Issue #12 - Fuglymaniacs

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guythetitlehedidn't
whenwetoldanother
if it was
hearusandasked
"Killor blood".
called
Andfromthatdayit was.lt didn't
haveanylyrics
I likealbumswitha lot of songs,especially
if it'sfaststuff,like21 untilwe recorded
it for the album.Whenwe didit liveandon the
Lucifers'"ln the Nameof...."Thereare some 17 tracksof demoweimprovised.
Sothereisn'tthatmuchmeaning
those
behind
blastingdeathlthrash/grind/whatever:
fast, thrashing,blasting words.
You'dbesurprised
screamgrowling.
howditferent
the songscan
I havenoideawhoor whatdoesthekilling
in "Killing
at will"
be,though.Onesongwill startwith explosive
ragescreaming sinceI wrotethemusic,cameup withthetitlebutnottherestof the
andblasting,
thenthe nextonewill startwithfrenzieddemolition lyrics.Erikis utterlyresponsible
for whoor what'srunning
around
furygrowlingand faster blasting.But seriously,it's hard to knocking
people
of in thoselyrics.Andaccording
to himalllyricson
believethat thereis actuallysomehints of melodyamidthe the albumarementto be interpreted
by the listener
of course,
chaosstormhowling,includingsomeguitarsoloing.Truthbe buttheyaregenerally
reflections
mightdo (andsome
of whatpeople
told, it's blastingattackafter blastingattackthroughoutthe are already
doing)whenthoughts,
frustration
andwordsaboutour
wholealbum.Someof the riffingcan sounddeathor thrashor sickworldturnsintoaction.
joy of blasting,
blackmetal.Nice,pleasant
butdistinctive.
Thisis
far from beinga blur, as the songsstandfine on their own. Howdo you knowwhena ritf is goodfor yourband?Haveyou
Definitely
of interest,if you like blastingspeed.Bandmember evercomeup with riffs that you likea lot, butthatyou cannot
Lindhdecidedto get in touchwith his morepatientside and useforthisband?
responded
thus.
Personally
it'sjusta feelingI get.Usually
I writea riffandworkon it
fora while,maybel'll putit together
withsomeotherriffto seehow
ii.'rrt*orf
is a goat holdingan open book and in the theyworktogether.
AndwhenI feelthatthismightbe something
to
background
thereis wargoingon.Whenyoulookat theartwork, continue
working
on l'llmakedamnsurethatl'llremember
whatI've
whatdoesit sayto you?
beendoing.
Toomanysongideashavefoundthemselfin thedrain
Thefirstthingthecover"says"to me personally
is: Thisis notthe justbecause
I'veforgotten
whatthehellI wasdoingthelasttimeI
coverI wanted,
butat thisstageI can'tbebothered.
Thestorybehind wasworking
onthatparticular
one.Andjustasmanysongshavemet
thatstatement
is asfollows.
Wehada complete
lay-out
whenwewent thesamefatebecause
I'verealized
wasa
thatthe songI thought
in to thestudio
to record
thealbum.
Sleeve,
booklet,
CDtheworks.lt masterpiece
oneday,thenextdaysuckworsethantheentireVenom
wasmadefroma P. Grsn,painting
the sameguywhodid lotsof backcatalog
puttogether.
gotenough
Andwhenyou've
rifffora tune
albumarta fewyearsago.SomeHypocrisy
albums
andat leastone youplayit abouta milliontimesuntilyougeta feelfor whichparts
DimmuBorgirfor example.
Andafterbeingroyallyscrewed
by two workandwhichpartsdeserve
to be takenout thebackandshot,
labels(that doesn'tdeserveto be mentioned
in any form of alternatively
rearranged
of course
or rewritten.
Duringthatprocess
publication)
wesigned
withPulverised
Thebigmanhimself, youstumble
Records.
on riffsthatyoulikebutarejustnotsuitedfor Lucifers
thebossof thelabel,likedthecoverwebrought
to thetableandwe andthat'swhythedevilinvented
sideprojects.
agreed
to useit.Butforsomereason
heallof a sudden
his
changed
mind.The coverart wasn'tgoodenoughand he wantedto get Wouldyou say that "HateWill Prevail,""HopeFades,"and
somebody
elseto redotheentirelay-out.
Afterpondering
a whileover "Despair"
yourstateof mindor theopposite?
represent
whya coverthatonedaywasgreat,
thenextdayturned
in to crap,we It'sneither
a description
of usnoris it theopposite.
Weareallmoreor
agreedto hissuggestion.
So we checked
outsomenewartistsand lessfilledwithdespair
andconvinced
andthat
thathatewillprevail
decided
to go withtheguysthat,amongst
madethealbumart hopeisjusta feeling
others,
thatyoueventually
realizes
isa fading
sensation.
for LengTch'es"Theprocess
Andaftera fewweeks ButI don'tthinkweareanydifferent
of elimination".
ihananybody
elsethathaseyes
the artistpitched
an ideato us thatwe likedandthenhe started to seewithanda mindwithaverage
Theworldis a
thinking
capability.
working
onit.
shittyplaceandit's not gettingany betterandour lyricsis just a
Thanks
to ourluckwiththeprevious
labelsweweresigned reflection
of thatfact. Alsoourmusicis of theangrysortso it'sonly
to thealbumwasat thisstageovertwoyearsoldandstillunreleased.logical
thatourlyricsareof thesamenature.
AndsincethehailSatanSo afterwaiting
almostanother
6 months
forthenewcoverit finally stuffsnotourbagweturnto thesunounding
hatred
forinspiration.
arrivedandhadbasically
nothing
to do withtheideathe artisthad
pitched.
Thiswasa completely
different
coverandin my personal Whatwerethe first metalalbumsyou got intowhenyou were
opinion
notverygood.Sowewentfroma coolP.Grsncoverto a cool young?Do you still likethosealbums?Howdid you get into
ideainvolving
a picture
of an oldreligious
familyandsomecheepto metal,througha friendor a brother?
endupwitha horned
hamster
reading
infrontof a shittywar-scenario.Prettystandard
stuff...I thinkthe firstmetalalbumI boughtwas
Wehavenolyricstouching
onthesubject
ofwar,that'sBoltThrowers Maidens
"Powerslave"
"Ridethelightning",
or maybe
can'tremember.
thing.
I do remember
the firstCD I boughtand thatwas Slayers"Hell
But now it had beenaboutthreeyearssincethe albumwas awaits".
ButbeforeI bought
I listened
to
themusicI hadeverything
recorded
andwaiting
another
6 months
fora newcover
didn't
feellike copiedontocassette
fromfriendsthatboughtthe actualalbum,
an option.
Sothat'swhythere's
an evilrodent
thatlikesto studyon Nothing
original
on thosetapeseither,
andso
somePriest,
Sabbath
thecoverofourdebut
album.
on,Before
themetaldaysit wasZZTopandBruce
allthe
Springsteen
way.Butin themideiqhties
I moved
to a newtownandgotintometal
What is your perspective
on songslilre"Kill or Blood"and thank
toa friend
of mine
"Killingat Will"?Whatdidyouhavein mindhere?
