Scalpture Interview

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

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


2.Recently you have released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?

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


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

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


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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

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


12.What are some of your non musical interests?

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


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

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

Sunless/Urraca/2017 Full Length Review

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

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

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

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

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

     

Bear Mace/Butchering The Colossus/2017 Full Length Review

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

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

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

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

  In  my  opinion  Bear  Mace  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Cyclone  Of  Shrapnel"  "Leave  Nothing  Here  Alive"  and  "Anguirus  the  Destroyer".  8  out  of  10.

 

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

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

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

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

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

  In  my  opinion  Mutilator  where  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Memorial  Stone  Without  A  Name"  "War  Dogs"  "Immortal  Force"  and  "Evil  Conspiracy'.  8  out  of  10.

Hate Unbound Interview

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

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

11.What are some of your non musical interests?

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

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

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


Hate Unbound

Festering Interview

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Narthraal Interview

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


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

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


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


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

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


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

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


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


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

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


Birkir: Viktor field of expertise

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


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

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

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

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


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

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


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


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

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

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


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


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


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

Jónas: The support has been great, well recommended.


Tony: Thumbs up!


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

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


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

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


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

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


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


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

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


Tony: Into musicals!


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

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?


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

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


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

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


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

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

11.What are some of your non musical interests?


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


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


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


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


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


Birkir: Death Metal is love, Death metal is life


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


Tony: Skál!


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