Meatwound/Addio/Magic Bullet Records/2015 CD Review

  Meatwound  are  a  band  from  Florida  that  plays  an  industrial  form  of  death  metal  with  elements  of  grind,  punk  and  hardcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  album  "Addio"  which  was  released  by  Magic  Bullet  Records.

  A  very  dark  and  heavy  industrial  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  after  awhile  hardcore  style  screams  are  added  into  the  music  and  the  songs  are  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  early  90's  extreme  underground  musical  style  bringing  in  influences from  early  Earache  bands.

  All  of  the  songs  stick  to  mostly  a  slow  or  mid  paced  musical  direction  and  at  times  the  music  also  brings  in  elements  of  noise  rock  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  are  utilized  and  you  can  also  hear  a  touch  of  grind  and  punk in  the  faster  sections  of  the  music  and  the  whole  album  also  sticks  to  a  very heavy  musical  direction  from  beginning  to  ending  of  the  recording.

  Meatwound  creates  a  very  heavy  and  old  school  metal  sound  that  takes the  industrial  and  death  metal  genres  of  the  90's  and  mixes  them  together  along  with  a  touch  of   hardcore  punk  to  create  a  very  dark  and  retro  sounding  recording,  the  production  sounds  very  old  school  yet  professional  at  the  same  time  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Meatwound  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  industrial  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Goliath"  and  "Meat  Pack".  8  out  of  10.         

Whorion Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album?

After we got album recorded and mixed we head back to rehearsal lair to train new set and getting ready for the As Divine Crumbles Tour 2015. Thou we already practiced a lot for the recordings, executing songs nice and tight it needs lots of playing together, especially for me since I have more vocal parts than before.


2.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?

I continued story where we left on Atlas -EP. This time story/theme carries from the beginning to the end and stays solid. Lyrics are meant for the listener to explore make the discovery themselves. There are lots of personal ideology from my perspective but mind is meant for explore and discover.


3.The band has been around since 2008 but waited until 2014 to release any music, can you tell us a little bit more about the first 6 years?

True, first Whorion songs that I made goes back to 2008-2009 (Vortex and Suicide). My problem was my own skills. I was not happy about my executions even thou I heard it in my mind how it should be. I left W-project aside and continued to train my own skills. I had two other bands that time, which other one was touring actively, so lots of stuff going on and lack of skills pushed W-project to distant future. It was only at 2013 I was happy enough to start everything. And finding band around the visions was one hard task.


4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Whorion'?

That’s the most common question I have had and unfortunately, meaning behind it will be revealed in self titled album, Whorion. Which I can tell that it is not the next one, yet.


5.Originally the band started out as a solo project, what was the decision behind hiring a full time line up?

It was a solo project since I’ve been playing other peoples songs so long and never had a chance to make music with my own terms. I consider myself lucky to find guys around that trust my vision 100%. Without them I could not have succeed bringing Whorion to daylight and more important, tour.


6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Shows that stained my mind forever are Hitchins club 85 in UK and Nummirock Metal Festival in Finland. Absolutely amazing.


7.Do you have any touring or show plans once the new album is released?

We did one tour already 3 days after album was released, in central Europe. Right now we are looking new opportunities to get back on the road.


8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal?

I have to say I’m really surprised how good the feedback has been. Of course I stand behind our music but it still stunned me how good it has been. Much gratitude for everyone for that. Though few people have asked ‘Why orchestras?’.


9.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a part of?

Well our drummer Heikki is sometimes a bit busy with Finntroll along the summer and Antti is making new album with his other band Damnation Plan. Rest of the members are just doing W.


10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

I see us doing our stuff as it is and growing our style, more intense but also majestic. Technicality I can’t let ever go since that’s the main reason that keeps me interested. Challenging myself along unforgiving output. If you like what we have done so far, more is coming. Of course you need to find new ways approach your own music but changing style or leaving components away, not gonna happen.


11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Influences to mention are Decapitated, Nile, Dying Fetus, Obscura and Origin for example. Can say that I’m only guy who keeps listening them till today but not all hope is gone. Bass player Dorian is a mess, from Katy Perry to In Flames. Don’t wanna go further on this.


12.What are some of your non musical interests?

Astronomy and Mythology.


13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Expand your mind and discover the secrets it holds in the darkness.

Krueger Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?

Adriano Krueger: Since the release of the Return to Death album we've been playing throughout Brazil and right now we are focused on writing the next studio album, which will be a theme album, based on the cult, rites and sacrifices to Maha Kali, the Hindu goddess of death.


2.A year ago you had released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?

AK: The Return to Death album was released in 2014 with me as producer and Mauricio Cruz (Sonora Studio - Rio de Janeiro) doing the engineering, mixing and mastering. The sound consists of powerful drums, guitars recorded with real tube amps without using simulators and a Rickenbacker bass with the distinctive distorted sound in the mix. The vocals were recorded in one take, to keep sincerity in interpretations. We are delighted with this album, it contains even songs written in 1989 that were only released in our first demo tape. The cover art was signed by Alcides Burn, from Brazil, including one art for each lyric.


3.This was the first release since 2003, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during that time frame?

AK: We did many shows throughout Brazil as a trio, in 2006 recorded the album Return to Death, but in 2007 the band broke up because of divergence of ideas between members, right before the release of the album. In 2012 we join again, now with a new drummer, and we completed the album, released it in 2014 and went to the road again.


4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

AK: Krueger main lyrical topic is death... No doubt. Everything surrounding this issue. Even when we talk about issues such as greed, hypocritical churches, or even abstract topics such as mental creations and human illusions about the things of life, inevitably we return to the topic of death. For the next album, nothing more natural than a theme album about the goddess of death, Kali.


5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Krueger'?

AK: Krueger is a strong family name. Krieger, in German, means warrior or soldier. Krueger remember that character of horror films of the 80s hahahahaha that invited you to sleep and kill you in your nightmares hahahahaha. Remembers the old beer Krueger. Well, as I am the head of this death metal horde from the start, we kept this name. Krueger for us today, means our strength and struggle within the Metal scene, advocating ideas and sounding like an eighties old school band ever...


6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

AK: In 1989 we played at a great festival, CG Rock, in our hometown Campina Grande. Then we played in various places throughout Brazil, various places of different sizes, with insane public most of the time, sometimes playing at small pubs for a few people, but with the same vigor and dedication. We played the Black September Festival in São Paulo, with several large Brazilian bands and with Hate Eternal as a special guest. We played with Krisiun in Rio de Janeiro, we played with Chakal in Sao Paulo and several other bands. Many shows from the beginning until now, it is difficult to highlight the best ones. The public says that our performances are pure death metal with energy, humility, enthusiasm for being on stage. You can check out some of Krueger's performance at our official channel www.youtube.com/officialkrueger.


7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

AK: We are right now negotiating a North American tour for 2016 or 2017. We plan to release the next album in 2016 and then also negotiate Europe, South America and other countries.


8.The last album was self released, are you open to working with another label again in the future?

