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welcome to issue two of 1 tf^ll firstly ERBER05 .Ste vj 4 HORSTICE .S te ve 8 SALEH zine. We've had a Few problems DEPRIVED JUSTICE, Andy 8 AHTROPQMANC Y. Afidy 8 PE*. the way hut we finally made it. along CEVILLE.Seb 8 KOI TO 5 Danny 8 , na hma ss , I. must apologise for typing mistakes -and NEXTREMIS.Mar k & MALEDICTION , Jeff J*Re- mis-spelling but these things happen. it ly Jan lawless.Dirge.wal ly ,3ai 1 ey ,Te- Well we didn't get enough reply's foe a rry Pratchett .Arthur G u i ne ss .Rothmans traders or a rip-off section so hopef- of Pal Tmal 1 .Jameson, Hi gh Commi oner h- si , ully we will this time. I hop'1 oo agr- ome brew and any one else who aided and ee that we've done better this time abetted in any way. May even your darke- and of course we win continue to imp- st dreams ie filled with pleasures f^r- rove every issue. Well I’ve nothing mo- bbiden tY all but readers of DEPRIVED. re to say so contact me or Antoinette if your in a dea th/doom /black /grind b- er fan' play 11 st : anef and we ’ll see what we can do for s you. Brian Taube (ED). Cradle Of Filth - Adv. tricks Fifth Dominion - Pain, Rage 8 Laughter * demo Brian wishes to thank/greet the follo- - R- Impaled Nazarene - Urga Karma CD wing : Amy (my beloved. ,. WAAH !), Ant, Primordial - Dark Romanticism - demo ory , Hank , Rob , Dei 1 , Sean, Hi 11 , Hank, Paul Gates - The Red In The Sky - CG •cornflakes' Kearns, David KcKeever, At The Morphosis - Modus Operand! - demo Viimie O’Brien, Cory Sloan, Jeff O'Reil- Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer - CO ly and Bren Mullen of THY SINISTER BL- My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans - s. SEVERANCE, Mai hrrtass & PRIHOR- OOM, Ian CD DXAL.Steo Morton, Rob Bailey, Dave Knot-

t , Paul Carter & THUS DEFILED, Dan 5. IN Antoinette's play list : GODS OWN INAGE, Just in, S tu , Paul, Alan &, Impaled Nazarene - Tol Carmpt Norz Norz Paul - SYNAPSE, tony Longvorth A MORBID Nor z - CD it i SYMPHONY , John Cook £ THE REIGN, Da & Impaled Nazarene - Ugra Karma - CD CRADLE OF FILTH, Ben Johnson & NECROVO- Dark Throne - Under A Funeral Moon - HIT, FIFTH DOMINION, AFTERLIFE, MORPHOSIS LP The Gathering - Always - LP Brian A FRIENDLY SNARE, John & PUTREFI- Deicide * Legion - LP ED (where's my fuckin' letter? ), Fabi en Inextremis - Promo *94 £. INITXOM, Jose 5, GOMORRAH , Alan & CORP- Synapse - Cries Of The Unborn - deao SECANDLErCathai Rodgers & HIGH SPEED - - * Gorefest Fal se IP DEATH, Karl 0 Hanlon , Mar ko , Temmu & ENT-

ERMIC, Darren White £, ANATHEMA , Andy S. PEACEVlLLt* Peter S EARACHE, Col in & Cl f- We both wish especially to thank : .& odltna , Peter Bennett .Stephen© .OXYRIUS Jeff O'ReilTy (THY SINISTER BLOON) for Richard 8 WILD RAGS, Step* I DISABLED, cover art-work Peter 8 POSER SLAUGHTER RECORDS, Neil 8 Col Ket the patient printer. CACOPHONOUS. Carles s HUMAN WASTE, Cam- And all bands who appeared in issue 2,

elc & CATACOMB, Janes fi AUDI TORT SUICI- 8 SORROW ZINE. Carlos Can ano DE Jason write to us : OEPRIVED ZINC & EMBRYONIC. Er i k & MONSTER METAL, LIST- c/o Antoinette Flynn Phil 8 CHAPEL OF REST, ENABLE RECORDS, "Le Che i 1 e'* Paul 4 UNEARTHLY .Barry & DWELLER, Andy Roun dwotd i MY DYING BRIDE. THROUGH IRELAND'S EYE Co .Wicklow zine.THE OATH, THE TAMPS, and finally a- Ire! and ny one who bought OEPRIVED Issue 1 8 OR Forlorn Ex (stance. OEPRIVED ZINE c/n Brian Taube Antoinette wishes to thank ; Brian, Amy, 1 Di St .Patricks Sean, Rose Hag i .Russian Rob , ui 1 , rge Main Street Tom,C 1 i on a. Oi rge .Ken no .Hank .Lennon , Stu- Roundwood 2 ins ,Ni le .Mae ve , Joe, Sach ,S i obtain, Jona- Co .U i ck low than , Hi ches I Mahon. Carlos Car i ano .Mar Irel and Burns .Conor Howe, Bren Mullen (and Fred) ,

, Gil 1 i an Doyle , Cory ,Pau 1 , Da vi d.Stec Rob

3 Dave. Colin 8 TRAUMATIZED , Algi r 6 HIN-

FAMY, Adri ano 3 EXONORTIS . Justi n & SOLE- MN ASSEMBLY .A1 ex 4 SAD WHISPERINGS. Dam- Jonny* Brian would also like to thank iano 8 CENOTAPH, Chri stian 3 CRYPT OF K- Glynn. Lennon 3 Albert Istachron. . ,

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PR iNORJIALWehe forced in August '91 under the name of FORSAKEN. 7n ey released no demo as FORSAKEN but had one track entitled 'The Darkest Flame' put on an Irish comp, tape in July '92. In December '92 their name was changed to PRIMORDIAL and work began on their demo which was released in August '93. the following is an intorview with vocalist Alan Aver ill of PRIMORDIAL. Are you pleased with your debut demo 'Dark Romanticism'?. What are your plans now that you have released it?. -yell ... ’pleased' is rather a lame word, but if you wish.yes I am pleased with it.,. for the amount of money we paid [£75) we got a lot more than we could have got anywhere else (i ,e. a proper studio studioJ.it just goes to show you don't need to pay lots of money to get 'excellent' sound. wel 1 o.L.it's not excellent because we never wanted it to be excellent, but it is raw, vicious and conveys the Dark, Evil atmosphere >f the songs well. Also no ore has said anything had about it most people are either into it, or respect it and if you can tell me one Have you any plans to play live a lot 'land we sound like, go ahead I'm list- and would you consider bringing your ening . il y plans..?! suppose for as music further than Ireland? many people who appreciate this kind - fjo I have no plans to play live a lot, of music to get to hear it.., to get if you are always playing 1 ive.yog des- the name of PRIMORDIAL established in troy any mystique or aura or whatever, the undergrounds I'm busy sending as you become run-of-the mill and peop- Free tapes out .writing many letters le know what to expect ... every few mon- etc fl yers, whatever .To do the odd ths would be o-k.... for me I prefer to jig here and for people to Awaken the be apart from this whole gigging const- PRIMORDIAL Instincts in their soul... antly winning people over type scene..., is even in this holy shithole of a 1 want to make people to feel they are country there are Brothers keeping going to miss out on something if they the Black Flame Burning. don't go, but I don't care if they want Which words would best describe your to waste their money on drink S rugs music? somewhere else. ..of course it's prefer-

-Dark , Unholy ,Mysti cal , Got hi c mother- able they do both while watching us.,.,

! ! 1 fi'Cking EV-L music. ..the way it was two hi gh 8s at a time ! U$ ua 1 y you only supposed to be, and for us the vay it get between 30-90 tops at gigs in Dubl- always will be. lie are playing the in. ..the people are very apathetic and 'true' soul-rausi c, no pretences, poses false rather than sweat it up the front rip -offs, plaguri stic or bandwagon st- of some fucking dive. taking part in our uff. ..just whatever flows, what comes B1 asphemy, down the country crowds seem from us .He do not call ourselves much better and everyone is more h;nest Black Metal.lt is sort of to avoid and willing to kill each other. About in any trends now inherent the genre playing abroad — yes I would be very-, and to avoid any questioning inferen- into that, we will play anywhere money ,i ces from other p eo pi e . . t ' s just allows .but I think we need to get. more evil music, sure the ethos of Black established first... [any offers,.?) letal is where our hearts are nearest What bands influence PRIMORDIAL? Does but for the above reasons we are us every individual member bring their own and nothing el se . . .al thou gh if 'you' influences to the band? or anyone wishes to 'classify' us as -Wei 1 , we don’t write anything with any-

Hack Heta 1 I can live with it.but thing else in mind, when the time is

it . . i you said not me right it just f 1 ows -obv ous 1 y we are influnced by bands we listen to... original ly it is these bands that brought

u$ together , they inspired us. ..but I would say we are influnced by what we < ,

PRIMORDIAL interview continued

listen to as a whole than particular bands, when we arrartf-s the songs it is a joint effort, but the first idea usually comes from one of us... every son

is a sort of personal exorc i sm .a 1 though we are and always will be possed

. * .ha ha . What do your lyrics mainly deal with? Ah ha, prepare yourself for a long ans-

wer Brian, as 1 write the lyrics and I’m in the mood to shed some darkness on them. Rather than go through a whole lot of disjointed topics, Pit tell you what each of our songs is about.. .well track by track. "To Enter Pagan' 1 is about how I fell the past in me, many ce- nturies ago the Christian missionaries

came to Ireland. and it's about if I

was to go back with knowledge I have now i would kill thei all.. .run them through.It's about we've lost touch with the Pagan heritage of our country and it's a declaration of my abyssic hate towards Christianity and here of (Above vocalist Alan Averin of Catholicism.! will have REVENGE in PRIMORDIAL) this life or the next. 'The Darkest Fl- Te ages some where,! dwell in a gothic is fo-r me very ame" personal .. .even castle and upon the highest tower it now I'm still unsure of it's full mea- is open to the sky, and here I sleep ning ..but it's roughly about you bei- with my dead love in her coffin t and ng a Martyr for someone and they turn watch the darkened clouds make their their back on you, and there is nothing twisted faces, feel the frosted rain ft left but to take yourself and that snow, gave upon unearthly stars and mo- ’'person" from this world, so no one ons, she is bes i de me, an d shows me true else will have them, prehaps it is some life is in death.! am "In Graciousnesi sort of sorrow filled lamentati on." Am- s" of her. Together we live in nocturn- ong The Lazarai" is a prophecy of the al vigil and when the gothi c , darks ide End, and that Pan among the "Lazarai', of people reawakens and magic returns, those reborn or resurrected in thought she will also wake. ..and I will die. (perhaps ancient ) .Those who have reje- "Longing" is another dream I had of cted the ethos of fools and Holy peop-r sitting by a river in Mid-winter and le.as their God will never save them, the whole world being black ft white, and they have no life beyond my scorn, and I am the last person on Earth, and because I'am above them spiritually I arise and fly over all the mountains (in a way), also less deeply it is abo- 1 akes, seas , forest $ . ..there are no roa- ut Iconoclasm,but this time, images not ds or cities or modern devices. ..it is ,J destroyed by ol peop 1 e ! f 1 ,but that's y my "Longing" for a pure world of not- only one small verse. "To The Ends Of hing, where there is no colour or joy, The Earth" is inspired by those ultim- and I am God.... t fools W i , i ' s 1 ate "Oehovas tnesses" ab- What are your fave (a)Bands (b)L.P. *; out how they believe the "Rapture" (c) Films (d) Authors (ej Books (f)Gigs? will come and their God will take them -Bathory .. .above all else, Celtic Frost from this worl d. That is the inspirati- He 1 1 ha firmer Venim, Card 1 emass. Possessed on,the , , lyrics are about "Realising Yo- St ./itus ,B1 ack 5 j bbath, nowaday s stuff ur Destiny", and that my destiny is be like Ens 1 aved .Impaled Nazarane , jark left on the earth, and that i will have Throne .Rotting Chri st , fleer omen ti a , Emp- no fear.. .Pam Master not Slave. Some eror I mmorta 1 kata ton i a .Black , Bur zum , , new songs are a little less Hate incl- Crucifix ton, Masters Hammer . 3 eher i t ined, and more go th i c/nacabre/de so 1 a te death wi se. . .De ic ide, At The Gates.Sen- ...I'll tell you some. .."In Gracioisn- tenced , Ni ghtf al 1 . bel i al and loads more ess" is a dream I had set in the midd- stuff I live by . [ b) Al 1 3athory,ist ? EP's 4 IP's by Frost and Hellharamer . , . . ,,

‘ Ep i cu s . we really feel part of it. EP/'In The Sion..." Sndom , but don't people creating I i 7 Churches. sure there are some •.anoiema ss . st venom. Possessed ''Mind Wars" .Holy Terr ir and some good support through zines.comp.

Name i i s ' s here, our all above stuff. ..by bands. (c )The ta pes . tro etc. but music Of The Rose.Alien.Rladeruriner.Brasil, has become twisted into something that

S Chong 1 e . . . I think Time Bandi t$ .He 1 1 re i s er .Cheecn is now socially acceptab H. ft there many Hoody Allan. ..(d) & ( o) P.Lovecra that’s one reason why are

, 5m , R .S i 1 v- around now. as well J.P.Tplkein P . K . D ick , C A i th black metal bands sci-fi.fantasy.dark this socially aware shit provoked erberg . . . and more as ti sm , satani sm real, true perverts .occul ti st s stuff and certa in occul , all the

by peo- i s ts ,wol . dark souls to rise w i tchcraft ,mag u books certain satan ves Die v^ho could not be classified as fa- and show their hate and evil like nev- vourite and of which this is not the er before. ..and we are just part nf right content to discuss them.(f) Dei- this and we are creating are nwr Blas- cide in 90, also good were Unleashed 91 phemy in our own way,and me in mine... viorbtd Angle 9l,Skyclad 93, Sabbat 39 S not that we are a recetionary band or

, in world Tr icf f i x 92 noth i ng i t' s just a perfect Who would you most like to meet? Black Metal would not extst.but the -[ wouldn't really "like" to meet any- world is dead, devoid and is reaching ape, but some knowledge reaping encoun- the end^and Black Metal etc.. .is just - 1 a ters would be wi th . . . Quorthon (who e a reflection of this in way.Fuck...

i s te r Crowl ey ,Ado 1 f Hitler, back to the questi on , sorry Brian I di- s e . . ? ) , Al e Several Inquiste.r during the Inquisit- gress. -.No we are not supported well ion, Charles Hanson, in fact anyone from abroad yet.. (yet I say), people Took the past upon you as a novelty, but in a way I If God stood before you what do you t- reckon they 'd show more interest from hink your first reaction to be? a curiosity angle for us.then say ano- or -Well I don't think God is a person ther Scandinavian band, and hopefully being... Sod is a force that is everyw- this will translate into support for here. -.but I don’t think it has any us. ..Labels are avoiding Ireland beca- power over your actions here on earth use I don't think there's much worth

1 I a glut . - . . i t s your ch- think there's . , mental 1 y ph ys icall y signing!! !but

oice, *0o What Thou villst..." .Every of shit bands on vi ny 1 /CD whatever , my day I am confronted by such a force, but so what I'm not wasting money . tell my it's just some make out in their lives on them . .a ny way time shall how big it is for them, or how relevant fr i end ...who knows perhaps Frederick Neitsc- Will PRIMORDIAL be entering the studio hze was right? again soon?

What Irish bands would you recommend? -No. .not for a while f we have no need - Us .. .actual ly Tricifix where the only to..?, we are working on some new songs Irish band I liked... so if anyone out as the ones on 'the demo are relatively there has not heard them. check cut oid. .perhaps we will use th jame guy the 1st 3 demos through trading or wh- arc place again..?.! can't see any rer at ever. , Fifth Dominion are a good ason why not, To be honest studio work

. .not rea 1 to my liking total ly bores me a bit. it's hard trying to ca- band. 1 y but they've the best death metal band pture an atmosphere or feeling amongst

. 1 are ok . . , Afterl i fe so much tedious work and experiments ittus ic all y . , Ethera hopefully will get their act together etc. .

Jenow i se .. .Funeral promise to Oe good, Is there anything about PRIMORDIAL you although I haven’t heard them... in all fell we should know?

i s ti honesty I don't like virtually all of -Mmm,..we are not gener i c , pi agur c

rhen. ..but they can do what they want. trendy , bandwagon jumping or posers of Do you think the Irish scene is suppo- any sort., we are just doing whaterer rted well (ajhere (b)abroad ? Why do we wish revolving in the dark spheres

you think labels seem to be avoiding ..ha ha. ,we will never change , Darkne- Ireland? ss is infinite T have enough inspirat- -To bn honest once again (I am so vi - ion to last eternity...! see no limits

r to us ... ) the Irish scene is shit... we will always do whatever we want, all these people trying to make it it's not just music.it is beyond that. laughed 1 ike the hardcore scene where every- I know i will get nocked and body is friends and they're all so at do not care for anyone.,.1 wish riqnt. .it makes me sick. ..fuck that. these oeople death. even if they live in this scene .... [ CnOw that ve are . ,

PRIMORDIAL interview continued TRAUMA ED - Hithin - Demo '93

they dre dea d . tiiei t lives are so bere- TRAUMATIZED from Carlow give us their ft of the real forces which give life first product ion. a demo entitled "Wit- ...to quote myself. .."The Dawn Of Ete- hin". Although tMey feel they have pro- rna I Reap Has Come" gressed a lot since this demo's relea- Any last comment? sejt displays originality and.especi- -Hail to you Brian for this interview allity as it's tneir first tape .consi-

.what can I s ay . . * fi rs tl y our demo is derable musical afcil ity. It 's overal 1 £2.50 in Ireland. £2. 50 sterling in the pace appears slr>w;an impression given

U.K.,and $5 everywhere else.and I rec- by the vocalist who puts power, rather ommend you send for it.. you will not than speed into his singing, The sound

i , i , be d i s sa pn nted f you are. .so what?.! is prevented by beind doomy however , don't care, if you get the chance come when the guitarists br rt ak into force-

and see us 1 i ve . .anybody in anyway in- ful riffs such as "Finding Hate'Va

terested .. . ztnes.di st ros, labels, trade- song which also includes some intrig- rs, comps, radio, occultists ..get scrawl- uing futuristic ef facts . "Destruction

ing. .never a r i p-of f , Pa in is infinite. Pf Humanity" and "Nearer ‘he Grave" Peace will Never be. -.live for yourse- have more moshable tempos, as the drum- lf .follow your desires. .Brothers and mer rips hi s kit to shreds. A band with

Sisters of Fire we await your Infernal potential and enthus i a sm -a wicked com-

corr es pondence . . - 1 n Graciousness of He bination-watch the sparks fly front

whom we ser ve . . .A1 a n . . . .A ve . future re 1 eases .Contact: Co 1 m Lynch.

