Gian Interview

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

Lassi: We're a five piece metal band from Äänekoski, Finland making noise since 2005. Musically speaking we lay somewhere between death and thrash metal. Always aggressive, always heavy as fuck.

2.You have your first full length coming out later this month, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the demo's you had released in the past?

Lassi: The music on the album is very fist-in-your-face-and-anus death-thrash with some hints towards hardcore punk. Fast and aggressive with some melodies lurking here and there. The overall sound and songcrafting is much more focused compared to the demos of course.

Konsta: Yeah, and the album is kind of a ”greatest hits” album because it contains new songs and also old songs from the old demos. What I find nice with the album is that the new material blends quite well with the old ones, even when the oldest song the album is actually from 2006.

3.This is your first release in 5 years, can you tell us a little bit more about what has been going on during that time frame?
Lassi: The five years between the Capital Punishment demo and All Life Erased were quite slow and sometimes even difficult. We played only a handful of shows during that period because we had to change guitarists for a few times for various reasons. And for the same reason we had to always postpone the plans to record the full length album which would have seen the light of day in 2012 or 2013 without the problems in the line up I think. Fortunately we now have a stable line up and are ready to blast full on.

Konsta: We were also pretty busy with our other projects at that time and I was studying at the other side of Finland for half of that time. In my opinion it was actually a good thing that we didn’t record the album back then when we first started planning it because during that time the new (and the old) songs matured so well and we managed to execute them tightly enough for the album. And now in my opinion the band is tighter than ever and the group is getting along very well.

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

Lassi: I don't put too much thought in the lyrics with this band. I mostly just try to write words that sound good and have a good rhythm and punch to them when Jampe screams and growls them out. The topics in the lyrics tend to lean towards the likes of war, horror and self destruction.

Konsta: War, sex and self-destruction!

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

Lassi: The name has no meaning in particular. It's just something our original guitarist and founding member Jasu came up with when we we're trying to find the name for the band. It's short and sounds good.

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?

Konsta: I think to me one of the most memorable shows has been probably some of those back in the days when I joined the band. Perhaps some of the gigs at our one only local youth house. Back then the youngsters were much crazier than they are today. In the bars people tend to just stand around, nod their heads occasionally and drink beer. Maybe the best is yet to come? In live situations there’s nothing much special going than five ugly sweaty men banging their heads and putting themselves to their limits, and the songs are much faster, the overall feeling is more relentless and I think our music works better when you experience it live and that’s what we like doing.

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

Konsta: Yes we plan to do as much shows in Finland as we can when the album is out. We’ll see what happens, nothing is certain yet. A tour in Europe would be nice at some point but let’s conquer Finland at first.

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

Konsta: We are still quite underground band in the metal scene but the feedback we’ve got so far of our album has been pretty good.

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

Konsta: Yeah we all have our other projects going on. I play in a grind/crust band and then there’s two rock bands, one of them plays more classic style of rock and the other one is some sort of alternative rock. And there’s some other little stuff going on all the time.

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

Lassi: Hard to tell. At least we won't be wimping out and go emo, that's for sure! We tend to just write songs and then see what we've got and choose the best ones. I guess in the future the aggressive and brutal aspects will be more aggressive and brutal and there will be much meatier hooks in the melodic side.

Konsta: Louder and louder, the goal is to be louder than Manowar one day. I’ve been practicing double bass drums like fuck since the recordings so next album will be full of them. This is a promise right here so I won’t forget to practice even more!

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?

Lassi: From the top of my head I can think of such influences as Slayer, The Haunted and Shining (the Swedish one) in my songwriting but I'm not sure how much you can hear them in our songs. Iron Maiden is of course a big influence and a source of inspiration. Listening wise I like and listen anything that sounds good to me from grindcore to rap. Right now I'm having my annual black metal phase, on the menu I've had the new albums from Archgoat and Marduk for example. And of course De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas from Mayhem.

Konsta: Metal wise the influences for my drumming come perhaps from Rammstein, System of a Down, Ministry and Slipknot, and grindcore. I like rock, industrial and electronic music, punk, good pop music, etc. I don’t like to have any genre limitations. It’s all music, you know.
12.What are some of your non musical interests?

Lassi: Horror, cats and ice hockey.

