Here is a second interview this time it is with the mighty Chilean band Diabolic Messiah.The band recently re-released their debut cd on Vinyl from the great label Blood Harvest if you are an old-school maniac who enjoys death metal then do yourself a favor and get this today!!
Regards
Patrick
fiendformetal@live.com
Interview with Caesar vocalist,and Bassist for Diabolical Messiah done by Patrick
1.Hello Caesar how are things going in Chile? Please introduce yourself to the readers?
Hi there! We’re Diabolical Messiah from Rancagua, Chile. The band was formed in 1999 and we play death metal. The definite line up dates back from 2001. That year, Miguel Perez (Herodes) left the band and nowadays Diabolical Messiah are Rodrigo Marmolejo "Pilatvs"(Drums), Pablo Ñanculao "Carcelero" (Guitars) and César Díaz "Caesar" (Bass and vocals)
2.Caesar you started Diabolical Messiah in 1999.When did you get the idea to form Diabolical Messiah ?
In 1998, I came back to Rancagua after living a year in another city. In that year I started thinking about forming a band so I talked to Herodes and he said “yes, sure!” I had the name of the band in my mind so we just needed to start writing and rehearsing our musical ideas.
3.Diabolical Messiah is getting ready to Re-release their debut "Satan Totten Demon Victory" through Blood Harvest Records.How did you all come in contact with the label?
We started the contact with Blood Harvest Rec. for the 12" Satan Tottendemon Victory!!! a couple of years ago. Proselitysm Rec. helped with that. However, the latter didn’t have much time for negotiations. We had to write more material for Proselitysm but we wanted to sign for Bood Harvest so we negotiated the cover design with Proselitysm and followed the contact directly with Blood Harvest by ourselves.
4. How long did it take to write the music for "Satan Totten Demon Victory"?Does the whole band work on the music or does one member usually write everything?
Satan Tottendemon Victory!!! tracks took about two years as we needed a record level to be interested in our material. Musically speaking, all of us work in the creation of tracks; however, I write all the lyrics although I show the songs to the rest of the band members before the final version.
5.Diabolical Messiah formed back in 1999 how would you say the music has changed over the years?
We’ve kept our music style through the years. We play fast drums and heavy guitars. Live sound has changed because of the technology; that means we sound better than before.
6.Does Diabolical Messiah have any shows or tours coming up that the readers should watch out for or do you prefer to be in the studio?
We’re doing both things. We have some shows in the near future in different cities of my country and we’re also working on the material for the new album. Probably, we’ll be playing in Europe next year.
7.Who are some bands you all have shared the stage with over the years ? Has the band ever gotten to play outside of Chile?
This year we’ve been playing with a lot of Chilean bands (Cancerbero, Pulverized, Hail Caligula, Totten Korps, Orategod, Gravestone, Wrathprayer, Praise the Flame, and so on) We also played in U.S.A. with bands like Sacrocurse (Mexico), Wrathprayer, Pseudogod (Russia), Morgengrau (Austin), Hellfire Deathcult (Chicago) and Funebrarum (New York)
8.Diabolical Messiah come's out of the Chilean metal scene what is your opinion of Chile's metal scene?
Nowadays, the Chilean metal scene is pretty big. There’re a lot of bands, record labels, producers, zine and so on.
9.Who are your all-time favorite bands from Chile? Are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out soon?
I guess "The King of Hell Reclaims his Throne" by Totten Korps is the best Chilean material ever written but it’s just my opinion although a lot of bangers think it is. I can also mention old bands like Cancerbero, Atomic Aggressor (demos), Sadism (demos), Scrotum Death (r.i.p.) They wrote great material as well. Nowadays, there’re a lot of bands in Chile but not all of them are good. I suggest you to listen to Demonic Rage, Godless, Wrathprayer, Unaussprechlichen Kulten, Slauhgbbath for example.
10.Are you or any of the members of Diabolical Messiah currently working with other bands or solo projects?
No, we don’t. We are only focused on Diabolical Messiah. We have time consuming jobs so we don’t have enough time for another band.
