Scalpture 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?

Well actually it happened a lot though a few things actually did not work out as planned. Since we've finished our recordings we signed a contract with Final Gate Records and worked on the artwork and layout and so on. We released on 1st of December and experienced a broad positive feedback so far!
Already in Autumn we departed from our drummer, which made it impossible for us to perform live so far and in addition we moved to a new rehearsal room in December. Right this week we've returned to our new room with a new drummer to get back on stage in March.


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?

The recruiting of a second guitarist might be the biggest innovation which makes the album more complex, diverse and vivid compared to our past stuff.
I think the album in general is a classic Death Metal album. We started using an HM2 for our guitars which gives this album a Swedish touch though we never intended to play a simple homage to Entombed or Dismember. The whole composition is rather simple but  energetic which makes it raw and plausible. Of course you can hear the different influences of the composers contributing the album.


3.Your lyrics cover a lot of war themes, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in this topic?

I study history and simply have a certain fascination for war anyhow. In my opinion war is the most fitting topic for the music we play as I am a big fan of music and content going together creating a specific mood. War has always fascinated and disgusted people, it was cursed and glorified ever since. Wars shaped countries and societies maybe like nothing else did. 


4.Between 2010 and 2015 there was no new material being released, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during this time frame?

Haha you are right and after all I am very happy about this. Our first demo from 2010 was crap and I am quiet happy that it was never really published. 2010 we were all really young and inexperienced so we simply needed this time to develop. In addition we were kicked out of a few rehearsal rooms and three of use moved to Bielefeld which prolonged this process. After all it was necessary I think and I am not really angry about it...sometimes it takes time to do a thing well.


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

It is simply a mix between the words Scalp and Sculpture. Call it a pun as you like. There is no deeper meaning behind this just that it sounds quiet powerful and mean in my ears.

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?

We hit the stage first in 2014 if I remember it right and had quiet a few very cool gigs. There is non in particular right now coming to my mind. You are invited to come to one of our future shows and give your impression about our performance. For my part I try to get as angry as possible to give an authentic impression for our kind of music.

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

A tour is not planned. We just practiced a few time with our new drummer and now try to play as much gigs as we can get hold of for 2017. 

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

The feedback was consistently positive especially from the Death Metal maniacs worldwide. Of course most of the feedback comes from Germany but we've got one of our best reviews from Austria, were played on online radio shows in England and France, got a lot of new fans from Spain and South America and received orders from many European countries and the US. A point that was criticized in several reviews is that we are lacking self-reliance compared to Bolt Thrower or Dismember for instance. I can follow this to some extend but especially with the named bands I can live with that.

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

Our both guitarists are. Tobias is playing in a just-for-fun-and-drinking Hard Rock band, while Felix plays bass for Wifebeater (a great band from Bielefeld for all fans of GG-Allin or Motörhead).

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

That's a difficult one. I think it depends on a couple of factors. I hope that Panzerdoktrin goes as viral as possible and we'll play live as much as possible. In the near future we'll focus on improving on our live performance. In the medium-term we will start working on our second Album for which a rough concept does already exist.


11.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?

I think it's obvious what our roots and influences are. Often we were compared to Dismember, Hail of Bullets, Bolt Thrower or Asphyx for example.These are all bands influencing us. Besides those legends, of course plenty of other (underground)bands had a massive influence on our music. Not just Death Metal Bands but also some Crust, Hardcore, Grind, or Black Metal Bands did.
Personally I listened to a lot of stoner and doom recently and the last three albums I bought were Krypts – Remnants of Chaos, Mantar – Ode to the Flame and John Garcia – The Coyote who Spoke in Tongues.


12.What are some of your non musical interests?

Well everyone has a few. Anselm likes hunting and fishing, Felix likes jerking off frequently, Tobias has a family and I'm into football! We also like drinking...just not with Felix.


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

“I like dogs better than men and cats better than dogs an myself best of all, drunk in my underwear looking out the window.” C. Bukowski

Sunless/Urraca/2017 Full Length Review

  Sunless  are  a  band  from  Minnesota  that  plats  a  very  progressive,  technical  and  avant  garde  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2017  album  "Urraca"  which  will  be  released  in  February.

  A  very  dark  yet  heavy musical  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  all  of  the  instruments  sounding  very  powerful  and  after  a  few  seconds  the  riffs  get  more  progressive  and  technical  while the  vocals  are  mostly  death  metal  growls  along  with  a  few  screams  and  blast  beats a re  also  used  when  the  music  speeds  up.

  A great  amount  of  melody  can  be  heard  in  the  guitar  riffing  which  also  mixes  in  a  great  amount  of  avant  garde  structures and  the  solos  and  leads  also  stick  to  a  more  progressive  or  technical  style  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  experimental  sounds and  the  last  track  is  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  Sunless  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  dark,  heavy,  progressive,  technical  and  avant  garde  sounding,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  philosophical  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Sunless  are  a  very  great  sounding  progressive,  technical  and  avant  garde  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Wishes  Fallen  On  Deafened  Ears"  "Born  Of  Clay"  "The  Ancient  Ones"  and  "Disintegration  Of  Man".  8  out  of  10.

     

Bear Mace/Butchering The Colossus/2017 Full Length Review

  Bear  Mace  are  a  band  from  Chicago,  Illinois  that  plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2017  album  "Butchering  The  Colossus"  which  will  be  released  in  March.

  A  very  dark  yet  heavy  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  guitar  leads  being  added  into  the  recording  and  the  music  is  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  mid  80's  to  early  90's  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  while  the  vocals  are  mostly  death  metal  growls and  melodies  can  also  be  heard  at  times.

  Throughout  the  recording  you  can  hear  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  songs  also  sound  sound  they  could  of  easily  been  recorded  and  released  more  than  25  years  ago  and  the  solos  and  leads  also  bring  back  some  of  the  early  Tampa  Bay  style  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  as  the  album  progresses  high  pitched  screams  are  added  onto  the  recording  and  all  of  the  songs  stick  to  a  very  heavy  musical  style.

  Bear  Mace  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  goes  back  to  the  89-92  era  of  the  genre,  the  production  sounds  very  old  school  yet  professional  at  the  same  time  while  the  lyrics  cover  war,  death  and  bears  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Bear  Mace  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  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Cyclone  Of  Shrapnel"  "Leave  Nothing  Here  Alive"  and  "Anguirus  the  Destroyer".  8  out  of  10.

 

Mutilator/Immortal Force/Greyhaze Records/2017 CD Re-Issue Review

  Mutilator  are  a  band  from  Brazil  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1987  album  "Immortal  Force"  which  was  re-issued  in  2017  by  in  Greyhaze  Records.

  Distorted  amp  sounds  start  off  the  album  before  going  into  more  of  a  heavier  direction  and  the  guitar  leads  bring  in  an  early  death  metal  style  while  the  riffing  is  done  in  more  of  a  thrash  style  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  the  vocals  also  use  more  of  a  death/thrash  approach.

  A  decent  amount  of  melody  can  be  heard  in  the  guitar  riffing  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced and  fast  parts  and  the  music  goes for more  of  a  style  of  early  death  metal  when  it  was  still  mostly  thrash  rooted  while  also  having  a  touch  of  first  wave  black  metal  on  the  bonus  tracks  and  the  album  also  remains  very  heavy  from  beginning  to  ending  of  the  recording.

  Mutilator  played  a  musical  style  that  was  considered  death  metal  for  its  time  while  still  being  very  heavily  rooted  in  thrash  and  where  also  a  lot  lesser  known  than  a  country  of  other  bands  from  their  home  country  while  still  influencing t he  Brazilian  scene, t he  production  sounds  very  raw  while  the  lyrics  cover  violence,  hate  and  dark  spirituality  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Mutilator  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  "Memorial  Stone  Without  A  Name"  "War  Dogs"  "Immortal  Force"  and  "Evil  Conspiracy'.  8  out  of  10.

