d be that. All the tours and meeting all the folks, that’s what make us feel it’s worthwhile. The power to give someone ear damage is a beautiful thing.</span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIwwBJotZB-mhrS0VFLbiUGM5wVpsDVR5Od4CXNc8siWDPrzLmniEfdnRZaZBgnzoVQVxBKE7rl3wI0FYdiwlUxg-KVWKkKT7KFM8147YoXNfa3YImKdSOBwCmRmj5rNsfXC5lQP7UtM/s1600-h/eye3.jpg"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" ><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240530348617912370" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIwwBJotZB-mhrS0VFLbiUGM5wVpsDVR5Od4CXNc8siWDPrzLmniEfdnRZaZBgnzoVQVxBKE7rl3wI0FYdiwlUxg-KVWKkKT7KFM8147YoXNfa3YImKdSOBwCmRmj5rNsfXC5lQP7UtM/s400/eye3.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Do you have a ‘day job’ these days? What jobs have you had in the past?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I work right now for a record label called Nocturnal, down here in New Orleans (actually on the north shore, across Lake Ponchartrain, look it up) doing website copy, A&R work, etc…, it’s a recording studio as well and me and Gene, the owner, do our own Internet radio show. I also take care of the Housecore Records website and the Housecore animals. Recently, I was working weekends at the Humane Society, working with abandoned animals, mostly dogs, which I adored, but working 7 days a week was exhausting to me. Less time to drink. In the past, I’ve been a dishwasher, landscaper, cook, janitor, construction worker, chronic masturbator etc… They are all bullshit jobs in my mind.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Has EyeHateGod ever toured overseas? Anywhere you would want to tour?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I would sacrifice a small helpless armadillo to come to Australia! Other places would be Mexico, Spain, Italy - ALL of that. A friend of mine’s band played in Iceland, so that would rule. And yes, we’ve done Germany and the U.K. numerous times, played in Japan (which was a goal of ours we accomplished) We’ve played all over Europe.. Belgium, Switzerland, etc… I regret that we haven’t been to the places we missed, but someday soon we’ll make it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Will you have any problems with visas or touring now that you’ve been in jail?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I’m not sure yet, but I’ve been looking into it. America is not a problem, though. It’s all about mountains of paperwork and getting permission from judges, etc… I’m keeping a positive mind about it.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What’s been your most memorable show with EHG?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fuck, that’s an impossible question. There have been so many. Someday I hope to compile all of these in a book. A lot of the German gigs and UK gigs. Japan was like being on another planet, great shows. Some of the more violent and wild shows hold a special place in my heart. The Pantera/White Zombie tour was a complete blast, lots of boozing and pranks.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >How did you personally first get into music? Have your influences changed between older times and nowadays?<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Probably hearing Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper and Kiss when I was like 9 years old. Also the Beatles got me into spinning vinyl at a very young age. I had older brothers, so I’d dig thru their collections. Bands like Frijid Pink, Hot Tuna, White Witch, Cream, Quicksilver Messenger Service, etc… I then from Kiss, got into New York Dolls, Stooges, Ted Nugent, Devo, Ramones, Elvis Costello, Sex Pistols, etc… Then later, Black Flag, Circle Jerks,Disorder and the whole early 80’s hardcore punk scene, then it was thrash, like Exodus, Destruction, Slayer, original black metal like Venom, Bathory, Sodom, and on and on, etc… it progressed. I still love ALL those bands and everything in between. Portishead, Pink Floyd, Masonna, gosh, it never ends. I’m a fan first and foremost.<br /></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Hurricane Katrina didn’t seem to get a lot of news coverage over my side of the world (New Zealand). What was your personal experience with this like? What’s it like being back in New Orleans post hurricane?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wow, not gotten much coverage in Aussie? It was like the worst natural disaster in the USA. I’m saving those stories for my book. It was basically hell. The city’s crime rate now has shot sky-high, our murder rate is (back and forth with Chicago, I believe) the highest in the country, while entire neighbourhoods remain empty and abandoned. Our population was split in half from 450,000 to 200,000, while the number of our homeless population rose from 2,000 to 12,000. You do the math. It sucks. Very depressing. Can’t beat me down though. We are survivors.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Any new bands coming out of NOLA you can recommend?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oh yeah, TONS: Hellkontroll, Thou, We Need To Talk, Black Rose Band, Classhole, Black Market Ministry, Haarp, A Hanging, Ierased, Haarp, Cathlicon, and on an on and on (alot I‘ve forgotten)…..Plus the older standbys: Hawg Jaw, Pallbearers, Flesh Parade, Graveyard Rodeo(and more). Lots of noise, power electronics, country, hip-hop, blues and jazz variations. The music scene here is constantly growing and is hard to keep track of completely. Go to: nolaunderground.com or offbeat.com for more info.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I know</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> you were formally the associate editor for Metal Maniacs.. How did you get hooked into doing that? Have you ever written for any other ‘zines?<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;" >I moved to New York in the early ‘90’s and being a writer, I knew the right people and somehow fell into that job. I think I helped change that magazine into not being afraid of more extreme music, like doom, grind, black metal. I still write for a few different magazines, the main one being Paranoize, a local NOLA punk/metal ‘zine.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What other music projects do you have going on at the moment? Outlaw Order – Can you give us some info about this band and what it’s up to?</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The main band besides EHG right now is Arson Anthem, which is vicious 80’s hardcore punk rock with Phil Anselmo and Hank Williams III, we’re doing some shows in December with Texas old school death metal band Rigor Mortis. Ierased is a New Orleans based band I’m going to hook up with to do vocals, kinda Skinny Puppy/Prodigy/Wax Trax type stuff. Classhole is hardcore punk and that’s with some guys from Hawg Jaw and Spickle. I just did some vocals on Seattle hardcore band Marginal Way’s new LP, I’m also gonna hook up with Detroit’s If He Dies, He Dies to do some screaming. I may be doing some stuff with Eric Wood and Bastard Noise. God- I forget alot, I don’t even have time for them all, but I’ll make it. Outlaw Order 00% is still totally in effect, we got set back by Katrina and a member was in drug rehab, but we will record an LP as soon as we get a good recording deal</span>.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:times new roman;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What is the Southern Nihilism Front?