197 Pol lerton Road , Car low, Ireland .

...... Antoinette., ,, .. . DEATH/ AN AC RU I S/CE RE BftAL FIX - Bradford Ri o* s, Engl and - 28th September 1993 Various - Deaf Records sampler

We arrived at the Rio's around 7.30 pm with a fifteen band track listing this to be greeted by an impressive gather- is excellent value for £2,99. The trac- ing outside the venue. We got in the ks chosen are the best the bands have

8. beer in of 1 Chorus hf Ruin's place around 00. got some to fer-es pec ia 1 y and awaited the first band to take the classic "Headstone" and Nightfall's stage. Unfortunely Cancer did not turn "Enorious Anthem Of The Death". At The up so CEREBRAL FU filled in for them. Gates of course is excellent-making CEREBRAL FIX were the first band up, you want to run out and buy the album. they played mostly stuff off their "B- I was pleasantly surprised also by

i s as I astards" LP and their new LP . ! must Accidental Suicide and Euchar t- before-Euch- admit ( was not too impressed with th- had not heart these bands eir set. the singer looked like he wou- arist is evilly biting in the black ld of been more appropriate in a glam metal vein and Accidental Suicide's hand- due to his actions on stage .Next track is a powerfully fearsome death- to take the stage were ANACRUIS who I i sh epic. A good selection-a bargain at thought were fucking shit. in fact I the price. Antoinette. - only watched one song and then spent ENDERMI C - Sfndromata Psychoorganica the rest of pool .So *~33 their set playing Hx «efli ca -Heritor u» - Demo consequerui I can't say much about y nave come up these guys. Finally DEATH came on, much This younrj finish 5 piece with a very impressive 5 track demo. to the ;oy of the crowd. Well the line Tha demo opens with a melodic intro ud was rather impressive with Gere Ho- - and is followed by two tracks " flaphr’- g I an -drums, Stev e Digiorgio { Bod) -bass i "impassioned Insane'’ which a t s " and guitarist from Forbbien (I 'am not . eouiDlete side 1 " Impassioned Insane" sure of his name) and of course Chuck is one of ENDERHiC ’ s better offerings Schu 1 oi ner . DEATH were definately the and it’s a classic. The band play death best band of the night playing a good aggressive- mix metal with both melody and of new and old tunes with "Pull influences . with some old Carcass The Plug" Leprosy" "Lack Of Conpreh- ness n anot- r in the vocal s , "Pur ul e t Eyes" is sion" and "Suicide H,!c hi ne" springing her of ENDERMI C 1 s classics where guit- to mind, also some off the new EP.To arists Petri and Harko have come up finish they did a cover Slayer's "Bl- T very memorable riffs. Also e" : Riu's ack ^agic" which got me up dancing. All with vocals are outstanding on this track m ail not a bad gig.DEATH are worth and the wngle demo. The taoe comes with checking nut if you get the chance, ma- i “ and a printed black and .v hi e cover ybe you could do yourself a favour and sure of steer cl^ar of the other two bands- includes a band photo. r'am not the price so write for details. Contact ...... Mar it B urn s ...... Teemu Valtanen .Her lmiehennenkatu 37

os, 5 . 2350b 'jusikeupunki .Finland. Wvw DISABLED hail Fro?? France anH ola. brutal form of death and seem to be rather /Sit They have Pi ayed aurye a few gigs (&,J popular in F ranee -Here is an interview Staph Mori 11 ion 0 f DISABLED. "i You have sold out of your first demo. When is the new one going to be released? We are looking for a good -we 11 , we hope very soon.

studio. , „ Some of your song titles are of a Satanic nature. Are DISABLED a satanic band and does this infltiefice your lyrics? all these pr- -We are not really s at an 1c t but against pla- eachers of God who influence al 1 people on this net. It’s stupi d, everyone can believe in what he what he

' n by movi- he wants without being in f 1 uenced . I influenced es, books or lyrics of other aands. - .

. especially has ic ' " D [ FABL ED interview continued the mus Remembr ance Of the end is near. We live in he IK evil this effect on rne, while "Joys Empt- rules. iness" and "Colossal Rains" have some Do 0 ISABIED share the writing of the deliciously gloomy departures into we- , - music and lyrics? irdness ' Chri stendom " is exceptional -res ,we do -Of course. the entire album would fit into any What is your most memorable expieren- collection - again it's purely PARADI- ce? SE LOST Antoi netto -Our first show was really sick. People BANISHED - Deliver Me Unto Pain - LP moved a lot when we p 1 ayed . Yeah , i t was *93 - Deaf Records real 1 y brutal. Any final comment? The first thing to note about Del iver -Thanks for the interview and for your Me Unto Pain is that "Through Deviant Eyes" and 'Valley Of The Dead" are bo- support . Readers ,wri te us. In waiting first album - The Dead for the new demo, you can send a blank th from their - when they tape for live songs. He need ynur supp- Shall Inherit released no r i p-off , BAHI SH- ort. Everyone should write. we are cool were Baphomet.lt is ED merely felt they could do more jus- guys . - * a .§ ji r r iv A * t « + » + '-¥- mm f | m . * * ** tice to these tracks now, also there tracks on the album - so HDHSTICE - As My Suffering Grows -De- are ten other The band seem to have mo '93 it is good value. experienced more than a name change flORSTICE are many things - a death lo- between the first two albums. The Dead vers death band with Steve Gil 1 h am s Shall Inherit was acceptable brutish ghoulish vocals - for example in the gore. For Deliver Me Unto Pain.they se- title track. His growls have the added em to have had an injection of power - strenght of being more defineable than especially the vocal ist Tom Frost who those of many other Sands. They have y now screams and growls na jest ical 1 - 1 commend the technical ability must Gary on bass is also given new freedom inst- drummer Chris on using his drums on this album showing his prowess esp- time rumental 1 y, not just to keep as so ecially on "Scars'* and "Succumb To Fe- many do.HORSTrCE also have emotional The Dead' 1 ar" and the new "Valley Of , - for example "Shrouded In Miser* debt it's a pity he has now left. The entire 11 the guitars are in anguished y where band appear more comfortable together the exquisite pain. There are also blo- - battling as fiercely as ever togeth- slamming tracks such as od, sweat and er to produce raw energy - y*t enlive- “Appartions". “Graven Images" is anoth- ning the whole sound with innovation pulsating rythmic er classic.with it's in the form of echos and effects. This beat, almost funky bass solos And burs- gives new interest and debt to the epileptic energy. They are all c of ts of tracks. I find "Scars" to have one lassie tracks - flORSTICE are a classic the most intense arousing beats, but band. ...Antoinette...... other classics are "Annointing The Si- "Deliver He Unto Pa- PARADISE LOST * Icon - CP ‘93 - Music ck" Sk inned" and in" - the aptly named title track. for Nations . te . . , * . , - . , ... r r ...... -* ,, .Antoinet Icon . PARADISE LOST's fourth LP contin- - late '93 ues further along the path where Shad- PIERCIHG HEWS newsletter if es Of Hog broke off. It's as they This is a printed two paged newsletter are carving an image of themselves in with 29 reviews of demos /promos from our minds and this sculpture of PARAD- around the world including bands like with ev- ISE LOST becomes more defined Fifth Dorn i n i on .Human Waste , Suffer .Co- ery release * Nick Holmes's vocals nvulsion and Arghoslent among others. adopt a clearer approach to. the angui- It's not bad considering it's only $1 I sh he wishes to exor es s . Gregor Mackin- in Europe and $2 outside Europe, 'am tosh and Aaron Aedy on guitars their not sure how often this will be conn- full support, a wailing background to ing out but bands are urged to send his mix of rythmic chants and soulful their lemos etc for review and free only I keeni ny .Then' they mourn alone as copy. Issue 1 is worth a r^d and Skilled guitarists can.for example on believe Christian has a compilation Ubby, "Forging Sympathy" and "Dying Freedom" tape out too. Contact : Christian br- Although the album balances on the Pilevaenget 15,7100 Vej 1 e .Denma rk . ink of doom.it is kept from the black pits by the enlivened beats and vigo- urous riffs of drummer Matt Archer and bassist Stephen Edmonson . Together the traditional type of metalisb spells to make you close your eyes. chant to the soul to track 5 and 1 OSr mind, body and - .

m fHROPOHANCY - Demo *93. John and guitarist Wayne, tighten ing the set. FIFTH DOMINION'S uniouetiess can par- } love this band!. I love their first demorfron; the enrapturing opening bars tially be attributed to their personali- to enjoy of the acoustic "Journey Song" through ty on stane.They always appear and hence they alwa- the more vicious "Gutted" and "Body l- themselves on stage Treat show. This was no exce- nf estati on ", to finally the gregorian ys put on a t pt audience seemed torn betw- chantlike "Mourners Lamen " . Ea ch song ion, and the watch the antics on sta- is a unique, complete masterpiece which een a desire to vocal trading and stands out alone on the demo. The vari- ge, the Clever riff and up by the 'call to ety of styles allows the band to disp- a desire to be swept and Steo on drums. lay the flexibility of their talents. arms' of bassist Dave was well received There is no doubting their vocal abil- Everything they played beautiful harmonies to wrath- and the lights and sound were tuned to ity from audiabiv ful growls - sometimes they even growl display them both visually arid of Dubli- in harmony -The guitar and bass riffs at their best, SYNAPSE are one As a unit are as powerful as thunder especially n' s most emotional live acts, are an exceptional powerbiock .perf- on "Gutted " , inter up ted only when the they guitar- guitar streams into some weird electr- ectly timed bolts of guitar from effective back- stormy solos - on the eiri of the ists Justin and Alan and ical drummi- "Journey Song" and "Body Inf esta tion” ing vocals from bassist Paul. The the- for example. "Body Infestation" has song was also a faultless .backdrop to that me interesting drumming sequenses, Chr- ir pure death foreground . The reason slower than us- is drums also proving his skill by the pit on this day ,was on watch being able to adopt to the variety of ual could be that they preferec to what 1 were afraid of , they the demo s tracks. I hope this new band SYNAPSE or that took co- get the attention they deserve .Address v fiu Id happen if SYNAPSE’s music and price at the end of the interview. ntrol of their bodies ...... Antoinette .

. - ...... Antoinette ...... CRADLE OF FILTH - Advance tracks from CATACOMB - The Return Of The Arlc - 7 * "The Principle Of Evil Wade Flesh" LP * - EP 93 3 received these two tracks from vocal- 1 the After hearing a previous demo did' ist Da ni , it's a pity I didn't get nt think: this would be any way as go- full L Pi -The first track "The Forests od as it actually is-The band have c- Whispers My Name” is in my opinion CRA- ome a long way since that demo and it DLE OF FILTH at their best.Dani seems is easily proven after just one list- to have done a bit of experimenting with en. Two tracks plus an intro make up his vocals which have changed a bit from this EP and I won't even attempt to the "Gcetia" promo. Also changed from the describe their sound to you as it*s pronto is the drummer who is now Hick Ba- :uite complex. However I would strong- rker. He has done an excellent job on th- ly recommend this EP to any -one who is track and I* am sure he ha on the re- is looking for a different style of st of the LP . The second track "Iscariot" metal. The 7" is pressed on clear vin- is like an intro , there* s no vocals just yl and comes with a colour cover, band wierd yet wonderful and atmospheric mus- photo and lyrics. Send $5 <$6 airmail) ic. By the time you read this the LP will to ; Carmelo Orlando, Via C.Casana 195 be nut so I advise anyone after some ,00131 Rome (Ostia) -Italy.. . . Brian - . . "TRUE'* music to check out CRADLE OF FIL- ...Brian..,...... -****. SYNAPSE/ FI FTH DOMINION/AFTERLIFE - R- TH. f»ck Garden, Dublin - 28th November ‘93 ANATOM! A - Issue 1 late * 93 AFTERLIFE'S new demo went on sale the After five issues of Pulverizer ' 7ine day before this gig, and the positive editor Bill thought a change was in ord- reception which greeted it seemed to er so late '93 saw him bring out issu p 1 inspire the band with confidence whi- of ANATOMIA. It's a fucking cool zine.80 ch was evident as they played this g- pages packed with intervies with Emperor ig, Their stage presence , the ir greater Honoii. th .Visceral Eviscerat ion, Xaztur ,

on sta^e illumin- , ease in their roles Naked Whipper.Thus Def i led , Imprecat ion their set .along with their ever many ated lugubr ious .vomitory , Depravi ty and present entusiaspi.Much of this was d- more. Loads of demoAP/zme reviews, loads lie to the manic enerav of drummer Ray of a rt icles, art-work and a Norwegian sc- - as if he was endeavouring to contr- ene report plus news and a traders se- ol the beast within himself ,and also ction. This is one of the best zines I've the supporting power woven around ev- seen from the UK so buy it. Also the last ery beat by bassist Cor v SI can. Contr- issue of Pulveriser is still available. olled stren^ht was added bv vocalist anatomia costs tf (ui;)/sr & ? iiicl (eu- a, . t

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> S > 3 TRC’s ( world) . wr i te to : is MORSTICE ‘ s second review in ,-ptv' , This hill, 36 Giencairn Drive , GLasoow, C4 1 -4PW DEPRIVED 2 and astoundi ng ly they have Scotland, CJK Brian improved on the excellent 'As Mv Suf- fering Grows' . This time, they have SALEM JUSTICE - Choice - HP ' 94 ...... achieved a completely deeper vibe in I lost SALEM JUSTICE have created another pro- their tracks , Unfortunately, of excellent quality, the two tract? the track listing so I cannot go into dsmo/E’1 'Choke” .They have abandoned any detail but suffice to say that Steve's deathly overtones to produce a more bi- vocals reach blacker chasms, and the ri-

f ee 1 , su pported layers of intracaci- ting , hardcore chanting ffs pLunqe through by simialariy pounding riffs and beats. es .displaying graater technical ability The pace is unreieating driving home t- but without getting to complecat ed .They heir regret of relegious indoctrination, remain memorable and are structured in-

. also or lost nations, with force . It is not to excellent tr acks MOftSTICE have ^ the frenzied pace of other current styl- attained a superb sound qua lity, wi thou if es of metal . With professional sound- comprimi sina any of their brutality. ing production, and lyrics included anything .' Reflections Remain 1 is more "Choke" is worth the investment of a few vicious then the first detno. Contact : Gi 6 Grange Road ,SpenTi- quid . Write to Steve Dearnly, 23 Carri- Steve Ilham, high ngton Road, Lines., PElt IT,Y, England ymoor, Co , Durham, DT.1 6 6FIA, England . .Antoinette...... - , . An toi nette, . , . , ... HQITQ - Issue 3 *93 - - SAD WHISPERINGS - Sensitive To Autumn This Italian zine contains 60 A4 pages CD ’93 - Foundation 2000 packed with excellent reviews, interviews and articles on underground produce- If there was a soul locked in a padded rs. There are favourites such as Therio- cell , racked with torment over the losses the pain and the injustices in his Life, n. Vital Remains , Impaled Nazarene ,The - he might on the vails of his cell pen t- Gathering and loads more many of the an inn- he lyrics of this album to share his mi- questions and answers providing sery with the world. Every drum beat pou- ovative and interesting slant to the b- ands .The reviews are fair, the layout c- nds with emotion / the pace quickening and easing, the pain rising and fading in lear and the photos and artwork are ex- to acceptance of fate. There's is brilli- cellently reproduced . K01TO no. 4 will be ance in the rational, techinical guitar out soon and will be veil worth looking forward to, but there should be copies playi ng , 1. ike the clear thoughts rising $5. Cont- to the forefront of a crazed genius's b- of issue 3 still available for ra in. Then comes interference and confus- act : Sebastians Leona, Via Gran Sasso (PE), ion in a web of keyboards. The vocals are 14,65025 Manoppello Scalo Italy. the death cries for a mercyful release Antoinette. from this world of torment - sometimes echoing from the ceil wa l is, sometimes s- pliting into duality as in "Tears On My Pillow" and "In Timeless Grief" - other 13I,NMM£L10 ROM,LONDON 10.11 !.LT times in "free As The Wind" for example, gentler Female vocals soften the sorrow- Both Psychic Pawn and Monolith 7 " have ful cry, The title track and "leaving Me been released already on England's CAC- Behind" are other classics. A band of th- OPHONOUS RECORDS, They cost £3 each from is quality deserves recognition, so hope- the above address .Cradle Of Filth will fully the will soon cast aside there ma- be the first LP/CD release for this la- sks of anon imity , and show us who are th- bel end there are other 7." in the pipe ese f, asters of sorrow. .. Antoinette Line including Incarcerated, Morgue , Sol- TWKKJ5E RECOUPS/ADD t TORY SUICIDE stice and Endemic .Write for details on 7" "The Death Of Africa,.?” is the first r- those ' s he Cradle Of Eilth LP/CD c- elsase for this South African based lab- osts E-10 (CD) £.7.50 (O) in the UK and el. It is available for $12 on CD and in- 32 0 (CD) S \ 5 (T.P) in the rest of the v- cludes a 14" x Id" full colour poster, or id- It's available from January 31st. rhe picture disc should also be available by now. Con tact : James Ga 11 . P . (). Box