Hate Unbound Interview

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

We're a fairly newer band.  Only formed back in 2013 in Detroit.   Driven by our love for heavy, thrash and death metal.   At first it was just a meeting of friends that were all into the same things but once we started getting serious about it, things took off very quickly for us.   To summarize, we're heavy groove laden death and thrash metal.  That's what we're about.

2.You have an album coming out in February, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?

People that have seen us play live and have heard our music have said it best:  we're "heavy as fuck!"

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

A lot of our topics focus on darker subject matter.  Like the slavery of extreme drug abuse.  Or how shitty some humans can be towards each other.   Or how some people fall into cults or extremism because they believe whatever they are told.

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

That's a great question.  Early on we were at a point where we wanted to start gigging so we needed a name.  A point that all bands come to.   But we were struggling to find an interesting name that wasn't already in use by any band.   Because of the internet, any band can be "global" so it can be difficult to come up with something unique.   We'd typically just throw names back and forth that we thought were interesting.    The names would evolve many times during one discussion as people added to those ideas.   Someone threw out "Hate Unbound" and a light went off.   That is unique.  And it reflects our contempt for shitty people, heroin dealers, etc..   A quick web search to make sure it wasn't in use and just like that:    We became Hate Unbound.  

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

Best shows?   One would have been Full Terror Assault Open Air Festival II in 2016.   This is an awesome 3 day event with so much metal,  it's like we died and went to heaven.   There were 50 bands.  Origin, Belphegor, Dying Fetus, Product of Hate, Sacred Reich and so many more.   I can't say enough for the great bands and the vibe the entire 3 days.   Just amazing.   I recommend that everyone hits this festival in their future. 
Another would have been New Jersey Metal Fest 2 also in 2016.   DJ Jerry Declet from the Metallicave on Nuclear Rock Radio puts on an amazing annual metal fest.   This guy does more for the east coast metal scene than most bands ever do.   He is a champion of underground metal bands and we have nothing but love for the man and his efforts.

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

We already have a tour planned for April but are waiting on a couple confirmations before we can announce with whom and the venues, etc.    We plan on 2 more runs this year to different parts of the North America as well.

7.The album is coming out on 'Inverse Records', are you happy with the support that they have given you so far?

Absolutely.  They have been amazing to work with.    It has been a great relationship so far.   They are good people.

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

We're just now starting to see the reviews of our album for those that got a preview... and they are all great.   We're ecstatic about the responses so far and hope people continue to enjoy our music.

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

We'll always be heavy.   But I see us growing as a whole unit and become better at what Hate Unbound already does.  We'll always be metal so that part will never change.

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?

 Some notable major influences are titans such as Death,  Slayer and Testament.  And other bands such as Gojira, Lamb of God,  Nevermore and so on.   We don't intentionally try to sound like anyone but you have to let your influences bleed through your own art.   It would be a dishonor to those mighty bands to deny their influence.  And we are thankful for all of them and so many more.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?

Daryl:  loves going to concerts, playing ice hockey and riding motorcycles
Art: is a big horror movie buff
Foot: is a devoted family man and enjoys going to see bands play live
Will: is a cigar aficionado, likes keeping up on technology and digs cars!
Sean: no comment.  haha

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

We wanted to thank you, for taking the time to interact with us.  We truly appreciate it.   And we want everyone to know that we would be honored to have folks check out our music.  The metal head family is an awesome group of folks and we're excited to share our music with our family.  
Keep your horns up, your heads banging and stay metal !


Hate Unbound

Festering Interview

  1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
At this moment the band managed to complete its lineup with the joining of two new guitar players. Now we are five members: Pedro (voice); Diogo (lead guitar); Daniel (rhythm guitar); Koja (bass) and Beto (drums). Although all the elements belong to other bands and projects, Festering are active and available for concerts. Furthermore we are working on new material for a future new album, we already have ten music’s in recording process. We hope to finish this work during 2017.

    2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recordings?
Festering introduces itself as an Old School Death Metal band like Entombed, Dismember, Death, Obituary, Bolt Thrower, with big influences of Grind/Gore, bands like Napalm Death or Carcass.

    3.The band was broken up for a long time, what was the cause of the split?
In reality the band never ended. Festering was a project of my own and some friends. In early 90´s we were young, had some free time and a lot of willingness to play. When we liked some kind of sound that wasn’t inside our bands we created a project. With Festering it was like that, we did some Death/Grind/Gore music genre. In 2011, when I and Pedro decided to relive an old idea of creating a project within this genre, at the time of choosing a name we thought that it would be logical to pick one of the old ones that stayed in the drawer and revive it. And so it was, we chose some music, riffs and old lyrics and wrote some new material. And Festering reborn from the ashes.
 4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Festering'?
Festering means something that is rotten, in decay. The concept and the idea behind the name Festering is of digging up the old Death Metal, the surrealism, the satire, and the dark humor linked to gore and the old horror movies from the 80’s/90’s decades, living dead, demonic prophecies… the black and white environment. The dirty, heavy, fast, extreme sonority. The morbidity and the obscurity of the human mind.

    5.I have read that the band has yet to do a live show, is this going t to change in the future?
No. With the arrival of new musicians the band has initiated it´s activity in terms of live performance. Despite the elements that make up the band aren´t exclusively with Festering the band is active regarding live shows.

    6.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal?
Surprisingly, the reactions have been very positive from all around the world. Wherever our music as arrived, we got positive feedback, some reviews were very good, excellent. I really wasn´t expecting such a positive reaction, because we took a kind of death metal which wasn´t original and that was a fact assumed by the project mentors. We never had pretensions to something original or too complex. We chose a direct, heavy and fast sound, without bullshit or great technical skills. Initially it was supposed to be a studio project, something we did just for fun and pleasure of playing old Death/Grind. But since the reviews were so good we thought that we should give another life and attention to Festering. Now we shall see where it will lead us.

    7.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that the band members are a part of?
The band members are involved in other projects and bands among the most diverse sonorities: Crust, Black Metal, Melodic Death, Brutal e Technical Death, Grind, Doom, etc. Bands like: Analepsy, Trepid Elucidation, Verme, Tod Hubtet Ubel, Martelo Negro, Filii Nigrantium Infernalium, Extreme Unction, Necro Terror… Some of them really active and with high projection.

    8.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
In musical terms, we will be sticking to this. The new songs are within the previous album. Maybe we can consider them faster and the Gore/Grind or the groove influence is more present, but I think that it will stick to what we initially had in mind. As for a distant future… we don´t have any plans, but with the arrival of the new guitar players something could change or evolve. But we don´t have great expectations or make any prophecies. As long as we like and keep having fun Festering will go on.

    9.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?
Personally, the latest releases from Carcass, Entrails, Asphyx, Bloodbath, Daemonical… have inspired me and helped keep the moral in order to continue writing new stuff for Festering.
Lately, apart from some classics and a few recent bands I haven´t heard a lot of Death Metal. I am listening to something more melodic, Amorphis, Kamelot, Power and Heavy Metal, Doom…As long as it´s Metal I listen to a bit of everything and even somethings outside it. But to play and write songs it´s within Death/Grind/Doom that I feel more comfortable.