AK: Release an album without a label gives freedom for the musician... sound, music, themes, cover and mainly the time to write and record with no pressure of money or non-musical interests. But yes, we are open to proposals for launching all the Krueger albums, we need to expand our borders and signing with record labels in other countries is essential for that. We are ready for talks, we believe in partnerships, this can be done, yes.


9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal?

AK: We are working more intensely abroad now with the album Return to Death and we have received good reviews, reviews with notes so far always above 8. And the contacts are always growing and from now on we will release albums more frequently.


10.Are any of the band members involved with any other musical projects these days?

AK: No other musical projects. We're totally dedicated to Krueger.


11.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

AK: Our sound has naturally taken more obscure routes, increasing morbidity, but with attention to harmony, melodic solos and technical parts.


12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

AK: I personally have a lot of influences of '80s old school Metal bands. I am also a little bit influenced by the flamenco music of Paco de Lucía and others. Morbid classical music of Beethoven, Wagner and others. Blues from Mississippi, John Lee Hooker and others. I also like the oriental music, the sitar of Ravi Shankar. But mostly, my influences have always been Death, Obituary, Pestilence, Immolation, the old Morbid Angel, the old Slayer, Asphyx, Autopsy and others. I have heard a lot these bands albums... as well as the classic bands as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, AC / DC. I prefer the old bands and the oldest sound.


13.What are some of your non musical interests?

AK: We all have secondary jobs. But the main activity for us all is our band, Krueger. Thomas program and keeps our websites, including our new e-commerce website. I especially dedicate time to my 9 year old son, when I can, we have fun and play online games or go to the movie theaters. Currently I also study philosophies of India, books like The Ramayana, the Puranas (Shiva, Kali and others), The Upanishads, etc. I also like a lot of fantasy books like Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. I still like to watch movies and series on TV. Other than that, I enjoy craft beers and have taken courses to learn how to produce beer, we will open a craft brewery to manufacture our official beer ourselves.


14.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?


AK: Thank you very much for the interview, thanks to all who support Krueger. Please visit our channel www.youtube.com/officialkrueger and our  website www.kruegerdeathmetal.com
A toast to the Metal Brothers!

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WRTX Interview

Answers by Juhana and Tuomo

1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?



- To be honest, nothing much really. Every one of us is busy with day jobs or studies. The last remarkable thing we have done is a music video of the song With Love, which can be found in YouTube. However, we have bunch of new ideas and thoughts but so far nothing has happened. Almost every one of us lives in different cities so regular practice is challenging.



2. A couple of years back you had released your first full length album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?



- The first album combines pretty well, what the band has been since the beginning to the moment of releasing the album. There are songs that have riffs and influences from 2002 and also songs that have had their final forms during the recording. Despite that, it is a solid set of pretty good songs.



3.The band has been around since 2002 and while there was a decent amount of demo's in the early years, between 2007 and now there has only been one full length album, can you tell us a little bit more about the gap in between releases?



- In the beginning we all lived near each other so we practiced almost daily and of course new material came up quite quickly. Between years 2002 and 2007 we have five recorded demos, of which one has never released (but that one can be found from our website wrtxband.com, hint hint). After that, most of us moved to other side of Finland so everything got more slow. After the latest demo in 2007, we tried to market the band to labels but since nothing ever happened, we decided to do the full lenght album by ourselves. Unfortunately, that took us few years.



4. The band members come from different metal backgrounds, do you feel this makes the songs you write stand out a bit more?



- Of course. We feel that everyone gives their own touch to our songs and that makes our music quite hard to describe. Our songs include textures from different styles of metal and rock but also something softer, and we think that just makes the music very rich.



5. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with their music?



- At first lyrics were just something that had to be done and they were full of teenage anger and clichés. For the album A Message Left Behind. Niilo wrote the whole story for the album and new lyrics were also fitted into some older songs. This album tells about all the greediness and wickedness of the world and it is combined with a twisted and cunning way to the climate change and population growth.



6. What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?



- Our stage performance is definitely very energetic and very amusing. We also at least try to play our songs decently. We have done ashamedly little amount of shows and probably the most memorable ones are in a little bar full of friends and crazy metal heads, and one time that the juke box actually started playing during our show. We are not sure if it sensed how bad we are.



7. Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?



- Not at the moment. Nevertheless, of course we are interested in doing some shows in the future.



8. Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?



- We have not had any contacts from labels even though we have sent our music around the world to dozens of different companies. If we can ever find a good partner for a deal, no need to say, we are very interested.



9. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of extreme metal?



- Actually some of the best feedback during the album A Message Left Behind we have had from Australia. All feedback gathered, it feels like the reviewer either liked the album very much or not, or they even did not review it at all. In Finland, the feedback for the album has mostly been average. Back in the days, our demos received very good feedback and two of our demos were selected as a demo of the month in Finnish metal magazine Inferno.



10. Are any of the band members also involved with any other bands or musical projects these days?



- Our bass player Niilo plays in a bunch of different groups, mostly rock or something more mellow music, soft shit and so on. Joni, the drummer, basically just beats the steering wheel of his taxi and us, Juhana and Tuomo, we do nothing. Despite of that we are dreaming of a new rehearsal room.



11. When can we expect a new album and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?



- We have been thinking about making some musical changes, not too radical though. Maybe a bit more melodies and maybe something a bit easier to listen and play. Hopefully things go well and we have chance to make our next full-lenght album soon.



12. What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?



- The biggest influences come from different thrash metal and death metal bands from the 80’s and the 90’s. Of course the bands from the present that have given the biggest influence come mostly from Sweden and Scandinavia. However, it is quite impossible to describe it very precisely because everyone has so wide taste of music.



13. What are some of your non musical interests?



- Fishing, sports, relaxing, flowers, photo/video graphing and other quite normal things.



14. Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?



- Just listen to our music, watch the new video, and whether you like it or not, tell about it to your friends. And when the time is right and we have some shows to do, please be there and check us out.

Continuum Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?- continuum is a progressive technical death metal band from Northern California with members of a bunch of other Bay Area death metal bands who love to write record and perform forward thinking death metal tunes.

2.You had your first album come out in April, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?- when writing songs for the hypothesis I tried to not set any rules or boundaries and just write anything I thought pushed my creative and technical limits. Writing riffs is one of the funnest things in the world for me so we had alot of fun putting the album together.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?- "the hypothesis" record is a concept album based on the continuum hypothesis which is basically a theory that involves different sizes of infinity that could potentially tell us alot about how the universe works. It's really interesting stuff I recommend looking it up online and checking out the lyrics to the album if that kind of thing interests you.

4.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?- my favorite show with continuum was probably when we played with obscura, abysmal dawn and Fallujah at the DNA lounge in San Francisco. It was awesome playing with obscura especially when Christian and Hans were in the band. And it's always great playing with our good friends in abysmal dawn and Fallujah. The lineup was killer, the crowd was great, the sound was good, definitely a cool night for continuum.