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What kind of response have you h~ ad outside of Italy? -We had some coll shows in Croat- ia, the best one was the date with Carcass .lots of wild metal m- aniacs doing pogo and stage di ve... about eight hundred people I think, it was really great! Do you prefer live gigs or songw- riting/stud i o work? CENOTAPH hail from Italy and are not to -I love very much playing live j but I he confused with another Cenotaph from also like the song writing. I hate the the U.S.A. or thernbouts .T hey are in t- studio.! want to finish the studio w- elemetit amongst all things black - the ork as soon as possible! grave yards , the face pai nt .the crosses, Can you describe what you like live, * the sataoic beat and the violent riffs do you use black metal props such as and vocals. They were spawned in l f!S un- make- up /smoke/ or anything? der the title Warhead. Five years they -He use to dress all in black, we have have a different name and 1 i ne-up .CENO- candles and crosses on the stage.we TAPH is currently made up of Damiano don't use make-up (well, to tell the

(gui tar / hac ki ng voca I s ) , ul rich (guitar) truth we did a gig with make-up) sin-

, a Larva ( voca Is ) Mass! mo (bass) and new ce it's becomming a fa sh ion . Ob vt ousl drummer Andrea. They have two demos - we try to stove a lot, and Larva [Fran- '91: The Lurking Fear On Dasacrated Gro- k} the singer really gets crazy. und and ' 9? :Demonol atrei a - Larvae In You said before that some of the guys Corpore Christi.They have played with in the band have different preferenc- gods Carcass and survi ved.Guitari st 3a- es in musical tastes - does this lead miano answers ny questions. to conflict when writing songs? -He always have to fight hard Your first demos sold well .are you exp- to get a song finished because of our diffe* ecting a good response to your new alb- nt ideas, but I think that u* - due out in November? makes our 1- songs more intense and bruta ) .Somet -Well, I think the only way to obtain a mes we really get angry and furious, great response is great promoti on . . . . and this tension hope our label will work it's ass off. causes an increasing brutality in our music... The LP should have a good distribution, Will you be touring to promote your so it shouldn t be a problem finding it new albui?(Will you come to Ireland in the stor es . . . if you are?} new along same 1- Will the album be the ,fc -I Sincerly hope so but I ines as the mainly black metal Denonol- don know. Surely we'll do a atreia demo? so-J^me shows , n I t 1 y, I know GLC recs -The album will be much darker and vio- Lis interested in promo ti ng us out - side Italy and lent;we‘ve already recorded eight songs L they're pi anrsi ng ^some thing and we* 11 do another four or five right Out I real de- now. The singing is a mix between growl- ly 't know. ls there a good/ crowd suppo- and insane - like screams, The LP w- L ing rt for gigs Jta1y?And i 11 feature some songs taken from the what kind of places do Oemonol atreia demo (obviously in a new , you pi ay i n? . version);the lyrics are always black. -You can get with some big names - You have played when Carcass and Biohazard - how did you f featu.- ind these musicians? in -liohazard were real friendly (also t- crew), cool people, also Mike and heir fo Bill of Carcass and some of their roa- i i nes or dies were quite friendly .great musi- radi o hows cians too .You know, most of the times anyway i n some areas people the big bands do not want you to pi ay don ' t ca rs too much too long or do not want you to use sp- about 1 i ve gigs of ... .Wei 1 th i s has never ecial effects , local bands, - nd that’s a happened to us,l guess we've been 1 uc pity. We played ky the way, we've also played with .tusit&i:- „8y pi Disharmonic orchestra and Cadaverous erent ac es : c

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discos and even ,1 cinema and gyj*. asked to write as issue 7 will be rut else Any-thing to say Damiano? soon .Contact ; Cathal Rodgers, 3 Cuba 1 d - like to thank you for this inter- Ave, Sana gher, Co .Offaly .Ireland , view and say hello to all the readers SOLEMN ASSEMBLY - Beyond The tfei 1 Of of this tine. Whoever wants to contact - '93 1 Dreams Bemo , the band can write to my address I 1 Doom is in answer all letters. STAY POSSESSED f ! ! not yet popular Australia, from Where SOLEMN ASSEMBLY hail, yet t- hey have produced one of the doomiest NT DYING BRIDE - Turn loose The Swans demos I have ever heard. This two track - CD 1 93 - feaceviT tg Records ...... hypnotic in it’s pacw, leaden in it's Basically no words can describe the e tone;mellow while s i muta neos 1 y mellod- xcellence of this album. From start to ramatic ."Etenrif ty" parti cu la ry .seems finish it flows with atmosphere and o- to make the world around play at slow r iginal 1 i ty .The lyrics are so poetic I motion-this calls for talent and rest- don't think Shakespheare could have w- raint from the mu si c ians ,but as the s- ritten better. The second track "Your bug progresses, their latent power is

River" is simply . 1 mind blowing. in my ' ev i dent "Hi sery Decend s ,w i th female opinion it's one of MY HYING BRIDE'S vocal s , f*> T 1 ow s in a shower of atmosph- greater songs .Aaron ' s new style of eric beauty. Beyond The veil Of Dreams naunting vocals and Martin's use of consists of >ver 15 minutes of quality keyboards and violin adds to the atmo- music. SOLEMN ASSEMBLY’S second produCr: sphere and gives it a hint of romance. tinn will be avRilable hopeful! y , ea rl Andy’s and Calvin's guitar playing is in* "T4 . Contact : Oust! n, 16 Cornwall at- quite unique to say the least. They ha- reet , H* 11 am , V i c tori a 380 3, Austral ia , ve come up with some very memorable r- Beyond The Veil Of dreams costs $3. i ffs especially in the title track. .Antoinette...... ,. . Your River (of course) and Crown Cf S- GHOST 5 TORN - The End off All Sonus - ympathy .G ,G. F. H . frontman Ghost contr- Demo *93 ibutes some vocals to The Songless Bi- rd which is another outstanding track. Lithuanians dark scenery spawned GHOS- Any real doom fan will truly enjoy th* T Storm. Their three track demo The End Qf All Songs is essential for those is release but f reckon it will appeal to others also. I'll finish up by sayi- who enjoy the high pitched screams of - ng that MY DYING BRIDE are geniuses at the black metal mode . ' Never " is parti culary strong , uncomPri mi sing in it’s work ! Brian warp speed beat and almost funky, pluc- NECROPSY - Promo ‘93 king pieces from the string department, "Within The Ram" also has it's intri- I know very little about NECROPSY but cate moments , with th e mused ci an s enth- on the first listen it's Brutal .Ten ancing the atmosphere as they grind d- listens later it's still Brutal .Chat n- swn a gear, The drummer however, pers i sts saw vocals rip through the tracks - in his battle onward s , A1 there is an especially noteable on "When You Are so T eerily accented mo mo logue ,add ing a sp- Alone" and "Paradise to Some" . Gu i tar , demo and bass mash and smash pausing only ooky dimension to the track The for the odd intro, in "Forgo- is available at £2,50 sterling and $5 and also J

fr i tten Cry" and "Lost Yourself" where >m Necrovomit Di str but ion. Addr es s they grind slightly more slowly throu- e 1 s ewhere Ant o i nett e gh some particularly nearby passages EA&HTURE is an excellent 1 Page news- before Shrieking into action auain.I letter with details of new underground especially liked the drummer ne ma- rel eases, 1 abel s of note and reviews of ssacred his way through ''To Dream A D- what is a vaf la bl e, Thi s is available ream". Don't get this promo if you are for free just sand a stamp or I.R.C. squemi sh around blood. Gore lovers how- to EARTORTURE, c/ o Dale, 1*375 SW 16 ST,

.S .A . ever, it drips with minced intestines Dav ie , Florida 33 32 5,U and is an essential item for any mort- F0LORN EMOTION is * new thrash-death uary .Contact ; NECROPSY T c /f Josep Her- band with a four track dento entitled ,r rera ,C .$ .Fere N£ 7,Amposta 43B7Q,Tarr- Tppo site'* .1 1 is available for FF30 ag on a, Spain , . .Antoinette.. ,, . or 35. Contact ; Laurent 3rassart,2 Cite des Bleuets .59220 Rouvignies, HIGH SPEED DEATH '2ine issue S is out now and has interviews with Decomposed France. Gomorrah .Agonist, Fifth Dominion, Pr i mo- NECROTIC ,e /o Felix Casado ,C /Leon ,Mort- i ndial. Synapse, Acrimony.Dark Tranquil 1 h Rfbniao n0l2 24005 Leon, Spain. ty and Chape? Of Rest.ATso includes features , revi ews and addresses .28 pag- i ,

weak as we were only a four piece and the same with live shows. Now with the second guitarist (Alan Duffy) our live sound has improved and our aspects to song writing has broadened. What bards have in the past and still do influence SYNAPSE? -One of the main influence to SYNAPSE were (l)Sepultura (2)S1- ayer !3)Obituary and these in some cases still do influence

1 SYNAPSE. STM APSE were forced in mid 9 1 ns a bands/al bums/books/ four piece. They played around a bit -What are your fave until they decided to record their de- author /gigs? (vocals} likes Suicidal Tende- but demo "The Awakening" which sold -Stuart .album wise he likes "Utopia quite we IT. Their follow up to this was ncies Banished" (N .0 . } and the first Infect- recorded with a second guitarist and ious Groves album. One of his favourite is entitled "The Cries Of The unborn". books is Robert Henlien "Starman Jones Since it's release in August '93 it i an gig wise he loved Slayer & Nuclear As- has gotten a good response .Here s in 'PR, The of the band interview with Justin Wilson guitarist sault back rest like. ..Paul (drums) likes Gorfest,0bi- of SYNAPSE - yuary, Sepultura .Album wise he likes "Fa! se "-Gorfest The Dead Shall Inher- you have just released your second de- phomet ve gig Death , Sepu 1 tura "Cries Of The Unborn".Are you plea- it 8a .Fa mo Justin and Alan like Napalm Death, Obi- sed wi th it overall ? tuary , Ca rcass ,R ,E ,M . , The Moody Blues. -Yea ,we are all very pleased with it Albums - all Napalm Death fi Cause Of after two days in the studio .When we Death. Paul (bass) -P arad i se Lost, went in the first day the main tracks My Dying Bride, Sadus etc. Fave gig-Death. (guitar. bass S drums) were put down. Will the new demo be sent to labels? The second day we put down solos and -It has been sent to all the major vocals and spent the rest mi xi ng .The labels across Europe and were waiting studio was great and we had a great eagerl y on repl y. engi neer , so everyth ing went smoothly. What do you think of the current Irish Can you tell us a bit about sorae of scene?Who do you think the best bands the tracks on tt? in the country are? -The title track gives you one view of -We think After 1 fe ,F i f th Dominion and abortion and "Afterdark" gives you an- Cursed Earth are al 1 very good. The me- other view.Ue decided to give differ- tal scene in Dublin is very bad but ent views, as abortion is a technical lets hope it will pick up i he fut- issue and cannot be decided on one . ure. Down the country it seems to be vi ew " Cradl e " is a song is a song abo- a lot better eg Cork etc. I'd like to ut the famine which is a major part of see some Irish bards get signed becau- Irish hi story ."Secret Tears" is about se it would help slot of other Irish chil d souse and i s one of the stronger bards get going. tracks on the demo. "War -Thorn" is abo- What do you think of the crowd react- ut the middle-east problems and of how ion at gigs in Ireland? government propaganda can effect a na- -Lately it been very poor and qui- tions views. has te a few bands have cancelled gigs he- How did your debut demo sell and what re in Dublin because of lack of ticket are your hopes for the new demo? metal scene -The first demo "The Awakening" excee* sales. In 87.88 to 90 the was great with bards like Slayer, Nucl- ded sales of any other demo in the So- ear As saul t. Sabbat, Ozzy and Testament und Cell ar .Hi th the new demo wre hope COmihing over,but nowadays wS d be luc- to sell a lot more this tine around ky to get a metal gig once every 6 mo- because we know we've done a better nths job. The first wasn't promoted very you 3 would they be well so this time were taking every If had wishes what -( 1 1 lab- opportunity to spread the name around, Get signed to a major record el & or tour with Slay- You've also squired a second guitarist European World

or . and, addition helps the er SePultura ( 2) Win the lotto do you think this buy all the best gear for example Paul bard broaden it's musical difference? (drums) would buy a 9 piece Sonar -The sound on the first demo was very . . ,

SYNAPSE interview cont i nued - VOICE OF DESTRUCTION for- '86 ( Wish med late as a hardco- 1 ight with 9 zi 1 dj ian cymbal s . 3 }

re/thrash out f i t . The ve for another ten wishes ! steadi progressed Where will SYNAPSE go from here? 1 y ’Hopefully we'll go to as many pi aces since then and have

i we hope become one of S .Af- as poss i b le . Dur ng the future to tour Cork with Afte rl i fe. rica ‘ s longest standing and mos t ori- Final 1y have you ary 1 ast comments? -Hope every one who bu ys the demo will ginal meta 1 ac ts . 8e- enjoy it and thanks to everybody who in g based in Ca pe To- has hel ped us out arid to the bands wn, the band have been we've played with, For a copy of "Cries able to find their own 1 style of dea- Of The lihDorri" contact J us t i n Wi son identity and 4? Cl arence Mangan Roa d, S'C-Rd, Oubl in th metal -Uver the years V.O.D. have gone through some line -up changes and Ireland .Price £3.50 (1 rl ),£4.5fl ( Eur) , $6 (World). have managed to gather up a lot of live expierence including an opening slot for Napalm Death when they visited - A NATH EMA/ MO BP HQS IS/ SPLATTER PILLAR S. Africa. It wasn't until their seventh i - Octo ber i 9w3 Barnstormers, Dubl n 1st demo release simply entitled "The Sev- Rarnstormers is a tiny venufe.lt VaS three enth" that they were snapped up by In- quaters full and still filling when SPLATTER house Records .The i r major release was and PILLAR took the st age .They are hardcore .. a cassette called "Black Cathedral" good at being hardcore and people into hard- and it featured the bands best materi- seemed to enjoy the band .They were heavier al since the time they began. Next will and better than the last time I saw them in be a 7" single entitled "If I Had A S- the ‘Jock Garden. HORPhOSIS had expectant dev- ou 1 " which also appeared on "The Death otees in the audience and it took 0.05 of a Of Africa,.?" compil a ti on. V. Q. D. are second for a pit to erupt. As it boiled up onto hoping to follow up the 7" release wi- the stage a few of the audience were made into a full album which should be a master- with bouncers (including Paul Kearns vocalist piece if "If 1 Had A Soul" is anything Fifth Dominion. what a guy-£D),to keep the rest to go by. The bands current line up co- live since at bay. I had not seen MORPHOSIS nsists of : Paul Blot (drums ), Francios none of their Cork in May and they have lost B1 om ( vocal s) , Greg McEwan (guitar) and intensity or their aggression since ttien.lt 1 s Dice on Harper (bass). Band and label a sad fact that they will lose their excellent address elsewhera Brian bass player George however. The music was angry and excellent and particular highlights were NECRONY - Hucu-Purulent Miscarriage - "Depraved" and "Crown Of Thorns". ANATHEMA EP ‘93 - Posers 1 aughter Records headlined and from the first few notes of This EP came to .ie from Po se rs laughter "Sweet Tears" everyone was hypnoti sed -either . Records in Germany and as far as I kn- into a noshing frenzy or just glied to the ow it's the latest release from the b- stage (although they had no choice really at and .NECRONY are a three piece from Qr- the front). The guitars buzzed and sang like ebro, Sweden and they play what can be- bumble bees on acid. the drummer and bassist st be described as brutal death metal. mezmorized with doomy rythens while Darren The title track is probally the better implored us to concentrate on his lyrics of the two tracks with some of the vo- and sang so forcefully that we had to, espe- cals being in the old Carcass vein bu- cially' "Sleepless" and "They Die". I hope t the actual music isn't. The seem to they keep their promise and return soon. handle everything pretty veil and any- ... Antoinette one seeking a bit of bloody rawness REGREDIOR.c/o’ Marius Berenis,V.M.Putino 8/2 should check these lads out.I'anr not -12.2009 Vt inius .Lithuania sure of the price but wrire to Posers- Crooks St. .Green requiem PRODUCTIONS, ;/o 1120 1 aughter for details. The EP comes with Bay.WI 54301, USA. lyrics, band photo and is on orange

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is very weak be- H INFAMY are three Brazilian guys who- -The gri ndcore in Brazil in se hearts and souls are rooted in gr- cause there are few people interested it or fighting for a grindcore i ndcore . S i nee January 1990 they have knowing released the demos "Symphony Of Dama- way {of life). The most of people don’t grind ge" and "From Innocence To Ignorance" know gri ndcore , but we have good Rot, No Sense, Bones Ero- and also a split EP with Bones Erost bands here like : , etc , te- Necrose on .Alcir the bassist and vocalist sion r lls us about H INFAMY and what gri ndc- Who in the band writes the lyrics and the ore means to them. music: how do you put your (material toget- what types of tilings inspire your members of HINFANf, her, and Tell me about the songs? are, when and how you got tog- f who you -HIHFANY wri tes in a real inspired way, ether . sometimes I have a lyric and the other today is Alcir { ba ss /vocal ) -H] NFAHY s one has the music. Ue meet and gut every- {drums /vocals ). Zago (guitar) and Rich thing together .Sometimes it happens the for ten months, b- We've been together other way around, We have inspiration from INFAMY began in January 1990. ut th H many things but in our lyrics we try to have two demos out - 'Symphony Of You pass a positive message. We show our opin- Ignor- Damage* and "From Innocence To ions about everything tD make everybody well tapes sold ance'.How have these think and question the situation!! Africa, all o- in Brazil and South and You have a split EP out with Bones Erosi- ver the worl d? on, what label is this on, and do you expe- didn't sell our demo tapes, we us- -We ct to have eore recordings out in the other or t- ed to change it for tapes future? a good shf rts .etc. Our first demo had be our first split EP, it'll . -Yes.it vitl Brazi 1 "From reception but only in be called "World In Short" and it’ll be " was better! , We' ve sent Innocence out for Elephant Records,an alternative all over the world!. We already se- it label from Brazil. We intend to record nt more than sixty copies f! more EP's and maybe a IP next yeari! Do you feel your sound has developed Is it difficult for underground bands to between the first and the second ta- get label interest in Brazil? pe? -D i d you do anything differently * -Yes, any underground band has many diffi- on them, or have you stayed much the culties here, because we don't have suppo- same? rt!!, we have to do it oursel ves) ! .There -I think our second had a great deve- are some alternative labels but they've . lopment between the two demo tapes. T- many problems too!!. We must fight harder oday our sound is more open to other to get some material recorded. t nf 1 uences .but we keep us on fast and What band or musician do you respect th$ bruta gri ndco re 1 1 most in the world (dead or alive) ,and Does H INFAMY play many live gigs In why? Brazil?. What kind of responces have . -] like many bands and musicians of seve- you had at your gigs? ral styles but I prefer hardcore and gri- -We've played many times and we've ndcore bands.! like too much Rot, Fear Of always had a good reception from aud- , .Agathoc 1 es ,V .N .A God ,No Sense , Doom As suck iences ! ! ! Amen, lervat Kadet.Minor TreatsQk. gri Does ndcore have the strongest fo- Will HI NF ANY always be a grindcore band, llowing in Brazi 1,or are other types or can you see yourselves changing - like of metal (death/ doom /b 1 ack) just as Napalm death did? popular in the underground? . ! !

