NIHILISTINEN BARBAARISUUS

REVIEWS:

BAND: NIHILISTINEN BARBAARISUUS
GENRE: AMBIENT BLACK METAL
ALBUM: THE CHILD MUST DIE
COUNTRY: US
CITY: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA


The CD starts with the wondrous Sampo music. Get overwhelming. Battery very fast and well directed with very strident rhythm guitar and more drawn cadences. Dark and aggressiveness transport us to the dark times. The sounds of the keyboards are very well embedded in the right time and mood of the songs. The vocal is excellent and well Original. One of the best I've heard in recent years.
In The Child Must Die is one of my favorites. It begins with well sinister and psychotic fingerings. Aimed at Metal-year 80e suddenly the purest and overwhelming black metal. Very fast battery with enough aggression and savagery. A lot of creativity in the rhythms and intervals with fingerings. Merging Metal 80s and 90s Quite originality.
LET THEM PERISH: One of my favorites. Drawn parts in the beginning. Flights pretty grim and macabre. Excellent riffs. Use of well-designed keyboards.
FEAST OF THE NORTH FARM: fast and aggressive Black Metal. Rhythmic drums, but with great technique. Somewhat resembles Black Metal 80s Excellent.
Amidst the WAVES: Brutal Black Metal 90s A lot of aggressiveness. Excellent battery work.
Vainamoinen: I just love this song. Stormy weather, dark and mystical. Excellent.
THE NIGHT SHE DIED: Dude !!! No words to describe this instrumental. Fingerings and goals. Gloomy weather. I found very interesting.

ZERO VOID

HELL´S FRIENDS ZINE interview with

ZERO VOID guitarist, Daniyar Aktayev.

May 2015.

01. HOW HAS IT ALL STARTED?

ZERO VOID got together in March 2010 following the disbandment of SEXTON, a thrash/death metal outfit known to have been one of the heaviest bands in Astana (Kazakhstan) at the time. Alexei Chichikailo, the driving force behind the band, decided to step down from the position of the vocalist/guitarist and pursue other musical interests. One month later I joined the band in the designation of a guitarist and Ar Best jumped into the band to stand behind the mic. Since several songs of the now defunct band were co-penned by the surviving members (bass player Artyom Khomitskiy and drummer Sergey Shein) who both continued plying their trade with ZERO VOID, it was decided that keeping old songs wouldn’t hurt the newly formed entity, especially considering their quality. Of course, alongside existing pieces of music, new material was composed and immediately turned into new songs.


02. WHY THE NAME ZERO VOID?

I remember back in 2010 we were brainstorming a name for our band, and you know this feeling when cheesy names keep popping up all the time and you can’t break that spell, right? You just can’t escape that. I think we spent like the whole day digging ourselves down in the piles of cheesy names, like

«Mind Cancer» and «Voice Ferrum». Then out of the blue I came up with this well-sounding name that I thought could be… global. Universal. Just think about.

1. Everything starts and ends at zero. You are born and you die. Everything that has a beginning has an end.

2. Absolute zero value in effect means nothing and can be rendered void.

3. Void is hollow like space. Space is endless.

4. The shape of zero is a circle. A circle is a closed loop. An endless cycle in itself. There you have infinity.

So all in all, we have a point where everything begins, everything is laid to rest and amounts to nothing, and where this cycle repeats over and over again. That’s how it makes sense to us. This is something we can think of and intellectualize over forever. We just like the concept of infinity. End of story.

Ultimately, we would think that there is no single-sided, straightforward meaning to it, really. We would absolutely leave it to people to make up their own mind about what lies beneath and look at it under a different angle. The same applies to our lyrics.


03. COMMENT ABOUT YOUR INFLUENCES?

We’re hugely influenced by the classic grindcore, death and thrash metal bands like SLAYER, SEPULTURA (with Max of course), CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEATH, DYING FETUS, CARCASS, SUFFOCATION, VADER, TERRORIZER, NAPALM DEATH, amongst others, but we also love contemporary technical/progressive death metal bands like RINGS OF SATURN, REVOCATION, DECREPIT BIRTH, SPAWN OF POSSESSION, ARCHSPIRE, BRAIN DRILL. Some of us also listen to melodic death metal, some listen to classic heavy metal and classic rock and some listen to jazz and pop music. Our music, however, is a mix of different styles of metal, such as thrash, death and melodic death metal, but for the sake of simplicity we’d prefer to keep the style short – death/thrash metal.

04. HOW`S THE ACTUAL LINE UP?

The most recent stable line-up recently translated into being the most unstable, really. Our strongest line-up circa 2013 consisted of Sergey Shein on drums, Artyom Khomitskiy on bass, Alexei Chichikailo on vocals (who came back into the band for a while) and me on guitar. Unfortunately, about a year ago we took a hard decision to part ways with the guys due to conflicting schedules with their respective bands and jobs. Following that, we asked Ar Best to help us out with vocals once again and recruited Ilya Morozov to fill the shoes of the bass player. In Astana good musicians are few and far between. Reality hurts.


05. WHAT’S THE MESSAGE BEHIND YOUR LYRICS?

Unlike a somewhat cosmic concept of our bandname, our songs deal with a wide span of issues – from inner struggles to social problems and injustice. Most lyrics are personal and bear individualistic vibe, something that a particular person

sticks to within himself, but at the same time feels like sharing with the rest of the world. On the other hand, our lyrical content is quite diverse. For instance, the one track off our album that stands out is «Manipulation Catalyst» which touches upon corruptive practice and exercise of ultimate power over general population. So there you go.

06. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF RELIGIONS?

We are mature. We don’t play their games. Period.


07. HOW MANY CD`S HAVE YOU RELEASED?

Our only album is called «Progression Towards Zero». It was recorded at Cosmos Studio (Moscow) in August 2012 and later mixed and mastered by a well-known Russian sound engineer Arkadiy Navaho (KATALEPSY, FETAL DECAY, SCRAMBLED DEFUNCTS). The album release date was delayed several times for various reasons until it was finally delivered to the general public by Headxplode Records on December 22, 2013. As of now, we are not working with Headxplode Records anymore and are looking for a new label.


08. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

We don’t have any kind of merchandise to date, but the t-shirt design is in the works right now, and we’re hoping to make several exclusive t-shirts this summer. We are not very popular amongst the metal community and can’t boast a solid

audience. Our fanbase is next to nothing, really, so keeping loads of our merchandise in stock is pretty much pointless right now.