5.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a a part off?- son of Aurelius came out with an incredible new album that I'm a huge fan of called "under a western sun" that I really recommend to anyone that likes epic metal, decrepit birth is in the process of recording a new album this summer, Arkaik is gearing up for the bloodletting tour this summer with psycroptic, the Kennedy veil, and ovids withering, our drummer spencer Edwards recorded drums for an awesome project called attic arcade that you can check out on bandcamp, and our singer Riley Mcshane just recorded vocals for a really cool genre blending electronic/live project called stereo stereo so there's a bunch of stuff going on this summer.

6.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?- honestly I just see us going the same direction we've been going in which is trying to push ourselves musically and trying to make riffs that we enjoy playing for years to come. That's really the most rewarding part of the whole thing anyway.

7.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?- I listen to a wide range of genres but I definitely have to say as far as bands that have really influenced continuum I would definitely say epitaph by necrophagist is one of my favorite albums, as well as scepter of the ancients by psycroptic, both very influential to me I can't help but be inspired when I listen to those albums. As far as new records I love all the soreption albums and really admire their songwriting and the amount of talent in that band. Also alkaloid is a very cool new band with members of obscura necrophagist aborted and other bands and I've been really into their new album lately, awesome mix of classic death metal with boundary pushing guitar acrobatics and an overall atmosphere denser than a black hole.

8.What are some of your non musical interests?- I love traveling almost as much as I love music which is a great perk of being in a touring band. meeting new people and seeing different cultures is a really cool thing to get to do.

9.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?- not much just thanks so much for the interview and your interest in the band! Check out "the hypothesis" on unique leader records available online and in stores now, also check out a brand new unreleased song guitar playthrough at: Facebook.com/ContinuumDm
Seeya next time!

Voron Interview

VORON
Style: Death-Industrial-World
France - Paris
Line up:
Voron – vocals, guitars
Yannoux – bass
Pierre - drums
Links
Website: http://www.voronstudio.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voronmusicstudio
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ArgentumMori
Official videos:
VORON - "Kill This Day" feat. Mus - "Arkan" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]:
https://youtu.be/BFnC2QFk5EY

VORON - “Propaganda” feat. Nils Courbaron [OFFICIAL VIDEO]: 
https://youtu.be/J-Nt2xXtFTs



1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

VORON was created in late 2013 as a solo project but it quickly became a real band. It’s some kind of an extreme metal power trio with additional ethnic instruments. I’m doing all vocals and guitar parts, Yannoux plays the bass and Pierre is on drums and percussion.

2.Recently you have released your first album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?

We simply blended all our influences and ended with a mix of death, industrial and world music. We all play different instruments so we added any instrument we thought was necessary. And it works extremely well. With this album, “Propaganda”, we want to show that all cultures can coexist with no problems. The use of different ethnic instruments like Mandole, Darbuka, Duduk, Erhu and Guzheng reinforces this idea of different styles and cultures mixed in one album with no limits in music.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

The whole album is a story about a guy who realizes that his mind is being controlled, that he is being manipulated into thinking the same things as everybody else. He decides to fight against it, starts thinking himself and understands that he has been lied to for his entire life.
I think we live in dark times and it’s important that everybody understands what is at stake but the mass media keeps distorting reality and hiding facts. Nowadays if you are curious you can find enough different sources of information to forge your own opinion.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Voron'?

Voron is my nickname and it has been for a very long time. It means raven in Russian. Since it started as a solo project it had my name and some of the music and lyrics were very personal, plus it sounded good and had a powerful meaning. When we were looking for a band name with Pierre and Yann we decided to keep it, which is cool because it is kind of a pain to find a name for a band.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?

We have yet to play a show as VORON. All three of us are professional musicians and we have played many many shows with different bands. Pierre and I have played live together already but as Argentum-Mori. We have been rehearsing a lot before and after the recording and we are now eager to play the album in front of our fans. We are pumped up and ready to give you all one hell of a show.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

Booking has started and we will be touring shortly. France and Europe at first but we have surprise plans. We will keep you posted of course.

7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

Nowadays you don’t necessarily need to be signed to publish music and reach your fans. By using all the power of social networks like Facebook and YouTube and worldwide digital distribution via iTunes, Spotify and Deezer you can do the same and stay independent.
If a label can propose something really interesting for us it may be the way to go, but being signed just to be a part of  some label’s roster is not for us.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of industrial and metal?

Just great! We released our first video “Kill This Day” on YouTube about a year ago and it worked quite well so we had fans and medias waiting for the album. Since its release it has already been reviewed a few times and critics are positive. We’ve also released our second video “Propaganda” recently. You should go check it out!

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

We have an instrumental album coming out soon. It will be a series of short but very imaged songs and an introduction to our second album that we already started composing. Now that we have gained people’s attention we will continue in our direction, keep our minds open and continue to blend different influences and cultures.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

We listen to any good music from classical and world to modern extreme metal. We aren’t focused on a particular style and I think it reflects on our music.

11.What are some of your non-musical interests?

For me it’s video production and martial arts.  Pierre travels a lot. And I know Yannoux is a pretty solid gamer and reads a lot of graphic novels.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Just want to say to your readers: “Be open to new experiences, listen to good music and support the bands you like!”

Thanks a lot for your support and this interview!

Graveyard/The Coffin Years/Black Seed Productions/2015 CD Review

  Graveyard  are  a  band  from  Spain  that  plays  a  very  traditional  and  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  compilation  album  "The  Coffin  Years"  which  was  released  by  Black  Seed  Productions.

  A  very dark,  raw  and  filthy  90's old  school  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  compilation  along with  some  high  pitched  screams  and  morbid  sounding melodies  and  a  few  seconds  alter  growling  vocals  make  their  presence  known  in  the  songs  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  blast  beats  and  Swedish  influences.

  Throughout  the  compilation  you  can  hear  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  vocals can  also  get  very  guttural  at  times  and  the  solos  and  leads  the  band  uses  are  in  a  melodic  musical  direction  and  some  songs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  synths.

  All  of  the  songs  sound like  they  could  of  easily  been  recorded  in  the  90's  and  while  the  band  is  from  Spain  the  music  sounds  mostly  Swedish  while  some  riffs  also bring in  a  touch  of  thrash and  they  also  bring  in  Bolt Thrower,  Motorhead,  Celtic  Frost,  Carcass,  Darkthrone  and  Sodom covers  and  also  closes the compilation  with  a  few  live  tracks.

  Graveyard  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  early  90's  and  has  a  very  vintage  Swedish  sound  to  them  and  they  also  pay  tribute  o  their  influences  with  a  great  amount  of  cover  tunes,  the  production  sounds  very  old  school  yet  professional  at  the  same  time  while  the  lyrics  cover  death,  horror  and  the  writings  of  H.P  Lovecraft.

  In  my  opinion  Graveyard  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  style  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  compilation.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "One  Of  Them"  "What  Dwells  Within"  "Silent  Whispers  Of  The  Graveless"  and  "Riding  A  Pale  Horse".  8  out  of  10.     

