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Buried Future (madison Wisconsin U.s.)I f the l istener is wi l l ing to pay attention, and not getdiscouraged after hearing the dizzying blast ing, the musicmakes a lo t o f sense and that 's when th ings get fun: when thechaos and dif ferent elements come together and thingsbecome clearer.

There is here basical ly none of the main elements thatsome expect (singing, melody, rhythms and r i f fs that are easyto remember). Instead, i t 's r i f f after sharp r i f f at r idiculouslyh igh speed, je t -propuls ion drumming and gut tura l growl ing.As the band explains, there is a lot creativi ty going on, but thel is tener is cha l lenged to be a le f t , o therwise th is wi l l sound on lyl ike overwhelming force, and s /he wi l l miss the m-us ic .

Thei r a lbum "Symphony of Unnecessary Surgery , " isava i lab le a t the i r shows ($8) , through Relapse ($9) , TheExc lus ive Company and Earwax in Madison. Or jus t get intouch with them and check i t out for yourself .Bobby de la O - Lead Guitar; Jesse Hendrix - Rhythm Guitar;Andy Knutson - Bass; Phi l "Ph i lb las t " Harre lson - Drums;Dave Labedz - Vocals www. myspace.com/buriedfuture

It has to be excit ing to f inal ly have your hard work in the formo f an a lbu . !ANDY: Probably the most exc i t ing par t was near the beginn ingof the whole process when we were f irst experiencing thereal i ty that soon we would have an album. However, afterdeal ing wi th i t for so long, we more jus t got used to the idea.In a sense, I th ink that worked in our advantage. Had webeen wait ing to get excited about i t , there's a good chancethat the f inanc ia l commitment or someth ing might havestopped us ln our tracks.

However, instead of coming down hard from our recordinghigh, we had already leveled our heads by then and were ableto concentrate on actually dealing with the obstacles thatcame up, and doing whatever was needed to make sure thatthings kept moving forward. I think in the end we were lessexcited than we were relieved that we were finally done withit. Certainly now, however, there is a great sense of pride inlooking at our album side by s ide on a rack wi th some of theheavyweights of the genre and knowing that we measure up.

What tyoes of sounds/ images does drummer Phi l Harrelsonhear/see in his mind to come up with those monster beats?PHIL: When we are constructing a song a lot of factors runthrough my head while in the process of putting it together'As the drummer I have the unique inf luence over how a partin a song can be heard and ul t imately change the mood of asingle part . Now when Bobby is showing me new r i f fs andparts and ideas for songs both him and I get on the samewave length as to how we want a part to sound and how wewant it to flow into a song. If I have a drum beat that takesaway from the r i f f i t 's behind than I change i t , I t ry and keepeverything as technical as I can but somet imes i t can be toomuch and can actual ly take away from the song.As for what I see or th ink about when construct ing a drumbeat really I start off making the beat simple and very straightforward so that I can get a feel for the part at hand. I almostbreak it down like a puzzle especially for the parts that havemult ip le t ime changes. For example, i f a r i f f is in 1718 t imeI 'm not going to count to seventeen, i t 's impract ical and waymore di f f icul t than i t needs to be I wi l l break i t up into 3 setsof 5 and then a set of 2, it 's way easier to count to 5 threetimes and 2 once than it is to count to seventeen. So from thesimplest form from which I start I then start making l itt le

changes, adding in tom rolls or triplet accents that help givethe "extra flare" or "zazz" or "spunk" or my favorite "moxy"that makes Buried Future what it is.

The lyrics to "Tertiary Thrust" sav: "Attending classes half-asleep,/ With no intent ion to learn. / Only brains to dismant le. /And livers to burn./ They see no short-term benefit./ And somaintain. for lack of it./ Their long-held superstit ions/Reoardino hioher educat ion. "

What would you say are these superstit ions?DAVE: Dictionary.com defines "superstit ion" as "a belief ornotion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of theominous signi f icance of a part icular th ing."

Running with that , I feel l ike the opinion a lot of peoplehave about academia is "not based on reason or knowledge,"but instead on whatever i l l- informed stereotypes they'vedeveloped of tweedy, l iberal, out-of-touch professors. Due tothis lack of understanding, they view the university as asomething with "ominous signi f lcance," a th ing thatdisseminates ideas they don't understand, and therefore don'ttrust. So I wouldn't say there are "superstit ions" regardingacademia in any folkloric sense, but instead that there's a fearderived f rom misunders tanding.

Think about i t th is way: hundreds of years ago, people hadvery l i t t le idea of how stuff worked. So they made shit up -

myths and fo lk ta les - in order to exp la in the th ings they d idn ' tunders tand. I fee l l i ke a s imi lar th ing is happening toacademia: people don ' t unders tand what 's va luable abouthav ing un ivers i t ies , so they make sh i t up to exp la in whythey ' re not va luable that they s lave away s tudy ingdisc ip l ines wi th no pract ica l va lue, that they "bra inwash"students with " l ibera l " ideology, etc.Just l ike ancient mythology, these explanations are rootedvaguely in real observation: there certainly are professors thatstudy things with l itt le practical value, and there ceftainly areprofessors that attempt to mold students in the l ikeness oftheir own pol i t ical ideology, but by and large these accusat ionsare l ies, spread for no purpose other than to allow uneducatedpeople to justify their own laziness and lack of interest. Thatmight sound l ike a pret ty harsh accusat ion, and whi le I couldgo on to explain what I mean by that, I th ink most people wi l lhave stopped reading by now anyway.

Your song " Ident i ty Cr is is" states: " I have been told. / Since Iwas able to speak,/ That I am free in this place,/ Throughnat ional i ty. / That I may l ive as I wi l l . / And I may act as Io lease./ And that the wor ld envies me,/ For my exemptionfrom their constant state of / Poveftv--/ And that they cannotthink/ Prooer ly-- / That these poor souls have been/ Denied ag-od-- /Without salvat ion they wi l l / Burn in Hel l - - /Withoutdemocracv wi l l / Rot on earth. . . "

In your view, what is the relation between Americannat ional ism and American imperial ism's wars?DAVE: Imperial ism is nothing more than the pract icalmanifestat ion of nat ional ism. I f you think your country is thegreatest country on earth, then you see it as your duty tospread your ideology to the rest of the wor ld. This, natural ly,is bul lshi t , but i t doesn' t keep one from bein! the logicalconclusion of the other. Something perfect ly logical can st i l l beperfectly bu l l sh i t .

At the end of the song, there are a couple l ines that, whi le Idon' t l ike them poet ical ly because I th ink they're k ind ofc lunky, they st i l l sum up the song wel l : "War forever k i l ls /Those without the wil l / To retract their creed / Of identity."

What I mean by th is is that you can ' t have count r ies wi thouthav ing war , because compet i t ion a lways fo l lows d iv is ion. Youcan observe th is a t every leve l : Capi ta l ism vs. Communism,U.S. vs . I raq, Yankee vs. D ix ie , Green Bay Packers vs .Minnesota V ik ings. A l l o f these conf l ic ts ex is t because bothgroups cons ider the i r ideo logy to be super ior , and they wantto impose the i r "super ior " ideo logy on the " in fer ior " group,caus ing that group to submi t and recognize them to besuper ior .

That 's never go ing to happen. So the way I see i t , we cankeep beat ing our heads against the wal l to t ry and makeeveryone th ink l ike we do, or we can t ry to unders tand whyother people th ink d i f ferent ly . At th is po in t , I don ' t have to te l lyou what I th ink is the bqtter option.

I a lso want to c lar i fy one las t th ing about that song, whichis that whi le i t is about the U.S. insofar as I 'm an Amer ican,i t 's real ly a more general cr i t ic ism of every country'snat iona l ism. The l ines you quote in your quest ion are th ingsthat are true for almost every person in almost every country.Everyone is told that their country is the greatest country onear th , and that everyone e lse is an in f ide l /demon/heathenwhose fe l low count rymen are uneth ica l bastards that would le th im s tarve. That 's what makes the whole s i tuat ion sor id icu lous. Every count ry can ' t poss ib ly be the greatestcount ry on ear th , jus t l i ke every re l ig ion can ' t poss ib ly be theone t rue path to sa lvat ion. To th ink so is de lus ional a t best ,a n d murderous at worst.

Do you th ink that people who say that vour voca ls are"monotonous" are rea l lv l is ten ing to the sonos? Is th isdemand for in te l l iq ib i l i ty c red ib le or leg i t imate?ANDY: Cer ta in ly the voca l issue is one of the more commoncr i t ic isms. Fr iends who hear us te l l us o f ten that they l ike themusic a lo t , but can ' t s tand the vocals . Personal ly , I f ind i tvery strange that they even make that dist inct ion, because tous, the voca ls and the music aren ' t separab le e lements . Thevocals are a par t o f the music as much as any of theinst ruments . The death growl is less o f a set parad igm somuch as a break f rom the set parad igm of what const i tu tes asong. Most people are condi t ioned to th ink o f a song assometh ing that they can s ing a long wi th , and they genera l ly

expect the vocal track to be presented as the most importantpart of a tune. Death metal rejects that idea, in favor ofbr ing ing the vocals in to the mix as a rhythmic e lement . Thevocal is t doesn ' t s ing so much as he p lays. Though I w i l l sayth is : I t seems l ike a crue l joke that we have a wr i ter o f Dave 'scal iber who puts together extremely well constructed lyr icsabout very thought provoking subjects, that nobody can real ly

unders tand wi thout a set o f l iner notes in f ront o f them.Moreover , when people te l l us that the music is great but

the vocals are crap, they ' re l ike ly ius t t ry ing to be n ice. I t ' s

hard to imagine the people who have sa id that s i t t ing aroundl is ten ing to ins t rumenta l death meta l and th ink ing that i t ' s jus t

the bee 's knees. The vocal t rack is jus t a defau l t compla in tf rom people who are used to l is ten ing for the voca ls inpar t icu lar . I f we d idn ' t have Dave, i t ' s not l i ke they wouldn ' t

f ind anyth ing e lse to compla in about . "Oh, i t ' s jus t too fas t " ,

or " i t sounds so angry" , or "what the he l l is go ing on? How

many beats was that?" In the end i t doesn ' t rea l ly mat ter '

We' re not do ing th is to p lease everyone, and the people who

rea l ly l ike us are the ones who get that .

BOBBY: What people don ' t unders tand about technica ldeath meta l is that , un l ike most pop-meta l bands and other

forms of mainst ream music in genera l , the music is focused

around the whole band as opposed as the band be ing there to

serve the vocals. The vocals in death metal are there to add to

the in tens i ty o f the overa l l sound, jus t as the gu i tars anddrums are. You don ' t rea l ly have the opt ion to "s ing" overmusic that is a tonal , asymmetr ica l , and that rap id ly changing.The lower gut tura l voca ls go great as a boost ing rhythmicinst rument wi th the rest o f the music , not to ment ion how ev i lthey sound he lp he ighten the mood. So you can ca l l themabout as "monotonous" as any other ins t rument in the band

What do you look for in a gu i tar so lo? Also, how muchimprov isat ion is there l ive? Can you say what your gu i tars aretuned to and equipment both o f your gu i tar is ts use?BOBBY: As lead gu i tar I have a very s imple setup, I jus t use aPeavey XXX, the most evi l distort ion on the planet, and aRandal l Jaguar cab. We s imply tune in s tandard, because i fyou have heavy enough d is tor t ion low tun ings areins ign i f i can t , i n my op in i on . My ma in axe i s a Me ta l l i cas ignature KH-602, which was bu i l t for meta l and so lo ing. Jesseuses an Ibanez Xyphos wi th a Peavey ISX head (Heavy as a l lh e l l ) .

I t is imposs ib le to complete ly rep l icate any so lo tw ice. Whenyou are playing sixteenth or thirty second notes at tempos ofaround 220 quar ter notes per minute, the impof tant th ing isto recapture the feel of the solo, not necessari ly hit everys ing le note in sequence wi th the CD. I f I were to p lay a superfast so lo for you twice in a row, i t would probably sound thesame to you; however , when you are p lay ing l ightn ing fastsca le sequences, some th ings are bound to change.

What o ther events , news, merchandise, e tc . do you have forthe second ha l f o f 2009 and for 2010?PHIL: We are work ing on some new T-sh i r t Des igns wi th DaveFisher ( i f you haven ' t seen h is a f twork , i t rea l ly is incred ib le) .I 'm personally excited to see what comes of i t . Also, a fewnew songs are in the works for hopefu l ly another a lbum, butrecord ing isn ' t even a top ic o f d iscuss ion. THE END.

Nefandus (sweoentNefandus ' music car r ies a v is ion that , i t seems, maybe couldbe summed up as: keep meta l b lack/death in a tmosphere andfeel, as there is a strong, twisted, raw, somber feel, result ingin imaginat ive yet very caust ic music .

However , in addi t ion to the fact that th is is raw andtwis ted, what g ives Nefandus i ts ident i ty , bes ides that b lackmeta l foundat ion, is the way the music bu i lds and uses var ie tyin d i f ferent voca ls : there is lo ts o f throat -burn ing b lack meta lvoca ls and done wel l , inc lud ing the more s ickening/d isgust ingmoments . That 's one major th ing. Another one: there isaddi t iona l a tmosphere created through what I w i l l here ca l lchant ing/s ing ing, but i t ' s loud and pro jected, not whispered 'The resu l t is an atmospher ic voca l fee l .

"Dea th Ho l y Dea th " i s t he name o f t he a lbum and i t i sser ious qual i ty , c reat ive b lack meta l w i th a good, so l id ,unpol ished product ion. I t ' s improbable that your path andNefandus ' path wi l l be cross ing of ten in the fu ture, so mightwant to invest igate th is music for yourse l f ' In addi t ion,Nefandus is re la ted to o ther bands (ment ioned in th isin terv iew) that a lso have par t icu lar musica l perspect ives '

Kristoffer "Ushatar" Andersson - Lead Guitars, Bass Belfagor -

Vocals , Gui tar , Bass, DrumsBel fagor answered these quest ions here.

www. nefandus. org or m. be l fagor@hotma i l . com

Who o lavs the drums, gu i tars and bass? Bel fagor is cred i tedwi th "a l l voca ls" and "a l l ins t ruments" on t racks 1-5. Does thatmean that Ushatar does not p lay anyth ing, except for songs 7

and 8? Do vou use a d rum mach ine?

