1.Hello please introduce yourselves to the readers?
Hi to all the maniacs, murders, witches and jackals, We are MAZE OF TERROR, Death - Thrash Metal from Lima-Peru in Southamerica, we are happy to be here and I hope all the readers enjoy this lines !
2.When did you first discover metal music and who were the first bands and artists that you listened to?Who are some of the current bands that have caught your attention?
Well I have 35 years old, I discover music some months before the new millenium, on my country at that time we have channels on UHF signal, that air songs of Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, that caught my attention as an child, maybe the music of the anime in the 80s, later some friends help me to find some tapes and cds of different kind of music, but metal always caugth my attention, I learn to play bass at 14 years , while I knew different kind of bands in metal traditions, Like Vulcano, Chakal, and others, and later start my first band, I personaly listen every kind of metal, but specially thrash and death like Slayer, Infernal Majesty, Deicide, Massacra and similars, finally I found my style of life on this at 20 years, and now I on the run, nowadays I try to listen occult and brutal bands like Grave Miasma, Cultes des Ghouls or Force of Darkness because this style do more to make a real cult and atmosphere on the metal in brutality
3.Maze Of Terror was started in 2011 what gave you the idea to start this band?Are you satisfied with how things have gone with the band over the years?
Maze of Terror was founded by me (Leviathan) and my comrade (Hammer) almost 10 years ago, our idea was doing an death-thrash on southamerican way, and expand our ideas on it, makings cult to all our influences, our idea always was write things in this genere to show that we are capable, and deliver subjects with brutality and jackalism
4.Who would you say are Maze Of Terror's biggest influences and have they remained the same since the begining?For the readers who have never heard the band how would you best describe the musical style?
bands like Vulcano, Chakal, Sarcofago, in our style of brutality, but focused in polish this ideas influenced in things like Slayer, Sepultura, Demolition Hammer, Dark Angel and Infernal Majesty, We are influeced Ovbiously by death metal acts like Deicide and Morbid Angel, some of Venom in our style, and on the way of the guitar solos also bands like Mortem or Nile.
5.Offer To The Fucking Beasts is the bands second full-length release how long did it take the band to write the music for the new release?Does the whole band take part in the writing process or does one member usually take care of everything?
I think We started this album on 2017 but was slowly because was while we write another works like Death Worshipers our demo from 2019, and our Ep of the next year 2022, We finish our writings on 2020 and We are ready to record at that time, but the fucking Pandemia, put obstacles to our plans, but well , We are here now, We Record the album fast in the last months of the last year, We join our ideas, concepts and riffs, slowly trying to make form on it , via partiture and lyrics together, We ussually work so many things at the same time till found an form to make all works well, first like an storm of ideas and later join all under the concept of each song.
6.Where does the band draw inspiration for the lyrics and what are some subjects written about on the new release?Which usually comes first the music or the lyrics?
We write this album under the concept of extreme human and cosmic cruelty, some lyrics take the human state now to give the expectator an view of the misery of the actual human life, others try to give you the idea of how miserable and fragil is the human condition, and anothers only seek to show you , how cruel is the human mind, a good example of this is the cover art doing but a great artist and friend Karl Dahmer.
7.Besides the upcoming release Offer To The Fucking Beasts does the band still have copies of the debut release or other merchandise currently availible for the readers to purchase?If yes what is availible and where can the readers purchase it?
Yes, we re-release our first album "Ready to Kill" the last year under a Peruvian label called Death-Cult Records, before that on 2020 We launch an especial edition of our Demo "Death Worshipers" and our Ep "Evoked Black Souls" in one Cd, in january of this year, we launch the singles of the albums in split format with the French Speed-Black band, Wolfstorm, available on Cd too, if some maniac want some of it, you can contact to us to our mail : mazeofterror@hotmail.com or if only want to listen it is everywhere on internet, I think is well distributed only you need to ask some label close to you to find your copy and enjoy .