H I N F A H Y interview continued -

-1 think well always be a qrindcore

band .because we face the gr i nucore like a way of life and flam for what we her lieveM.We are in it for life and not just for pose or for today!!. The sound can develops but we'll never change!! Do the members listen only to grindcore and hardcore bands or do you have other inf! iiences? -We used to listen to a lot of differe-

nt It in us of music .but as I said we prefer grindcore and hardcorehardcore..3ut3ut we respect every kind of music did oy soul and not for money!! Are you all full tine eeebers of the b* officially formed as a f- and, or do you have jobs also, or study? FIFTH DOMII'IOM on the 3rd of February 1991 u- -Me and Zago work and play in the band, our piece name of Mi santhropy. April the and Rick is studying yet!! nder the saw them record their ex- What other interests and pasttnes do H- following year demo "Bruised Opinion" wh- INFAMY aeebers have, other than wuslc? cellent debut has done consider ablly well- In July -1 like to write poems and go out with ich from France approached the some friends. We like to go to shows, to Misanthrope and because they had a copyright to read books, to walk. to think, to live our band all firms of Misanthrope, Misanthropy had life in the better way ! loose the name .Gui tari st Rob came up Where will HINFAMY be in a year froa to with the name FIFTH DOMHFIQH while read- now? ing a Clive Barker novel and it stuck to -1 hope everything keeps on very we? 1 the band. In August bassist wayne Cliffo- for us and we ‘d 1 ike to make our dreams was asked to leave and he did. Around come true. We'd like our fight for free- rd the same time a big hairy monster calLed to be in vain! dom not Kearns was asked to join as a seco- other words? Paul Any nd vocalist.lt wasn't until January '93 -He'd like to thank our friends and wo- that a bassist was found. Now the band v- uld specially you Antoinette and Depr- e’re a five piece consisting of t line! '.Keep your heads together, f- ived , Rob Bail- David McKeever - vocals , gui tar ight for what you believe.be always yo- ey - guitar, Steo Norton - drums, Paul Ke- , all standards and authori- urself smash —vocals and Dave Knott - bass. write to us!! jms ties. be positive and Time passed' and April arrived brinaing with it the bands sec- demo "Pain, Rage & Laughter". In the past few months FIFTH D- 0MINIOH have played a few gigs which all have been very succe- ssful (well except one}. They’ vs had tracks from their deno played on Ireland's national radio station 2FM, they appeared in the latest metal magazine Ferr- orizer where they received 3*s stars out of a possible 5, also they've appeared in many sines and on comp, tapes. Presently t- hey are working on new material for a promo. Titles include "Ev- ting ery Day Was Di f fer enf , "Wai f For God" ," Random Thoughts ’ , “never Reflected" and "Your Hand In Mine" ."Dave and Hob are really excelling themselves musically now" says vocalist Paul K- earns and I think I would have

Above : H INFAMY live in Sas Paulo is. .' 5, Laughter' is av- 6, ?3 . to acraa Pain , Rage ,or ’ ( Ear $6 C' Kearns, ailable for £3 (Irl) $5 | FIFTh" DOMINION at » Paul Contact Id), 'Bruised Opinion' costs £.2-50 (Irl) 3 Tymon Close, old Bawn,Dublun Ireland 55 (Eur) $6 [world )- Both cost £5, $9 or S 10. -

5\s my Suffering Qrcnus jetting pissed out of their heads, Gary aur bassist is a pretty laid back type of chap who is fairly q- uiet a n at keeps to him self, he likes practice guitar and bass alot, Wal- lis our other guitarist is the hy-

peractive member of the band 1 due

to too much caffeine [ think, he's

l also in level! ! , and I'm quite an easy going person who just enjoys life, I like to listen to good mus-

ic, write 1 etters .answer i nter v i ews , re MOSSTICE have only been in their pres- ad cool tines, go to gigs etc. ..and I ent five member incarnation since Jan- Tike visit the pub for a few uary of this year.but this has been also to t- pints if my finances will let me! .bas- irae enough to gain them regonition and ically we all enjoy doing different t praise in a dozen European zines.Qne hings and have our own interests, we a j reason is the excellence of the As Hy just five normal (well - re basically Suffering Grows demo released when , dsbateable! ) death metal music- the band was only two months together, that's ians hoping to get somewhere with the I can say no more - I will leave it to band!!!, veil it's quite a long winded Steve Gi 11 ham, the deathly deep vocalist story about bow we all got together 1 but E 11 fill you in on it, me and Wa- Stephen - WORSTICE have been cal Ted o* llis already knew each other and after ne of the top five U.K. underground b- our previous 'band' called it a day we ands by Pulveriser Zine - and you have decided to form a death metal band, we only been together just over a year - knew that Chris was into death metal tell ne is it hard vork,pure talent or and that he played drums so we approa- what that makes WORST ICH stand out li- ched him about joining and he was into ke this? it straight away, so we started out as -Well I think Sill (Pulverizer editor) a three piece writing songs .rehearsing said that because we are of the very once a week etc.. ..it more or less ju- few UK bands playing brutal death met- st started out as something to do, thr- al, it is a very cool compliment and we ee friends jamming out songs, then it are all really flattered that he thin- gradually became more serious, once we ks of us as being one of the tap five had a few songs wrote we realised that UK bands ,es peci al ly since we are fair- we needed another guitarist and a bas- ly new to the scene(we have been toge- sist, so we tried out a few pt >e wbo ther less than a year at the time of we knew but for one reason or another doing this interview),! don't know wh- they didn't stay with us, then I was at at makes us stand out from all the ot- this local nrietal club and Gary approa- her UK bands outside of Bill 's top fi- ched me about joining the band and he ve proba 1 , 1 y the fact that we don't pi* said he had a friend who could play ay doom orientated death metal like so gm tar , namel y Shaun.so they rehearsed many other UK bands. or is it snaybe ju- with us once and they were in the band st the fact that we are godly musicia- ind the line-up hasn't changed since ns nah I'll ? , be the first to admit we and'hopefully it won't for a long time aren't the most talented band around Your own Influences are very death/do- (quite far from it infact! ) T but we are or tented, whet about the other members good at what we do, and I believe that has anyone any other preferences? wo do possess talent and potential and I think if we keep working hard at what we do we will hopefully get somewh-

! ere eventua 1 y J 1 Tell me something about each of the bands five members, and how you all got together? -Veil, Chris our drummer and Shaun one of our guitarists like to visit the 1- ocaf pub for a pint or two and enjoy ,

ie s di me in- HORSTICE interview continued..*,*..,., read a few songs about zomb , s hered carcass’s etc., you’ve read them -U ell i know that both Gary and Shaun .do I’m trying to avoid overdoing listen to a lot of non death metal wh- all the gore lyrics and cancentrati on ich could maybe have an influence on ng about more darker .depress i ng them in some way.altho’ they still li- writing subjects such as the ones I’ve already sten to a bit of death metal but maih- mentioned,! personally prefer the more ly the bigger bands such as Morbid Ah- Wallis, Ch- darker lyrics used by bands such as ge 1 , Death .Dei ci de etc. ..but days .Cafidl e- ris and myself listen to nothing but Cathedral in their early mass.so I'm going to try and incorpor- death/doom/bl ack metal .yes 1 know tha- darker lyrics t’s being totally narrow minded but we ate more mystical and some people think just can’t listen to anything else, so into the band,! mean brutal death me- we are all pretty close minded in our just because you play satan or music tastes except for Gary and Shaun tal you have to write about can wri- who are very open mi nded ,whi ch is fine gore. well that's not true you isn't for me,I personally te about anything you want... and I fi- but it just ^ecy enjoy the music of such bands as Euch- nd-the. Ijcias. by Canrtleiwss^ete.; inspiring1 therefocBiL tak e_ in fl uenoes arist ,Amorphi s , Grave .early Napalm Dea- for. own lyrics, most of o- th .Carcass, Gorefest .Dart Throne, Emper- ffcom.-.them my are written in a surreal way or .Unleashed, Troubl e. Anathema, Maledic- ur- lyrics our lyrical subjects haven't really c- tion, early Paradise Lost , I mpet i go .Win- since we started as the emphas- I a 1 ed liatare- hanged ter .Confessor , Sol sti ce , mp is is still on the darker.more gloomi- ne ,01 smember , Crematory ,Xysma , Eternal er side of life although we are writi- Darkness, Vomi tory , At The Gates and lo- different topics these ads more obscure underground st- ng about more uff from Ff nl and, Sweden, Norway USA .UK, Ho Hand etc. ..so each member of the band has his own personal influences/preferences. What subjects do you like to cover when writing lyrics - and has this changed or developed in anyway since yon first started writing? on dark - [ me to write lyrics and depressing subjects such as dying, funer els. hauntings, cry pts etc ..I am very intrigued by a lot of morbid stuff, and I like to explore this interest in my lyrics. I also question myself on the mysteries of life and d- eath.I also like to write about emotions etc.*. I am writing lyrics for a song about a person who loses a loved one and his life just collapses around him ,he is trapped in a state of misery and depression and cont- emplates commuting suicide so that he can go and join the loved one he has lost, yes it is quite a depressing concept but it does happen, peool e sometimes just can’t bare to live on without that certain oerson there- I fore they kill themsel ve s . ’m trying to write the lyrics from a realistic point of view. will as r alistically as possible, so it should be interesting to see ho w it turns out!, we have a few acre songs which deal with all the clicne stuff,! like go- want to re lyrics but I don’t use them too much as they get a bit tiresome,! mean once you -uef i netly , the first demo lacked a lot fMys as opposed to just one topic, we 1 don't like to limit ourselves lyric of it's live aggression due to the pro- the lyrics w- duction, it just wasn't punchy enough, sc vise, Out I will say this sick.mo- rie'Tl be going for a more ag- il 1 always be about something definetly rnid or depress ing, we just write about gressive and brutal sound on the next do what interests us and for me that is demo, I want to reproduce what we li- death and funerals. we will never write ve in the stud io .everyth! ng wil l just about social or political issues as be TOO per cent better than the first

I As fly.,, hey just woul dn t suit us, plus don't demo, we are all satisfied with 1 faults, but as know enough about the subjects to wri- a 1 tho it does have it's te lyrics about them!!! they say you are your own worst critic, Tour first deao is As Hy Suffering Sr- it's a great first attempt and I'm rea- * ovs.How has it sold so far, in England lly chuffed with it and we've beer get- and abroad? ting an excellent response to it, but -Hflim ...well we've managed to sell abo- the next demo will cremate the first o-

far which isn't bad c- ne! ! .the only thing I'm not happy with ut 52 copies so ! * onsidering we've benn only a few tines on our first effort is my vocals as the to date, most of the interviews I've d- producer used some stupid echo effect one have yet to see print, so hopefully in places but on the next demo the voc- when the lines with them in come out als will be totally without any effects we'll get more peoole taking fnterest and will be right in your face!!!) in the band.we haven't sold any abroad You were hoping to organise gigs with - yet, except to one guy in Belgium who [ C .0 .F ..Burial .Malediction etc has any .how met at a gig in London, but I think on- of this been put together yet?If so ce the word gets about we'll hopefully did it go? get more deme orders from borne end ab- -Err., well we are hopefully doing fo- road, we' re due to be in five foreign., ur dates with our very good friends the zines so hopefully we'll get some peo- mighty Malediction around the north, pl- ple writing after seeing those interv- aying in Newcastle etc. ..we are trying iews ,we are also in the the first iss- to get Solstice up as well, so it should ue of the new national Underground mag be a bl ast, there ‘s a chance that we co* which is replacing Xtreme Itoize so th- u 1 d be playing a gig up in Edinburgh at should give us alot of good exposu- with Mai edicti on , I nextremi 5 , Inversus re and promotion in foreign parts (oo- and a band called Black Requiem so it'- erO.We are aiming to sell at least ll be cool if it happens!!!, We are pla- .Chorus Of 1Q0 demos but [ guess we'll just have ying in Bradford with Burial to wait ans see wnat happens!!!, a guy Ruin and Incarcerated in September som- 1 in Poland wants to di stro our demo so etime so that should be great , there s we should sell quite a few from that!! no plans to play with Cradle Of Filth Tou have written even sore Material s- altho' it would be cool as they are a irace the deio - is this for a second great band, future gigs also include does,or is your next goal to put out a two in Wales with Acrimony and a few

! ! , we have played have record? with The Rei gn ! -Yes, we've written four new songs sine stayed two more gigs recently around t- ce the First demo and are currently w* he local area the last one was io Mew- orki ng on a fifth oew one. well the fo- castle at this place called Fat Sams a- ur that we already have wrote will be nd was definetly the best boyh musical-

1 going onto our second demo which we a- ly and visually altho I nearly fell

>* re hoping to record in Oct/Mov of this off the stage-ha ! ha) p year, there are no plans as yet to put How does playing live make you feel? anything out on vinyl but if we get a -It’s a great feeling playing live,! decent offer we will obviously take it always get a surge of adrenalin before

there are plans though to do a split I go on stage, it’s even a better feel- 7" with another UK band who we are going if you play a good set, I just hope od friends with in the new year but we can get out and play live more oft- l*m not saying anymore as it could fa- en and it would be fucking unreal doi- - ll through and I don't want to look 1 ng a tour with a well known band!!! ike an idiot!'.!! Where do you see NORSTICE a year from You said that although As My Suffering now Stephen? Grows is suitably doomy you feel It -Well hopefully we'll have a 7" out on has lost soie of your live aggression. some cool label, doing lots of gigs with 1 we'll ha- In future recordings will you be look- loads of cool ba nd s , hopefu 1 y ing for a more aggressive sound?

Opposite MORSTICE ; (1-r) Shaun, Wall is Gary .Chris .Bottom Steve. I y . !