09. DID YOU HAVE PLAYED MANY GIGS?


Many is a relative concept. Throughout our band’s five-year history we had played mostly in Astana, visited 6 cities in Kazakhstan (with some of them playing as much as two times at least), did one gig in Russia in 2014 and one gig at METAL CROWD festival in Rechitsa, Belarus in 2014. At METAL CROWD we shared the stage with bands from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (ARKONA, SINFUL, LITVINTROLL, BALFOR, to name a few), as well as behemoths of the European metal scene – HATE (Poland), SUSPERIA (Norway), THY DISEASE (Poland) and MORS PRINCIPIUM EST (Finland). We had a great time and made friends with great bands like GUARDIANS OF TIME (Norway), DORMANT ORDEAL (Poland), LAST PERFORMANCE (Russia) and EXEGUTOR (Belarus). On the downside of touring, ZERO VOID, alongside the mighty INHUMATE (France) and CRYPTIC IMPLOSION (Ukraine), was supposed to embark on a Ukrainian tour dubbed TOTAL METAL DOMINATION in April 2014, but due to the unstable political situation in the country all booked bands had no choice but withdraw from this tour before it even began. The cancellation of this trek resulted in a massive economic setback for our band. Our prepayment to the concert agency was spent on a huge advertising campaign to promote the tour and since this expenditure was deducted as a sunken cost there was no way our money could be returned to us. But what happened happened. We learned our lesson. On a positive note, we have several t-shirt «left-overs» (pun intended!) with the backprint tour dates that were never played! Proudly worn, ha-ha! )))


10. HOW`S KAZAKHSTAN UNDERGROUND SCENE?


Kazakhstan’s underground scene is even deeper underground than your regular “six feet under” distance beneath the soil :-). Of course, there are bands rooting in their basements, perhaps writing music, but hardly doing any gigs. I don’t mean to say that there are no gigs in Kazakhstan, there are, but after taking a closer look one would think that metal fans in Kazakhstan deserve better. There are very strong bands who don’t compromise their technical abilities and who are constantly working their asses off to take their music to the next level, like ZARRAZA and HORROR SYMPHONY from Almaty, CHECK THE DISTORTION from Astana, DOUBLEFACE from Atyrau, NOISE EXECUTION from Aktau, TISHINA and SEVENSINS from Ust’-Kamenogorsk. These guys work really hard and deserve their fair share of underground success.


11. WHAT´S THE DEATH/THRASH METAL IN YOUR LIFE?


I wouldn’t go as far as narrowing it down to just «thrash/death metal», but I would say about metal in general. For ZERO VOID metal is more than just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle. It is not supposed to be a source of income – you just play metal for the love of it. Metal is the music that always keeps you pumped up for great achievements and high spirits. It is also a great catalyst if you’re into sport, fitness, bodybuilding, boxing, you name it. It keeps you working hard and motivated.


12. WHAT´RE YOU FUTURE PLANS?

We’re writing new songs at the moment. This summer is going to be pretty hot, we’re blasting Almaty (former capital of Kazakhstan and the largest city in the country) in the beginning of June, then we’re heading to Novosibirsk (Russia) in July. August will probably see us destroying Aktobe (Western Kazakhstan), but that gig is unconfirmed yet. After that we are going to fully concentrate on the new songs and refrain from touring until new songs are 100% complete and we’re ready to record.


13. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?


Thank you very much for the great interview! It was really nice talking to you.

Stay strong and keep it up!

And remember three magic ingredients for a happy lifestyle… Tea, Biscuits and Death Metal! They can do no wrong ))))

\m/


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RHESTUS

01. COMO  SURGIU A IDEIA DE MONTAR A BANDA?

Olá Agathus! Bem, o início não foi bem um início, pois a banda já vinha das sobras ou “Rhestus’, de outras duas bandas”. Mas a ideia inicial era só curtição, tocar para se divertir sem grandes aspirações ou planejamentos... Depois do primeiro show já houve uma mudança de pensamento a sua ideia inicial, se tornando a cada ano mais sério.

02. QUAIS SUAS PRINCIPAIS INFLUÊNCIAS?

Cada um na banda tem suas preferências pessoais que vão desde o Metal até outros estilos como Jazz, Blues, Clássico, etc. Posso afirmar que as principais influências são as bandas da NWOBHM, Speed Metal, Power Metal, Thrash da Bay Area e Europeu, também o Death Metal, Black, Doom, Classic Rock etc... A lista é vasta, mas com certeza bebemos destas fontes e seus principais representantes...

03. COMO DEFINEM O SOM DA BANDA?

É complicado definir, é mais ou menos assim: Heavy Speed Thrash Death Metal hehehehe... Meio óbvio claro, mas são os elementos que mais você identifica no nosso som e estilo. Antigamente usávamos o termo de Brutal Thrash Metal, depois só Thrash Metal, mas, em minha opinião, somos uma banda de Heavy Metal, só!

04. COMO ESTÁ A ATUAL FORMAÇÃO?

Está bem, se conhecendo ainda, mas já rola uma química boa e isso traz nova energia e motivação. Claro que o tempo dirá como será, mas tirando algumas opiniões controversas o restante está legal. Depois de tanto tempo mudando de formação é complicado sempre falar de nova, pois amanhã ou depois pode mudar tudo novamente.

05. FALE-NOS SOBRE O LANÇAMENTO DO DVD: GAMES AT WAR?

Esse filho foi dolorido de nascer hehehe... Mas está aí finalmente! Foi um lance meio empreendedor para nós na época, pois quisemos registrar o show no River Rock de 2010, em função de termos feito um ótimo show em 2008 que estava na minha lembrança e como não tinha nada em vídeo, vimos à possibilidade de viabilizar isso com uma equipe que já iria filmar o River. Cara foi foda demais, a inexperiência nessa área, tocando em festival, falta de grana e outros detalhes técnicos quase fizeram que não fosse lançado... Teve um momento no ano passado que pensei em lançar para download ou nem lançar, mesmo com os investimentos que fizemos de tempo e grana. O tempo foi passando, houve mudança de formação, lançamos o EP “Heavy Metal”, fizemos outros shows, editamos mais coisas, umas entraram outras saíram e tentamos com alguns selos uma parceria de lançamento e nada rolou... Foda! Desânimo geral, até chegarmos ao financiamento coletivo que possibilitou a prensagem levou um tempo pesado. Mas até aí agora, foram quase cinco anos de luta, stress e correria, mas acredito que agora compensou a batalha.

06. COMO FOI O SHOW DO LANÇAMENTO?

Foi muito bom, mesmo abrindo o evento, conseguimos uma boa audiência, algo que não é muito comum em eventos, optou por isso para apoiar as outras bandas e ficarmos livres para entregar os kits da Pré-Venda entre outras coisas depois... O evento do Taki’o é sempre uma celebração na região, muito organizado, com ótimo som, equipe proativa, comida alemã e muita, mas muita cerveja hehehe...

07. QUEM QUISER ADQUIRIR O DVD: GAMES AT WAR COMO PROCEDER?

Estamos ainda atualizando algumas informações referentes ao DVD nos nossos canais de comunicação, mas podem entrar em contato pelo formulário do site, inbox no face book ou e-mail da banda (rhestus@yahoo.com.br), que entramos em contato para viabilizar os procedimentos, etc. Nossa loja no site vai ter para compra o DVD também e outros itens que fizemos agora com a divulgação do mesmo. 

08. VOCÊS TEM SE APRESENTADO BASTANTE AO VIVO? QUAIS OS SHOWS MAIS MARCANTES?

Cara, a questão de shows está complicada, há poucos shows para nós e para outras bandas mais underground. Tivemos no início do ano, alguns convites, mas poucos foram oficializados, agora queremos ver se melhor o cenário, pois está devagar. Estive pensando seriamente em terminar com a banda e montar um “Tributo ao Rhestus”, talvez aí a coisa engate saca, hehehehe! Bom, sobre shows marcantes, temos vários, esse último foi massa, em 2008 no River Rock, abrindo para o Overkill em Curitiba, em São Leopoldo em 2002, depois em quando voltamos para lá em 2010 acho... No extinto Mercorock em Blumenau, cara, são muitos...

