Guttural Disease--The Foreseen Deadline cd{Brutal Mind} Posted on 7-28-22

 

Guttural Disease are a five man band that plays a  very raw and brutal form of death metal.The Forseen Deadline is the bands debut full length featuring ten songs of violent and vicious death metal.The band delieveres some memorable guitars and  drum passages throughout the music that is  intense and primitive in the delievery.Vocals are brutal death metal growls that fit Gutteral Disease's music perfectly.If you are looking for a band that performs extreme,primitive and brutal death metal then do yourself a favor and pick up a  copy of The Foreseen Deadline today.                                             Guttural  Disease links                                                                                                                                  https://www.facebook.com/GutturalDisease                                                                                                https://www.instagram.com/gutturaldisease/                                                                                                Brutal Mind links                                                                                                                                          https://brutal-mind.com/                                                                                                                                https://brutalmind.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                                https://www.facebook.com/brutalmindjakarta                                                                                                                                                   

Interview with Peter Vocalist, Bass player of Alvarez done on 7-26-22

 

1. Hello Peter how are you doing this week? Please introduce yourself to the readers?

Not much to say about myself. Playing guitar and bass all the time. I am originally from Austria, but I live now in Slovakia for over 20 years.

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?

My first album was Paranoid from Black Sabbath. It was in the early 70ties when I was a child. Early Sabbath with Ozzy is my fave music till today! Some of the milestones for me are: Number of the Beast/Maiden, Defenders/Priest, Master/Metallica, Hell Awaits/Slayer. I did not listen to new bands.

3. When did you discover death and doom metal and what is it about these musicial styles that you love so much?

Early Morbid Angel and Death influenced me very much. After this the only deathmetal band makes me headbanging was Six Feet Under with their first 3 albums. I like this kind of powerdeathmetal with cool grooves. Doom is for me early B.Sabbath!!!

4. Peter when did you first become interested in writing and performing music?Are you self taught or did you take lessons when first starting out?

 I have got a bass when i was 17 years old. I took some lessons from a jazz musician out of our area. When I was 19 i started to play in bands and creat music.

5. What are the current instruments that you play? Are their any instruments that you would like to learn to play one day?

I play bass and guitar. That is enough for me.

6. Peter you also handle the vocals for the band when did you first start singing and growling? Is there anything you do to keep your throat and voice healthy?

I started to growl in the 90ties with some backing vocals for my former band. I have my voice whenever I need it. Never a problem with my voice.

7. Who would you say are some of your biggest influences and favorite musicians? Who are some of your favorite vocalists over the years?

7) My bass heroes are Geezer Butler and Cliff Burton. My favorite vocalists are Lemmy and Ozzy!

8. When did you first get the idea to start Alvarez and are satisfied with how things have progressed with the band so far? How did you choose Alvarez as the band name?

 I started with Alvarez in 2019. After a lomg music break in my life I got the feeling to do it again. I am happy with how things are doing. Plaguedemon Records release all 3 Alvarez albums and I am proud to be a part of this perfect family! In my former band some of the bandmembers called me Alvarez. This is because the band calls Alvarez. Very simple!

9. 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 Alvarez's music how would you best describe the bands musicial style?

We try to ignore other music if we create Alvarez songs. It is important for us to have our own style. Alvarez metal!

10. Moonshinewhores is the bands third full length release how long did it take to write the music for the new release?How long does it usually take to complete one song?

 We enter the record studio without any idea. The whole songwriting and recording takes just one week together. It is the best way for us to create music.

11. Peter you handle the vocals so I assume you write the lyrics for the music. What are some subjects written about on the new release?

 All our albums are about ancient Sumeria and Egypt. The new one is about a demigood survived the great flood. It is about him and his seven daughters the SEVEN WITCHES OF ERIDU.

12. Besides the new release Moonshinewhores are the bands previous releases still availible for the readers to purchase?Besides physical releases does the band have any other merchandise currently available? If yes what is availible and where can the readers purchase it?

