Dead Cowboy's Sluts/The Hand Of Death/M & O Music/2012 CD Review

  Dead  Cowboy's  Sluts  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "The  Hand  Of  Death"  which  was  released  by  M  &  O  Music.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  death,  groove  and  thrash  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  sounding thrash  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  which  are  only  utilized  briefly  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  bring  a  70s  rock  sound  to  the  music.

  Vocals  are  mostly  thrash  style  screams  mixed  in  with  a  good  amount  of  deep  death  metal  growls,  high  pitched  screams  and  spoken  word  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  hateful  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Dead  Cowboy's  Sluts  are  a very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  thrash,  groove,  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a fan  of  this  musical  style,  you  should c heck  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Asylum  Breakout"  "Must  Be  Broken"  "This  Hate"  and  "Backdraft".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Infernal Death Interview

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

We have released an album recently. Currently we are at the stage of promotion of the album and we are about to play some concerts after the holidays. And we are thinking about creating new material as well, the seeds have been formed.

How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and how it differs from previous releases?

We wanted this album to be musically embedded in the 90’s last century and I think we succeeded in. As far as the difference is regarded this release is our official debut. Previously, we recorded two cassette demos, but it was about 20 years ago, and there is abyss of time to make a comparison. Although we used songs from that period and we tried to create new songs in order not to deviate from the oldest, the production, sound recording quality and so on it is totally different age.

What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the new release?

The texts on this CD are my personal confessions on issues that hurt. It is saturated by anger at what is happening around us, at how we allow for the collapse of European civilization. At the debauchery, the lack of inhibitions, to promote decay and deviation under the banner of modernity, tolerance and equality, to bring normalcy to the level of one or another disorder. And also at how history is falsified and new false heroes are promoted

What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?
The band’s name was created over 20 years ago inspired by the track from the first Death’s album titled Infernal Death. That is all. We all were then and we are today big fans of the Chuck Schuldiner’s band

The band was broken up for a long time, what was the cause of the split and what was it that motivated the band to get back together after all these  years?

The band eventually broke up in 1995, after five years of playing. The main reason was the lack of common purpose. There was a conflict between us, which led first to the personnel changes, and ultimately to the disintegration of the band. What motivated us to return? Longing for playing. I personally have never ceased to believe that the band will be playing. Unfortunately, it took 16 years to make it happen. As they say, better late than never

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

Infernal Death has always been a touring band. And 20 years ago and today, the scene was and is our element. We make music in order to sell it live on the stage in direct contact with the fans. And we played a lot of really good gigs and it's hard for me to mention the best.

Do you have any touring plans for the future?

As I mentioned earlier we are planning active concert career after the holidays? September-October are the months in which we want to make the noise a little

On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your new album by fans of death metal?

Album has just appeared in our country. From what I know the publisher has signed distribution agreements in Germany as well. Till now, we have got reviews from publishers of zines and webzines. So far, they are rather positive, so we are in optimistic mood. And by the way we are curious about your opinion…

Are there any current side projects besides this band or is this full time?

Bogacz and RaV also play in a band called Tumour of Soul, and Cymer has a band Disseminate.

What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases

This album is a closure of a chapter. Settlement of the first period of our performance and conclusion what we could not do then. New material that has already been written is creating primarily by the "young" in the team, so surely there will be a breath of freshness, but we "old" will be watching them, because the ID must remain ID

 What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

It is difficult to point out some specific bands,  but we are aware of incorporating to our music some strong influences of old death metal patterns, it goes subconsciously while writing songs, especially that half of old material included on Gniew (Anger) is mixed with the new one. We do not make the song to follow or copy Morbid Angel, Deicide or Vader. We create what comes from our souls and flows in our veins. Everyone of us listen to a little different kind of music, for example Cymer is devoted fan of Nile, RaV is fan of Death, Charles – progressive death and thrash, and me – old school of death metal

How would you describe your views on Occultism?