11.Caesar you handle the vocals for the band. When did you first start singing/growling?
Before forming Diabolical Messiah, when I was 14, I played guitars and sang in friend-group bands. I just played the guitar. In Diabolical Messiah’s early days I was the guitar player. We never found a good singer so I took the place and changed the guitar for the bass.
12.Who are some of your influence's/favorite vocalist? Do you do anything special to keep your voice healthy when recording or preparing for a show?
I don’t have a favorite singer or front man. I think a band is a complement that is drums, guitars, bass and vocals. But I can mention Ross Dolan, Pete Helmkamp, Alex Camargo, David Vincent and Peter Tägtgren.
13.In your opinion what does the term "Underground metal mean to you?
I think and believe metal underground lacks of distribution by the media (sometimes by band’s choice) Nowadays, it’s very difficult to staying away from the mainstream and big audiences.
14.Caesar thank you for taking the time to fill out this interview.Do you have any final words for the readers?
Thank you very much for your support. Listen to our material and get ready for the new album which will be recorded very soon… Sicarius Satan, Kill the Gods!!
Label Contact
http://www.bloodharvest.se/
Band Contact
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Interview with Innsmouth done by Patrick on 10-19-14
Hails
Here is a new interview done with Denmark's "Innsmouth" with their debut cd "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" through Crime Records a defintly good and varied release with some technical death metal thrash and anything else they want to combine a good release and worth checking out if your a fan of tech death metal with some thrashy influences.
Metal Regards
Patrick
fiendformetal@live.com
Interview with Thor Sejersen guitars for Innsmouth done by Patrick
1.Greetings Thor when did you first become interested in playing the guitars?Are you self taught or did you take lessons when first starting out?
Hello there.
I listened to Heavy Metal bands such as Metallica, Manowar and Alice Cooper when i was a kid, and then kinda forgot about it for several years. Then when i was around 14 years old, I rediscovered it all. I started listening to Metal all the time and became really interested in learning how to play the guitar. It was the song ”One” by Metallica that made me decide that i wanted to give it a try. I remember having no clue as to how they made music like that but I found it incredibly fascinating. The fast solo toward the end of ”One” totally blew me away, and i knew i had to learn how to play like that! I took lessons for the first two years learning all the basic stuff. After that i started learning from instructional videos by great players such as Vinnie Moore, Marty Friedman, Michael Angelo Batio, John Petrucci etc. I also took lessons in music theory throughout high school.
2.Who are some of your biggest influences/favorite guitarist?Do you currently play any other instruments?
Here are a couple of my favorite players from the top of my head: Paul Gilbert, George Bellas, Kiko Loureiro, Raphael Bittencourt, Michael Lee Firkins, Mattias Eklundh, Todd Duane, Herman Li, Sam Totman, Buckethead, Karl Logan, Andy Timmons, Vinnie Moore, Marty Friedman, Michael Angelo Batio, John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Shawn Lane etc.
I can play the bass decently, but I dont consider myself a bassist.
3.Thor when did you first meet the other members of Innsmouth? How did you all come up with the name of the band?
We met each other in our teenage years through mutual friends. We shared a common interest in Heavy Metal music, so we became friends and stayed in contact. Throughout the years we have played in various bands in the danish underground metal scene, occasionally in the same bands. Back in 2006, Kim (vocals) and I had an idea of starting a Black Metal band. For various reasons, this band wasn't formed until december 2012. We then convinced Martin (bass) to join us. When we started writing the songs, we gradually changed our style into Death Metal. The name ”Innsmouth” comes from the H.P. Lovecraft novel ”The Shadow over Innsmouth”. We are inspired a great deal by his writings, and this is reflected in the lyrics. So we ended up using ”Innsmouth” as our bandname since it relates to our lyrics, and because we went for a Lovecraftian mood in our lyrics.
4. Innsmouth is getting ready to release their debut cd "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" through Crime records.How long did it take the band to write the music for the songs?