You can find all infos at plaguedemonrecords.bandcamp.com For merchandise please write to Plaguedemon Records.

13. Has Alvarez had the opportunity to play live or do you prefer working in the studio? What have been some of the bands most memorable shows over the years?

Alvarez have the plan to play live shows all over Europe from summer 2023 on. With my former band I have played lot of great shows as support band. Some of this bands was Megadeath, Moonspell, Therion, Amorphis, Vader, Sinister, Six Feet Under, Carcass, Mortician and much more.

14. Besides working in Alvarez do you or any of the members currently play in any other bands or solo projects?If yes please tell the readers a little about them?

No,we all play only in Alvarez

15. 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?

 Enter the record studio and record some cool music! Haha... yezzz

16. Thank you Peter for taking the time to fill this interview out do you have any final comments for the readers?

Thank you for this interview! Cheers to all of you out there!!!                                                                     Alvarez  band                                                                                                                                  https://alvarezband.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                             https://www.facebook.com/alvarezmetalband                                                                                               https://www.instagram.com/AlvarezBandinfo/                                                                                            Plague  Demon Records                                                                                                                                https://plaguedemonrecords.storenvy.com/                                                                                                 https://plaguedemonrecords.bandcamp.com/music                                                                                      https://www.facebook.com/Plaguedemonrecords.net/                                                                                 https://www.instagram.com/namtar.axarcuth/?hl=en                                                                                   Blasphemous Creations Of Hell Records                                                                                                    https://bchrecords.storenvy.com/                                                                                                                   https://blasphemouscreationsofhellrecords1.bandcamp.com/                                                                      https://www.facebook.com/blasphemouscreationsofhellrecords/                                                                                                                                                         

Blasphemous--Eternal Misanthropy cd{Born For Burning Prod.} Posted on 7-22-22

 

Blasphemous  comes out of  Pennsylvania's death metal  scene.Eternal Misanthropy  is the latest EP featuring one brand new song and four songs recorded live in the studio.Eternal  Misanthropy is the brand new studio track and is a fast and ripping fast song.The guitars and drums are done with crazed fastpaced drum and guitar passages,The vocals are old school gruff screams and growls.When the Dark Storms Surround Catholiccaust is the next song and is played with intensity and excellenct musicial skill.Not as brutal as the first song but is still performed with ferocious intensity.Mouth Of Lies is third track and is another whirlwind and fast paced  guitar guitars.The drums are pounding heavy and fast beats that are done with excellent writing skill.The vocals are gruff growls and screams that are intense and violent sounding in the delievery.Emerging Through Fire is solid track of classic sounding and performed death metal.The music is not as chaotic as the previous songs but is still played with classic death metal.Salvation Denied is the final song on the release and is a fast paced song.With crazed,fast drum passages.The guitars are played with  some very well played guitar structures that are fast and punishing in the delievery.Eternal Misanthropy is my first encounter with Philadelphia's Blasphemous and this is a great release to have if you are a fan  of traditional and well executed death metal.                Band  Contacts                                                                                                                                               https://blasphemousphilly.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                   https://www.facebook.com/blasphemousmetal                                                                                            https://www.instagram.com/blasphemous_official/                                                                                    Born For Burning  Productions                                                                                                                     https://bornforburning.bigcartel.com/

Alvarez--Moonshinewhores cd{Plague Demon Rec./Blasphemous Creations Of Hell Rec.} Posted on 7-15-22

 