09. QUAL SUA VISÃO SOBRE A CENA UNDERGROUND EM SANTA CATARINA?

Está massa, mas ainda pode melhorar em alguns quesitos. Temos algumas pessoas que se dedicam a cena, divulgando as bandas, eventos, fazendo eventos, zines, fotos, temos ótimas bandas em todos os estilos, álbuns sendo lançados continuamente, turnês e alguns shows de grande porte acontecendo por aqui... Mas temos que cuidar para não transformar essas conquistas como algo sem retorno para as bandas locais que também são público... Uma coisa que valorizo são as bandas autorais e sua inserção nos eventos de médio e grande porte, isso valoriza, cria experiência para que possam mostrar o seu trabalho, senão é só uma panela das mesmas bandas que tocam nestes eventos e ninguém tem acesso daí a subir um degrau ou chance igual, fica sempre o mesmo como já vi em outros estados, países. Isso não é só no metal, mas em todas as áreas em geral. Desde produtos alimentícios, roupas, literatura, etc. Isso não é uma forma barrista como sei que dirão, mas é algo sustentável e honesto para quem também produz música, arte e o que for que faz.

 10. VOCÊS ALMEJAM EXPANDIR SUAS MÚSICAS PARA OUTROS PAÍSES?

Sim, já fazemos isso desde a segunda demo de 1999. Só que tudo é meio gradativo e envolve tempo e dinheiro e os dois são limitados hehehehe. Tivemos ótimas resenhas dos álbuns no exterior, convite para turnê etc... Mas te digo que se aqui já rola uma disputa acirrada, imagina no berço da parada. Outra questão também que como a banda é 100% independente, sempre temos que priorizar se lançamos um álbum novo ou saímos para turnê. Acabamos por gravar e daí as turnês vão ficando para trás, mas um dia quem sabe a gente mexe a bunda e vai para algum lugar ainda...

11. QUAIS PLANOS PARA O FUTURO?

Os planos atualmente são de divulgar o DVD, temos uma música nova que pretendemos gravá-la e talvez gravar um novo vídeo, ainda não sei... Talvez um próximo álbum em breve e uma turnê... Mas tudo depende do andamento das coisas...

12. OBRIGADO PELA ATENÇÃO E APOIO. ALGUM COMENTÁRIO FINAL?

Obrigado a você Agathus Vulturnnus, aos leitores do HELL´S FRIENDS ZINE, agradecemos o espaço e o apoio dado. Desejamos que o underground sempre se fortaleça com ações como a sua e que possamos um belo dia de Wôdan tomar algumas cervejas...

Hail Hell’s Friends!

PARTH

01. TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF PARH?

Shkielo: The band was formed in 2014, but the idea was around for a while. Three lovers of a sick, brutal and ugly soud decided to do something and that how it started.
Bedi: Yeah we started rehersing and jamming together at the end of 2014. We had some riffs in our heads and put them all in a big pile of shit that become first 2 songs on our firs rehersal. There were no pressure in this. Just 3 buddies jamming whatever was in their minds. 

02. HOW DO YOU DEFINE PARH MUSIC?

Rafa³: PARH is ugly, like the stench of a rotting corpse mixed with some marihuana smoke and booze that we pour in ourselves. That ist the best definition of PARH.

03. HOW IS THE ACTUAL LINE UP?

Anslaut - Bass
Bedi - Guit
Shkielo - Drums & Vocals

04. WHERE DID THE BAND NAME COME FROM?

Shkielo: PARCH is a dirty rotten skin fungus in polish. We just took one letter out to mix the name a little bit. 

05. TELL US MORE ABOUT EP: NIHIL?

Bedi: Ha funny storry. It took Us about 3 rehersals that lasted 3 hours to make up the material. We recorded it on our 4-th rehersal, live, with mistakes. Me, Shkielo and the guy who recorded us - Grocki were so wasted that i nearly seen my guitar. We wanted to make a harsh album, because all of the music You hear today is so fucking overproduced it hurts my anus. Then we recorded vocals in Grocki's apartement. His neighbour actually came during the recordings to ask is everybody OK :). So then he mixed it and voila: Nihil EP

06. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

Shkielo: CD. Plus our friend from GIA SHOP makes t-shirts and hoodies.

07. AS YOU SEE THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN POLAND?

Bedi: Yeah we have a lot of great bands in all genres here. I think my personal favourites for now are The Dead Goats and Dopelord. Also a lot of black metal/post black metal albums lately but it was never my kind of music.


08. DID YOU HAVE PLAYED MANY GIGS?

Bedi: No, we didin't play any gigs so far, but our debiut is currently planned.



09. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BANDS?

Rafa³:Autopsy, Anatomia, Wormridden, Undergang, Coffins, Murder Squad, Necrophagia, Fistula, Dopethrone, Grime...Twisted Sister ;)

10. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE PARH?

Bedi: Honestly, we dont know. We started the band just to play shitty music straight from our black hearts. I think we will play some gigs, record something from time to time.  No pressure.

11. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?

Bedi: Thanx for Your support. Keep it true there in Brasil. Always been a fan of Southamerican style!

APOSTATE

APOSTATE.

01. TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF APOSTATE?

Hi! Thank you for your interest. Our story began back in 1993. A few people who loved doom metal came together and decided to create a band. In 1995 we recorded our first demo, in 1997 released a cassette album and started playing a lot of concerts, gained enough popularity in the underground circles. But in 2000, for a number of different reasons, the band ceased to exist. In 2009 I decided to reactivate the band and gathered a new line-up, because with previous members we hadn’t come to understanding. In late 2010 we released an album Trapped in a Sleep. We again played many concerts and festivals, but in 2012 the line-up was once again changed almost completely, remaining only me and vocalist off the previous one. Then we recorded our new album Time of Terror. So it’s in short the whole history.


02. WHAT IS THE FEELING FOR THE CHOICE OF NAME APOSTATE?

The name has a vast meaning, including that we don’t accept mainstream rules in our music and we are open to different things, often inconvenient to most people. The name is not related to religion in any way.


03. WHAT`S YOUR INFLUENCES?

It’s mainly doom metal in all forms, black metal and other heavy atmospheric music. Perhaps the biggest impacts on me personally were bands like My Dying Bride, Asphyx, Candlemass, etc.

04. HOW`S THE ACTUAL LINE UP?

Alexander Kostko - bass


Bohdan Kozub - vocals


Nikita Holovin - drums


Yuriy Savchuk - guitar


Vlad Filimon - guitar

05. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIDE PROJECTS?

Yes, we do have some other projects, I have Goliard, vocalist has Nonsun, drummer has Gud.


06. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

We have only CDs available. These are a compilation From Consign to Oblivion to A Song of the Dead Lake which includes a demo cassette album and unreleased songs recorded with the first line-up; the album Trapped in a Sleep issued by Ukrainian label Black Art and reissued by American label Metallic Media. There’s also available our new album Time of Terror released by British label Ferrrum. T-shirts and caps have been sold out, but we have plans to make some in the near future.


07. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE MUSIC OF APOSTATE?

Of course we cannot be satisfied 100%, and now looking back we see what we would make a bit differently. But we are not upset at all and surely will make it better next time, with new material.


08. AS YOU SEE THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN UKRAINE?

If you mean Ukrainian scene, it is big enough, there are several bands that are well-known in the world underground, such as Nokturnal Mortum, Khorse, Drudkh, Apostate ;) If you mean local scene in the city where we live, it is little, there are several bands that play metal, but they are known only locally. And generally the metal scene in Ukraine at the moment is not doing well enough. And the support of fans in recent years is low.

09. AS YOU SEE THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN UKRAINE?

If you mean Ukrainian scene, it is big enough, there are several bands that are well-known in the world underground, such as Nokturnal Mortum, Khorse, Drudkh, Apostate ;) If you mean local scene in the city where we live, it is little, there are several bands that play metal, but they are known only locally. And generally the metal scene in Ukraine at the moment is not doing well enough. And the support of fans in recent years is low.

10. WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTS THAT YOU HAVE OUTSIDE OF MUSIC?

It’s kind as usual, some of us love football, others like fishing, cars, etc. Nothing special :)


11. TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE BEST TOURS LIVE PERFORMANCES YOU HAVE HAD?

The tour with Therion in the Baltic States was the best one so far. Great performances, the audience, lots of fun. Though, each tour is interesting and enjoyable.


12. HOW MANY ALBUMS/CDґS HAVE YOU RELEASED?

With the first line-up we had a demo Consign to Oblivion and a tape A Song of the Dead Lake. Then in 2007 we had a compilation consisting of the demo album and unreleased songs titled From Consign to Oblivion to A Song of the Dead Lake. After the revival we had an album Trapped in a Sleep released in 2010 by the Ukrainian label Black Art and reissued in 2011 by the American label Metallic Media. Well, finally our most recent album Time of Terror. There are also a few songs recorded but never released, and I think that once they’ll also see the light of day.

13.TELL US MORE ABOUT ALBUM ЁTIMES OF TERRORЁ?

Our new album is a symbiosis of different subgenres of metal, we mixed doom with black and death metal, perhaps a little of post-metal, but the music is based on classic doom riffs, in the vein of Candlemass, Black Sabbath etc. We have tried to keep the old-school spirit. It seems that few bands nowadays create music in this tradition. We wanted to transmit our emotions and feelings by the means of our music. The album is honest, it’s straight from our hearts.


14. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE APOSTATE?

Well, we have a lot of plans for the future. First, we are currently working on new material for a new album. Also, we’ve received several offers to play concerts and festivals, and we’re working on organizing the tour in support of the new album.


15. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?

Thanks everyone for reading this interview. Check our new album (fully at Bandcamp), if you like it – support us buying it, come to our gigs and drink with us! Doom on, bros.

facebook.com/ApostateDeathDoomMetalBand

apostate1.bandcamp.com

Alex

Impetus Malignum - Fate In Flesh

IMPETUS MALIGNUM

O1. ANTES DE FORMAREM A BANDA IMPETUS MALIGNUM VOCÊS JÁ HAVIAM TIDO EXPERIÊNCIA EM OUTRAS BANDAS?

O Disarmoneous, antes de ser guitarrista foi baixista da Vultus Devast, já participou em outras bandas, como a Cement Rain, tocando baixo e cantando. Já eu e o Defterus nos conhecemos desde os tempos de escola, mas essa é a nossa primeira experiência.


02. COMO SURGIU A IDEIA DE FORMAR A BANDA IMPETUS MALIGNUM?


Com o fim da Vultus Devast, o Disarmoneous decidiu fundar uma banda onde a influência Black Metal fosse mais evidente, pois uma das causas da dissolução se deu por conta de divergências de influências entre os membros.

03. COMO VOCÊS DEFINEM O SOM DA BANDA?

Metal Extremo.

04. QUEM ESCREVE AS LETRAS? DE ONDE VEM AS INSPIRAÇÕES PARA ESCREVÈ-LAS?


O Disarmoneous e eu, pois além das letras, também escrevo contos. Quem quiser conferir o meu trabalho pode acessar o link abaixo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sathanya-Writer-and-Drummer/1375074496143224?fref=ts. Quanto à inspiração, ela está em toda parte, desde um livro que lemos até uma conversa ou algo que vemos na rua, mesmo sendo aparentemente algo muito comum. Não é a informação em si, mas aquilo que nós fazemos com ela.

05. QUAIS SUAS PRINCIPAIS INFLUÊNCIAS?

Ouço todos os tipos de Metal, Rock, Música Clássica e Folclórica.


06. CONTE NOS MAIS SOBRE O SPLIT: WHEN DARKNESS DEVOURS THE LIGHT?


Nos finados tempos de MSN, eu conheci o Warlesson, da Dark New Age Records, que nos fez a proposta do lançamento em conjunto com a Thorny Woods. Tempos depois ele sumiu, ninguém sabe para onde… é isso, não há muito mais a ser dito.

07. FOI ATRAVÉS DESTE TRABALHO QUE SURGIU A OPORTUNIDADE DE ABRIR SHOW PARA A BANDA OTARGOS DA FRANÇA? COMO FOI?

Exato, e foi esse um dos melhores shows, na minha opinião, que nós já fizemos.


08. E SOBRE O EP: DEATHRIDE E O VÍDEO QUE LEVA O MESMO NOME? COMO FOI A PRODUÇÃO E DIVULGAÇÃO?

Tudo feito pelo Disarmoneous, por mim, e com a ajuda de duas amigas que filmaram o vídeo aqui em casa. nossas divulgações são feitas por redes sociais.




09. QUAIS FORAM AS PRINCIPAIS DIFICULDADES QUE A BANDA ENFRENTOU ATÉ O MOMENTO?


O underground não é fácil para banda alguma, especialmente de gêneros extremos, porém, uma dificuldade que me vem à mente é a falta de locais para tocar, visto que ultimamente muitos deles fecharam por não estarem adaptados a algumas regras quanto à emissão de decibéis.



10. O ÁLBUM STORMS OF FIRE LANÇADO EM 2013 PELA SATAN´S HAMMER SEGUE A MESMA LINHA SONORA QUE O SPLIT? QUE MUDANÇAS OCORRERAM?


Sim e não. Ainda é a mesma banda, preservando suas características mais essenciais, entretanto, mais evoluída, mais agressiva e direta.



11. VOCÊS TEM SE APRESENTADO BASTANTE AO VIVO? QUAIS FORAM OS SHOWS MAIS MARCANTES?


É difícil dizer. Cada qual possui suas peculiaridades. É muito bom tocar por aí de forma geral e é essa uma das melhores partes de integrar uma banda.