I p lay a l l ins t ruments on ment ioned songs, yes, as wel l as Ipeform a l l voca ls on the ent i re a lbum. yes, th is means thatUshatar p lays no s ing le ins t rument on songs 1-5, and ont racks 7 and 8, I p lay on ly the drums, whi le Ushatar handlesthe rest o f the ins t ruments . I would never use a drummachine on any of my musica l pro jects . You cannot capturethat same magica l v ibe that can be captured wi th humanhands. I see record ing wi th your ins t ruments as a k ind ofr i tua l is t ic procedure, as is the creat ion o f a song, which a lsooccurs whi le ho ld ing and p lay ing an ins t rument , unt i l youreach the state of trance required for the ql iphothic forces tobegin to f low out in to mani festa t ion through you and theinst rument you are us ing. Th is is o f course t rue on ly for themusic ian who works wi th the ant i -wor lds o f q l i fhoth magica l lyas we l l as mus i ca l l y .

Do you have p lans to tour? Is that a goal?No. We are both busy wi th our main bands, mysel f w i thOfermod and Ushatar wi th Sargatanas Reign and The Legion,that we have no t ime to p lan too much when i t comes toNefandus. We go in to the s tud io and create some Death Meta lmagic , and what comes af ter that s imply comes. Maybe wewi l l do a s ing le g ig or two, but that is no pr ior i ty , and tour ingis out o f the quest ion a t th is very moment a t least . We ares lowly but sure ly work ing on mater ia l for the next a lbuminstead, which most probably wi l l be re leased on my own labe lLef t L ight Emanat ions, which by the way has been jo ined byAndreas of Satan ic Propaganda Records, so that we cancont inue to together re lease monumenta l a lbums l ike DeathHoly Death, which was re leased as a co-operat ion betweenLef t L ight Emanat ion and the la te Satan ic propagandaRecords. Us go ing together under the banner o f L .L .E is agood way for us to col laborate and yet forget the crap mypar tner re leased on h is own in the past and focus mere ly onthe best o f the best wi th in the underground cu l t o f t rue B lackand Death Meta l in the fu ture. Would Nefandus s tar t p lay ingl ive we would have to f ind a complete l ine up wi th the cor rectideo log ica l and musica l foundat ion, which was hard enoughwhen i co l lec ted souls to Ofermod, so most l ike ly Nefandus wi l lwa i t for a whi le wi th any l ive p lans, and focus on be ing astud io band.

What do you mean bv "Ql iphoth ic"?The Ql iphoth are the oppos ing counterpar ts to the Sephi ro th ,which in the Qabalah, a Hebrew system of myst ic ism andmagic , are the emanat ions of a l l l i fe , f rom the lo f t ies t o fheavenly he ights to the grossest o f mat ter . The e l iphoth arethe ant i -words where a l l demonic forces have the i rinhabi tance and are usefu l symbols in the dark magic o f theLef t Hand path. As Nefandus deals wi th the forces of theQl ihoth the ep i te th Ql iphoth ic Death Magic bef i ts our music , i ta lso hav ing magica l procedures in the making.

What would vou say your lyr ics do? Are they directed atsomeone. what are the ideas. are thev ant i re l iq ious. personal .etc. ?Rather than ant i re l ig ious, my ly r ics are h igh ly sp i r i tuar , thoughon an esoter ic and magica l p lane. They are not d i rected atanyth ing outer , but are invocat ions to the mighty forces ofSitra Ahra and sometimes poetical storys about them, oftenwith profound mystic meaning. My words are between thedemonic forces and mysel f , and i f the l is tener f inds themst imulat ing, then maybe he is wor thy o f the ent i re Nefandusexperience.

"Samael ic Madness Code" has an in terest ing voca l iz inq a t thebeg inn inq . I t sounds l i ke chan t i nq .It 's myself chanting some hebrew words of power. Onceagain; i t ' s between mysel f and the forces. . .Some th ings arebest le f t unexpla ined.

Who is E l i iah Beau Pre, whose ar twork you use? Where canLeople see more of this artwork?El i jah Beau Pre is a pseudonym for a gent leman f rom amagica l order I happened to run across one day, and when Isaw his artwork I knew that i t would be perfect for theNefandus a lbum. Luck i ly E l i jah was k ind enough to le t us usesome of h is ar t . What I l i ked about some of the symbols arethat they are s imi lar as those used wi th in the order to which Ibe long , and t he gene ra l f ee l i ng i s . . .we l l , spec ia l , i n l ack o f abet ter word. I don ' t th ink th is gent leman's ar t can be foundanywhere. Not that eas i ly anyway.

There is a myspace page but i t does not seem to be vours.I have noth ing against th is sor t o f pages as long as i t comesc lear that i t i s a t r ibute page. Actua l ly I was not aware thatthere ex is ts th is k ind o f space concern ing Nefandus. Maybe wewi l l have an of f ic ia l myspace. page done for us, as I d id wi thOfermod, but i t feels quite useless as I very seldom evencheck i t out. I try to stay as far as possible away from thein ternet when I abso lu te ly don ' t need to use i t to be incontact w i th people or look up some in format ion.

On the cover o f the cd, is i t the shadow of a dead person? Isthere a s ign i f icance in the way you wr i te your logo, wi thHebrew- l ike characters? What does Nefandus mean?The cover is symbol ism for in i t ia t ion in to a h igher s ta te o fq l iphoth ic consc iousness. One has to metaphor ica l ly d ie to beborn anew wi th the powers the new in i t ia t ion br ings.

Our new logo is drawn in the fash ion that the le t tersresemble hebrew letters, and hebrew letters are veryimpo r tan t i n t he Qabba lah and i n mag i c i n gene ra l , t h i s i s whyI wanted the logo to have the shape i t has, so as to at f i rsts ight show that Nefandus is no ord inary band, but fo l low thespi r i tua l code of the or thodox cu l t o f Death and Black Meta l .

Nefandus is the la t in word for abominat ion.

What are your p lans? Can people hear vou on vour webs i te?We have no spec i f ic t imel ines for our p lan, which is to wr i teand record our next a lbum. No, people cannot hear us on anywebsi te hopefu l ly , but on ly on CD or LP. Hai l Death lTHE END.

Mastercastle rrtatvtMastercast le 's a lbum "The phoenix" is t rad i t iona lheavy/power /prog meta l , done wel l and wi th ta lent . Theyhave those heav ier , rock ing, s ing-a long songs that have avery melod ic , t rad i t iona l heavy meta l fee l ing. Then, they dothose midtempo t racks, which le t the t rad i t iona l s ing ing soarand bas ica l ly , take over the song. Then rock out some more.Then i t ' s an ins t rumenta l , rock, rock, major gu i tar -dr ivenmelody, where, o f course, i t ' s the gu i tars that take over andi t 's gu i tars , so los, l i cks , hooks, r i f fs , and more gu i tars . So onand so for th . That is the bus iness of MastercasUe.Giorg ia Guegl io - Vocals ; P ie r Gone l l a - Gu i t a r ;Steve Vawamas - Bass; A lessandro B issa - Drums

I**. myspace. com/mastercastle

Hel lo ! You l ive in Genova, cor rect? what is the s i tuat ion foryour band in Genova?PIER GONELLA: Hi Maur ic io , thanks a lo t for your in terv iew!Here is P ier Gonel la , Mastercast le gu i tar p layer . yes, I l i ve in

Genova. Giorg ia Guegl io , the s inger , and Steve Vawamas, thebass p layer , l i ve in Genova a lso. Only A lessandro B issa, thedrummer, l i ves near Bresc ia , in the Nor theast par t o f I ta ly .

Here a l l th ings are go ing in the best way. On 19 June wemake a g igs in Genova, the o f f ic ia l a lbum presentat ion. Weplayed in an enormous Crazu bul l and there were also a lot ofjourna l is t o f I ta l ian magazines and webzines. Than we aremaking some acoust ic shows in the I ta l ian FNAC, Genova,Mi lano, Tor ino, Bar i , Roma. We are very happy for thefeedback of the people and we are p lanning more g igs in therest of Ita ly for the next winter .

How are th ings now wi th your new cd "The Phoenix"?PIER GONELLA: F ina l ly I can say that "The Phoenix" a lbum isgoing very well . I t 's not easy for a new band t6 get attentionand posit ive response from the f irst t ime. The album is outf rom L7 Apr i l 2009 and I unders tood that people l ike i tread ing f i rs t rev iews on I ta l ian magazines (meta l hammer,meta l maniac, Rock hard) . A l l magazines made a rea l ly greatrev iews. Than a l l webz ines (as meta lun. i t , eutk .net , f lashmagazines. i t ) . Th is is great because a lways journa l is t are veryst r ic t w i th new band. We get more v is ib i l i ty in o ther count r ies ,a lso. I 'm s t i l l mak ing many in terv iews for webz ine around thewor ld . In par t icu lar we had rea l ly good rev iew f rom UK andUSA, th is is a great resu l t for us '

And is there a common theme or top ic for a l l the ly r ica l ideasof the a lbum? Are the ly r ics connected in some way?PIER GONELLA: A l l ly r ics are wr i t ten by Giorg ia Guegl io 'GIORGIA GUEGLIO: There is not a common theme in th isMastercast le a lbum. I take insp i ra t ions by my l i fe , mysensat ions, my exper iences. In the opening t rack "Words areswords" I te l l about the courage to a lways say what we rea l lyth ink, and to f ind the forces even i f we are a lone behind someproblems s i tua t ions .In the song "Greedy Blade" I te l l about a d isaster thathappened in I ta ly . In the 1963 in the Vajont va l ley ( in theNor th o f I ta ly ) , an enormous mounta in s l id in a damn,creat ing a g iant wave that "cancel led" some towns in theva l ley and k i l led a lmost 2000 people . Af ter the d isaster i t wasdiscovered that the constructors known the r isk of the makingth is damn, but there was b ig economica l in terest and theychose the r isk . In the song "Pr incess of love" i te l l about animaginary pr incess that represent some emot ions I havev is i t ing par t icu lar p laces l ike cast les , forest e tc . I l i ke th is songand we have jus t f in ished making a v ideoc l ip that everyonecan see at our web s i te : www.myspace.com/mastercast le

What are the e lements o f a Mastercast le song?PIER GONELI-A: I th ink that Mastercast le musica l s ty le borns

by the mix o f my v i r tuoso gu i tar s ty le wi th the par t icu lar

female vo ice o f Giorg ia . So We are the pr inc ipa l composers . I

had many musica l pro ject in the past wi th her , but We never

tr ied to unit our forces in a main project. from the f irst song

we wrote I noticed that the union of my sort of neoclassicalgu i tar s ty le wi th her vo ice become an or ig ina l melod ic hard

rock and metal stuff . Steve and Giorgia can play or write some

simple gu i tar l ines too, but our composi t ion a lways s tar t by

some my ri f fs. I give them to Giorgia and she wrote some

vocal melod ies. Than we work together to opt imize those

melod ies. At th is po in t s teve and Bix work for the bass and

drums arrangernents.

On the a lbum. the drums are p layed by B ix as a quest . Do vou

have a permanent drummer now? Is B ix in o ther bands?

GIORGIA GUEGLIO: Yes, B ix p lays a lso in V is ion Div ine, an

impor tant I ta l ian meta l band. I t ' s a great person andmusic ian. We respected a l l cont ract l imi ta t ions, organiz ing h isengagements and our a lso, we had no prob lems to worktogether . He p layed the drums in f i rs t g igs we made, and wew i l l play t n the next.

What are some of the most important metal bands from Italyin the 1980s? Also, do vou know or work wi th the people f romPathosray, Rhapsody, Labyrinth or other bands in I talv?PIER GONELLA: I p layed wi th Labyr in th band for 5 years . Imade 2 s tud io a lbums wi th them, and 2 Japan tour . I t was area l ly great exper ience. Actua l ly I p lay gu i tar in Necrodeatha lso, that is a h is tor ica l I ta l ian thrash band that p lays s ince1985. I had a lso some co l laborat ions wi th Fabio L ione,Rhapsody s inger . A l l o f them are great and famous band.

Is McDonald 's popular in I ta ly?PIER GONELLA: Of course, McDonald, Burger k ing etc arepopular in I ta ly . There are one of them in a l l b ig c i t ies o f I ta ly .But not many people are obese because of them. We oftendon ' t go to McDonald to have launch or d inner , but jus t toheat someth ing and have goodt ime. We have a lso manyt rad i t iona l food and wine. I ta ly is o f ten known as "P izza orPasta " but there a re ma ny other g reat food s.GIORGIA GUEGLIO: yes, we know the prob lem of peopleobese and overweight, especial ly teenagers. Fortunately, inI ta ly we have a great reg ional t rad i t ion o f natura l food, andwe use o l ive o i l , espec ia l ly in the south o f I ta ly , so there ' re notso many fa t ing red ients in to our food.

How long has Pier Gonel la been p lay ing gu i tar? What are thebands or gu i tar p layers that made h im want to p lay gu i tar?What about Steve Vawamas?PIER GONELLA: I 've been p lay ing gu i tar for 15 years . I s tar tedthen I was f i f teen years o ld . At th is t ime I l i s tened to manymusic , f rom Scorp ions and Deep Purp le to Joe Sat r ian i and. Is tud ied a lo t w i th d i f ferent teacher to f ind a great techniqueand a personal s ty le , but I s tud ied a lo t by mysel f ' I made 9stud io a lbums t i l l now, wi th Labyr in th , and Mastercast le andother guest band. Everyone can see them and l is ten to somesongs in my s i te www.p iergonel la .com. I 've been l is ten ing toa l l k ind o f music , f rom Whi tesnake o S layer or c lass ica l music .I 'm very proud of Mastercastle album because i t representsmy s ty le and my way of composing music .