I had written rough forms of three of the songs back in 2010. I presented them to the other guys and they liked them. I then reworked those songs and made the song structures better. This process as well as writing the other five songs on the album took four months.
5.Does the whole band work on the music or does one or two members usually write everything?For the readers who have never heard Innsmouth's music how would you describe the sound?
Usually I write the songs and most of the material. Martin and Kim contribute music and lyrics, and then I try to shape songs out of their input or incorporate it into the songs that I am writing. All in all, the final structure of each song is something that I take care off, even though the other guys can at anytime say if they want something to be changed.
I would describe our sound as surprising, unique, disturbing, eerie, impressive, brutal and unpredictable. If you like metal with lots of twists and turns, then you will like us.
6.Who usually writes the lyrics for the band where do you all draw inspiration for them?
I write the majority of the lyrics. I find inspiration in the writings of authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. I also find inspiration in various movies, mostly horror movies. I keep a document where i write down all the cool words and themes that I come across. I then later incorporate stuff from this document in the lyrics that I write. Kim also contributes lyrics. He sends me his lyrics online, I look at what he writes and then I try to figure out where his lyrics will fit.
7.Does Innsmouth play "live" very often or do you prefer to work in the studio?Who are some bands Innsmouth have shared the stage with?
Innsmouth haven't played live yet. We did however use to play live in other bands when we were younger. We have all shared the stage with a great danish band called 100 Knives Inside that sadly disbanded. Kim's former band shared stage with bands such as Mercenary, Bibleblack and Pretty Maids.
8.Are their any tours/shows coming up for the new release "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"? If yes where are some countries/places the band will be playing? If you could set up a dream tour who are some bands{past or present} you would like to share the stage with?
Innsmouth will not be playing live anytime soon. The initial idea of the band was to write, record and release great music. This remains our plan as for now. We are already in the writing process for our next album.
Some bands that I would like to share stage with would be bands like: Manowar, Metallica, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Children of Bodom, Cannibal Corpse, Rhapsody of Fire and many others!
9.Innsmouth comes out of the Denmark metal scene what is your opinion of Denmark's metal scene?
The Danish Metal Scene is somewhat diverse. There are all kinds of bands representing various sub-genres. So whatever sub-genre you are into, you can usually find some bands playing that particular style.
10.Who are some of your all time favorite bands from Denmark? Are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out?
My all time favorite band from Denmark is ”Beyond Twilight”. The band is usually considered danish despite only having two danish members. This is probably due to the fact that the mastermind and composer behind the band, Finn Zierler is a dane. They only released three albums before disbanding, which is a shame, but those three albums means a lot to me, and are totally unique.
King Diamond have also made a multitude of great albums with amazing guitar shredding on all of them! My favorite King Diamond albums would probably be ”Abigail” and ”Them”.
11.What does the term Underground Metal mean to you?
To me, Underground Metal is a term describing metal bands and musicians that aren't getting exposed to the masses.
12.Thor are you or any of the members of Innsmouth currently working with side bands or projects?
I am working on my solo project. It is gonna be in the style of the 80´s style shred metal. I released a demo consisting of four tracks in this style back in 2010, and now I am working on a full length album.
13.When not working on band music or business what do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I usually spend time with my girlfriend, practice guitar, listen to music, read books or watch movies.
14.Well we have reached the end of the interview thank you for taking the time to fill this out do you have any final words for the readers?
It has been my pleasure answering your questions. I would like to thank everyone who have supported us, everyone who buys our album, and everyone who supports music in general by buying albums instead of downloading them illegall
Label Contact
http://crimerecords.no/
Band Contact
https://www.facebook.com/frostkoldmetal
Here is a new interview done with Denmark's "Innsmouth" with their debut cd "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" through Crime Records a defintly good and varied release with some technical death metal thrash and anything else they want to combine a good release and worth checking out if your a fan of tech death metal with some thrashy influences.
Metal Regards
Patrick
fiendformetal@live.com
Interview with Thor Sejersen guitars for Innsmouth done by Patrick
1.Greetings Thor when did you first become interested in playing the guitars?Are you self taught or did you take lessons when first starting out?