</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The S.N.F. is a gang of ne’er do wells who deal in black hole theory, time travel and basic threats to the whole of society. They use peace through addiction and the power to distort reality using alcohol abuse and worship of obscure religions, politics, poverty stricken lesser humans, contradiction of language, and patriotism of vacant lots and dark forest beaches. Can a Nihilist will himself out of existence? Let’s hope so…<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Your first book- Cancer as a Social Activity has been out for a while. What was the writing experience like for this book? Do you have any other book ideas on the way?</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I have an entire second book of poetry/lyrics written. Tentatively titled “Rough Sketches of an Empty Ferris Wheel: The Totally Dishonest Book of Truth.”. I am also writing a book of my experiences during Hurricane Katrina. As well a split book of writing with Michelle IX Kitten who is a superior writer that will soon blow up the underground scene. We will put an end to the alphabet, as well as verbs, and nouns as you know them. My first book “Cancer As A Social Activity” is being reprinted by Southern Roots Press with extra pages and possibly new artwork. Me and Kitten IX have a group called New Poetry Separatists/Nuevos Separatists de Poesia that does spoken word projects and chapbooks of experimental dark negative writing. Theres also N.O.D., which is the Narcotik Order of Dreams book publishing company we’re trying to get on its feet..<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Do you keep active with new bands or mainly just listen to your favorite stuff?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I check out new bands all the time. With the Internet today, it’s so easy to search and find killer music and connect with like minded folks. I do still listen to a lot of the same things I listened to when I was a kid.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What would you list as the 5 most important bands?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In no particular order:1)Black Flag2)Black Sabbath3)Abba (I’m not joking here, this is sickly sweet pop that is disturbing to me somewhat)4)Ramones5)Sex Pistols</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">What’s important to you now?<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">My girl Miche‘, who I love more than anything and am sorry for all the fucked up shit I’ve done. I’m Sorry baby. Also my dog Filthy Edith and the challenge of keeping them both safe, healthy and happy. My friends and family are also very important and the rest will hopefully fall into place. Sex , drugs and rock and roll, clichés and all.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Thanks again Mike for sitting through this longwinded interrogation.Any last words or contact details can be scrawled below….<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanks for the I-view Rebecca, hopefully I’ll make it over there sooner than later….Send any demos for the label or myspace.com/mikedwilliams, Myspace.com/arsonanthem, Myspace.com/outlaworder, Myspace.com/eyehategod, Myspace.com/housecorerecords, Myspace.com/nocturnalrecords</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><p align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeomiiRK9vk-c8w5dJ9oNaWpV9WbXj1QdbrP9UetLS-Byz57iyQSFonWxS6u-ktwwsG-RewAld1SFnMiZVvUaPE0hMpUnJ33lf9Q-aq1zzOj7pBN4ZQyajS0mg2lHlpOGj45GG790v_SU/s1600-h/eye3.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9O0f4eEdJREgodTIsvzCo8F1wsT19qLrufXpvq-KRym8TzIZ81JNFFb9XZ72vFHFIQlV7gEtamPa259ZG93xopjIr84mv44j9B-Szi7IkmulMDvQUVFu5s2ha1CvKD2PkAIfPbbxllJQ/s1600-h/cru.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240522149091556034" style="" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9O0f4eEdJREgodTIsvzCo8F1wsT19qLrufXpvq-KRym8TzIZ81JNFFb9XZ72vFHFIQlV7gEtamPa259ZG93xopjIr84mv44j9B-Szi7IkmulMDvQUVFu5s2ha1CvKD2PkAIfPbbxllJQ/s400/cru.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-family:arial;">THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES REALITY IS DEATH</span><br /></span></p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></div></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-32880506309053423882008-08-30T16:55:00.002+10:002011-03-12T07:12:37.866+11:00LORI BRAVO (Ex-Nuclear Death) INTERVIEW - Vomitose Issue 3 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OKIMqWEZ_5S5-HzrgYn904HmZcwVcaZlj9TxMyj2GJ1H2PatEyOfSdw2OLZ2Yvp1KZ8EJkyoRAZ3tWZMNgxKsloHxYxOa709T3YCLmox4fQW83oQERuzqCklfVcwp-KOsLdV8E8xVBw/s1600-h/nd1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240214019138286530" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OKIMqWEZ_5S5-HzrgYn904HmZcwVcaZlj9TxMyj2GJ1H2PatEyOfSdw2OLZ2Yvp1KZ8EJkyoRAZ3tWZMNgxKsloHxYxOa709T3YCLmox4fQW83oQERuzqCklfVcwp-KOsLdV8E8xVBw/s400/nd1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Without demystifying the devil.. Lori bravo is foremostly known as the ex singer/bass player of legendary abstract death metal band NUCLEAR DEATH. Nuclear Death was born underground, and that’s where it seems to have stayed for the most part, although well known and respected in the old circles for being one of the unappreciated pioneers in Death Metal, their innovative dark sound inspired a mass of people in the know, but few have been able to capture it completely. Lori Bravo is still a dark artist, but these days her vile inclinations exist only the form of her paintings and her new musical project, Raped.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpKIPL5uTMMBd0fFS5a1XQB_n-WIbjk-tNtIb9XyMinhokTkCgrw5tU08msCbfiiaa6Ly-LRt5Gi0k6xupI7BbJHnKEb-2B9CXp302McACGVLHuxYjKKmfLrMmmSXbxOxVs3neQW_jZM/s1600-h/nd3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240207519804229890" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 390px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpKIPL5uTMMBd0fFS5a1XQB_n-WIbjk-tNtIb9XyMinhokTkCgrw5tU08msCbfiiaa6Ly-LRt5Gi0k6xupI7BbJHnKEb-2B9CXp302McACGVLHuxYjKKmfLrMmmSXbxOxVs3neQW_jZM/s400/nd3.jpg" border="0" width="299" height="228" /></a><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Hey Lori, Thanks for doing this interview.. As you already know, Nuclear Death and your part in it have been major inspiration to me for years, so I’m beyond stoked to get to drill your brain with my stupid questions.. To start off with some questions regarding Nuclear Death.. What was it like in the 1990s being a woman in extreme metal? What were some of your personal influences when you first started out?</strong></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I could say it was lonely at the top....but I LOVED being the only woman doing what I was doing in ND....it gave me the license to crown myself QUEEN! We had the best lyrics, we were the fastest and were HATED even by our own 'peers'!!!! Boys just HATE when a girl can come out of no where and wipe the floor with them!Are you proud of being female in a largely male arena? Or could you care less??Oh yes and I still AM!!! Women still have YEARS to go before we are going to be considered ANYTHING but novelties in the extreme music arena, that’s for sure! If fucking Joan Jett has to still prove herself every time she steps onto a stage( and she is quoted as stating thus), WE aren't even close to being considered valid or 'real' artists!!! Fine by me...I like the challenge and I especially enjoy burning boys on the spit of my guitar!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>ND created some of the most horrifyingly original death metal to this date. What was your intention for the band when you first got together? Who did what in the band during those early years??