12. PARA QUEM QUISER ADQUIRIR SEUS ÁLBUNS JÁ LANÇADOS COMO PROCEDER?


Podem entrar em contato com a Satan´s Hammer, cujo link eu colo a seguir
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Satans-Hammer-Attack-Records/188943174622566?fref=ts


13. QUAL SUA VISÃO DA CENA UNDERGROUND NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL?


É uma cena forte, com bandas de raiz, fiéis aos seus ideais e que não para de revelar coisas boas. Vale a pena conferir.


14. VOCÊS ESTÃO PREPARANDO NOVO ÁLBUM? QUE PODE NOS ADIANTAR SOBRE PRODUÇÃO, GRAVAÇÃO E LANÇAMENTO?

Ele será novamente produzido pelo Disarmoneous, por ora sem lançamento previsto. Já temos as linhas de bateria gravadas e agora estamos trabalhando nas de guitarra e algumas letras.


15. QUAIS SEUS PLANOS PARA O FUTURO DO IMPETUS MALIGNUM?


Seguir divulgando nosso trabalho com o apoio do pessoal que nos acompanha, fazer mais alguns vídeos de canções do Storms of Fire, e se manter produzindo e evoluindo.


16. OBRIGADO PELA ATENÇÃO E APOIO. SE QUISERES DEIXAR MAIS ALGUM RECADO OU COMENTÁRIOS?


Gostaríamos de agradecer pelo espaço concedido e convidar quem ainda não conhece o nosso trabalho a visitar a página da Impetus Malignum no link https://www.facebook.com/pages/Impetus-Malignum/345117782182470?fref=ts e ajudar a divulgar, apoiar e espalhar o Metal Extremo. Força e Honra!


Sathanya Writer and Drummer

TALES OF THE MORBID BUTCHERS

01. When did and why this change in relation to this "type of alternative vehicle" communication?

Greetings from Hungary. I am Dr A, the editor of Fekete Terror and Tales Of The Morbid Butchers fanzines. In August 1997, when I first had the actual issue of Hungarian Metal Hammer in my hands, I was immediately amazed. Back at that time it was not mainstream at all, like nowadays, but I still buy the magazine. It was full of unknown bands, who immediately caught my attention. For a long time this magazine was the guideline, but the breakthrough came in the winter of 2002, when I got to know the 7th issue of Stygian Shadows fanzine (RIP) and I realized that there was even a more wonderful world beyond Metal Hammer. That was the real beginning of my admiration and respect for the underground. At that time I was still in school and could not buy issues regularly, but if I had a little money, than I sacrificed for that, of course next to the weekend booze. J Years passed by, more and more I dug into the underground, meanwhile I started working, so I could afford to buy much more issues from national distributors, among others foreign fanzines, too. I always looked up to people who created such magazines. In 2009 matters were at such a point that I started working on the first issue of my fanzine, Fekete Terror. The predecessor of this issue would have been an edited and print-out version of the interviews at Magyar Metal Legendák webzine ( http://nativeprideprod.gportal.hu/ ). But I made a step forward and started making my own interviews. Though there were such interviews in the so far released two issues of Fekete Terror, as a homage to the Hungarian Ancestors.

02. How long do you listen to Metal and attend the shows in your city?

The last drop was the aforementioned issue of Metal Hammer in August 1997. I was than 12 years old. I was already listening to some metal bands, but the disco era was still lasting. Dj Bobo, Ace Of Base, Dr. Alban etc, but slowly I let them behind. Replika (HUN), Sepultura, Pantera, Slayer, Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Akela (HUN), Moby Dick (HUN) were the first bands that I heard and captured my attention. Though I knew the classics, such as Iron Maiden, Guns & Roses, Judas Priest and so on, but at that time they did not influence me. As I get older, I go back to the roots. Black Sabbath, Running Wild, WASP, for example.

I go to gigs for 14 years now and I still love to do so. I love to go crazy and mosh in the crowd. Nowadays in my hometown, Sásd, there is no more gigs. In the 90’s there was more lively, but now is absolute zero. That means I have to travel. I go anywhere in the country for the sake of a good gig.

03. What is feeling for the choice of name : TALES OF THE MORBID BUTCHERS FANZINE?

I wanted a simple, memorable name. There is nothing actual meaning behind it, it is only my morbid taste. The only point was to be expansive and metal. It contains publications of two metalheads.

04. From the early 80s to the present day, of course, you've followed many changes in the underground scene in the world, tells a little of the changes you noticed?

The most obvious and outrageous to me that a lot of people have turned away from the print-out issues. I know that it was said a million times before and I do not want to be clever here, but I always throw up on such statements like ‘Why should I buy it when I can download it?’. In my opinion a music-loving person does not say such thing. I'm not going to argue with anyone and to impose my views, but I do not like this attitude.

Internet has changed everything. It is useful and useless at the same time. No use talking about it, everyone knows what I mean. I use it, make the best of it. Mainly I use it for promotion and for keeping contacts. Of course I also downloaded music and movies, but if I have the chance, I always buy the original versions. I specifically do not like reading on the internet. My eyes cannot take it and it is not exciting at all, if I cannot hold it in my hands.

As for webzines. Fresh, up to date, accessible, relatively freely available. In this fast-paced world it is essential. I also read such pages, BUT the official press of the underground is the FANZINE. Ok, I understand, if somebody has no money for that and could only make a webzine. I use Facebook for such purpose.

What disgust me the most is the digital album release. I do not give a shit that it is available for download in good quality, but the work also deserves a tangible version.

I could also mention a thousand other things, but mainly the older generation could talk about this and not me with my 30 years.

05. Tells us what is the fanzine for you?

This is exclusively non-profit activity. If I have a minimal income, I spend that on the fanzine and on trades. I have never been driven by more money or more fame. A fanzine editor is a fan, who makes the issue for fans like him or her. For this one needs determination, fanaticism and of course the fucking money. I am also not rich and I give up certain things for the fanzine and for my whole musical fanaticism. I do not have a wife or kids, so for the cause I can only make sacrifices for myself. My goal is to selflessly support the bands and make them more acknowledged.

06. what was the fanzine that most influenced you?

Clearly the Hungarian Stygian Shadows. Then also the Hungarian Oral Climax. Unfortunately, both of these fanzines are inactive now. But I could mention all the fanzines I have. I gained and still gaining strength from all of them.

07. WHICH ARE THE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION TO WRITE YOUR FANZINE?

Anything could be an inspiration to me, just like to a musician. Making an interview influenced by the certain music or atmosphere of the band. Making a fanzine is influenced by other fanzines and the goal is to support the underground scene, but is simply a form of self-expression, as well.

08. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIDE PROJECTS?

My first issue was the Fekete Terror Fanzine. So far two issues were released, but I am already working on the next one. My other project is the Tales Of The Morbid Butchers. The third issue of this is also under construction. I used to have a fanzine called Vorarefília, too, which I was making with one of my good buddies, but after the first issue he could not continue further, because of other reasons. It had only one issue with four interviews and four reviews. As the fanzines are in Hungarian, but I have the interviews also in English, last year I was thinking of releasing them in some kind of another form. That is how the Tales Of The Morbid Butchers and Fekete Terror newsletters came alive. In the first one are interviews with the foreign bands and in the second one are the interviews with the Hungarian bands.

09. WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTS THAT YOU HAVE OUTSIDE OF MUSIC?

The horror movies. It can be old, new, anything, just catch my attention. Mostly I love gore, but there are some psycho kind of movies, which I like, but primary I swear on gore. I also like old action movies. As music fills 90% of my life in, there is not much time for anything else. I would like to read much more then I read now, but usually there is no chance for that because of the lack of time. From spring till autumn there are also works in the garden. I am not saying that I always feel like doing them, but if I do then I like doing them. Viticulture, kitchen garden vegetables, fruit cultivation. It can switch your mind off, which is needed in today's fast-paced modern world. Not so long ago I started working out at home and I try doing it seriously. I have the time for it, because it is perfect while listening to music. Just imagine how good is making aggressive push-ups for Pantera. J I plan to start jogging at spring time. I have also a small rock garden. I like spending time doing such kind of thing, but it looks quite ugly at the moment. Something is wrong with the soil. What is still interests me is drinking booze. J I love drinking and get drunk with my friends at the gigs. In summary: METAL, ALCOHOL, SEX, HORROR, NATURE.

10. AS YOU SEE THE HUNGARIAN UNDERGROUND SCENE ?

There are lots of band in my country and some of them are already well-known abroad, which feels good. I cannot say that the Hungarian scene is too big, though there are many good bands. In my humble opinion, we are weak in the determined fans. I do not want to hurt here anyone’s feelings, because it is everyone’s personal business to support a

band or not. Unfortunately, there is a tendency that most of them are good with the downloading and listening to music on the internet. I do not deny that I also do so, but luckily I gave up downloading, because I am always given tangible materials. Internet has its useful side, as it has its wrong side, but I do not want to get into this right now. Back to the scene. Some says that there is no such thing, some says there is. I can only see the sad fact that if an unknown band comes to Hungary, no one is interested in it. There are not more then 20-30 person at the gig and that is it. I experienced this many times. That makes me sad. I am willing to travel 100-200 km for a small underground gig, meanwhile fans, who live in the certain city, do not give a fuck to show up. I do not care, if I do not know a band, it is possible to fall for it on the gig. The other thing is that I have the chance to meet my friends. I have this attitude, but it is not so common. People got really comfortable, ‘thankfully’ for modern development. I do not say that the situation is hopeless, but it was better than this. I have connection with most of the bands and underground fans. I support with full power all Hungarian bands, distributors, activists.

So, let’s see the Hungarian bands, though some of them are already inactive: ABCISUM, AETHERIUS OBSCURITAS, AGE OF AGONY, AHRIMAN, ANGERSEED, AORNOS, ARCHAIC, ART OF MASSACRE, ATROX TRAUMA, BESTIAL WARSEX, BLACK ARTS, BLIZZARD, BORNHOLM, CARCHARIAS, CATALEPSY, CHRISTIAN EPIDEMIC, COFFINBORN, CONCRETE, CRYPTIC REMAINS, CSEJTEY, DE PROFUNDIS, DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY, DIECOLD, DIM VISION, DOMHRING, DROW, DRÜNKEN BASTARDS, DUNKELHEIT, DUSK, EARTH PLAGUE, ETERNAL HOLOCAUST, EVIL CONQUEROR, FAAGIA, FAGYHAMU, FANATIC ATTACK, FEKETE FAGY, FOREST SILENCE, FORMORKET, FROST, FROZEN BLOOD, GHOUL TEMPLE, GHOULVORE, GORE THROWER, GOATDOMINATOR, GRAVECRUSHER, GRIMNESS, GUTTED, GYLLIATH, GYÖTRELEM, HARAG, HEIMWEH, HELDENTOD, HELL ETERNAL, HEXENWOOD, HUMAN ERROR, HUMUGUR, HUNOK, IGNOMINIOUS, IONOSPHERE, INFECTUS, JÉGZIVATAR, KALTEMOND, KARST, KEEPER OF DREAMS, KESERV, KILL WITH HATE, KOLP, KOPJAFA, KOROG, KRAMPÜS, KRIPTA, KUTH , LEIRU, LEPRA, LIMB FOR A LIMB, MABTHERA, MALEDICTION, MARBLEBOG, MG-42, MÖRBID CARNAGE, MORFIUM, MYSTAGOG, NADIR, NECROSODOMY, NEFARIOUS, NIEDERGANG, ÖRÖM, OUR EXISTENCE IS PUNISHMENT, PAEDIATRICIAN, PARAGON ZERO, PARASITE CROWD, PRINCEPS DAEMONUM, PURULENT RITES, QASSAM, QUALM, SEAR BLISS, SELONATH, SINFUL ETERNITY, SOLUS, SOULTHORN, SPÜOLUS, SVOID, SYMPHONY OF SYMBOLS, TERRORFRONT, TEURGIA, THY CATAFALQUE, THY FUNERAL, TREMOR, TYRANT GOATGALDRAKONA, URNARIUM, VEÉR, VELM, VERILUN, VÉRZIVATAR, VILE DISGUST, VORKUTA, VRAG, WARKULT, WINTERHEART, WITCHCRAFT, WITCHER, TYMAH.

Hungarian record companies, distributors:

NEVERHEARD DISTRO, METAL ÖR DIE RECORDS, STYGIAN SHADOWS PRODUCTIONS, TURANIAN HONOUR PRODUCTIONS, TERRANIS PRODUCTIONS, HUNGARYAN RECORDS, SOUTHLAND RECORDS, FUNERAL CHANTS PRODUCTIONS, ROTTEN CROWZ PRODUCTIONS, POSTHUMAN PRODUCTIONS, SIGILLVM TENEBRAE RECORDS, OLD SKULL PRODUCTIONS, DEATH TRAP DISTRO.

Active Hungarian fanzines:

OLD SKULL, METAL CATACOMBS, TALES OF THE MORBID BUTCHERS, FEKETE TERROR, ROTTEN CROWZ, BLAST, POSTHUMAN, SUBTERRANEAN TENEBRIS, DEADLY ILLNESS.

There is no lack in gig organizers, there are many gigs, which means that there is a smaller or bigger gig on every week of the year. Sometimes it is too many for me. For me there are four significant and outstanding festivals, which are organized every year: Total War Fest, Inner Awakening Fest, Extreme Noise Fest and SzegeDEATH Fest.

11. WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?

Call it what you want, just be good!

12. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF TALES OF THE MORBID BUTCHERS FANZINE?

Yes, I am satisfied. Of course, there is always something that I would do differently afterwards, but that is natural. It fills me with pride that I can show up the things I have done.