Hello there.
I listened to Heavy Metal bands such as Metallica, Manowar and Alice Cooper when i was a kid, and then kinda forgot about it for several years. Then when i was around 14 years old, I rediscovered it all. I started listening to Metal all the time and became really interested in learning how to play the guitar. It was the song ”One” by Metallica that made me decide that i wanted to give it a try. I remember having no clue as to how they made music like that but I found it incredibly fascinating. The fast solo toward the end of ”One” totally blew me away, and i knew i had to learn how to play like that! I took lessons for the first two years learning all the basic stuff. After that i started learning from instructional videos by great players such as Vinnie Moore, Marty Friedman, Michael Angelo Batio, John Petrucci etc. I also took lessons in music theory throughout high school.
2.Who are some of your biggest influences/favorite guitarist?Do you currently play any other instruments?
Here are a couple of my favorite players from the top of my head: Paul Gilbert, George Bellas, Kiko Loureiro, Raphael Bittencourt, Michael Lee Firkins, Mattias Eklundh, Todd Duane, Herman Li, Sam Totman, Buckethead, Karl Logan, Andy Timmons, Vinnie Moore, Marty Friedman, Michael Angelo Batio, John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Shawn Lane etc.
I can play the bass decently, but I dont consider myself a bassist.
3.Thor when did you first meet the other members of Innsmouth? How did you all come up with the name of the band?
We met each other in our teenage years through mutual friends. We shared a common interest in Heavy Metal music, so we became friends and stayed in contact. Throughout the years we have played in various bands in the danish underground metal scene, occasionally in the same bands. Back in 2006, Kim (vocals) and I had an idea of starting a Black Metal band. For various reasons, this band wasn't formed until december 2012. We then convinced Martin (bass) to join us. When we started writing the songs, we gradually changed our style into Death Metal. The name ”Innsmouth” comes from the H.P. Lovecraft novel ”The Shadow over Innsmouth”. We are inspired a great deal by his writings, and this is reflected in the lyrics. So we ended up using ”Innsmouth” as our bandname since it relates to our lyrics, and because we went for a Lovecraftian mood in our lyrics.
4. Innsmouth is getting ready to release their debut cd "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" through Crime records.How long did it take the band to write the music for the songs?
I had written rough forms of three of the songs back in 2010. I presented them to the other guys and they liked them. I then reworked those songs and made the song structures better. This process as well as writing the other five songs on the album took four months.
5.Does the whole band work on the music or does one or two members usually write everything?For the readers who have never heard Innsmouth's music how would you describe the sound?
Usually I write the songs and most of the material. Martin and Kim contribute music and lyrics, and then I try to shape songs out of their input or incorporate it into the songs that I am writing. All in all, the final structure of each song is something that I take care off, even though the other guys can at anytime say if they want something to be changed.
I would describe our sound as surprising, unique, disturbing, eerie, impressive, brutal and unpredictable. If you like metal with lots of twists and turns, then you will like us.
6.Who usually writes the lyrics for the band where do you all draw inspiration for them?
I write the majority of the lyrics. I find inspiration in the writings of authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. I also find inspiration in various movies, mostly horror movies. I keep a document where i write down all the cool words and themes that I come across. I then later incorporate stuff from this document in the lyrics that I write. Kim also contributes lyrics. He sends me his lyrics online, I look at what he writes and then I try to figure out where his lyrics will fit.
7.Does Innsmouth play "live" very often or do you prefer to work in the studio?Who are some bands Innsmouth have shared the stage with?
Innsmouth haven't played live yet. We did however use to play live in other bands when we were younger. We have all shared the stage with a great danish band called 100 Knives Inside that sadly disbanded. Kim's former band shared stage with bands such as Mercenary, Bibleblack and Pretty Maids.
8.Are their any tours/shows coming up for the new release "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"? If yes where are some countries/places the band will be playing? If you could set up a dream tour who are some bands{past or present} you would like to share the stage with?