Konsta: I actually don’t really do much else than music related stuff. I also keep myself busy with doing sound engineering stuff. I think all that I do has music related to it somehow. At least music saved me from sports. Playing blastbeats and double bass goes for my workouts!

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

Konsta: Thanks for this, and for the readers: put ”All Life Erased” spinning and hit your face to the wall. It works! Cheers!

Lassi: Kill yourself or die!

Eternal Solstice/Remnants Of Immortality/Dark Descent Records/2015 CD Review

  Eternal  Solstice  are  a  band  from  the  Netherlands  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  has  a  20+  year  history  and  plays  a  very  traditional  style  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  album  "Remnants  Of  Immortality"  which  will  be  released  in  March  by  Dark  Descent  Records.

  A  very  dark  and  ritualistic  sound  starts  off  the  album  and  a  few  seconds  alter  the  music  starts  going  for  more  of  a  heavy  sound  as  well  as  guitar  solos  that  are  very  dark  and  melodic  and  are  also  a  huge  part  of  most  of  the  songs  and  after  the  intro  the music  starts  going  for  more  of  an  old  school  death  metal  sound  along  with  a  great  mixture  of  growls  and  screams.

  Throughout  the  recording  there  is  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  while  the  music  is  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  90's  style  of  death  metal  the  production  gives  the  songs  more  of  an  up  to  date  feeling  and  in  some  of  the  faster  sections  the  blast  beats  can  be  very  brutal  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  whole  album  sticks  to  a  very  heavy  style  of  death  metal  with  no  soft  parts  ever  being  utilized.

  Eternal  Solstice  remain  true  to  the  death  metal  sound  of  previous  recordings  and  creates  an  album  that  is  very  old  school  yet  heavy  and  dark  at  the  same  time,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Eternal  Solstice  and  of  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Ritual  Prey"  "Recipe  For  Death"  and  "Subconscious  Burial  Ground".  8  out  of  10.  

Conceived By Hate Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band these days?
*** Well, I have been working on promotion for the new release internationally and also the last things with the factory for the pressing version I will put out on my label (MORBID SKULL RECORDS). There are also some local shows and we need to execute. We have been also composing material for the coming full length which I hope to have it ready in the coming months and release late this year. There are also plans for our first European tour for this year so I am working on that also to check out schedules and options.

2.In March you have a new split coming out, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
*** In terms of composition I think these are quite versatile songs with the same death/thrash vibe we have composed in the past but maybe for in your face and not so complicated arranges as you can see in our first full length “Pestilence Reborn”. I changed a little bit the production in comparison with our last split with DECEASED, I tried to use more analog gear and less compression in order to get a more organic sound and I think it came out just great thanks to help from Benny. In terms of the lyrical concepts we keep the same overall vision.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?
*** On the last release the lyrics are related to 3 topics. First one on how there is and has been for years and ambitious industry of super soldiers sent to war trained to kill or be killed to pursue the interests of the high world hierarchy, how these people is brainwashed and willing to anything with no feelings at all. Second topic is related to Ego, I personally believe this should be as less as you can but some people usually think they are the center of universe and suddenly they got an accident or something and all goes downhill. Final topic I touch on “Coalition Of Death” split is related to anti-christian-religion beliefs, I think is a very straight forward lyrics we included this time.


4.Originally the band was known as 'Spiritual Demise' what was the cause of the name change and also the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Conceived By Hate'?
*** Yes, that was the name I had originally for this band but unfortunately was changed due to differences in beliefs with some other members so I accepted the change. Concept behind “Conceived By Hate” was that at least for me most of the inspiration of the songs and lyrics where originated from hatred and the aggression it could provoke to certain things or people and when I say aggression means all kind of it not just physical violence. We are currently six members with different ways of life and thinking but I write most of the lyrics and music so maybe I liked the name because it matches with the origin of must of my compositions but I honestly loved more “Spiritual Demise”.


5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
*** All the shows we had played were locally and there is no one I could mentioned. Regarding our stage performance I can say for me is like a trance, energetic and a way to evoke the energy bounded by the normal way of life.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
*** There are some local shows and yes, we are planning and evaluation the options for touring for the first time Europe, I think for me this is very necessary in order to get more exposure in countries were metal is better valued.