I am not concerned about it. I make music not ideology. In my texts I describe real problems of life. I do not write about demons, devils, etc. It's totally not my story.

Outside of music what are some of your interests?

We all have families, wives, children, and they consume us completely. We all work professionally in order to provide maintenance and support. Apart from proffesional activites we are interesting in listening to music and playing of course. Personally I am passionate about history and sacrifice my spare time to penetrate its secrets

Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

Thanks a lot for this interview and the opportunity to present the ID. Greetings to all readers on behalf of the entire crew of the ID
Stay true, and let your Anger grow

Ad Patres/Scorn Aesthics/Kaotoxin Records/2012 CD Review

 Ad  Patres  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  a  very  brutal  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album   "Scorn  Aesthics"   which  was  released  by  Kaotoxin  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  brutal  sounding,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  chaotic  and  melodic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  death  metal  growls  with  some  high  pitched  screams   being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  violent  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Ad  Patres  are  a  very  great  sounding  brutal  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan of this  style,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Lock"  "Scorn  Aesthics"  "Emphasize Nihility"  and  "All  That  Remains".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Sophicide Interview

Adam Laszlo – guitar, vocals, production

Sebastian Bracht – guitar, backing vocals

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?

Adam: Sophicide started in 2009 as my solo project. I wrote and produced a couple of songs at that time and released the first EP for free download. People seemed to be into it, so I decided to continue writing new material when I eventually had the opportunity to sign with Willowtip and finish the upcoming debut record “Perdition Of The Sublime” which will be released August 14th.

Sebastian: I first got in touch with Sophicide after the EP “The Art of Atrocity” was finished. We roughly came from the same scene, our musical preferences were practically alike and he was still in search of a second guitar player so it was a good fit.

2. How would you describe your musical sound?

Sebastian: The dynamic of the songs reaches from chaotic blast beats over doom riffs up to meticulous clean parts. But while the range is wide the very core of all ideas is still about the melody and harmonies behind it. As I am not the one who wrote the songs the sound had something magical to me when I first encountered it. This might come from the influences of different genres of music I was reminded of; like typical sounds and patterns from oriental and classical music. But they are not too apparent either. That is why it felt mystical to me. You can hear the influences but you can not completely grasp them.

Adam: To put it in few words, it’s basically fast and technical deathmetal. The songs sound aggressive I think, yet I always tried to retain melody and groove. There are some progressive, even mellow moments going on, but the overall feel to the music is of fierce nature.

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

Adam: On this particular record the songs basically revolve around the album title “Perdition Of The Sublime” which also kinda describes the band name. It’s about the intellectual part of society being undermined by people like conservative republicans, fanatic evangelicals and such. Now I know this might sound a bit elitist, but let’s be frank here, in a world where people want to teach creationism in schools and others (or the same) support Rick Santorum’s politics, you can easily tell there is something wrong.

4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the band name?

Adam: “Sophicide” means “murder of wisdom”, you could also describe it with the more common term “anti-intellectualism”, which seems to be an upward trend in modern society. I really think humanity is slowly digging its own grave by being inconsiderate and plain dumb. People don’t seem to care about shit, as long as they’re kept busy with mundane work and fed with cheap meat. It really makes me sick, so this is the basic idea about the band name.

5. I have read that this band started out as a solo project, what was the decision behind hiring a full line up?

Adam: Well, after running Sophicide as my little solo project I thought it was about time to really bring it to life, that of course includes a full line up and live shows. But as for now we’re still in search of a drummer and a bassist, preferably from the same area we come from, which is around the area of Wiesbaden, Germany. So if you think you’re the right guy (or gal), feel free to contact us ;-)

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

Adam: As our line up is not complete yet, we haven’t played any shows yet. But it’s just a matter of time and we’re definitely looking forward to it. It’s gonna be a blast!

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

It’s kinda said in the previous answer ;-)

8. Currently you are signed to Willowtip, how did you get in contact with this label and how would you describe the support that they have given you so far?