Innsmouth will not be playing live anytime soon. The initial idea of the band was to write, record and release great music. This remains our plan as for now. We are already in the writing process for our next album.
Some bands that I would like to share stage with would be bands like: Manowar, Metallica, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Children of Bodom, Cannibal Corpse, Rhapsody of Fire and many others!
9.Innsmouth comes out of the Denmark metal scene what is your opinion of Denmark's metal scene?
The Danish Metal Scene is somewhat diverse. There are all kinds of bands representing various sub-genres. So whatever sub-genre you are into, you can usually find some bands playing that particular style.
10.Who are some of your all time favorite bands from Denmark? Are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out?
My all time favorite band from Denmark is ”Beyond Twilight”. The band is usually considered danish despite only having two danish members. This is probably due to the fact that the mastermind and composer behind the band, Finn Zierler is a dane. They only released three albums before disbanding, which is a shame, but those three albums means a lot to me, and are totally unique.
King Diamond have also made a multitude of great albums with amazing guitar shredding on all of them! My favorite King Diamond albums would probably be ”Abigail” and ”Them”.
11.What does the term Underground Metal mean to you?
To me, Underground Metal is a term describing metal bands and musicians that aren't getting exposed to the masses.
12.Thor are you or any of the members of Innsmouth currently working with side bands or projects?
I am working on my solo project. It is gonna be in the style of the 80´s style shred metal. I released a demo consisting of four tracks in this style back in 2010, and now I am working on a full length album.
13.When not working on band music or business what do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I usually spend time with my girlfriend, practice guitar, listen to music, read books or watch movies.
14.Well we have reached the end of the interview thank you for taking the time to fill this out do you have any final words for the readers?
It has been my pleasure answering your questions. I would like to thank everyone who have supported us, everyone who buys our album, and everyone who supports music in general by buying albums instead of downloading them illegall
Label Contact
http://crimerecords.no/
Band Contact
https://www.facebook.com/frostkoldmetal
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Interview with Black Cult done by Patrick on 10-11-14
Hails!!
Here is a new interview with Black Cult from Croatia who play a great style of black metal.The bands debut cd "Neo-Satanism" through Black Plague Rec. and the Russian label
"Satanath records" so you should be able to get a copy from one of these great labels.
Regards
Patrick
fiendformetal@live.com
Interview with Morbid vocalist of Black Cult done by Patrick
1.Hails Morbid how is life going for you in Croatia? When did you first discover metal music?
Hails Patrick!
I'm doing just fine down here.I first discovered metal in my primary school, when I was about six years old.
First bands to meet my ears were W.A.S.P., Iron maiden, Guns N' Roses and Ac/Dc. I remember it like it was yesterday. Those were my favourites back then.
2.Who were some of the first bands you listened to? Who are some of your current favorites?
Like mentioned above, those few bands opened my doors of perception for the rock and heavy music.
Later I had a grunge phase, then some gothic doom, and later on a death and black metal era so to say.
I still listen to most of my best bands from each era. Nowadays I still listen some bands that I've started with,
but mostly I like to discover new music and bands. Not necessarily only metal.
I mostly listen to underground music at the moment. When it comes to black metal and extreme metal in general
I think that the new Behemoth, Deathstars and Dark fortress are amazing, passionate and honest albums which is a rare thing nowadays in the metal music scene.
When it comes to more underground bands I listen a lot to Djevel and Tortorum.
Aside all of that, Combichrist and Hank III is what I might force in my car often.
3.Black Cult started out as a two man band with yourself and Insanus how long did you stay a two man band?
The idea was to keep it a two men band but since we started having plans for live appearances we needed the whole band.
Not long after finishing with the album mix we decided to call upon few individuals that we thought would get into what we wanted to present with our music.
The full line up was formed in early 2014 and that's when we started with our first live shows too.
4.When did you guys decide to add more members to Black Cult? What is the current line-up of the band? For the readers who have never heard Black Cult how
would you describe the bands music?
Like I said already above we decided to add more members so that we can perform our music live as well.