Andofcourse
I stilllisten
to theclassics
andI would
saythatalmost
Killor bloodwasoneof thefirstsongswritten
forthebandthatin everyalbumhas agedgracefully
exceptthe Manowar
ones.lt's
thosedayswerecalledGridlocked
lt waswrittenby our original painfully
clearto me nowadays
thatthoseflatulent
always
bastards
drummer
BJ andwasmeantto be nothing
morethana grind-tunehaveandstillsucks.
Andof course
nottomention
Venom.
ln mybook
"Killforblood"
clocking
in undera minute.
lt wasoriginally
but youcan'tclaimtobethemostevilshitontheplanet,
called
takeit allbackby
it wasjustanimage
claming
evil
andthenclaiming
thebetheultimate
it justhappened
withtherapid
again.I suspect
to occurcoincidently
disappearing
of zeroson themembers
Suchantics
bankaccounts.
combined
withthefactthattheirmusicis shitputsthemontopof the
listofoverrated
inneedof a swiftmercy
killing.
bands
sound;the othermajorelements
of the soundis thetraditional,
Swedish,
melodicriffsandsolos.Theresultscomein realfast:it
doesn'ttake longto seethat the albumgetsbetterwith each
listen,practically
embedding
itselfin thelisteners'
mind.
Peter(bass)explainsa bit aboutthe band in this
interview.
In addition,
he saysthatthissummer
theywill release
the follow-upwith some interesting
new elements,
including
making
the band'ssound"muchmorebrutal,darkerandfaster."
Since,in reality,
thebandis fastwiththeirblastbeats,
Peteradds,
"Well,the musicis alreadyprettyfast,but we wantedto do the
musicmoretechnical,
in our
butstillkeepsomeof themelodies
concept,
butthe melodies
we havenowis notthat"happy"ason
theolderalbums,
theyalsohavesomeEgyptic
vibes,littlein the
direction
of deathmetalbandNile."www.coldexistence
se
Whatis a metalbandor a metalalbumthatyou likethatpeople
wouldbesurprised
thatyoulike?!
Welllet'sopenthecloset
andlettheskeletons
out.I don'tthinkpeople
areespecially
listento
surprised
overthefactthatmetalmusicians
morethanjusttheextreme
stuff.In my caseI'mtakingsomeheat
overthefactthatI likethefirstAvantasia-album.
Andmaybeeven
I'mto
moreembarrassing,
thefirstRhapsody
album.Butnowadays
oldto careandtryto uphold
someimageof beingmoremetalthana
mutated
steelmill.My hat'sof to thosewhoeat,breathandsleep
metalbutI personally
Leonard
needsomeBeatles,
Cohenor Eddie How has the album been receivedin your country?
pretty
goodin Sweden,
TheEssence
havebeenreceived
Meduza
thenit'supto the HiMauriciol
onceina while.
Goodmusicisgoodmusic,
butcouldbeenbetter
if thedistribution
in
in Europe
hadbeingbetter,
individual
todealwiththeclassification.
the rest of Europeand USA the albumget.skillerreviews.
Whatareyourthreefavoritefoodsfromwhereyou live?What We havesigneda newrecorddealwiththeUS labelOpenGrave
Records
for ournextalbum"Sombre
release
datewillbe in
Gates"
thesefoodslike?Whatkindof drinksgo withthem?
hardto namea favorite. July 2008.Afterthat we have someplansfor a Europetour.
Wellif wearejusttalking
Falun
thenit'spretty
Andthat'snotbecause
there'to muchto chosefrom.Onthecontrary
Whichcamefirst:
basically Youhavea songcalled"TheColdExistence."
markon themapof foodsconsists
of ourFalukorv,
Faluns
justa sausage
I don'tthinkthatwehaveso the bandnameor the song?Doyouthinkthatthis is bestsong
withnotthatmuchflavor.
whichis thinly on the album to call it the name of the band?
I likeGravlax
of Sweden.
manydishes
thatis typical
Butthebandis
is a DAMN
oldsong..hehe!
dill, Well,TheColdExistence
(youseason
thefishwithsalt,blackpepper,
sliced,
cold"gravad"
personal
is thetitletrack
album
even
older.
My
favourite
song
on
that
sugarandverylittlewaterandyoulet it sit for a coupleof days)
"The
music
Essence"
to
create
because
on
that
track
the
band
starts
mustard,
sugar,
water,
witha coldsaucemadeof
Served
salmon.
more harder,fasterand less of that
A kindof thick in the right direction,
vinegar
andmoredill.ThenI wouldsay Pannbiff.
melodies.
Ournewalbumwillbe muchmoredark
Andyou Gothenburgstyle
unions.
andfinelychopped
hamburger
madewithmustard
jam, and
brutal
andlingonberry
of fried,slicedunions
eatit witha sickamount
Andon the
meatballs.
ThenI'lljusthaveto go withthe Swedish
Yoursongsin generalhavesomeniceguitarsolosandriffing.
question
isalways
beer,sweetbeer.
ofdrinks
theanswer
World"is just oneexample
of the coolsolos.Wereany
"Cynical
studio?
in
the
composed
these
solos
of
Anylastcomments?
songs
at all
in
our
like
have
solos
well
we
not
a
band
that
to
Haha,
are
idea
I've
no
moment
At the
in theLucifers.
Thanx
a lotfortheinterest
the
on
nice
melodies
some
honest.
case
we
try
to
build
be
In
that
to
for
about
is
in
the
states
got
planned
Tobbe
currently
since
whatwe
as
and
guitars
in
our
songs
some
solos
instead.
But
sure,
we
have
this
all
over
scattered
members
are
the
And
the
rest
of
months.
three
And
recording.
roombefore
oftenwecreatethesolosin ourrehearsal
country
ofours.
oblong
'08sincethis livewe tryto playthemas on therecording,
bestthatway
sounds
I doubtthattherewillbe a newalbumoutin
at all(aslooksto bethe
andif it isn'tpromoted
onewasjustreleased
that you thinkthat life is
on our Yourlyricscan givethe impression
in remaining
caserightnow)| don'tthinkwe'reinterested
playing
fit intowhatyou do with
metal
does
potential
meaningless.
How
a
to releasing
label.Butwhoknowsl'mno stranger
current
you
your
winters
cancreatefeelingsof
long
life?
Do
think
that
making
we're
not
like
lt's
onthenetforfreedownloading.
newalbum
depression?
So
anyway.
anymoney
He
lifeingeneral.
about
thoughts
cameoutfromthesingers
it andif theylikeit gettheirassto a gig Thelyrics
download
whynotletpeople
guy, but the world today is kinda
or is not kinda depressed
Checkus out on www.2llucifers.com
andmaybebuya t-shirt.
here
canmakeyoudepressed,
thewinter
Ofcourse
it'llbe depressed..hehe.
happens
of importance
lf anything
myspace.coml2llucifers.
people
in
year
I
think
half
the
outside.
darkandcold
THE overis almost
Havea goodone,friends.Lindh 2l Lucifers
there.
mentioned
better
feel
countries
tropical
END-------of thePast,"the part
thaton "Shadows
mentioned
Hasanybody
soundsa bit like
"l feelthis sorrowit's buildingup inside..."
Hetfield?
release James
is a well-rounded
by TheColdExistence
"TheEssence"
to tryclean
blastingand guttural Ooohyeah!Wasjusta thingwe didforfun,wewanted
coveringseveralfields:the thrash/death,
basically, vocals
of thePastis thebandsfirst
Shadows
in thatsong,actually
growlingterritoriesis a major area emphasized,
"Damn,
just
this
song'friendly songever..haha!