</strong></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >My intention was simply to create music I wanted to listen to and form the most EXTREME band ever to exist and I did! I named ND after one of my most disturbing, recurring nightmares and together with my guitarist, Phil Hampson and drummer, Joel Whitfield; we made my idea a reality. Phil and I were a couple at the time as well and we shared all the song writing but eventually Phil’s testosterone got the better of him and he tried to take all the credit and became violent with me if I tried to introduce a new song I had written. I was terrified of him! This started soon after our formation in 1986....by 1990,we had fired Joel for negligence and recruited Steven Cowan on drums. Steve and I quickly realized we were meant to create as one and we began seeing each other unbeknownst to Phil! It didn't take long before I had moved out of Phil's folks' house and in with Steve...Phil quit right after and I took my rightful place back on guitar!<br /></span><div><div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What was the story behind Nuclear Death’s demise? Do you still keep in contact with Steve or Phil? Any idea what they’re up to these days?</span><br /></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Phil is in prison due to drug-dealing and other shit and I hope he rots....he was such a homophobic asshole and woman-beater.....I hope he gets raped in there for the rest of his life! Joel and I tried to get together last year and play to possibly record on this record. But he has kids and a wife and it proved to be more talk on his end than anything else(as always). Steve and I were a couple for almost 12 years....we parted in 2000,respectively. We still keep in touch from time to time but I truly am passed that part of my life now.....As for ND,I simply decided that we had made the best records ever...quit while we are still relevant,after all NO ONE can touch 'The Planet Cachexial'! It truly is ND's finest moment<br /></span><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Nuclear Death started to move into a more abstract style in the later years with the release of THE PLANET CACHEXIAL in 1999 and HARMONY DRINKS OF ME in 2000,, did you find there was any backlash of the new direction from the old fans?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sort of....but I have never made arte' for anyone but me so I just didn't care...fuck 'em! If they can't grow with me then....fuck em'!I had always planned to continue making weirder and weirder music...but I was waiting for my bandmates to catch up to me,playing-wise! I was and am a better musician than them and it would get fucking TEDIOUS to have to dumb-down my music so they could understand it....I mean,I think on terms of ART/MUSIC=same thing...THEY were like boys....like 'we gotta be the coolest and heaviest and blah...'!<br /></span><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What labels released the above albums? Any idea what </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThtaXbtW3Ft2jDt_NOlHPZjKDtRysG0yXXmvJh5hMr1HL-H5FWEQGGmA5nYV1ZA2Ggd0qxGkHwsLZlw09tSPgw777YE6PKsZRAPE2V314kqhEl3dpilBGeST9uq2AtT3fszJrmZXIfp4/s1600-h/nd6.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240215564845484130" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThtaXbtW3Ft2jDt_NOlHPZjKDtRysG0yXXmvJh5hMr1HL-H5FWEQGGmA5nYV1ZA2Ggd0qxGkHwsLZlw09tSPgw777YE6PKsZRAPE2V314kqhEl3dpilBGeST9uq2AtT3fszJrmZXIfp4/s400/nd6.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">happened to them?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Only Wild Rags released our first 2....then the assfuck Richard C.,skipped town and ripped us off and all the other bands on his label. After that Steve and I self-released the rest and I still sell them now!</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Tell us about the South American tour with gore gods Impetigo. Did Nuclear Death already have a following at the time you toured? What were your highlights of this tour?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It was actually one show in Puerto Rico! It rained the whole time and it was HOT and muggy,shitty sound system,venue BUT GREAT fucking people! Our promoters were really gracious and the fans RULED! Impetigo were cool as fuck and we all got on well!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Back in the 90s, tape trading and letter writing seemed to personify the whole essence of the underground spirit; it’s hard to imagine for me what it must have been like to rely on that sort of medium considering it was just starting to die out as I grew up. I know you personally wrote to a lot of fans, even including some people I know in primitive realms at the end of the earth, New Zealand.What are some of your memories of this time? Did you and Nuclear Death take a big part in this scene? Do you still keep in contact with any of these people?<br /></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yes! Most of them have found me! It is great(the internet). But I still hand-write all my lyrics and shit. I actually still tape-trade...but now it's cd-trade! I have many scrapbooks containing tons of my fan mail that I have kept throughout the years and I STILL receive snail-mail to this DAY! ND was on the FOREFRONT of trading man! A friendly local band called, Desecration, turned us on to that scene in 1986 and we FLOURISHED!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>After the release of HARMONY DRINKS OF ME in 2000, you seemed to drop out of the scene almost completely. Did you loose interest in Death Metal? Do you still listen to any Death Metal these days?</strong><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oh no! I was MOLTING! I moved out of me and Steve's and in with my best friend whom I still live with today...I call him my 'gay husband'! In 2000,after I moved,I immediately began working on new material but I never thought it was not as extreme as ND after all,my own life seemed strangely more insane than the ideas we were putting out via Nuclear Death. Rape,domestic violence,child abuse,drug addiction and death all make up MY actual life and I decided I needed to express myself on a more personal level. I listen to so many different styles of music and always have. THAT is what made ND such a standout band! We never resorted to only listening to death metal or the like....that is limited....there should never be any limits where ARTE' is concerned! I still love Slayer and Autopsy,Paradise Lost,Discharge etc. But I also love Tori Amos,Jolie Holland and fucking AMY WINEHOUSE!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Nuclear Death’s lyrics and art have always been extremely disturbing.. Who did most of the art for the Nuclear Death releases? How has your artwork personally evolved over the years?<br /></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Phil and I both did many pieces although I eventually began using colour after the 'For Our Dead' EP...That was my first REAL cover! You can tell me from Phil....mine is more languid and his is more like comic book style renderings.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGywiFVHc4DgIdvrAa7VwDcmlaQxZDj3uf4TG5dT0ln2DlBPnmBd_0BVhRkSB-M48J9SVvuaCxMmarrL_aPmB2gEXDduXf9hErOvQnkIpw4JMfNLqjzMtIWYcDwOOq8ceA4V_la49QkrE/s1600-h/loribravopic.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240213401911689138" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGywiFVHc4DgIdvrAa7VwDcmlaQxZDj3uf4TG5dT0ln2DlBPnmBd_0BVhRkSB-M48J9SVvuaCxMmarrL_aPmB2gEXDduXf9hErOvQnkIpw4JMfNLqjzMtIWYcDwOOq8ceA4V_la49QkrE/s400/loribravopic.jpg" border="0" width="277" height="300" /></span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240211096144258962" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOSzj48P2wYTi_QH0RWyk4twyfZ3N1lUf_zRLmfrIC8nO2XOZ9XMjZng2sK9aF_njzPzHY4wNM6QJnX5fLRyAwIzvDWBSSxuL1lwzf923421edoMw0MZOD3ts6LCSLos4OZA9ONpz85g/s400/nd5.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Who created most of the lyrics? Where did the inspiration for these come from?