Ygodeh/Inside The Womb Of Horizonless Systopia/2015 Full Length Review

  Ygodh  are  a  band  with  members  from  Latvia  and  the  United  Kingdom  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  symphonic,  progressive  and  technical  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2015  album  "Inside  the  Womb  Of  Horzonless  Dystopia".

  Drum  beats  start  off  the  album  and  the  music  starts  getting  more  heavier  a  few  seconds  alter  along  with  a  small  amount  of  melody  and  after  awhile  industrial  parts  mix  in  with  the  heavier  side  of  the  music  and  death  metal  growls  start  becoming  a  very  huge  part  of  the  recording  and  you can  also  hear  high  pitched  screams  at  times.

  Elements  of  prog  metal  can  be  heard  throughout  the  recording  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  solos  and  leads  the  band  uses  adds  more  melody  onto  the  recording  and  as  the  album  progresses  the  music  gets  more  symphonic  and  spoken  word  parts  can  also  be  heard  briefly  in  some  of  the  songs and  a  later  track  also  brings  in  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  and  the  whole  album  also  sticks  either  to  a  slow  or  mid  paced  musical  direction  and  towards  the  end  of  the  recording  a  brief  use  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard.  

   Ygodeh  creates  another  death  metal  album  that  is  very  symphonic  and  progressive sounding  while  also  mixing  in  more  industrial  elements  this  time  around,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding recording  from  Ygodeh and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  symphonic  and  progressive death  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Morbid"  "Rhythm  Of  The  Beast"  and  "Callous".  8  out  of  10. 
 

Voron/Propaganda/2015CD Review

 Voron  are  a  band  from  France that  plays  a  mixture  of  industrial  and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2015 album "Propaganda".

    An  electro  industrial  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  heavy  and  melodic  riffs  a  few  seconds  later  and  the  solos  and  leads  also  bring  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody  and  after  awhile  spoken  word  parts  can  be  heard  in  some  parts  off  the  songs  along  with  a  decent  amount  of  death  metal  growls.

  Both  the  guitar  and  industrial  parts  mix  in  together  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful sound  to  them  and the  band  also  mixes  in  a  great  amount  of  modern metal  elements  and  some  songs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  clean  singing  and  all  of  the  songs  also  stick  to  either  a  slow  or  mid  paced  musical  direction  and a   couple  of later  tracks also  adds a brief  use  of clean playing  onto  the recording. 

  Voron  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  a  traditional  style  of  industrial and mixes  it in  death  and modern metal  influences  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Voron  are  a  very  decent  sounding  mixture  of  industrial  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Is  Suicide  my  Fate"  "Willingly"  "The  Funeral Of  Time"  and  "I  Dreamt".  7  out  of  10.

Disloyal Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album?

Artyom: Well, we’ve been absolutely concentrated on the new record called “Godless”, all the promotional stuff, looking for a new label, making new merchandise, new designs of our web pages, of course artwork for the CD, and we were rehearsing a lot, preparing the new line-up for the resumption of our concert activity. The band was silent for several years due to the line-up changes and selecting a bit different style of playing than it was in the previous albums, so now we have to make up for it and strike hard with everything.

2.In June you have a new album coming out, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?

Jaro: It’s just pure death metal, sometimes technical and progressive, sometimes brutal, sometimes melodic, but anyway it’s real death metal. This album differs pretty much from the previous works of Disloyal. I think “Godless” is much more extreme and faster, aggressive and technical, catchy and groovy. This material is definitely more mature. We’ve worked really hard on all the details and arrangements, thoroughly, without any haste. So we think that the results correspond to all the efforts that we’ve put into it.

3.This is the first album to be released in 7 years, can you tell us a little bit more about what has been going on during that time frame?

Jaro: After releasing “Prophecy” in 2008 both guitarists Macabre and Tomash left the band. It happened due to different personal reasons, you know, families, jobs and all that stuff. They just didn’t have time and passion to continue, I think. So our session bass player for that period of time, Artyom had entered the main line-up but as a guitarist and since 2009 we’ve started working under the creation of the new album. Artyom also had to devote time to other bands, in which he performed and still performs: DEATHBRINGER, THY DISEASE, WOE UNTO ME, AMENTIA. So this whole process took a while and the material was finished in the beginning of 2012. After that we’ve completed the line-up with the new bass player from Belarus – Kolya Kislyi, and of course our new vocalist Kriss, who is also drummer in DEATHBRINGER, MANIPULATION and EMPATIC. The further history is simple. We’ve entered the MONROE SOUND STUDIO and the recording process began. And now we’re here. Heheh!  

4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?

Artyom: The lyrics are mostly about everything that tries to control individuality, like religion, society, politics. But all these topics in the album are wrapped in the main anti-religious theme. Religion is the main instrument of control. So these songs are about individualities who want to open the eyes of others and show them all the lies, cruelty and hypocrisy of our world, about people who are just fed up with all the dogmatic bullshit which we are forced to believe in and obey, about those who still want to fight for the truth and reality.
Our album is about real evil which hides behind the masks of these “righteous” powers that be and about those, who are completely opposite to them, who are pure godless human beings.

5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Disloyal'?

Artyom: Well, the name of the band reflects the topics which are explored in the lyrics. We can’t be loyal to everything that wants to control our lives and to break us as personalities, to all the despots and tyrants who impose their will on us and suppress our freedom, no matter whether they are political or religious aggressors.
Jaro: But the funny thing was that even we ourselves didn’t realize this meaning from the very beginning. When the band was created, it was just our lifestyle at that moment that had inspired us to come up with that name. Endless parties, absolutely no responsibility, misanthropic views, we were just really DISLOYAL to many things and many people.

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Jaro: It’s quite difficult to choose particular shows among all the gigs that the band played over the years now, but certainly we still have in our memories great concerts in Bialystok and especially Metal Monsters Festival, Wroclaw, Olsztyn, Warsaw, sharing the stage with the bands like: DEVILYN, YATTERING, DEMISE, INCARNATED, MASTER, TRAUMA, HATE and others. 
Artyom: Speaking about our stage performance, would be better of course to ask the viewers. But we are doing our best to make it very energetic, expressive, groovy, aggressive and headbanging. We also concentrate a lot on technical aspects and precision of performance. A distinct live sound is really very important for us. 

7.Do you have any touring or show plans once the new album is released?

Artyom: Yes, absolutely. We are planning to hit the road as soon as “Godless” is released. That’s why I’ve already mentioned that we are rehearsing a lot and preparing the new line-up for the gigs. We are going to play wherever we can in support of the new record. We think that our first shows in the new line-up with new material are going to happen this Autumn, probably first of all in our home country – Poland, and then in all possible directions, Western and Eastern Europe for sure, and then we’ll see what’s next.

8.Currently the band is signed to Ghastly Music, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?