The current line up is the one and only original line up so far. Consisting of the most prominent names from the croatian black metal underground scene.
We play true black metal with all it's best influences how we think it should sound and appear nowadays.
5. Black Cult has released their debut cd "Neo-Satanism" through Black Plague Records.
How did you come in contact in contact with Mike and Black Plague Records?
We released "Neo-Satanism" for Black Plague records/Metallic media, but also for the Russian label
"Satanath records" so it was a co-release for three labels.
We came in contact over email, they really liked the material and decided to put it out.
6.How long did it take to write the music for the new cd?
Does the whole band work on the music or does one or two members write everything?
Insanus did all the music, mix, mastering and I wrote the lyrics and did all the vocals.
Saathaen, our lead guitarist laid down the solo part on "Damned souls Imperium".
Insanus had all these ideas and riffs that he recorded over a couple of years.
Once he decided to record the album we did it one by one in less than a year.
7.Who usually writes the lyrics for the band? Where do you all draw inspiration for the lyrics?
I write all the lyrics.
The inspiration comes from many sources. Mostly personal philosophy, experiences and studies.
On "Neo-Satanism" it was in general about pure misanthropy and Luciferian philosophy.
It was a fundamental statement of the early black metal so we wanted to keep it real and old school
when it comes to lyrics too.
8.Does Black Cult play "live" very often or do you prefer to work in the studio?
Who are some bands you have shared the stage with?
We prefer both, but when it comes to live appearances we choose the place and time.
If one of those two terms does not fit to us we won't be doing it.
We are not a band that will show up at every given opportunity. We are also not a touring band.
We played only with local underground bands so far and are very supportive of the underground scene in general so we don't have ambitions to share the stage with more popular bands.
We like to do our own live ritual and have things under control.
9.Are their any shows or tours coming up? If yes where will you all be playing?
So far we have a few Croatian dates confirmed again, but we are working on some dates outside our homeland too.
Keep an eye on our offical web pages if you want to be updated.
10.What does black metal mean to you?
It's pure magic and one of the best musical expressions ever.
11.Morbid you handle the vocals for the band when did you first become interested in
singing/screaming? Do you do anything special to keep your throat/voice healthy?
When I was 15 years old I had my first band where I played a bass guitar.
Some years later me and Insanus formed my other band "Gorthaur's Wrath". I've been into it for a very long time.
I do some Zen of screaming warm ups before the shows or rehearsals. It helps a lot to keep the voice strong during the longer period of time.
Other than that I don't do much at the moment other than usual rehearsal, the more often the better.
It's like with any other kind of exercises.
12.Who are some of your influences/favorite singers? Do you currently play any other instruments?
From the early days it was Dead (Mayhem/Morbid) and Legion (Marduk). Nowadays there are many but I always keep to my
roots. Sometimes bass or rhythm guitar but not much. I mostly try to cover some old Misfits songs for my own pleasure.
13.Morbid are you or any of the members of Black Cult currently working with side-bands
or solo projects? If yes please tell the readers about them?
We all have "original" bands or side projects, yes.
Insanus played in Castrum, Unholy Inquisition, Svitogor, Hibernum, Ashes you leave and Gorthaur's Wrath.
My original band is Gorthaur's Wrath, I also played bass in Unholy Inquisition, BlackDivision and had another black metal side project back in the days called "Mysterium".
Saathaen comes from Ashes you leave and was also involved in Heathen Mysticism.
Azaghal (the rhythm guitarist) played in Unholy Inquisition, Hibernum and Gorthaur's Wrath.
Lesovik (the bass player) was in Nekrist, Gorthaur's Wrath, Voloh and is still in Kult Perunov.
You can dig up some of those bands, I think you would find them interesting.
14. Black Cult comes out of Croatia's black metal scene what is your opinion of
Croatia's metal scene?
The scene is really big and there are lot of bands but also a very big fan base for all genres of metal.
The clubs are growing lately, so the promotion is there as well.