Andweall saidthatwhilerecording
providing
of the band'smemorable,
thefoundation
pretty
sounds like the mighty James Hetfield"Cool...Eeeeh?
muchdormant
andnothing
muchisgoingon,although
I amstill
activein doingas muchpromotion
In Renewed
as I canfor'Devils
Whenplayingin frontof an audience,
it's prettyeasyto feedotf Birth'.
As of rightnow,wearejustwaiting
In Renewed
forthe'Devils
the energyof the crowd.But how do you get in the right Birth'cassette
taperelease
fromCanada's
which
TotalDeath
Records
probably
mentality
to recordin thestudio?
should
is a
seethelightof dayanytime
now.Thisrelease
Well, recording
in studiois anotherthing then playinglive, limited
edition
version
andwillbe released
in 150hand-numbered
TO geta goodresultyoumuststayalert.Themostimportant
is to copies,
whicha brandnewartwork
by French
artistK. anda new
rehearsal
thematerial
logobylegendary
overandoveragainbefore
entering
thestudio. Raspatul
logomaster
Christophe
Szpajdel.
Because
whenyouhavebeenin thestudio
forsomehours,
WhenAyimpassed
andstart
that
away,it wasa unanimous
decision
to getdizzyin yourheadyoualsostartto forgetyoursongs..haha.Raspatul
willnotfinda replacement
fora singer
spot.Ayimwasthe
lmportantto get a good nights sleep and eat proper. singer
pointless
sincetheveryfirstdayandit wastotally
forusto get
another
singer,
andwhichalsoexplains
whyRaspatul
is no longer
ls "Observation"
aboutextraterrestrials
asa liveband,
or is it aboutsomething active
butrather
a studio
bandaswespeak.
else?Eitherway,it's prettycreepy,likea horrormovie.Wasit
inspired
by
movie?! "Devilsin Renewed
a
Birth"is theonlycd I haveheard.Howmany
AlsoObservation
is DAMNoldandthelyricsarebadin it if youask cdshaveyoureleased
andwhataretheycalled?
me.At thattimebackin 99 whenwe wrotethatsongwe thought
it We havereleased
2 otherofficial
CDsin ourdiscography,
namely
wouldbecooltowriteaboutaliens
orsomething
likethat,i don'thave 'Menghitung
Ajal'and 'ThePerfect
RealmOf Jharkyannarkh'.
But
a
better
answer on
whatyouarehearing
that
lyric..hahahaha!
on 'Devils
In Renewed
Birth'
isjusta collection
of all the songson 'Menghitung
Ajal'and'ThePerfect
RealmOf
Doyouthinkthatthe musicyou playhasan age:do youthink Jharkyannarkh'.
Tworeasons
whywehavedecided
to compile
allthe
thattwentyyearsfromnow,likein 2028,yourmusicwill sound songswe haverecorded
intoa CD;bothourprevious
were
releases
silly to you? DoesSlayer's"ShowNo Mercy"or Metallica's released
on CD-Rformat,
dueto thefactthatwe do nothavethe
"Kill'em All" sound immature to you nowadays? financial
capabilities
to release
themin professional
andso
CDformat
No,i thinkbothSlayer
andMetallica
Inspiring
many I feltthatwe did notgivethemthejustice
arecoolbands.
Andthe
theydeserved.
bandstoday.Old metal is often betterthen all this new otherreason
wasthatsinceAyimhadleftus in thisway,wefeltthat
'Devils
grindcore/hardcore
newmetal
shit. by releasing
In Renewed
Birth'wouldbe theperfect
wayto
All genreshavean age,but metalas SlayerandMetallica
never retain
theRaspatul
legacy
as it was,andthatwouldbeto haveit in a
disappear
Asournewalbum
willbemoreinspired
fromoldbands
like professional
CDformat.
Obituary,
Morbid
angel
and
Slayer.
Thelegendary
JamesMurphy
in to handle
wasbrought
the
mastering
for 'DevilsIn Renewed
gaveall our
Birth',whoactually
Last
job withthe
comments? songsa muchfresher
sound.Jamesdid an amazing
Check
outournewalbum"Sombre
in mastering
whenit willbe relased
Gates"
andwecouldnotbemuchhappier
withthefinaloutcome
of
July2008.
Andhopetoseeyouontourin Europe
laterthisyear.
theproduction.
Cheerz
Peter/The
ColdExistence
WhatwasAyimlikeasa person?
THEEND
Whendidyoumeethim?
- Ayimwasprobably
Calvin
Raspatul
theperson
I wasclosest
to in
t h eb a n dl.k n e wR a s p a tbual c ki n 1 9 9 9w h e nl w a s p l a y i nwgi t h
another
bandcalledDeviant,
andso I am notoneof the original
members
in Raspatul.
Ayimwasreallya quietperson
and
by nature
unless
hewaswitha groupof goodfriends,
or elsehewouldbejust
inthebackground.
AyimandI talktoeachothera lotallthe
Calvin(guitarring)
hereexplainsthe importantinfo aboutthe byhimself
be the most
bandRaspatul.
"Devilsin Renewed
Birth"is the albumCalvinis time,and the timesI had with him will definitely
timesof mylife.lf anyone
knewAyimin person,
hewas
talkingabout.Thisalbumhasa coolunderground
feelthattakes unforgettable
its cue from classicthrashand death.The riffingis compact, likea clownandwouldoftencrackjokes.Butat thesametime,and
elseI would
say,hewould
havea weirdattitude
whenever
instant-impact,
tightstuff.Thevocalsaregrowled,
with likeanyone
scowled,
he
was
in
a
bad
mood.
But
sad
to
say,
the
last
few
months
before
a slighttouchof that vomit-feeling.
Fun!And the drumming
passed
Ayim
personal
away,
all
of
us
were
very
busy
with
our
own
soundsorganic,
hardhitting,andin-your-face,
not clickyat all.
wasduring
our
Thecd hasa quotefrom Jeff Becerrafrom Possessed
saying livesandtheonlytimewherewe couldgettogether
I didn'tget to talkto Ayimso muchlikebeforeand
thatRaspatul
"havea uniquesoundthatis alltheirown,butyet rehearsals.
sometimes
hewouldmissourrehearsal
sessions
because
of hisshift
in thetruestveinof underground
metal".
workhours.
Thereyougo.Jeffknows.Nowwedo.
Ayimis definitely
oneof thebestMetal
in ourscene
singers
Note:Raspatul's
vocalistAyim died in 2005in a motorcycle
here
and
anyone
who
had
heard
him
sing
live
attest
can
to that.He
gives
accident.
Calvin
anupdate
onthebandhere.
usedto saythathe is theleastimportant
person
in thebandbuthe
wassowrong.
Notonlywashea greatsinger,
healsohada greatear
Whatis thecurrent
situation
withtheband?
- Hi Mauricio,
senseforsongarrangements.
Ayimis truly
CalvinRaspatul
it's a greatpleasure
doingthis forgoodriffsanda strong
asa fellow
bandmate
andmostimportantly,
asa friend.
interview
forMetalBulletin!
Well,thecurrent
is missed
situation
of Raspatul
Butthefactis thatno one
Howdidyougetintometalin yourcountry?Didyouhavefriends Bandcamehereto playin Singapore,
follows
actually
whenmostgigsareheldindoors.
thisban,especially
intometalor wasit yourparents?