Artyom: Japanese label Ghastly Music is a division of Amputated Vein Records. I must say that these guys are real maniacs and fans of brutal music and are concentrated on pure death metal. They are very responsible and experienced people who promote death metal around the world since 2002, though the Ghastly Music division has appeared ten years later in 2012. The official distribution for Ghastly Music and Amputated Vein Records is provided by Code7/Plastic Head and MVD Entertainment Group. 

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal?
Artyom: Previous Disloyal albums were really well-received by listeners in the worldwide underground death metal community, especially old-school death metal fans. But now we have changed our style a little bit making it more versatile and we really hope that we’ll conquer more hearts of fans of different fusions and subgenres of death metal. 
It’s difficult to say about feedback to “Godless” by death metal fans, because the album is not released yet and people can listen only to two tracks from this record: “Mechanism Of Deceit” and “New Enemy Rising”, and also to album teaser on our YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/disloyalband). But after we have uploaded these songs the opinions were really great, we have received a lot of messages and mails with very positive reactions from all over the world. People are saying that they are waiting for the whole album impatiently. We are getting pre-orders from different countries on our web stores:  http://disloyal.bigcartel.com/, https://disloyal-godless.bandcamp.com/,
so we are extremely happy that metal fans like the new face of Disloyal. It’s really awesome. We hope that the whole album will appeal to them even more.

10.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a part of?

Jaro: Artyom plays in a lot of bands and most of them are quite active. His technical progressive death metal band DEATHBRINGER is now recording second full-length album, also after several years of silence. This band is originally from Belarus, but now mostly consists of musicians from Poland. The story of DEATHBRINGER is even a bit similar to DISLOYAL, cause there were also a lot of line-up changes due to which there was a long break in the concert and studio activity. But now guys are back to the front and it’s awesome. This new stuff is very cool, technical and brutal.
WOE UNTO ME is a very promising funeral death/doom metal band from Belarus. A year ago they have released their debut album via Solitude Productions. And they are very active as a live band, playing different tours and festivals.
The next band in which Artyom performs is THY DISEASE – pretty well-known industrial groove metal from Poland. After the release of their sixth album in 2014 they really tour a lot in Europe. But unfortunately Artyom can’t be present on all the gigs, so very often they perform in a shortened line-up.
And one more project is called AMENTIA, also from Belarus. It’s a progressive, sometimes even avantgarde brutal death metal. It’s a studio project, at least at the present moment. Guys have just finished recording third album and planning to release it as soon as possible.

Our vocalist Kriss is also a very busy musician. He performs as a drummer together with Artyom in DEATHBRINGER and in Polish thrash/death metal band EMPATIC, which recently in 2014 released its second album.
He has also his own modern death metal band called MANIPULATION, where he is responsible for all the music and recording all instruments, but has a live line-up and they perform quite a lot of concerts in Poland. They also have just recorded new album and are looking for a label.

11.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

Artyom: I think we’ve chosen the right way on our latest record and we are going to continue more or less in the same vein, making music more progressive, technical, powerful, groovy and brutal.

12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Artyom: There are some bands which will never stop influencing us. Their music is always in our hearts. For example MORBID ANGEL, DEATH, IMMOLATION, SUFFOCATION. But of course we never stop exploring and discovering new music. When creating “Godless” we were also influenced by such bands as GOJIRA, MESHUGGAH, DECAPITATED, HATE ETERNAL, etc.
And not only death metal plays its role. Different kinds of music can inspire to create something. I personally listen to a lot of less extreme music like PINK FLOYD, ULVER, BLINDEAD, KATATONIA, ELSIANE and many-many other names from absolutely different genres.
As for the present moment I’m pretty much into MASTODON, GORGUTS, YOB, SOLSTAFIR to name just a few.    

13.What are some of your non musical interests?

Artyom: Nothing unusual I guess. Families, friends, books, movies, art, philosophy, computers, etc. My life is filled with music, I compose and play music in several bands, write lyrics, organize tours and concerts, so I don’t have a lot of free time for anything else, but above-mentioned things are essential for all of us. The same with Kriss and Jaro – music is their main interest. Kolya is designer and restorer – it’s his second passion after music.

14.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Jaro: Thank you so much for the support and the opportunity to present DISLOYAL in TheTrueBringerOfDeathZine. Big hail to all metal maniax! We invite all of you to listen to our latest album “Godless”, which will be released very soon by Ghastly Music, the premiere date is on June 9th. And all who are interested please welcome to our web pages:
http://www.facebook.com/disloyalband
http://www.youtube.com/disloyalband
https://myspace.com/disloyalband
and our webstores:
http://disloyal.bigcartel.com/
https://disloyal-godless.bandcamp.com/

Bluuurgh/Suffer Within (25 Years Of Suffering)/Vic Records 2015 CD Compuilation Review

  Bluuurgh  where  a  band  from the  Netherlands  that  played  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  compilation  album  "Suffer  Within  (25  Years  of  Suffering)"  which will  be  released  in  June  by  Vic  Records  and  contains  their  1992  album  "In  My  Embrace"  and  their  1990  ep  "Suffer  Within".

  Drum  beats  start  off  the  album  and  a  few  seconds  later  death  metal  growls  and  screams  are  added  into the music  along  with the  music  getting  more  heavier  and  melodic  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  you  can  also  hear  spoken  word  parts  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording.

  When  the  music  speeds  up  the  music  starts  adding  in  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  thrash  elements  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  riffs  also  mix  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody  into  the  heavier  parts  of  the  tracks  and  a  couple  of  later  songs  also  bring  in  synths  for  a  few  seconds  along  with  a  later  song  bringing  in  elements  of  electronic  music  before making  a  return  back  to a  heavier  musical  direction  and  the  ep  tracks  also bring in  more  of  a  raw  death/thrash  musical  style. 

  Bluuurgh  played  a  style  of  death  metal  that  was  very  heavy  for  its  time  and  also  mixed  in  a  great  amount  of  thrash  influences,  the  production  sounds  very  raw  and  heavy  while  the  lyrics  cover  philosophical  and  anti  religion  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Bluuurgh  where  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "In  My  Embrace"  "Soul  Of  Cain"  "Christian  Heard  Conformity"  and  "Superiority  Complex".  8  out  of  10. 

Inner Sanctum Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording and release of the new album?
Chintan: We have our hands full with the promotion for Legions Awake. We are working on the Studio Diary for our youtube channel and possibly a new animated video for one of our tracks.

2.Recently you have released a new album,how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
Chintan:  Legions Awake is our length follow up to Provenance. It has 9 tracks written over a span of 4 years and it is basically a Death Metal record with elements of groove, melody and the right amount of aggression.

3.This is the first album to be released in 6 years, can you tell us a little bit more about what has been going on during that time span?
Chintan: Right from the get go Inner Sanctum has been a band that attached a lot of value to the live performances. We absolutely love playing on stage! So tha'ts what we have been doing for the last 6 years. Of course we wrote new music as well but playing live constituted a good 80% of our activities.