8.Has Maze Of Terror had the opportunity to play very many live shows over the years? If yes what have been some of the bands most crazy and memorable shows to date?Who are some bands you have shared the stage with?
I think the most emotional was our first show opening to Whiplash, was in the country of Bolivia was one of our first experiences, after that we open for some great bands, like Bulldozer, Destruction, Exumer, Pentagram, Toxik, Atrophy, Nasty Savage , etc but I have to say is an honor play with local and great bands as the same way, because we share the real spirit of metal with them in the mayority of times, We remmenber Specialy our last date in the Tour by Ecuador in 2016 because was an small place with maniac bangers possessed by alcohol and madness was a real orgy of metal !!!!, was an special moment for the band !!!!
9.When bands are able too play live again are their any plans for Maze Of Terror to tour in support of the new release?
Not for the moment, is really difficult find somethingn the world is on chaos now, the people is focused in other things and we are an small band even, but we planned some things to make it possible after the disc, and of course after the problems of the world be solved, we return inmediatelly to the scenaries, but while we planned more released and rehearsal and compose new music, I hope doing some tour for 2022, I cross my fingers.
10.What does Underground Metal mean to you?
Underground is intelligence, resistance agaisnt to this society of morons that try to make us weak, Underground Metal is important to preserves this art, because the people not support this greatness, Underground is all the bands that make this music without gain one dime, with fierce and extreme sounds, all we always must keep the flags of metal high and louder, over all of the shit that try to make us down.
11.Maze Of Terror comes out of Peru's Metal scene what are your thoughts of the scene in Peru over the years?
Our scene is smalll but strong, one band in Peru if use their oportunities would open and play with great bands in festivals here, and record with good equipment, so many bands plays here, we have good organizations and specially sound enginers to support this, we have legends like Mortem, Hadez, Goat Semen, Anal Vomit that proves our power and extreme music, we have good zines and so many small distributors of underground music, so many bands use our city like an spearhead to go to anotherimportant countries in this continent.
12.Who are your all-time favorite bands coming out of Peru and are their any new bands you could recomend to the readers?
Well my favorite band is Venom, but nowadays I prefer Venom Inc, I see live here Nasty Savage, Bulldozer, Sadistic Intent, I really love that shows, Possessed, Terrorizer, Vomitory, Deicide, Destruction!!!!, Masacre from Colombia, about recommendations I prefer recommend to all the readers bands of my country like before I mentioned, Legends like: Mortem, Anal Vomit, Hadez, Goat Semen, good bands like Necropsya, Cobra, Obscure Evil, Antropomancia, Sordid, Evil Spectrum, Tenebrion, Estigma, Mudra, Vulvanic, Hyena, Evil Priest and many more that I invite you to look for because there are many good things in these lands for morbid ears who wish to venture,
13.When you need to take a break from working on new music or band business what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
We like so many the good movies, drink beer listen metal, we like talk to the politic, cience, talk about important things, and ovbiously go to see bands in good concerts
14.Besides working in Maze Of Terror do any of the members currently work with any other bands or solo projects? If yes please tell the readers a little about them?
Well my friend Hammer plays also in an good death metal band called Antropomancia, and he plays drums in the great evil band, Goat Semen !!!, two years ago they touring around Europe !!!!
15.Thank you for taking the time to fill this interview out do you have any final comments for the readers?
Really thank you for the space my war comrade, a big hug to everyone, keep brutal monsters and jackals, listen new bands and of course Maze of Fucking Terror !!!!!!!! Band Contacts https://mazeofterror.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mazeofterrorthrash https://twitter.com/Mazeofterrortm https://www.youtube.com/user/MAZEOFTERROR Label Contacts http://shop.xtreemmusic.com/english.main.index.php https://xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/xtreemmusic666?fref=ts https://twitter.com/xtreemmusic666 https://www.youtube.com/user/XtreemMusic