Theclosest
andmostserious
encounter
thatwe hadwas
It's reallystrange
because
I got in Metalwithoutanyoneelse's
country
Malaysia.
A fewyears
ago,therewasan
influence
andI justdecided
to explore
thisformof musicby myself. fromourneighboring
where
thinkthat issuewiththeBlackMetalmovement
happening
in Malaysia
Beingin Singapore
whereit'sa country
thatmostpeople
Metal
a number
of people
fromtheMalaysian
Metalmusicdoesnotexist;therereallywasn'tanyonearoundmy therewerereportedly
thelslamic
holybookcalledthequran.
Thereweren't
intoMetalat all.Backthen,therewasn'tCDformat scenedefiling
circleof friends
yet,so I wouldgo hunting
happened
the
onwhatreally
butbecause
ofthisincident,
for Metalcassette
tapesat anywhere manydetails
government
in the
Metal Malaysian
wenton a raidto trackdownthepeople
available
andtherewereonlya fewshopsthatsoldExtreme
scene
andtheyhadblacklisted
a bigamount
of bands
thatwere
Theurgeto buyMetal
anaddiction Metal
stuff.
cassette
tapeswasdefinitely
anti-religious
or were involvedin the quran-defiling
or most considered
andbackthen,I justwanted
to getholdof themostextreme
Forquitea while,the entireMalaysian
Metalscenewas
at the cover incident.
brutalstuffavailable
and sometimes
by just looking
justbuyitl Butit wasa greatlesson
without
formeas I got stagnant
muchgigshappening
in thecountry
or theyhadto
I would
artworks,
really
genres
holdgigsin a verydiscreet
manner.
Butnow,things
aresortof
tounderstand
thedifferent
of Metalveryquickly.
will
my backto normal
againandI believe
thatincidents
likethisusually
to support
My parents
wereabsolutely
thelastpeople
do anything
shocked tidedownaftera while.Thegovernment
can'tpossibly
formof music.
Infact,whenI wasyoung,
theyweretotally
Metal
scene.
andconfused
astowhyI waslistening
to thisformof musicthatthey muchaboutit,orsomuchasto wipeouttheentire
to kickmeoutof the
couldnotunderstand
andtheyeventhreatened
givenuponit and For"Breaking"
Ayimsaysthathe hatesgod.Whatabouttherest
house,
believe
it ornot.Butnow,theyhaveentirely
phasein mylife.Thereare of theband?
theyknowthatMetalis notjusta growing
question,
mostof the
earlierin theprevious
whyI amstillso muchintoMetal LikeI havementioned
whocannot
understand
stillpeople
just
topics
that
Ayim
or
themanmusic,
speaks
about
are
usually
anti-religious
aboutthe
at myageandallI cansayis thatMetalis not
not too
made
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Whatareyourplansfor 2008and2009?
behind
religion.
I do believe
thatreligions
arejusta formof
2008is prettymucha verybusyyearfor me andnowthatwe are hypocrisy
reliance
in theirlives,
whena person
feelsemptyor unfulfilled
halfway
2008,timereallyfliesman.Therehadbeen mental
almost
through
for
thatbypraying
plansforRaspatul
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andwe spokeabout andthustheyseeksomething
to record
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label
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2008.Our
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thisduringJanuary
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in discussing
aboutreligion
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in wanting
showed
us to recordnewmaterial
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higher
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on ourside,butthisis because
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is allfromthehardworkthatwe
or haveachieved
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and havedone.Do youthinkwhatRaspatul
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2009wouldbea morerealistic
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ErikSayenga
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to MetalBulletin
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analyse
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questions
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on slamdancing
readers
willenjoytheinterview
as well.Do getin touchwithme at TypeO Negative
& Katatonia,
I loveeverything
thattheyhaveever
[email protected]
andI willdefinitely
replyall sensible
emails. done,I alsoenjoySigurRosan lslandic
popband.Great
depressive
Cheersand havea niceone!Raspatul
Domain:
www.raspatul.tk
music
todrinkwinetoandjustwander
of inyourthoughts.
Raspatulofficial
Myspace.www.myspace.com/raspatul
THEEND
Whatareyourguitarstunedto?
Theguitars
is tunedin C anditsthesameinallthesongs.
Deathmetal
is morebassy
andevenmoredowntuned.
I likea rawandcoldsound,
I cantsaythatwegotthaton thealbum,
whatI like,I also
butthat's
The albumby Vanmaktcalled"Vredskapta
Md,rkersagor"
is, wanta soundwhere
youasa listener
canhearallthetonesandwhat
basically,
a blasting,
blasting,
blastingblackmetalexposition, weplay.I hatealbums
whereI can'thearwhattheyr playing.
mixedwith somebriefpauses,somestop.start,
combatguitar
shredding,
as wellthe melodicbit for dynamics
and variety, Whenyoulistento thecd,areyoupleased
withhowfastit is?Do
Someof the moredistinguishing
characteristiLs
of the bandare youwantto playfasteron thenextone?
its abilityto have that constantfireblastingspeedmode
on I likethe songs,but l'm not reallypleased
withthesound.But,it
throughout
andmakeit easyto getinto,so thatit is notonebig sounds
greatif youthinkaboutthatI haverecorded
andmixedit by
trainwreckblur
of hyperblasting.
The guitarhas a sharp,crisp myself
andonlywitha usualProToolsLEandnootherplug-ins
and
sound.The vocals are by far mostly blackmetalendless s00n.
screaming,
notscreechy,
withenoughgutturalness
to
to appeal
Ournextalbumwillbe muchfaster,
andyesitsimportant
a broadvarietyof peopleintodeathandblackmetal,
withspeedsincewe lovefastmusicandhavea drummer
thatcant
Bandmember
Gorgoth
answered.
playslowlive.So we madethedecision
to makeallthenewsongs
faster
sothattheywontsound
wierdlivecause
hecantplayslow.We
Howhasyouralbumbeenreceived
in yourcountry?Haveyou willgrindtheassesof allotherBMbandsonournextrecord,
thatsa
been surprisedby the responsein other places?Are you promisel
motivated
to writeanother
album?
I actually
wassurprised
abouthowgoodresponse
wegotin Sweden, Whatis it thatyou do in yourbandthatyouthoughtotherblack
youknow,
wegota lotof goodBlackmetal
in thiscountry
bands
andI metalbandswerenotdoing?
thought
themarket
wasoverfilledButwesoldout2 timesandhave Wehavea lotof doomy
partsthatotherbands
andgloomy
donthave,
beencontacted
foralotof gigsandso on.Unfortunately,
we hadto fuckin
hell,we areVanmakt,
allotherBlackmetal
bands
cankissour
cancel
a tourin Sweden
thisautumn
dueto thatourdrummer
Graal asses,
causewe kicktheirs.
I mean,everyone
is talking
aboutbeing
hadanoperation
"true"butnooneis, everyone
hasa strictlinethattheyfollow,
but
Sure,it feelskindaweirdwhenpeople
fromThailand,
South Vanmakt
dontgivea crap,wedowhatwewantto whenwewantto.