5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Inner Sanctum'?
Chintan:  It’s based on a 90s porn movie. Tha'ts about it!

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
Chintan: Supporting Metallica in 2010 and Slayer in 2011 at Bangalore have to be the biggest and best shows for the band in terms of profile value but our recent feature performance at the Inferno Metal Festival at Oslo Norway was unreasonably satisfying .We brought our A game to Oslo.
I’d like to think that Inner Sanctum on stage is tight, aggressive and engaging.

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the new album?
Chintan: Yes we do. Our initial plans involve playing shows in India. But by the end of the year we hope to travel abroad and do a tiny tour or two. The plans haven’t been finalized yet.

8.On the new album you had a few very well known guests, can you tell us a little bit more about their participation on the recording?
Chintan: It has been a dream of mine for several years to incorporate a solo trade off in one of the Inner Sanctum tracks. I wanted it so bad that Suraj and I actually incorporated one in Tainted Soils. But a solo trade off between guest artists had never been done before and it just seemed like such a great idea. So I discussed the idea with the rest of the chaps and they absolutely loved it. We wanted to involve metal guitarists who sort of represented a specific generation of metal and who had unique styles. So each of us made lists of guitarists we thought would fit the role and James Murphy, Christopher Amott and Daniel Mongrain featured in each of our lists! So we mailed each of them, discussed the idea and the song and a few weeks later we had a mind blowing solo trade off between three legendary metal guitarists on ‘Existence Denied’.

9.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?
Chintan: We have been independent for the last 8-9 years and we have done just fine. We absolutely love the freedom. In fact this album would not have been possible had it not been for the freedom we had as a band throughout.

If Inner Sanctum has to sign onto a record label, the offer better be that good that it makes it literally impossible for us to refuse. If a label gives us the right balance of exposure, finances and creative freedom then we might consider it.

We have received numerous requests, mainly by smaller labels, to sign on to them, but the offers haven’t been worth it to be honest.

10.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death and thrash metal?
Chintan: Everyone who has heard it has loved it. It would be nice if more people bought the album in India and abroad but the ones who have, have gotten back to us with amazing reviews/feedback.

11.Are any of the band members also involved with any other musical projects or bands these days?
Chintan: Michael is presently playing bass for Shepherd, an upcoming sludge band also based out of Bangalore.

12.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
Chintan: I’d like the band to stay exactly where it is musically in the future as well. I think we have found our sound as such and if anything we should just improve on it.

13.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Chintan: That is actually a tough question. We listen to so much and such varied music these days that it is hard to pin point the bands or musical styles that have influenced our new music. So lets just leave it at that.

I recently checked out the Code Orange album ‘I Am King’ and absolutely loved it. Also, the Bloodshot Dawn album Demons is quite good.

14.What are some of your non musical interests?
Chintan: I actually am a lawyer and presently work for a law firm in Bangalore. I also am very passionate about cricket and I play for a club in Bangalore.

15.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Chintan: Our new album “Legions Awake” has just been released worldwide. You can sample the album on our Bandcamp page and if you like what you hear please support us by buying the album on InstaMojo (Indian purchases) or Bandcamp (International purchases). We also have an Official Lyric Video for Wake of Destruction on our Youtube Channel which you should check out too!

► Instamojo - http://imojo.in/6sx02
► Bandcamp - https://innersanctum.bandcamp.com/album/legions-awake
► Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrxzQRmYafA

Korsavov/Unique Remains/Vic Records/2015 CD Compilation Review

  Korsakov  where  a  band  from  the  Netherlands  that  where  around  in  the  mid  80's  to  early  90's  that  played  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  compilation  album  "Unique  Remains"  which  will  be  releeased  in  June  by  Vic  Records.

  A very  fast  and  raw  early  death  metla  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  blast  beats  and  growling  vocals  and  you  can  also  hear  a  lot  of  melody  in  the  music  and  while  you  can  tell  the  songs  are  demo  tracks  all  of  the  musical  instruments  still  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  screams  can  be  heard  at  times.

  Throughout  the  recording  there  is  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts and  the  solos  and  leads   are  very  much  in tune  with  the  mid  80's  to  early  90's  style  of  death  metal  and spoken  word  parts  can  also  be  heard  briefly  in  some  songs  and  the  riffs  also  mix  in a  great  amount  of  thrash  influences  in  a  great  amount  of  the  tracks  and  some  of  the  songs  also  bring in  a  small  amount of  samples  and  the  last  track  also  brings  in  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing.

  Korsakov  played  a  style  of  death  metal  that  was  very  heavy,  fast  and  raw  for  its  time  and  also  mixed  in  a  great  amount  of  thrash  influences,  the  production  sounds  very  heavy  and  raw  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent,  dark  and  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Korsakov  where  are  a  very  sounding  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Artificial  Blasphemy"  "Worldwar  XIII"  "Cryptic  Sin"  and  "Doomsday  Messiah".  8  out  of  10..

Anomaly/Terms Of The SawDoctor/2015 EP Review

  Anomaly  are  a  band  from Milwaukee,  Wisconsin  that  plays  a  very  atmospheric  and  technical  form of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2015  ep  "Terms  Of  the  Saw  Doctor".

  A  very  heavy  and  atmospheric  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  high  pitched  screams  and  deep  death  metal  growls  a  few  seconds  later  and after awhile  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  added  into  the  music  and  are  also  a  huge  part  of  the  recording  and  the  music  also  brings  in  clean  parts  at  times  that  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  progressive  feeling.

  When  the  music  speeds  up the  songs  start  getting  more  technical  and  also  mix  in  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  the  band  also  plays  more  of a  modern  style  of  death  metal  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Anomaly  plays a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  modern,  atmospheric  and  technical  sounding  and  they   also  add  in  some  brutality  at  times,  the  production sound s very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  themes.

  In  my  opinion Anomaly  are  a  very  great  sounding  atmospheric  and  technical  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Terms  Of  The  Saw  Doctor"  and  "Architect".  8  out  of  10.

 

 

Livhzuena/Dark Mirror Neurons/Klonosphere Records/2015 CD Review

  Livhzuena  are  a  band  from  France  that plays  a  very  technical  form  of  death  metal  with  a  touch  of  groove  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  album  "Dark  Mirror  Of  Neurons"  which  was released  by  Klonosphere  Records.

  A very heavy and  technical  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  melodies  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  when  vocals  are  added  into  the  music  they  are  melodic  at  times  while  also  bringing  in  some  groove  metal  elements  and  growls  and  you  can  also  hear  a  touch  of  thrash  in  the  bands  musical  style.

  When  the  music  speeds  up  the  songs  start  bringing  in  a  decent  amount  of  blast beats  and  soem of  the  riffs  bring  in  elements  of  djent  and  prog  metal  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts and  on  some  of the  tracks  the  band  also  brings  in  a  small  amount  of  atmospheric  sounds and  some  of  the  tracks  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  spoken  word  parts  and  there  are  a  couple  of tracks  that  are  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  also  bring in  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing.