MORS TICE interview continued.....-* .. . - ve a 7" Out on some cool label .doing 1 ots of gins with loads of cool jands.h- Opefully we'll have made qui tp J name for our selves on tie underground and h- , rtooefu 1 ave a following of some sort 1 we'll have appeared in more zines an* he well -known in the underground!!!! Is there anything else you would like to add? -Yeah sure, cheers to you Antoinette for the very cool and interesting interview thanks to to answer . it was a pleasure CORPS EC AlfDLE were formed in September to read t- anyone who took the time out '93 from the remants of four local check our Antr- his,I do hope you decide to im bands. The plat grind/death with 1 infl- Grows ' out.it has demo "As My Suffering uences from bands like Cancer, Death and heavy , brutal death metal six tracks of Entombed .Frontma n Alan Gill tells us ab- depressing lyrics!!!!, it with dark and out the band and their plans for *94 and costs £2/$4.if you are writing from ou- beyond tside the UK could you please send an Can you tell IRC aswell, hello to Dani from Cradle Of us a bit about the Agonist Filth, Jose and Sven from Gomorrah barr- break up?. Who is in CORPSECANOLE? -Can't really en and Anathema and Tompa from At The say much apart from it was just down to a few personal Gates (good luck for the future! ! I) .th- differences and anyway they anks again for the cool view and for a wanteo to change name, direction place in your zine.it is very much app- and drop all the old songs so it was oh the cards any wa . reciated. .. .keep it brutal and grind!!! y CORPSECANSLE are myself (rhythm guitar l vocals) 19. Rob Willis (drums) 20, /lark Walsh (bass) HIHIOH .SYNAPSE ~ Fox PRIMORDIAL , FIFTH DO 20 and Paul Simpson (lead guitar) 21 and n 1 Pheasant .Dublin - 30th October 1993 we have been going since September '93. SYNAPSE started off tonights proceedin- Do you plan to record any new material pl- gs replacing Morphosis who couldn't soon? ay -They played a good set but the sound -Yes we plan to record a four track pro- for the first half was shit which was a mo early in *94 and we will see how thi- first ngs bit di sappo inti ng . Toni ght was the go from there! time the played one of their new songs How would you classify your susic?. Do y- “Corruption Domain" which went down qu- ou think that COfiPSECANDLE’ s music is ite well with the crowd. This wasn't the different then Agonist's? bands night but they did make up for it -I would classify CORPSECANOLE 1 s music Rock Garden later as being a tota 1 exce 1 lent ,ori na when they played the 1 y , gi 1 „ the following month. FIFTH DOMINION took superb, beautiful (!?!??) mixture of four the stage and received a great response .guys ideas and tastes that comes out ao- to st They played all the tracks ! wanted definately in the death metal vein , hear including "Vicious Circle" "Refu- similar to Death and Entombed. No compar-

1 sal to mourn ’ and an excellent revamped i son i ! version of "The Price Is life". One real Have yog many gigs pi anned?. Would you positive thing about their set was that consider playing in south Ireland? * like -Well we .the mic's actually didn't cut out have to wait to start gigging 4 the last time- FIFTH DOMINION have cert- until February because Rab (drums) girl- ainly played better than this but is w- friend is pregnant and she is due about dimed as great anyway. The lights now Christmas but stsrting in February we and PRIMORDIAL took charge .Na i hma ss en- should be playing a lot of gigs with ot- tered the room with a candlestick in h- her local bands Putrefy , Aoathy , Condemned, and with three lighting candles which and Impaled. He would love to play in pla- served a good purpose to his opening d- ces in Cork and Dublin sometime early edication to none other than the holy next year so if there is any nice.lovel- amazed as they did ,gre at. smashi ng, suoer people who tri fli ty .PRIMORDIAL y , the last time when they played here, could put us up reading this - think both times were as good as each get in touch! other. Most memorable songs were "To What is the scene like in N. "The Enter Pagan ", "A Slacker Art" and Ire land? -The scene in N. Ireland is Darkest name'*. I think everybody had an enjoyable night.and why wouldn't getting bigger everyday whi- they? Brian. ch i s great to see and bands , ! . r . I

nentioned Glossing comments? like the ones i have ilready (Putrefy Apathy .Condemned add Inpaleaj - Ta, very much to Jrian for interview and watcn >ut ife all worki no very Hard and deserve the

’ n r 1 s ! -Don't forg- for the desio e y next /ear /Our ne 1 p. There also 05 We love you ill, support the st a bout us ! What hands do you listen to? .Do any of Irish Underground - it's the them influence you in anyway? best!! Also like to thank Dominion for -[ listen most! t to death metal bands David from Fifth

?! i on , I ramo) ati on , Can- bei so pat lent sspect a 1 1 y Suffocati ng and Wa pal m cer. M.rb id Artqe 1 , Ob ituary ( shows up in - Death and this definately PSYCHIC RANK - Disgorged Suppuration 1 Paul (leac ju- CDRPSECANOLE 5 music as 7“ - Cacoohnnous Records - ‘93 itar] comes up with the melodic heavy I received a PSYCHIC PAWN sinale to rev- and I usually come up with the Stuff iew, with no titles.no indication of whi- technical , blast parts. ch was side A or side 8 , The single is e- much exposure in the und- Have you had xcellent on both sides, but the first si- zines/coinps etc? t- erground through exc i de I played, a mini epic of energy , quite a bi t of expo- 1 Agonist got ement.with one slightly slowed down pas- compilation ta- sure and appeared on a sage including some keyboards is the mo- pe of that lovely young man courtesy st memorable ,T he instrumentalists combi- and already CDRPSECANDLE Br tan Taube ne the type of savagery reminiscent of few publications w- have appeared in a the earlier days of thrash and black me- in the works .Any nice ith a load more tal, but without any of the anoying "tin- people running fanzines please get in nes s" . from back then. They also possess all the help we can get! touch, we need more playinq ability than many bands fr- members of CQRPSECANDLE do Whet do the om back then, though the riffs and solos when not working in the band? are somewhat limited in ori gi na 1 i ty .Nev- -Well Paul sums bis up as - FUCK ALL!. ertheless , it ’s a freshly played and cat- Mark works as a graphic designer (!!!) hy style.and l would like to hear more i about , drums .1 stens Rab kind of sits of them Antoinette eats and thats about it. I wo- to music, Available from Cacophonous Records, addr- usually be at the bar, on the toil- uld ess elsewhere. et, with my girlfriend, in bed (not necessarily in that order) and anything VAGINAL MASSAKER / REGURGITATE Split EP else that requires little work. - Poserslaughter Records - '93, is the view like from your bedro- What /AS INAL HAS5AKER hail from Berl i n .Germany om window? and are a four piece who play extreme gr- -Don't have any windows. My room is a ind (well with a name like that you hard- lovely shade of shocking pink and is ly expected them to play melodic doom, did padded with no light? sl- you? I .There' s no track listing on the Anything else about CORPSECANDLE you eeve but their are quite a few songs the would like people to know? only thing is, they don't last too long. have 1 -Hot really apart from we CORPSE- personally wouldn’t be into this but 1 atn CANDLE info, sneets out every two mon- sure fans of extreme grind will be. ths containing all the latest news and REGURGITATE are by far my favourite ba- addresses of bands and fanzines that I've heard that are on Posersl a ugnter Re- us and thev are free (just se- supnort cords. I thought the vocals really stood

1 * .a . e - for a oaef of them ) we al- nd a s out. nicely deep with a raw edge .Mus ical 1 y i so have CORPSECANDLE t-shirts (black the bana are very much together especial- with green front and Pack print! avai- ? ly in songs as " Fe ar ! “ , Fi ve tracks make me for £9 inc. lable up their side of the EP which I found all Anybody else PAP. en j oyab 1 e . uri te to Posers 1 augnter for -ing to know wish : det ai 1 s .addres s el sewhere , Sand contacts more about us VAGINAL HASSAPCER ,c /o Andy Grant . Bor kumst- Oust droo me a 0) i r. 1 9a , ( -1 100 Berl n , Germany 1 ine. REGURGITATE ,c /o Rikard Jansson, Ha 11 satra backen 29,127 3 7 Skarhol- men, Sweden...... Brian. DISABLED from France have firstsned recording their new demo and it's

available for 36 ever ywhere . They also nave new T-shirts for 31 a.

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S5>A first there was Crypt .Then ’ii nas T ir

T t n . i sent an interv iew to ill na s Tirith. CRUACHAN (belated Hi nas firittij answered,

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you read this i nter view!

Tell nte a bi t about C (Hi AC HAN - who are you all, how you got together and the essential differences between Hinas Tl ritll and Crypt - H.T.’s predecessor? -lie are a ba nd who play instruments and sing. There are people in it .Collette eats stew and Da ry 1 1 likes coke,

1 1 S vocals, : i 1 al Kei th Fayibass Qa- He are G fa n Doy e ; voc s, & ry 1 1 Conlon;gui tar & 1 eads .Col lette Rya n ; keyboards vio^ .lde i n 3 ay 0 Me ill; drums & bodhran got , Wbo the whole world (dead or alive} w- i in together when I was n Crypt, I decided ould you most like to have a pint with?. to form another band wnen I saw the n- what would you talk about? ew range of carpets from Des Kelly . We Why, and bastard and were called Hinas Tirith but changed -Cuchulainn 'cos he was a mad like me. I’d talk our name to CRlfACHAM when we became he couldn't grow a beard 1 s army single influenced by Irish and Celtic mythol about when he took on medb ogy.We plat much more original materi- handed and pop tarts Do you think computer games will really al than Crypt over from ausic in the up and conni- Wliat Influences does the band have? take -We have many influences from extreme ng generations?. Why? , music and I can- doom/ death metal to traditional Iri sn -Don't be sill y music is think of anything else to say that wi- HUS 1C 't up so I “11 stop. Who writes the music and lyrics, and dr ll back this Would you describe CRDJtCIIAN as a doo> ba- escri be the process? Why would you say doom is so popular -[ write all the lyrics and all the m- nd?. just now? tisic so far. If I think long enough I -NO! because we are traditional Celtic m- might fall asleep so I don't think too etal with death & doom influences aiso.o- 1 ong but long enough. sound is so original that we don't fa- What subject matters do you like to c 1 ur ll into any cLass.I think doom is popular over in your songs? -And why? metal is dying and eyebrows f- -In the beginning we began writing fa- 'cos death a 11 down. ntasy - Tolkien stuff but as we progr- I- Are there any changes you would like to essed 1 began to write aooui Celtic make to Hinas Tirith just now, or are you rel and mythology because it's coal a- happy with the band as it is? we 're all celts. nd many changes, our latest so- Have you written ouch material to date -we have made ngs are more complex and intricate aswell and have you any plans for a demo in as traditional .We now have keyboards .vio- the near future? lins and a fulltime female singer and our -We have about 10 totally original so- new name. I’m happy with the band but r w- ngs, the last 5 are true to caersCRAN's ould l ike the government to stop building Sfiiimi .very traditional sounding as we- in the country and leave the forests as slow and heavy with a few fast out ll mountains as they are. bits and nice bits and hard bits and and Have you anything else to say Keith? tartor bits and a bit floppy. We hope -Thanks for the interview Antoinette .any bo have a demo 30cm. true celts contact me at : 128 Killinard* Wfiat do you think of the underground est Tall aght, Dublin 2 4, Eireann .Stay scene in Ireland right now, and who wo- en Irish, don‘ t conform, wear you're Laenae uld you say are the best Irish underg- and breachai round acts at the moment r and why? -Bollax !, pathetic and crap!. Irish, ban- So now you know. I am intrigued anyway and Js are so unoriginal it maices me sad. cannot wait to see the brehons of old ap- The only I heard who try break from t- pear on stage - as CHtlACRAtf - to show us e norm are Primordial and us ! ! ! .Sorry what a real Celt does for a good time if I've offended anyone but it’s my o- oinion and I 'm entitled to according to -he brehon laws. , Y - t , 1

Andy Richardson, vocal s and spokesperson of AK- who THROPOHANC , tells us about this foursome 1 were spawned in 89 a s a traditional speed/thrash outfi t.Fortuoatl y they discovered the musically beneficial effects of slowing things down, and after a few 1 i ne-up changes .evolved to their present status * along with Andy there is Paul Dunstan on bass, Peter Davis on guitar and Chris Andrews on skins. What else?, ask Andy You have had a few line-up changes An- Mho ar what are the musical influences sewbers? dy, si nee you began in '89 .How long has upon the band this current one been together - and -Due to our writing methods the bands do you think it is the true ANTROPOMA- influences (to come through in the MCT - for now and evereore? material) are principally mine ana -The current line-up of Chris (drums). Pori's i nfluences . These are : Sisters Of Wergy ,F ie Ids Of The Nephitim (Nef- Pete (bass), Port (gui tar/ voca is } and myself have been playing together sin- tlfm, don't disappoint me Carl!!),8at- ce April (1993 ). as to wether this is hory.Qarkthrcine.Eurzuffl.Death (Spirit- 1 1 1 ual Healing being a particular high the true 1 i ne- up now and f or ever , 'm not really sure. At the moment we all point) Dead Car Dance, Emperor .etc etc. get on with each other relatively well Does the band share other interests and the band preforms it's functions besides uusic - for exaeple similar quite well, Unless anything changes th- books/ff las/passtiees - are you all is the line-up to stay. Pm sorry if coepletely different? the answer appears non-committal but -Unfortunately we share no common in- things are always open to change. terest s ! We haven't even all been in Excuse iy lack of knowledge and under- the same place, at the same time. outs- standing, but explain the word AMTRQPO- ide bard act i v i i es i! Genera 11 y two t- MAflCf to me, and how you decided upon wo or three of us might like the same band. but we usually manage 1 t as a lane. to disagr- ee on some aspect of it! - AH THRO POMAM CY ; this is the ancient drudic practice of 'divination by vie- Mho writes the Music and the lyrics, s , 1 ti and describe the process of a wing htinan entra i I ' An a 1 erna ve putting version was to observe the terminal w- song together? -I nthing of victims being slowly rcast- can, only describe the process I u- to death over open fires. This practice se, I can not speak for Pori ,all f kn- was allegedly preformed (former versi- ow is that he uses a similar system. almost always start with a basic riff on) by Giles ( de Laval) de fiais in fi- fteenth century France. As to why we I repeatedly play it. over and over a- Chose the name .sure! y that's self evi- gatn ,gra dual 1y building upon it. This dent. continues over several hour s/ days / we- Is it true to say your style is doony eks until I have a whole song. I then arrange the i riffs and what other adjectives would you u- song , Vary ng sligh- it se to describe your sound? tly, until sounds .is miserable as ! -I think it‘s fair to describe our so- can get it.! he lyrics come later,.nucn und as iloomy.but it's more than that, later. 1 don't look forward to writing

i r s I however, f f i fi- 1 l c , like the finished product, ! hope! lit is, cult to v nd the right adjectives to use.lt* all hut hate the writing process‘1 also

ta 1 1 or too dasy to use words you’d 1 ike to t don't lyrics to fit rythm of hinfc describe the sound, but sadly don- the song, this makes it hard to sing

't! Wgrds 1 would u$e .ire : miserable, some or the vocal 1 mes.but I think got h? c , beaut i ful i i n 1 aces p 1 . dado y, ri- it's better to have uecent lyrics. p-off (butwliu isn't these days!!}. 1 - .

1 ' ANTHROPOMANCY interview continued that, out I can dream car I?

What, do you Pel i eve, happens to us many live gigs?. If so, Have you played after we die? vtiat kind of audience re- who with, and -we rot and fester (unless we’re crea- ception did you have? mated , but let’s not complicate matters -We've only played three gigs, so far, * J in our graves , f eedi nq the worms {a- wi tn the fourth bei ng November the fi- 1 i ! od other disgusting creepy craw es ! ) fth in for* , So far the only band, of n- Nothi profound ! played with is Dominion ng ote that w-'ve Who do you feel, is, or was, the best mu- o r .The audience's reactions 'from Y x ) sician in the universe, and why? have varied from ’play faster' at Reo- -Andrew Eldrit ch, vocalist/1 yricist/ wr- an ac i d-causal in tee- ca r, to having ty iter fot the Sisters Of Mercy. Why?? dS throw himself at the stage/rest of because HE IS GOD! I! (and no-one writes i ence/wal ls/floor and when he the aud lyrics like he can, or sings them like writhing 'round on thedance wasn’t he can for that matter!). trying to expose himself floor, he’d be Okay, new tell me what your plans are Pori’s girlfriend. to Donna, for the next year? What sort of interest have you had in -First and f oremos t, the plan is to ma- demo? the ke sure Che band survives the yeariAn- • Piss poor really!!. We’ve only been p ything on top of that is a honuslOf romoting it for a few weeks thougn,so course we'd like to get a record deal, 1 suppose it's all that can be expect- sell 5 million copies of the subseque- ed . nt IP .make loads of cash arid retire to Some of the lyrics appear quite hi stow Norway. I'm not entirely convinced that - In "The Journey Song", for exa- rical it's going to happen quite that scon, mple. If you could have lived In any so I'll settle for a few gigs with so- of history , ties ides now, what wo- period me bigger bands. and why? ul d It be, Would you like to be faious?Why (or -A period of History. Well [excluding why not } ? 1 the time of the cruci f i xion , d make -This is a very difficult question! .1 sure He stayed dead and help make sure suppose the answer lias got to be ‘yes* the 'disciples' made a more permanent (being in a band requires some desire exit) I suppose the Oark ages-1 quite to be famous I think). As to how famous fancy the idea of wandering around, sw- well tnat*s another matter. I'd like to ord in nand, hacking the limbs off pas- get a lot of mat 1 , I like getting lett- sing peasants I know it wasn't like ers!! '.Being recognised in the streets

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1993 . Left to

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(however unlikely that nay be!) is not eative work of warned! magi nations - 1- my idea of a goat? time. So, yes and no eavihg be me to long for the extended their latest Horror Of The 1 \ terror of r ea 1 y 1 purchas- Anything else you would like to say? Zombies a 1 bum . Face ess can be -Thanks to anyone wno's supported us, ed for £2.50 (U.K.) or $6 (elsewhere) in any wayt. Thanks for the interview!. from hecrovomit Di str i but i on .Address Antoinette. , Anyone who wants to contact me can go elsewhere . .

