Nader Sadek Interview

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

We are currently writing finishing up writing 12 new songs, for an ep and a full length, The line up includes Flo, Rune, Novy and I. With Rune handling 99% of the writing. We have a new vocalist as well, but will have to be anounced later. 

2. How would you describe the musical sound of the live album?

I  think it turned out raw and dark, very punchy, In many ways, (and without putting the studio album down in anyway, as i was pretty happy with its sound)  the live album has more punch in the  sound of the drums, they really pop out, drum production is  always a problem for me, especially in live albums, i think it was done very well done in " Living Flesh".   Casey Smith who mixed and mastered it, is highly proffesional, he actually works in television his experience is invaluble, and i cant thank him enough for his hard work. He was also at the show, so he knew what the sound was like and successfully replicated.

 

3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects that are explored with the music?

most of my work is based on themes of petroleum, how its a compound made of decomposed formerly living beings ranging from trees to dinosaurs, their bodies has transformed and become  the worlds biggest commodity. not to mention biggest source of pollution and wars. The lyrics mostly focus on a new god that the world is blindly worshiping, this new god is petroleum.

 

4. The album has a well known line-up in the extreme metal scene, how did you get in contact with these musicians?

I've known flo for a long time, i honestly dont remember how i got in touch, i think it may have been through the Cryptopsy website,  Runes contacts i got through Mayhem, when i toured with them. I was also talking to Alex Webster  to about good bassists in extreme metal, i asked him if he knew Novy and he immeditaly recommended him and gave me his contacts.  and Steve i  just emailed through Morbid Angels website. 

5. How would you describe the stage performance?

It was intense!  It was far too short of an experience, we did our best to make the songs longer in composition, when it was to benefit the song, because we knew the songs would be played faster.The guy get excited and they just go through the material,especially flo and rune,. I  try to do some interesting stuff between the songs, so while ppl are catching their breath they have something to provoke them visually.

 

6. Are there going to be any other albums in the future?

Yes with Flo Rune, Novy and I, as i meniteod there will be anew singer, and a ton of great guests. 

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

I expected alot of negative feed back from the more traditional types of metal fans, which is that they dont understand a visual artist creating a band, they want things to be as generic and traditional as possible.Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and what makes sense to them. on the other hand, there was alot of ppl who understood it immediatley, they understood the connection between the band members the concept and what my role was and truly loved it, and i couldnt be happier with this reaction. 

8. Can you tell us a little bit more about your work with other musical artists?

I'v worked with Attila in making him masks which he wears with Sunn 0)) and Mayhem,

the process for that was great. He basically,told me todowhatever i wanted,so i tried ot make something that was him, dark and abstract. Ava inferi have asked meas well, and i've made2 masks for them. 

There were a few non metal musicians who i brought  to " in the flesh?  who are not metal musicians at all, one was an amazing opera singer Guadelupe Peraza and Miles Jay,  miles played layer of string instruments for the song "of this flesh".  Incredible multi-instrumentalist.

9. Outside of music, what are some of your interests?

the creative process, whether its music or video or sculpture,  just tryin to make the most out of nothing.

 

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

yeah , i want to urge anyone who loves art to go make art, by loving art it already makes you a creative person, its just a matter of beleiving it, who cares if others like it? unless your making it for money, than you have to target an audience, and thats a totally different story alltogether. So make it for yourself,  when others embrace it-be happy, but make the work for yourself above all else.

 

Blunt Force Trauma Interview

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

With the basis of the band being floated around in Andys head for many years it was in 2009 that he and Damo set out to secure our initial line up. The five members of the band set to work writing as much material as they could utilising some old riffs that Andy and Damo had. The introduction of Stumpy brought some fat bass groves to the table and Stu's vocal styles and range set us to playing the metal we loved listening to. With a drummer change in 2011 the whole dynamic of the band changed as a skillfully trained drummer was found in Robbie Sherbourne. With a new drummer came the re writing of old material allowing the band to be more creative and dynamic and to play to their full potential and the pre production for our E.P. began. Completing their first proper release "BEYOND" in 2012 the boys set to playing as many shows as possible and to pushing their new release to as many people as they could. With the recent departure of one guitar player for Financial and Personal reasons the band has moved in to it's next phase and evolution, with a massive year planned including international touring, film clips, radio play and writing the music for an indi feature film to name a few Blunt Force Trauma have many positive things a head of them.     

2. How would you describe your musical sound?

A  hybrid  of  death  metal,  groove,  thrash  and  hardcore 

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

We try to talk about our own personal experiences, it keep things close to the heart and make you passionate about your music, we have songs that talk about relationships, suicide and the train wreck that it leaves behind, the complexity of the mind, anxiety and lots of other real world topics. Nothing is off limits in this band either musically or lyrically and that's what draws us to it, a lot of bands will find a style that they want to play and not stray to far from it but we are all about the exploration of music and if we like it we play it. 

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

We were looking for something that was like the way we like our music, hard hitting and straight to the point Blunt Force Trauma seemed to fit the bill.