  Livehzuena  plays a  musical  style  that takes  the  groove,  djent  and  prog  metal  genres  and  mixes  it  with  technical  death  metal  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very professional  while  the lyrics  cover astrophysics.

  In  my  opinion  Livehzuena  are  a  very  decent  sounding  mixture  of   groove,  djent,  prog  and  technical  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Mars"  "Shadows  And  Matter"  and  "Dark  Mirror  Neurons".  7/5  out  of  10.

Profanity Interview

Profanity interview with Daniel (bass)
1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
Hello True Bringer of Death Zine, at the moment we are preparing for the recordings for our next album which will be a full length this time and will be called “The Art Of Sickness”. This takes a lot of time, not only for the recording itself but for synchronizing our computers, instruments, sounds etc…. We are also practicing a lot for a few upcoming shows we will play this year.

2. Recently you have released a new ep, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
Well, this was the first CD we recorded completely on our own, so we spent a lot of time to make it as perfect as possible. So we had the opinion to work more on things like sound, fill ins, breaks, a bit on orchestral sounds and so on. You don´t have the time for such things when you are in a professional recording studio and not a band who has a big contract and you have to hurry. That’s the main difference compared to the former Profanity albums, which were recorded in a studio. The music itself is on the highest technical level that Profanity reached so far (my opinion). The finished recordings were mixed and mastered in the Iguana Studios by Christoph Brandes (who  already worked for Necrophagist for example), and he did a great job and gave us an awesome sound on this ep.

3. This is the first new material since 2002, can you tell us a little bit more about what has been going on during that time frame?
In fact all what happened was….Life!  After the European tour with Cryptopsy, Haemorrhage and Spawn in 2004 we decided to take a short (hahaha) break and then start with new recordings and concerts… but then all things changed. Tom and Martl met the girls who became their wives, both became fathers, Martl got a new job, Tom went back to school and Armin also went to school to become a master engineer. So the short brake that was planned got finally 8 years long! Then back in 2011 the time was right again for Profanity to continue, we decided to meet and so to start again. But then Martl told us that he will move to Australia with his family (his wife is Australian) and that he will not be able to play bass for Profanity any more. But luckily they got in contact with me again. I played bass for Profanity for the first time from 1997 to 2000. I agreed to replace Martl on Bass, and here we are….still the same Death Metal freaks like we were 1997, when I first joined Profanity.

4. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?
Martin had written all the lyrics for the songs on the ep “Hatred Hell Within”. They are very personal and they go very deep. The artwork of “Hatred Hell Within”, which was done by Federico Musetti from Italy, reflects the content of the lyrics very good. I think everybody who is interested in our lyrics can read it, and make their own thoughts about.

5. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Profanity'?
I don´t exactly know what Tom had thought about to give the band the name “Profanity”. But what I know is that he just took a dictionary and “founded” this word. The word Profanity has also different meanings, and that is good. For us it means also, to have no boundaries and this fits also very good to our vision of extreme music, I think.

6. What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
Impossible to say….there are too much of them. The European tour with Cryptopsy and Haemorrhage of course, opening for Cannibal Corpse, the Maryland Deathfest in the US, the Party San festival, Fuck the Commerce, Obscene Extreme, Ludwigshafen Deathfest, Fistful of Metal, Insane Insanity … just to name a few. But we also played a lot of club gigs where we met so many nice people, so that these gigs became highlights too. To name a personal emotion highlight was the NRW Deathfest 2014 which was the very first show with me again, 14 years after I played my “final” show for Profanity.
We actually don´t have big special effects on a Profanity live show, but we always do our best to deliver high technically Death Metal and we always work our asses of to give the audience a great event.

7. Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
Yes, we will play several shows this year, also bigger ones like the Death Feast Open Air with Nile, Suffocation, Asphyx, Inhumate, Fleshless just to name a few. A few other shows for this and next year across Germany, Austria and Czech Republic are already confirmed. Due to our families and jobs we are not able to play a longer tour anymore (or  just for the moment….who knows ;-) )

8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal?
Absolutely awesome. It is so refreshing for us to get contacted from Death Metal maniacs around the world, from Australia to Denmark, from Indonesia to the US, who tell us that they like our stuff…that is the best compliment a musician can get. That is our fuel that always gives us more energy to continue what we are doing. Thanks to all Profanity fans and supporters worldwide on this way, you guys rule!!!

9. When can we expect another full length album and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
Hehe….maybe you can tell us ;-) .Like I said before, we are preparing right now to record a new full-length album and we will start to record as soon as possible. We will do the recordings on our own again, so it is impossible to say how long they will take. It will NOT take 12 years again, I promise. The new songs will straight continue the stuff from the ep, technical and brutal Death Metal, or just extreme music. Be prepared….

10. What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
When you ask for influence for our kind of music then you have to name bands like Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Cryptopsy, Deeds of Flesh, Necrophagist and Death of course followed by many others, but for influence generally we also have to name Bands like Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Dream Theater or Dio. And all of us still like to hear all of those, the brutal ones and the not so brutal ones. We also had always our own vision of extreme music, and I think with every new song we write, with every new release we will put out, we are always getting closer to our vision of extreme music.

11. What are some of your non musical interests?
 In first line our families of course. We also like to meet as often as possible for barbecue, that’s always a highlight. All of us do a little sports to stay in shape (more or less).

12. Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
We just want to say a big THANK YOU to all the great people we met the past years who supported us in so many great ways, like emails, interviews, reviews or a little like on our FB site. You guys are awesome, it is a pleasure to play for you. Take care, hope to see you all very soon at a Profanity show, wherever it may be! I also want to thank you John and True Bringer of Death for this interview and for your support of our music. We really appreciate this.

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Morbid Vomit/Return To The Crypts/Blast Head Records/2015 CD Compilation Review

  Morbid  Vomit  are  a  band  from  Finland  that  plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015 compilation  album  "Return  To  The  Crypts"  which  was  released  by  Blast  Head  Records.

  A  very  heavy  and  old  old  school  Swedish  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  growling  vocals  and  morbid  sounding  melodies  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats  and  some  of  the songs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  high  pitched  screams.

  All  of  the  songs  sound  like  they  could  of  easily  been  recorded  and  release  in  the  90's  and  the  talent  and  production  id  on  par  with  some  of  the  better  known  Swedish  bands  of  the  early  90's  and  when  solos and  leads  are  finally  utilized  they  add  even  more  melody  into  the  bands  musical  style  and  all  of  the  musical instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  they  close  the  compilation with  a  cover of  Ghost  B.C's  "Prime  Mover".

  Morbid  Vomit  are  another  band  that  plays  an  old  school  Swedish  influence  form  of  death metal  and  con  also  compete  with  the  best  of  them,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  death,  murder  and  blasphemy  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Morbid  Vomit  are  a  very  great  sounding old school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  compilation.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Blood  Shall  Be  Shed"  "Another  One To  Die"  "I  Breathe  Hell"  and  "Torture  Ritual".  8  out  of  10.