    10.What are some of your non musical interests?
Besides music and family duties as a father and devoted husband… lol… I have a hobby that steals some time from me, I am a Futsal Coach and during the week I train at night time. It´s a passion that I have for that sport modality, it has been so since about 17/18 years. I also like football (seeing and playing) and basket. I like to cook, I´m passionate for movies and TV series (science fiction, horror, suspense, mystery, fantastic, comedy), I appreciate cartoons and animation movies. Sadly the day only has 24 hours and some of them are reserved for sleeping… lol…

    11.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
    First of all I would like to thank the support for the promotion of our work and the availability/opportunity of giving us room in your publication. Little bands needs people like you who support the Underground and the Death Metal. To the readers, I hope you feel tempted to look for the band, to listen, like and enjoy. I hope you help us spread our sound and try to know a little bit more of what we do in Portugal, where good bands exist within most diverse genres. Never stop supporting Death Metal underground, extreme music and bands like ours who play for pleasure without aspirations to fame or money.

Narthraal Interview

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


Birkir: We just finished wrapping up recording our first LP which is now being mixed and mastered and will hopefully be ready soon.
Now we're just getting ready for a couple of gigs here in Iceland and after those we're going on a little tour in central europe.

Jónas: We just finished recording our LP and are currently waiting for it to be mixed and mastered. Afterwards we will go on a 10 days tour.


Tony: We just finished recording our first LP and then we have a couple of gigs in Iceland before heading to Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic in May/June.


Viktor: Well for one we have just wrapped up our recording sessions for our first LP which will be released soon.

2.So far you have released 2 ep's, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on both of the recordings and also how do they differ from each other?


Birkir: The first EP was a bit more focused on longer, more riff-packed songs, a bit heavier and darker atmosphere while our second EP, and our upcoming LP has shorter, faster songs and a bit more melodic, kinda similar to Dismember.

Jónas: Given that our last EP consists of songs that will be on the LP, I can't say that lots have changed since.
The sounds and structure has changed a lot, though, since our first EP. The songs are shorter and more aggressive and follow a relatively simpler structure.


Tony: We have always tried to have the same sound but in the writing sense, this new material is way different from our first EP which consisted with needless, long riffs. This one is more in your face kinda writing if you ask me.


Viktor: For starters, our latest EP is a lot more aggressive and angry in our opinion.
Our first EP consisted of more riffs which resulted in longer songs but our second EP is more of a celebration of the old school swedish death metal, simple, fast and straight to the point.

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


Birkir: Viktor field of expertise

Tony: Our songs are mostly about anti-religious, violence and social matter. Very often I come up with a title for a song I like and Viktor writes lyrics around that. And sometimes Viktor just makes things up in a jiffy :P


Viktor: Obviously that depends on what song you're listening to, we have various subjects for all our songs ranging from anti-religious themes to simple gore and violence.

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

Viktor: Originally we had this idea of creating an entire fantasy world inspired by biblical hell, this world was called Narthraal in its native demonic tongue.
Later we abandoned that idea but decided to keep the name because its catchy and there's no other band with that name.

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


Birkir: Eistnaflug 2016 and the Reykjavík Deathfest warm-up show that we did at bar 11 with Grave Superior and Nexion. I would say that we try to be powerful on stage, we want the audience to enjoy the show as well as they can.

Jónas: Since I'm a drummer I don't really do much on stage except move my hands. Some of our best shows involves last year's Eistnaflug and one concert supporting The Reykjavík Deathfestival


Tony: Eistnaflug for sure! And I think we have a nice stage performance, at least that's what we have been told.


Viktor: I think we call all agree that our greatest live experiences were at last years Eistnaflug and a Reykjavik Deathfest warm-up gig,
I'd have to say that when it comes to stage performance we're quite lively, after all there's not much sense in seeing a band just standing there and playing an instrument is there?

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

Birkir: Ah yes, we're playing another Deathfest warm-up show in march, but after that we're going on a tour that includes Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic with our friends in the Icelandic band Alchemia.


Tony: And we also have that gig here in Iceland on 4th of Feb with Carnal Tomb from Germany and 2 icelandic bands that I recommend everyone checks our, they are called Grave Superior and Urðun.


7.Currently the band is signed to 'Inverse Records', are you happy with the support they have given you so far?


Birkir: Yeah, they're amazing, they've been advertising us and sending our music all over the place, they also notified us of the tour we're going on. We're really happy about what they've done for us so far.

Jónas: The support has been great, well recommended.


Tony: Thumbs up!


Viktor: We are very happy about the support we have gotten from Inverse Records, they have been promoting our EP very well and we are very excited for when
they start promoting our LP

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


Birkir: We've gotten a lot of positive feedback,and some not as positive, but we welcome all opinions about our music, and as long as it reaches out to people, then we're happy.

Jónas: The fans seems to enjoy it. Ironically the people who've been most critical of us has been friends from the local metal scene.


Tony: unfortunately people in Iceland are not getting the Boss HM-2 sound but abroad, we seem to be getting quite a nice review.

Viktor: So far we have been getting a lot of positive feedback, of course there's no such thing as a band that everybody loves but we're positive that we are doing something good.


9.When can we expect a full length and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?


Birkir: Our full-length will be out in the coming months, we can't really spill the beans on when exactly it will be ready but it will be soon. I think we'll just go with the flow music-wise we mainly just do what we want with our music.

Jónas: The future? I have no idea, but I doubt you can convince the whole band to make many changes.


Tony: Into musicals!


Viktor: Our first full length will be released soon, we can't say when exactly but our fans can expect it to be released within a few months.

10.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?


Birkir: We can all agree that our influences these days are Dismember, Entombed, Bloodbath and more.
I listen to a wide variety of music, mainly metal these days though, but recently i've been listening to a lot of Sulphur Aeon, Dissection, Bloodbath, Alcest and Insomnium.

Jónas: Old school Swedish Death Metal, particularly Bloodbath, Entombed and Dismember.
Bands that I've listened to lately are f.x. Batushka, Slomatics, Nile, Sleep and, of course, Bloodbath.


Tony: Dismember and Entombed for sure but also of course Bloodbath!

Bands that I listen to these days is of course Dismember and Entombed but also Lik, Bombs of Hades, Age of Woe, Mustan Kuun Lapset, Moonsorrow, Testament, Naglfar, Sons of Crom and Elderwind to name a few.


Viktor: Well, that's definitely an easy one, our greatest influences include Entombed, Dismember, Entrails and Bloodbath.

I can't really speak for all of us when I say what we are listening to but atleast me and Tony have been listening a lot to our friends in Lik, a fantastic OSDM band from Stockholm.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?


Birkir: Of the top of my mind it would be video games, movies and weightlifting.


Jónas: Films, reading about films, watching videos online about films and making films.


Tony: I like to watch anime, a lot! Lol


Viktor: Death, mayhem and long walks on the beach?


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


Birkir: Death Metal is love, Death metal is life


Jónas: If I ever stop listening to death metal, kill me.


Tony: Skál!


Viktor: The Death Metal scene is rising again, and it's coming back stronger than before, be ready!

Gorephilia/Severed Monolith/Dark Descent Records/2017 CD Review

  Gorephilia  are  a  band  from  Finland  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  an  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "Severed  Monolith"  which  will  be  released  in  March  by  Dark  Descent  Records.

  A  very  distorted  sound  starts  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  heavier  direction  along  with  a  great  amount of  morbid  sounding  melodies  while  the  vocals  are  mostly  death  metal  growls  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  the  music  is  heavily  rooted  in  the  early  90's.

  When  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in a  very  dark  and  melodic  style  and  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on the  recording  along  with  the  songs  also  bringing  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  tremolo  picking  can  also  be  heard  in  some  of  the  faster  riffing.

  High  pitched  screams  can  also  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  they  also  bring  in  a  brief  instrumental  and  a  few  tracks  that  are  long  and  epic  in  length  while  a  later  instrumental  is  a  sci-fi  orientated  synth  track  before  returning  back  to  a  heavier  direction  and  there  is  also  a  brief use  of  spoken  word  parts  and  they  close  the  album  with  a  classical  music  orientated  instrumental.

