here is a new interview with daniel {or danny as he prefers ha,ha}
editor of the metal e-zine "transylvanian forest e-zine" the zine
covers/supports mainly black,death,thrash,industrial etc,etc. if you are
band/label interested in a review or possible interview just shoot
daniel a email and i am sure he will write back asap!!
best regards,
patrick and winter torment
http://www.myspace.com/winter_torment
http://www.friendburst.com/wintertorment
Interview with Daniel R. editor of transylvanian forest web-zine. done by patrick
1.Hello Daniel how is your new year starting out? please tell the readers a little about yourself.
I am a nice guy I guess haha you can call me Danny, but yeah, I run
Transylvanian Forest E-zine, and I am thy kreator ov thee notorious band
in the world! Strings Of Distorted Doom. I also have side bands too.
haha
2.When did you first get into metal? who were some of the first bands you listened to? who are some of
your "current" favorites?
My first metal album has got to have been Metallica's ...And Justice
For All on cassette tape, when I was 12yrs of age. Then the world of
metal came to my ears, and been involved with it ever since. Only if
Metallica didnt get worse as I got older haha then came Slayer, and
Death, and etc etc etc Bathory ov course. Um I have many favs right now,
but I am on a vinyl rampage lately, Thin Lizzy, Sunn O))), Children Of
Bodom, Grand Funk, um, Hawkwind, Motorhead, David Gilmours s/t LP is
always on play, Electric Wizards new album sounds amazing, Ministry is a
favorite of mine, many underground bands I hear today and associate
with. They know who they are.
3.When did you get the idea to create "transylvanian forest web-zine"? how did you come up with the name of your web-zine?
are you happy with how things are going so far?
E-zine,
web-zine, the same to me. Been online since last march I think.
Necrowulf and I thought of making the e-zine, but Necrowulf is busy with
life at the moment, so I am running it on my own right now. Its running
great, just hard to manage right now, computer troubles, and such. Busy
with my side bands right now, so their is a bit of a delay in new
reviews/interviews right now. They will be settled as soon as I can.
Seems like something new comes up everyday for me, so its hard to
manage, might take a break eventually just so I can focus on music, but
the e-zine is here, for now... haha
4.Do you work on the zine
alone or do you some friends who help write for the zine? are you
currently looking for new "writers" for the
zine or do you prefer to work alone?
I
do it 110% all by myself right now, I post exclusives, do reviews, do
SPECIAL INTERVIEW videos, I done one for Kris Tilbury, it worked!
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FWI98H60 typed interviews, and it may be
possible to do future bands as well this way by video. Well may it be
hard copy, cds, tapes, or downloads which I prefer less, they usually
get stored in my tf ezine folder on my music documents, and they stack
up so they usually get done after hard copies. I would like some help,
on the downloadable albums, its becoming a bit too much, so it would be
nice if someone can review 50% of them, but I am very I should say picky
right now, I have the mindset, if you want things done right, you must
do them yourself like usual, but if someone asked me, we could. Plus
bands dont want me to spread their music around which is another factor,
so I would really have to trust the guy. I mean what if he owns a
label, and starts releasing the album to make profit? People can be
scumbags.
5.Who are some of your favorite fan/web-zines? in
your eyes what makes a good web/fanzine? would you have any advice for
someone who is thinking of
starting up their own web-zine?
AEA zine is a great zine for starts, I just had a interview with Dave,
that will be in issue 18# of his zine, and my other advertisements.
Funeral Rain Zine, Dustin Wade does alot for that zine, and has a
printed issue I think? Wish I had his work ethnic for a zine like he
does, but I try my best. Ble of CTD zine thailand, he runs a great zine
too, lots of respect to him. Your zine is pretty well developed too by
the way :) their is so many out there on this big ball we call Earth.
6.What
styles of metal do you mainly support/cover within transylvanian forest
web-zine? is their any certain styles you refuse to review/cover?
if any bands or labels are reading this how can they contact you for possible reviews,interviews etc.?