Steve Vawamas has a lso been p lay ing for a lo t o f years . Ip layed gu i tars in h is a lbum Ath lant is , that he records somealbums wi th the I ta l ian power meta l band Shadows of Stee land other band l ike The Dogma or Prometeo.

In the news there have been reports of racist soccer fans whoscream insu l ts to p layers who are B lack in I ta ly 'PIER GONELI ,A: Yes, the h is tory in spor t espec ia l ly te l l aboutmany rac is t fac t . Of course, the rac ism is a very s tup id th ing.For tunate ly , I don ' t know I ta l ian meta l band o another ar t is t icmovements promoting rac lsm

How lono has G io rq ia been s i ng ino?GIORGIA GUEGLIO: I 've been s ing ing f rom 1994 in to many

different bands. The style of music I prefer l t 's hard rock as

Whi tesnake and Meta l a s Rammste in .PIER GONELLA: The vocal s ty le o f Giorg ia g ives to

Mastercast le h is un ique and or ig ina l sound. S ince f i rs t contactwi th the labe l L ion Music her vo ice was cons idered "melod ic

and powet fu l " . She has a backgound f rom Amer ican and

Engl ish hard rock and th is is a great th ing.

What events, news. recordings. etc. do you have for thesecond ha l f o f 2009 and for 2010?PIER GONELLAT Actua l ly we are p lay ing and programmingsome g igs, not on ly in I ta ly . But we have s tar ted composingnew songs. We have many ideas and we are p lanning tore lease a new a lbum on 2010. I f the t ime wi l l be enough wel ike a lso to make another v ideoc l ip , so s tay tuned on ourmyspace page: www.myspace.com/mastercast le . THE END.

UPorl Extinct ion (Rppleton. wisconsin. u.S.\Upon Ext inc t ion is a three-p iece (Andy-bass/vocals ; Mat t -gu i tars /voca ls ; Brandon-drums) who descr ibe themselves as"progress ive/meta l / thrash" and who, to me, sound l ike b lackmeta l r i f f ing lash ing out wi th death meta l growl ing andpounding, heavy, groovy drumming and at o ther t imes i t doessound l ike very heavy growl , midpaced progress ive thrash,

Categor ies are so s i l l y . Let 's t ry th is again : UponExt inc t ion is mot ivated by the love of meta l and the i r songsreflect that. I t 's heavy, as in doom-heavy, but i t 's uptempo(not s low) and b lackmeta l / thrash/proggy-memorable .Categor ies are s i l l y . Read the in terv iew and check them outfor yourse l f . www.myspace.com/uponext inc t ion

Hel lo ! Give us an update about vour record ings!We are record ing a three song demo, one song that hasn ' tbeen recorded yet and two updated versions from the olddemo. Just want to have someth ing to g ive away whi le wefocus on a fu l l length.

How can people obta in vour new music?They can get i t a t one of our shows or jus t emai l us and we' l lsend one out.

What does Mat t hear in h is mind that turns in to gu i tar work?Before I work on my music I go to a p lace ca l led "P lanetMat t . " Not many people know where th is is , except the guysin Upon Ext inc t ion. Though they 've never been there. I usual lyhave an idea for a song and what I want the fee l to be, then Iwrite accord ing ly .

On your myspace you ment ion beer dr ink ing a lo t . Can yourdrummer, Brandon, pedorm i f drunk?LOL, we love beer, but we keep i t under control for shows.Our f irst priori ty is to play the best we can for the crowd, sowe keep i t to a couple beers before we play. We are heavi lyexperienced in the art of beer to face combat.

One of your mvspace b logs ta lks about prob lems of the meta lscene in Wiscons in . What can people do to keep meta l go ing?I th ink the b iggest prob lem in the scene is egoism. Too manybands and people have egos. We are a l l on the same p lay ingf ie ld . Our band loves to go out and suppor t the o ther bands inthe Fox Val ley . Hel l we even go to Madison, Mi lwaukee, and LaCrosse for shows. We've made a lot of fr iends by support ingthem. I f you set up shows you have to t reat the bands youbr ing in wi th respect . I f you t reat them bad then they wi l lhave a negat ive image of you. I t jus t comes down to what doyou love and do you want to be a part of i t . We love metal andpunk and go to the shows, whether i t ' s a t a bar or in abasement , and hang out wi th the people that love do ing thattoo. I t 's been a great experience for al l of us in UponExt inc t ion. I th ink a way to he lp the scene for bands is thatwhen they ask another band for a show to return the favor. I tshows that you have respect for the metal scene and arewi l l ing to he lp out bands. I get too many requests for shows,but bands don't return the favor. I t 's not required, but i f you

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want another show then i t should be done. A lso i t is a goodidea to br ing up bands f rom out o f your area. I t g ives theaudience someth ing new to see and keeps your loca l scenefresh a n d in terest ing.

Is there a "competit ion" or a rock star mental i ty?Yes. I f you want to act confident on stage and put on a goodshow that 's f ine, but when you step off the stage you aresame as the guy that watched you p lay.

What i t is that people would be "compet ing" for?I th ink that some bands and people are compet ing for be ing inthe best band or be ing the #1 person in the i r meta l scene.

What are some prob lems wi th menta l i t ies?I th ink that people don ' t rea l ize that be ing a par t o f the meta lscene is a way of l i fe for us . I f people th ink that they are inthe best band or the #1 person in the scene that they wi l l berecognized for i t . Hel l , we a l l l i ke a pat on the back once in awhi le , but you can ' t do i t by making enemies.

Doesn ' t " rock rad io" ( l ike in Madison) reproduce ignorance ofmeta l? Why not go to a loca l show and hear bands l ike UponExt inc t ion. Bur ied Future or whatever . you know?!I got in to meta l by l is ten ing to Mot ley Crue, Guns N' Roses,Poison, Rat t and a l l the o ther ha i r bands. Then i t moved ontoheav ier s tu f f l i ke Pantera and Slayer . I then found f r iends thatl istened to Death Metal and Black Metal and i t took off fromthere. Everyone gets into metal somehow, but then i t 's amatter of i f they want to go more extreme or not. Somepeople just don't know that extreme metal exists, becausethey don ' t have f r iends in to i t . They should check out loca lmeta l shows. I t he lps everyone out.

What are your drummer 's favor i te meta l a lbums?Mastodon "Lev ia than" , Parasyt ic "Hymn", Tragedy"Vengeance" Wi tch "Sel f -T i t led" , and Wartorn "Ta in t ingTomorrow With The Blood Of Yesterday."

What are the ly r ica l concepts o f your songs "What WinterBr ings" or "Go Eat Worms"? Does hav ing humorous ly r icssuggest that you don ' t take your music ser ious lv?What Winter Br ings is jus t about win ter . Go Eat Worms wasour o ld s ingers (Er ich) ly r ics . He wrote a song about a songhis mom sang to h im. We are go ing for a more ser iousapproach ly r ica l ly now. We scrapped the "worm" idea and nowi t is ca l led " In to The Abyss, " which is about be ing in a ru t andnot knowing how to get out, but to just try. Life knocks youdown and you jus t have to get up and grab i ts ba l ls .

We do l ike to joke around a lot, but with the departure ofour s ingers (not inc lud ing Dusty) [most recent voca l is t ; nownot wi th the band. -ed i tor l we have rewr i t ten the ly r ics andt i t les o f some songs to make them not so juveni le . Thecurrent t i t les o f our songs are: Bu l le t Wound Aggress ion, FeastWi th inThe F lesh, Surrea l N ightmare, Wi th Peace Br ings War,To Evolve In Darkness, Ones We Lost, Out Of The Abyss, WhatWinter Br ings, Man's Search For Meaning, Dis i l lus ionedFarewel l , and Predator.

Other events, news. recordings, etc.?We' l l keep our myspace page updated(www.myspace.com/uponext inc t ion) and i f you are look ing forloca l shows you can check out the Wiscons in Ext reme Meta lpage (www.myspace.com/wiscons inext rememeta l ) for in fo onFox Val ley shows. We' re look ing to put out a fu l l length, but i tp robab l y won ' t happen t i l l 2010 . THE END.

Blaspher ian (Houston texas. u.s . tDedicat ion is a key character is t ic o f B laspher ian: dedicat ion toa sound of the heaviest possible of death metals, withjackhammer, dr i l l -s ty le drumming and ser ious doom,accentuated wi th a gu i tar sound centered on the mass ive,swir l ing crunch. The vocals focus on a general atmosphere ofthe deepest , th ick growl ing.

The sound captures the exper ience and knowledge ofa band whose s ta tement centers on p lay ing music in aconf ident , cons is tent way, d isregard ing ch i ld ish i l lus ions about"success" . The success of B laspher ian is to keep making deathmeta l in the manner they see f i t ; and what f i ts them is thesubject of this interview.Wes In ferna l - Gui tar ; Apol lyon - Vocals ; _Mat t Mayhem - DrumsWes " In ferna l " Weaver answered.

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Hi ! Can you g ive an update on your record inq act iv i t ies?HAILS MAURICIOI RIGHT NOW WE ARE FINISHING UP THE WRITING FOROUR DEBUT FULL LENGTH C.D., WHICH WILL BE TITLED ' ' INFERNAL

WARRIORS OF DEATH".WE HAVE OUR C.D."ALLEGIANCE TO THE WILL OF DAMNATION"

AVAILABLE FOR 10$ US, 15$ WORLDWIDE, AND WE HAVE THE SPLIT 7"W/ADUMUS AVAILABLE FOR 6$ US,12$ WORLDWIDE, I KNOW IT SEEMSLIKE ALOT, BUT POSTAGE IS EXPENSIVE. WE ALSO HAVE SHIRTS, THEYARE 13$ US 20$ WORLDWIDE.

You l ive in Houston. Texas. correct? What of interest is there

to dea th / th rash /b lack meta l l e rs i n Hous ton bes ides

vourselves?WE DO LIVE IN HOUSTON. THE SCENE HERE IS GETTING BETTER. SOMEGOOD BANDS HERE ARE: GATES OF ENOCH, BAHIMIRON, GOLGOTHA,IMPRECATION, UNCLEANSED, INSIDEOUS DECREPANCY, NODENS, ANDOTHERS. THE SCENE HERE IS FINALLY GETTING BETTER, THANKS TOCARLOS-LAST NIGHTMARE PRODUCTION, ARTURO AND REALMS OF METAL,AND ALSO LUIS-THE ADVERSARY.ORG, THEY'VE ALL CONTRIBUTED TOHELP.

And wha t abou t l oca l me ta l venues in Hous ton?THERE ARE SOME VENUES HERE. MAINLY WALTERS ON WASHINGTON,AND THE WHITE SWAN.

Is there any metal on the radio in Houston? I ask becauseWes has exper ience with doing metal shows on the radio.YES, I 'VE DONE RADIO HERE IN HOUSTON SINCE 1987, CURRENTLY I 'M

ON KTRU 91.7, ITS THE RADIO STAION FOR RICE UNIVERSIry ' I 'M ON THEAIR ON SUNDAY NIGHTS,lO PM CENTRAL YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON THEWEB AT WWW.KTRU.ORG MY SHOW IS CALLED 'FROM THE DEPTHS'

On Morb id Ange l ' s "A l ta rs o f Madness" thank l i s t t he re i s a

Wes Weaver. That's you, correct?YES, THAT IS ME. I FIRST WROTE TO MORBID ANGEL BACK IN SEPT, 1985.I CONTACTED THEM THROUGH A ZINE I GOT BACK THEN, CALLED 'WAGE

OF MAYHEM'THERE WAS AN AD FORA BAND CALLED DEAD. " I WROTE

THEM, AND THEY TURNED ME ON TO MORBID ANGEL, SO YES I WAS THE

FIRST OR SECOND PERSON TO CONTACT MORBID ANGEL FROM TEXAS'

Are you guys involved in other metal bands?I ' INTT NNS_N SIDE BAND CALLED OWL WITCH, AND OUR BASS PLAYER ]OE

NECRO IS ALSO IN TERMINATION FORCE, AND HE HAS HIS OWN BAND,

CALLED PESSIMISM,

Music is an art . but a lso a capi ta l is t . money-dr iven business inwhich labels change and adapt to whatever sel ls. Labels sel lg.oth rock, emo or core and market it as "metal." When you

i l r ted Blaspher ian did you think that vou' l l be-sel f - f inar 'ced?vrs, we wr l r - ALWAYS BE AN UNDERGROUND, D I Y TYPE oF

BAND....THAT,S THE ONLY WAY To STAY TRUE' AS sooN AS YoU GET

SIGNED, 99O/O OF THE TIME YOU CHANGE TO SELL MORE RECORDS.

THAT'S THE DOWN SIDE TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, BIG LABELS ARE ONLY

INTERESTED IN MAKING MONEY, SO THEY MAKE THEIR BANDS SELL OUTMUSICALLY TO SELL MORE. FUCKING GAY.

And g i ven B laspher ian ' s un -marke tab i l i t y . how do you v iewwhat vou do in re la t i on to me ta l ' s cons tan t t rends?WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE TO CREATE SATANIC DEATH METAL, WE ARENOT INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, OR MAKING MONEY. WE DO ITBECAUSE WE LOVE IT, AND ITS FUCKIN KILLER TO WRITE MUSIC ANDTHEN HAVE IT COME OUT ON VINYL, HOLDING WHAT YOU SPENT MONTHSON TO CREATE, IN YOUR HAND.. . . IT 'S AWESOME.

Is your 2006 "Summon ingo f In fe rna l Hordes" ava i l ab le?IT'S SOLD OUT, SORRY!

What do you mean w i th the sonq "Sworn to Dea th and Ev i l "?TO ME, IT MEANS SWORN TO METAL, SWORN TO SATANISM, THAT THESETHINGS ARE A WAY OF LIFE NOT A PASSING TREND. TO NEVER SELL OUT,TO ALWAYS STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, TO SUPPORT TILLYOUR LAST BREATH. NEVER GIVE UP, METALTILL DEATH.