Formed  in 2019  by mainman  Alvarez who handles the vocals and bass duties for the band.Moonshinewhores  is the third release by the band featuring six songs.The music is very well composed and unique in it's delievery death,doom metal metal mixed together with the bands own style.As mentioned  Alvarez handles the vocal duties which are done with gruff death metal growls and some whispery type of vocals are used throughout some of the songs.J.Plecho handles the guitars and composes  some memorable guitar passages.Mainly staying in the mid tempoed  range but their are some faster paced guitar patterns throughout the songs.Mr,Z handles the drums for the band and performes some impressive and well delievered drum  passages.For the most part the drums are played with slow to mid paced passages but do speed up a little in some songs.Alvarez  plays a very unique blend death and deoom metal but is not afraid to try something  different within their musicial style.If you are a fan of  original sounding death,doom metal  i highly  recomend  Moonshinewhores so pick up a copy today.                                                                                                                                                  Band  Contacts                                                                                                                                               https://alvarezband.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                             https://www.facebook.com/alvarezmetalband                                                                                              https://www.instagram.com/AlvarezBandinfo/                                                                                           Plague Demon  Records                                                                                                                               https://plaguedemonrecords.storenvy.com/                                                                                                  https://plaguedemonrecords.bandcamp.com/music                                                                                     https://www.facebook.com/Plaguedemonrecords.net/                                                                                   https://www.instagram.com/namtar.axarcuth/?hl=en                                                                                   Blasphemous Creations Of Hell  Records                                                                                                    https://bchrecords.storenvy.com/                                                                                                                 https://blasphemouscreationsofhellrecords1.bandcamp.com/                                                                      https://www.facebook.com/blasphemouscreationsofhellrecords/                                                                https://www.instagram.com/b.c.h.records/                                                                                                  

Interview with Blaspherion posted on 7-8-22

 

1.Hails Yaotzin please introduce yourself to the readers?

Hello all I am Yaotizin mastermind behind USBM band/project Blaspherion I started Blaspherion in 2001 as a solo project and over the years have released demos and a few EPS and Albums

Keeping the flame of black metal burning strong.

Most were self released cds and cdrs and tapes.

Pushed out into the underground via contacts through mail or the primitive internet.

2.When did you first discover black and metal in general?And what is it about this genre that draws you in and keeps you interested?

I first discovered metal with a dubbed tape of Black sabbath song Paranoid from a friend around the age of 10 the other side had a ugly kid Joe song I erased that side ha, after that I started saving money from mowing lawns and whatnot to buy tapes at a local music store that had a huge metal section.

I heard a metal compilation tape that had

Venom, Motorhead on it along with others

That got me into the grittier,dirter side of metal along with Slayer Show No Mercy.

At 11 i got an guitar and tried to learn/mimmick

My favorite bands than I got more into the

Underground metal and what's known as black metal

Mercyful fate, bathory, celtic frost, Beherit, also death metal as well. What draws me and keeps me in the genre of metal and black/death metal is

The music #1 it's always changing and evolving or stepping back in time in some cases but always with a twist that's somehow fresh and also the great imagery#2 you get some great art in metal that you can't find elsewhere be it black,death,thrash,traditional, etc metal.

3.Who were the first artists and bands that you listened to and who are some of the current bands that have caught your attention?

First artist..

Venom, black sabbath, celtic frost, kreator,Slayer, metallica, as for black metal

Bathory, the forementioned venom, Mayhem, Burzum, Dissection, Marduk, Beherit.

To name a few I listened to alot of metal across the spectrum of genre's since I started listening to metal

Alot of bands have caught my attention over the many years, currently Obsidian Shrine is one out of Kentucky USA very good black metal.

4.When did you first become interested in writing and playing music? What are the instruments that you curreunderground.

I became intrested in playing and writting music at 11 years old.

My main instrument is 6 string guitar.

Also I can play bass and drums.

I learned how to play both those Instruments due to a lack of like minded musicians early on.

5.Are you self taught or did you take some lessons when first starting out? Are their any instruments that you currently do not play but would like to learn one day?

I am a self taught musician majorly

I took some guitar lessons as a young adolescent

To learn the basics of tuning, guitar care etc.

Than ventured on my own to learn the tools of

Music and metal by listening to albums I enjoyed and working at learning songs by ear and trial and error on the guitar since back than tabs and videos were hard to come by or not available at all.

6..Yaotzin you also handle the vocals for the band when did you first become interested in screaming and growling?Do you do anything special to keep your throat and voice healthy?