  Gorephilia  creates  another  recording  that  remains  true  to  the  old  school  death  metal  of  previous  releases  while  also  adding  in  new  touches  to  their  style,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  the  inner  conflict  and  self  destruction  of  a  man  parting  from  his  wills,  value  and  life. 

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Gorphilia  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  old  school  death  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Interplaner"  Black  Horns"  and  "Crushed  Under  the  Weight  Of  God".  8  out  of 10.

Grave Plague Interview

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



   The band was formed by Anthony Biello (ex-Severed Remains - Drums) and myself. Anthony had been itching to play again and really wanted to do something raw, uncompromising, and visceral. After a number of phone calls, texts, and online messages, I finally gave in and started writing some material. Joe (ex-Severed Remains - Vocals) was the next member added and it remained just the 3 of us until all the music was essentially written, although we always knew we were going to ask Michael Wilson (Abigail Williams, Aborted) to join.  We knew what we wanted to hear guitar lead-wise and knew, absolutely, that he was the man for the job. We reached out to Caleb Bingham (Athanasia), who’s become a good friend of mine, also a Ohio native, currently living in Los Angeles, to mix the 2 song demo. Caleb ended up loving the material so much, we asked if he’d like to join in on second guitar, and the rest is history.


2.Recently you have released a demo, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording? Filthy, putrid, uncompromising Death Metal.


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


Lyrically and conceptually Grave Plague is inspired by 60s and 70s Occult horror from the likes of Hammer and Mario Bava, 70s and 80s zombie / slasher / exploitation, etc. Halls...and Arise specifically were inspired by Fulci's City of the Living Dead and Umberto Lenzi's Nightmare City respectively.


   


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



  We wanted something catchy and memorable, but obviously something that represented the music within. We named the band GRAVE PLAGUE after the Great Plague of 1665 which saw hundreds of thousands of bodies in the streets and piled into mass graves. Not only did people of this time have an epidemic to deal with, but people were dying off so quickly and in so many numbers that there was no where to put the corpses. We aren’t breaking any new ground or paving the way for any new movement, we are just writing Death Metal we want to hear, so even though the name is a little kitschy and cliché, it fits us just fine.


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


 No shows to date, we’re all old now with full time jobs and kids, the whole nine yards. To be honest, this is passion project for all of us. We are so focused on the music, finishing the album so we can have something out by the end of 2017, we haven’t all sat down to figure out the rest yet. Time will tell.


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



   I would love to get on some festival dates, but that also remains to be seen.


7.Can you tell us a little bit more about 'Caco-Daemon Records'?


  Caco-Daemon Records is a new label specializing in limited cassette runs of the gnarliest old school death metal out there. The owner, Andreas, based out of Germany, reached out to us and I’m glad he did! We couldn’t be happier with the result and more importantly, he is a good dude trying to do something a little more unique and boutique these days. He’s a collector’s collector if that makes sense. Dude gets it, and we are proud to be on the short list of releases he’s chosen to undertake thus far. The Cassette demo was released Friday Jan 13th and I believe he’s already sold out 5 days later.


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


  We have been quite stunned actually! We have gotten such an amazing response from friends, members of the “Metal Elite” who have been doing this for decades, journalists, and fans all over the world! We are even more motivated to get the full length completed and put out due to the response. Give Praise Records and my label, Redefining Darkness Records, are collaborating on a 7” Vinyl version of the EP, due in March, and I’m shocked by the number of preorders in the first 5 days alone. A big thank you to everyone who has been digging our music and for all the shares and general support - we have much more to show you!


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

  This is Anthony’s only band currently. Caleb is in an amazing band called ATHANASIA - def have to check them out! Michael is typically in high demand when it comes to guitar leads, but other than this band, he is just focusing on his own music right now - we collaborate on a lot of other projects as well - stay tuned..


 I always have a million things going - I have a grind band with Joe and Zach Gibson (Black Dahlia Murder, Phobia) called TO DUST (US) that just put out a split 12” with Dirk Verbeuren’s (Soilwork, Aborted, Megadeth) BENT SEA on Give Praise last year.  VINTAGE WARLORDS, a death/doom project whose debut release came out on Redefining Darkness Records in 2015.  Humanity is Cancer which is a super brutal death metal band with some friends that will hopefully see the light of day soon, not to mention a few more exciting things I’m not yet ready to disclose.


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


 You won’t hear much variation from us. We didn’t do this to get signed, we didn’t do this to play shows, we did this to write the sickest shit we could, the way we believe death metal should be played. We did this for us first. Everything else is secondary.


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?


  The bands that influenced what we do are too many to name, but hands down AUTOPSY is the main culprit. Death Metal has never been done better. A few others would be Death, Deceased, Immolation, Incantation, Dismember, Entombed, and Obituary.


 Wow, man….I listen to so much shit it’s ridiculous. While I do find myself still listening to a lot of heavy shit, it’s mostly the shit I grew up with. Otherwise I’m all across the board from Post Punk, Old Punk and Hardcore, 90’s Hip Hop, Motown, Soul, Jazz, to strange avant garde shit - pretty much anything I think is worth listening to.




12.What are some of your non musical interests?


  Spending time with my family, watching sports, particularly American Football, Hiking, enjoying excellent food and quality libations… pretty normal shit.


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


 Thanks for the support and everyone be on the look out for our full length!

Xibalba/Diabolo, Con Amor...Adios/Close Casket Activities/2017 EP Review

  Southern  California's  Xibalba  have  returned  with  a  new  recording t hat  continues  the  death  metal  and  thrash  influenced  form  of  hardcore  from  their  previous  recordings  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  ep  "Diabolo,  Con  Amor...Adios"  which  will  be  released  in  February  by  Close  Casket  Activities.

  A  very  dark,  heavy  and  melodic  sound  starts  off  the  ep  and  after  awhile  death  metal  elements  and  hardcore  style  growling  are  added  onto  the  recording  and  you  can  also  hear  a  great  amount  of  90's  influences  in  the  bands  musical  style  while  also  being  very  modern  at  the  same  time  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  sound  very  powerful.

  When  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  a  decent  amount  of  thrash  elements  and  the  songs  never  use  any  guitar  solos  and  leads  while  the  ep  remains  heay  from  beginning  to  ending  of  the  recording.

  Xibalba  creates  another  recording  that  remains  true  to  the  hardcore,  thrash,  and  death  metal  mixture  of  previous  releases,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  occult  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Xibalba  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Diablo".  8  out  of  10.

I Am/Life Through Torment/2017 Full Length Review

  I  Am  are  a  band  from  Texas  that  plays  a  death  metal  influenced  form  of  hardcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2017  album  "Life  Through  Torment"  which  will  be  released  in  February.

  Nature  sounds  start  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  heavier  direction  along  with  a  mixture  of  growling  and  hardcore  style  vocals  and  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording  and  the  music  also  brings  in  elements  of  modern  metalcore  and  melodic  guitar  leads  and  solos.

  When  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  high  pitched  screams  are  also  utilized  at  times  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  some  of  the  riffing  also  brings  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts  on  some  of  the  tracks  and  a  couple  of  the  songs  also  introduces  clean  playing  onto  the  recording.

  I  Am  plays  a  musical  style  that  is  mostly  rooted  in  hardcore  while  also  mixing  in  the  heaviness  of  death  metal  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  I  Am  are  a  very  great  sounding  death  metal  influenced  hardcore  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre, you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Life  Through  Torment"  "C.O.S.L"  "Mortality  Hangs"  and  "Forgive  Me".  8  out  of  10.

Corps-sans-Organes Interview

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

We are Corps-sans-Organes, a Death Metal band from Colombia. Jeisson G. Ospina on guitar and vocals; Camilo Castañeda on bass guitar; Nelson Socha on drums.

2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recordings?

As pure Death metal, only faster.