What are the mot ivat ions for lyr ics?SO FAR, OUR OLD SINGER DEAKRATOR WROTE THE OLDER SONGS, NOWOUR NEW VOKILLIST APOLLYON HANDLES THE LYRICS, I USUALLY COMEUP WITH THE SONG CONCEPTS, AND SONG TITLES, THEN I EXPLAIN THEMTO APOLLYON, HE THEN WORKS ON THEM TILL HE'S FINISHED.WHAT DRIVES US LYRICALLY IS OUR HATE FOR THIS WRETCHED EARTH,AND THE PEOPLE ON IT. THE BLIND CHRISTIAN IAND ISLAMIC]FOLLOWING OF A GOD THAT DOES'NT EXIST [AND DOES'NT CARE, ATBEST] AND DEVOTION TO SUCH PRIMITIVE BLIND FAITH, HAVING TO DEALWITH THESE SHEEP MAKES ME WRITE THIS MUSIC.

What th inos do you seek in a set of r i f fs to work in a song?

And do you reco rd your gu i ta r work sess ions?WE RECORD SONGS, AND SOMETIME WE RECORD RIFFS. WE THEN PIECETHE SONGS TOGETHER UNTIL WE ARE SATISFIED, SOMETIMES SONGSCOME QUICKLY; SOMETIMES OTHERS TAKE A WHILE, SO FAR I HAVEWRITTEN 99% OF THE MUSIC, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE TAKE SO LONGTO F IN ISH SONGS,

Abou t techno logy and dea th meta l . Wha t a re theproduc t ion /sound qua l i t y qoa ls tha t you have fo r B laspher ian?I THINK RAW PRODUCTION WORKS BEST WITH DEATH METAL. A SLICK,POLISHED SOUND IS BEST SUITED FOR COMMERCIAL MUSIC. IN FACT I 'DEVEN GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT POLISHED DEATH METAL IS FAKEDEATH METAL. SO YOU COULD SAY I HATE OVERLY POLISHED METALRECORDS, AND.. . .THATS NOT TO SAY I THINK THEY ALL SHOULD SOUNDLIKE SHIT. . . . I EN]OY MUSIC, NOT NOISE, BUT PRODUCTION FOR REALMETAL SHOULD NEVER BE OVERLY SLICK.

WE WILL PROBABLY RECORD AT A NEW STUDIO FOR OUR FULLLENGTH, BUT THAT IS NOT TO GET A CLEANER SOUND, IT 'S ]UST THATWE FEEL ITS TIME TO STEP IT UP AS FAR AS HEAVINESS IS CONCERNED,WE WANT OUR FULL LENGTH TO COMPLETELY CRUSH, BUT STILL RETAINTHAT HEAVY RAW SOUND.

In the magaz ine Meta l Man iacs fea tu re on B laspher ian . you

said that no "pret ty elements" are in Blaspher ian's music.What are some "pret tv elements" that you mean?I WAS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT TOO MANY HARMONIES, FEMALEVOCALS, VIOLINS, FLUTES, ACOUSTIC GUITARS, I HATE ALL THAT SHIT INMETAL.

What other events, news, recordings, etc. do you have?WELL, RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE A FEW THINGS IN THE WORKS,SPECIFICALLY OUR DEBUT C.D. ' INFERNAL WARRIORS OF DEATH"

HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE RECORDING IT THIS YEAR FOR A 2O1O RELEASE.THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT! ALWAYS SUPPORT REALMETALI HAIL THE INFERNAL WARRIORS OF DEATH!! I ! HORNS FOREVER

UP. T H E E N D .

Imperius Profanus (erazi t tTheir a lbum "Barbar ia" is fugly, fugly black metal in thepart icular t radi t ion of sandpaper-on-throat abundantscreaming of as many as possible of the words of the lyrics,raw unpol ished drumming of the destroy-your- instrument

var ie ty , and t rad i t iona l b lack meta l fas t p ick ing in combinat ionwi th some ga l lop ing r i f fs . I th ink the t remolo p ick ing workshere as a way to do memorable songs wi thout us ing melod ies,s ince th is band is unmelod ic , o f course.

Raw and dec idedly unfancy is the idea the band worksf rom. Some bands may p lay fas t and some may be loud, butth is band works a lo t on the i r technique of be ing no isy andabras ive. As Borat would say, "Great success l "Emperor Diavo los-gu i tar /bass; Lord B lasphemat ion-vocals ;Malevo lo-drumsEmperor Diavo los answers.www. myspace.com/ imper iusprofa n us.

Hel lo l How are th ings wi th vour a lbum "Barbar ia"?!Hel lo ! F i rs t I want to thank you for th is oppor tun i ty ! We arecurrent ly do ing shows to d isseminate the demo "Barbar ia" . Wegot the support of Ventto Florestal Productions to distr ibutethe CD throughout the count ry , 1 .000 copies l imi ted.

You recorded "Barbar ia" l ive in the s tud io . but vou have on lythree members. How d id you p lav bass l ive?Oh yes, rsrsrss . . . In th is case I recorded the bass separate ly .We s t i l l cannot f ind the r ight person to p lay bass in Imper iusProfanus.

What is the insp i ra t ion for "Barbar ia" the song?!Our b iggest in f luences are hordes: Marduk, Enthroned, Absu,Nargaroth , E l i te , Satan ic Warmaster , Tr imonium, Dissect ion . . .When I composed the song "Barbar ia" insp i red me much thesehordes.

Accord ing to Meta l Arch ives, some Braz i l ian bands promoterac ism and whi te supremacv in Braz i l . What do vou th ink?!I do not know these bands. Nor am in terested to meet them! Iam to ta l ly against rac ism. In a count ry l ike Braz i l that isr id icu lous! The Braz i l ian people have of fspr ing o f severa ld i f ferent races. Most ly ind ians and b lacks. The Braz i l ian publ icmostly does not accept ractsm.

What is go ing on Adv iser . your o ther band?The Adv iser is para lyzed at the moment . . . we are look ing fora drummer and a bass is t . The a lbum "The Tragedy ofTomorrow", the ly r ics ta lk about soc ia l issues as a resu l t o fwars and the causes of re l ig ious fanat ic ism. The music is qu i ted iverse, wi th in f luences of var ious aspects o f meta l : thrash,death, b lack, doom, power and nwobhm.

Why does Imper ius Profanus have ly r ics in Por tuguese andAdv i se r i n Eng l i sh .In my op in ion the Engl ish language is bet ter to s ing anddisseminate. But for th is cd, we chose the Por tugueselanguage. There are many braz i l ian bands that s ing inpor tuguese. I chose the adv iser to the Engl ish language.

What work do you do and how do you f inance your band?Work in commerce, in a c lo th ing s tore. We have greatd i f f icu l ty to get the record and f inance the band. In Braz i l i t i sdif f icult to f ind f inancial support. The cost of recording is veryh i g h .

How did Lord Blasphemation prepare to record in the studiowith that vocal intensity? Is i t more dif f icult than concert?Much test ing and concent ra t ion. The per iod o f record ing in thestud io is very t i r ing. P lay ing for people is great ! Muchexc i tement . Somet imes there is much nervousness andanxious before

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Do a lo t o f Braz i l ians buy i l lega l cop ies o f cds? Cds are soexpens ive evervwhere, that makes sense.Today i t 's very easy to download cds on the internet. Is area l i ty in th is wor ld , and here is no d i f ferent . Cds areexpens ive here in the Braz i l . But some people l ike to co l lec tor ig ina l CDs. I am one of those people . rs rsrsrs

What is your favor i te food and what is a good dr ink?I love to barbecue, p izza, hamburger . . . At tached to a gooddr ink is beer and coca-co la .

Do meta l lers in Braz i l read meta l z ines? Do vou read thewebsi te " B la bbermouth "?Yes! We have many underground z ines in Braz i l . I Don ' t knowthe websi te " B labbermouth" . Where is he?

Any other events , news, record inqs, e tc .?For the second Semester o f 2009 are schedul ing shows tod isseminate the demo. We have 5 new songs inc luded in thereper to i re . We want to record in 2010. THE END.

Orisha Shakpana ( :amatcatBlack metal enti ty Orisha Sha,kpana is the work of Lord Ifr i t .Or isha Shakpana goes for the o ld-school way of b lack meta l o frawness in which the most impor tant th ing is the creat ion o f aspec i f ic sound of unmelod ic anger , where speed, growl ing, andsuch e lements are present , but they do not dominate: what ispredominant is I f r i t h imsel f , whose music sounds in terna l lydr iven (un-commerc ia l ; un- t rend) and h is react ion to theouts ide wor ld .

At the same that l f r i t ' s pre ferences lean heav i ly in theb lack meta l d i rec t ion, there is a love of death and thrash thatis in there, somet imes more present in par t icu lar moments , asthere a lso seems to be a spec i f ic doom-and-g loom/dest ruct iontendency. Bas ica l ly , the most impor tant character is t ic is thefee l , the o ld-school menta l i ty that sh ines through the un-po l ished, DIY record ings. Th is is jus t beg inn ing !

:**. myspace. com/orishaoft heea ft h

How a re t h i ngs go ing f o r vou? l lI 'm current ly in the U.S, not for good, not p lanning onre locat ing. just here for work.

What are some th ings you 've been do ing in 2009?I 'm current ly work ing on a death meta l a lbum ca l led"Decapi ta t ion Lu st. "

You have recent ly done two record ings, an E.P. and a demo.How can people get cop ies o f th is music?I haven ' t done any d is t r ibut ion as yet , but as soon I get i tdone, you ' l l know, You can contact me atjoker46 _7 0 5_9@ hotma i l. com.

What is your current status as band/project?At f i rs t , I wanted a 3 or a 4 p iece band. In Jamaica, meta l isnot that known or l iked for that matter, so i t is very hard tof ind people to take par t in a b lack meta l band or a rock bandmuch less. Those were o ld b logs I had up back when i wasn ' tso ser ious about hav ing a band in the f i rs t p lace. A so lopro ject is not so bad actua l ly , I rea l ly l ike to be a lone, I getmore create energy alone, but I prefer to f ind people with thesame music tas te as me and f rom Jamaica, i f not then i ' l l jus tgo so lo . lo l . Jamaican Black Meta l on ly by Jamaicans, don ' twant any outs ide he lp for th is wi l l go against a l l Or isha s tandsfor , not xenophobia or anyth ing. Just Jamaican pr ide, that 'sa l l . I was bo rn he re i n Amer i ca , and I wou ldn ' t m ind ha l f

Jamaicans l ike mysel f to he lp out . Or even fu l l amer icans butfor sessions only. Not racist because there are whiteJamaicans too, and I rea l ly don ' t look a t that . You have to beJamaican so you can he lp me wr i te about the count ry or youcan get the fee l o f the music the you grew up around, l ike mefor example I grew up around reggae, metal, rock, jazz andblues music . Look at the Swedish death meta l scene, see anyPol ish guys in that scene? I wouldn ' t mind a fe l low Car ibbeanband member . Look at Mayhem wi th Dead, Dead was a Swedeand the other guys where Norse and that worked wel l . Theykept i t Scandinav ian and I want to keep i t Car ibbean.

What 's been the response to your meta l where vou l ive?! !Jamaica is ext remely chr is t ian and min iscu le amount o frockers are the social outcasts. I purposely mbde my musicnot in the taste o f the typ ica l Jamaican. The Typica l Jamaicanloves dancehal l , h ip hop, r&b or any form of pop music .

What is the top ic o f your song "Anc ient Ghana 1265"?I t 's h is tory about the dahomey wars, the ens lavement f rommusl im af r icans and the grand k ingdom that was the oyok ingdom. Ok, most ly fac t . The factua l par t is that in medieva lt imes and before, West Afr ica had the largest kingdom on thecont inent , main ly because the pr ime resource was go ld . Th isat t racted musl im arabs, 300 years la ter , which in turnens laved the b lacks for the i r go ld and then s tar ted the t ransat lant ic s lave wi th the europeans. In the 1200 's the k ingdomof Oyo was located in Ghana was the b iggest o f the k ingdomsof the Yoruba. A lso the other k ingdoms of that t ime were theAshant i and Dahomey t r ibes, a l l were r iva ls .

What about "s leep ino Giant"?lo l , th is is a non-h is tor ica l song, some what o f a personal one,about 3 immature g i r ls I encountered in my l i fe . S leepingGiant means someone wi th so much potent ia l but doesn ' t dowhat the i r potent ia l shows. A lmost l ike they ' re as leep. A lso, ag iant is so b ig they ' re not aware of who they hur t . Justcrush ing.

What role does history have in your songs?Some songs are h is tor ica l , some songs are po l i t ica l , somesongs are about cur rent day Jamaica and pre-h is tor ic lamaica.For each genre I do I try to get the topic for that genre. Forexample, cur rent b lack meta l is about Misanthropy, WarDeath, Ev i l and Satan ism, I t ry to cover each top ic for eachgenre.

What ins t ruments do you p lay on the record ings?I 'm the vocal is t , the gu i tar is t the bass p layer and I use a drummachine. More of a computer program ca l led " f ru i ty loops"which most ly used for h ip hop or dancehal l (aga in none of

these are in f luences in my music) On Fru i ty loops, you have adrum program, which i l i ke because i t sound l ike the rea l

th ing. But , i t does bore me and I 'm not amped to p lay. lo l

Do you record Your music a t home?Yes, I record a t home, again , I hate th is , I w ish to f ind people

I can j am wi th , a t least.

You say you are a misanthrope and g ive the impress ion vou

l ike war . OK. so. what do you th ink about

co lon ia l is t / imper ia l is t wars and the s lave t rade that k i l led

m i l l i ons upon m i l l i ons upon m i l l i ons o f A f r i cans?