America
andsoonwrites
andlovesus.Butat thesametimewehad Nofuckin
justhonest
bullshit,
& Hellish
music
filled
withrealHatred!
a hunch
since
thedemowassopopular
A new albumis writtenand done,we havestarted ls yourmusicontheradioin yourcountry?
rehearsing
thenewsongsandas it looksof things
wewillrecord
this Well,notreally.
Wehavebeenplayed
onsomelocalstations
butyou
album
thissummer
andhopefully
release
it thisAutumn/Winter.
know,we don'thaveanymetalstations
in Sweden.
Theradioover
heresucksl
Whatfeelingdo riffshaveto havein orderto be goodfor your
music?
Racismhasoftenbeenassociated
withblackmetal,Doyousee
Well,I actually
wrote1B Songsto the "Vredskapta
Morkersagor"yourselves
as apolitical,
moreantireligious
What
thananything?
album
andthenwedecided
whichto usetogether.
Sure,wechanged is youropinionof bandsthatuseblackmetalto promote
racism?
process
someriffin therecording
andsoon.I thinkthatit'simportant A realSatanist
don'tcareabout"race",
A realSatanist
don'tpromote
to haveriffsthatfitstogether
andthatis aggressive.
Butat thesame anything
thatis relatedto racism.
Thosebandsthatspreadthis
timeI thinkit'sgoodto havea gloomy
riffin themiddle
of a songand stupidity
should
bebanned
andkilled.
getit moredynamic.
Thefeeling
l'mlooking
forin mysongwriting
is
Personally
I don'tcareaboutpolitics
andsoon.Sure,I vote
Aggresive,
Hatefull
musicwithan essence
of Despair.
I wantthe andtryto findoutwhatto votefor,buttheyneverdo whattheysay
music
toreflect
measa person
andmybelieves.
thattheywilldoanyway,
sonowadays
I don'tgivea fuck.
Howdidyougetintometal,
a friendor a brother,
etc.?
Howdo youviewyourlyricsin relation
to bandslikeVenom
and
Mydadhasalways
listened
to Hardrock
likeBlackSabbath,
AC/DC Mercyful
Fate?
andsoon,so I havelistened
to thatkindof music
allmylife.I guessI I don'tknow,I don'tlikeanyof thosebandsso I haveno idea,The
started
to listento MetalwhenI waslike10-12yearsor something,onlythingthatI cansayisthatI mean
everywordthatiswritten
inour
andthenit wasPantera,
Sepultura
andsoonandthatlaterongrowed lyrics.
intomoreaggressive
andmorebrutal
music
likeEntombed
when"Left
HandPath"
wasreleased,
DAMN
thatalbum
isgood.
Lastcomments?
Thanks
for thisinterview
andyourinterest
in Vanmakt.
I thinkthat
Whatis somemusicthatyoulikethatpeoplewouldbesurprised everyone
should
checkourmyspace
andwebsite
andbuyouralbum.
thatyoulike?!
A newsonghasbeenuploaded
on myspace
fromournewpromo,
"Brethren
of Love"i
Of Lucifer"
checkit outandseehowthenewshitsoundsl youwouldwritea "Ballade
Nofucking
way!Noroomforthatcrapin SW.Maybe
www.myspace.com/Vanmakt
A newalbum Hahahahaha!!!!
and www.Vanmakt.com
youearsin late20081THEEND
we'llwritea songabouthowweloveto hate.
willmassacre
feel
Suicidal
Winds'thrash/death
is playedwithsucha genuine
andit comesacrosson theiralbum"ChaosRising"in a solid
way.Thecombination
of German
thrashandclassicdeathmetal,
withvarietyanddifferent
album,
moodsresultsin a play-it-again
Emil(guitar)
tooka breakfrom playingguitarto answersome
questions
guitar.
aboutplaying
HowdoesThomas(drummering)
Winds?
contribute
to Suicidal
Whatdoesthatbringto thesoundof theband?
Hehaswritten
somelyricslatelyandthatis really
a goodthing!I also
think
thathisplaying
stileistotally
unique
andI can't
sayanydrummer
gotideaswhenwe put
whosmashes
theskinslikehedo.Healways
together
songsandsomeof themaregreat!| alsowantyouto listen
andcompare
himon ourlatest
us
albumandon theminilp "Crush
withfire"from2002.
goodprogression!
That's
ls yourmusicplayedontheradioin yourcountry?
Tv?
Howdo PeterandEmilworktogether
to writesongs?DoesPeter Nope,
getplayed.
Onlytrendfuckers
justtakecareof guitarsolos?Aretheothermembers
of theband
involved
in writingsongs?
Whois LenaGoreguts?
Aretheyfriends
andDanielDesecrator?
writing.
Noonein theband of Suicidal
MeandPeterdon'treallyworktogether
Winds?| takeit thatLenalikesGoreguts
andDaniel
onour likesDesecrator?
withsomeriffswe'vewritten
does.Oftenwecometo rehearsal
Bytheway,I amtheleadguitarist Hahaha,
ownandthenputthemtogether.
is anartist
Lenais mygirlfriend.
Daniel
Shetookthephotos.
player.
He'sa rhythm
don'tdosolos.
andPeter
fromChile.A verygoodone. He madethe coverof BESTIAL
MOCKERYs
latest
album
himtodooursaswell.
andsowewanted
Whocameup withthe songtitle"SlowlyWe Frost"?Who'sthe
Obituary
fanin theband?
Thealbumhasa hiddentrackat the end.Wasthisyourideaor
Fredrik
cameupwiththattitleandme andPeterlikedit rightaway. yourrecordcompany's?
to
Whydoesonehaveto wait7 minutes
better hearit?Whatis thesongitself?
Mathias
didn'tcarefor it buthe didn'tcomeup withanything
OBITUARY It wasourdemented
likea mixbetween
thought
thatintrosounded
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lt is actually
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andCELTIC
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whichwas
70sfilmcalled"Themanwhoquitsmoking"
laughI cantellyou.Justimagine
thefiveof usfrosting...
genius
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madebythelatemaster
TageDanielsson.
and Wewanted
by Mathias
in Swedish
mostof themarewritten
Aboutthelyrics,
and
youtowaitfor7 minutes
fallasleep
sothatyouwould
intoEnglish.
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thentranslated
whenthatthingjuststarts!
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I
tongue.
in hisnative
himself
a lotdeeper
lyrics
sincehecanexpress
Peter
Thomas.
also
and
Fredwritessometimes
writesometimes,
You guys lovethe classicgods like Venom,Sodom,Mercyful
at Fate, Death etc.? Your music has a real down-n-dirty
Rising"
on"Chaos
He'sgotnowriting
doanything
anymore.
doesn't
a l l h. eh eh e
too.Wouldyousaythatyouwantthatsame
thrash/death
feeling,
feeling
in thesongs?
What Welovethatoldschool
Howmuchtouringdidyou do in 2007for "ChaosRising"?
wecan'twrite
feelto themusicandhonestly
areyourtouringplansfor 2008?
comeout.We
songsin anyotherway.Thisis justthewaythesongs
will don'treally
forthisalbumyetbutwe hopefully
Wehaven't
doneanytouring
wejustare,
tryto beoldschool,
lastyear
in Germany
soon.Wedidplaythetrack"Thanatophobia"
of songs Sometimes
a couple
to likeit.Wealsoplayed
andtheyseemed
though
arecrazy
it seemsthatthe Germanmetallisteners
theydo aboutthrashing/death
played
I
think
and
there
we
last
time
it
in
from
Gothenburg
metallike yoursthat has that classic
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Howhasit beenthecaseforyourband?
aboutthat.