 

Tormention/Chaotic Delusions/Murder Records/2015 CD Review

  Tormention  are  a  band  from  Sweden  that  plays  an  old  school  form  of  Swedish  death  metal and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015 album  "Chaotic  Delusions"  which  was  released  by  Murder  Records.

  A very  heavy and  brutal  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  growls  and  melodic  riffs  and  leads  that also  dominate  throughout  the  recording  and  you  can also  hear  clean  playing  being  utilized  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  the  music  also  brings  in  a  great  amount of  blast  beats.

  High  pitched  screams  can  be  heard  in  some  parts  of  the  songs  while  a  later  track brings  in  a  brief  use  of  middle  eastern  sounds  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  band  also  brings  a  more  modern  approach  to  an  old  school  style  of  death  metal  and  they  also  bring  in  a  brief clean  instrumental  before returning  back  to  a  heavier  direction  on  the  following  tracks  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recoridng have  a very  powerful  sound to  them.  

  Tormentation  plays  a  style  of  Swedish  death  metal  with  a  more  modern  take  and  a  touch  of  American  influenced  brutality,  the  production sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  zombies and  murders.    

 In  my  opinion  Tormentation  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this   album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Not  My  Hands"   "Chaotic  Delusions"  "Schizophrenic"  "St(r)anken".  8  out  of  10. 

WRTX/A Message Left Behind/2013 Full Length Review

  WRTX  are  a  band  from  Finland  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of their  self  released  2013  album  "A  Message  Left  Behind".

  Rain  sounds  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  melodic  humming  and  after  a  few  seconds the  music  starts  getting  a  little  bit  heavier  along  with  some  guitar  solos  and  leads  that  dominate  throughout  the  recording  and also  bring  in  traditional  metal  style  melodies  and  after  the  intro  the  music  starts  adding  in  more  death  and  thrash  elements.

  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording h ave  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  vocals  that  are  used  are  mostly  death  metal  growls  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  you can  also  hear  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  you  can  also  hear  clean  playing  and  spoken  word  parts  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording.  

  Throughout  the  recording  you  can  hear  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  music  also  utilizes  both  modern and  old  school  extreme  metal  influences  and  the  bass  guitars  also  add  a  few powerful  leads  onto  the recording in  some  of  the  songs  and  there  are  also  a  few  tracks  that  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  acoustic  guitars.

  WRTX  takes  the  old  school  death  and  thrash  metal  styles  and  mixes  them  in  with  more  of  a  modern  metal  sound  to  create  their  own  musical  style,  the  production  sounds  very professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  WRTX  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  death  and  thrash metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Son"  "Black  And  Yellow"  "Dead  Bird"  and  "With  Love".  8  out  of  10.     

 

Inner Sanctum/Legions Awake/2015 Full Length Review

  Inner  Sanctum  are  a  band from India  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2015  album  "Legions  Awake".

  A very dark  and  atmospheric  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some epic  elements  that  bring  in  a  feeling  of  a  historical  or  fantasy  film  soundtrack  and  after  the  intro  the  music  starts  going  into  more  of  a  melodic  and  heavy musical  direction  that  goes  for  an  80's  thrash  metal  style  but  done  in  a  more  modern  way.

  Screams  and  growls  add  the  death  metal  influence  to  the  recording  and  you  can  also  hear  a  touch  of  groove  metal  in  the  bands  musical  style  and  the  songs  also  bring in  a  decent  amount  of  back  up  gang  shouts  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  songs  stick  to  mostly  a  mid paced  direction  while  also  speeding  up at  times  and  bringing in  a  small  amount  of  blast  beats  and  when  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  more  melodic  fashion  and  a  later  track  also  brings  in  a  small  amount  of  clean  playing.

  Inner  Sanctum  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes old  school  thrash  and  modern  groove  metal  and  mixes  it  in  with  the  heaviness  of  death  metal  to  create  their  own  style,  the  production  sounds  very professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  misanthropy,  chaos,  religion  and  turmoil.

  In  my  opinion  Inner  Sanctum  are  a  very  decent  sounding  mixture  of  thrash,  groove,  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Wake  Of  Destruction"  "Legions  Awake"  "March  Of  the  Wounded"  and  "Guardian".  7/5  out  of  10.         

Nex Carnis/Obscure Visions Of Dark/Nightbreaker Productions/2015 CD Review

  Nex Carnis are  a  band  from Iran that  plays  a  very  brutal  form  of  death metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  album  "Obscure  Visions  Of  Dark"  which was  released  by  Nightbreaker  Productions.

  A  very  heavy  and  brutal  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  ep  along  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  you  can  also  hear  some  melodies  in  the  guitar  riffs  and  the  vocals  are  all  growls  and  th e music  also has a  very  raw  and  old  school  approach  to  this  genre  at  times   while  also  soundign  very  moder.

  Throughout  the  recording  there  is  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  vocals  also  bring  in  screams  at  times  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  very  dark  and melodic  sounding  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  some  of  the  tracks  also  bring  in  elements  of  thrash  while  another track  also  brings  in a  brief  use  of  atmospheric  sounds.  

  Nex  Carnis  plays  a  style  of death  metal  that  mixes  the  modern  brutal  sound  with  the  more  old  school  style  of  the  mid  90's  to  create  some  very  heavy  sounding  music,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  Obscurity,  Existence  and  Annihilation.

  In  my  opinion  Nex  Carnis  are  a  very  great  sounding  brutal  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Cryptic  Depths  Of  Unlight"  and  "Abolishing  Rancid  Throes  Of  Deceit".  8  out  of  10. 

  

Abyssus/Summon The Dead/Chaos &Hell Productions/2014 EP Review

  Abyssus  are  a  band  from  Greece  that  plays  an  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  ep  "Summon  The  Dead"  which  was released  by  Chaos  &  Hell  Productions.

 A  very  old  school  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  ep  giving  the  music  more  of  a  mid  80's  feeling  and  the  music  also  brings  in  a  great  amount  of   morbid  sounding  melodies  and  the  vocals  that  are  utilized  are  growls  that  are  very  easy  to  understand  along  with  some  high  pitched  screams  and  the  songs  also  use  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats. 

  When  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  remain  true to  an  old  school  death  metal  direction and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  you  can  also  hear  some  thrash  influences  in  some  of the  riffs  and  all  of  the  songs  sound  like  they  could  of  easily  been  recorded  and  released  in  the  mid  80's  and they  close  the  ep  with  a  cover  of Sodom's  "Outbreak  Of  Evil".

  Abyssus  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  mid  80's  and  also  adds  in  a  touch  of  thrash  and  the  ep  never  has  a  soft  moment  with  all  of  the  songs  being  heavy, the  production  sounds  very  old  school  while  the  lyrics  cover  darkness,  death  and  war  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Abyssus  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Summon  The  Dead"  and  "Remnants  Of  War".  8  out  of  10.