I
can review anything really, black metal, death metal, metal, grind,
industrial, nosie, doom metal, drone, atmospheric, punk, crust hardcore,
progressive, lots more. I just do not want to review bands or interview
them if they come off as assholes, or theyre egos are big, or they
think mainstream music is where its at, 90% of the bands on Roadrunner
now maybe haha but yeah I like alot of styles of music, and would like
to try and play them all. It depends on my mood too really. I also do
interviews for alt models, and do exclusives for labels, shops, and
anything I find interesting. Just nice people really, and if their music
isnt as dark or heavy as most, I can help them out and give them a
promo still. If I like you too, and you come off as a good person, thats
a plus. I just dont do many core bands really, that are taking over
right now, they need to realize where music comes from, like the old
edge style is back, and thats what should be accepted, sick of watching
Mtv2 or fuse and seeing these bands. What happened to originality? I
like some new bands today, but most of them I can live with out, or
rooted out of my liking just because they dont appeal to me anymore.
Everyone knows what I mean. They could contact me by email, or message
me on one of the sites, I dont want to give out my email, unless they
message me and ask. The main site now is at http://tfezine.blogspot.com
and the other sites are http://www.myspace.com/transylvanianforestezine
and the facebook and twitter are at http://twitter.com/#!/Forestezine
&
http://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/profile.php?id=100001639820751
and they can hit me up there. I get mail from all over the world, so
feel free to mailbox me a tape,demo, album, cd, vinyl, anything, I can
play them. They can ask me for my home address to send me a hard copy if
they like.
7.You live in the great city of new york i
know over the years new york has had a great black and death scenes. so i
was curious what is your
opinion of new york's metal scene?
Well depends on which part of New York you are from. I live in
Catskill, NY right now, the area sucks, and my band basically rules over
any band around here really hahaha and yeah I am originally from
Lagrange NY, just 10 mins from Poughkeepsie, they got more of a
core/hardcore/death metal scene right now. Nothing Black or Death really
now. Maybe 10 years ago, or maybe underground, but nothing much really.
The city has good shows, just I would have to take a train, and see
them. It can be costly too. I havent been to a show in 2 years, so I am
not a show goer really right now. Rather try to save my money towards
other things, like new equipment or shirts/vinyl. If someone cool came
by, like Dark Tranquility, or someone I like, I try to go, but not one
of my missions right now like it use to be. I seen my share of many
great live acts, including Celtic Frost. But so far this area sucks, and
I want to move back to my hometown. No opportunity here. Random Person
says : "Hey the mountains are marvelous in Catskill!" 2nd Random Person
says " but do you have a job living here?" Random Person says " No..."
haha it sucks here.
8.Who are some of your all-time favorite
metal bands from new york? are their any new bands you feel the readers
should watch out for?
Demolition Hammer, Brutal Truth, Carnivore
(R.I.P. Mr.Steele) Blue Oyster Cult hehe, um... Vanilla Fudge hahaha! I
got a few of their vinyls, they suck haha, Suffocation rules, God
Forbid hahahaha! fuck those guys, they are from Jersey, and you know
what people think of Jersey that are from New York haha not alot of good
bands unfortunatley from NY man except the few I did not make fun of.
Thats mostly the reason why I want to move to the bay area so badly,
they love Strings Of Distorted Doom there! or the South Pole so my band
can just completely rule the whole continent. Their is a lot of good
underground bands now, from all over, you can spot them all on my main
site at http://tfezine.blogspot.com Sweden kicks New Yorks ass times
1000.
9.Besides bands are their any good/honest labels you could recommend?
Satanica Productions, underground label, they are great. Xan is a smart
guy, and knows his shit. Um alot of label are rip offs so I m not sure.
I can name a few more, October Mist Records, Depressive Illusion
Records seems cool, hmmmm, not too many bud.
10.In your opinion what does the term "underground metal" mean to you?
It means nobody likes you hahaha I m just kidding. It means you are not
as recognized, or accepted as the bands of today and I believe soon the
undergound will take over. Labels are corrupt, and many bands will die
out eventually, except Slayer! they will be in wheelchairs and still
kick ass hahaha but on a serious note, I think the underground has alot
to offer, but most prefer to stay underground because they are just like
you and me. They arent sell outs either. They are hard working, honest
people, with many hopes and dreams. I think they all deserve to be
raised up high on my shoulders! if I can pick them up haha they are
just great, really, really great. Underground Metal is great, but their
is some bigger bands I do like and respect.
11.Besides transylvanian forest web-zine. i know you are also working on some side-projects and bands. could you please tell the
readers a little about them. Where can interested fans find your bands releases and merch?
My
side bands... my first side band is called Frozen Cadaver, started
around the same time I started S.O.D.D. and I got some other projects.