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

On the first record, Deleuze Edition (Hateworks, 2016), we worked around the ideas of french philosopher Gilles Deleuze and phychoanalyst Félix Guattari, specially those regarding the Body without Organs, invented by Spinoza.

4.I know that the bands name means 'Body Without Organs' in French, how does this name fit in with the musical style that you play?

Besides the strong influence in our music by french bands like Trepalium and Gojira, french philosophy is also a strong interest for us, being Deleuze at the center of everything. He offers a new reading of Spinoza's theory and the concept of 'potency', how it should be performed by every single human being in order to scape from capitalism, in order to live free. 

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

After releasing the record we went on a tour around Colombia for a couple of weeks. Although we played on several shows for free, only few people showed up. We sold no merchandising at all. But people liked the band, and that was the whole idea. 

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

Nowadays, we've been working on new music. We have the intention of releasing a new short-length album in Spanish.

7.The album was released on 'Hateworks', can you tell us a little bit more about this label?

Hateworks is one of the best labels in Colombia. We are proud to work with them. The will continue supporting us for at least one more album.

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

It's been great so far. There is a fun fact though: We've received support from many countries except from our own. No reviews at all.

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?

Our new drummer, Nelson, works in a great band called Hedor. The rest of us is consecrated to the band.

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

We'll try to play a little faster and we'd love to play abroad. We'll see if that's possible.

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?

There are many bands. All the way from Death to Deadborn.

12.What are some of your non musical interests?

Literature and cinema, mostly.

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

No. Thanks a lot for supporting the band.

Antizen/The Comsumer/2016 EP Review

  Antizen  are  a  solo  project  from  the  Czech  Republic  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  groove  metal  and  this  is a  review  of  his  self  released  2016  ep  "The  Consumer".

  A  very  heavy  guitar  sound  starts  off  the  ep  and  a  few  seconds  later  death  metal  growls  are  added  onto  the  recording  and  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody  and  groove  and  some  of  the  riffing  also  adds  in  a  touch  of  thrash  and  the  music  also  brings  in  a  lot  of  90's  death  and  groove  metal  influences.

  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  when  guitar  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  melodic  fashion  and  the  one  of  the  tracks  also  adds  in  a brief  use  of  clean  guitars  before  returning  back  to  a  heavier  direction.

  Antizen  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  death  and  groove  metal  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  his  own,  the  production sounds  very  powerful  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark themes.

  In  my  opinion  Antizen  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  death  and  groove  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  solo  project.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Psychotic  Overdrive"  and  "Night  Walk".  8  out  of  10.

Hate Unbound/Plague/Inverse Records/2017 CD Review

  Hate  Unbound  are  a  band  from  Detroit,  Michigan  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death,  groove  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "Plague"  which  will  be  released  in  February  by  Inverse  Records.

  A  very  heavy  guitar  sound  starts  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  very  fast  thrash  metal  direction  that  also  uses  blast  beats  and  the  vocals  also  bring  in  a  mixture  of  death  metal  growls  and  high  pitched  groove  metal  screams  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  bring  in  even  more  of  an  extreme  metal  style.

  A  decent  amount  of  melody  can  be  heard  in  the  guitar  riffing  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  and  a  later  track  brings  in  a  brief  use  of  clean  guitars  before  returning  back to  a  heavier  direction.

  Hate  Unbound  plays  a  musical  style  that takes  death, thrash  and  groove  metal  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  violent  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Hate  Unbound  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  death, groove, and  thrash  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Baptized  In  Lies"  "Burn  Your  Idols"  "I,  Martyr" and  "The  Fallen".  8  out  of  10. 

Skeletal/Dreadful Life/Inverse Records/2017 CD Review

  Skeletal  are  a  band  from  Finland  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "Dreadful  Life"  which  will  be  released  in  February  by  Inverse  Records.

  A  very  fast  and  aggressive  old  school  death  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  morbid  sounding  melodies  while  also  adding  in  growling  vocals  a  few  seconds  later  and  the  music  is  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  mid  80's  and  the  solos  and  leads  bring  in  even  more  of  an  old  style.

  A  great  amount  of  thrash  influences  can  be  heard  in  the  bands  musical  style and  screams  are  also  used  at  times  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  all  of  the  tracks  sound  like  they  could  of  easily  been  recorded  and  released  almost  3o  years  ago  and  they  also  bring  in  a  brief  instrumental  that h as  the  atmosphere  of  a  classic  horror  movie  before  making  a  return  back  to a  heavier  musical  direction  and  one  track also  adds  in  a  brief use  of  synths  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  clean  guitars  for  a  few  seconds  and  the  last  song  is  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  Skeletal  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  mostly  rooted  in  the  mid  80's  era  of  the  genre  while  also  mixing  in  touches  of  thrash,  the  production  sounds  very  old  school  while  the  lyrics  cover  death  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Skeletal  are  a very  great  sounding  old  school  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  "Sewers  Of  This  World"  "Downward  Spiral"  and  "Return  To  The  Grave".  8  out  of  10.

 

In Death.../The Devil Speaks/2016 CD Review

  In  Death...  are  a  band  from Australia  that  plays  a  technical  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released 2016  album  "The Devil  Speaks".
 
  A  very  distorted  guitar  sound  starts  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  heavier  yet  technical  musical  direction  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  after  awhile  death  metal  growls  and  high  pitched  screams  are  added  onto  the  recording  while t he  vocals  also  mix  in  an  aggressive  thrash  approach  at  times.

  When  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  bring  in  even  more  of  a  technical  style  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  spoken  word  parts  can  also  be  heard  briefly  and  some  of  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  melody  while  also  mixing  in  elements  of  groove,  djent  and  prog  at  times  and  the  album  also  remains  heavy  from  beginning  to  ending  of  the  recording.

  In  Death...  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  a  technical  and  progressive  form  of  death  metal  and  mixes  it  in  with  a  modern  thrash  style  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  hateful  and  violent  themes. 

  In  my  opinion  In  Death...  are  a  very  great  sounding  technical  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  Pitfalls  Of  Immortality"  "Godzilla"  and  "The  Devil  Speaks".  8  out  of  10.

Sinatras/Drowned/logic(il)logic Records/2017 CD Review

  Sinatras  are  a  band  from  Italy  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  mixture  of  death'n'roll  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  'Drowned"  which  was  released  by logic(il)logic  Records.

  Clean  yet  distorted  playing  along  with  classical  guitars  start  off  the  album  as  well  as  some  melodic  vocals  which  also  leads  up  to  a  heavier  musical  direction  which  is  also  very  heavily  influenced  by  thrash  metal  with some  touches  of  modern  rock  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard.

  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a very  melodic  fashion  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  they  also  add  in  a  brief  use  of  funk  music  samples  and  crowd  noises  and  some  tracks  add  in  a  small  amount  of  spoken  word  parts  while  a  later  song  adds  in  acoustic  guitars  and  stringed  instruments  and  there  is  only  a  few  seconds  of  death  metal  growls.

  On  this  recording  Sinatras  move  way  from  the  death'n'roll  style  of  their  previous  release  and  create  an  album  that  is  more  of  a  mixture  of  melodic  thrash  and  mainstream  rock,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  real  life  themes. 

  In  my  opinion  this  is  a  decent  sounding  recording  from Sinatras  and  while  some  death  metal  fans  of  their  earlier  material  might  not  like  the  new  style,  I  can  see  them  winning  fans  of  melodic  thrash  and  mainstream  rock.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Behind  The  Fire"  "Burning  Down"  "Pull  The  Tail"  and  "Eat  The  Gun".  7  out  of  10.

Warlord U.K/Maximum Carnage/Transcending Obscurity Records/2016 CD Re-Issue Review

  Warlord  U.K  are  a  band  from  the  United  Kingdom  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1996  album  "Maximum  Carnage"  which  was  re-issue  in  2016  by  Transcending  Obscurity  Records.