When I started playing guitar I became intrested in doing vocals as well out of necessity. So I learned and taught myself to play and do vocals.

Blame it on celtic frost haha.

7.Who some of your all-time favorite musicians and vocalists over the years?

Cronos, Mantas, Tom G Warrior, Quarthon,

Nocturno occulto, Fenris, Lemmy, jimi Hendrix,

Jim Morrison, Danzig, John Christ, Ahkenaten,

Lord Imperial, Marcus Kolar, Jon Nodtveidt, Henke Forss, Legion, Wrest..I could go on alot more...

8.Yaotzin. you originally started Blaspherion in 2001 what gave you the idea to start this band? How did you choose Blaspherion as the name of the band and does it have a special meaning?

I was and am a big fan of Black metal

Especially the underground. When I started Blaspherion I was just starting another full on band as well called Blasphemous(they still exist to this day with only original member left being the vocalist) I played drums (not too well either haha).

While that was going on I wanted to get back to playing guitar and wanted to hear a more old school

Primitive sound than what Blasphemous was producing at the time.

So I started Blaspherion

Putting together a rough 3 song demo tape "Desecration of The Holy".

9.You stopped the band in 2015 why did you decide to stop the band? And re-started in 2018 how has it been going with you and the band over the last few years?

I stopped the project/band in 2015 due to lack of intrest and no musicians to work with.

I was tired of working alone and had released

A Demo in 2009 "Dark Legend" that went in a different direction than previous Releases

It was a D.I.Y release. After that I took a break

And really did nothing with Blaspherion.

In 2018 met some like minded Musicians who shared the same vision and hunger for black metal darkness in its true form. So we jammed for a few weeks, possibly a month and recorded a Rehersal Demo of one song "Misanthropic Catharsis"

Which was at the time posted on line limitedly.

After that release the line up at the moment broke up due to logistical issues.

Currently with the reissue of the "Path of Fire" demo collection in 2020 by Plague Demon Records

I took Blaspherion back to active status as a solo project at the time and started writting music again for Blaspherion. Currently Blaspherion has released the above mentioned Demo collection, A track on the USBM Tribute to Darkthrone, A new track to the Plague Demon Records label collection

And a new EP this year. In the works is music for a new Full length album entitled "Where The Devil's Dwell" and the title track has been released online

To show the world Blaspherion is still alive.

The new track "Where Devils Dwell" features a full line up for the recording the members who participated in "Misanthropic Catharsis" have returned Inaz Videl on Drums and Imperator mortum on vocals plus Misanthrope on bass and of course I Yaotizin on guitars.

The full length album is currently being finished up

And will be released by Plague Demon Records

ASAP.

10.Sworn To Darkness Eternal is the newest EP that was released through Plague Demon Rec. and Blasphemous Creations Of Hell when did you first come in contact with these two labels?

I came into contact with Plague Demon Records

In 2019 through an old friend who got me in contact

With Label main man Jim. We discussed the possibility of Blaspherion being released by the label for the "PATH OF FIRE" Demo collection

I got the tracks together and remastered best as could be. Jim had new art/layout commisioned

Jim than proceeded to have the Album released worldwide through his network of connections for distribution and online presence.

After that Blaspherion participated in different label releases. Before releasing The new EP and a 7 inch Record recently on Plague Demon Records.

Blasphemous Creations Of Hell is a partner label with Plague Demon Records.

11.How long did it take to write the music for the new release?

I worked on it mostly at night. The Ep took 2 months to complete. Once complete it sat for almost a year

Due to other issues outside of music, once I felt it was time I sent it into Plague Demon Records to be released. The record was original completed in 2021 Than shelved until 2022.

12.Where do you usually 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?

The music comes first and influnces the lyrics direction off of the feel of the music mostly.

This EP the lyrics are aggressive and dark satanic messages. Harkening back to the early days of Blaspherion which has evil Satanic Blasphemous lyrics. I draw inspiration for lyrics from reading I have done over the years and just hatred for all abrahamic juedo religions and their sheep.