Close To Perfection, Grim Funeral Techno, and soon a 2 new projects yet
to be revealed. I work with people online mostly for these side bands.
Frozen Cadaver just might become my only side band that will become a
gigging band. Strings Of Dsitorted Doom is my main thing, and will
become the one that hit the top! So these side bands are just my outlet
for other styles of music I want to dwell in, and have fun with. They
are all be worked on slowly day in, day out, while I am doing the
e-zine, so their goes my stress to the roof. Frozen Cadaver is me and
Steve Casiano ( we use to live by each other in Lagrange) and session
drummers, Neil Schneider on our cover track of Soulfly NO HOPE = NO
FEAR, and Lucas Happensack will be doing the rest of the 2nd ep on drums
since Neils drum kit is put away for the winter. Frozen Cadaver is
Gore/Death/Grind metal, and my 2nd one is Close To Perfection. It is
Necrosadik (mexico) and I. We are working on finishing up our 1st full
length Purity Lost and had Lord Azordon contribute to a track on
acoustic guitar, all by email. I may ask a special lady to contribute
vocals to a track, and we have a 1st ep and split cd we done with Ablaze
Eternal called Traces Of Pain Became Rivers Of Fire & Blood (cds
are 7$ from me, 5 are left, and Necrosadik has copies too). CTP is
ambient/acoustic/drone/experimental, very dark stuff. Grim Funeral
Techno was started on Halloween by me a few months ago, a
industrial/techno/noise project. Still working on finishing up the 1st
demo for it by the way. Working on 3 side bands, and 2 yet to be
revealed for this year. Grim Funeral Techno also has 2 members I work
with, Dracolord of ex-Ssunfuck and Ryan Wrigley of Dark Theory. A split
cd for Grim Funeral Techno with Ablaze Eternal should be coming out
shortly called Techno Noise Apocalypse. I am always busy hahah Here is
the links for my side bands...
FROZEN CADAVER
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Frozen-Cadaver/124465064276034
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001703738140
http://www.myspace.com/frozencadaver
http://www.reverbnation.com/rapedbyadeadmansskull
CLOSE TO PERFECTION
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001729573315
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Close-to-Perfection/166103843402033
http://www.myspace.com/closetoperfection666
http://www.reverbnation.com/closetoperfection
GRIM FUNERAL TECHNO
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Grim-Funeral-Techno/148194825227687
http://www.myspace.com/grimfuneraltechno
and STRINGS OF DISTORTED DOOM links can be found here : http://sodd-shadowcurse.blogspot.com
12.When
not working on music or doing work on your web-zine. what do you enjoy
doing in your spare-time? I help my family at home, my parents are good
people, should be on my own soon, as soon as I can maintain a living on
my own, this world is tough, but I do what I can every day. I like video
games, tv, music, collecting vinyl, cds, tapes, seeing my best friends,
smoke, um, many things. I like the Ufc and anything MMA related, or
fighting really. Horror/Sci-Fi, stuff like that. Depends on what goes
on through out the day or what I planned out. Go online, see how
everyone is doing. Glad people respect what I do, and I respect them as
well. Great people out there. Just the norm of everyday life. I am just
like everybody else really. I like comics, and graphic novels. I love
the movies, and spaceing out looking at the stars wondering what my
purpose is in life... I am nobody special, just a laid back, sometimes
fast talking, beer drinking, limousine driving! jet flying! just
kidding, just a cool dude I think hahaha I enjoy life, and make the best
of it. Family, friends, music, fellow bands, and living is the most
important things to me. That pretty much sums up me. I hope to meet all
my fellow bands soon, and do what I love to do, make music, and support
bands, and just live it.
13.Well Daniel we have reached the end
of the interview. thanks alot for taking time to fill this out. good
luck with transylvanian forest.
do you have any final comments?
Do
you really have to call me Daniel, Patrick? hahahaha just kidding, your
the man. I thank you very much for this interview, it is only my 2nd
interview, and I like your work. I want people to buy my cds, support
the underground, spread the word of the transylvanian forest e-zine, and
stay true to who you are, and dont let the powers that be control you.
Just be you. Thank you very much, I hope we can do a interview soon with
my side bands, or on S.O.D.D. or on anything else soon. Its been fun.
Stay True Patrick, I got more things to do, and I will be in touch.
Anything is possible, as long as you put your mind to it, or something
like that... hahaha! :) Thanks to everyone! Later -D
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