  Dark  sound  effects  start  off  the  album  before  going  into  more  of  a  heavier  and  melodic  musical  direction  and  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording  and  after  awhile  death  metal  growls  are  added  onto  the  recording  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard.

  A  great  amount  of  thrash  influences  can  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts and  screams  can  also  be  heard  at  times  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  melodic  fashion  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts  while  a  later  track  adds  in  a  small  amount  of  classical  guitars  and  they close  the  album  with  2  live  bonus  tracks. 

  Warlord  U.K  played  a  style  of  death  metal  on  this  recording  that  was  done  in  the  British  style  but  also  standing  out  a  bit  more  with  the  thrash  influence,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  the  era  it  was  released  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  political  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Warlord  U.K  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  "Maximum  Carnage"  "Alien  Dictator"  and  "Race  War".  8  out  of  10.

The Ritual Aura/Taether/Lacerated Enemy Records/2016 CD Review

  The  Ritual  Aura  are  a  band  from  Australia  that  plays  a very  technical  and  progressive  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Taether"  which  was  released  by  Lacerated  Enemy  Records.

  Atmospheric  sounding  synths  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  guitar  leads  being  added  onto  the  recording  a  few  seconds  later  which  also  leads  to  a  heavier  direction  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  the  vocals  also  bring  in  a  mixture  of  high  pitched  screams  and  death  metal growls.

  A  great  amount  of  technical  elements  can  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  they  also  mix  in  synths  in  with the  heavier  sections  of  the  songs  at  times  and  there  is  also  a brief  use  of  clean  singing  vocals  and  the  riffs  and  leads  also  add  in  a  decent  amount  of  progressive  touches  and  some  of  the  tracks  are  very  long  and  epic  in  length.
 
  Acoustic  guitars  are  added  onto  the  recording  briefly  and  some  of  the  tracks  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts  as  the  album  progresses  and  there  are  also  a  couple  of  brief  instrumentals  along  with  some  elements  of  Japanese  folk  music.

  The  Ritual  Aura  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  progressive  and  technical  while  also  adding  in  influences  from  non  metal  genres  to  create  something  very  original,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  the  folklore,  mythology  and  horror  of  ancient  Japan.

  In  my  opinion  The  Ritual  Aura  are  a  very  great  original  sounding  progressive  and  technical  death metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Ghostgate"  "I  Am  No  Longer  I?"  "In  Our  Hearts" and  "Farewell  To  Being".  8  out  of  10.  

   

Sinister/Syncretism/Massacre Records/2017 CD Review

  Netherlands's  Sinister  have  returned  with  a new  recording  which  remains  true  to  a  pure  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "Syncretism"  which  will  be  released  in  February  by  Massacre  Records.

  Epic  sounding  synths  start  off  the  album  and  they  add  in  a  touch  of  classical  before  going  into  a  heavier  musical  direction  that  is  mostly  rooted  in  the  mid  80's  and  early  90's  as  well  as  introducing  death  metal  growls  onto  the  recording  and  they  also  bring  in  a  modern  touch  to  an  old  school  genre.

  High  pitched  screams  can  also  be  heard  at  times  and  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  amount  of  brutal  blast  beats  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts and  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording  and  acoustic  guitars  are  also  used  briefly.

  You  can  also  hear  a  touch  of  thrash  in  some  of  the  guitar  riffing  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  dark  yet  melodic  fashion  and  synths  are  also  added  onto  some  of the  other  tracks  and  they  bring  in  an  epic  atmosphere  while  one  song  also  adds  in  a  brief  use  of  melodic  chants  while  the  main  focus  remains  more  on  a  heavy  and  old  school  style  of  death  metal  and  one  song  also  adds  in  a brief  use  of  ritualistic  spoken  word  parts  and  a  couple  of  the  tracks  are  long  and  epic  in  length. 

  Sinister  creates  a recording  that  takes  their  old  school  and  brutal  style  of  death  metal  and  mixes  in  some  epic  sounding  synths  to  take  their  style  into  a  newer  direction,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  Occultism,  Darkness,  Anti  Christian  and  Violence  themes.  

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Sinister  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Convulsion  Of  Christ"  "Syncretism"  "Rite  Of  the  Blood  Eagle"  and  "Confession  Before  Slaughter".  8/5  out  of  10.

Inexorable Interview

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

Hi , after finishing the work on the CD-release of „Sea of Dead Consciousness“ we started to write new songs. So currently we are writing new material. This will take a while but our goal is to release a full length album in 2017 with some dark, twisted and chaotic death metal.


2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recordings?

The sound is like the whole music – challenging! It is important that music and sound link to a unit to unfold the full atmosphere. When you for example listen to Incantation´s "Onward to Golgotha" you can perfectly hear that. Everything has to fit together and so the musical and technical sound of our release is dark, brutal and chaotic. It takes the listener deep in the drowning abyss of the sea of dead consciousness and there he remains. Nobody needs a production like an steril scalpel, just for the sake of hearing every tiny sound! We would like to see the musical scene to be more courageous concerning the sound and production.



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

The Band is a worship to the death in all facets. Everything ends in dust and nobody can escape. The lyrics are very important to the music, we don´t like death metal lyrics about politics and crap like that. Everybody has his opinion, but in death metal the lyrics have to be dark and negatively. For us the lyrics support the music to fall into the abyss when you hear our notes. Bringing the listener to the point where he realizes the full meaning of death to him as an individual is the goal of music and lyrics in combination.



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

The name goes hand in hand with our lyrics. Death stands over all and inexorable means the relentlessness of death.



5.Currently there are only 2 members in the band, are you planning on expanding the line up in the future or do you chose to remain a duo?

We have some plans for a new session drummer, but nothing is concrete. As a duo we had the best output and the best imagination of our sound. It‘s hard to get people who like also this type of music and can play it.



6.Your last ep is getting re-issued in 2017 by 'Godz Of War Productions', are you happy with the support that they have given you so far?

Yes, Greg is really doing a good job for us. He is a very busy man and we feel that we fit very well in the label’s general musical direction.



7.On the ep you had done some Mayhem, Immolation and Mysticum covers, what was the decision behind doing your own versions of these songs?

Logically we are fans of these bands and they influence us a lot, Mayhem = vocals, Immolation = guitars, Mysticum = madness. So the three songs are a homage to some of our musical gods. The decision why we chose these songs and not any other is easy to follow: the songs are absolutely outstanding in the bunch of the music these bands made. Not that other songs are bad or something but these songs are very special, at least to us.



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

Very polarizing, the people love it or hate it. It’s no easy listening and that was very well reflected in the people who liked and disliked our music. You have to open yourself to our music and you have to listen carefully. When you like bands in the style of Gorguts, Immolation or Portal then Inexorable can be yours. When you are more into melodic, standard death metal Inexorable may be a hard try to you.



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

We hope that we can release a full length in the fall of 2017. The general style will definitely stay the same. But naturally we try to improve the music within the style it has. So the new songs will be more negativ, dissonant, confusing and of course, challenging.



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?

Uh, too many to count. But a small choice may be Immolation, Incantation, Mayhem, King Diamond, Morbid Angel, Black Sabbath, Dodheimsgard, King Crimson and some Jazz and Blues Stuff. Other bands we are impressed of are Deathspell Omega, Portal, Antediluvian and Autokrator. But as mentioned before there are too many to count.



11.Does Occultism play any role in your music?

No.




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


Thanks for the interview . Drink Beer and listen to the new Deathspell Omega record. And always keep in mind that there is no hope, only darkness and death!