i 1 Po- 3a Newstead Vi ew . F tzm 1 1 am , so at MQWP40S IS - Modus Operandi - Demo '93 get a ri te fr act ,W. Yor ks ,m 5DP-Tou can For of you only fimilar with the copy of the demo there as well for £2. those older material prepare to be sh- SO (inc PSP) bands ocked .ftORPHOS IS Modus Operandi is the heavi est and most brutal demo to ever QSIRIS - Lesson 3 Increase Iapact_ come out of Ireland mixing elements of Oewo - - grind, doom and death to perfection. m inters This is OSIRIS third release.lt is pr- “Depraved" has to be their most ofessionally printed with a glossy bl- se working to date and snows you exac- go especia- ack and white cover, I cannot fault the tly how fast HORPH0SIS can prodr- Pete Murray is conc- ability of OSIRIS' musi ci an s , who lly where drummer uce some enjoyable solos and intros. erned .Throughout the demo Pete Richar- he overall thrashy sound is to tinny, dson’s very deep and powerful vocals to® hollow, for my taste, as though the are backed up by George Thomas's high- first two songs particual ar ly ,had been er pitched ones which has made tracks and "Profliga- recorded in a vaccum. Maybe 1 have bec- like "Perpetual Enmity" ome so adapted to listening to rough cy" out standing .Vinnie O'Brien’s guit- productions that my eardrums cannot ar playing is of course excellent, he cope with the sterilized effect -Perha- can handle the doomier sounding "Crown ps it's the vocals which trratate me, Of Thorns" just as well as the grindi- " is one of which again on Ci rc 1 e-tr apped" and ng "Depraved" .Modus Operandi “Honest?" appear to be straining for the best demo I've ever heard and if s- an eardrum power .but never achieving i t . Snakevi your not afraid of loosing ion" erupts on the demo like a sawing or two then check out NORPHOSIS. The angel - in that the vocalist experien- demo comes with a glossy black and wh- ces a surge of emotion and is able to ite cover with photo and is available - howl with feeling. The other members a for £3 from Vinnie O'Brien,! 3 Kew Park, frenzy - it is bl in Ire) and . , , ..Brian,. , waken in an energetic Lucan , Co. Du , not a bad track by any standa rd s. The - Promo '93 - danger with Increase Impact however is HUHAH WASTE that listeners may chuck it away befo- This the third release from Spain's very re reaching the third song - I nearly HUMAN WASTE sees them progressing did - unless retrospective thrash is nicely indeed .They’ve required a new something they enjoy. If so, buy the de- quitarist Alex to replace Fede who le- mo from Necrovomit Dt stri buti on .Addre- ft after the Existential Nausea demo of the line up is the sar ss else where. Antoi nette . . . but the rest roe. One major difference between their - - 7" IHPETISQ Faceless EP last release and this one is that " r These guys are professionals of the u>- les's vocals have gotten a lot -no-a ndergro und, ha vi ng already two LP's.a deeper which is a bit di ssepoi nt i ng as split EP,and Faceless. The band does n- his vocals on Existential Nausea were ot feel that Faceless is their best v- fucking amazing!.! feel the music has ork,but it is a perfect doorway for a got a little more technical but it st- brief visit into their world of horror ill has that aggressive edge. "The Alm- IMPETIGO' s gorey reputation is reflec- ighty Protozoan" is probally my favou- ted on Faceless by snippets of mediev- rite track out of the five on the pro- al torture scenes and interview with mo but the others aren't bad at all. As killers which feature on the being sold psychotic far as i know this is not a EP. Faceless evelopes the listener in to the public it's just being sent to realm of vile imagery, created by the zi nss etc but you'll find it on trade hellish gothic-like overtones of the lists if you want to near it. Contact : track Faceless. The guitars weave wick- Carles Matheu,c/ Oesouig 36. at. ,43500 ed spells with their riffs all through Tortosa.Tarragona.Spain, the EP.and the effects include a dev- PRODUCTIONS .c/o Christian H., ouring beastiike grunts on "Dis-orga- EXHUMED Gerloser tfeg 46,36039 Ful da , Germany n-ized".The vocals are sheer insanity. Monteiro, Bas si st /voca 1 i st Stevo has a voice so DARK OATH mag, c/o Doao Carlos Al hi* coarse that brillo pads, on hearing it. Rue Azevedo Coutinho lote 5-20dto ,

would give up their jobs. It is the cr- os Vedros , P-2860 Mo i ta , Portuga 1 , , , ,

sines, radio shows PHY SINISTER BLGGH are one of Ireland's sampler for various But I’m not sure if it hopes. They play romantic £. atmo- and comp tapes. lewest public as yet. doom with slot of originality. will be released to the spheric SINISTER BLOOM (vocals) and Bren (drums) tell us Do the members of THY Jeff music?. If so do about the band. have varied tastes in any of these varied tastes influence flien and by whoa was the band formed?, your music? who is in the band and where did you -(Bren) Basically ve all have the same jet your naoe? musical tastes, but each of us have our -(Bren) In October *92, after a split up own personal likings- I can't speak for : In jf doom/death band Embed i men t, (myself the others but I personally listen : Guitar) Gatheri , Arc- drums, Jeff ; vocals# Johnathan the likes of » Sleep, The ng reformed with new. broader horizons and turns, penance, Anathema, Solstice, Eternal I also under a new title which alone reflects Tiamat .Cathedral and Stillborn. ium, As- the atmosphere which we yearned to cre- listen to bands like Pan Thy Mon ,the list ate. ‘Phe title suggests that the growth tral Rising, Divine Eve, Bathory Df love is not just for all things bea- is endless. b- utiful, but for everything. Misery too c- (Jeff) Lately I've been listening to .Cathedral an be as familiar and as enjoyable as ands like * Fear My Solitude Acrimony the charmfui arms that embrace us. The Mourn, The whores Of Babylon » SP- Soli tude A— title was taken from a painting (THY Eternal, Godsend, Saint Vitus , BLOOM} that was painted by a co- eturnus and right now we’re in cny room INSTER alb- lleague of mine .later in the summer of listening to the Master Of Reality *93 the Line up was completed by the a- um by Sabbath. ddition of Robin (guitar) and Cory (ba- Hov much material has been written to about the ss). * date? -Tell our readers a bit THY SINISTER BLOOM have a very atmospn- songs. eric. doomy sound. why did you choose to play this brand of music and did any-o- ne influence you to do so? -(Jeff) It seemed as Embodiment we were playing mainstream doom/death.vfe felt and this style of music was too rigid left little room for experimenting .Aft- ourselv- er a subsequent break we found es listening to even more classic doom, Thy Gr- ie the heavenly Sabbath. Penance, S- ief Eternal, Cathedral, Thergothon and olstice to name but a few, so it was kind of obvious that we'd choose doom as our musical direction. Tell us about your plans to record some material in the new year. Will this material be released? Plans to record?. Hell , we hope to enter the studio in February to record three tracks namely '“Windows Eyes Endowed...” "Thy Temoerate Veil/A Vanity Lost" .This Recording will be released as a promo ,

both of you think of the Irish -(Bren) To-date we've 3 songs fully wr- What do your top 3 favouri- which are mentioned above in 0-3. scene? .Who would be {tc<-ii te bands? The atmosphere created by these tracks -(Bren) I bate this question ! .There '3 s- is beautifully depress! ve - f hey describe ottie good bands in Ireland but basically loss of love , reject ion, and mystical the scene sucks. It's the people's shit sorrow conveyed in a sombre breathtak- the attitude towards the music that keeps t — ing feast!. At present we are wonting on posi tion . People of which is near comp- he scene here in the one new material .one intent io— * entitled "Splendour Flight- as a whole have no interest or lete and is except some Like Swine" which sees further ns In promoting Irish bands s, Gather .Severance ,The experimenting both musically and vocal- sines ie yourself Brian oath and Through Ireland's Eye (soon to ly and also shows an obvious progressi- | released) .My 3 fav bands I guess wou- * on be . . Naihmass ! ! ) , Crua- you any plans to preform live in ld be Primordial (hail Have Dominion. ^34?, do you think; THY SINISTER BLOOM a- chan and Fifth a whole I guess I pretty much ^ suited to a live envirament? . Who wo- (Jeff) As re Bren's opinion and choice of uld you most like to play with? agree with indeed we have plans to play live, bands (hail Naihmass). -Yes, writing responsibil- infact we hope to play in March this y- Who shares the song what subjects influence your eor with two other Irish bands. In my o~ ities?. And we ace very suited to the live Lyrical content? pinion three tracks enviroment as the atmosphere we create -(Jeff) well for the first riffs and the rest will be unshackled and people will Lea- Robin wrote aLl the our own bits. This of rn of our sorrows and just how beautif- of us just put in changed now as we all seem m- sorrow can be. Sands I would most li- course has ul each of us play with would be Trouble, Sleep ore comfortable as a band and ke to suggestions which Eternal and Solstice (and if Bren woul- are adding in our own that basically from now on will be n't mind E 'd like to get Saint Viyus cm means a joint affair .As for lyrical influences the bill , hahaha ! ), , therefore they The vocals on some of your material are well I write from within .And are factual very changeable, Is there a reason behi- remain of pure emotion will leave a nd this other than it changes the mood and highly symbolic which readers .Hiding of the song? cloud of doubt over the sufferings of lost love. -(Jeff) The fact that there is so many my true have you anything to say to tho- mood swings vithin both the Lyrics and Finally music is the main reason for the se reading? the T- Brian and Antoinette, called variable style in singing. -(Bren) Thanks to 50 a with Depri ved . Give peace ch- more melodic clear cut vocals enco- good luck lie ance, check us out live in March. Hello a- mpass the splendid images of beauty to d— nd thanks to Mat th lev and peacevi lie , Jo- givp a wakeful sound of a sorrowful Ian [ Severance ),lfay The grief filled tones on the hn Ward (Ethereal) , e light. Micheal, hand allow me to express my most (Afterlife) and ^ other Yeah cheerz to Brian, hope yon lx- deepest and most sorrowful emotions a- (Jeff) l-o tho ^v#>r Also a big hello to Danny of 'In Gods Ovn Image' {you will always be c- coX) and Ray of After- life for his help in doing the photos, of c- ourse Conor and Davev Faglor the herb! lists. Love is not alone for

the beauteous r but for all* Send blank tape b return postage for reher-

sals, Contact : R- O' Rei 11 y , 31 Glentow i 1 , Dub 1 n 9, oad , Uhi teha ) Ire! and. Or Bren Mul len, 23 larkhill Road, white- in 9,1 reland. ha 1 ] ,Dubl Opposite THY SINISTER

BLOOM ; (L-R) Hob, Cory

• Bren , Johnatan. (Front ) Jeff. 1

low. They ha ve already out TRAUMATIZED are a new Irish band from Car constantly growing anti - ther a pretty cool first 1emo.They are eloping musically and eager to get demo number two out,whi to DEPRIVED. will really kick ass, Co 1 hi Lynch talks Firstly who are all you guys, what do you do in TfiAUHA- TlZED.when did you start this band ahd why? ,Sei oass.AUn drums -The band is me guitar and voca l s th Cliff guitar and our new member Lisa on keyboards. WE st with me.AUn and Ke arted in Febuary of 1993 , It started the righ th We went through a few people trying to find guitar player Out we think were right now! - • wor- You have one de»o out already Wt th in .and are you received? king on a second?. How has 'Within* been one hundred and -It went down fairly well we sold about quite a few.w thirty, So it wasn’t bad. We also gave away thanks to cer- a lot of hasset getting it released e had final tain sound engineers. So we were delighted when it

came out, . . _ How do you feel your style has progressed since within Will the new demo be very different ,and in what way? keyboards -Were all a lot better musicans now, and the m- open new doors for us, The music is a lot heavier and which is pretty ore catchy. And I do some singing on it

w 1 6 r d 4 When do you expect the second demo to be released? we 1 -were hopin' for a December - January release but iust have to wait and see how things go! does on Whet kind of subjects influence your lyrics. imd effort? ly one of you write thee, or is it a joint the -Myself and Keith do all the writing, and we bring see how final product to the lads, then we jam on it and and shit like it feels. We tend to keep away front gore on around us, like wars. that , Us write about whats goin* Injustice, suicide to name a few. will you be including lyrics In your second release? like to _c -We haven't really talked aoout that. But I d 1 1 am singing (h a use i'm pissed off tell in' people what

haj.Sut I ’(i say ve will. ban Can you describe your style of music; and what other in any wa ds or musicians have inspired your style Y' let. but ! like to -i find it hard to describe our music s hi t there the music speak for itself. As for i nf 1 uences , an- * Death, nb i tuary , Entombed is tons of them , I m big into Chilli Peppers Al an * $ a d The Almighty - K e i ths into The wnole band huge .huge Metallic* fan the only thing the common is Slayer. - has in . _ What other interest, outside of music, do the members of TRAUMATIZED have? a black belt irv Karate, i Ke i ths -[ love lifting we gut s , i nt i Alan and Cliff love to drink a lm and Lisa s al so

- If^you were all to be reincarnated in the next life, who members , returning as? uld you see your se 1 f ,antf the other ,£> band want t come back. once is bad enough to live this ! a . .

In Do you think it will be easy to make a MORBID SYMPHONY P&raaneTtce Dark Ear- name for TRAUMATIZED in Carlow, or do th - 7" ’93 you feel you will have to play plenty This contains two tracks of class death of Dublin gigs first? metal .’Permance. " continues on where -Well it has been fairly easy to make "Evil Cares for It's Own" Left off but t- int- one. The =econd t- a name in Carlow, out were not too his release is a better erested In playing in Carlow anymore. cack "Graveyard Of Gods' 1 is slighty bett- We ‘ve played in Dublin a few times and than "Dark Earth"-It' actually quite dif- we yot a much better reaction so right ficult to describe, I suppose the song is now were concentrating on places like moody to begin with then it gets a bit Dull In .Cork, Waterford etc. catchier then changes pace again and con- What do you think of the Irish underg- tinues like this and ends very nicely wi- SYMPHONY i round scene In general? th a cool outro . Presently MORBID ? -It's fairly good.there are some great are having a few line— up difficulties wh- bands around. It's a shame the scene fi- ich are nearly sorted out. The single is (wo- fe as to be underground but that's due to available for 12 (UK), $5 ( Europe ), $6 “small minded people who have a thing rld). Black shirts with white face and lo- against metal bands. They would sooner go available Cor £7 (Uft),$6 (Europe), $7 Tto- bold raves than good gigs. (world) .Write to : Tony, 13 Greenfield What is the strangest dreae you have ^d, Little Sutton .South wirrai,l,66 1PE.UK. ever had, and what do you think ft mea- ... .. ,...... Brian, ,, ...... nt {deep meaningful question)? -Desus! that's & good one.J have mad EXQHORTIS - Pena '93 fuckin' breams all the time like fall- This is an exciting five track from Port- ing or shit. The only one I can rememb- ugese death heads EXOMORT IS. Though their er is dreaming 1 woke up but t was St- playing is brutal, the sound is clean : t- ill asleep .wierd as for what it meant he guitars are sharp and unafraid of exp- of melodrama I haven' tael ue ressing themselves in bursts Mhat are your plans for the next year? notably on ‘*D .5. M. " Specia 1 praise is due -For next year we want to have our se- to the bassist Bigodes who both excellent cond demo out, and be working on a thi- pounding support to the guitars and disp- rd. We hope to get to England and do a lays imagination and ability in his own few gigs, And get some decant transpor- solos .EXDKORflS experiment vocally also L— t J on the background chanting on "Gift Of

11 ,f Any other comments Cole? i f and again ”D. S. M. . Drummer Miguel -I'd just like to say .thanks to you f- combines his speedy skin bashing with a or doing this interview and thanks for melotic percussion sound which enlivens working so hard for the scene. most of the tracks. Despite the clear pro-

duction,the demo is not so clinical as t- o be beref jf emotion. Genuine torture t- rauma is expressed in every note and sylla- ble, building throughout the demo and eru- pting into a flow of white hot agony on t- he final track "Words

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What has the response been like to your they have .They have nothing .You can f- debut 7" EP ’’The Return of The Ark"?. Are ind thousands of fakes screaming at you pleased with the BP and the response Sepultura gigs txeatind 'em as rockst- — autographs , but w you've had? ars , crying foe their st -Firstly hi Brian, Well our 7" EP "The R- hen a serious underground band plays eturn Of The ArK" sold more than 1500 c- there's never more than 200 people, th- my op les in a couple of months it’s still at' s sickening !- They deserve all selling, it's still available and will be hate! repressed each time it is needed!. Of co- Tell us a bit about the band nenbera? is a dickhead called urse we're fully satisfied , how couldn't ..Well the drummer ray brother), •? he Giuseppe ( unfcirtimely he*s studies his How would you describe your music? . What he's 17, he's a student and as the b— influences do you have? ns trument , Same consider him i (and -Well even if it could seem conceited fi- eat Italian underground drummer plays guitar, nd although we're so young , we consider he probally is). Antonio of R- our music as art, and I think that art c- he's 18, he's a fanatic supporter and annot be labeled. You see it's me who ma- oraa football team, he hates Lazio kes the music and I'm into classical, fo- Milan (I agree). Bernardo is our new fa- s 18 also but I dunno rti- lk , medi terrariean and medieval music asv- ass player, he* anyway. I'm a ell as being into bands like : let a 1 1 ica uch about him, he's cool * J Iron Ma iden ,Voivod ,02, The Cure, Police, T- guitarist and voca li st , I nt 20 and y° a fuck about me, ok? he Smiths , REM, Suzane Vega , Arcad ia ,T lama •d better not give

Dark Throne (old ) , Ther ion, My Dying Bride (ha ha) is your most paradise Lost , The Gathering, Anathema, Ro- Do you dreaM afteQ?.Wiat tting Christ.V4ratron,Burzuni, Immortal , B- memorable dream? X try to study a th or y, Slayer , Kata than ia , etc, etc.. .So i -Yeah I often dream, and *- 0T) - pysicttologY ) t’s quite easy for me to make strange nt- what r dream (I study story. That dre- uaic, You can notice a tit in our 7" but i dreamt a terrible ce Brief- more and more in our new songs! am lasted for three days for me. tvisked in Have you played many gigs?. Where and wi- t dreamt mY mother you- th whom have you played and what has the tw3 ,Jtie good the other evil. I was my fr- crowd response been like? ng and went to play soccer with -We played a lot of gigs for being an I- iends bringing the tv remote control Lost talian band, but very few as an internat- with me (I don't know why) -Then I to tell my evil mot- ional band. We played 13 gigs . Fortunet ly it and was scared 7 the night i. we'd the chance to play with Carcass on- her, So I decided to spend a place full of ce and Agothocies . We also played with t- nsi.de my carbox-It's gloomy. And when I was he Dutch Obtruncat ion. (hi guys T' immucc- insects , dark and the hi SO), and their singer is also the dru- inside it the more scared I became 4 opened- So ’ exploded in a mmer in Ph Lebotomi zed . We played in almo- more ray eyes Like I n- st Rvery part of rtaly hut never outside. terrible fear and t screamed escaping The reactions 'ire always the same, at fi- in r (except ) dn^firvo vh-it *con t,i fiof’rl it hack if ter Anathema . d

and the da-, UK doom Gods NT DYING BRIDE by now are « on a nee. wining and dining house hold name [for metal fans anywa- icing of two people in love. So we ju- ys so there's no need for any backgro- st wrote the f ucker .Simpl e and- What und in fo. , Already they've had a massi- Ton recently played in Irel ve reaction to their second album Turn did you tii ink of the gig overall?Vou- Loose The Swans and are currently inv- Id you consider coming back? olved in a european tour .Gui ta r i st An- -The gig in Ireland was one of the dy answers my questions on his first best gigs we have ever done .the crowd day off during the tour..... really make you feel welcome and app- reciated whi ch is fucking excellent, Vhit are your intentions now that you. we'd like to thank everyone there for hive released your second album Turn making it one of the best gigs we ha- Loose The Swans?. Are you satisfied wi- ve ever pi ay ed .Cheers Ireland. th the end result? The only down side of the Ireland -Yes .Turn Loose The Swans is the best trip was the fact that we had £1700 release we have done so far, and we are wortn of equipment stolen from the v- all very pleased with it And so far t;- ans .Sot a nice thing to wake up to. he response has been great also, so th- Overall though t think we would play at helps .We spent a lot of time think- there again. ing and writing this LP so we had more Can yon tell us something about your time to get used to it, and if we want- fourth coaling 7“ release I Ai The ed to change the parts we were not Bloody Earth? too keen on. So far everyone in the ba- -Well our next release is an EP.We nd feels very positive about it. recorded this at the same time as we Can you tell us something about the did song features Ghost Meaning behind the tracks on the albua? the LP.the from G.G.F.il. this song is more in -All the tracks on the album are quite the style of The Trash Of Naked Lim- hard to read and understand, wh ic h is bs EP the 8 side is just fucking quite typical of NY DYING BRIDE, we like and obscure.it is a sampled remix of the to be a little my ster ious , the songs on entire LP-Well what l mean is the LP Turn Loose The Swans have a general t- has been sampl ed and choice parts opic of sex, death ,rel igion and love. We been used to make an entirely like to treat these topics with respect have i new song, it ' s very nd- though, it's easy to smq about death f~ ust r i a 1 an