7.Over the years you have been a part of 3 splits, can you tell us the decision behind doing all of these splits?
*** I wanted to get more exposure internationally by doing these splits because we have done them with very respectable bands and good friends. It would had been easy for us to put out a second full length right after “Pestilence Reborn” but I also felt that not all of the songs had the same vibe to be part of the same album so that is why splits were a good idea for me.

8.The new album is going to be released on Morbid Skull Records, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
*** At least so far the third split “Coalition Of Death” will be out on MSR, there will be another version edited in Colombia also with a different layout so the collectors can purchase both ones and not get bored with the same booklet. Regarding the coming releases if there are no other options then I will release them under my label without a doubt. I started my own label to be able to press in a more professional way the releases of my bands on which I am involved so far (DISORDER – MORBID STENCH) so that way I could had all the control, it is not easy because of the distribution and demands a lot of time but its the way it is and I face it. Of course it would be interesting to get other options to be able to distribute my music with bigger labels but if those options are not available I will continue doing it on my own. I pressed most of the things in United States or Germany and import the stuff to El Salvador then distribute all from here.

9.On the new split you did a cover of Dissection's "Thorns Of The Crimson Death", what was the decision behind doing your own version of this song?
*** I had always been attracted by the esoteric universe since I remember, obviously when I was young there were no Internet and getting this type of information or books was not easy, this is a reason why I had always felt linked to this band, because of what was behind the music as well as for other bands alike. On the other hand musically I got hooked by those albums in the 90s. So the intention of doing this cover as other we have done and will make is to pay tribute to those artists with whom I or we feel personally identified.

10.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death and thrash metal?
*** In the last 2 years it has been growing slowly but it is happening, I get more orders, messages or comments from people mainly from in Europe so I think we are beginning to get more exposure. It is very hard to put out releases in a country like El Salvador when resources are limited and there is very few local honest support for bands so there is almost few chances to get the music properly distributed worldwide and be able to show our art. I think the style we have evolved in the last years had a better feedback, the most important for me is to be honest on the music and on the intentions with it, if there is good or bad feedback there is nothing I can do to control it but of course it feels good when someone thousand kilometers from El Salvador takes the time to send a message on support of the band or wants to purchase merchandise, that is very appreciated because it is something I am used not to expect.

11.What is going on with some of the other musical projects or bands these days that some of the band members are a part off?
*** Currently I have 2 more bands on which I am putting efforts, one is my first band founded on early 90s called DISORDER (Thrash/Black) but then put to freeze back in 2002 and revived in 2011 as a solo project and just including Hellbastard in the vocals. With this band I just put out the second Full Length called “En El Rio Del Olvido” available on Morbid Skull Records and currently recording the songs for the coming release. On the other hand another band formed last year was MORBID STENCH which involves CbyH drummer Iosif Najarro (ANTARES DEATH, etc.) and vocalist The Master Butcher from Costa Rica (INSEPULTO, NECROGOD, etc.), we are planning to put out a release this year hopefully. On my part these are the projects on which I am working deeply now days.

12.When can we expect another full length and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
*** I am currently working on this, already in composing mode since last year but after “Coalition Of Death” is released I will concentrate on setting up the tracks, as said before I hope to get this full length ready this year but will see, I do not want to rush it. Musically I think will be more in the vein of songs like “Selective Procreations” or “Skull Crush Brigade” and lyrically still deciding the topics.

13.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
*** Main influence on way to compose music or lyrics I think is unconscious in a way since it is not my intention to copy one or any bands in particular but I think main influences will always be bands like DECEASED and DISSECTION, also Fenriz has an interesting way of lyrics in the early works. On the other hand I do try to follow new bands that have that old sound like Vampire, Miasmal, Morbus Chron, etc. Lately I have been listening a lot to Horrendous, Natur, Bölzer, Jess and the Ancient Ones, Soulburn, etc.

14.How would you describe the metal scene in your home country of El Salvador?
*** This is a not pleasant question, in my humble way of see it I think there is a lot more bands and metalheads in the air but very few really Metal, with Internet it is easier for people to access more information and that has produced younger bands better skilled but inconsistent, also I think there is a lack of passion and also a lack of real supporters, of course they are and are very appreciate and valued but not enough to push motivation on bands to keep creating music and releasing it by their own facilities. Also not all people see making music so serious I think, maybe just as a hobby. I can only tell you what I have seen but not necessarily is the reality so this is just a point of view.