Still if you wanna grow really big you gotta go out and try to play as many EU shows as possible.
The band can not survive only in Croatia, as it's such a small country and unfortunately metal is not so popular in the mass media
like in some scandinavian countries for example.
I'm not saying we have to be on national tv, but some label, radio or magazine support would be highly appreciated.
Unfortunately it's not significant enough, so we have to do it all by ourselves but it works that way.
It did for all those years.
15.Who are your all-time favorite Croatian bands?
Are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out?
There are not so many Croatian bands that I could call all-time, but let's say "Castrum" and "Death of folk"
could be the ones from the metal scene for me.
You should definitely check out Kryn, good friends and a really great band. Not black metal but still really strong and original music.
16.Thank you Morbid for taking the time to fill out this interview.Do you have
any final comments for the readers?
Thank you Patrick for the interview and your support!
Check out Black cult's debut album "Neo-Satanism" and keep the flames burning!!!
Here is a new interview with Black Cult from Croatia who play a great style of black metal.The bands debut cd "Neo-Satanism" through Black Plague Rec. and the Russian label
"Satanath records" so you should be able to get a copy from one of these great labels.
Regards
Patrick
fiendformetal@live.com
Interview with Morbid vocalist of Black Cult done by Patrick
1.Hails Morbid how is life going for you in Croatia? When did you first discover metal music?
Hails Patrick!
I'm doing just fine down here.I first discovered metal in my primary school, when I was about six years old.
First bands to meet my ears were W.A.S.P., Iron maiden, Guns N' Roses and Ac/Dc. I remember it like it was yesterday. Those were my favourites back then.
2.Who were some of the first bands you listened to? Who are some of your current favorites?
Like mentioned above, those few bands opened my doors of perception for the rock and heavy music.
Later I had a grunge phase, then some gothic doom, and later on a death and black metal era so to say.
I still listen to most of my best bands from each era. Nowadays I still listen some bands that I've started with,
but mostly I like to discover new music and bands. Not necessarily only metal.
I mostly listen to underground music at the moment. When it comes to black metal and extreme metal in general
I think that the new Behemoth, Deathstars and Dark fortress are amazing, passionate and honest albums which is a rare thing nowadays in the metal music scene.
When it comes to more underground bands I listen a lot to Djevel and Tortorum.
Aside all of that, Combichrist and Hank III is what I might force in my car often.
3.Black Cult started out as a two man band with yourself and Insanus how long did you stay a two man band?
The idea was to keep it a two men band but since we started having plans for live appearances we needed the whole band.
Not long after finishing with the album mix we decided to call upon few individuals that we thought would get into what we wanted to present with our music.
The full line up was formed in early 2014 and that's when we started with our first live shows too.
4.When did you guys decide to add more members to Black Cult? What is the current line-up of the band? For the readers who have never heard Black Cult how
would you describe the bands music?
Like I said already above we decided to add more members so that we can perform our music live as well.
The current line up is the one and only original line up so far. Consisting of the most prominent names from the croatian black metal underground scene.
We play true black metal with all it's best influences how we think it should sound and appear nowadays.
5. Black Cult has released their debut cd "Neo-Satanism" through Black Plague Records.
How did you come in contact in contact with Mike and Black Plague Records?
We released "Neo-Satanism" for Black Plague records/Metallic media, but also for the Russian label
"Satanath records" so it was a co-release for three labels.
We came in contact over email, they really liked the material and decided to put it out.
6.How long did it take to write the music for the new cd?
Does the whole band work on the music or does one or two members write everything?
Insanus did all the music, mix, mastering and I wrote the lyrics and did all the vocals.
Saathaen, our lead guitarist laid down the solo part on "Damned souls Imperium".
Insanus had all these ideas and riffs that he recorded over a couple of years.
Once he decided to record the album we did it one by one in less than a year.
7.Who usually writes the lyrics for the band? Where do you all draw inspiration for the lyrics?
I write all the lyrics.
The inspiration comes from many sources. Mostly personal philosophy, experiences and studies.