I 'm a misanthrope main ly out o f anger , lo l . I ' ve been bet rayedby people too much. Espec ia l ly by people who i that cared, aparas i te that has been around for years , and then at the tenth

year he dec ides to bet ray you. That 's how people are, you jus tcan't trust them. A gir l you marry for over 2 decades staycommitted to you, but at the 20th year she chooses to cheat.That 's how people are. I prefer the company of my cat and mydog and my music. They've never betrayed me so far. I couldcare less about people dying or whatever. The slave trade, myancestors so ld the i r fe l low b lacks in to s lavery , a l l fo r moneyand personal ga ins. There is no race, ( in my op in ion) jus tabout se l f . War is a good th ing to me, people d ie f rom i t . So i fpeople d ie f rom i t , less popula t ions on the eaf th . I t ' s what wet ru ly want anyways, the death o f ourse lves.

And do you suppor t U.S. imper ia l is t war in I raq andAfghanis tan. s ince vou are misanthrope? And is i t not aprob lem that a "misanthrop ic" oerspect ive happens to beconvenient and suppor t ive o f rac is t . imper ia l is t . cap i ta l is t waragainst countr ies and peoples for centuries oppressed byco lon ia l i sm and impe r i a l i sm?Misanthropy is t rue hat red, every th ing e lse is sh i t . Rac ism isjus t s tup id i ty funded by a cap i ta l is t reg ime to make money inmeans of music or o ther ways to spend the i r money makingpropaganda. The only reason I support my race is because ofse l f pr ide, but f ight ing and k i l l ing for i t i s shear s tup id i ty . Youhave confidence and over-confidence. You have racial pride,th is is ok, but rac ia l war is s tup id i ty . And I 'm on ly againsts tup id i ty and organized s tup id i ty . I 'm a l l for hat red, but s ing lesighted hate is not real hate. You love your race but you hatethe rest is not rea l hate . I f you t ru ly are hatefu l , hate a l l .B lack, whi te , whatever , hate , t rue hate is not d iscr iminat ive.Just l i ke cancer or any other d isease.

What was the meta l scene l ike in Jamaica in the 1980s and1990s? You say vou are the f i rs t b lack meta l band.I t was nonex is tent . There is a rock scene though, but no meta lscene, and yes Or isha Shakpana is the f i rs t B lack meta l bandin the engl ish speak ing Car ibbean. There is a b lack meta lscene in Cuba and Puer to Rico, and they are our spanishneighbours . but noth ing in Jamaica, and to the looks of i tnoth ing wi l l ever be a successor o f Or isha Shakpana, maybe inTr in idad or Guyana but not here. In Tr in i , they have a deathmeta l scene. Real ly don ' t get i t , we are so s imi lar , s imi larcu l tures, s imi lar h is tory , and we unders tand each other 's Af ro-Car ibbean d ia lect (Pato is) . I guess i t ' s a rac ia l w i th them too,because I most see East Ind ian guys wi th meta l bands there,but no b lack guys(not that i ' ve seen) I 've never been therebefore just what I know of the internet. The rock scene inJamaica s tar ted around the mid-90 's , w i th reggae/ rock bandsl ike Downstairs and etc. I don't real ly pay attention to i t ,because i t sound way more reggae than i t does rock.

What in ternat iona l meta l bands come to Jamaica? What aresome of the best shows you have attended?None no one is rea l ly in terest in meta l i f you have peoplein terested i t a very smal l number o f people , no exaggerat ionbut I th ink i know a l l the meta lheads in jamaica r ight now thatare the on ly meta l fans for that is land. A former f r iend of minedid a survey and he got jus t 200 people that l i ke rock andmeta l . I t ' s Jamaica so the major i ty o f that 200 is most ly therock fans and no, I ' ve never been to a meta l show. Unlessyoutube.com counts , k idd ing. But l ike I sa id , meta l is nonex is te t in Jamaica, you have th is o ther bandAnth i r ium(Chr is t ian /Prog meta l band) , who l ike me is t ry ing tohave someth ing, but there is l i te ra l ly no scene in Jamaica.

What e lse would you l ike to ment ion?I would l ike to say that I am gett ing ever so close to my

revenge, my revenge upon mankind. The people o f my past ,ma in l y .

What do vou have p lanned for 2010 and bevond?Hopefu l ly by then I can get on a labe l that accepts my v iewsand ar t d i rec t ion and in turn s tar t my own labe l . THE END.

E f€bus (w i scons in . u .S . )Erebus, a groove/ thrash/po l i t ica l band, has a voca l is t thatdur ing a per formance gets in your face whi le he 's growl ingand sc ream ing .

But wai t , that 's not your on ly prob lem.The rea l prob lem is that he_ is ho ld ing a

s ledgehammer and po in t ing i t a t your face, and seeing thatyou are probably a l i t t le inebr ia ted at that moment , and jus tth ink that the voca l is t is growlscreaming h is lungs out , what isabout to happen wi l l be a good t ime.

Al l the whi le , the band is p lay ing th is sor t o f v io lent ,mosh- f r iend ly songs that get people banging the i r heads,moshing, do ing karate h igh-k icks, and jus t genera l ly peoplegyrat ing the i r ske le tons in a manner most p leas ing to sa id ,s ledgeha mmer-wie ld ing voca I is t .

You ' re not go ing home now.Dave Frazer (Vocals) ; Gage Trader (Gui tar ) ; Derek S i l loways(Bass) ; Drummer: cur rent ly seek ing new drummer

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I t seems l ike you have been busv record ing new music !Dave: Th ings have been rea l ly busy and exc i t ing for us in thelast few months. We signed a promotion contract with HMmanagement , a company based out o f C leve land, Ohio. Wehope they can work the i r magic and get us a deal l i ke the onethey got Madison 's Luna Mor t is ear l ie r th is year .

Gage: We t rave led to Cleve land and d id a 3 song demo. Weare very p leased wi th how our record ings sound, and areexc i ted to have them mixed and mastered. A new record ingisn ' t l i ke ly in the immediate fu ture, but you can l is ten to a l lour new t racks on myspace (you can ' t ac tua l ly downloadthem, though ) .

A lso. where d id you record? How was that exper ience?Dave: The exper ience was. . . in terest ing. We spent a week inCleve land, s leep ing on the f loor o f a bat t ing cage in thestud io , eat ing micro-waved macaron i and cheese, shower ingin the loca l YMCA.. . that 's rea l meta l for you, fo lks .

Our producer implemented in terest ing methods ofrecording that I was not used to. I had to record al l my vocalt racks tw ice for depth, which was rough on me, s ince I rea l lys t r ive to de l iver a pass ionate and in tense per formance. Man,was my neck t i red a f ter ten hours o f that ! That 's what shesa id .

Gage: The experience for me was real ly great. I loved everysecond of record ing, and I was espec ia l ly in terested inlearn ing more about the actua l record ing process. I t was a lo teas ier than I expected i t to be, even i f some in terest ing ( i .e .not -so-great ) th ings happened a long the way. Being togetherwi th the guys for a week was a b last and I th ink i t rea l lyhe lped strengthen the core of Erebus.

Derek: As far as was i t what I expected? I th ink i t 'd be fa i rto say we were a l l a l i t t le surpr ised at our f i rs t out ing in to theprofess ional music bus iness. I t was s t ressfu l , hard work and atthe t imes i t was k inda d isconcer t ing, but now look ing back Iloved i t .

What can say about your songs "L i fe and Death in the Land ofHope" and "The Great Satan"?l 0

Dave: L i fe and Death in the Land of Hope is about theseemingly overwhelming set o f cha l lenges fac ing the Obamaadmin is t ra t ion and the hopes that so many have at tached toh is f ind ing so lu t ions. In the song, I exp lore a mul t i tude ofprob lems that face the average Amer ican throughout h is orher l i fe t ime in order to po in t out these chal lenges. The GreatSatan is a cr i t ic ism of the Uni ted States ant i - ter ror po l ic ies ,the name of course re fer r ing to the popular I ran ian n icknamefor the United States. Practical ly everything the United Stateshas done to f ight a 'war ' on ter ror has beencounterproduct ive, and examples can be found throughout theson9.

Gage: Life and Death was my f irst forray into writ ing anent i re Erebus song. I 'm pret ty happy wi th the way i t turnedout - i t ' s much darker than other Erebus songs, and i t has asort of tech deathy feel to i t . I f ind this one a lot of fun to playbecause i t ' s cha l leng ing and catchy at the same t ime. TheGreat Satan is another more death-meta l or iented song. I ta lso dabbles in to doom meta l w i th the brooding opening andcarr ies a dark harmonic minor fee l throughout .

So. how many new songs have you recorded then? Is thereother in fo you 'd l ike share about that?Dave: We have recorded three new songs, Hegemon, L i fe andDeath in the Land of Hope, and Good for Noth ing. S ince wewere only able to record three songs, we chose these threebecause they rea l ly demonst ra ted the versat i l i i y and genre-hopping madness that Erebus br ings to the tab le . Our hope isthat record companies hear L i fe and Death, say to themselves"Oh, ok, another tech death band," and then BAM! They hearGood for Noth ing and come to the immediate rea l izat ion thati t sounds pract ica l ly noth ing l ike the f i rs t song. They get usedto the groove- tast ic v ibe o f that song and then BOOMI Theyhear Hegemon and real ize that i t is completely dif ferent fromthe prev ious two songs! Few bands br ing that d ivers i ty to thetab le , and we hope i t w i l l be our se l l ing po in t .

You tend to make people want to mosh. Maybe i t ' s the"hammer o f Erebus" vour voca l is t Dave Frazer waves andswings about . At anv ra te , how's your music rece ived inI l l ino is or Minnesota or o ther p laces you have p layed?Dave: Haha, wel l that is cer ta in ly our in tent . We s ta f ted of fp lay ing basement shows for a l l ages crowds a l l around thestate , which rea l ly gave us our s ty le o f encourag ing the crowdand invo lv ing them in our shows. As we have p layed around,we have p layed for more o lder crowds, and have found thatthat s ty le isn ' t a lways apprec ia ted (such as the t ime I jumpedon a tab le , sp i l l ing dr inks a l l over a pat ron, or when I dumpedan asht ray on a tab le fu l l o f non par t ic ipators) , but we s t i l lstay true to our roots and never hold back when i t comes to aperformance. Either way, everywhere we play we get somepeople who don ' t l i ke the in your face s ty le , o thers that getto ta l ly in to i t , and that 's great for us . That way a l l the scenek ids and bar f l ies make room for a l l the rea l meta l heads toenloy the s h o w ! !

Gage: Yeah, I don ' t th ink I 've seen us do a show wi thoutsomeone moshing. People seem to enjoy i t the same prettymuch everywhere (espec ia l ly when there 's beer invo lved) .

What do you th ink the meta l pub l ic can do to suppor t meta lmus i c i n W iscons in i n gene ra l?Gage: Going to shows is an obv ious one. Being par t o f theWiscons in Meta l A l l iance rea l ly he lps everyone. The moreconnect ions that can be made there, the bet ter o f f bands are.

Dave: Wel l , the best way the publ ic can suppor tindependent bands is to go out and see them. I th ink the

scene overa l l co ld be improved i f bands were ab le to un i te andwork together to bui ld a scene. There is too much cutthroatcompet i t ion and r iva l ry in the scene, a t t imes i t seems l ikeb a n d s h a v e ' t u r f ' t h a t t h e y d o n ' t a l l o w o t h e r b a n d s t oencroach upon. The Loft is a great example - Erebus hasnever been a l lowed to p lay there due to our 'bar band ' image.Meta l bands need to s top compla in ing about the scene inMadison or Mi lwaukee and s tar t to rea l ize that the c i t ies wi ththe best scenes are those that have bands that work together.

You are a member o f the Wiscons in Meta l A l l iance. Can vouexpla in what i t is and how people can par t ic ipate in i t?Dave: The WMA is a forum that br ings meta l heads f rom a l laround the state together to support their favori teindependent Wiscons in bands. Wi th both bant members (a l lmembers of Erebus frequently post on the forums) and fanscombined, the A l l iance is a great way to network, meetpeople , bu i ld bands and jus t hang out and ta lk about meta l .I ts about the on ly th ing th is s ta te has go ing for i t as far asbui ld ing a s ta te wide scene goes.

As for par t ic ipat ion, go to www.wimeta l .org and s tar tpost ing l We have a l l sor ts o f in terest ing d iscuss ions, forexample, cur rent ly we are ho ld ing nominat ions for the f i rs tannual "WMA Awards" , in which we wi l l hand out awards tothe p innac le o f Wiscons in meta l , in 20 d i f ferent categor ies .Log on today and nominate your favor i te bands l

Gage: Dave sa id i t pre t ty wel l , rea l ly . We' re an on l inecommunity that str ives to help bands better themselves,showcase Wiscons in meta l , and connect meta lheads.

Is i t poss ib le to combine the "hammer o f Erebus" and the"turt les of Erebus" for new t-shirts? Mavbe the two turt lesshou ld ho ld one hammer each and say " Jo in t he hammerb r i gade ! ! " o r "We a re t he hammer b r i gade . Who a re you? " o r"Don ' t make me come ge t you ! ! " o r "Mosh o r e l se l ! " ? !Derek: I want to make a t sh i r t where I am s lapping someonewi th a p ig f ish . . .perhaps a tuna. Or s turgeon. I ts hard comingup wi th a new sh i r t des ign that w i l l be as good as, and dare Isdy, c lass ic ds, the tur t le fuck ing sh i r t . We' l l see whathappens.

Gage : Yeah , t ha t was ac tua l l y t he o r i g i na l i n ten t w i t h ou rsh i r ts , but we l ike to keep costs down, so that idea ended upget t ing n ixed. I l i ke the s logans though. . . those are pret tybadass! We've been k ick ing around ideas for a new sh i r t , butwe want someth ing as fun as the tur t les . . . to th is po in t wehaven ' t had any success.