15.What are some of your non musical interests?
*** I like to collect items related to esoteric believes but unfortunately most of the real ones are very expensive so it takes time.

16.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
*** Thanks a lot for your questions. Will governed!!

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Killer Refrigerator/The Fridge And The Power It Holds/2015 Full Length Review

  Killer  Refrigerator  are  a  band  from  Ohio  that  plays  a  very  old  school  mixture  of  crossover,  thrash  and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of t heir  self  released  2015  album  "The  Fridge  And  The  Power  it  Holds".

  A  very  melodic  guitar  lead  starts  off  the  album  and  they  are  also  a  huge  part  of  all  of  the  songs  before  going  into  an  80's  crossover/thrash  metal  direction  along  with  some  growls  and  screams  that  bring  in  the  death metal  elements  and  at  time s they  music  sounds  very  technical  along  with  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  You  can  hear  a  decent  amount  of  melody  in  the  riffing  along  with  some  blast  beats  and  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  bass  guitar  also  brings  in  a  great  amount  of  leads  and  some  of  the  tracks  also  bring  in  Nintendo  music  at  times  which  also  gives  the  old  school  nature  of  the  bands  musical  style  more  of  a  modern  day  feeling  and  some  of  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  spoken  word  parts  and  one  of  the  tracks  also  brings  in  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing.

  Killer  Refrigerator  takes  the  80's  forms  of  crossover,  thrash  and  death  metal  and  mix  them  in  with  some  technical  and  Nintendo  elements,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  kitchen  appliances,  thrashing  and  humorous  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Killer  Refrigerator  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  crossover,  thrash  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Slaystation"  "Shower  Thrashing  Death"  and  "To  Hell  With  Cancer".  8  out  of  10.      

Invocator/Through The Flesh To The Soul/Heartburn Records/2015 Vinyl Re-Issue Review

  Invocator  are  a  band  from  Denmark  that  has  a  history  going  back  30  years  and  plays  a  technical  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  in  the  beginning  but  evolved  more  into  a  modern  thrash  band  on  this  recording  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2003 album  "Through  the  Flesh  To  The  Soul"  which  was  re-issued  in  2015  by  Heartburn  Records.

  A  very  dark  sounding  intro  starts  off  the  album  and  after  a  few  seconds  the  music  goes  for  more  of  a  melodic  thrash  metal  sound  that  sounds  modern  for  2003  along  with  some  elements  of  groove  metal  and  after  awhile  melodic  yet  aggressive  vocals  are  added  into  the  music  and  the solos  bring  in  an  80's  extreme  metal  sound  while  still  having  a  good  amount  of  melody  in  them.

  At  times  the  music  can  be  very  technical  with  the  band  demonstrating  a  great  amount  of  talent  and  skill  as  musicians  and  you  can  also  hear  a  small  amount  of  spoken  word  parts  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  as  the  album  progresses  the  music  starts  incorporating  more  blast  beats  in  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs.

  Al  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  along  with  some  songs  adding  in  a  touch  of  hardcore  and  the  mainstream  metal  sound  of  the  early  2000's  while  the  more  aggressive  side  of  the  bands  material  shows  more  of  an  aggressive  80's  thrash  metal  style  but  lacking  the  death  metal  element s of  the  earlier  material.

  Invocator  stayed  away  from  their  death  metal  influenced  thrash  sound  of  earlier  recordings  and  went  for  more  of  a  modern  thrash  sound  on  this  recording  and  while  it  did  not  appeal  to  some  of  their  long  time  fans  they  where  still  very  good  at  this  style,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  angry  and  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  was  a  decent  sounding  recording  from  Invocator  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  melodic  and  modern  thrash  metal,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Through  The  Flesh  To  The  Soul"  "Flick  On  It"  "There  Is  No  Savior"  and  "Sand  Between  The  Teeth".  7/5  out  of  10.  

  

Abhoth Interview

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

Abhoth is currently strengthened by three session members from various Montenegrin bands. So we’re rehearsing and getting ready for our first live show, which is to be on Bedem Fest in Niksic in September. We’re also working on some new material, correcting the arrangements of some old songs, re-shaping them into something new and colossal.

2.In December you had released an ep, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?