Vultur Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit bout the band?
Hello mate and thank you very much for the interview!! We are a death metal band from GREECE formed 3 years ago by our guitarist George Natsoulis when he left his previous band Resurgency. We had some changes in our line up until the previous year but now we are in a complete and solid  line up and ready to desecrate humanity with some deadly music.


2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the demo?
The sound of the demo is raw, aggressive and concrete as it should be in every death metal DEMO. We only wanted the right balance between the sounds of the instruments in the recording and it turned out to be solid and we were satisfied.


3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
    Great question !! I am always happy and glad to talk about our lyrical themes!! Well, we like blood, tons of blood, stories with bloodshed for example, an ancient tribe of cannibals were performing some rituals where they were kidnapping people and have them smothered on the altar and slowly peeling their skin off because with this way they summoned their gods, this story is in our track Ritual Excarnation. Of course we love stories of serial killers like our track Murder Castle which is talking about the insane murderer Herman Mudgett. Also we 1.    love to transmit darkness and claustrophobic horror through our lyrics like the track Entangled In The Webs Of Fear and of course we love to talk about true but disgusting life stories like a mother who were suffering from paranoia and hallucinations and see saw her child as a monster and stabbed it to death and when she recovered and came in sober state she killed herself, this story is represented in our track Void Of Hallucinating Torment. That’s all about our subjects and lyrical themes.



4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Vultur'?
    Vultur is the latin word for Vulture. Vultures are the birds - scavengers who stalking to eat you without mercy. Always better when you are dead because they love to feed from rotten corpses and dead flesh. So for us this is a pure ‘’death metal’’ fact, an ugly and monstrous flying scavenger descending to devour your dead skin !!! VULTUR !!!


5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
    I will disappoint you in this question because so far we didn’t have the chance to play live but we will extremely soon!


6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
    Yes we are discussing to play in some local gigs and we will inform everyone through our page!


7.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death metal?
    We had great response from everyone who listened the demo and generally we received very good comments in reviews and from death metal maniacs.


8.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that the band members are a part of?
    Basically all the Vultur  members except George Natsoulis and Alex Kalfakis  are playing with the death metal band Ectoplasma and Alex Kalfakis is playing with his other black metal band Akrotheism and also George Natsoulis with Giannis Grim are preparing a killer grind/death metal project which you will be informed soon!


9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
    For now we are trying to finish the final stage of mixing of our upcoming full album and soon to give some live shows!


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?
    Oh fukk !! Difficult question!! As a band our common influences in the music we play are bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Death, Immolation, Demigod, Vader etc… And about nowadays listening I can tell you only my personal soundtracks, hmm let’s see… Blood Incantation, Cruciamentum, Timeghoul, Indesinence, Chthe’ilist, Sulphur Aeon and for sure Triumvir Foul got my attention very much! Great bands who totally have my ears smothered on their albums!


11.What are some of your non musical interests?
    Basically we are under a spell of some sort of curse to don’t have the luxury of killing time!! We all work a lot and play in other bands too and George Natsoulis is married with two great kids. So, not a lot of time for other interests, only music and work apparently.


12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
     We would like to thank everyone who keeps supporting death metal when all common humans see us as repulsive monsters!! We will continue to spread death metal like a virus and we really hope to get infected very rapidly!! Hails !!

Eufobia 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?

Well. A lot has been going on with the band recently. We started the promotion of the new album a few months before the actual release by presenting the first single, called "Liquid of Creation" to the public. It has a nice video, that one can see on youTube. Then we gave some concerts, the most important of which were our participation in the Metalhead Meeting festival in Bucharest Romania, which is one of the biggest and most important festivals in the whole Balkan Peninsula and our participation in the Sea of Black festival, that took place in the town of Varna. For me, personally, the most important concert however, was the one in which we played as an opening act for the show of Rotting Christ in Sofia, simply because this was one of my favorite bands and I had wanted for so long to share the stage with them. For me it was a dream came true. Meanwhile we were constantly teasing the public, talking about the new album. In the autumn it was finally released. Soon afterwords we dropped the bomb, that we had kept in our arsenal as a secret weapon. We released the video of the song "Hater". It was a kind of video, that one could rarely see produced by an underground band. If you don't believe my words, just go on youTube and watch it. I'm confident that most of you would agree with me afterwards. The director was a totally unknown Bulgarian graphic designer and video director, which goes by the name of Val Volegna. He's without any doubt the most talented person, that I have ever met. He was responsible not only for those two videos, but for the awesome artwork as well. We certainly wouldn't succeed without his help. Now we're about to start shooting a new video for the song "Graveyard" and he promised us that it would be even better than this one. Moreover some of our songs have been played by radio stations from all over the world and thanks to our friend Alexander from the Grand Sounds Promotion we have given interviews for many metal media, including this one here.

2.In November 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?

This is our third album, but I have to say, that it surely is the most important of them all. That's why it was called simply Eufobia. It took us almost five years to complete. It was a long and painful process, but it was totally worth it. During the making of our previous releases we had to make a lot of compromises, so therefore the final result was not exactly what we wanted it to be. When we started recording this one however, we decided that that time the album wouldn't be released until we were totally satisfied with the sound. It's true that our music has changed, compared to our previous releases, but I can assure you that we, on the other hand, have remained the same crazy bastards and we've still got the same ideas and beliefs. The only difference is that now we've got more experience and know how to do things better. Our music had been changing before this release, because we had been trying to find our own distinctive voice. That was the main reason, but when we heard the album, when it was finally ready, for the first time we had the feeling that the quest was finally over and that we had found what we had been looking for. For the first time we thought, that we wouldn't change a thing, even if we could.

3.This is the first album to be released in 5 years, can you tell us a little bit more about what has been going on during that time frame?

This is a very long period of time, isn't it? There are lots of fine underground bands, popping in and out of existence, making just one or two good albums before they disappear, meanwhile surviving on stage for a period shorter than five years, aren't they? This thought sometimes scares me. I've just explained to you why we didn't release any album during that time, but we didn't just hide in the basement composing the album far away from the outside world. Not at all actually. We were touring a lot across Europe during that period. We went to countries, that we had never visited before, and met a lot of interesting people. The most important tours, that we participated in during that period were "The Signs of Hell Tour" in 2011 with Vader, Gorgoroth and Valkyrja, "Carpe Mortem Tour" in 2012 with Soul Sacrifice and "European Conspiracy Tour" 2014 with Immolation, Broken Hope and Sweetest Devilry. We gave also many single shows and participated in some important festivals like, OST Mountain Fest in Rasnov Romania, Tattoo & Music Fest in Iasi Romania, Rockomotiva Fest in Craiova Romania, Rock Station Festival in Ankara Turkey, Thrashing Mania Festival in Sofia, Massive Wasted Festival in Sofia and so on. Not bad for an underground band. is it?

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

Well. I have to confess that music has always been more important for us than the lyrics and that we have often underestimated them. Sometimes the exact meaning of our words is left intentionally unclear, so that everyone could imagine something personal, while listening to the song. We sing mostly about evil people, corrupted souls, social injustice, greed, murder, death, suicide and so on. One of our favorite subjects, however, still remains the forbidden pleasures and sexual desires, but who wouldn't fall for that? Our main source of inspiration is the life itself. We've been through a lot, as most people have, but metal music gives us the opportunity to transform the negative energy of the world around us into beautiful music and meaningful lyrics. Sometimes we're inspired by the books that we read or the movies that we watch. There is also a political message in some of our songs. In the video of the song "Hater", for instance, we play the roles of some prisoners. There is also an evil dictator. One can see that we stand at a big city square. We didn't choose the location randomly. This place is located in the center of our hometown Sofia and ironically it's called "The Independence Square". Three years ago, thousands of people were going there every evening to demonstrate against the corrupt government of the former Communists. The people stayed there for a whole year, then finally another government came to power, but of course, until this very day still nothing has changed. No one demonstrates anymore unfortunately, but we wanted people to remember what had happened there, when they watch the video.

