1.Hello please introduce yourself to the readers?
Darius : Hey I’m Darius I am the guitarist for bleeding spawn and for displeased disfigurement
Dominic : Hey what’s up , I’m Dominic I’m the bassist and vocalist for bleeding spawn and for
displeased disfigurement
2.When did you first discover death metal music and who were the first bands you discovered? Who
are some of the current bands that have caught your attention?
Darius : I discovered death metal in 1992 the first extreme band I got hold of was napalm death
“Harmony corruption” and Cannibal corpse “Butchered at birth “ and then Obituary followed with
:cause of death” But the first bands I got hold of that was metal was GWAR and Metallica
Newel slam and brutal death bands are hitting the spot like Analepsy , Extermination
dismemberment , Kraanium
Dominic : I discovered death metal through Darius , I was 14 when we met in 2002 for the first time
but he have me my first death metal album at age 15, I was listening to dimmu borgir and slipknot
not knowing much and also internet access was not as easy as today so finding music was actually a
golden moment…that being said he gave me Broken hope “Bowles of repugnance “ , Death“symbolic” , Nile “ Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka “ and from there I was blown away …my first death metal buy was six feet under “true carnage”
4.Who would you say are the bands biggest influences and have they remained the same over the years?For the readers who have never heard Bleeding Spawn how would you best describe the bands musical style?
Dominic : We have always had our influences as members we all listen to a variety of music and our music taste has never really changed but adapted and evolved , as for me I’ve been massively influenced by bands like fear factory , cattle decapitation , cannibal corpse ..but through the years things have not changed but grown musically , currently driven by more brutal death and slam bands my influence still ranges from many genres within metal.
Our musical style has been said to be futuristic and new …I would say we bring elements of all technical and groove and combine them in one .
Darius : Dino , max, peter , …all music I come ..
Modern death metal with slam influence and triplet
5.Pariah Attestant is the bands newest EP.being released through CDN Rec. when did the band first come in conta7.Where does the band draw influences for the lyrics and what are some subjects written about on the new release?Which usually comes first the music or the lyrics?
Dominic: The new release we decided to go for 3 topics that we love to sing about
ct with this great label?
Darius: 4 years ago we first sent our albums to brutal mind , then cdn got some cds from tyhem then craig got hold of darius…and then we discuseed it and came down to signing with them.
6.How long did it take the band to write to the music for the new release?How long does it usually take the band to complete a song?
Dominic: the writing process for us is vital we are extremely anal on arrangements it might seem easy but the process etake in order to write material is very clinical …we try and anaylayse all angles and set our aspirations high….so it takes us time for the song to be complete but that time we put in we hope it resonated well with people
Darius : I wrote the songs about year and half back from there I took it to the band and we worked on riffs and patterns until we are all happy and can not only play it on studio time but also nail it for stage
7.Where does the band draw influences for the lyrics and what are some subjects written about on the new release?Which usually comes first the music or the lyrics?
Dominic: The new release we decided to go for 3 topics that we love to sing about Mutant genetic x is about a genetic pool that was discovered creating a monstrous being that went on a killing rampage unstoppable and brutal , this mutant became the weapon of a big corporation .
Control human delete is about government agencies and how they as said control us just to see us end …much lik how things are in the world
Squirt cunt butchery was a title given years ago , it was always so heavy to say that infront of people and getting frowned upon …this song is pretty gorey …about acidic juice that flows from a women when she squirts causing her victims to burn gruesomely …but finally she gets hacked up but only to the demise that her vagina is a living butcher and gives her life through blood and murder ..
Darius usually names the songs gives them a purpose and then gives them to me to write around the topic…but we all have our influence as to what direction …..normally music first then lyrics last
8.Besides the upcoming Pariah Attestan trelease are the bands previous releases still available to purchase?Besides physical releases does the band have any other merchandise currently available for the readers to purchase?
Darius: yes we still have physical albums available and we always have merch and that what we don’t have in stock we will order and custom print.We have all available like shirts, flags, stickers, cups. Albums, vest, hoodies, long sleeves
9.Has Bleeding Spawn had the opportunity to play very many live shows over the years or do you prefer working in the studio? What have been some of the bands most memorable shows and who are some bands you all have shared the stage with?
Dominic: we love both ,both are equally important for us we live to play live and we love to be studio creating our dreams ….we have shared stages with some big names and huge influences to us , like cannibal corpse, aborted, decapitated , fleshgod apocalypse , septic flesh , cattle decapitation ., Kataklysm
A memory that will never leave me is the tour we had with Fleshgod appoclaypse I learned a lot and was the best feeling ever being on the road doing what I love
Darius : Opening up for aborted and cattle decapition was on my top tier lists for most memorable shows , also touring for 7 days with fleshgod apocalypse
10.When bands are able to play live shows again are their any shows planned in support of the Pariah Attestant release? If yes where will the band be playing and who are some bands you will share the stage with?
Dominic: Once we aloud to play again the first thing will be looking at doing is holding our festival again called spawn fest , we will probably do a few shows to prepare before that but that is our goal for now
11.Bleeding Spawn comes out of South Africa's death metal scene what are your thoughts on the scene in South Africa?
Dominic: Our death metal scene is extremely small , we have a heap of extremely good talent here , our scene is very vast with genres and we have a lot of bands coming from here, but the death metal scene is small but its loved by many…Our scene will always grow with time we not a big country so what we have here is amazing
Darius : not very big ,it’s a small …we got a good variety …as for support we have amazing support in south Africa I would like to see more death metal bands in south Africa .
12.Who are your all-time favorite bands coming out of South Africa and are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out soon?
Theatre runs red, maximum carnage, bile of man , contrast the water, the fallen prophets , resurrection of fetal remains , displeased disfigurement.
13.When you need to take a break from working on new music or band business what do you like to do in your free time?
Dominic: Music is blood and food and water and static I have no other real hobbies except for music.
14.What does Underground Metal mean to you?
Dominic : it is as important to me as the air we breath I love it I love the canvas of extreme it means a lot to me.
15.Besides working in Bleeding Spawn do any of the members currently work with any other bands or solo projects? If yes please tell the readers a little about them?
Dominic: Me , Darius and mitch are in displeased disfigurement a death slam grind band , Wouter is in flesh is weak and judge judy ( internet projects )
16.Thank you for taking the time to fill this interview out do you have any final comments for the readers?
Thanks for taking the time to read through this and we hope to see you at show one day , for now get our ep , albums, merch and support extreme African music.
Band Contacts
https://bleedingspawn.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/bleedingspawnmp/
https://twitter.com/bleedingspawnDM
Label Contacts
https://cdnrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/cdnrecords
