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The band plays doom metal with 12am WORT 89.9 fm www.wortfm.org an injection of black metal. Melancholy is an important part of the sound, which is then Sweet Nightmares (Houston, TX): Thursday contrasted with speedy moments of black night 9pm-12am KPFT 90.1 fm www.kpft.org metal. The recording is called “Imbolc MMXIV” and it is three songs and almost 24 Excuse All the Blood (Olympia, WA): Friday minutes of music. night 11pm-1am www.kaosradio.org www.isenordal.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/isenordal.metal Metal Shop (Seattle, WA): Saturday 11pm- 3am KISW 99.9fm www.kisw.com Eternal Sedation (Yakima) — Metal Archives says the following about this bands from Washington state thrash band: “Eternal Sedation was founded in 2013 in Astraes Pestis (Seattle) Yakima, Washington following the breakup of Bestial, raw death metal that sounds like an their previous band Pleasantly Demented. all-out rejection of the currents of “computer After many line up changes, Eternal Sedation death metal” that is modern “death metal.” finally found the sound that they have been This band has a different take on all that, it’s looking for, Old school thrash mixed with the sound of when extreme metal as a progressive aspects of more modern metal. primitive force. Releasing their first EP in November of 2013; The name of the recording is “Flagellum Convulsions of the Mind; they quickly began Haereticorum,” and you can hear it on to play shows all around the Pacific North Bandcamp. It is four songs: West to gain a name for themselves. In April of 1.(Malum Reliquiae) Rotting Stave 2015, Eternal Sedation released the Atrocities 2.Pestilential Sorrow of Man EP, showcasing the growth in both 3.(Minister of Fire) Hammer of Witches music taste and ability. They are now in the 4.Whip of the Heretics (Flight from Hades) process of writing for their full length and www.astraespestisvcp.bandcamp.com preparing for tours during the summer.” Eigenlicht (Olympia) “Atrocities of Man” is a free/name-your-price This is about 23 minutes along the lines of epic, recording that you can hear on Bandcamp. primitive, necro, depressive black metal. It is www.eternalsedation.bandcamp.com two songs and it is called “Sacral Regicide.” www.facebook.com/pages/Eternal-Sedation- 1.Province of Immolated Kings Band/172612636113362 2.Autor Ego Audendi On Bandcamp the band lineup is: Trepanation (Tacoma) Yianna Bekris (guitar) This is rough demo of brutal death metal Ray Hawes (guitar, vocals) called "Meticulous Evisceration," from 2013. Mara Winter (keyboards, vocals) The band calls its music “filthy old school Johnny Delacy (drums) death metal,” so they’re not trying to be You can listen to the recording here. fancy and modern, just sick and primitive. www.eigenlicht- www.trepanationusa.bandcamp.com metal.bandcamp.com/releases www.facebook.com/trepanationusa A Flourishing Scourge (Seattle) SKELATOR On its Facebook page the band describes its Skelator from Seattle is, more or less, what a music: person means when they say “heavy metal.” “A Flourishing Scourge is an all-original metal Traditional heavy metal by people who are band formed in Seattle, Washington, by long- the craziest metalheads that you will ever time friends Tye Jones (guitars/vox) and Josh meet because they are so obsessed with Keifer (drums). As of 2015, Kevin Carbrey metal they decided that listening to metal (bass) and Andrew Dennis (guitars) have every day was not enough, reading about it rounded out the line-up. was not enough, writing and talking about it was not enough. They had to, they just had to Blending elements of traditional black, death, form their own fireblazing heavy metal band. and progressive metal, A Flourishing Scourge That’s Skelator. Man, is Skelator dedicated to represents a fresh approach to the metal or what! Well, let me you the story of incorporation of key elements of multiple sub- Skelator. In all began in year 3666 BC during genres. The band is currently playing gigs in the time of the ancients’ reign of gold and the Seattle area with a dynamic, multi-media mystique … No, wait, better yet, let the singer live show that has been hailed as “a hypnotic and swordmaster Jason Conde-Houston von journey into the mind and soul”. San Diego tell you the story of Skelator. The band is currently in the studio recording Skelator is: their initial EP, with a projected release date in Jason Conde-Houston: air raid siren reification August 2015. For booking information, please Rob Steinway: power dive incursions contact [email protected].” Robbie Houston: unit distortion projections Patrick Seick: metronomical calculations Listen to some of the music here. Rah Davis: thunder intonation commander www.reverbnation.com/aflourishingscourge www.facebook.com/aflourishingscourge Hello, Jason. Your new album “King of Fear” www.twitter.com/a_scourge sounds perfect for the diehards of traditional heavy metal. Now that the album is Black Tears (Seattle) completed, what is ahead for the band in According to Metal Archives, Trevor Eulau is 2015 and 2016? the person behind this solo black metal project. “Forgotten” is the name of the four- In 2015 we are trying to take it easy in terms of song recording, which is about 23 minutes song writing. I think “King of Fear” is a very long. The music, when it is slow, is melancholic, strong album and should be enjoyed on stage depressive, and when it is going full blast until we get around to writing our new tremolo rules the moment. This is a free/name- material. I think we will aim to write an EP by your-price recording. the end of the year and maybe we can www.blacktearsofficial.bandcamp.com/relea record in 2016. ses www.facebook.com/pages/Black- As far as playing live goes, we just played to a Tears/1505906806348305 sold out show with Steel Panther and we are about to embark on our quest to Chicago to play at the Ragnarokkr Festival. Then we will 3 plan a West Coast Tour for late 2015. Let's see Is it correct that Skelator started in 1998 in San what 2016 has in store. Diego, in the ancient kingdom of Kalifornien? Jason, how did you discover that you could Can you tell us a bit about "King of Fear"? Do sing? Do you remember what albums you you, Jason, feel nervous or have butterflies in used to sing along to when you were a young your stomach when it is time to do your knight? vocals? How difficult is it to get those high scream right on the first take?! In 1998 me and my best friend Max wanted to start a metal band and we started writing Personally, I have mixed feelings about lyrics. Basically, we were just getting into recording myself. I'm not nervous exactly; I just Metallica and wanted to emulate them in can't stand to have my performance everyway. But it wasn't until 1999 that we got dissected. I kinda turn into a bitch sometimes. Patrick to play drums for us and really start the But luckily my cousin Robbie is at the helm writing process. I went to school with Patrick at every time and we have a long history of San Diego High School and I was always like recording together (since the year 2000). So “Oh man he's that “cool” guy who plays we understand each other’s boundaries not drums in a band.” Later we recruited my just performancewise but personality as well. cousin Robbie to play lead guitar. I left him a message on his answering machine “Robbie We always tackle one song at a time. We start you must SAVE SKELATOR!!!!” On May 19th 2000 with the verses in my head voice to get into we played our first show to a bunch of straight the spirit and flow of the song. After that, we edge hardcore punks. We sucked so much, move on to the choruses and try to get the but we were the only cats trying to play thrash perfect one that we can copy paste over the metal back then so they all loved it. song. Then, we do basic backups on the chorus to make it sound meaty. Then, we redo As for my singing, I started off blasting my the endings of each chorus so that they are in mom's Led Zeppelin LPs and jumping around fact different and they lead into the next part the living room screaming my balls off like I (solo, bridge, ending, etc.).