5. I know that the bands name means 'fear of good' in Greek, how does this name fit in with the musicalstyle that you play?

The truth is that when we had to give the band a name, we simply made a list of names and then we chose the most suitable one, which happened to be Eufobia. The name sticked perfectly though. I believe that it fits so good because the fear of good makes a person a cautious realist and we're realists. That's why we like it so much. The word Eufobia  means  nothing but "fear of good" for us, but there are many people, who think that the name of our band actually means "fear of the European Union". That's not true, though. We're not afraid of the Union. Now, in order to explain, I'll have to talk about politics again and I usually talk reluctantly about that, but unfortunately we live in troubled times and that makes this subject extremely important. The nations of Europe have always shared the same values and the continent itself has always been united by its culture. During hard times people need leaders, but what have we got nowadays? I'll tell you what. Some dumb-ass good-for-nothing bureaucrats. This Union of free nations was the dream of visionaries like Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. The people, who are in charge of the politics nowadays, would have served those true leaders the coffee, if they had been still alive.

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?

For us each and every show is special, no matter if we play in front of a thousand people or in a small club in front of our closest friends. We try to do our best each and every time, so even on the most important events we play just like as usual. Of course, we enjoy sharing the stage with bigger bands or playing in important well attended festivals, but sometimes we feel even greater joy while playing in front of just a few people, if these people are the right ones and if they support us enjoying every single track of our set list. Every shows gives our band the opportunity to win new supporters. We're one of the very few Bulgarian bands, that tour regularly across Europe. We have shared the stage with countless underground or well known bands such as Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, Rotting Christ,Vader, Immolation, Onslaught, Malevolent Creation, Pyogenesis, Gorgoroth, Sinister, Broken Hope, Christ Agony, E-force, Agathocles, Negura Bunget, Suicidal Angels and we have learned a lot from each and every one of these bands. We've got friends from all over Europe, who come to our shows and listen to our music and we're grateful to have their support. When we found the band, we didn't even imagine that one day we would have given all these amazing concerts. Back then we surely had a lot of enthusiasm, but things like going on tour abroad or being an opening band for a great metal artist were absolutely unthinkable.

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

We adore going on tour with the band, so of course we're looking forward to hit the road once again. We have already booked our next tour. In April we're going on tour with the polish metal machines of Christ Agony in Bulgaria and Romania. We really like this band. We played once together, so we know the band members personally and they seem to be nice people. I'm sure that we'll have a lot of fun together. Although we've been touring regularly across Europe, we play mostly in these two countries, because that's where most of the people who know and like Eufobia live. Bulgaria is our motherland, so normally there are many people who are interested in our band here. On the other hand we've played many times in Romania, so we've already got a lot of friends there as well and we're looking forward to seeing them again.

8.The new album was released on 'Wizard', can you tell us a little bit more about this label?

We wouldn't succeed without the support of our label. That's for sure. Wizard is the biggest Bulgarian distributor of rock and metal music. The company's been using its excellent relations with some of the biggest metal labels or distributor in the world in order to get our albums distributed worldwide. We're extremely grateful to Peter, the owner of the label for standing by our side in this struggle to get noticed abroad. It's not easy for an underground metal band to achieve that. Believe me. I can assure you that Peter doesn't do it for the money. He didn't make a fortune selling our albums. He simply believes in our band. Our partnership started with the very first release and he practically released or distributed all of our albums. Our first album was released by the Romanian label Axa Valaha, but it was officially distributed by Wizard in Bulgaria. That was the beginning of a beautiful and long lasting friendship. The label has stood by our side to this very day and was involved in the release of all of our albums. We're looking forward to inking a deal with our friend Peter for the next album of Eufobia as well. 

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

Most of the feedback from both the public and the media has been quite positive so far. I really like the music, that we play, so I'm surely glad that I'm not the only one who does. On the other hand I don't think that Eufobia has ever been a typical Death Metal band. Especially now. The music, that we're currently playing, is much closer to Thrash Metal, or even to Rock’n’Roll, but I'd rather not try to describe it. One should hear it with one's own ears. Once a great guitar player gave me the advice, never to twist a riff in order to make it fit into any particular style, and I keep on following this advice to this very day.  It's sometimes hard to make such stand. Much easier would have been for us to stick to the genre boundaries of an already established style. But that's why we play in an underground band, so we can play, whatever we like and for me, personally, this freedom is extremely important. We would certainly never make a song, that we dislike just to please the audience. We're happy that nowadays there are enough people out there, who appreciate us for what we are. I don't think that we lost any Death Metal fans, when we changed our stile though, but I have noticed that we have won some progressive and thrash metal fans, which is great. After all, we're all just metal heads, aren't we? 

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?

Some of these bands are doing just fine, like the Death Metal band Coprostasis or the Rock and Roll project Dreg Satrz, for instance. Both these bands, make new songs, give concerts regularly and are about to release some new stuff. Some others projects like the old school Death Metal band Prokaza are unfortunately rather inactive nowadays. The Grind Core band Mizerere stands somewhere in between, as far as I know. I don't think, that I would exaggerate if I told you, that in Eufobia were playing some of the best Bulgarian underground musicians and I'm proud to play in the same band. I personally play only in Eufobia, but I'm glad that the other musicians have got other bands as well, because it helps them bring new musical ideas in the music of our band. It's quite normal for the underground musicians from all over the world to play in more than one band. After all the underground is one big family, isn't it?

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

Our main goal has always been to create good music and share it with the underground community. We feel more inspired than ever. We're constantly creating new songs. We've got enough rough material for a brand new album and we'd like to go back to the studio as soon as possible. Some of the songs are already ready, by the way, and soon we'll present them to the public. We don't want to rush it however, so we won't start recording them until we're absolutely sure that every little note sounds just right. We're very pleased with the current style of the band, so our intention is to explore the same musical concept, but making the music sound even better, of course. We cannot wait to start recording, but there are some things that have to be done before that. Now we've got a brand new album to promote, so its promotion is going to be our main priority for some time.

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?

I believe that our strength and creativity is due to the fact that everyone of us listens to diverse kinds of rock and metal music. Thus we've got diverse musical influences and that makes our own music sound more interesting and unusual. We don't want to copy any particular band. We'd rather be ourselves instead. Creativity should have no boundaries. I personally listen to rock, grunge, punk, black metal, death metal, hard core, grind core and basically to everything that has a distorted guitar in it. I could easily name hundreds of bands that I admire, like Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Motorhead, Gojira, Dark Tranquility, Rotting Christ, Vader, Immolation. Behemoth, Korn. System of a Down or Tool, for instance, but if I had to name just one band it would be Death. I believe that Chuck Shuldiner was one of the most talented musicians that had ever lived. For me personally he's a true role model. May he rest in peace and long live his legacy. 

13.What are some of your non musical interests?

Everyone of us has got some other interest, besides music, of course. I'm interested in medicine, world history astrophysics and foreign languages for instance. I also like reading. There's always a book on my night shelf. I'm constantly reading something. My favorite book is Nikos Kazantzakis' "The last temptation of Christ". I like watching movies too. My favorite one is "the Crow" with Brandon Lee. This movie tells all about the rock music, by the way. If I had just two hours to explain to somebody what the rock music was all about, I would show this movie to that person. Music has always been the most important activity for me though. 

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

I'd like to thank you for giving us the chance our voice to be heard. We'd be quite happy if your readers decided to check out our band online on our official website www.eufobia.com, where they could listen to our music and watch our videos.We'd be even happier if they found some time to write to us and share some thoughts about our music thereafter.  Looking forward to seeing all of them and you in front of the stage on one of our upcoming concerts. Cheers and best wishes!