here is a new interview with a great romanian web-zine. adrian and his zine covers many styles of
extreme metal and sub-genres. so if you have not had the chance to do so after checking out the
interview i highly recomend it. their is something for ALL FANS Of metal!!!
also on a side-note he started this after the interview was conducted but adrian has started up
a "forum" on the pest webzine site to help promote obscure,underground bands,labels and zines
as well for bands i beliieve he is working on a section to help support and promote metal bands from all over the world so be sure to check out the pest web-zine and his myspace blogs for all
the latest updates/info.
best regards.
patrick and winter torment e-zine
interview with adrian editor of pest web-zine and owner of pest records.done by patrick
1.metal hails adrian!! how is your weekend been going? please tell the readers a little about yourself.
Greetings
Patrick. Well, the weekend was ok so far, I was a lazy ass, just met
with friends and had some wine, which will the the same activity this
evening as well. Once in a while I like having such a weekend when I do
nothing constructive, just chill.
What can I tell you about
me, I'm just a metalhead from Romania, a fanatic of the underground
movement, and I pretty much ignore the mainstream even if it's the
ugliest form of extreme metal, if I consider it mainstream (because
that's such a relative crossline) I loose inetrest. I'm the owner of
PEST WEBZINE/RECORDS and vocalist in the Groovy Death Metal act
LOUDRAGE.
2.at what age did you start listening to metal? who were some of the first metal bands you listened to?
I
had my fist contact with metal (Metallica to be precise) when I was 11
and since then it all developed naturally, I started searching for any
metal tape. First bands I had in my collection were Metallica, Megadeth,
Sepultura, Morgoth, Asphyx, Exodus, Metal Church and Pantera.
3.was it long until you discovered the underground? who are some of your "current"favorite bands.
I
don't remember. At 11 you don't do the difference and you really don't
care. For us Romanians it was hard those times to get ahold of a dubbed
or even re-dubbed metal tape, not to mention the original ones but I had
some older friends that introduced me their tapes lists and found out
sooo many names I had no clue about so curiosity won, I started to get
into more and more obscure bands that had no polished sound but were
kicking ass with their music alone. I have no current fave bands. Having
a zine gives you the oportunity to meet new killer acts every
week/month so my top is always changing. I can find something I like in
abount 80% of the bands I listen.
4.when did you get the idea to create pest web-zine? how did you come up with name of the zine?
Pest
Webzine was started in 2006, but since then it was on hold for about 2
years as I used to relay a lot on local collaborators that eventually
left or stabbed me. The name comes from an old fanzine of mine called
Tempest that had an extreme metal section called Pest, there's no
special meaning behind the name, I just liked it and thought it was
powerful enough for an extreme metal zine. Now I run it completely and
I'm happy I found honest and serious collaborators as yourself that help
me. This is the best "line-up" Pest Webzine had so far.
5.who
have been some of your favorite bands to interview? if you had the
chance to interview any band or label,zine{past or present} who are some
you would love to interview?
To be honest I'm not a
big fan of doing interviews so once again I have no faves, but I like
people that delop a bit the question and don't answer with a simple 3 or
4 words statement, I like bands/labels/zines that are taking the
interview oportunity to really promote their work and tell a bit more
about them, without being boring, of course. I would love to interview
Marc Grewe from Morgoth, also Illdisposed, whom I'll interview in the
near future, Mortiis, Burzum, Asphyx, and many more.
6.if any band or label is reading this what styles of metal do you review/support? where can they send their material to?
Pest
Webzine is supporting any form of extreme metal, except metalcore
(which is a genre I don't understand, but don't blame it at all either).
I'm opened for traditional (heavy) metal, doom, sludge, stoner, gothic,
ambient, and other forms of music that have either balls or dark
emotions/feelings in it. If anyone's interested in submitting promo
stuff, I suggest you contact me on Myspace or email
(pestwebzine@yahoo.com), I do accept electronic submissions as well, but
since I get about 100 materials / month I give priority to the physical
materials because that's fair to the ones that are spending
time/money/effort to send by snail mail.
7.you
also have some great "writers"helpin you with pest. when did you decide
to add more "writers"? please tell us a little about your "writers?
That's
true, as pest Webzine is 100% English written it's easier for me to get
honest/serious writers, and here are my great collaborators: you :), I
guess you don't need any introduction to your writers, haha, Robert from
Naturmacht Prod. (Germany), Laura, a good friend of mine, manager of a
local Thrash/Death band called MG42, Maria, another good friend from
Mexico, a girl that kicks your ass anytime when it comes to extreme
metal, Ed Barnard, one of the most dedicated Doom Metal movevent
followers I've ever had the chance to meet, M. from Germany's Dispersed
Ashes, the big bad wolf when it comes to reviewing stuff, haha, Alrinack
from France, a devoted UGBM follower and Blix from Norway, who's an ace
in Brutal Death metal, just check out his Death Metal Vocals tutorial
on Pest Webzine and you'll agree with me. More persons showed interest,
and hopefully more will become a Pest ;)
8.are
you currently looking for more new "writers" for pest or are you happy
with how it is now? if you are looking for new "writers" what should a
interested person do to be considered to be a part of pest web-zine?
