Kill Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?1. KILL is basically a group of people sharing the passion for creating music in the vein of the earliest works of DM. We believe it is imperative to instill the classic style of this type of metal.

2. How would you describe your musical sound?2. We play straight Death Metal. Simple, blunt, brutal, the way DM supposed to be.

3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?3. Most of the topics involve misanthropy, hatred in general. Frustration of an entity within society and its critical outlook. Of course death and acts of violence are also included.

4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?4. You see the name "KILL" and nothing needs to be added. Simple as it gets but meaningful as well. "Taking Away Ones Life" wouldn't sound so good now, would it?

5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?5. It's hard to pick the best ones. Every show in itself is very important for us. On the other hand we anxiously await to support our friends from Purgatory and the fathers of grind themselves: Napalm Death.

6. Do you have any touring plans for the future?6. Nothing big yet outside couple of weekend gigs in Poland.

7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of brutal death metal?7. Hard to judge the feedback on a worldwide level yet, although here in Poland the feedback is very positive. Reviews of "Murder Rips Its Path" are rather positive. Many describe KILL as Polish Cannibal Corpse. People seem to be satisfied with our latest material.

 

 

8. Are there any other musical projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?8. To my knowledge our bass player is involved in a band called Lethal Injection and our drummer is occasionally playing in Supreme Lord. Me and Shymon are mainly focused on KILLS music.

9. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?9. We still want to maintain the 90's DM atmosphere in our song. it is blunt, straightforward, we take no prisoners. DM is all about that.

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

 10. Cannibal Corpse definitely gave some inspiration. Suffocation definitely influenced many of our works.

11. Outside of music what are some of your interests?11, Now I speak for myself, I am interested in serial killers and their psychological condition. What drove to their heinous crimes.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terminate Interview

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

John: We started out a couple years ago as just me and our drummer Jim working on a couple of songs in our spare time as a side project, and it took off from there to become our main band. We just wanted to play some ugly sounding death metal, and I think we're succeeding with that idea.

2. How would you describe your musical sound?

John: We're influenced by all the Swedes from the early 90s as well as bands like Autopsy, Cianide, Bolt Thrower and like. People have been saying we sound ugly, and I would tend to agree with that.

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

John: General not-good things, such as murder, rape, torture, the horrors or war, and so forth.

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

John: I wanted a strong one-word band name. Its blunt music, so a blunt band name was necessary, and I think "Terminate" is a fitting title.

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

John: The two that stick out to me are Black September/Abysme/Coffinworm and Wolvhammer/Krieg/ Doomsday. We describe ourselves as chaotic.

6. Do you have any touring plans for the new album?

John: We are working on that right now. We're going to hit the western half of the US this spring, and then the East this fall. Everything we do is pretty DIY, so it is a slow-going process, but we'll be out on the road, for sure.

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

John: Feedback has been pretty much unanimously good, which is encouraging. We aren't trying to reinvent the wheel, but we definitely do our own thing, and people seem to be cool with it.

8. I know that all of the band members are veterans of the death metal scene, what is it that motivates you to keep going after all these years?

John: Speaking for myself, playing music is the only thing I'm good at besides being a retail peon, and who wants to be a retail peon? Honestly, I still just have the fire burning and the desire to play music all the time, so I'm going to do as much as I can.

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

John: We've got a few songs already done for the next album, and to my ears, it sounds like we are maturing and finding more of our own style. I don't want to say the old cliche "the next album will be heavier", but I think it will be, or at least its trending that way right now. Who knows, we may end up with something even more Maiden-esque than the title track to Ascending. Its too early to tell.

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

John: We all are huge thrash metal guys, and of course early death metal fans. Slayer, Iron Maiden and Sodom are probably my three most prominent influences personally. As for what I'm listening to now, Batillus, Killing Joke, Lord Mantis, Coffinworm, Horrendous, Emperor, OFF!, Indian, Ministry, and Shining(SWE) are getting frequent spins.

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

John: I'm a huge movie and TV guy, and I read from time to time. Tom is a huge car guy. He drives a 1968 Chey Chevelle and a 1965 Impala. Al and Jim are both pretty big video game nerds.

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

John: I'll go ahead and plug a Chicago band I've been digging recently called Welkin Dusk. They mix crust and black metal to some pretty cool results.

 

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Baptists/Bushcraft/Southern Lord/2013 CD Review

  Baptists  are  a  band  from  Vancouver  B.C,  Canada  that h as  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with a  musical  style  that  combines  hardcore with  punk and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Bushcraft"  which  will  be  released  by  Southern  Lord  Records.