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Pulverised.
is thateithertheyloveour kindof
My impression
of Germans
powermetalcrapthatis popular
they
love
that
metal
or
oldschool
Winds?ls thisa now.Youknowdragons
bandsbesidesSuicidal
Doyou playin different
andshit.Andthoseboringguitarheroes
full-time
bandor a project?
playing
arefun...
Germans
notes/second.
onemillion
l don'tknowwhereyougotthatfrombutallof
noproject,
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nowand Whichoneswerethe first metalbandsthatyou reallygot into,
whois to bemarried
Thomas
except
usplayin otherbands
just
got
son.
a
whoalso
thatyou listenedto a lot? Haveyou hada chanceto hearthe
very "new"Sodomre-recordings
whichis on ice andalsosomething
I playin ILLNATURED
of "ln the Signof Evil"andwhatdo
to youthink?
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bandcalledNESTUNES.
8-bittribute
a Nintendo
different:
buta lot better.Fredrik, I grewup on KISSand ALICECOOPER
fromyourcountry
thebandMINIBOSSES
and I stilllovethem'
andMathias Especially
Me,Fredrik
haveAXISPOWERS.
of "ln
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the70sera.AndyesI haveheardthere-recordings
whichis really thesignof evil"andit didn't
ETERNAL
asthe
also havea projectcalledDOOMED
forme.Justasuseless
doanything
and DIMMU
andheavy.
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of "StayHungry"
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TWISTED
"Witching
"Stormblist"
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BORGIRs
future
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the
in
think
Do
Death."
of
whichis that
Youhavewrittena "Ballade
minilp "ln thesignof Sodom"
Metal",
on thetribute
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of ltaly,andeverything
doingonetrack We livein Lecce,in thesouth-east
album
re-recorded
byusandfiveotherbands
classic
metal,
whichlisten
extreme
Thereis notsomuchpeople
complicated.
Headbangers,
Getthat!
each.lt willbeoutsoononHell's
but is hardto find
thereare a few goodbands,goodmusicians,
people.
from2005,
is reallychanged
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andmotivated
Whatis thenameof thecityor townyou livein? ls therea good serious
whenwestarted
thisband,
metalscene?
Therearea lot
Weliveonthewestcoastin a towncalledUddevalla.
the conceptfor the album?lt's a bit likea horror
asfarasgigsgo. Whatinspired
hailing
fromhere.Butnorealscene
exists
of bands
movie,
witha storyline!
fromthe80'sandthefirsts
especially
a movie? I likedtheoldhorrormovies,
Whatinspired
thesonglyricsto "FreddyFlesheater"?
"Stillness'
thisconcept.
YourbassplayerFred?ls it humanfleshor just 90's.Butonlythepainof minehasinspired
Yourneighbor?
in whichthe victims
Blade"is a concept
on a seriesof murders,
chicken
or cowflesh?
mankind,
andtheyare
to human
thatbelong
thebaseness
Hewrote represent
about.
Hahaha,
YesFredis thenecrophiliac
thatthissong_is
partof theirmurderer,
intohisdeepest
whowilldescend
flesh integrating
it'shuman
kindof stuff.Ofcourse,
that.Helikesthatdisgusting
finding
them.At theendof executions
abyss,
hisillsandexecuting
thathegrills.
"soulblighter"
thathisvictims
willbe freefromhumanimperfection
personified
murder,
arethesongs'
and
after
the
His
thoughts,
before
Anylastcomments?
by sonorous
supported
Thanks
forthisinteresting
interview!
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a goodone.Bytheway lyrics.In eachsongthere'san introduction
happens.
in thisintroduction
it canbe heardhowthemurder
wehavebeenrecording effects,
wejustgothomefromthestudio
today
where
weapon
is used,thechoiceof each
a different
from In eachexecution
two newtracksfor an upcoming
split7" withTHRONEUM
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Poland.
lt willbe released
soon.Thenewtracksarein the"Chaos weaponhas a precisemeaning.
"Chaos
the placewherethe executions
the steps,the victirns,
onvinyl meaning.
willbe released
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kills!
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withtheriffs,Thisproject
get
happen.
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effects
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parts,
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of God"released
on vinyl.
youknow.lt really executor's
suicide.
andhisrip-off
labelAgonia
destroyed
thatrelease
Checkourmyspace
deserves
a goodprint.Well,thanxandcheers!
and
Incantation
forupdates
ontheband.www.myspace.com/suicidalwinds MaxSchito'svocalsarebrutal,likeSuffocation,
lmmolation.
Doesyourthroathurtto be makingthosesounds?!
T H EE N D
Howdoeshe do it for a longtime,do you havevocalexercises
andtechniques?
Blade
withtheStillness
I'ma guitarplayerfirst,I became
a stnger
practice
project.
exercises,
lt
with
and
breathing
wasn't
easy
but
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is
name
and
"The
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of the band
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in"growl.
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the"breathe
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singersl
keeping it hyperfastand blasting and guttural. The muchthebands
quality,
wheregood,repetitive
speed/blasting
hasthattrance-like
justhasto bewillingto Howdid you get intometalin yourtown?Didyou havefriends
blasting
Thelistener
cansoundnumbing.
let the blastinggameplayitselfout because
the blastinggood intometalor wasit yourparents?
with
it bymyself
I discovered
theband,justmessing WelistenMetalfromwewerechildren,
timesdo rollouta loton here.Inaddition,
Testament
andmanymore.I was
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with conventions'
norms,has thesecreepy bandslikelronMaiden,
rules'regulations'
justin casemusical
anditswickedness.
by HeavyMetalwithitssoundimpact
frenzywas bewitched
interludes
of horrorandviolence,
metal,but we don't
gutturaldeath We listena lot of bands,especially
extreme
not interesting
enough.This is brutal,blasting,
justfyi.
despise
many
outside
thiskind.
otherbands
metal,
Max,guitarrring
saysit'stime.
andgrrrrrrwwwling,
Haveyoutouredforthealbum?
Turin,Rome,
Yes,we dida fewmini-tours
in allourCountry:
Milan,
Havemetallers
in yourcountryreceived
thealbumwell?
Lecce,Bari,Taranto..we
Palermo,
alsodid manysingle
Wearesogladfortheverygoodreviews
in ltalyandin alltheworld. Messina,
2007"with
likethemain-stage
Festival
of "Salento
Summer
from many concerts,
We'vehad highvoteson magazines
and webzines
of MaxCavalera,
countries.
Themetallisteners
likesourmusicandtheyappreciatedSoulfly
thedarkmeaning
behind
thealbum.