Dave: Hahaha! I love your ideas! The tur t les sh i r t iscertainly a favorite. I sometimes see people mowing theirlawns wear ing i t , or tagged on facebook. I t might jus t be t imefor a new sh i r t , we wi l l cer ta in ly cons ider your ideas! Hopefu l lyyou wi l l see us on the Tonight Show wi th Conan O'br ien in thenext few months. At that t ime, I w i l l wear a large f i re-re tardant su i t , l ight mysel f on f i re and chase Andy Richterthroug h the studio.

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Old Corose Road ru.r . tMy impress ion of the i r record ing "The Echoes of Ta les OnceTold" is that Old Corpse Road has a lo t o f musica l ideas thatthey implement in the i r b las t ing and atmospher ic b lack meta l .They, of course, do lots of blast ing, frenzied music, but theya lso inc lude other e lements to ba lance th ings out wi th afee l /mood of spoken word and narra t ives. In th is manner theband creates an imaginat ive type of b lack meta l based onmyths, h is tor ies , s tor ies and t rad i t ions ak in to those. Themusic is a l ready very developed, as are the ly r ica l concepts ,

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so that the sound is thought out wel l . The changes f romchaotic speed to more somber moments take place in smootht rans i t ions that are not very not iceable , making the songsflow.The Bearer-guitars/vocals; The Revenant-guitars/vocals; TheDreamer-percussion/ambience; The Wanderer-bass/spokenword; The Watcher-keyboars/vocalswww. myspace. com/old corpseroad

Has "Echoes" spread your name a b i t around?We are extremely pleased with the reaction we have receivedf rom the "The Echoes of Ta les Once Told" demo. S ince i t ' srelease we have received many excel lent reviews and so farnoth ing bad ( touch wood!) . We have been surpr ised by thein terest and have so ld cop ies o f the demo throughout thewor ld . The demo has been key in secur ing us a sp l i t re leaseCD wi th fe l low UK b lack meta l lers , Worms of Sabnock,through UK labe l Godreah Records.

Can you exp la in the s tor ies or ideas behind the songs "The OldCorpse Road," "The Wi ld Hunt . " and the Oakmen of NaddleForest"?Each track is told from a dif ferent perspective, be i t personalor third person etc. The Old Corpse Road was inspired by acorpse road in the UK Lake Distr ict, more specif ical lyHaweswater . The song te l ls o f lengthy t ra i l people used towalk when carrying coff ins to a cemetery. The legends tel lthat these roads led over harsh terrain and were haunted byfa i r ies and spir i ts.

The Wild Hunt is told in the f irst person perspective. Thestory is about a man who is subjected to the terror of a fabledhunt known throughout Europe in many d i f ferent forms. In ourtake of the story a travel ler is swept up and then becomespar t o f the hunt i tse l f look ing to c la im more innocent sou ls .

The Oakmen of Naddle Forest is told from a storytel ler 'spo in t o f v iew. The s tory is an amalgamat ion of two ideas.Oakmen are legendary creatures thought to haunt b luebel lwoods in nodhern England and be protective of oak trees.Naddle Forest is a woodland in the v ic in i ty o f Haweswater(home to the Old Corpse Road) famed for i ts oak trees andbluebel ls . The s tory is to ld as though speak ing to a groupround a camp f ire and serves as warning to beware of theOakmen, protectors of the forest.

What is vour op in ion of the meta l scene at the qrassroots leve lwhere you l ive?Unfor tunate ly , in our par t icu lar reg ion the meta l scene is smal lto non existent. We have to travel reasonable distancesaround the count ry to see good meta l g igs .

And do you p lay shows in your reg ion or c i ty? Somet imes,bands are formed as a response to current att i tudes or trends.Do you th ink th is is t rue in vour case?So far Old Corpse Road have dedicated al l our t ime to writ ingand recording and are now start ing to focus our effotts torehearse for l ive shows. The band was formed between fr iendsand l ikeminded music ians as a veh ic le to express our musica lideas i r re levant o f the t ime of which i t was formed.

Do vou use theat r ica l e lements when you pedorm l ive?We p lan to have onstage v isua ls to enhance the l iveexper ience. We wanted to s tay t rue to our normal casualc lo th ing wi th an ear thy natura l co lour scheme.

You have three people that do vocals and one that doesnarrat ions. Is this the case on the recording, too?

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Yes, the voca ls on the record ing are reproduced by the samemembers in the pract ice env i ronment . The Revenant and TheBearer share equal amounts o f the main voca ls , whi ls t TheWanderer prov ides narra t ive. A l l o f the a forement ioned andaddi t iona l ly keyboard is t The Watcher a l l prov ide c lean vocalharmonies both on record ing and in pract ice. Wi th regards tofu ture record ings, we have found a work ing formula which wi l lremain the same. We wi l l a lways be open to exp lore new ideasi f the opportunity anses.

What other events, news, recordings, etc. do you have for thesecond ha l f o f 2009 and for 2010?We have a sp l i t re lease wi th the Worms of Sabnock due out inthe la ter par t o f 2009 which wi l l feature th?ee new andexc i t ing t racks. We are prepar ing for the l ive c i rcu i t and ourfocus is on promot ing the band and our cur rent demo "TheEchoes of Tales Once Told" .

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Vaci l la t ion (Houston. texas. u.s . )Speaking of th is band in a prev ious issue, the rev iew sa id :

"Vac i l la t ion (Texas, U.S. ) has the pos i t ive qual i ty o fsounding l ike they mean bus iness. Th is is not a smal l mat terbecause the i r h igh-speed r i f f ing, mean- thrash drumming andthe energetic, twisted growling vocals make up for the factthese f ive songs have a bare-bones sound qual i ty .

A l l th is goes to show what? That when you do th ingsr ight -a t t i tude-can carry you through, despi te obstac les l ikenot hav ing the sound qual i ty you would l ike . The gu i tar workhas some cool , promis ing so lo ing, k ind o f fas t and melod ic ,but memorable . The drummer does a good job o f a t tack ingthe ins t rument and get t ing a raw, pounding thrash/speedmeta l qua l i ty .

I t is t rue that th is sounds l ike a garage record ing.That 's probably because i t is or someth ing l ike i t . However ,there is good potent ia l here. Th is is demo songs, so you knowwhat to expect , but I th ink the vocals , drumming andrif fs/solos work well and wil l l ikely get a lot better in thefu ture, i f th is is anyth ing to go by.

Song number 5 , "Dr i f t Away" is a fas t ,thrash ing/death song. I t has very br ie f moments o f c leanvocals . I th ink th is does not work here because the c leanvocals sound weak. However , i t i s on ly a very br ie f moment( l ike one vocal l ine, done twice) . Maybe don ' t do c lean vocalsor maybe do c lean vocals , but do them bet ter . R ight now, thea l l -growl ing approach sounds jus t f ine. "Nick-bass; Josh-vocals ; Adr ian-gu i tar ; cur rent ly seek ingdrummer. www. myspace. com/vac i l la t ionmeta I

What has happened so far in 2009 wi th your band s ince yourrecording?losh: Wel l Maur ic io . th ings have not been look ing up forVac i l la t ion. Vac i l la t ion is cur rent ly on break, due to ourprev ious drummer Micheal Luc io . . . i f you can even ca l l h im adrummer. But we are cur rent ly look ing for a new drummer sothat we can cont inue on wi th Vac i l la t ion.

What can vou te l l us about the Houston meta l scene?Josh: Unfor tunate ly we are not very lucky wi th the musicscene we are forced to cope with. I f i t 's not rapthen i ts your Screamo Rap in f luenced Deathcore wi th theconstant 3-5second pause breakdown fol lowed by someraunchy k id scream. We don ' t get much applause or a t tent ionat our shows to be honest because of that , i f you ' re not wi ththe media down here, you ' re not wor th l is ten ing to , but we

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jus t say fuck them and move a long wi th our music and hopeto in f luence on to those who wi l l l i s ten.

What is the s tory behind the song "Eye of Hate"?Josh: Bas ica l ly , Maur ic io , Eye Of Hate is about a ru th lessk ing that s tands s t rong wi th no remorse for anyone in h isway. I t exp la ins how much fury and rage and d isgust he ho ldstoward the wor ld and the be ings in i t .

Is your song "Ret r ibut ion" about get t ing revenoe?Josh: Ret r ibut ion is s imply about the end of the wor ldl ike how some songs may be, but th is one te l ls i t f rom a s idewhere fear is shown and expresses the thoughts about i t .

"Ex is tence at Creat ion" is about what?Josh: Existence At Creation is about a creator who dreamt ofl i fe and to br ing i t to h is rea l i ty , ins tead h is dreams createdam abominaton which dest royed h is dream and formed in to an ightmare which spawned an abominat ion upon the wor ld .

Where does Josh get ideas for ly r ics? "Of F i re Born" reads l ikeangrv rant ing and rav ing. for example. Who are the v io lentthouqhts d i rected at? !l osh : Mau r i c i o , my l y r i c s a re ' a l l f r om i ns ide my own head .Actua l ly a whi le back Adr ian wrote the song and t i t led bothExistence at Creation and Of Fire Born, I simply createdimages and s tor ies o f how I wanted the song to p lay in myhead, I l i s tened to what e lement and theme the songs reachesout to me, and I te l l a s tory in the ly r ics I wr i te .

What tvpe of books or l i terature that Josh read?Josh: I ac tua l ly do not read or s tudy l i te ra ture, books, orauthors , but i am great ly in f luenced by many many bands outthere. I w i l l s i t down and l is ten to the i r music , I read the i rwords and i t s imply b lows my mind of how they can jus t be sofuck ing musica l ly ta lented. I l i s ten to the many types of voca lsf rom bands out there f rom Dayl ight D ies to V i ta l remains,t he i r l y r i c s a re so i nsane l y t echn i ca l and amaz ing i pushmysel f in hopes to wr i te l ike them.

Where does Josh see h is voca ls go ing in the fu ture? What ish is own eva luat ion o f h is oer formance on the record ino?Josh: Hm.. . in the fu ture I want my vocals to reach anincred ib le range that I never thought I cou ld before. R ight nowat every practice Vaci l lat ion has, I practice from deep gutteralto thrash and b lack. I am main ly in f luenced by melod ic andprogress ive death meta l , for example: the Faceless, Day l ightDies, Satar ie l , and Old Scar Symmetry . I do have h igh hopesthat one day i can jump f rom the most hear t rac ing pure c leanvocals to nasty eye gouging s t ra ight bruta l voca ls . At themoment I t ry hard to expand the range of my lows to h ighs soI can have more oppor tun ies in the near fu ture i f some awai tme .

What is Adr ian 's perspect ive on gu i tar so los?Adr i an : We l l man , l a te l y i have been expe r imen t i ng w i t h a l o to f very odd sweep- tapping pat terns, as wel l as s t ruggl ing eachday to get bet ter and c leaner a t my so los. My in i t ia l approachto so lo ing was to make the leads very smooth, fas t , and verymelod ic . I am in f luenced very much by neoc lass ica l gu i tarp layers such as Michael Angelo Bat io , Muhammed Suicmez ofNecrophagis t , Per Ni l lson of Scar Symmetry , and JamesHet f ie ld o f Meta l l ica as wel l as o ther Death and Black meta lbands such as Dark Funera l , Immof ta l or Deic ide,

What are some bands f rom Houston that you th ink havesometh ing in terest ing or creat ive go ing?Adrian: I ts pretty hard to even f ind any decent true metalbands here in Houston Maur ic io , but there are p lenty near andaround such as Predominant Mor t i f ica t ion, To Scale theThrone, Gates o f Enoch, Engraved (a band that our bassplayer nick currently plays in), Averse Sefira, Sakrefix, thoseare a l l pre t ty amazing bands espec ia l ly wi th the core in festedscene down here.

Does i t seem to you that i t w i l l be easy to f ind good-pay ingjobs? Are you opt imis t ic about the fu ture or do you have yourdoubts about the "Amer ican dream"?Josh: As far as we are concerned we know that even i f wewere to be signed to a contract i t would not be-anything greatto make us or g ive us a successfu l fu ture, each and everyoneof us Me, Adr ian, N ick are s t r iv ing hard in school , for me andAdr ian were t ry ing hard to make i t through co l lege, im notsure exact ly what the "Amer ican Dream" is . I suppose i t cou ldbe whatever makes us happy? I f that 's the case then I am st i l llook ing.

What other events. news, recordings, etc. do you have?Josh: Wel l , as far as news or p lanning we are cur rent ly jus tlook ing for a way bet ter t rue drummer for Vac i l la t ion, we wi l lkick i t off with f inishing our 2 newest songs(not yet revealed)and we' l l be look ing to book a couple shows around here.

Adrian: We are very excited for the next few months,hopefu l ly we can get a s tab le and dedicated drummer to f i l l inso we can record our two newest songs. So far, no l ive showswi l l be set up unt i l we can f ind a s tab le drummer but that w i l lh-opeful ly not be too long from now! THE END.

Lords of the Tr ident ( rqacison wisconsin u.s . tThe ever-batt le-ready, batt le-tested, batt le- loving and batt le-lording Lords of the Trident l ive in castles protected by heavymeta l dragons schooled in the ar ts o f u l t imate f ight ingchampionship and marshmal low-dest roy ing meta l f lames thatmel t s tee l and tupperware sh ie lds.

I f you know of anyone who does not l ike the Lords ' music ,they want you to send them a l ist of those people. The Lordswi l l g lad ly prov ide you wi th a messenger fa lcon that w i l l cometo your cast le and p ick up the l is t . The fa lcon wi l l take i t backto the Lords who wi l l p repare for mighty and fear less cowt ipp ing bat t les in the vast pra i r ies o f the k ingdom ofWiscons in .