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

The best shows we have played so far would have to be supporting Forbidden (USA) In Perth and Adelaide and Macabre (USA) in Perth both shows were, how ever sometimes the little shows can be so much fun we played an all ages show recently that was awesome heaps of fun and the kids reaction was worth every minute of effort we put in. We play each show as if it the biggest we have ever played we don't care how many people are in the room be it 300 hundred or 50 we get in and belt out our tunes with passion and force.

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

One word YES, we are heading off around Australia in March for 13 shows and then again in May, we are playing in India in April for a two day Festival in Darjeeling then shows around Calcutta and then we are supporting Origin and Japan for a 7 day tour in July. Its our main goal this year to be touring constantly.

7. Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label and if so what kind of label do you feel that would be a perfect fit for your music?

We would be happy to be with any label as long as they supported our music and creativity and worked as hard as we do to push it out to the world, not every one is going to like everything you do but we want as many people as possible hear our music and to have the chance to make that decision. We will work as hard as we can we just need some one else that wants to do the same, until then we will do what we always do and work, work, work. 

8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your ep by fans of extreme Metal?

We have been overwhelmed by the support we are receiving, we have only had positive feed back even being played on the Radio in America and other stations around the world. 

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

This is the full time line up for all of us, we would all like to have side projects and other projects but we have so much invested in this band we are giving up everything to make this succeed, each of us have made huge sacrifices and we intend to see this through. 

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

With becoming a four piece comes a new direction and format to how we write, Stumpy is having a much bigger say in the musical writing and his ability as a bass player is shining to the forefront. As a group we seem to be more in tune and connected with the writing process and we have already felt the affect it has had on our new additions to our set list.  The songs are coming out sounding thick and crushing with lots of grove and speed, we have really taken on our challenges and are ready to explore the new Blunt Force Trauma to see where it takes us on the way to recording our first full length album later this year.

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

We all have a vary wide variety of musical tastes we are all influenced by many bands across many genres and I think that's why it works and how we get our own sound, apart from most recognizable and influential bands like Sabbath, Metallica, Pantera etc etc that most would associate with we all have our own external influences Stumpy is into the more extreme side of Metal, Robbie loves Funk and Jazz, Andy pulls influence from the entire musical genre pool and Stu appreciates signers from classical to pop to brutal we all appreciate music as a whole there is so much of it and people should look outside of their own genre to get inspiration. 

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

We all have many interest outside of music however unfortunately pursuing those things aren't on the cards at the moment but if we had the time we are all into any thing fast moving and adrenaline fueld. From Snowboarding to Motor sports to jumping out of planes if it gets your heart racing we are in.  

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

We would like to thank all of our supporters and tell the world to watch this space as we are coming for you. 

Nader Sadek/Living Flesh/2013 Live CD Review

  Nader  Sadek  is  a  visual  artist  from  New  York  that  has  worked  with  Mayhem  and  Sunn 0))) and hired some of the most well known musicians for his  musical  project  which  I  would  describe  as  being  death  metal  in  the  Florida  vein  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  live  2013  album  "Living  Flesh"  which  was  self  released.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  drum  solos,  while t he  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  Florida  style  death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  along  with  a  good  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  at  times,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  death  metal  growls  with  some  female  opera  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  the  whole  album  was  recorded  live  and  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Nafer  Sadek  are  a  very  great  sounding  heavy  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Nigredo  In  Necromance"  "Soulless"  "Of  This  Flesh"  and  "Petrophilia".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.     

Blunt Force Trauma/Beyond/2013 EP Review

  Blunt  Force  Trauma  are  a  band  from  Australia  that  plays  a  mixture  of  death  and  groove  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2013  ep  "Beyond".

  Drums  range  from  slow,  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  death  metal,  groove,  thrash  and  hardcore  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  clean  plying,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  technical  sounding  heavy  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls,  groove  style  growls,  high  pitched  screams,  clean  singing  and  hardcore  style  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  hateful  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  and  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Blunt  Force  Trauma  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  death  metal,  groove,  thrash  and  hardcore  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Whore  Of  Eden"  and  "Eulogy".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

Okular/Sexforce/2013 CD Review

  Okular  are  a  band  from  Norway  that  plays  a  very  progressive  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a review  of  their  self  released  2013  album  "Sexforce".

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced   to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording,  as  for  the  keyboards  they  are  only  used  briefly  and  they  bring  an  avant  garde  sound  to  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  progressive  death  metal  riffs  that  utilize  a  good  amount  of  melody  as  well  as  some  thrash  and  groove  metal  elements,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  progressive  death  metal  leads  and  solos,  as  for  the  classical  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  enhance  some  more  progressive  elements  in  the  music.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls  that  utilize  some  groove/thrash  elements  to  high  pitched  screams  as  well  as  some  spoken  word parts,  background  shouts  and  clean  singing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  poetic  themes  as  human  existence,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording  and  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Okular  are  a  very  great  sounding  progressive  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "House  Full  Of  Colours"  "Sexforce"  "Feast  Upon  The  Illusory"  and  "Educated  For  Enslavement".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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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