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Vol. 11 - #5 - Issue 65 - August/September 2015 HEADSHOP & VAPOR LOUNGE NOW WITH 2 LOCATIONS! 307 W. Hastings Street & 1674 Davie Street, Vancouver www.cannabisculture.com 2 absoluteunderground.tv please recycle this magazine share with a friend covering the underground 10 years music scene a decade since 2004 of decadence Editor-In-Chief - Ira Hunter Art Director - Chad Persley Sound Engineer- Willy Jak table of contents Music Editor - Willow Gamberg Assistant Editor - Dawn Daniels vancouver vengeance - unleash the archers ..... page 5 Ad Design - Clayton Hall & John Warnock Office Manager - Dan Johannessen Web Masters - Goatlord, Danny Deane, fuck the facts ......................................................page 6 Interns Ryan Holmes, Myles Malloy, Pamela Ouellette, Elizabeth Jarvis calgary carnage - false flag ...............................page 7 Cover art by Rohan Carter Writers - Michael Luis, Jake Warren, Mr. Plow, Milton Stille, plow’s pick - dirty kid discount .........................page 8 Allison Drinnan, Charley Justice, Matt Gordon, Anita Fixx, Alicia Gilmour, Erik Lindholm, Willow Gamberg, Dan Potter, Michael Allen, Dustin Blumhagen, Sean McKay, Cody No Teeth, montreal massacre - beyond creatoion - ederoth .....page 9 CJ Sleez, Cam D’Andrade, Ed Sum, Rod Rookers, Alex Snow, Ryan Primrose, Lacey Paige, Michael Carnage, Afia Dash, Lucius on-terrible - forgotten rebels ........................ page 10 Blackworth, DJ Zang, Rasha Al Harthy, Photographers - John Warnock, Chad Persley, Demonika, Ira shr-edmonton - villainizer ...............................page 11 Hunter, Jake Jackoff, Keith Norton, Justin Poulsen, Mike Chow, Chris McKibbin, Scott Alexander, Ryan Dyer, Krista Robson, Zia Marashi, Travis McDermid, Brad Reckless, Nathaniel Shannon, richard hatch interview ....................................page 12 Brydon Parker, Pamela Porosky, Dani Eggen, Robin K, Mr. Sable, Jen Warnock, Jason Shultz, Joelle Prevost, Patti Gordon, slut .....................................................................page 13 William Smart, Allison Drinnan, Milton Stille, Alicia Beisel, Sara Power, DJ Zang iron reagan ..........................................................page 15 Comic Artists – Robin Thompson, Randy Chaos, Dick Kaupf,. 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The reader must understand that all information given is from many various sources, therefore ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE cannot be held responsible for any accuracy, completeness or legalities. please recycle this magazine share with a friend 3 4 absoluteunderground.tv please recycle this magazine share with a friend fans are all rad, but and Ida Haukland. the 14-hour drives She’s not soul, but vancouver vengeance in between cities are she’s amazing. not. And that’s one of Power metal with clean the shorter ones! You vocals is my favourite can’t even tour from style. Lee Aaron sings November to May, but soul or jazz now though, if you have the balls doesn’t she? Killer to hit those highways, metal vocalist from the then we’ll brave 80s, just google ‘metal Unleash The Archers the winter storms to come see you. Canadian queen’! metalheads are the best! The song ‘Frozen Steel’ is Interview by Erik Lindholm AU: Who will you tour all about them, and ‘Tonight We Ride’ is about the with next? feeling of anticipation you have the night before BS: We are touring with Vancouver’s power metal sensations Unleash the heading out on tour… Hibria this fall, they are Archers stand poised for major advancement into AU: The video for “Tonight We Ride” is outta a killer power metal Europe after signing with Napalm Records, filming control! It looks like it’s straight out of the band from Brazil, and videos in Nevada and releasing their crushing latest Mad Max film. How did it come about? Napalm is working on fourth record, Time Stands Still. Read on with BS: It was all thanks to our director, Nathan something for Europe vocalist Brittney Slayes to get the details... Cox. He had a hookup with the Death Guild in early 2016. We’ll keep Thunderdome camp from Burning Man. Originally you informed! Absolute Underground: Greetings, where are we wanted to film in the actual Thunderdome AU: How is touring with four guys? Who keeps AU: This opens some European tour dates you now? What’s going on? they set up there every BM, but for legal reasons the band in line, who is the parental figure? perhaps? you can’t film anything for commercial use at BM Brittney Slayes: Hello! I am in my apartment in BS: Well it’s funny you should say that, because we BS: Definitely! We already have something for so we waited till after and the guys from DGTD False Creek, Vancouver. It’s kinda near Science used to make that same joke all the time; Brayden spring 2016, and hopefully that will only be the were kind enough to drive us around in their World, oh wait sorry, ahem, the Telus World Of was the Mom, and Scott was the aloof older sister beginning. We would love to get over there to post-apocalyptic cars! Doing circles in the desert Science! and Grant was the hyper little brother, but the play festivals next summer, as well as jump on for hours on end, but man it was fun. We actually AU: New album rocks – songs, art, performance dynamic has changed quite a bit now with the bigger tours if we can. The metal scene there filmed it in 2013, as we were going to release - it is all there. You’ve had the CD release new members. I am definitely the one that has to is absolutely ginormous; I am pretty sure we Time Stands Still in spring 2014, but then that shows, how was the response? kick everyone in the butt to get going, and I keep have no idea how rad it’s going to be. The whole got pushed back, and then we signed to Napalm the place tidy, of course. attitude about music is different, I feel there BS: Thanks! It’s been great so far, more than we and they pushed it back again… It ended up is more respect for it. We hear the venues are could have expected! The CD release shows went coinciding perfectly with the release of Mad AU: The band signed with Napalm Records.... decked out for touring musicians, complete with amazingly well, and the reviews that are coming Max: Fury Road though, which was completely that is sick, tell us more please! beds and showers and kitchens... Can’t wait! in have all been really positive. I mean, all you unplanned and totally rad! It was fate, I guess. BS: We signed with Napalm, based in Austria, in really can do is hope for the best, but prepare for AU: Final words to the Canadians out there? AU: You’ve studied opera singing, is that December 2014. Not too sure how they heard the worst, so we are just happy that people are BS: Thanks to the fans, and all the people who right? Also, who is your favourite female soul of us, but we have friends on the label (Striker, liking it. work to create the scene: fans, bands, producers, vocalist? Crimson Shadows, Mortillery) so they probably