13. HOW ARE YOUR NEWS WORDS?

In 2015 one of the big surprises for me is the debut album of Aornos, entitled Orior. I recommend it to everyone who likes the kind of complex black metal Emperor play. The debut album of Purulent Rites will hit hard, too. They are the Hungarian representatives of Autopsy, Necrophagia. One of my other big favorites is Veér, whose second album will be released also this year. This will be a big event, but the debut album of Solus will be released also this year. The best death metal band of Hungary, Age Of Agony, is also up for something. The 20-year active black metal band Dusk had a beautiful boxset release this spring in 66 hand-numbered copies. 9 tapes are hidden in a nice, black box. This is the bands’ entire discography. Suddenly, that is all I can think of. Last year was also very tough. Several Hungarian bands had new releases. These include, but are not limited to, some favorites: , Heldentod – Virradat, Limb For A Limb – Aberration Complete, Tymah – The Past Is Alive, Krampüs – Graveyard Blowjob, Earth Plague – Cult Of Damnation, Evil Conqueror – Nuclear Blasphemy, Kolp – The Valley Of Plague, Gravecrusher – Morbid Black Oath, de profundis – This Winter in My Heart, Moonkult/Solus – Transmissions, Witchcraft – Die Hard Boxset, Witchcraft/Szron – Split, Velm/Snakemass – Split, Qassam – Shyathan Akhbar, Fanatic Attack – Waiting The Rot, Drow – Low-Down, Vrag – Bánaterdő, Witcher – Boszorkánytánc, Winterheart – Facing What I’m Becoming, Svoid – To Never Return, Karst – Lime Veins Bleed Rust.

14. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

For the second issue of TOTMB were made 30 t-shirts, but they are all sold out. One went to Nuno, to the Portuguese Caverna Abismal Records, one to the Peruvian Legion Of Torture Fanzine, the rest got home in Hungary. For the next issue there will be also released some t-shirts.

15. TELL US NOW ABOUT YOUR FAVE BANDS AND ALBUMS?

My taste in music got really eclectic. I did not start with the basics, I got right in the middle, then I got forward and only later moved backwards. So I am not going to start my speech with how I got into Iron Maiden, etc. By 1997 the main styles of metal already evolved, so I did not have the same path as the older generations. Here come some bands which determined my life and some current favorites:

NECROPHAGIA: I love all of their albums. Killjoy’s sickening fanaticism is amazing. In this music I find everything what is METAL to me. I got to know them later, but they became very determined in my further life.

CANNIBAL CORPSE: the ones with Chris Barnes, but even amongst these is ’Tomb Of The Mutilated’. That is the perfect Death Metal album. Simply indescribable what is going on on this album. Last autumn I dig up the garden while listening to this album. It was screaming from my old tape recorder and I was digging aggressively the garden. J

DEICIDE: ‘Once Upon The Cross’. I was totally impressed by its cover back then when I was a teenager. The music is also total death metal essence.

DIMMU BORGIR: ‘Stormblast’. This was my first Black Metal tape and I still think that was black metal, but I do not follow them anymore. For me they are dead.

MARDUK: ‘Dark Endless’. This is also a decisive album in my life. What comes to life in here that is the aggressive essence of hell itself. I follow this band up till now. I also love the newer albums, although to be honest there are weaker ones, too, but I have respect for Morgan. Their best one is of course ‘Panzer Division Marduk’. This is war itself!

BLACK SABBATH: ‘Paranoid’. I got to know this classic quite late, when I was more open-minded. This needs no comment. BASIC ALBUM.

SLAYER: ‘Show No Mercy’, ‘Reign In Blood’. No comment.

PANTERA: from ‘Cowboys From Hell’ all the albums. Mixed with alcohol is total chaos.

SEPULTURA: although the first album I have heard was ‘Chaos AD’, and I got hypnotized by it straight away, but later I got to know the ‘Morbid Visions’ album and that was a total mindfuck to me. Both of their eras have its own beauty what I like. I also like ‘Roots’, but what it started, that is sickening me with a few exceptions. The first two KORN. Up till now I still like both of those albums.

KREATOR: if I not mistaken, the first album I heard of them was ‘Coma Of Souls’. I remember the first listening at one of my buddies. We copied the tape and I was writing the song titles with a pen. It is wonderful to look back. Then I got forwards and backwards in between their albums. But the etalon is ‘Extreme Aggression’.

DESTRUCTION: I got to know them with the ’Release From Agony’ album. Same way as I did with Kreator.

FEAR FACTORY: ‘Demanufacture’. In my hometown, Sásd, the local metalheads liked it, so it got to me easily. I like this album up till now, but I do not follow them, they got prostituted like many other same kind of bands.

These bands, albums were really determining points in my life, but of course I could write pages with bands and the stories related to them. Just shortly a few bands, which I really like:

EMPEROR, ULVER, DARKTHRONE, BATHORY, IMPALED NAZARENE, DEATH, DEATHRONATION, ABSU, DODHEIMSGARD, VINTERSORG, DEIPHAGO, DESASTER, DEVASTATOR, EMPHERIS, GOATPENIS, GRAFVOLLUTH, WARGOATCULT, BLASPHEMY, BEHERIT, HELL TORMENT, MANTICORE, MORBOSIDAD, NASUM, NOCTURNAL, OBEISANCE, ICONOCLAST CONTRA, PESTIS, RAVENDARK'S MONARCHAL CANTICLE, ACID WITCH, SKULDOM, SADIZTIK IMPALER, WARFIST, CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY, THRONEUM, KHAOS AEON, BLOODY VENGEANCE, NUCLEAR MAGICK, DON JUAN MATUS, WARFIST, GOAT MESSIAH, etc. The list is endless.

16. AS IT IS EDITED TALES MORBID BUTCHERS FANZINE?

If you mean here what kind of technology I use to edit my fanzines, only I can tell you that a basic word program. I edit it, save it to a PDF file and the whole thing is sent to the press. To be honest, I have a degree in computing, but back then I was not interested in the whole thing at all. Since then I curse myself because for not paying more attention. Previously somebody else were doing the editing, but the second issue was put together by me and I really enjoyed it. My colleague, Maniac, does not have a say in this matter, he just delivers me the raw materials. I do have a contributor, Ádám, who is responsible for the covers and the graphics. (http://anvilkvlt.blogspot.hu/). Take a look at his site, he is really talented.

17. HOW HAS THE UNDERGROUND PUBLIC RESPONSE BEEN?

The underground scene is always happy for a release of a new fanzine. Of course there are those who can do nothing, but criticize. We do not need to give a shit about them. I take criticism only from those who put something down in the underground world. I like honest criticism, being told if something is good or shit. I also listen to advises, but it is not sure if I take any of them.

18. What bands you watched live and more pleased you?

First let’s make it clear, that usually I am always satisfied. I do not go to a gig to get back 100% what is on an album. Usually I mosh in the first raw going totally crazy.

If I remember correctly, I have been going to gigs since 2001 and I saw many local and foreign bands. Generally speaking I can say that I go to underground gigs. I prefer the dirty, little clubs to professional main stages. I saw the following ‘big’ bands: Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Mayhem, Crowbar, Benediction, Dismember, Pro-Pain, Watain, Rotting Christ, Sinister, Vader, Biohazard, Kreator, Marduk, Immolation. These are the ones I can remember suddenly. Then the ‘smaller’ bands, which are sometimes ‘bigger’: Morbosidad, Fueled By Fire, Suicidal Angel, Dr. Living Dead, Imperious Malevolence, Ophiolatry, Vexed, Nervo Chaos, Demogorgon(POL), Itself, Black Sister, Disgorge(MEX), Karma To Burn, Demonical, Old. All of a sudden that is all. As for the Hungarian side, I was on almost all active bands’ gigs, at least one. My all time gig favourites: Age Of Agony, a Witchcraft, a Purulent Rites, Mörbid Carnage, Gravecrusher, Niedergang, Malediction, Beneth (RIP), Gate Of Darkness (RIP), Blizzard. Previously, Drünken Bastards were the big time favorite, but there were so many changes in the band that I lost interest in them. I could also mention the grind assault by Human Error. They humiliate everybody in 30 minutes. They really fuck you up live, but a few questions earlier I have already mentioned the Hungarian bands, which usually make awesome gigs.