</strong><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Like I said....Phil and I BOTH.....inspirations? Horror soundtracks,films,literature and life!<br />What would you say some of your main influences are when it comes to art and music? Art-H.R. Giger,Salvador Dali,Degas,Frida Khalo,Orozco,Marilyn Manson,Russell Ugly(go to his page...Head in the Oven! He one of my muses and a master painter!),Picasso,Basquiat,Cindy Sherman and Diane Arbus!Music-Pink Floyd,Hendrix,The Doors,Janis Joplin,Diamanda Galas,Billie Holiday,Venom,Slayer,Discharge,Flipper and Black Flag. But it changes daily/nightly as I discover more music and re-discover music I haven't listened to in a while....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>What would you say your favourite ND release would be?</strong><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Planet Cachexial Hands down!!! I wrote the whole score and adjoining story. I still plan on making it into an animated film! With CGI the way it is now....my creatures would be so realistically crafted!<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Wild Rags Records - How was your experience with this label? Would you want to have the early ND records repressed in the future?</span><br /></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We were robbed blind! Green as fuck,we had NO IDEA what we were doing when we signed! Luckily I own it all now and YES! I want my shit to continue to be released!<br /></span><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What’s the deal with Nuclear Abominations re-releasing the Nuclear Death demo, and a live DVD of the two VHS releases from back in the day - PROFLIGACY, and UNALIVE IN TEXAS. Can you give us some info on these upcoming reissues and your involvement in them?</span></strong> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well if the dude would ever write me back I'd know more! I released master-cops of my vids to releases DVDs and what not and I am STILL WAITING for the shit to be done so I can hold it in my hands!!! YOU know as much as I do,Rebecca!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What do you think about the Bootleg videos or DVDs that seem to be circulating around Ebay these days?<br /></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I think its great because it gives more folks a chance to be consumed by all that is ND!</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">These days you seem to be more into Grunge, which is kinda interesting as a lot of people seem to get into this early on and then make the transition into heavier genres. When and how did you get into listening to and playing this style? What are some of your favourite bands?</span><br /></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Around 2001 or so, a friend introduced me to '90's' music....see in the actual 90's I was hidden away in the deserts of Arizona writing what would become,The Planet Cachexial. I was pulling a Philip K. Dick and writing ..s of speed and alcohol. It took me about 6 years to work it into the album it is now,plus,I was doing all the artwork for this and illustrating the 19-page storybook that would come with the first 100 cds! It also was our first-ever CD release,so since we were financing this ourselves(Steve and I),it took a while to be released. Back to 2001....my friend turned me on to everything from Nirvana to Alice and Chains and then my fab chick drummer,Jessie Nelson,filled in the blanks with Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney,Bikini KIll, Babes in Toyland...etc....I was like Holy SHEEPSHIT!!! I consumed,vomited,shat and reconsumed these sounds....and then, I was raped at a club and so began my new sound that I have now!<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Tell us about what you’re up to these days. I understand you have a new project called “Raped”. Can you give us some history behind this band?</strong><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is called,LORI BRAVO RAPED,actually. It seems to flow better and I have always loved the power of my name. I am recording a new record,'HEARTNOIRINFECTED'. Jessie Nelson(who played drums on my first LBR record,'ID MARRY THE DEVIL')will be playing on this as well. I have been suffering from a mental illness and having horrible panic attacks...my heart was broken,I've coped with hard drugs and drink,cutting and sickness....it is all will be splayed for all to hear when I put this record out! Every track is acerbic...I had to go to Hell and back to write this fucking thing and I damn-near lost my self. This new record will be like looking into my darkest corners and having to smell the death that has surrounded me.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Did you always play guitar? Why the transition from Bass to Guitar?</span></strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yes! I hate playing bass! I have had a guitar in my hands for 31 years!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Does Raped play live gigs? Any recording’s available?</strong><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">YES! AND YES!!! Get I'D MARRY THE DEVIL'!!!How does the concept differ from Nuclear Death?It is NOT conceptual...it is ME in the RAW! It is my womb bleeding,my throat screaming,it is my mania!<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><strong>What do you think about the following topics:</strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Sex</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> - Wish I could have it....No body likes me!<br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Drugs</span></strong> - Love them....but that which nourishes the psyche also destroys it.<br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Feminism</span></strong> - Like all 'isms' before...it has its good and bad points and I agree with both! In other words...I think I should be paid as much as a man or be able to do or say ANYTHING I want regardless of my gender, BUT,I still like the door being held open for me and I love to play the submissive roll for my boy!<br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Death</span></strong> - He/ It's my lifelong obsession....<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Thanks for putting up with these questions Lori.. Feel free to drop any dying words below…</span><br /></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanx and always,always eat your cats!</span> </span></div><br /><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ></span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240217374081173346" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuHIIqrTOxMt4piiVaud0WoesxcisLsHA7YPl9jXsd6Qd4FoYDX2UP262EMKMPrJ3Jg4qjKMdqsGcbHYlnsLxoV1CYgaXUeGAmX4-mN-Bni8exbfGSGhKbIchyphenhyphen2PUdGeQ6xEMPII714A/s400/nd7.jpg" border="0" /> </span></div></div></div><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xvb3tCfXvDo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xvb3tCfXvDo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-12767024568161571722008-08-30T12:22:00.001+10:002011-03-12T07:12:02.601+11:00FUNEBRARUM INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE issue 2 2006<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240131923768959458" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 543px; height: 335px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQkppQMieORFM1HWJdHTpVFPsLOJ7umeLW84vZ3_Q9XFjD5BbmNvHSYM2L5swxNU55CyX2VFQO8iEgKjcNonTtigic_PR6ug2qbqx_IWXbGTVikVxE9Yp9Y7iW1LjRCZJIjVnWEuW5H0/s400/f1.jpg" border="0" width="473" height="283" /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Funebrarum bring back the glory days when Brutal Death Metal still ruled the underground and was associated with legendary bands like Funebre, Demigod, Xysma, Demilich, Grave.