On "Neo-Satanism" it was in general about pure misanthropy and Luciferian philosophy.
It was a fundamental statement of the early black metal so we wanted to keep it real and old school
when it comes to lyrics too.
8.Does Black Cult play "live" very often or do you prefer to work in the studio?
Who are some bands you have shared the stage with?
We prefer both, but when it comes to live appearances we choose the place and time.
If one of those two terms does not fit to us we won't be doing it.
We are not a band that will show up at every given opportunity. We are also not a touring band.
We played only with local underground bands so far and are very supportive of the underground scene in general so we don't have ambitions to share the stage with more popular bands.
We like to do our own live ritual and have things under control.
9.Are their any shows or tours coming up? If yes where will you all be playing?
So far we have a few Croatian dates confirmed again, but we are working on some dates outside our homeland too.
Keep an eye on our offical web pages if you want to be updated.
10.What does black metal mean to you?
It's pure magic and one of the best musical expressions ever.
11.Morbid you handle the vocals for the band when did you first become interested in
singing/screaming? Do you do anything special to keep your throat/voice healthy?
When I was 15 years old I had my first band where I played a bass guitar.
Some years later me and Insanus formed my other band "Gorthaur's Wrath". I've been into it for a very long time.
I do some Zen of screaming warm ups before the shows or rehearsals. It helps a lot to keep the voice strong during the longer period of time.
Other than that I don't do much at the moment other than usual rehearsal, the more often the better.
It's like with any other kind of exercises.
12.Who are some of your influences/favorite singers? Do you currently play any other instruments?
From the early days it was Dead (Mayhem/Morbid) and Legion (Marduk). Nowadays there are many but I always keep to my
roots. Sometimes bass or rhythm guitar but not much. I mostly try to cover some old Misfits songs for my own pleasure.
13.Morbid are you or any of the members of Black Cult currently working with side-bands
or solo projects? If yes please tell the readers about them?
We all have "original" bands or side projects, yes.
Insanus played in Castrum, Unholy Inquisition, Svitogor, Hibernum, Ashes you leave and Gorthaur's Wrath.
My original band is Gorthaur's Wrath, I also played bass in Unholy Inquisition, BlackDivision and had another black metal side project back in the days called "Mysterium".
Saathaen comes from Ashes you leave and was also involved in Heathen Mysticism.
Azaghal (the rhythm guitarist) played in Unholy Inquisition, Hibernum and Gorthaur's Wrath.
Lesovik (the bass player) was in Nekrist, Gorthaur's Wrath, Voloh and is still in Kult Perunov.
You can dig up some of those bands, I think you would find them interesting.
14. Black Cult comes out of Croatia's black metal scene what is your opinion of
Croatia's metal scene?
The scene is really big and there are lot of bands but also a very big fan base for all genres of metal.
The clubs are growing lately, so the promotion is there as well.
Still if you wanna grow really big you gotta go out and try to play as many EU shows as possible.
The band can not survive only in Croatia, as it's such a small country and unfortunately metal is not so popular in the mass media
like in some scandinavian countries for example.
I'm not saying we have to be on national tv, but some label, radio or magazine support would be highly appreciated.
Unfortunately it's not significant enough, so we have to do it all by ourselves but it works that way.
It did for all those years.
15.Who are your all-time favorite Croatian bands?
Are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out?
There are not so many Croatian bands that I could call all-time, but let's say "Castrum" and "Death of folk"
could be the ones from the metal scene for me.
You should definitely check out Kryn, good friends and a really great band. Not black metal but still really strong and original music.
16.Thank you Morbid for taking the time to fill out this interview.Do you have
any final comments for the readers?
Thank you Patrick for the interview and your support!
Check out Black cult's debut album "Neo-Satanism" and keep the flames burning!!!
New Reviews done on 10-11-14
Metal Hails!!
thank you all for taking the time to read the new reviews and Interviews here is a new blog of reviews with everything black,death,thrash and more. I should be posting more in the next few weeks so tell your friends and contacts and keep watching the web-zine
Regards
Patrick
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