Sure,
i'm always looking for more collaborators as the material is plenty so
if anyone thinks would like to be a Pest contact me. I'm looking for
serious people, I don't have timelines and I don't expect anyone to have
a background as long as they know about what they are writing, this is a
zine made by fans for fans and I intend to keep it that way. Extreme
metal magazines that say they have only professionals they should show
us a University specialised in this. The "professional" level is only
given by experience, and a fan could have much more experience than a
kid writing at a major magazine, that's all.
9.how
many hours a day/week would you say you work on the web-zine? what do
you think is the hardest part about doing a web-zine? what is the
easiest?
I'm spending a lot of time on Pest Webzine,
I'm always looking to improve it, to make it more how I would like it.
There is no easiest or hardest part in it when it's your passion. I know
it sound cheesy, but that's how it is in my case. And the reward comes
everyday when I open my mailbox or the website statistics. To see more
and more people are accessing everyday it's a great feeling.
10.is pest web-zine your first web-zine? if no please tell us about your past web/fanzines?
As
I mentioned in one of my previous answers, before Pest, I had a fanzine
(that after 4 issues went webzine) called Tempest that was dealing with
all sorts of rock genres, but that was just not my thing, so I decided
to do the Pest. Before that I had a fanzine in 1999 called Underground
Chronicles (2 issues out) and another one in 2001 called Ardeal (2 or 3
issues).
11.are you currently working/playing with any bands or solo projects? if yes please tell the readers about them.
Yes,
I'm the vocalist in LOUDRAGE. We're around since 2005, have released a
Split-DVD (with US based Old-School Thrash death act Rictus Grin),
"Groovy Dracula Tour" in 2007, and an EP called "Rage Unleashed" in
2008. The EP sold out its 300 copies, but it's still available for free
download from www.loudrage.com or www.myspace.com/loudrage.
It's a Groovy Death Metal band that reviewers have labeled a mix of Six
Feet Under and Grave. Also I'm starting a new project called GoreBoar
that will follow the Old-School Death Metal path.
12.you come out of the great country of romania.so
i was curious what is your opinion of the metal scene in romania? who
are some of your all-time favorite romanian bands? are their any new up
and coming bands you think the readers should watch out for?
I
like a lot the Romanian metal scene, but that's most probably because
I'm a patriot. I think it has a huge potential, it only needs a bit more
balls because the bands inhere were just used to compete with each
other and think they were not worthy of the "West". Now some of them are
kickin' it hard (just to mention a few: Negura Bunget, Magica,
Necrovile, Satanochio) and signed to established labels, so things are
moving in a good direction. Old Romanian bands I liked: Grimegod,
Disinter, Gothic, Altar.
13.you also
run/own pest records. when did you decide to expand pest to be a record
label? are you happy with how things are moving so far?
I've
decided to do Pest Records for the release of the Rictus Grin /
Loudrage split DVD in 2007, but had a rough 2008 year financially so I
had to put a hold on it. It was a tough decision as I was getting close
to release two awesome bands, but that was something I had to do.
This
year I've decided to refresh it so I have signed 4 bands for 2 Split
CDs I'll release in 2010. I'm happy that I can do this again and that I
can afford it, so I'm confident this new beginning will be for good and
I'll do it better.
14.please give us some
information your current releases? do you have new releases coming out
soon the readers should watch out for?
I have no old releases still available, but here are the two I'm working on at this moment:
-
January 2010 - Split CD between Spanish Death Grind veterans UNDERNOISE
and Italian Old-School Death Metal SLOWLY SUFFERING. This one will be
released in CDr with DVD cover & case, and it will be a killer one
for all underground death/grind followers that are looking for brutality
and dark, cavernous feelings;
- May 2010 - Split CD between
Australian Drunkken Black Metal band ALTARS OF SIN and Serbian
Old-School Thrash Black Metal one-man-band ANCIENT SORROW. It will be
released again in CDr with DVD cover & case, which is a format I
like a lot, and will be a great offering for fans of dirty, old-school
Black Metal.
Check the bands on Pest Records' Myspace profile (www.myspace.com/pestrecords) or on the website (www.pestrecords.ucoz.com).
15.well my friend thank you for taking the time to fill out this interview.do you have any final comments for the readers?
Thanks
a lot for giving me the oportunity to present my work to Winter
Torment's readers, Patrick, it was a pleasure answering your questions,
and if any of your readers reached this last question without being
bored to tears, I would suggest them to check out:
PEST WEBZINE - www.myspace.com/pestwebzine, www.pestwebzine.ucoz.com
PEST RECORDS - www.myspace.com/pestrecords, www.pestrecords.ucoz.com
LOUDRAGE - www.myspace.com/loudrage, www.loudrage.com
Thanks
again Patrick, keep up this great work you do supporting underground,
there are so many cool people in it and you're definitely one of them.
Now I'll have a glass of wine in your honour. Cheers.