<br />Surprisingly these guys are American, and aren't even from Scandinavia, but they still manage to pull of this style to early 90’s underground perfection.I talked to Daryl recently about their upcoming split with Internment, and what the bands been up to in the years since their formation.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Hey Daryl, thanks very much man for taking the time to complete this interview for Vomitose Zine!</strong><br /></span>Hey Rebecca, Thanks to you for having us in your putrid zine. Hails to you and our Australian metal brothers and sisters!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">So what’s the story behind Funebrarum? I know you all you guys have been in other bands like Evoken and Abazagorath for many years. How did Funebrarum form?<br /></span></strong>In 1995, I met a guy named Dario Derna who had moved to our area from Seattle, Washington, USA. He was playing keyboards in Evoken. I was impressed by his black metal solo recordings and immediately asked him to join Abazagorath as our vocalist. He had been the drummer for West Coast bands: Infester, Meatshits and currently Drawn and Quartered. Over the next few years Evoken and Abazagorath became good friends.Nick Orlando (Evoken's guitarist) and I would occasionally discuss our similar demo collections and interest in obscure death metal. We said that we should form a band but due to our other bands being busy it never came about. A couple of years later in 1999 we began rehearsals as Funebrarum with Dario on drums, Nick on guitar and myself on vocals. During this time we wrote our first few tracks "Depths of Misery", "Kingdom of Suffering Souls" etc. With several songs down we recorded the first Funebrarum demo entitled "Triumphant Ascent". Nick played both the guitar and bass tracks on the demo, which sounded like a planet exploding. We received a good response to the tape and copies sold out quickly. Dave Wagner (Abazagorath) was asked joined the band on bass directly after. In 2000, Dario returned to Seattle after recording several albums and playing numerous shows with both Abazagorath and Evoken.At one of Roy Fox's shows I met a drummer named Brian Jimenez, who was playing in a band called Eschaton at the time. He joined the band along with second guitarist, Dan Dornbierer to solidify the band's first complete line-up. We resumed regular rehearsals and ended up playing some great shows with bands like Mortician, Mayhem, Hate Eternal, Impaled and Exhumed. Dan left the band to play black metal bringing the band back to a four piece. We released a rehearsal promo around this time as well. Sometime in 2001 we entered Backstage Studios to record our second demo entitled "Tombs of Sleeping Darkness". We circulated this demo on CDR to a few friends and bands we knew but really didn't send it to labels that much, although Earache had expressed some interest us. Eventually, Roy Fox (Necroharmonic) offered to help us out and put the record out. In 2002, the "Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods" album was released.Due to personal problems Brian decided to quit the band, leaving Dave, Nick and myself to find a new drummer. We had absolutely no luck finding a suitable replacement and had some real winners try out. We had one guy show up with a pro stick case, leather playing gloves, tour van etc.. But he couldn't play a single beat, another guy was so stoned he couldn't remember the parts. We gave up on looking and continued to write new songs as a living room project with a manually played drum machine. The band almost entered the grave for good around this time.In 2003, with a session drummer Justin DeTorre we re-recorded several old songs for our next official release, the 7" EP "Dormant Hallucination," which came out on Wes Blackwulf's label, Midnight 666 Records. He did an awesome job with it not to mention the godly Dan Seagrave art on the cover. This record was pressed on several different coloured vinyl and is completely sold out.A year or so passed until we met up with Shawn Eldritch, a highly skilled drummer from Southern, New Jersey. He was asked to join Funebrarum and was soon followed by ex -Eschaton guitarist, Matt Medeiros. Now in 2006 the band is complete with the strongest and best line-up of its existence. </span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What was your vision for Funebrarum? Did you have firm ideas on what sound you were going for?<br /></span></strong>From the very first discussion Nick and I knew exactly what we were looking for - Down tuned, ultra heavy old school death metal - plain and simple. Nick's guitar tone / riffs and Dave's bass make up a large part of the band's sound. With the original formula intact and new members bringing alot of skill and ideas into the song writing - it's like Funebrarum on steroids.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsiBYy-7f1Pcci5xdeuGrhTtozUiDkBiogBdhnwSjBX39lyDCcPsfKQscQXf9OWrdMXF-aOYBaY2D77VSGEORxTRKvGsacX9tANo5FmTXDsty6LvJUr0_slwrPqrRhncIpzczYiSoP8Y/s1600-h/f2.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240139044762971666" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsiBYy-7f1Pcci5xdeuGrhTtozUiDkBiogBdhnwSjBX39lyDCcPsfKQscQXf9OWrdMXF-aOYBaY2D77VSGEORxTRKvGsacX9tANo5FmTXDsty6LvJUr0_slwrPqrRhncIpzczYiSoP8Y/s400/f2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">There seems to be a sudden trend I've noticed lately of digging up and re appreciating a lot of the older Dm and Thrash from the 90’s at the moment, It would seem people are getting bored of what today’s scene has to offer in a lot of ways.. What’s your view on today’s Brutal Death Metal scene??<br /></span></strong>To be completely honest I don't follow today's death metal scene that closely. It seems alot of bands/ fans today are obsessed with retro trends and image. It's hard to find real substance in new death metal releases but maybe I’m not finding the cool bands or looking hard enough. Three members of Funebrarum (including myself) are older metal heads in our 30's who grew up tape trading in the underground so we play DM out of a sheer appreciation for the music. I try to stay informed and support the current scene and bands but not much besides the new Bolt Thrower, Eviscium, Evocation and the new Celtic Frost album has really peaked my interest. I still listen to all the old demos and shit.. Never gets old.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Beneath the Columns… has had an awesome underground response, although Funebrarum seems to have stayed fairly low key in alot of aspects. Is this intentional?</span><br /></strong>We lost members basically and that slowed our progress plus we were busy focusing on our other bands. To a degree I think it has helped in a way that we stayed in the shadows but I wouldn't recommend it.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Are your previous releases/demos still available??</strong><br /></span>Our first album "Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods" is still available from www.necroharmonic.com. We had plans to release "Beneath..." on vinyl with bonus demo tracks but it never materialized. Possibly down the road we will release something like it.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">How often do you guys play gigs??? Is there much interest in Funebrarum around your area?</span><br /></strong>We haven't played a gig in a long time but will be playing our first show in years on May 31st with Demilich in Brooklyn, New York. We have a small fan base in our immediate area but receive mail from fans overseas mainly. Hopefully with more frequent live appearances and the new album this will change.