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MY (JYIN6 8RI0E interview continued.... 0EFUNC7IS - Dark Infinity - Dean

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and shit loads more so l overy Uathory atures of the night ur k .a wa 1 1 in q hel- a$ you can see we have quite a variety oless victims for their ritual disemb- of music to draw our influences from. owel ment . The bass and drums on the de- At toe moment [right non) I'm listen- mo concentrate on subtlety rather than ing to your very own Fifth Dominion speed. They create a black backdrop for Paul, Step) and I have to say I'm the vocalist wnose throat growls (hi i y re- t . I ’ s very i mpres sed an ace demo verberate into exi s tance , from the dar- In our spare time we just hang about kness's blackest pits.Uhen he subsibes have waiting for the pubs to open, we he is replaced by banshee- wa i 1 s of gu- got girlfriends so obviously we spend itar. Uhen the guitar and vocals unite time with them, we all love computer the effect is a chorus of imoendirg games though and have regular competi- violent death, The strenqht of the gui- tions on sensible soccer „wh ich gets us tarist, the persistance of his riffs, all fucking arguei ng with each other, and the wierd pitch at which he handle it’s fund y as fuels some intros and solos adds individual- Your musical style has got a lot more ity to the sound of the tracks. The in- atmospher i c -Do you prefer playing your struments do not all merge indistingu- newer material rather than your older ishably as in other bands, but prehacs stuff? a more powerfull impression could have I do, I don't know about the others,! been created if the bassist had been think the newer stuff is better music allowed dominate here and there inste- so it’s more enjoyable for me to play ad of being always subservient to the

it. I still like the old songs like guitar. The vocalist .with greater vol- Erotic ard The Forever People .espec i ume than most, uses this freedom again ally live because they are quite bru- to add an original dimension to the al songs for us. And the crowd seem to sound - especially the terrorizing ef- like some up tempo stuff live, which fects on "History Of A Forgotten Sick".

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-No at thus time we are just touring, ewhere. . , Antoi nette we don't have the time or equipment to THE WILD RAG - Issue ?5 - Mag, ’93 write songs while we are on the road, end we will start writing again after the This issue of 'The wild ftaq 1 has been tour dedicated to fanzines and" "features in- When will the swans be turned loose? terviews with editors (and former edi- -The swans have already been turned tors) of some zlnes including Stress Related and Screams From The Gutter, 1 oose ,our world is fucked, I'm afraid we are all gu'nq to die. There are also loads of zine addresses through Have you any final comments? out the ma g . Meta 1 maiti a vf I is -Tiianks for the interview Brian .hope reviewed wnicn featured the Tikes of the answers are not to shit, I'm rush- Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation among 1 flar, others . There i ng this Hello and Thanks to all Irish y s also the usual j lunatics who turned up for the gig.you USA news updates on band's, guys are fucked up .Hi to Fifth Domini- zines ate. If you have not seen 'The Q Wt * d on, send me that tap you fuckers. A bid Fet it's 1 DOS dedicated to fuck off to the guys who stole our ge- the international underground and is a very professional mag. in a r . They let the side down. See you all 26 pages soon

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s 1 '92 it becomes a song. and Eternal Darknes . Far y we went then into the studio to record the 7" ,it has Who writes the lyrics and »»

forget it, nor wi- CRYPT OF KERBEROS interview continued,. ng you won't easily ll you want to. Vocalist Alan AvenH Any last words? seems to carry each song further with your nice inter -Thanks Antoinette for his blasphemous screams which can be zine.Buy our view, good luck with your heard right through the demo. With a $15 and the EP is still wi- World Of Myths demo like this I don't think they 1 1 2 IRC for a ,f nc ude or i PRIMORDIAL tor sate $j ll be too easily gnored , sure reply. will be a name that will get a great amount of praise in the underground for months to come, buy the demo to see exactly what I mean. Send £2.50 (Irl) £2.50 strl (Uk) $5 (elsewhere) to Maihmass.22 Station Road , Sutton, Dublin 13, Ireland. Brian

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like that so were trying of n to i ncorporate some the spookyness from t- VII (WV) I w hat at the moment. ould like to say though that we have been getting labelled as a death/doom band a lot recently - 1 LOVE DEA- TH METAL MUSIC! BUTithe lyrics, ideas and images of a lot of bands these days are They have been together nearly so fucking bori ng ! .Everyones six years, they have been a rive just since v- copying everyone else and the or- piece, a four piece and they're copying off wasn't ocalist Dave left, are now a th- iginal good anyway!. What I'm saying ree piece. SALEM JUSTICE have that singing about shredding corpes seen every aspect of the under- is stuff is ok but ju- ground, have played with all the and Satan and expect to hear anything UK underground names * includi- st don’t like that from us. I'm not intere- Ni ghtlord , The Reign ng Gomorrah, it'd be a r releases sted in that so 1 think Incarcerated , etc .Thef to write about it. MUFF include "Debts Of Fate" '90, “T- bit false '91 "The Mu- SAID! he Raven Master’* fi tnI the 1 seen many changes rder Faith" 93 .They hope to r- Have you underground scene in those years? elease "Choke", a demo or possi- l really that the emphasis bly as a casette single at the -Only from thrash to death/ end of '93. Bassist and newly has shifted a lot more. Also people are i st .Steve Dearn- doom appointed vaca 1 scene interviewed. taking more nottce of the 1ey,was are put- a whole and the bands SALEM as rou 've been playing with ting more effort into better pre- and a half ye- ' JUSTICE for five sentation .There s also a lot more - describe the changr must be ars Steve going on - 1 reckon there in es the band has gone through at least one band and one fanzine style in that time? in every fucking town! -well basically we were only Bl- You've played with many bands - essing around for the first co- who stands out as (i)the best act just me uple of years. There was to play with and (fi)the best act? and and a drummer, wr it i ng songs -{i.The best act to play with wou- we did f- will learning to play, When ld have to be D.T.R. no one property* they're so i nelly get our first have heard of them but together at the stands for 11 band line-up fucking f tinny i . D , T .R, wa s really ki nd Ross - end of 'S9 it -wait for it- Dave , Tone, punk/thrash with Maiden !. There just a 1- t ,of just their names singer at the t- o ve rtones I -The ocal band made up from bits of pyscobilly called He- go out, get i me was a other local bands ;they contol ete with blue suede sh- trying to play. ll ; pissed and start we gra- 'cos th- oes and a quiff* .Anyway They're a fucking scream more thras- dually moved into a ey just don 't care! and we hy thing until Nei 1 left (ii)And without pissing anyone in got Dave eur current singer off; the best act would be The sta- September '92.We'l already Re ign. of our own have you rted to get heavier What kind of reactions . accord anyway, but when Dave ca-» had to your own prefonances? me" in we started heading in an -Mostly good .They’ve been from even more deatish di recti on .Da- absolutly wild to polite applause ves really into stuff like Ent- and all points in between ;we' ve J ombed, as am l, but he s also in- never been seriously heckled or to Fields Of Nephilim and stuff booed off or anything like that

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SALEM JUSTICE interview Continued to All a do us tve ana me hts sun. Heal ly all points in between - including Green Do you prefer live work or studio work Jelly!!!! and why? Are you happy with SALEM JUSTICE as it -Play) no a ins is brill ant but I Late t- stands, or are there any changes you with that thou* ne other stuff involved waul d 1 1 1ce to make?

i ti the 1 gh like f 1 yer ng .contac nq press, - [ rn very happy with the band at the m- .male ing sure the organising the travel oment.but I do want to release a little ok and sorting out times etc. venue is 7" ep soon , though 1 ike I said this loo- There's also nothing worse than playing ks unlikely more due to lack of money somewhere where the ntanagment get you than anything else. There aren't any ch-

finish your set at 10.50 and expect ! to anges ' d make real ly , to be able to lock up and go home at Have you a last word Steve? all takes time!. But the actual tf.05.lt -Thanks for the i ntervi ew T good luck wi- playing part is fantastic. As for studio th e stine and cheers tn anyone who's b- work I love that too, it may surprise y -r aught our stuff or been to see us. Also oti to know that recording actually tak- EVERYBODY WRITE SOONITake care. es a lot less time to organise. You al- get treated like a music an and a re- so SALLOWS - Owo *93 gular human being - unlike at a lot of GALLOWS are a. tbree.p i ece froEB Israel venues, so I'd say I just love 'em both. a great deal of talent and Have any labels expressed interest in who possess or g i nal i .On this demo they have cre- - do you expect to i ty SALEM JUSTICE and ated their own unique sound which is r- have anything out on vinyl or CO In eaily evident on the oreni ng track' the future? "Embolic Cerebri" .Six songs make up t- -A couple of years ago we were getting he demo which comes professionally pa- messages about Peaceville being intere- ckaged with glossy black and white in- sted. but if they were then nothing came lay which includes a band photo. SALLO- see there being any vinyl of it. I can't WS’ s music is hard to describe so the or CD stuff out for a while yet but th- best thing to do is check them out for will be another demo within the ne- I ere yoursel f . ' ve no price for the demo so six months if we don't get a deal. xt write for detai 1 $ .Contact : Amit Shit- to *afc« a Do you think it's difficult 1 25 167, ri t, Tal -El , D-N.Maate Hag all e, name as an underground band? Israel Brian -Not really - all you have to do is be what you want to do - able to play t kncw NORPHOSIS. FIFTH DOHIIIIO)I .AFTERLIFE B- - flyers a and do i t AND SEND OUT 3,000 ock Garden .Oufal in - 9tl) October 1993 _ week best free gigs this year.it SALEM JUSTICE full One of the Are the aeobers of was AFTERLIFE'S first live preformance or do you (like the rest tine •usiclans in ages, and they displayed talent that to support yourselves* in of us) have was worth the wait. Their freshness was other ways?, If so what do you do? a stimulant and although the packed Ro- course we do were not Gommor ah ! How -Of ck Garden was not very flmilar with th- you think we pay for our demos!, I m 1- do eir new material was i re le va nt .Thel r (Q. a. dogsbody j ,fli ck 's a a draughtsman ively set recieved an excellent reacti- work for the quantity surveyor (we both FIFTH D0H IN ION with their enra- 1 on .Hex t, engi neers .Steve s a same structural ) ged set of material both old and from on various building sites .And D- chippy -Pain, Rage & Laughter' .At the first no- a lucky bastard - be p- ave,well Dave's te there was an explosion of diving bo- on leather jackets for a s- aints stuff dies in the pit. During favourites such called Metalhead in London. Ya know; hop as "Refusal To Mourn" and "Vicious Cir- album covers etc - he's also the o- all cle" the surging turent of human flesh of us with his own house! nl y one became particularly virulent. The onsla- personal favourite SALEM What is your ught continued as HORPHOSIS massacred JUSTICE song and why? the Rock Gardens patrons with tracks be "Choice* anu "rire Sfcul- 1 -It's got to from the brutal 'Modus Operand i demo. 1“ .You won't know have heard them thou- Despite being murdered, and repeatedly they're the two newest ones gh because by the merciless MDRPH0S1S, the music 'em!. Also "The and that's why we love inspired the crowd to rise again and absolute fuck- Dance Of The Dead" is an again hypnotised into masochistic self- ing classic! slaughter by the bands irresistible po- Who are your lusical i nfluences, and who long befo- wer , Hopeful 1 , i t will not be of the ba- y influences the other eembers re our Irish bands conquer audiences e- nd? verywnere in this f ashi on . Thei r power r r .Mew Model small -ttysel f - Entombed, 5epu u a is to great to confine to one .As for the rest of Army ,Pantera . Voivod island!.

’em - everybody !. Ob i tuary and Deicide . .

my 5 A 0 WHISPERINGS are a secret dutch pr- a handkerchief .Ho it doesn't reflect 1 mostly oject .Somet i me soon, they say, they «in personal ity, i t says to me that release their identies.but until then, wipe my nose the whole bloody year and we await anxiously to discover who ex- that r play alot on my guitar actly is responsible for the powerful- What is your earliest memory? .Why does ly morose "Sensitive To Autumn" album this stick in your ninr something like that trying to dig Why are you sensitive to Autumn?. What in my mind using your study or me!. I have behind this at hue and is the concept stunted some exams on psychological dudes it's lyrics? so., iy earliest memory Dr . Antoi nette I -Why am I sensitive to Autumn?, I don't really don't know. I played a lot in my know how do I get rid of it. That's a childhood enough tines to explore things better question. Maybe It's given to ay and I'i develope myself, if I would ask the with my birth we thought sensit- genes other members they would probably say did ive to Autumn is a good album tltle.it you touch your study books again.no it's fits to the nusic and lyrics 'cause in for a z\ ne ,a zinel.Hhat a question who general they're full filled with melan- fuckin' cares about my first memory that choly it fits to the CD caver .bookl et I shit in ray pants, spit out food in my It * s not a concept album but in gener- Flam's face and had alot of fun. al there is a symbol ical meaning in e- Ilhit are your Most disgusting habits?. Wh- detail which refers to each other ach at about the other band members? detail so the s 1 eeve 1 yri cs , bookl et .t* , -Oh my God you really must be a psycholo- shirt it's a tattoo on the music. gical student. What do you think of Freud The music is fairly laden with dooa - and his sexual frustration thoughts over does this lean that you guys have very human beings .So you want me to tell my morbid personalities? or does it eeen disgusting habits?, print a couple of hun- that you release all your depression dred lines and people read it. It's more, through your Music, 1 eavfng you conple- something for a rumour newspaper .A1 exan- tly frea of misery otherwise? der of SAD WHISPERINGS collects his gir- -He don't have morbid personalities to- lfriends used sanitary towel s M !, from ut in each person lies some morbid fe=r one of our reporters .Al exander from the elings in the music I personally rele- band SAD WHISPERINGS collects his girl- ase all my woes , aggres sion , depr es si on * friends used sanitary tcwel s every month and also some of my morbid feelings c- he puts them in his guitar case as he ome out for example in the vocals tout found five towels we can say that the it does not leave me complexly free of relationship lasted five months till mow, misery 'cause if that would be true I 1 save you the sick details of the other never could write new music, yr ics. The 1 members same that you're never without aggres- Tell me what aspects of being a member of sion, love, passion, sadness. Feel i ngs ne- SAP WHISPERINGS give you the most pleasu- ver leave you - we're humans without ng/recording/gigging/exposure feelings we aren't humans. re? .{wri tl to copious amounts of intoxicating subst- Some people say that you can tell a p- ances and carnal knowledge)? ersons personal! ity by what he has In -Maybe it's better that I first tell what his pockets. Tell me what is ig.your p- I f I'm writing all music for 90% , wri- ockets .fight now, and if you think this do, ideas,! play rhyt- reflects your personality? te all lyrics, most art hm and soM guitar,! did alot of co-orod- -The only thing I have in my pockets ucing stuff on the album,! do the vocals ever! .actually two, are a plectrum and ) .

