1.Hello please introduce yourselves to the readers?
Hey this is Chris, bassist for Fumigation “Your Death Metal Pest Control Specialists” from Ottawa, ON, Canada.
2.When did you first discover death metal and who were the first bands that caught your attention?Who are some of the current bands that you have been listening to?
Sometime in high school I heard Cannibal Corpse and that was the gateway into death metal and the underground for me. From there I got into bands like Cryptopsy, Immolation, Cephalic Carnage, Malignancy, Spawn of Possession... Still listen to all those bands but currently I've been playing a lot of Soreption and Visceral Disgorge.
3.When did you first meet the other members of Fumigation and was it long before you formed this band?How did you choose Fumigation as the name of the band?
Ah the origin story... Basically sometime in early 2008 me and Vitto (guitar) were hanging out one night shortly after I got a job as an Exterminator, and were joking around about how funny it would be to start a band based around my job and the pest control industry. He came up with the name right away, but we kind of just laughed it off... but the next day I still had it top of mind, and had a bunch of riffs laying around. A few weeks later I finished and posted some tracks with drum machine on Myspace with the Fumigation name and Vitto was down to make it a real band. We then posted some ads looking for members to complete the lineup and got things moving.
4.Who would you say are the bands biggest influences?For the readers unfamilar with Fumigation's music how would you best describe the bands musical style?
Fumigation has a strong mid-paced death metal and groove base (Skinless, Bloodbath, Suffocation, Immolation, Pantera, Crowbar), with elements of tech and melodic death (Martyr, Soreption, Cryptopsy, Decapitated) and brutal slamming death metal thrown in (Visceral Disgorge, Severed Savior, Katalepsy).
5.Structural Extermination is the bands latest full length release how long did it take the band to write the music for this release?Do all the members take part in the writing process or does one member usually write everything?
8 years! I do all the writing, and a couple tracks were written back in the “IPM” sessions of our first release. Over the years I was always writing songs we just never learnt them all, but also released a couple EP's in between. A few tracks were written within a year of recording Structural Extermination so it's not like every song is old, it just took a while to get the right mix of songs ready for an album.
6.Where does the band draw inspiration for the lyrics and what are some subjects written about on the new release?
The entire theme of the band basically revolved around the life of an Exterminator and the pest control industry. Insects, rodents, chemicals, bad clients, units with poor sanitation... we don't really take it too seriously. Very tongue in cheek jokey lyrics, but the music is serious. We spend a lot of time on the music side of things making sure that is well written and constructed and performed.
7.Besides the Structural Extermination release are the bands past releases still available?Does the band have any other merchandise currently available If yes what is available and where can the readers purchase it?
Yeah! We're sold out of our first full length “Integrated Pest Management” but all our releases are available for streaming at all your favourite streaming sites and as digital downloads from our Bandcamp site - https://fumigationmetal.bandcamp.com If you prefer a physical CD then go to our label CDN Records - https://cdnrecords.com/label-artists/fumigation
For merch we have a classic selection - https://fumigation.bigcartel.com and also an exclusive collection - https://www.twistedtsmerch.com/fumigation
8.What does Underground Metal mean to you all?
Underground metal means camaraderie, support, collaboration, community. We're all one big gross disgusting family.
9.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?
Music is the main thing for sure, but outside that I’d say sports gambling and fantasy sports is up there. Sports!
10.Besides working in Fumigation do any of the members currently work with other bands or solo projects? If yes please tell the readers a little about them?
Yeah pretty much every band in Ottawa has members scattered in different bands. Matt & Tom are also in Signs of Chaos (melodic groove metal) and join Norilsk (doom) for live shows, Vitto is in Whispers in the Maze (melodic metal) and has some new black metal project brewing, Dan was most recently in Deformatory (tech death), while I did session work for the latest Spilling Entrails (slam) album.
11. Fumigation comes out of Canada's brutal death metal scene what are your thoughts of the scene in Canada over the years?
Cryptopsy and Gorguts got the ball rolling, then came Beneath the Massacre and just took everything to a new level of brutality. Canada is a great source of brutal metal from coast to coast, but also a lot of really good technical and progressive bands. Frankly Canada has a lot good bands period, regardless of metal genre you can and will find exactly what you're looking for.
12,Who are your all-time favourite bands coming out of the Canada and are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out?
All time faves...hmmmmm that’s a tough question and the answers could change at any time here, but for the bigger bands I’ll say Archspire (tech), Cryptopsy (tech death), Martyr (melo tech). For the local scene I’ll go with Deformatory (tech), Deamon (brutal death), and Immersed (tech death). For the deeper underground Goreworm (tech), and Oracles of Oppression (melo death). New bands to keep an eye on are Purity in Perversion (SBDM), Ignominy (death), Creme Flesh (slam)
13.Thank you for taking the time to fill this interview out do you have any final comments for the readers?
Thanks man! Go to this link - https://linktr.ee/fumigation – from there you can check out everything that is Fumigation. Besides that, with Spring around the corner all the insects will be coming to invade your home soon. Be sure to call your local exterminator to setup exterior treatments of your home to prevent pest access. Band Contacts https://linktr.ee/fumigation https://fumigationmetal.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/fumigationmetal https://fumigation.bigcartel.com/ Label Contacts https://cdnrecords.com/ https://cdnrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/cdnrecords https://twitter.com/cdnrecords