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Necroharmonic is one of the best labels around, any reason aside from the obvious you chose to go with Sleazy Roy??? Will your future releases be on Necroharmonic?</span></strong><br />Roy is an old and good friend of mine who shares a similar taste in music and films. He has supported my bands since day one and is totally dedicated to the scene so I owe my allegiance to him - not to mention he is a hell of a guy. To most people he will diss you to your face..haha. That’s what I like about the guy.After our first album I became his art director and the A&R guy coordinating releases with Necroharmonic and our own label Morbid Wrath Records i.e.: Gorement, Mucupurulent, Abazagorath. Our next album will be coming out on Necroharmonic with support from our partner label in Australia, Bloodharmonic run by Damon Bloodstorm. Necroharmonic is the best label around for real underground releases without a doubt.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Funebrarum was partly recommended on several occasions to me by Damon Bloodstorm, Do you have any interest or contacts in the Australian/New Zealand scene?</span></strong><br />Damon rules. I am actually taking a break from designing the Corpse Molestation CD to do this interview. I am very interested in your scene. Some personal favourites are Acheron / Abramelin, Disembowelment, Necrotomy, Corpse Molestation, Bestial Warlust, Abominator to name a few. Maybe one day Funebrarum will play in your county. Bring us over!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_UvvzK2Aw-Ul-ODzPryOo29FxAbZKs6DVQ8EgMMw4iVPvnRLCAlxoRnqG1w8aiiTm1K8RYyT3iagaDepqOlRCGBYKl_jUrI_ZxCH3lDBaX_xCEUbYg4xWnplkfGDgWN4EeAdtrVnG-Q/s1600-h/f2.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240142924531493090" style="float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_UvvzK2Aw-Ul-ODzPryOo29FxAbZKs6DVQ8EgMMw4iVPvnRLCAlxoRnqG1w8aiiTm1K8RYyT3iagaDepqOlRCGBYKl_jUrI_ZxCH3lDBaX_xCEUbYg4xWnplkfGDgWN4EeAdtrVnG-Q/s400/f2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What are some of your personal influences? DM or non- DM</span></strong><br />Strid, Celtic Frost ,Venom, Nihilist, Bolt Thrower, Autopsy, Belial, Demigod, Purtenance Avulsion, Funebre, Disastrous Murmur ep, Macabre End, Xysma, Necrovore, Parnassus, Rippikoulu, Lobotomy, Bach, Mozart, Summoning, Lustmord, Sophia, Voice of Hate, old punk, hardcore, thrash, doom, heavy, rock, psychedelic etc..<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>What interests you guys outside of metal?</strong><br /></span>I can only speak for myself but I'll provide what I know about the others:I am interested in reading, art / drawing / painting, computers, graphic design, writing / creating music, travelling, playing guitar, human behaviour, religion, psychology, serial killers, exercise, learning, history, film making, cooking, weapons, movies, hanging out with friends /family, recording, war, the occult, space, paranormal, collecting, the ocean, animals, demonology, glossolalia, beer, satan, women, spikes and fucking METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nick loves death metal as well as bands like Blue Cheer and is a doom fanatic. He is an avid reader, works hard and drives big cars.Dave is a black metal psycho. He reads all the cult zines, buys demos, shirts, cds...he is still deeply entrenched in and supports the underground black metal scene. He also enjoys reading, romantic walks in the graveyard and death metal. Dave also works insane hours for World Wrestling Entertainment.Matt plays guitar and sings in a grinding death metal band called Kalopsia, He screams like a demented nutcase in a noise band called HIV Plus. He is a computer geek like myself, and works for a college. Shawn plays drums in several progressive / metal oriented projects. He likes animals, computers, movies, girls, playing drums, vodka and porn. He also likes playing guitar, lifting weights and singing.Contestant number 2 please pick your favourite Fune-member! haha<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">A lot of bands these days seem to have stopped including lyrics in their releases, or using them entirely in some cases, How important are using lyrics to you? Can you give us some insight into lyrics/concept in Funebrarum?</span><br /></strong>Lyrics are important but there are so many times you can write about the same topic. Nick has real skill when it comes to writing and poetry so I hope to use more of his work on the next album. The lyrics and concept behind Funebrarum form the soundtrack to the journey of death. . Some songs are based on dreams I've had and others are collaborations with Nick who likes to write about being buried alive or ripping open an ancient timeworn tomb. When writing lyrics somehow I always end up back down in or descending to a vast subterranean netherworld filled with the shrieks of the rotting dead.... The atmosphere and music are meant to be eerie, haunting, morbid explosions of death... until we reach that perfection I won't be satisfied. Some new titles include: Perish Beneath, Cranial Infestation, Among the Exiled of God, Incineration of Mortal Flesh and Beyond Recognition.<br /><br /><strong>I heard a rumour of a split LP being planned with Sweden’s Interment, Any truth to this?What can we expect from this release?</strong><br />We have recently finished recording 4 tracks for the split CD/ LP with Interment, which will be released on Conqueror of Thorns Records. www.conquerorofthorns.com (I still have to build his site!) I have been a fan of Interment for a while now and always felt they deserve alot more attention. I offered to release their discography as a joint release between Morbid Wrath and Necroharmonic. During this process Johan (Interment vocalist) and I decided we do a split between our bands. Chris Moyen created the cover art and it's fucking brilliant. The whole thing was a quick project but the final result will be worth all the hard work. Kennet (Interment's drummer) sent me a preview of one of their songs and I was blown away. Interment rule. Prepare to crushed by a double-megaton blast of old school DEATH METAL!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Can you tell us what’s coming up for Funebrarum in the near future?</span><br /></strong>We have the new album in the works which will be recorded sometime in October 2006 as well as the show with Demilich on May 31st in New York. We also have been offered to take part in a 4 way split CD / LP with Slugathor, Eviscium and Coffins. Our third album is slotted for release on Japan's Weird Truth Records. A tentative Japan tour is planned for the future. I would like to bring the band to Europe for some shows at some point hopefully.We shall see what the future brings as Abazagorath is writing again and Craig Pillard (ex- Incantation) has just joined Evoken on bass and man is it heavy as fucking hell!! Expect some great things from all three bands in the future. Craig will appear on backup vocals on our next Funebrarum album. He also played second guitar in Abazagorath during our European tour 2004. We keep it in the family.Sometimes during rehearsals we switch to playing to total thrash heavy metal and will record a demo under this banner of steel! Hahaha. We play sick and disgusting music but we know how to laugh and have a good time too. If you don't you'll end up like all the ultra-tr00 kult Internet newbie trend kiddiestotally destroying what's left of the scene. SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND! 666<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Thanks again Daryl for the killer interview, Please feel free to fill the below space with contact details, and anything else you might feel like spewing!!