Whatareyourplansfortherestof 2008and2009?
evenmore.
play
we arewriting
Wehavemanynewsongs,andactually
your
to
Whatmotivates crazydrummer,
AntonioDonadeo,
attheendof
Hopefully,
wewillenterinstudio
to record
thenewalbum
Doeshepractice
sofuriously?!
everyday?
other
of 2009.Alsowe wantto organize
Yes,hedoesit almost
hehasa greatpassion 2008,or at the beginning
everyday.Fortunately
wearestilldoingpromotion
because
He'salways tours,in ltalybutevenoutside,
forhisinstrument,
alsowithmanyotherkindsof music.
forourdebut
We'llseel
album.
trying
todohisbestpushing
usonhighlevels
LikeI saidbefore,
we havemanynewsongsandwehopeto record
everything,
fortheendof thisyear.lt'stimeto assess
Whatwasthe metalscenein yourtown whenyou formedthe thenewalbum
lt will
aspossible.
sowecanproduce
thenextonemoreprofessional
band?Howis it different
now?
and
be moretechnical
and faster,but withthe sameinfluences
atmospheres
of theprevious
one.Obviously,
thenextalbumwillbe
thecontinuation
(Misanthropic
Elevation)".
of"Thefirsdarkchapter
Howdoyoucombine
thespeedwithmelodyandvariety?
We liketo be various,
alternating
brutalparts,glacialriffs,dark
melodies
andmorbid
Allperfectly
combined,
tryingnot
atmospheres.
tobemonotonous.
Canpeoplehearsample
of yourmusicon yourwebsite?
Sure,they can listentwo songsand watchsome videoson
www.
myspace.com/stillnessblade,
Whenwasthealbumrecorded?
Itwasrecorded
between
October
andNovember
of 2005,andit came
outonlyon November
2007fortheCanadian
LabelObskure
Sombre
Records.
for a
We havewaitso longbecause
we weresearching
goodcontract.
Thislabelisprofessional,
tosign
that'swhywedecided
forthem,
denying
otheroffers.
The intro"Dawnof the Creation"
workswell into the song
" Needless
"Phophecy
Priest
here,
to say,thisis a goodstartclassic
but, to my surprise,the cd stallsfor much of the entire
firstcd untilyougetto "Persecution,"
whichis thelastsong.As the
youarereminded
second
cdstarts
with"Solitude/Exile"
whyRobhas
thebestpipesin thebusiness,
Hecarries
thissongby himself,
the
"Alone"
musicis slowbuthe excels.
is another
midtempo
songbut
blends
wellalltheelements,
I would
saythatthehighlight
of thiscdis
thesong"TheCalmbefore
theStorm/Nostradamus."
lt shreds
double
leadguitars
witha touchof midtempo
doublebassdrumsalmost
taking you back to Painkillerlicks but not quite.,
Overall,
Nostradamus
is slow,andtoolong.Themusic
dragsasthe
storyunfolds
butthegoodssongsarefewandfarbetween.
Thereis
no shredding
here,no headbanging
moshpitanthems
and it
disappoints
bigtime.lt willgetlittleplayforthesimple
reason
thatit
takes over a t hr and a half to listen to it.
Itcouldof beena good11songcdandperfect
I will
forthecollection.
sayI amlooking
forward
to seethemlivewithHeaven
andHell,but
mostof all,I getto seethemighty
TESTAMENT
at thetopof their
gamel
Juanl
[by
Heard
thenewJudasPriestalbumyet?Doyoulikeit?
l'msorry...but
ldidn'tlisten
Priest
isa historic
theirnewalbum.
Judas
fromthe Saint:CrimeSceneEarth (ArmorRecords)
band,
werespect
them,butto behonest
I prefer
otherbands
One song of this band is namedis "Everlasting
God" and
oldschool.
demonstrates
whattheyare: "Youaretheeverlasting
God/ Youare
theonewebringourpraise
to/ Youaretheeverlasting
God/ Youare
Lastcomments?
yousomuchforthisspaceyougaveus!
theonewesingourpraise
Wewanttothank
toi Youcreated
theoceans
andrain/ You
plain.
and created
thedesert
.."
Our official sites are: www.stillnessblade.net
people
which
In this traditional,
hard rock/metal,
are you
www.myspace.com/stillnessblade.
BOs-like
Thanksto the
interested
likea
in hearing
music
fora god?Theysound
aboutrocking
support
usandourmusiclSeeyouonnextmassacre.
very
rockband,
heresounds
buttheyarerocking
fora god.Themusic
THEEND.-.....
traditional,
therhythms
are"comfortable"
because
thebandgivestheir
listeners
whatthebandthinks
thattheirlisteners
want:riffsandsongs
somewhere
betweenclassicrock,hard rock and some metal
Records)
Heartof Sun:Heartof Sun (Nightmare
moments,
progrock/metal
that
Thisbandplaysa sortof keyboardy,
midpaced
By theway,in the abovesong,theydo notpresent
any
The
album.
to aninstrumental
oftencangivethesensation
of listening
evidence
view:theydeclare
a god
of theirmythological
Christian
notaggressive
at all,more
vocals
singing,
aresortof high,breathy
created
the worldandthinkthatsimplysayingit makesit a fact
likegentle,
softsinging.
www.saintsite,com
feelto them,astheyseem
Thelyrics
havea "philosophical"
of lifeandother
withquestions
to be concerned
aboutthemeaning
funny/comical
matterslike that.The lyricshavean anti-science
perspectives,
fyi.
believers'
leaning
anda sortofdisguised
Those
Therearesomespacey,
techno,hippiemoments.
music.
a bitlikeyogamusic
orelevator
moments
sound
Thisis
Thisbanddoesnot"rockout"andtheydon't"jam."
progrock/metal.
wanting
to hear
People
forthemorefanatic
definitely
like
memorable,
metal,
willnotfindthathereandwillmostly
energetic
prog
prog
listeners,
total
listeners,
the
bored,
while
the
especially
be
www.heartofsun.it
haveheremorethanenough
to becontent.
should
Records,
www.
Nightmarecom
REVIEWS
DVD
Nostradamus
JudasPriest:
albumtitle
dateof thenewJudasPriest
WhenI learned
therelease
"Nostradamus"
thatif youpremyattention.
Notto mention
it caught
plusa ticketto
digi-pack
edition
thecd it camewitha special
ordered
I wasin.I
masters"
tour.So,of course
catchthemliveonthe"metal
received
the cd and the packagewas greatthe art, the layout
thecdandfoundaZcd
everything
lookgreatuptothispoint.lopened
long is this thing?"
set. My first thoughtwas, "Hell...how
9
revrews
God Forbid:Beneaththe Scars of Glory and Proqression
(Centurv
Media)
into a pretty
Through
constant
touringthe bandhas developed
on this
thisis thecasepresented
efficient
thrashing
unit,or certainly
thrash,
is a definite
energized
dvd.Theconcert
dvd(13songs)
double
correct.
Thewholebandis up to
sounding
thrilled
to be doingthings
it'sfunto watchthecrazycrowdgetintoit. The
thetask, Visually,
reviews):
Julv2-9(notincludinq
kindof Plavlist,
workis donein sucha waythatit nevergetsboring,
camera
(2005)
Priest:
Retribution
Judas
Angel
of
functions
good
for
the
show
setting
in a
way.Theintimate
veryactive,
[ likeALLsongs]
(1982)
fun
Venom:
Black
Metal
oftheconcert.
rightinthemiddle
well,putting
theviewer
[fun, album]
(1990)
Raging
Romance
bang Secrecy:
soundverymuchin thethrash
Thesongs
themselves
[solidpower/thrash/hm]
(2002)[excellent
death/thrash]
Desolation
Diabolical
soundborderlineCentinex:
thrashmode.Live,themainvocals(ByronDavis)
stuff!]