Adam: After I finished the first EP, Jason from Willowtip contacted me rather soon and I must say I was pretty much blown away by this, I mean there are a bunch of amazing bands at Willowtip, so it’s really an honor to join them. The support has been simply great so far, so working together really is a pleasure!

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

Sebastian: Heartwarmingly positive for the most part. People are nice. But while technically the feedback was international I wouldn’t talk about worldwide scale yet.

Adam: Definitely pretty good for now, it feels great when your work gets appreciated. But I hope there’s still a lot more feedback to come, whether it’s positive or not.

10. Are there any other musical projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?

Sebastian: There is another prog death metal project called Dahlian with long-ass songs where the two of us are guitar players and vocalists. It isn’t as developed though so we will see what the future will bring and if we can find other musicians to join us.

11. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

Adam: That’s a tough one, you know, I don’t really plan these things out, so at the moment I can’t tell what the next album is going to sound like. I already started working on some new stuff, but as I said, we’ll see how the new material turns out, so I’m curious about it, too!

12. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Sebastian: Every genre has its gems (except for “Schlagermusik” maybe) so there is always far too much stuff that I want to listen to. Right these days I dig the new periphery album and Bilateral by Leprous who are among other bands like Opeth, Cynic and Cloudkicker big influences to me. It’s really hard not to name some more. There are a ton obviously.

Adam: I really like a lot of different styles of music, but the more obvious influences are bands like The Faceless, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Bloodbath, Necrophagist and such. As one of my all time favorites Opeth can’t go unmentioned here, but there are so many more of course. Right now I listen to a lot of stuff like Tesseract and Periphery. A lot of people seem to hate it, but I’m really into that djent stuff.

13. Outside of music what are some of your interests?

Sebastian: Every other source of creativity, admiration of nature, the simple philosophies of life that make it more enjoyable, the deepening thrills of learning and starcraft, I guess.

Adam: Besides creating music I really like everything that’s somehow challenging or involves being creative, like programming or fooling around with photoshop. On the other hand there are days where I’m just lazy and watching Family Guy, sometimes I need that, too. But these days I’m pretty busy, so no time for cartoons, I guess.

14. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview/

Adam: In the words of the great Charles Chaplin: “Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to the happiness of all!”

Sebastian: Keep being positive!

 

Obscenity Interview

answered by Henne, Guitars

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

We have a new line-up as many people will see. We have recorded a new CD
"Atrophied In Anguish", which will be available in September. At the
moment we are working on learning older material for our live
performances. Obscenity is activley booking and playing live around
Germany with plans to play in other parts of Europe in the near future.

2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and how it
differs from previous releases?

Musically "Atrophied In Anguish" is more brutal but still keeps the
sound of old Obscenity alive. Since the line-up has changed you can hear
a clear difference in the song structures. The lyrics also follow more
"traditional" Deathmetal themes.

3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the new release
explores?

Anti-religion and light political themes are some of the main topics.
For instance, "From Heroic to Depraved" is a brief look into the past
from the first cultures to today. Of course the song shows my opinon of
it and how religion has perverted culture. On "Atrophied In Anguish" you
will also find a lot of typical gore/horror based shit.

4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

You´re the first one who ´s gonna ask that question, hahaha. In the late
80th we were looking for a fitting name for the band.. we had some
different ideas, for example “Artificial Intelligence” or stuff like
that, and one day Sascha (drums) came up with this idea including a
final logo on a piece of paper.. he´s always a very horny boy in fact..
so the band name was born… I think the meaning of a bands name is not
always important for the fans.. but you have to give a name for a child.
Nobody asks a bout the meaning of the name “Michael” for example… it´s
just a name.