13.What does Black Metal mean to you?

Satanic metal music.

14.Yaotzin you live in Tennessee what is your opinion of the black and death metal scene in Tennessee over the years?

When I moved here in 2005 their was a healthy underground Metal scene with a few death metal bands and a few black metal bands. Mostly just metal bands. Over the years it's had its ups and downs with bands,venues,musicians like any scene.

Right now its starting to come back slowly

As for a few years it was quiet due to not Many bands forming or older bands hanging it up.

Its not a bad scene I guess having not been involved in it actively in a band since 2013. I've been to a few local shows lately and like I said it looks like the scene is slowly coming back with bands nor all death or black metal. But with metal and hardcore bands. To be honest outside of playing a show with a band I am in or going to a rare local show I do not Have much contact with the scene outside of people I know. I keep to myself mostly.

15.Who are your all-time favorite bands coming out of Tennessee and are their any new bands you feel the readers should check out soon?⁸

None at the moment

16.Besides working in Blaspherion i believe you work with quite a few other bands and solo projects could you please tell the readers a little about your current bands?

Besides Blaspherion, I play Guitar in Cranial impalement a brutal death metal band that released an EP In 2012 called "Worldwide Terrorism" and played a ton of shows from 2011 to 2013. And is now rehearsing and preparing with a New lineup to start playing live again.

Also I have played Guitar and done Vocals for the 2 man Studio project Moribundus Christus. Which had released A 4 song demo tape called "The Morbid Cult " in 2016 which featured Me and Misanthrope I on Guitars and vocals. Misanthrope drum programming. In 2019 the full length album "Hostile" was released via Plague Demon Records

Which featured Misanthrope on all vocals/drum programming and I on all guitars.

15.Thank you Yaotzin for taking the time to fill this interview out do you have any final words for the readers?

Check out all the bands and labels mentioned above

Support the true undergound.

All releases mentioned are available through Plague Demons Records.                                                       Band  Contacts                                                                                                                                              https://www.facebook.com/BlaspherionOfficial                                                                                         Plague Demon Records                                                                                                                                https://plaguedemonrecords.storenvy.com/                                                                                                 https://plaguedemonrecords.bandcamp.com/                                                                                               https://www.facebook.com/Plaguedemonrecords.net                                                                                   https://www.instagram.com/namtar.axarcuth/?hl=en                                                                                   Blasphemous Creations  Of Hell Records                                                                                                     https://bchrecords.storenvy.com/                                                                                                                  https://blasphemouscreationsofhellrecords1.bandcamp.com/music                                                            https://www.facebook.com/blasphemouscreationsofhellrecords                                                                 https://www.instagram.com/b.c.h.records/                                                                                                     

Consecration - Ciris cd{Redefining Darkness Records} done by Andrew D.posted on 7-6-22

 

A heavy cold slab of darkened death doom is presented,Compentently conceived and well  executed.With a  high quality production that still  sounds heavy and raw enough to be underground.The  instrumentation is warm and organic,contrasting with the  cold and sepulchral vocals occalisional clean guitars add textural variety.Not  easy listening grows even more oppressive and claustrophobic  becoming suffocating at  times .Slow,miserable death in the catacombs awaits.Not blazing  much new ground,but solid throughout stylistically the guitar solo's are disapointing if not unexpected.Seems like a wasted opportunity to more fully expose the musicial material.Overall a  recomended album standout track  "Embrace Of Perpetual mourning". 3/5                                                 Band  Contacts                                                                                                                                              https://consecration666.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                     https://www.facebook.com/Consecration666/                                                                                              https://www.instagram.com/consecration666/                                                                                             Redefining Darkness Records                                                                                                                      http://www.redefiningdarkness.com/                                                                                                           https://redefiningdarknessrecords.bandcamp.com/                                                                                       https://www.facebook.com/redefiningdarkness