  Drums  range  from s low,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  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  hardcore  with  punk  and  death  metal  influences  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  all  hardcore  style  yell,  screams  and  growls  that h ave  a  death  metal  edge  to  them,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  violent  and  hateful  themes,  as  for t he  production  it h as  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on t his  recording.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Baptists  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Think  Tank  Breed"  "Motar  Head"  "Bushcraft"  and  "Russian  Spirits".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Terminate/Ascending To The Red Heavens/Selfmadegod Records/2013 CD Review

 Terminate  are  a  band  from  Chicago,  Illinois  that  plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Ascending  To  The  Red  Heavens"  which was  released  by  Selfmadegod  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  old  school,  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  with  some  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  as  well  as  a  few  seconds  of  clean  playing,  while  the  lead  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  are  very  old  school  sounding  raw  and  primitive  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls  to  high  pitched  screams,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  gore  themes,  as  for t he  production  it  has  a v ery  strong,  powerful,  old  school,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Terminate  are  a v ery  great  sounding heavy  and  brutal  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Demonic  Instinct"  "Rotten  Dead  Mass"  "Ascending  To  Red  Heavens"  and  "Iron  Supremacy".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Defeated Sanity Interview

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

We're waiting on our album release, then finally go back to touring.

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

It's a good mix of our earlier albums, maybe a little more old school
orientated though. I guess we found a good balance between the
technical, brutal and catchy elements of our music.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores
with the new release/

The concept for Passages is an exploration of the "roots of human
atrocity". it takes a spiritual and psychological approach to why people
act how they do and how this is embedded in our 'normal' world.

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

It's hard not to be insane in this world, a lot of our lyrics deal with
that.

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

Obviously the bigger festivals are the most exciting for us to play but
sometimes very small shows have been kickass too. Off the top of my
head, Bangcock Deathfest, Death Feast 2010, Mountains of Death 2009 or
the Kopenhagen show on our last Euro Tour with Gorgasm. We always give
110% though.

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

Lots. USA, Europe, Russia… hopefully more of Asia and Australia some day.

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

It's been pretty great, getting better constantly.

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

Nothing really, despite occasional session jobs we don't have other
bands going.

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

Don't know, we'll just let it happen like we always did.

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

Definitely influenced by old school death metal more than new stuff, in
recent years we were more and more influenced by prog metal bands like
Watchtower. We listen and take influence from stuff outside of metal as
well.

11. outside of music what are some of your interests?

Next to music and my job there is not much time left… I enjoy bicycle
riding and hanging with my dogs though.

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

Enjoy our new album and make sure you don't miss it being performed
live! Thanks!

 

　

Corpus Mortale/FleshCraft/Deepsend/2013 CD Review

  Corpus  Mortale  are  a  band  from  Denmark that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  form  of  old  school death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "FleshCraft"  which  was  released  by  Deepsend.

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

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  old  school  sounding  with  some  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing,  while  the  lead  guitars a re very  dark  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  all  deep  death  metal  growls  with  a  brief  spoken  word  sample  being  utilized  on t he  last  song,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent,  dark  and  gore  themes,  as  for t he  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it  in  the  old  death  metal  tradition  and  you  can  hear  all  of the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Corpus  Mortale  are  a  very  heavy  and  old  school  sounding  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Weakest  Of  The  Weak"  "Love  Lies  Bleeding"  "Feasting  Upon  Souls"  and  "Tempt  Not The  Knife".  RECOMMENDED  BUY. 

System Annihilated/Furor/Discouraged Records/2013 CD Review

  System  Annihilated  are  a  band  from  Sweden  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death,  groove  metal  and  hardcore  with  progressive  parts  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Furor"  which  will  be  released  by  Discouraged  Records.

  Drums r ange  from  slow  to  mid  paced  playing  with  no  fast  drumming  or  blast  beats  being  present  on  this recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  riffs  that  combine  groove,  death  and  hardcore  together  to c reate  a  sound  of their  own  while  also  mixing  progressive  parts  into  the  riffing  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  the  recording.

  Vocals r ange  from  groove  metal/hardcore type  screams  to  deep  death  metal  growls,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  System  Annihilated  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  groove,  death  metal  and  hardcore  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  style,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "This  Apocaylpse"  "What  We  Created"  and  "parasite".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.