We have defined our music as atmospheric death metal.We’re trying to mix death metal riffs with atmospheric keyboards as a background to the raw guitars. Mid tempo death metal music is the main core of our songs, varying from fast ripping thrash-death riffs to obscure doom-parts, with slow and dim guitar solos. Harsh metal sound is submerged into overwhelming impression of soft keyboards, as chaotic yet shaped and defined clash of genres  imagined to bring forth obscure Lovecraftian atmosphere.

3.The band has been around 2006 but you waited till 2014 to release any music, can you tell us a little bit more about the wait?

First version of “Beyond the Gates of the Silver Key” was recorded in 2008 and it was known only among the limited group Montenegrin metalheads. The rest was planned to be recorded when band would have the proper equipment and conditions. Members have also had obligations to other bands, with Zaimus who have recorded an EP in 2009, and later with KK Street Bangers who have done it in 2010, and started to perform live afterwards (Both Milos and Branko  are members of these bands). So we have decided to start the recording of our own EP in 2010. Even with the greatest effort and determination to release the product of our work. In the meantime, we’ve released re-mastered version of  “Beyond the Gates of the Silver Key” in 2012 via YouTube, and song was well-received by public, which gave us new will. In order to fulfill the vision of our own ideal sound that we had in the very beginning, previously recorded versions of songs were deleted, due to dissatisfaction with the sound of recorded guitars, and EP was once again recorded in 2013, with much better equipment and much greater knowledge of mixing.

4.Your lyrics cover Cthulu Mythos, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in this subject?

I’m a great fan of horror literature, and I think H. P. Lovecraft and his circle of friend-writers have inspired many aspects of its nowadays concept, as much as Tolkien had done it for epic fantasy. The main theme in their opus are the universal horrors manifested as the "Great Old Ones", a dreadful pantheon of ancient, monstrous deities from outer space and beyond-cosmic voids. I think Lovecraft has been the dominating figure in depicting the frights of interstellar space same as Carl Sagan is in understanding of its secrets. As a fan of sci-fi, I have found his elements of parallel universes with physics explained astonishing, and his sense of abstract grotesque in describing alien races magnificent. I’ve always been fascinated with concept of some of the their appearance as a contrast to global human egocentrism and humanoid aliens shown in most of Hollywood movies. By following his work, I’ve came across the whole world of entwined Mythos and I’ve opened myself to devouring world of Ancient Ones.

5.I know that the band name came out of the writings of Clark Ashton Smith, do you feel he is an underrated writer compared to H.P Lovecraft?

Not at all.Smith was one of "the big three” of the famous “Weird Tales” magazine,famous sci-fi and horror franchise,together with Lovecraft  and Robert E. Howard, creator of “Conan the barbarian”. He was known to readers for the most morbid style of these three writers, so it means they were both recognized. In fact, their 15 years long friendship and correspondence begun when Lovecraft sent him fan letter, admiring his story that he’s published.

6. In one interview you had talk a little bit about your interest in the occult, what are some of the forms of occultism do you find very interesting these days?
As an eternal agnostic, I don’t practice any of the occult arts, but I have always loved them being used as a motive in other ones, like on paintings showing evangelic visions of hell and apocalypse. I don’t like the connecting occultism to Satanism in traditional concept of the word. Personally, I limit the usage of Satan to his metaphorical meaning, like Milton and Blake did, not a figure to bow down to. Although I think satanists like La Vey are idiots and their commercial usage of occultism has nothing to do with real esoteric arcane knowledge, their beliefs and rituals are great themes for horror, same as witches’ sabbats and grimoires of medieval demonology. A lot of artists like Lovecraft have used those motives to build some parts of their opus upon them, same as we as a band did with his work. But, I have to admit, a lot of occult philosophical aspects are amazing, and some of them can even be implemented in one’s concept and belief of the ways cosmos works. Mostly, I admire doctrine, philosophy and poetry of Crowley’s Thelema, his cult of the Beast and doctrine of Aeon. I’m also into ancient Egypt’s Draconian cults, Qabalah Apocryphs, Madam Blavatzki’s theosophy and Spare’s cult of Zos, and especially doctrine of Bertiaux’s Cult of Black Serpent (Le Couleuvre Noire).