(1999)
Projector
(Dallas
andDoc DarkTranquillity:
growling,
intelligible,
whrlethetwoguitars
somewhat
[great
(2004)
bm]
solid
Apocalyptic
EndinWhite
Thetightness, l.C.E.:
provide
as wellas theclear,vocals.
Coyle)
backing,
[solid,
(91)[thrashfolk!]
Earth
TheWayward
Sonsof Mother
Theonlypossible Skyclad:
harmoniously.
andmelody
arecombined
energy
dm]
(1991)
Testimony
of
the
Ancients
Pestilence:
long.
70
minutes
lt's
is thatshowcouldhavebeenlonger.
[melodic
complaint
power
metal]
fun
(2002)
fun,
Evil.
Dragonslayer
Dream
I
Personally,
cool.
would
have
been
shows
Or maybetwodifferent
[fun,
bm]
violent
Lies!(2007)[fast,
Reign
inBlood:
EndAllSpiritual
prefer
ina dvd,instead
ofjustone.
multiple
shows
(2000) [awesome
Gothenburg-style]
Sindustries
aboutthe band,I Gardenian:
Dvdnumber
two has a documentary
metal]
funheavy
License
to Kill(1987) [catchy,
I preferlotsof musicandnotso Malice:
don'tlikedocumentaries,
usually
good!]
yetdoomy;
(2005)
Fallout
to watch,however, Slumber.
is worthwhile
muchtalk.This documentary
[upbeat,
great
('1979)
songs!]
in
East
Priest:
the
Judas
Unleashed
their
aboutthe bandand
it hassomethingsof interest
because
[all
power
metal]
(2000) [catchy
Legacy
TheFourth
comical, Kamelot:
In addition,
trajectory.
theseguyssaysomeof thecraziest,
punk]
(2007)
crusty
Aleto England
Extinction
of Mankind:
etc.
videos,
greatstuff.
likesixmusic
There
segments,
areadditional
[raw,
(2005) [good,
hm]
melodic
LastDaysof Utopia
to their Domain:
releasethat will be interesting
An entertaining
grind/death]
Truth:
Extreme
Conditions..,(1992)[solid
theband,should Brutal
listeners
andonethat,if youhavenotseenor heard
(2005)[good
metal]
heavy/power
Ray:Majestic
andgivethema Gamma
at leastbe on yourlistof bandsto investigate
metal]
(1999)
melodic
InFlames.
Colony
placetostart.
Thisisa wonderful
chance,
[good
lronMaiden:
Brave
NewWorld(2000)[wonderful]
(SPV)
shredding]
thrashy,
Wages
of Sin(2002)
ArchEnemy:
Kreator:
At thePulseof Kapitulation
[melodic,
Priest:
Eye
DVD
Judas
Electric
is
here
The
fire.
audience
is on
I enjoyKreator
a lot.Onhere,Kreator
[sogood!]
DVD
LiveApocalypse
the ArchEnemy:
whichmakes
thebandevencrazier,
thrash
crazyandthismakes
[sogood!]
p/hm]
(1998)[good
Nightfall
inMiddle-Earth
Guardian:
getcrazierer.
Thisis from1990.Thereare14songshere. Blind
audience
('05)[good!]
Descends
A Darkness
Resurrection:
until Demonic
thrash
thrash,
lt'sthrash,
Theyshould
haveplayed
666songs!!
prog]
(07) [good
Heights:
TheShadow
Cabinet
concept Wuthering
homeThereis alsoa mini-movie
thegoatscomemarching
(1996)
NoneSoVile
in casethatinterests Cryptopsy:
fromComaof Souls,
storylineforsomevideos
lyavll
Mission
X (2005)
from1990 U.D.O.:
you.Inaddition,
aboutthisconcert
thereis a documentary
[good!]
yay!]
(2007)
wereto see Nile:lthyphallic
listeners
Kreator
in EastBerlin
talking
abouthowhungry
[double
Link(1993)
TheMissing
You Rage:
of theconcert.
cool.Plus,thereis a cd version
thisbandPretty
[catchy!]
(1986;
1987)
theGates/Eyes
of Horror
Beyond
shouldtry playing
the dvd and the cd at the sametime.Why?! Possessed:
[!]
hm!]
justthekindof person
Katagory
V:TheRising
Anger(2006) [solid
you're
Because
todothatsortofthing.
good!]
(1984
compilation
Motorhead:
NoRemorse
of God"t
to"Enemy
OK,so,let'shavethefollow-up
) [very
(1996) [fun!]
Despair
Napalm
Death.
Fear,Emptiness,
good!]
(SPV)
(1988)[darn
Mindcrime
Operation
Queensryche:
PartI
Sodom:Lordsof Depravitv,
(1985/1980)
Visions
Devastation/Morbid
Bestial
ljustbought Sepultura.
I knowthisisold,from2005,
butit'snewto mebecause
[!]
(2006)
Death:
Campaign
Smear
on the band's Napalm
documentary
it! Dvd t has a long,informative
[goshl]
upll
horns
Evil(1987)
I enjoy Dio:Dream
Dvd 2 is live stuff,Personally,
beginnings
and history.
lhappy
(1993)
Moon
a Funeral
Agent Darkthrone.
Under
Mania,
IntheSignof Evil,Persecution
tremendously
Sodom's
[snappy!]
(1989) [sweet!]
Extreme
Aggression
Orange,
Better
OffDeadandTapping
theVeinandit'scoolheara bit Kreator:
(1979)
Motorhead:
Overkill
ofthatmaterial
onhere.
[classic]
live2cd]
why Rage:FromtheCradleto theStage(2005)
whoexplain
withformermembers
Thishasinterviews
[solid,
(2007)[strong,
bm]
blasting
A Dream'sFuneral
etc.Pretty BlackHorizons.
FrankBlackfire,
theyleftor werekicked:
GraveViolator,
(2005)
Lionheart
whyFrankleft Saxon:
interesting,
in caseyouwanted
to know,forexample,
[strong]
Kreator,
etc.
Sodom
andjoined
from:
At anyrate,thisis goodandit lookslikert washardwork Musicon ipodfor exercise/qym
(1989)
Agent
Orange
putting
herefromSodom's Sodom:
it together.
By theway,thereis footage
[tighttrash]
(2002)[fun,fun,fun]
pit Callenish
Flesh_Power-Dominion
Circle:
in Sofia,
Bulgaria
concert
andit'squitea sightto seethegigantic
(1998)
hm/pm]
Vainglory
Opera
by the Edguy:
theygetgoing.Thesekidsdo wantto rock,damn!Another
[catchy
BallstotheWall(1983)
ofthrash Accept:
is a goodeducation
onthebeginnings
way:thedocumentary
[verygoodhm]
bm]
at Dusk(1997)
Anthems
totheWelkin
withpeoplefromother Emperor:
in Germany
andhasinterviews/comments
[great
pm]
(2000)[verygoodsympho
Dawnof Victory
etc.,and Rhapsody:
Corpse,
Hypocrisy,
Cannibal
bands,
likeKreator,
Motorhead,
grind]
(1992)[awesome
Banished
Napalm
Death:
Utopia
abouttheentireMotorhead/Venom-crazy
thisallhasa wayof talking
earlydays.Thisrelease
covers
to the90s.lt lookslikepart2 of this
by mauricio(exceptwhere noted otherwise).
tothepresent.
history
iscoming
outthisyearandwilldocument
[inter/re/views
theoutcastzine@i
uno.com]
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