5. The band has been around for more than 20 years, what is it that
motivates you to kep it going very long?

Obscenity is my child. It is even more than a hobby or leisure time
activity. It is like expressing myself... thinking, living and feeling
in this special way. The band is a huge part of my life I spend time in,
and in every year of existence it will be more important than the year
before.. and so on…

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

In every case- Wacken , The no Mercy festivals and the Six Feet Under
tour! We had a very good fan base at this time and we´ve learned a lot
by touring with all the other guys. At this time we had some single
shows, maybe 5 or 6 with the actual cast. But we have to play more gigs
to come back to the usual form and performance.
In 2013 we´re gonna plan to play more than only single shows. Thinking
about touring in England and playing around in Europe, because of our
new Booking Agency In Switzerland.

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

See question nr.6

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

Oh , we don´t know yet. We are waiting for the reviews until now. We got
a few ones and they are all much better than expected. In average ..ca
80-90 % and better… but we are still waiting for more to come ,hahaha.
But in common the reviews are all positive about the song writing and
the melodic solos. I think this is the most important point on AiA
beside the good production and the sound.

9. Are there any current musical sound projects besides this band?

No, none of us has got any other band playing in. We are all in jobs and
Obscenity needs a lot of time. Writing songs, practicing, planning ,
interviews and so on. We all have jobs and that’s the main thing. So
there is no time for games like this…

10. What direction do you see the music heading into on future releases?

There is no change in sight. The title track is very important for the
further direction of Obscenity. We never gonna wimp out ! Always getting
better and mellower. We did not wanna change our style.. It is an
Obscenity Style !

11. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your
newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

We are all listening to different kinda music styles. From hardrock to
punk, from Crossover to death metal or grind. But my fave style is the
Florida Death Metal style !
I love that kinda music mostly. For example Deicide or Malevolent
Creation…
But it has to be melodic in the solos and a good chorus to sing or growl
along ….

12. Outside of music what are some of your interests?

Beside work and Obscenity is very less time at all… but in the freetime
I like fishing and also Jörg does. Chris was in a paintball team, but he
has to leave it for the band.
Some of us are married and have children and this takes a lot of time.
Jeff is a big Fun Park fan. He often visits the Parks with his family.
Sascha is a Die Hard Metal Freak always listening to the Hard ´n Heavy
Bands of the eighties.

13. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

Yes, of course. Thanx a lot for interviewing and keep the Death Metal
alive.
Listen to “ Atrophied in Anguish” and
Stay Obscene!

Cheers
Henne

Unconsecrated Interview

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

 

 

 

Hello, at first time I would like to thank you and your interest to make an interview with my band. I could say that the band is inactive for personal reasons and just yesterday 9 of july, was released the new compilation of the band with all material remastered that includes our EP from 2010 Slave To The Grave originally released by Dark Descent records and our both demos Dark Awakening from 2007 and Unconsecrated Cemetery from 2006, the final product was called Awakening In The Cemetery Grave, it's awesome with a 16 pages booklet done by Jonathan Reina from Necroven, this booklet includes all lyrics, bio, pictures, etc.

 

2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new material and how it differs from previous releases?

 

 

The new stuff is more raw, heavy and crushing than all records that we did before, it's normal because when we started to play we never touch a instrument before and everything wen so fast but the result was good, now, with the join of Overlord on guitar the band sounds better and with him experience the songs took other direction more professional, brutal and focused to swedish death metal from 90's.

 

3. How would you describe the lyrical topics and concepts of the music?

 

 

 

Well, the lyrics is work of our singer Kent from norwegian band Unspoken, I gave just the titles and he created the lyrics for all songs, the themes can touch the satanism, darkness, and other concepts, so would be great to ask about it to him directly...

    We had a clear idea about the lyrics theme, we don't want to talk about other things, I think that death metal should  touch these kind of things, I don't like to see death metal bands talking about politics or things that can't stick with death    metal

 

 

4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

 

Ok, in 2006 when I decided to create the band I was crazy trying to find a name for the band como Reincremated, one day, listening to Crematory-Denial MCD I seen the title of a track called Unconsecrated ground and I liked too much, I liked just how sounds the word Unconsecrated, so I decided that would be the name for the band.
Also, I thought that this name would fit perfectly with the themes that we went to write in our songs as profaned cemeteries, death, zombies,etc.