Primarily I go to Hungarian gigs, because I like keeping contacts with the local scene.

19. WHAT ARE YOU FUTURE PLANS?

We are currently working on the third issue of Tales of The Morbid Butchers and hopefully, after a bit of a delay, it will be released at this autumn. I already started working on the third issue of Fekete Terror, but it will be only released next year. I also have a secret project, but it is too early talk about it.

20. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ATTILA DUDÁS. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?

I thank you the support and the opportunity. UNDERGROUND ÜBER ALLES! TAPE CULT IS ALIVE! BUY ÖR DIE! SALUTE FROM HUNGARY!

EQUALEFT

01. HOW ALL STARTED?

It all started in 2004, from the ashes of some local metal bands we join up to do a new band with a more ecletic sound than we all used to do in the previous bands.


02. HOW DO YOU DEFINE EQUALEFT MUSIC?

Our Sound is equal to Metal Combined with a massive dose of groove, power, melody and heaviness.
Groove Metal Progressive.


03. WHAT´S YOUR INFLUENCES?

All genres of metal and outside we do hear a lot of stuff as well. We all love bands like Cynic, Gojiira, Pantera, Fear Factory , Mastodon, Meshuggah, The Dillinger Escape Plan and so on.
That´s the recipe for our sound no Rules .

04. HOW´S THE ACTUAL LINE UP?

Miguel “Inglês” - Vocals Nuno Veggy-Guitar
Marcos-Drums
Bernardo-Guitar
Miguel Seewald- bass

05. DID YOU HAVE PLAYED MANY GIGS?

Since the released our debut album in May 2014 we only played about 7 gigs but this year it´s going to be a very busy year.




06. HOW MANY ALBUMS/CD´S HAVE YOU REEASED?
We did a demo “As the Irony Prevails...”2008 an EP “...the truth Vnravels” 2010 and our debut album “Adapt & Survive” in 2014.

07. WHAT EXPECTATION FOR NEXT LIVE PERFORMANCE?

We are anxious to start our tour this month and play with lots of bands , one of the gigs we are really looking forward is on the SWR Barroselas Metalfest XVIII once again, that´s going to be a blast .


08. TELL US MORE ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND SCENE IN PORTUGAL?

The Portuguese undergound scene it´s big but it´s tight, specially in the North , from where we are, the fans and bands are realy awesome and always frenetic audience .

Here In Porto we have strong metal scene and bands Like Web, Holocausto Canibal, Gates of Hell, Heavenwood are the most active around here. Portugal may be small but fans are very awesome .

09. FUTURE PLANS?

Get a new album out next year and play even more .

10. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?

We thank you for the support and hope you all get to meet us live and hear our songs .
greetings
In Groove We Trust

MORTNOIR

O1. TELL US THE HISTORY OF MORTNOIR AND WHO FORMED IT?

 History Mortnoir started at school, 7-8 years ago. The three of us with vocalist and guitarist decided to organize a group expressing our hatred for all living things. And so it came Mortnoir. Normal play concerts and record songs began only in 2012.

 02. WHAT IS THE FEELING FOR THE CHOICE OF NAME ¨MORTNOIR¨ ? 

¨MORTNOIR¨- French translates as "Black Death" - the name of the plague. It decimated everyone indiscriminately; no one could escape from it. The true power of hatred. A name and it was necessary to us. 

03. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER HEARD YOU BEFORE?

 Our sound - the shit that you've ever heard! We recorded all the teamwork alive without mastering and processing. Recorded in the basement of the old and abandoned homes in the most terrible instruments that we come across. So if you want to spare your ears, do not include Mortnoir. Haha! 

04. WHAT IS YOUR INSPIRATIONS FOR YOUR LYRICS?

 As I said before, hatred for all living things, not the living and the dead. Also, our personal experiences and emotions, perversion and ugliness of human nature, certain life situations, ancient legends, the great G.F.Lavkraft and much more.

We do not stop at one thing to write lyrics. We have a variety of topics. 

05. WHAT´S THE BLACK METAL FOR YOU?

 Black metal for me is a charming atmosphere and insatiable, unlimited power. It's not just the music is great cultural phenomenon that has changed my life and the lives of many of my friends.

 06. AS YOU SEE THE BLACK METAL SCENE IN RUSSIA?

 Black metal scene in Russia there. And that's good.

But it is very unfortunate that in remote from the capital, and in general the European part of Russia metal dies. In the city of Krasnoyarsk, where we are now not even a place where it can perform really heavy metal gruppa.Organizatoram and students need a modern, licked, girlish "music" and it's sad. 

07. HOW MANY ALBUMS/CD´S HAVE YOU RELEASED? 

We have accumulated a huge pile of unsold material, and soon we will release it. But as long as we have in the cage only one demo very crappy quality, released on cassette on the label Zombie Records! "Raw hatred" in 2013. 

08. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE? 

Of merchandise now nothing is available. Cassettes went very limited edition in an underground label and almost did not apply. But soon the situation will change.

09. WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTS THAT YOU HAVE OUTSIDE OF MUSIC?

 I work, I read a lot of books on the history, mythology, fiction. Publish printed fanzine "Only Death Zine" with our new drummer. He also holds the record label Zombie Records.

Vocalist paints pictures with his own blood and drinks like the devil. He also at one time taught school children art. 

10. TELL US NOW YOUR FAVE BANDS AND ALBUMS?

 They are very, very much. And we are inspired not only black metal, and thrash metal, death metal, speed metal and other genres.

But I'm not mistaken if I say that all of us affected darkthrone, Mayhem, Emperor and Burzum. From the album of the early 90's and late 80's. 

11. HOW ARE THE NEWS SONGS? 

New songs will be much angrier, more hysterical and emotional past.

The album, which will be released soon or leave anyone ravnodushnym.Mnogie say that this shit, but I hope that many of us enjoy! 

12. DID YOU HAVE PLAYED MANY GIGS?

 1.5 - 2 years of concert activity we played about 13-15 gigs at local venues and in nearby cities. People like this. Especially when our singer began to shred themselves and heart-rending scream. People need blood and suffering - that is their true nature. 

13. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE MORTNOIR?

 We plan to continue to be in total underground and earn money on our music. Live happily play what you want to play. Maybe get to play on larger areas of our country and other countries, but it is not the goal.

The goal - inner satisfaction and pleasure from our music. 

14. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT VAANG. ANY LAST COMMENTS? 

Thank you and your zine for the opportunity to express themselves. You will hear us. I hope so.