</span><br /></strong>Cheers!!A rancid heap of slithering intestines to you Rebecca for being so brutal. Keep up the good work with Vomitose.For contact, shirts, stickers, booking, interviews etc.. write to: Thergothon1@aol.com or abazagorath69@hotmail.comVisit our websites: </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.funebrarum.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;" >www.funebrarum.com</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.necroharmonic.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;" >www.necroharmonic.com</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.deathmetalsite.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;" >www.deathmetalsite.com</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.abazagorath.net/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;" >www.abazagorath.net</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9F4z4JC4QcUwKTFx6kRG7gsL2uX-jPaHxlPsKBXAc1L887dWxjCILKf0rm5IGuGlTL6jYx3avoCZZTl4QuD2xGspmdfZbiP-HsIVKtGtUNKoVinAMx5wFLGlmdgfNDho2n0ErAPpeaO8/s1600-h/b1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240143751737193698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9F4z4JC4QcUwKTFx6kRG7gsL2uX-jPaHxlPsKBXAc1L887dWxjCILKf0rm5IGuGlTL6jYx3avoCZZTl4QuD2xGspmdfZbiP-HsIVKtGtUNKoVinAMx5wFLGlmdgfNDho2n0ErAPpeaO8/s400/b1.jpg" border="0" width="317" height="352" /></a>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500533811196360544.post-91758969661483756212008-08-30T11:30:00.001+10:002011-03-12T07:10:47.163+11:00diSEMBOWELMENT INTERVIEW - VOMITOSE ZINE issue 1 2005<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9Y1S4T2kcZ7PnYNB1rXZOK5KwephtsaHMXkL9uGbZVFQNzRKxwImkj6pnsOgDdBnFyHzncbOpCu3MzIHM-tQOxvFZlaj-6Yasa1ZDMCRpLkX-9he0eopUe6hqNLo47piZZD-1xVvtMw/s1600-h/d2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240121951463078338" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9Y1S4T2kcZ7PnYNB1rXZOK5KwephtsaHMXkL9uGbZVFQNzRKxwImkj6pnsOgDdBnFyHzncbOpCu3MzIHM-tQOxvFZlaj-6Yasa1ZDMCRpLkX-9he0eopUe6hqNLo47piZZD-1xVvtMw/s400/d2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> </em></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Disembowelment have long been identified as the forefathers and predecessors of the doom/grind genre, and with this newly released reissue of all the classic material and limited edition extras, Its not hard to see how Disembowelments crushing grind doom hybrid legacy has stood the test of time, and well and truly established them as the Purveyors of Grind.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Hey Paul! Hows things? Thanks heaps for taking the time out to do this interview. It’s insane being able to interview a member of the legendary Disembowelment!</span></strong><br />Hey Becs, Most things around here are pretty cool; it’s a pleasure to do this interview for you.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Firstly, Relapse Records has just reissued all of your work; with some extras included on a third disc. Why has it taken so long for this reissue to come about?</span></strong><br />I'd say it's partly our fault and Relapse not having us high on the priority list which is fair enough considering we are NOT an active band. I think what happened first was Relapse got intouch with Renato and he basically told Relapse that he didn't want anything to do with the re-issue, but for Relapse NOT to touch his artwork. Then Jason was in touch with Relapse and any correspondence was really dragging out and nothing was moving on re-issue front. Jason got a little impatient and gave up. I then stepped in, sent a few e-mails to Matt from Relapse and things were dragging out again and I then decided just to call him and basically tell him "What's the deal here? Are we going to do this re-issue or what?" So I put a bit pressure on Relapse and Matt assigned Jonathan Canady the task. Thankfully he is a major diSEMBOWELMENT fan. So he understood not only what I was trying to capture, but he gave me his opinion as a fan as well, which helped a lot. Jon was awesome to deal/work with. He was under a lot of pressure to work on the active bands which had priority, but he spent a lot of his spare time on our project which I am grateful for. I guess another reason for the delay was 'what' we were going to use for the re-issue. At first it was going to be just re-issuing the "Transcendence..." release. Then we thought we might have a 2nd disc and have "dusk", the MBR comp track and demo 1. But then we somehow found an unreleased version of “Spirit of the Tall Hills" and a rehearsal Necrovore cover (Slaughtered Remains). This added with the 2 other rehearsal tracks we already had in mind; we decided to make a 3rd disc as part of the limited edition. So this dragged out the process aswell.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">The anticipation for the reissue has been pretty crazy. Did the cult status that Disembowelment seems to have grown come as any surprise to you?<br /></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For most part of it, it did. I heard from other members that there was still a bit of a following, which I didn't really follow up on to see if it was genuine or not. Then I got a few comments here and there when I was at gigs here (in Melbourne) that a number of people considered disembowelment one of their all time favourite doom acts or were a major influence to them. There always seem to be questions about what other members are up to these days. And finally there were times people did ask about the re-issue, but to be honest I didn't think the anticipation was that high. So the cult status still baffles me a little as I think it is a big call and we don't really deserve cult status here.</span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >How have your dealings in general been with Relapse? There’s been mixed opinions about Relapse's business practices in the past, Is your deal for the reissue similar to the original releases?</span></strong></span></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >I've heard about some of the stories bands have with Relapse and it's sad. This happened to us too, but we knew that we didn't read the contracts close enough to realise that once we signed, Relapse had a major grasp on the band. I believe this happened to many other bands out there who were naive and inexperienced (like us) not to get professional people to read contracts and get them to explain to us what it all meant to the band. I guess bands get caught up in the excitement and hype of being signed to certain labels and automatically think they'll get everything served on a platter. I believe Alchemist were smart as their contract with Relapse went to/from several or more times before both parties agreed to their contract and I believe Alchemist benefited from that. So I guess it's a harsh lesson for bands starting, to get deals with reasonable sized labels out there. If it costs a few hundred dollars to look at the contract, then you cover your asses from the word go. So to finally answer the question, the re-issue is basically the same deal like the original contract which will work totally in Relapse's favour.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >Prior to Relapse, were there any other labels interested in signing or releasing Disembowelment? Did you guys have any established following pre-Relapse?</span></strong><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >As we did a comp track with MBR, they were interested in doing a full length. We had our hesitations as we thought we'd hang out and try and find something better. I believe Wild Rags were interested back then. They didn't have a good reputation back then. And there were many, many small labels which were interested as well.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">How did the Relapse deal come about?