The Lo rds have a r r i ved . You r v i l l age i s doomed ! ! !Fang VonKi l lenste in - Lead Vocals ; As ian Meta l - Lead Gui tar ;K i l l ius Maximus - Lead Gui tar ; Capt . B luddbeard - Lead Bass;Korgoth - Lead DrumsFang answered these mighty f i re quest ions.www. myspace. com/lordsoft hetr identwww. Lord sOfTheTrid e nt. com

You have un leashed you r a l bum "Dea th o r Sandw ich " upon

ff iow have the metal hordes of the vi l lages ofW iscons in and t he k i ngdom o f I l l i no i s and t he rea lm o f i ceMinnesota reacted to i t?Ah yes, o f course. Wel l , as you know, the moment the a lbumbecame avai lab le for re lease there was a fu l l so lar ec l ipse, and

the t imes of prophesy put down by Nost radamus had begun. I

be l ieve i t goes l ike th is :"When the wor ld wants for dest ruct ion, f ive warr iors wi l l

come. Thei r meta l is most power fu l , a f ter the b lackenedmidday s u n . "

l 3And in th is prophecy he was r ight . We've a l ready so ld out

the f i rs t pr in t ing, and we' re cur rent ly on our second. The CD isava i lab le on l ine on iTunes, Amazon.com, Napster , Rhapsody,eMus i c , e t c . . . . bas i ca l l y , j us t pu t i t i n t o goog le and you ' l l f i nd away to buy i t . We've also got a DVD of our l ive performanceavai lab le for purchase at our shows. You can see c l ips onYouTube a s wel l .

Reaction to the album has been very good. The frozenpeople o f Wiscons in and Minnesota have been us ing i t toprepare themselves for batt les against other snow tr ibes, I 'vebeen to ld . A lso, one woman in Chicago sa id that she would"fol low us to our grave" and stared at me l ike a crazed witch. Ibe l ieve th is was a p ickup l ine. So overa l l , very good!

In the new ta lk ie "Terminator Salvat ion" robots run amuckdest ruct ion ing manv a s t ructure and human. And you havesongs about " terminat ing. " Wi l l th is new ta lk ie insp i re yourgu i t a r l o rds As ian Me ta l and K i l l i u s Max imus? How do twowarr iors manage to work tooether wi thout k i l l ino each other ingu i tar duels? And, do the i r gu i tar so los have the ab i l i tv tochange the chemica l composi t ion o f th inqs?Ah yes. . . I ' ve heard o f th is new Terminator p ic ture. Obv ious lyin f luenced by our song. . . . I ' ve yet to hear f rom those s t rangewar locks ca l led "Law-yers" about our cut o f the deal .

We take insp i ra t ion f rom many th ings. . .usual ly the bat t leswe've had. But know th is : The LORDS OF THE TRIDENT areconstant ly composing new mater ia l . The prob lem is , usual lythe songs are SO meta l , the sound wi l l k i l l anyth ing thats tands in f ront o f i t . That 's why we go through many, manytest aud iences before we reach a good tune. K i l l ius and As ianMeta l do a great job o f s t r ik ing the ba lance between deadlymeta l r i f fs and t ime bending so los so as to create an amazingsong wi thout acc identa l ly k i l l ing any of our fans.

K i l l ius Maximus and As ian Meta l have a lmost dest royedeach other (and our practice spaces) more often than I canreca l l . Actua l ly , th is is a common theme wi th a l l o f the LORDS,mysel f inc luded. We've t r ied every th ing, f rom sound iso la t ionl iqu id oxygen tanks, to d ig ing through the ear th 's crust inorder to pract ice in the Mohorov id i i d iscont inu i ty (we la terfound out that our pract ices were the cause of manyearthquakes). We've now taken to practicing in a secretunderground army base that 's used to tes t smal l nuc learexp los ions. I 'm happy to say that , as o f now, i t ' s ho ld ing upfairly we l l .

As far as the i r gu i tar so los, I ' ve seen them do many ast range th ing, f rom b last ing the bark o f f o f t rees, to b last ingthe c lo thes of f o f women. So yes, I 'd say they have the ab i l i tyto chemica l l y a l ter t h i ngs .

In the ar t o f p i l lag ing, what sk i l ls does lead bass is t Capta inBluddbeard br ing? Song, composi t ion, ly r ic sk i l ls , numchucksk i l ls , cage f ight ing sk i l ls? And is the Capta in re la ted toCapta in Crunch, he of the cerea l fame?Capt . B luddbeard doesn ' t l i ke to ta lk about h is ha l f -cous inCrunch much. Obvious ly the ent i re B luddbeard c lan isEXTREMELY embarrassed by Crunch, and between you andff ie, they have sought to destroy him numerous t imes' Isuppose i f we weren ' t busy enough ourse lves, B luddbeardwould be out look ing r ig h t now .

As for the Capta in 's ro le , he p lays a bass as deep andpower fu l as the mighty oceans themselves. H€, o f course,wr i tes a l l h is own paf ts f rom the he lm of h is sh ip (which hecarr ies around wi th h im for good luck) . He 's been known tohelp out on a few ly r ics as wel l . Be ing a p i ra te , h is numchucksk i l ls don ' t ho ld a candle against As ian Meta l (ne i ther domine) , but he 's learn ing. Give that man a cannon, rap ier , oroctopus launcher , though, and you ' re as good as dead.

One t ime. at a l ive in-person conceft show performanceexhibit ion of yours, you spoke of a song you wrote when youwere lone lv . Is a warr ior caoable o f fee l inq love amorousromant ic fee l ings sent iments o f love?As the o ld say ing goes, "music soothes the savage beast" . Ofcourse, as any immoftal, I 've loved and lost before. After agood p i l lage, I 'm f i l led wi th a regret and a fear that there areno wor thy enemies le f t to f ight . I suppose th is is sor t o f l i kelove, in a way. In love, one must be constant ly f ight ingagainst the cra f t ies t o f a l l enemies - a woman's hear t . Andonce you th ink you 've won the bat t le , she ' l l tu rn on you in away you could have never imagined. In th is way, I be l ieve awarr ior can fee l love. But any t rue warr ior w i l l te l l you that nolove can surpass the love of meta l . . . .and s tee l .

You wear fancy leather pants and do h igh k icks in the mannerof the dangerous and le tha l mar t ia l ar ts . How can I , as anelder ly c i t izen of the rea lm, do such h igh k icks wi thoutbreak ing mv h ip?To achieve those kicks took me nearly seven years of practicestudy ing under the carefu l tu te lage of a Tae Kwon Do master .I ascended one of the h ighest mounta ins in Korea to f ind h im.I have not yet been deemed worthy to pass these secrets on,but i f you search h im out , you may f ind what you are look ingfor.

I ' l l g ive you one h in t though: have you ever seen a snakeunhing ing i t ' s jaw whi le eat ing i t ' s prey? That 's sor t o f what 'sgo rng on t n my h ips.

What o ther forebodings or omens have you, Lords?We' l l be p lay ing numerous bat t les dur ing the la t ter ha l f o f2009 and 2010 which can a l l be found on our main s i tewww.LordsOfTheTr ident .com, or on our MySpace:www.MySpace.com/LordsOfTheTr ident . We' re a lso coming outwith t-shirts soon. Those interested in gett ing speciald iscounts , pre-orders , e tc . for shows, merch, e tc . should go toe i ther o f our s i tes and s ign up for our mai l ing l is t .

We' re a lso cur rent ly work ing on mater ia l for our nexta l b u m : Lords of the Tr ident : UNITE .

Also, i f anyone is in terested in book ing the LORDS for anamazing bat t le o f ep ic propor t ions, they can contact me us ingthe l inks on our s i tes . (or , i f they ' re lazy, emai l me at

"s t reet " fee l to i t . Nasty , bad ly "produced" b lack meta l throatdamage, but I ' l l te l l you th is much: they sure got the energyr ight , though.www. myspa ce. com/codexi nferi s

Crown The Lost (U.S. l : B l ind Fa i th Loval tv (Cruz de l Sur)Mrs. Meta l Mom: I th ink the band t r ies to make the i r musicsound f resh wi th an emphasis on melody. I t ' s not mind-boggl ing ly or ig ina l , but they per form wel l the i r melod ic meta l .Melod ic thrash would probably be more correct .Mr . Opt imis t : Good music ianship , good gu i tar melod ies, pre t tygood s ing ing and the songs are par t heavy meta l and par tthrash. I t ' s fun, pret ty ta lented s tu f f and the band has an earfor songwr i t ing.Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: I th ink the s ing ing works here,but the voca ls have a pecul iar qua l i ty that I would say, youshould hear the s ing ing f i rs t for yourse l f . I t has qu i te a fewmoments o f h igh notes.Ms. No Money: Pret ty good songs and pret ty melod ic thrash,but wi th a sense of propor t ion. I f you are t i red o f chugging-r i f fs thrash and want some melody.Ms. Shred Fan: I t ' s not v i r tuoso, show-of f gu i tar p lay ing, butthey cer ta in ly have the i r shred moments , as wel l as the i r s ing-a long moments .www. myspa ce. com/crownthe lostmeta I

Dauden (Norwav) : Bv l lepesten; Rehearsa l TaoeMrs. Meta l Mom: Th is is two record ings. The f i rs t is 6 songsand the second one, 2 songs. Very abras ive s tu f f and thesound qual i ty makes th is sound l ike i t was recorded in agrave. Is that a good th ing?! You dec ide, k ids .Mr . Mosher : Th is is major t remolo p ick ing b lack meta l in theraw wdy, un l ike the more famous b lack meta l bands ofNorway of today who are po l ished. At th is po in t , th is is veryraw and ext remely no isy and jus t sounds l ike a racket . Thevocal is t goes for the I 'm- in-agony fee l . Good job.Ms. No Money: Wel l , maybe check th is out on myspace andsee what you th ink. I t ' s a work in progress, I th ink . So far ,progress is posit ive.Ms. Very P icky: Qual i ty b lack meta l th is is not . Garage, bas ic ,chaot ic b lack meta l th is is .Mrs. Meta l Grandpa: Th is is a hoot ! I th ink Dauden dec ided togo to town on black metal mania, the early style. Perfect forthe o ld ies.www. myspace.com/da udenta rfatt

Deathf is t (Germanv) : Demons E.P.Mrs. Meta l Mom: Death/ thrash songs that waste no t ime inget t ing to the huge, ga l lop ing thrash ing r i f fs for headbangingmusic . I l i ke the semi-growled (but pret ty in te l l ig ib le) voca lsand t he who le bang -bang , bam-bam d i r t y t h rash f ee l .Mr . Opt imis t : The sound qual i ty is good on th is one andsounds pret ty profess ional . Th is does not sound a garagereco rd ing a t a l l . A p l us l Examp le : "Demons " has somemidpaced moments , but the rest is fas t . Speed!Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: Deathf is t and I are s imi lar , "nopat ience" : they jus t be l ieve in thrash ing unt i l the sun comesup. Th is is upf ront , so l id thrash and I won ' t say more.Ms . No Money : Sh redd ing i s t he name o f t he game andDeathf is t p lay i t . For thrash maniacs, for sure. "BoozeBr igade" is ga l lop, ga l lop, ga l lop type of r i f fa rama. K ind ofrepet i t ive , but that jus t adds to the ga l lop ing mania.Mr . Teacher : Th is gets a B. I t ' s 84 out o f 100. And nobodygets 100 f rom me.www. myspace. com/deathfistgerma ny

mshabooboo@q mai l . com). T H E E N D .

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Codex fnferis (France): Whatever the TaroetMs. No Pat ience For Nonsense: Tota l b lack meta l a t tack in thecrude b lack meta l way. The drums are b last ing and thevocal is t is push ing that throat to i ts l imi ts and the wholerecord ing is very rough and garage-s ty le . They t ransmi t theraw v ibe in a so l id , competent way. I f you l ike b lack meta lwi th no "product ion" !Ms. No Money: There are some in terest ing moments on here.Even though the sound qual i ty is rough ( i t ' s supposed to berough b lack meta l ) the energy comes across. They surv ive onforcefu l a t t i tude a lmost exc lus ive ly , not because of th ings l ike, 'catchy songs" or "melody, " s ince there is none of that here.As long as you know what you are get t ing yourse l f in to .Mrs. Very P icky: What?! Th is sounds way too homemade! Ith ink the sound qual i ty needs to improve. C 'mon.Mr. Meta l Grandpa: I t ' s hor r ib le b lack meta l in a pos i t ive way.I f i t were n ice, then i t wouldn ' t be b lack meta l , now would i t?Ms. Shred Fan: The songs are bas ic , raw exerc ises in b lackmeta l raucous. You know, th is actua l ly has a cef ta in "punk" orT 4

Devi ldr iver : Prav for V i l la insMrs . Me ta l Mom: Nope . Nex t !Mr . Oot imis t : I th ink i t ' s impof tant to keep in mind that , whenlook ing at th ings f rom. . .Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: Shut up, Opt imis t ! Geez lMr . Grumpv: Don ' t come near me wi th th is , man.Ms . Me ta l Aun t Mo l l y : No , no . S tay away .Mr. Meta l Grandpa: Trendy, money-huf lgry , sp ine less, w i l l -do-anyth ing- to-be-rock-a -s tar , d isg ust ing, bend-wi th- the-windmenta l i ty , go-wi th- the- t rend, good for noth ing sons of . . .Mrs. Meta l Mom: Oh, dammit , Dad 's go ing to have a hear ta t tack r ight nowl The ed i tor o f th is z ine should know bet terthan to ask my fa ther to g ive an op in ion on th is s tu f f . Wouldyou p lease s top g iv ing h im th is s tu f f to rev ieW?! l You knowhow much i t upsets h im! ! Dammit , dammit , I bet ter go getDad 's hear t medicat ion r ight now. . .s tup id ed i tor . . .

