Hail Malefic. How are you? Can you tell us something about your last three/ four releases, and do you have any follow-ups on the way?
I’m shitty. There were a couple full lengths that came out at nearly the same time in 2004, ‘Telepathic With The Deceased’ and ‘To Violate The Oblivious’, both of these albums are probably the most advance so far in the Xasthur discography, the production has improved along with the ‘musicianship’, but mind you, both are just as bleak and grim! I’m more or less satisfied with both albums actually, I think on ‘Telepathic…’ there’s a variety of different moods, some songs are harsh and aggressive, some are slow, like almost in the ‘funeral doom’ sense, some are weird and warped, etc. Sometime this year, I’ll have a new full length CD entitled ‘Subliminal Genocide’, which I just finished recording not too long ago, it’s a mixture of my old sound meets the new sound. (more…)
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Xasthur (USA) Interview 2003
rehtaF ruO (USA) Interview 2003
Hails Urobach. First of all could you tell what inspired you to create rehtaF ruO, beginning from how you started enjoying metal to the conception of your project?
First and foremost the inspiration was derived from Satanism. It was a natural extension. How I started enjoying metal was Slayer when I was young, and I eventually got into black metal with Bathory and Mayhem. This provided musical inspiration to the ideological inspiration that was already set. (more…)
Orcustus (NOR) Interview 2003
Hail; what can you tell us about the relatively new band Orcustus?
Dirge Rep (drums): Orcustus first came into being as a band in the beginning of 2002. The material presented on this demo was, on the other hand, created by Taipan (from Graveyard Cunt) between 1998 and 2000. The rest of the group features well known musicians from the Norwegian black metal scene: Infernus on bass (from Gorgoroth), Dirge Rep on drums (ex-Gehenna and ex-Enslaved) and Tormentor on guitars (ex-Gorgoroth, Gaahlskagg, and Blot). Orcustus plays misanthropic black metal. We are not a live band. (more…)
Mordaehoth (NLD) Interview 2004
What is Mordaehoth’s music about, first and foremost?
Sigwyrd (all instruments): The music I create for Mordaehoth represents the warrior spirit inside of me, and my love for the ancient Germanic culture and warrior ethos. My immense respect for nature, for she is by far superior to any of us, just look around at how nature violently claims back her ground by whipping out millions of humans each year; my music is like a soundtrack to this violence though some parts also represent her more gentle side. But surely I focus on the shadow side of life with Mordaehoth. Your shadow side is more docile. The music is very eclectic and so are the thoughts behind it. (more…)
Macabre Omen (GRE) Interview 2005
Hail! First of all, I’d like to talk about the upcoming Macabre Omen album. What information can you disclose about it and what should the listener expect to hear, stylistically and conceptually?
Greetings! The album is entitled ‘The Ancient Returns’ and one should expect nothing less than one of the best underground Hellenic black metal releases of all time. Slightly influenced by old Rotting Christ, Varathron, Burzum and an epic Bathory inspired aftertaste, always with the Macabre Omen war trademark, this is indeed the perfect sound of North vs South. Being in the making for ten years now from music to lyrics, even to cover, I believe it was all worth the wait. And do not expect a commercial black metal sound production or extensive vocals and the forth. Everything is balanced in such an equal way with no instrument taking the upper hand. Like a classical composition this is a classic black metal masterpiece! (more…)
Grand Belial’s Key (USA) Interview 2005
To start off, can you tell us when GBK started, and which are your most important releases, in your view?
R: The band was formed in 1992, but it was buried twice due to conflicts between myself and other members, particularly some fuckface called Lord Fag Pussyferian (who later joined clown band Ancient). I quit GBK on two occasions but reformed in 1996 with the incorporation of Der Sturmer on bass and The Black Lourde of Crucifixion from Crucifier on drums/vocals. In the years to come, other members have contributed to GBK like Kommando, Grimnir, Alienchrist, Invocator of Eternal Weeping, The Marauder, and some have returned for good like Demonic on bass. Our most important release has to be ‘Judeobeast Assassination’ as it was widely distributed by a foreign and domestic label. (more…)
Darkthule (GRE) Interview 2004
Hail Moros! Could you give us a short guide to Darkthule, when you started doing this thing; discography, etc.? Have you always been the sole member in Darkthule?
Hail! Two persons, Mormos on vocals, and me, Moros, on guitars, formed Darkthule in the beginning of 2002 in Northwest Hellas. We released our first demo in July of the same year with title ‘Summon Thee…’, limited to 230 copies. From then until now Darkthule has consisted solely of me, and on December of 2002 I released the second demo ‘Awakening Of The Ancient Past’. One year later, in December 2003, the third demo was released by Warhorn Records, called ‘O Erhomos Apo To Parelthon’, meaning ‘The Coming From The Past’. With the entrance of the new year, the Russian label Au-To-Dafe re-released the two first demos on one tape. On May of 2004 the debut CD was released by Battlefield Records under the title ‘Beyond The Endless Horizons’, and the following September, the same label released the split CD with Hagalaz, ‘Ethnos Timi Pepromeno’, meaning ‘Nation Honour Destiny’). (more…)
Celestia (FRA) Interview 2004
Hail Noktu, could you please start by telling us something about the history of the band, and are you currently working on any releases or gigs?
Noktu: Celestia was created almost ten years ago, we released many demos/ EPs and CDs, we did some concerts, etc… Everything a band is supposed to do in ten years of existence. Nowadays, I am working on a complete restructuring of the band. The line-up will certainly change and I plan to record one CD with new versions reworked of ‘classic’ Celestia songs. I want to go back in the musical past of the band and correct some mistakes we did with previous members. I think that some songs will sound better with the actual line-up, so that’s for this reason that I need to re-record everything before releasing our real second album. (more…)
Blacklodge (FRA) Interview 2003
Hail. Can you please begin by the usual boring info, a short history of the band?
Saint Vincent (vocals, guitars, drum programming): Hey D. Usual boring info, yeah… Blacklodge is an industrial black metal band born in 1998. We released in October 2003 the first album, ‘Login:SataN’, on Blazing Productions, after a couple of demos.
Blacklodge is Saint Vincent (vocals, guitars, beats), Silence (guitars) and Jessy (bass), and Aluminium Reflector (hell catalyst). (more…)
Averse Sefira (USA) Interview 2005
Hail. Can you begin by telling us what Averse Sefira is about, and how long has it been going?
Wrath SD: Averse Sefira is, now more than ever, about the path less chosen. It is a monument to the defiance of mediocrity, it is an obdurate cabal of arrogant elitists. It also involves Black Metal to some degree. It has endured since the waning of 1996. (more…)