</span></span></strong><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >The Relapse deal came up in 2 step process. First we passed on X amount of copies of our 2nd demo to many labels out. Relapse was interested in releasing our 2nd demo. We changed a few things as we got the demo re-mastered and added one other tune releasing the "dusk" EP. Once Relapse released "dusk", they wanted more material. We came up with enough to record an album and Relapse agreed.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >Compared to early-late 90s bands and the underground scene in Melbourne and around the world, how do you think todays underground ‘scene’ stands up in comparison?<br /></span></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Musically, I think it is way more diverse and dynamic. Although at times the basic songs which stand out are not as prominent or heavy generally speaking. Musician-wise the players out there are totally unbelievable. Comparing the Melbourne scene back in the late 80's to early 90's to now is a massive difference. On a local front I found that maybe 50%-60% of guys playing in bands could play back then. Today I find it's more like 80%-90% of guys in bands can play instruments. Not only that, speed-wise it's jumped up many notches which is incredible. Maybe I'm getting old! Or maybe that's why there are more bands out there using drum machines? However another major element I believe has changed is the ground breaking factor. Back then there was Napalm Death and Repulsion coming up with this new style of Hardcore/metal which was 10 times faster than the standard stuff. The WOW factor was very high as it seemed so over the top back then. Now it's just almost stock standard. Even when Morbid Angel came out, there was so much anticipation then and when it finally came out, it was like where did these guys come from and many bands did their best to emulate them. I also find that there are way more styles or genres of Extreme metal nowadays. I don't think there was the label or genres/music called Goregrind, U.S slam death metal or Funeral Doom.etc.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaep0oHK1d17cxfmjlt8DVjED7k4GEn5TphkNLivE6HxWn9NnA5wwXN98XOdcC5pvSpQhjCH_DTRRnwgjF57rM3rwJ7TPiQHHhIxvRlkeSeFj5IiPWEJpwR2lYk-lljRSdNjQEIsm0eM/s1600-h/d2a.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240126088885828162" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 306px; height: 218px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaep0oHK1d17cxfmjlt8DVjED7k4GEn5TphkNLivE6HxWn9NnA5wwXN98XOdcC5pvSpQhjCH_DTRRnwgjF57rM3rwJ7TPiQHHhIxvRlkeSeFj5IiPWEJpwR2lYk-lljRSdNjQEIsm0eM/s400/d2a.jpg" border="0" width="306" height="228" /></span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >How would you describe Disembowelments sound?</span></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dark, heavy, ambient, atmospheric, at times beautiful, doomy, crushing and mysterious.</span> </span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Do you think it would be easier for a band like Disembowelment to exist in today’s scene compared to back then? Is that sound still relative?</strong><br /></span>Good question. I'm not really sure because I don't really keep up with the scene that much these days.I probably follow the occasional death metal / grindcore band. Otherwise I don't really follow doom bands or stoner bands etc. If someone recommended certain funeral doom material, I'd be more than happy to check it out. Because the genres have split in so many ways in the Metal scene nowadays, it probably would be easier in some ways. Is the sound still relative? Well I'd say Yes. Reason being is that one, because we could potentially fall under different genres it might be accepted in some circles rather than just one. Two, I still believe that our sound hasn't outdated that much and would still generate some interest.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Inspirations in Disembowelment’s sound? Where do the ethnic/religious? themes/chanting come from sometimes used in the recordings?</span></strong><br />Probably more a question for Renato. But I'd have to say that he always had an interest in ambient, atmosphere sounds. With that he really moved into the Middle Eastern sounds and culture. Renato wrote 99% of the material. These sounds started to creep in later on when we released Dusk. What of your recordings would you say you were most happy with? To be honest I felt that our recordings got better and better. But at the same time, I guess this went with the flow of each release and what we were looking for at the time. After demo 2 (deep sensory procession into aural fate), I thought we finally had something which was going to take us to the next level. It's funny because the 'Transcendence...' album could've had a real mechanical sound to it if we let our sound engineer (Doug Saunders -R.I.P) drive this one. We had major issues convincing him to go for the sound we were after.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What are your views on Australian Music? Do you see being from Australia a disadvantage/advantage in music?</span></strong><br />Australian music is quite healthy all round. Although we don't have the capacity or following of people to have huge metal festivals like in Europe. I see Australia mostly a disadvantage in music because of the distance to Europe and the U.S, which is a shame because I believe we have quality bands here.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Are there any particular bands coming out of the International and Local scene that you get into? Do you keep up with new bands coming out?</span></strong><br />International bands I'm enjoying at the moment are Putrescence, Engorged, Kill the Client, Shape of Despair and still enjoying bands like Phobia, Immolation, Incantation. Locally, I'm enjoying Roskopp, Kutabare, Fuck I'm Dead, Injury to Eye, Captain Cleanoff, Undinism, Intense Hammer Rage and Abominator.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">What would be your Top 5 bands of all time?</span><br /></strong>Tough question as I'll base my answer on consistency through the years and the fact these bands stayed true to their styles. Here goes: Immolation, Incantation, Death (R.I.P), Autopsy and Napalm Death (Lee Dorian era).<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Do you have any other projects planned? If so, what sort of direction will it be going in? Will you guys ever play live?</span><br /></strong>The project I am a part of at the moment is with Matt (disembowelment bassist) and it is a band called PULGAR. We play old school death/grind stuff with hints of old school thrash. At this stage I guess we're just getting together having jam and playing some old sounds we love and grew up on. Not sure whether Pulgar will play live or not. As far as diSEMBOWELMENT playing live, 2 words - NO CHANCE!!!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><strong>Well I think that pretty much wraps it up, theres a million things I could ask you but I think I’ll leave it at that for today! Thanks again Paul! Are there any other comments you’d like to add or anything further you have to say?</strong><br /></span>Thanks Rebecca for your interest in diSEMBOWELMENT. It was a pleasure doing the interview. Please continue supporting the scenes out there as it's amazing to see how healthy the scenes are after 18 years.</span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240125135437753106" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgkjvIs4LeyZqdpU0KzRH_DfYlYqaMVJxOWHXvlGOG_NkiHL6eme_tdZP8MtEJ8kv3tFza2zeV09zVSeXl0M8F38w4ZZlvJ13t3eGLvCnPG2wOqZn_zz6Rd79XW3yfc_MjCOv-UmWjuM/s400/d3.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535414477665505948noreply@blogger.com0