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
As I’ve previously mentioned, we’re about to play our first on Bedem Fest in September, and we hope that it will be opening for the series of live shows. All the organizers and bands interested to make a tour or a gig with us are most welcome to send their invitations to our e-mail to arrange as much live shows as we can.

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

The feedback is great and we’re quite satisfied. A mere fact that we were contacted by Russian record label with an offer to release our EP with distributors from Germany and USA was really quite astonishing for a band from a country that many people from abroad can’t even find on a map, thinking it’s a Spanish village because of its name.

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

Currently I’m in the process of recording a side project with Milos on guitars, thrash-death metal band called Hostis, and I hope it will be finished soon. KK Street Bangers is doing some gigs in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Marc/April, and I think they shall soon start recording their album. I think Branko and Milos are to record full length of Zaimus afterwards.

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

As I have mentioned, we’re currently re-shaping some of the old songs, and we’ve got a lot material. Our full length will be based mostly upon terrific scenes of ancient Egyptian mythology, as well as the songs inspired with Sumerian, Assirian, Babylonian beliefs. So, we can say our next release will be a mixture of rituals, incantations, mantras, and vivid horror scenes from that world. Musically, we shall stay the same genre, harsh guitars and atmospheric keyboards, with little more extreme approach (occasional blast beats, back growls and screams etc.) Also, many songs on our full-length will be composed by Milos. We’re planning to record it somewhere in Serbia or abroad, so it will take some time to collect the financial resources for its recording. I don’t think it will be possible in this year, but we’re hoping to collect some part of it with our live shows and selling of our share of CDs.

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 old-school bands that I’ve drawn inspiration for my music from, primary from bands like Nocturnus or Pestilence, which have tried to mix death-metal with keyboards, resulting in great masterpieces . Nowadays there are also bands, like Sulphur Aeon, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ex Deo, Septic Flesh which are also great in mixing the keyboard sound with the death metal matrix. These days I’ve been mostly listening to  “Consumed by the elder sign” of Australian Innsmouth and the last album of Cannibal Corpse.

12.How would you describe the metal scene in your home country of Montenegro?

As still non-existent. In Montenegro, as a country struggling with its own economics, where unemployment of young people is number one problem, most problems for a metal band are created in a background of financial situation. Bands can’t afford to play on descent and proper equipment and gear and soon they start to lack ambition and professionalism as well, and finally, they seize to exist. The bands who play metal in Montenegro are used to playing almost for free, sometimes with them losing money instead of earning it, with greedy organizers, inexperienced sound engineers, forced to play on a bad equipment in a country where it’s hard to find the place for rehearsals, not to mention the non-existence of professional studios to record their ideas, and all of these things are will-killers. But we’re hoping for things to change. I’m glad that interest for extreme metal is spreading, and there are also some new bands, who are yet to taste the test of time and record material of their own.

13.What are some of your non musical interests?

Smoking weed and playing Middle Earth-Shadow of Mordor. (laughs). I don’t know about Branko and Milos.

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

Thank you for your interest in band, and hails to all of those who support us.

Inverted/The Age Of Harvest/Grindhouse Music/2015 CD Review

  Inverted  are  a  band  from  Italy  that  plays  a  very  brutal  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2015  album  "The  Age  Of  Harvest"  which  was  released  by  Grindhouse  Music.

  A  very  heavy  and  brutal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  death  metal  growls  and  the music  also  uses  a  good  amount  of  high  pitched  screams  and  chaotic  guitar  leads  which  also  can  be  dark  and  melodic  at  the  same  time  as  well  as  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

  Morbid  sounding  melodies  can  be  heard  quite  a  bit  throughout  the  recording  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  amount  of  diversity  while  also  remaining  true  to  a  pure  style  of  death  metal  which  also  brings  in  a  great  amount  of  90's  influences  at  times  and  all  of  the  songs  stick  to  a  heavy  musical  direction  and  there  are  no  soft  or  acoustic  parts  ever  utilized  on  this  recording.

  Inverted  takes  the  brutal  and  old  school  genres  to  create  a  death  metal  album  that  is  pure  true  to  the  genre  as  well  as  always  staying  heavy,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  war,  death,  human  and  natural  disasters.

  In  my  opinion  Inverted  are  a  very  great  sounding  brutal  and  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Across  The  Snow  TO  Nowhere"  "E.R  Weapons"  and  "Clear  Sky".  8  out  of  10.