 

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

 

 

Well, somebody did this question to me in other interviews. We never played live shows and for the moment I don't think that we will do it, Unconsecrated is a studio band, you could believe me if I say that we never did a rehearsal together?, ok, the thing is that each member creates some riffs at house and then we put it together, and this is the final product, I know that in these days with internet is more confortable, I would be lying if I say the opposite. I don't know if I will be playing with the band again, if I do it, will be to play live shows and record a complete album, I have too much riff as to record 7 songs at least.

 

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

 

 

As I said before, We never played live shows and we don't have plans to do it. If you ask me bands what I would like to share in stage, these would be my favourite bands: NECROVEN,MASS BURIAL,DECAYING,DESECRESY

 

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

 

 

As alaways, not everybody likes our music, specially our early demos, thing that I understand because when we recorded our first demo in 2006 we had playing guitars just for 6 months and with the demo of 2007 we had playing one year, so you can imagine the experience that we had, but we recorded 13 songs during one year, in 2010 when we recorded our 7" EP the experience that we had was higher and the comments of the people was better, I don't heard some bad comment about Slave to the grave, although I assume that exist, but sometimes is good to hear bad comments to improve.

8. What is going on with the other musical projects these days?

My only project at the moment is my label called Dark Blasphemies Records which I manage with my brother. At the moment we had 3 releases in the street and late this year we plan to release the demos of american band CRUCIFIX which released in 1992 a brutal demo called Barriers and will be remastered with two songs from 1994 and other demo from 1991 which never was a popular record of Thrash/Death. Recently premiered our website with online shop:www.darkblasphemiesrecords.com

9. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

 

 

If I ever decide to play with the band again our style will be the same, we don't wanna do something new, but we will create a rotten atmosphera in the vein of 90's death metal. 

 

 

10. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

 

 

Ok, the bands that influenced to create Unconsecrated was ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, CARNAGE, UNLEASHED, GOD MACABRE, NIRVANA 2002, just to say some bands,  even their records sounds fresh for me in these days and I take ideas from each band, I always liked that style, and that is what I tried to play with my band.
About the bands playing in my HI FI lately are: WAR MASTER, ECTOVOID, ESCARNIUM, COFFIN TEXTS, EMBALMED, CRUCIFIX, NECROVEN, and many more, everyday I usually listen 3 or 4 different records, since actual bands to classics from 90's.

 

11. How would you describe your views on Satanism and Occultism?

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To be honest I can't say nothing good or bad, I like this themes but I don't have any particular vision about it. 

 

12. Outside of music what are some of your interests?

9 months ago my wife and I had a baby and I would like to give him too much time, spending time with my friends,  trying to keep my work in these difficult times and continue with my label.

 

13. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

 

 

Thanks so much for your time to do this interview, I'm sorry if the answers are short but I can't do it really good, I would like to say that Unconcecrated's cd is out now trough my label and I hope to return the band in the future.
Spread the sickness!

 

 

Infernal Death/Gniew/Wydawnictuo Muzyczne Psycho/2012 CD Review

  Infernal  Death  are  a  band  from  Poland  that  plays  a  very  heavy,  extreme,  and  brutal  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Gniew"  which  was  released  by  Wydawnictuo  Muzycane  Psycho.

  Drums  range  from slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  tone  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy,  extreme and  brutal  sounding  mixed  in  with  some  thrash  metal  influences  in  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  chaotic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  death  metal  growls,  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  Polish  and  cover  Death,  Fantasy,  and  Occult  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,   brutal  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on t his  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Infernal  Death  are  a  very  great  sounding  heavy,  extreme  and  brutal  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  style  of  music,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Piekenla  ymeria"  "Ponura  Przyszeoya"  "Gniew"  and  "Doya".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.