He re t i que (Po land ) : P r ima l B lasphemvMr. Opt imis t : I en joyed th is , ac tua l ly . The sound qual i ty isprofess ional - levr l , so I don ' t fee l l i ke I am l is ten ing to abedroom recorr ' ing. The growled vocals are competent , boththe b lack meta i and the death meta l growl ing. The so los aren ice and catchy, as are the r i f fs . And the songs rock out .What 's the prob lem? I t 's a l l good.Mrs. Meta l MoLn: Th is is promis ing. The songs show somegood aggress ive catch iness go ing on. I th ink the lead gu i tarso los are a h igh l ight . I detect some cool melod ies there.Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: They cover "Lord Hypnos" theo ld In F lames s )ng. As i t turns out , th is band sounds roughand ready and /ou would not th ink that they have much incommon wi th I r F lames. Not today 's In F lames, anyway. Butthe early stuff , l ike "The Jester Race" and before, this banddoes have sonre common ideas: aggress ive, but w i th somemelody, though r ro t too melod ic .Mr . Mosher : So l id s tu f f . The songs make an impact pret tyqu ick ly . The song "Red Thi rs t " has some c lean chant - l ikes ing ing . No t t o much . The res t i s me lod i c , m idpaceddeath/ thrash wi t r a rough edge.Ms. Pess imis t : hat rough edge that Mosher is ta lk ing aboutcou ld be due L you th . I t h i nk t h i s band w i l l go i n a moremelod ic d i rect r , r ' t in the fu ture. R ight now, the harder s ideworks wel l , bu l - , t would be good i f they d id not abandon i t inthe future beca, se what they are doing now works out prettygood. www.nr -pace.com/heret iques

Ki l lswi tch Enc;Mrs . Me ta l Mon t . No , t hank you . Nex t !Mr . Opt imis t : C,n the pos i t ive s ide, I would l ike to saythat . . .ugh, forget i t . I don ' t care enough to f in ish th is sent . . .Ms . No Pa t i ence Fo r Nonsense : No .Mr. Meta l Grandpa: The ed i tor o f th is z ine is a moron. I swear ,i f I have to hear th is s tu f f one more t ime, I 'm jus t go ing to . . .M rs . Me ta l Mom: Oh , no , no t t h i s aga in ! Dad , dad , p l ease ca lmdown! We a l l hate th is s tu f f , but you don ' t have to f ly in to anexplos ive ly v io lent rage every t ime you hear the name of th isband . . .Remember wha t t he doc to r sa id !

Mein qanzes Heer : ZwiestundeMs. No Money: Imagine a progress ive, spacy, fo lky meta l

band get t ing together wi th a b last ing death/b lack meta l band

and that 's what th is is . I t ' s in te l lec tua l meta l w i th aggress ive,b last ing moments and mel low moments . Real ly , you shouldhear i t for yourself .Mrs, Very P icky: Th is fu l l - length a lbum is very ambi t ious ' I t

has a very ser ious and profess ional qua l i ty to i t . The melod ies

and the aggress ion are s t rong components o f th is music . Th ismusic takes t ime to unders tand because i t combines cer ta incontradictory elements and gives them coherence. There arec lean vocals and growl ing, mel low moments that grow in toblasting fury of the black metal variety.Mr . Meta l Grandpa: K ids today are too ar tsy wi th the i r meta l .Th is is l ike ar t school b lack/death meta l w i th prog. I t ' s bra in iacme ta l .Ms. Shred Fan: Has good melod ies and some good gu i tarwork. I t ' s not supermelod ic , but i t does have some ear-f r iend ly moments .Mr . Mosher : Th is is k ind o f d i f f icu l t to get moving to , a l i t t lel ike t ry ing to mosh to Opeth because of the changing natureof the song 's s t ructure. But you know, you can bang yourhead or maybe nod a long, too. I don ' t want to g ive theimpression this is bad music. I t 's actual ly pretty creative.Ms . Pess im is t : The one t h i ng t ha t I w i l l comp la in abou t i sthose clean vocals. They're ok, but they don't seem to beactua l s ing ing. I th ink that needs more power , more power fu lc lean s ing ing. However , overa l l , th is band has put a lo t o f hardwork in to the i r music and i t shows.www. myspace. com/mei nga nzesheer

Mor tem Tvrranae (Germanv) : From the Dark Mounta insComethMrs. Meta l Mom: Th is is DIY, so lo pro ject b lack meta l and i tsounds l i ke i t : r ough and bas i c .Mr . Opt imis t : Despi te the very rough qual i ty , there is apersonal i ty to th is , k ind o f doomy, k ind of g loomy b lack meta l ,though s t i l l p lenty speed and chaos. There is a spec i f ic soundthat comes across: cave b lack meta l insani ty . . .and doom!Mrs. Verv P icky: Only for those that l ike garage- type b lackmetal recorded in a cave.Mr. Opt imis t : That 's what I jus t sa id ! Cave b lack meta l !Mrs. Very P icky: F ine. I agree. So what?!Ms. No Money: Th is is too much "homemade" s ty le . I wouldl ike a bet ter record ing. Th is is not bad and i t has some goodmoments , but s t i l l , the sound qual i ty is k ind o f a prob lem forme . www. myspa ce. com/morte mtyrra na e

Nemecic (F in land) : V ioorous F i re and Inward L iohtn ingsMr. Opt imis t : The songs are pret ty darn easy to remember .I t ' s heavy, but in a memorable way. The sound qual i ty o f th isis pretty professional, for your information.Mr . Mosher : Th is is the k ind of music made to get you movingin a p i t . I t ' s b lunt , heavy and not too compl icated. Some ofthe growl ing works wel l combined wi th the heavy, c leanermoments o f "Golden Jackal Mask.Ms. Pess imis t : I hear b ig fa t thrash ing r i f fs and growledvocals . A f r iend of mine says th is sounds l ike Lamb of God.Maybe some Pantera, too, inc lud ing the h igh screaming. Th isband is cef ta in ly competent a t the i r fa t thrash, growl meta l . Irea l ly th ink th is s tu f f works wel l in the l ive env i ronment ' I t ' sgot a pretty good groove going on.www. myspace. com/nemecicband

Neravendet ta ( I ta lv ) : Neravendet ta (oromo 2OO9)Mr. Opt imis t : Th is band p lays a b lack meta l expanded upon byfo lk /V ik ing/acoust ic /mel low moments . The b lack meta le lements are done wel l , w i th so l id voca ls and a good genera l

v ibe. I f you can, p lease to go the i r myspace and g ive them al isten: the black metal real ly does transform into folky stuffwhich then rages back to b lack meta l .Mrs. Meta l Mom: Wow, k ind of n ice and nasty a l l a t once. Forexample, "sardonica" goes from black metal frenzy fury chaosr ight in to acoust ic and mel low moments wi th c lean s ing ing. I

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fee l l i ke I can say that th is band does of fer someth ingcreat ive, and even "catchy. "Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: Th is k ind of sp l i t -personal i tymeta l . One moment is anger , the next is l i ke a ba l lad forV i k i ngs o r some th ing .Mr. Mosher : Too sch izophren ic for me, but they def in i te ly gotta lent . Do you l ike the idea of a b lack meta l band rag ing on,b last ing i ts way through a song, and then swi tch ing over toc lean s ing ing and ch i l led-out acoust ic moments?Ms. Pess imis t : The product ion is s l ight ly rough, but th is ispromis ing. These 4 songs show some ta lent and ideas. Not tooshabby a t a l l ! www. myspa ce. com/neravendetta

Phantomizer (Denmark) : SextasvMrs . Me ta l Mom: Th i s band i s bas i ca l l y t h rash -c razy and j us tkeep i t speedy. These three songs are a l r ight , but they needmore ind iv idua l i ty bes ides the thrash ing speed.Mr. Opt imis t : I l i ke some of the gu i tar melod ies. These threesongs thrash a l l the way through, wi th speedy, bang-bangbea ts . Th i s i s a good beg inn ing !Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: I t ' s thrash, speedy, thrashwi th some melody and scream/shouted vocals and somepret ty good headbanging songs. For thrash maniacs, for sure.Ms. No Money: Pret ty good demo. Maybe la ter on good th ingshappen .Mr. Mosher : A l l your op in ions make no sense to me. How canyou not l ike th is? Is i t that you don ' t l i ke thrash, Mr . No Moneyand Mrs. Meta l Mom? This band is a-ok in my book.Mrs. Meta l Mom: Yeah, Mr . Mosher , I l i ke thrash, but th is bandwi l l need to improve in the fu ture, I th ink . Maybe some morecomplex i ty , OK? www. myspace.com/phantomizerat tack

Stormbane (Austral ia): Tortured in the Arms ofSalvationMr. Grumoy: I hear some good Dissect ion-s ty le ideas in thevocals and gu i tar work . There is a good b lack/ thrash fee l , too.At the same t ime, th is is good for a demo, but I would l ike tohear a recording with a better sound and get a better idea ofwhat the band is rea l ly about . So far , I l i ke i t . I jus t get thefee l ing I might not be hear ing i t wel l .Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: They l ike the o ldb lack/ thrash/death bands. That 's a p lus. Thei r own songssound pretty good, too.Mr . Meta l Grandpa: My hear ing is bad and has been bad for along t ime, so I pre fer that the sound qual i ty be bet ter . Thei rcover of Possessed's "The Eyes of Horror" shows a l i t t le wherethe i r hear t is . Possessed is a l r ight , for sure. But , c 'mon, now,the sound qual i ty o f th is has to improve.Mrs . Me ta l Mom: The re i s one t h i ng I w i l l po in t ou t : t h i s band ,despi te the demo qual i ty sound, shows the poss ib i l i ty o fsometh ing s t rong tak ing p lace because the gu i tar workdemonstrates good potential by way of some very sharpr i f f ing. There is an asp i ra t ion to qual i ty that I detect and that Il i ke here. www.myspace.com/stormbanemeta l

St r iker (Canada) : Road Warr iorMr . Opt imis t : Fun: some of the gu i tar melod ies. These threesongs thrash a l l the way through, wi th speedy, bang-bangbeats . Good job, good job lMrs. Meta l Mom: What th is band has go ing is the s t rongmelod ies and catch iness wi th the i r thrash. I th ink th is worksand th is rocks for sure.Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: For thrash f reaks!Ms. No Money: Th is is actua l ly pret ty good and has some goodmoments . I t ' s a b i t too much "beer meta l , " but I th ink th iscould improve la ter on.

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Mr . Moshe r : I don ' t know why Me ta l Mom, Op t i r l i : ; t and t heothers are ho ld ing back on th is ! Y 'a l l know th is k i r "xs but t ! I t ' sthrash ing, good r i f fs (ok, not or ig ina l , but , p lease, q ive me abreak, yo l ) , good melod ies. Very good for rnoshing andheadbang ing . They t a l k abou t d r i nk i ng bee r , so r r r aybe t ha tact iv i ty is ok, too. www.myspace.com/ l is tentost r i l<er

Terra Austral is (Austral ial : In the Lost CoCgylr 's of theCaroath ians: The Land of the PhantomsMs. No Money: I ended up k ind of en joy ing th is . I * . 's got waysto go before be ing great , but th is was en joyable and fun inthese two, long- ish songs.Mrs . Me ta l Mom: Th i s i s a l r i gh t b l ack me ta l w l t h amb ien tmoments /spacy moments . Def in i te ly has a good v ibc.Mr . Opt imis t : I th ink th is is promis ing. Too bad i t ' s on ly twosongs of c rude b lack meta l . The t remolo p ick ing works wel lw i th the more atmospher ic moments .Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: Even though th is is abras iveb lack me ta l and a l l t ha t , I t h i nk t he a tmosphe r i c , amb ien t ,spacy moments cont rast rea l ly wel l w i th the c l raos. Onemoment there is v io lent screaming, next th ing you know,there is a n ice l i t t le moment to g ive you t ime to gather yourthoughts together , before th ,e barrage begins again . Pret tygood ideas! www.myspace.com/ter raaust ra las

Vmbra Mof t is ( I ta lv ) : I l Resoi ro de l le OmbreMs. No Pat ience For Nonsense: I f you don ' t l i ke raw b lackmeta l , i t ' s too la te now! Umbra Mor t is is here.Mrs. Meta l Mom: From the moment th is begins, u , , i th i ts bare-bones, barbed-wi re b lack meta l , I l i ked i t and I s t i l l do!Mr . Oo t im i s t : Maybe Chand le r B ing wou ld say : Cou ld t h i s BEanymore o ld-school b lack meta l? Could th is gu i tar tone BE anymore abras ive and raw? Could th is BE any more ug ly? I mean,jus t knee-s lapping, face- twis t ing fug ly lMs. No Money: Th is takes ear ly b lack meta l Dark throne andups the speed to b last ing, takes the vocal chords dest ruct ionto pa in fu l leve ls . Th is is very d i f f icu l t to deny and even moredi f f icu l t not to l ike , i f i t ' s raw, f renz ied b lack metar l that 's thesubject.Mr . Me ta l G rumpy : I l i ke t h i s . S top you r wh in ing .www. myspace. com/vmbra mort is

Veinen (Greece) : From the Dark Mounta ins ComethMrs. Meta l Mom: Too bas ic , too garage-s ty le for my taste . I t ' snot bad, but I can ' t l i s ten to someth ing th is garage- ish for toolong .Mr. Opt imis t : I do l ike the fee l and personal i ty o f th is . Th issounds l ike b lack meta l and i t ' s chaot ic and d i r ty . A bet terrecord ing is needed, though. Th is is ok to get the word outabout the i r raw, fas t and abras ive b lack meta l . I t gets the jobdone. For now. We need someth ing bet ter next t ime, though.Ms. No Pat ience For Nonsense: I th ink th is was recorded in at u n n e l .Ms . No Money : Th i s i s t oo much "home-made" s t y l e . I wou ldl ike a better recording.Mr . Me ta l G randpa : We l l , I , f o r one , r ea l l y l i ke t he sp i r i t o f t h i sband and I apprec ia te the fact that th is is crazy b lack meta ll i ke I l i ke i t . And wha t ' s a l l t h i s comp la in i ng abou t "bad "product ion? I t ' s b lack meta l and the band probably are notmi l l iona i res. That 's how l i fe is . You got ta make do and p layb lack meta l a l l the way. Forget you, whiners ! Hey, th is band isr id ing he l l ' s s ta l l ions bareback and f ree, tak ing the i r chanceswi th raw energy! That 's what Venom says.www. myspace. com/ve inenba nd