have any religious beliefs?, if so SAD WHISPERINGS interview continued.., Do you what are they? -If not, what fundamental synthesizer ideas along by? (for example the and [ did the beliefs do you stand it. The m- g- with our producer wno played world is really made of chewed bubble songs ost pleasures for me are writing and we are all bits of dirt stuck to it.i m a 1 s and recordinq /l yric s , rehear it} studio crer- really love to work in the -He all were brought up with Christianity the mail, to i . I love doing ail don’t go ati nq , produc ng by our parents but we the studio. a digging is ok hut I prefer church anymore. Of course we had to as be a s- SAD WHISPERINGS is supposed to child. One will believe more than the oth- that's why we don't pub- such things 'cause tudto project er so we haver discuss ^ yet. I'm into lish photos or a line-up we don't care and aren't interested, around it. the music not the bullshit vhat do you wish mast to happen to you on huma- (a year? Are you planning an onslaught and SAD WHISPERINGS in the coaming touring soo«?.Jf so to happen to nity by gigging or (b) What would you hate most when and where are you looking forward better as a to it?. If not why? myself 1 hope to get in -UlTo -We firstly try to get gigs here .song/lyric writer, to a PP£ guitarist [| our label boss. .H i th SAD Holland together with and healthy with my gi rl friend to play outside Holland. I wa- we can tour in some I prefer WHISPERINGS I hope earth. We- new nt to see something from the foreign countries and meet a lot of very lucky will 'll see what happens . He 're interesting people. Hope the CD 30 deal in the that our label has a good over well. be released there som- to my boss. USA. Our CD will [blThat I have to go back sell enou- on ewhere in January '94. If we Mho/ what was the biggest influence a good cha- was your gh CD's over there we have your life to date?, and wfto/what would be mo- nce to do a USA tour . that biggest musical Influence to date. all hope that dream my best/close re than great. We -t think my parents and Israel . me comes true and were busy with friends have the most influences on been th- influen- A band from our our label has personally .Right now the biggest cnance to, , our relation- ere so maybe we will get a ce comes from my qi r! fri end of the CD, of it. Such it's all up to the selling ship and what comes forth out band with the ' .Husi ca 11 my old How pleased is the things change your 1 i fe y To Autumn « we- shed result of 'Sensitive quitar teacher Martin Buitenweg.next reception it has had? will have some ef- and with the I get a new one, he satisfied. ek playing.For -As a debut CD we are very fects on my technical guitar in the major zin- by m ° wn fueling?, He got great reviews lyrics l *n influenced y Aardscftok.Rockhard they are t- to and in some way will es like bands I listen read so : Dead can he are the only reviews we've have an influence on me are a in .The band is pro- 6od,Forbi dden .Cath- far He can't comol Dance. En igma , Fear Of will be Paradise Lost gressing a lot, our second CD edral ,Hy Dying Bride, first worked Cruise, Vai, much better than this one.we CD and only that one.JuVee ve- ,Shosi-> very hard to progress as we worked Satriani Adje van den Berg, Autopsy " .He .Root ry hard on "Sensitive To Autumn akwich, 'Id Black Sabbat .Deadhead Of Sorrow and some f are proud! \ Crematory (Ger),Moon think fanzines a- music where t can learn important do you more , I listen to Maw atmosphere th- re to the promotion of underground from or radiate of sudden ideal fanz- of way. $1c?.tfhat wow'd b* in your at hits me in some kind Alexander? * j g Any last words mass refe- .Dudes pi ea se -Very import ant, but the big -Thanks for the i ntervi ew so there i definately worth rs to the biggest magazines check out our CD it s from the und- '93 will is a kind of replacement it. Soon December we scene, the J^JoStorfrontprintin t erground scene to the major black long sleeves with logo & foU page colours and a commercial shit. If you get a and logo & backprint, three 25.000 copi- print on both sleeves in a major zihe who sells killer Irish Celtic reach so much be 1 * s r es then your pleased you made and as original anti ’™ lilte JJ h c J|" people but an underground zi ne booklet by the same ar , CD \\ **£ so it s J^PERINGS,irpi RlNGS DEPRIVED has a lot lore charge booklet. Send US $22 to : SAD with you t- Rj Haqenborgej, Holl- as cool to do an interview 5 Boel manweg 26,9945 1 z] ™ touch with Pur han with the dudes of my idea and. Tour pronotors get in Dutch Metal Ha Vel dbl oemenl aan 5, {former Foundation 2000 f The Aardschok ] apel ~° r r re& ai- nade for example Ho 1 land .Ask mmer) cause they 3 44 8 6 k UO'fcrden a here. Check it oot an tb tine, keep the charime i-ietal l i ca big lorder list. Buy this II - first Meta i is i- sir first two albums. The of the underground. alive 'tause was arranged by the i ca gig in Europe - Aardschok cag.„o the .lsi * Aardschok on the siTe ri;« TwSiCT:.* J to fighting history Of the line has a l* t lUbinq as the major scene. keep y

have cre- In the past few months CRADLE OF FILTH in the UK i Their ated a stir in the underground on the 31st of January . . l q uTkp principle Of Evil Made Flesh" is released to go by it soouKI bo on. of tho b.st ^ f M i k >r lathing dartress on tbo b m d fbr us. Txl»l Jf Em? sheds o bit of debut LP Flesh, The Forest Whispers My Name, Is- How did the recording of your cariot, The Black Godess Rises, One Fi- •The Principle Of Evil Hade Flesh" go? Kiss, A Crescendo Of Passi- the end result to your satisfaction? nal Graven Is Bleeding, To Eve The Art Of Witchc'- -The recording of our detout album went on mom- r aft, Gf Mist And Midnight Skies,In like c lockwork ,deso ite a few tense budget.... Secret Love We Drown, A Dream Of Wolv- ents and fear of a stretched es In The Snow and Summer Dying Fast. the end result is extremely satisfacto- producti- The tracks are generally faster but ry indeed; a very smooth clear the more orchestrated. The vocals tend to on but aggressive and emotional at for myself person- the screamier side of things and the same time . Hi ghl ight s overall feeling is very much one of are definitely the orchestration ally Our album can be likened Keyboard parts which have the atmo- evil majesty. and Goetfa.Full of dark spirits. The a- captured almost as a film score. to sphere was written by the band overall sound is very heavy and ma- ctual music The whole, that's the way we're incl- jestic as a . ^ work, but all the lyrics were have played many gigs in the u.K. ined to tou written by me and me alone. with bands such as Eeperor and At The A while you recruited Hick Barker.fo* gates. Do you have any plans to play Monolith, as your new percu- outside of the U.Jt.?.HOul d you consider rnerty of i he working out? in Ireland? ssion is t- How s playing listen to the album time of writing we have played -Vou will have to -At the lot of peop- shows this year with various and judge for your self. A nearly 35 sheer drive bands... -The live situation for us is le have commented on the important drams;we thrive on the heavi A and complexity of the drumming on the conclusion ly charged atmosphere that our gigs can LP and have arrived at the the best dru- .That is why we have used fema- that Nicholas is one of generate t- moment. Wei 1 , le dominatrf x, irnmob il e gaurds and Sata- mmers in the UK at the n upgrade hat's the reason that we sought Him r nic ritual or stage,! order to the density of the charge in order tt> out for . material differ from t- tap into it physically and emotionally. Does your new We did have plans to go to Europe with hat of your older releases? older mater- Emperor to do some shows, but with the - fes, most deff (lately .Our f "T.F.D.") trouble that surrounds our Viking brot- ial (which we consider as sounds dated and unprof, compared to hers at the moment * 1 think it could be company is plann- the album and despite the deep, grave- i mooss i ble .Our record lly death-vocals being in-your-face ing a full blown Eurooean jaunt for ne- demo, the new material is so m-, xt year (94) and a possible American on the onate.evil and violent. leg .Would we consider playing in Irela- uch more passi tighter .heavil nd? Only if we could uoset as many god- Our latest songs are With our new fearing revolutionaries as possible. orchestra ted and blacker. will establish ourselves as Can you tell us a bit about the tracks album we in the UK. on the LP? .Who wrote the music and lyr- the only “true* band What do the members of CRADLE OF FIL- \ cs ? with the band? -The full track list for the album is TH do when not working Darkness Our Bride (Ouguti -Nothing as a prof essi on ,0utsi de of as follows ; watch vampire The Principle Of Evil Made the band we take drugs, ar 'JtrdciT ng ] , , ,. . .

' sworn to silence FILTH interview cont i rius

demo igious , any other art-work released on to be reall y irrel spend much of final cowp^nts. tine covers?. Do you H 3. ve you any or quotquot ma- your time drawing? -Tibi policeor quid facial" ad mala per o»- a few covers before "T.F.D-" lum potero.et mrahere _ i did baptismum . Ap art chrismam et but nothing of special i iterest nesiet abrentincio 1 a Jesu Christi at ipsius from the art-work 1 am doing for at omnis merita deero tuae servitui et Ni hili stic/Satani c ma ga i\ ne , that is a- sanctorumiet si not really ti bi do vitam m e am sicift tu- U I’ve really done.I'am adorationi ; the light. one for drawing all the time.*. aia darkness takes khat bands do you listen to? "#* guitar ,Samha in Nov .You want a list?.! can sum up my mus- Belov :Paui lead OF FILTH ical tastes up in one s tatement . Anyth- 1st 93 E.H. CRADLE ing emotional, roman ti c.vampiric.iVIL* Burzufi Immortal .Me- Bands like Emperor , T rcyful Fate, Bathory.t earl y) Qestructi- Limbo G ,G .r .H on.(early) Paradise lost, t D i ssecti on Di amanda Gal as .Pyogenes t s , Eucharist, Jeff Uayne, Celtic Frost, Ana- thema, Omen /Dracul a soundtracks, Venom, Moon, Grand Belia- Dark Throne , December who l's Key. Sisters Of Mercy, etc .Bands fit into these catagori es ,feel free to send their material to me..,,haha! Is love an emotion in your UTe? -And why not?. Oust because hate is an emotion forever manipulated by the Sa- tanic faction it doesn't necessarily ha- rule out the mani festton of love. I ve no love for the everyday grind and normality of this material existence; vehement 1 y 1 hate and despise people love for my But deep within me l have myself with cause, the people I suround life and the darkness I've plunged my into. And of course, my Black Goddess. I have love for the dark side of me; we get evil if you will. The situations into.tne things we see, the secrets I know yes. love is an extremely po- tent emotion too and this is reflected on the album. What are the most memorable things from your childhood? girlfriends* seei ng ghosts , _chr t stmas , etc.etc-l like the way it floods back th- when you come across familiarities the past. at link the present witn OF FIL- Is there anything about CRADLE TH you feel we should know about? a fpw secrets you could have us hung b}.f! w^lt ydu mean? -Oh yes, there's p- .

/l ive is it, and how much interest is there in it? Py -Well our scene is really grow- 3W ing every day. Lots of new good JH bands, zines , rad io shows and gigs VH just wait and look for yourself. " Do you think the Portugese scene is completely independant with it's have made a name for themselves in their awn bands, zines, fans, or do you think own country .They wish to spread their ev- that the european scene influences il rot to other parts, so read what manag- the Portugese scene? I er kdriano Pedrosa has to say about the -Mo, we don't believe in that everyb- hand ..... ody is influenced in a certain way Tell me about EXOMORTIS .who are you, and by the quality of some projects from how you got together, and how long have around the world. So ve don't think you been together? that every scene from every country

-Well EXOMOKTIS was formed in 1991 and t- is influenced by other countries , pe-

he line-up is Lhu - vocals .Sergio 'Phant- ople ,e to . . as" - gui tars .Paulo "sexy" - guitars, Big- How would you describe EXOMORTIS' s- odes - bass, Miguel - drums. ound - what; influences you when yon What is your first demo called and wtiat are writing your music? - sort of response has it had? -As far as our sound influences go -Our first demo was "From Darkness To I told you sometimes it’s difficult Darkness" but we cancelled this release to be original but we would say that considering the awful sound of the recor- we're fast and technical death metal dings, although we had some excellent rev- with brutal and powerful vocals. Let- iews and ve were invited to record one s- ’s just say we're EXOMORTIS and we ong for HTH Records (Portugal) compilati- play death metal. The rest is up to on "The Birth Of A Tragedy ", which, we did ysu. and record the song "Reflections Of The Shat subjects do you like to write Last Memories". about in your lyrics? You have a new demo oat this year - has -Neil we must say that our lyrics Sl- your sound changed or developed in anyway aved moved to other subjects in the since your first demo?. Are you pleased w— new songs, so we write about our per- ith the new tape? sonal beliefs and states of mind. An- -Yes, we have 5 new songs recorded since yway they're more a reflection of t- May *93 but only now we're going to rele- hings we see and feel ase them in a 7" or demo, as far as the s- Is your live sound very different t- ound development goes we can say that th- ban your studio sound? ese songs are our best songs at the pre- -No, we try to do the sound as we so- sent, but we aren't satisfied with the re- und on the recorded stuff, yet somet- sults, 'cause we only record and do the m- imes it isn't possible due to the ixes in only 2 days and we do better than P.A. system quality, but we're more this, believe me. brutal and heavy as a live band. Rave any major - t labels expressed interest; Have you played many gigs and what in EXOMORTIS? » If so, who? .and if not, who sort of responses have you had? would you most like to he signed to? -We’ 11, we played live with some of -Mo, we didn't receive or send any stuff the best acts in Portugal to name a from the band to any major label. you know few Thormenthor .Sacred Sin.Dissaf f e- t we used to be lazy in our mail that's why cted , Dinosaur .Bovelrat, Hardness and we talk to Adriano Pedrosa at Apocalypse Afterdeath among others. We also pla- Productions to be our manager, we know him yed in our own area alone to many since we start as a band and right now is times in clubs. building us a name in the underground , 'c- Who would you say are the best acts ause that 's our major problem, anyway we from Portugal at the moment? know he had sent our tape to almost 40 i- -Well we could say that our scene h-

ndependent labels and that we had excel- js lots of promising bands , persona 1- lent reviews but nothing is signed. As for ly we advise you to check out any our dream label, we would like one that c- above mentioned bands as well as ot- ouid offer a good distro and promo. . .way hers like Moo ns pell , Decayed , Procyon,

not Nuclear Blast. . .ah MahMah! ! Shrine , Decs iver .Genocide .Cruel Hate, Rlit way do you feel about the Portugese Raising Fear, Lakrau ,$ i lent Scream, 5- underground T scene at the moment - how al- Hangaii 31 ue ,K .C - Noise , Dove .etc . , . ive is it .and how alive is it . s ,

...... * i , , th- XOMORTIS interview continued bricant , Demigod , Bel a 1 On holy Thermo

, Purtena nee and a lot more. hat band out of the whale world would en your favourite (a) bands, (b) on aost like to jam with, and why? What are albums, books, (d) author , and what Well we would love to play with any fc) you payed into see? ajor death metal band, It's always go- was the last gig Hy favourite bands are : Bolt Thr- d for promotion of every band, and if -(a) ower , Carcass .Cemetary , Cathedral , Gorefe- ever a e had chance why not Benedict- oid),r>e- st , Entombed, Napalm Death (only on ,$epuitura , Paradise Lost , Death, Dis- ad Can Dance , Kiss, Pan Thy rtonium,At Th- lember, etc. * . Factory, Parad ise ny last comnent? e Gates, God Flesh, Fear ,Sepiiltura , Desultory , Slayer, Well first thanks for the interview Lost , Death a lot more. (b) Albums : ntoinetce and also thanks for all of Dismember and : : tfacmaster, Parad ise Lost qu true metal fans for all your supp- Bolt Thrower (Entombed : Hollow man, Sentenced s rt you always give us. Anyway if we icon North From Here, Carcass f Hearth work, avon’t signed with a label ’till Nov - : The Ethereal Mirror and Nap-» 93 we will release these 5 songs on Cathedral : Enslavement To Obliter- emo with colour cover under the name aim Death From ation. (c) books, r don't read very much 1993’' as for the cost it will be $4 but American psyco and Stephen King’s USA) in europe $5 (USA) in the world books are good.(d) My favourite author &p included ,radios/zines/distros wri- of course. The latest g- e for free info. (Please enclose one is Stephen King igs I saw were three months ago and gi- RC for fast reply ) .Contact ; Apocaly- gs included : Carti lage ,Scetical Schizo, se Productions , radio show & distro, Deciever and Necrobiosis it was cool g- /o Adriano H D Pedrosa .Apartado 842, 404 Ueiria Codex, Portugal. igs. Can you describe your music in four words?, why do you think these words suit EHPBHHIC your music best? his is an interview with h'irtlttnd's -Rack brutal death metal! HDGRMIC. 1 993 saw them release their Have you any new material written? -Do abut demo " Syndroirata psychoorganica all the band members contribute to the x usu medica-rnentorum” which was a WUjic writing? ery impressive release. Here follows -We have four new songs at this time and n interview with guitarist ttarko Oja- more are camming all our second demo oski ...... songs are ready.When we make a new songs band member is there. d— every our debut dew is selling well. Row Have you had any interest fro* any lab- recording and are you pleas- d the go els yet? d with the response you've had so far. -No we haven’t sent any demos to any la- think so. Oh yes the "Syndromata.." You bels but we're going to send our next is selling well, the recording time emo demo to alot of labels and we hope we was a little as good only the mixer get some deal. criticism is pretty g- isapointing.The Where do you see the band in tie next od . year? your plans now?, do you plan to hat are -I see!?! hramm...in the music televisi- lay any gigs? on .Hah . . are going to raei- Our plans are that we Rave you anything to add? be better e our second demo it will -Thanks to you Brian and if somebody are going £o do han "Syndromata .We wants to buy our demo send $5 to me and we drink and ome gigs and of course remember order our second detno it will , ractise very hard. be out January - March 1994 and it will the band?. What ho writes the lyrics in destroy evepything. Good luck with your deal with? objects do you tend to zine and take care. Only masturbation is aur lyrics are written by Petri and Piet- real !. ENDBRKIC, c/o Marko Ojakoski, eemu.He don’t think about that yet but oLankatu 10 AS 16,23500 Uusikaupunfci time comes we think then, hen the Finland. hat do you thin* of the Finish scene?, hich bands would you recouend? The Finish scene is one of the best in he world. 1 like the Finish scene very uch but the Swedish scene is very good nd big too. The Finish scene is very oung but very cool!. My favourite bauds f the Finish scene are ; Sentenced , Xy- , , ma , wings, Impaled Nazarene Amorphis Lu- 1 s -t; .

AFTERLIFE - Touch QF Reality - D&no '93 ll as Necrony 1 s debut CD. Write for l f jt's taken them 1 while but they've i- full l ist . Distributers are wanted, Con- naLly released their debut demo. The ba- tact : P.O.Box 41 ,10205 Ber l in, Germany the La- nt l tjave got very technical over TRAUMATIZED have a new demo out in Jan

,. or extremely tig- Jt year and are an ua ry called “Uoid" and it promises to act. adopted a ht live vocalist John has be quite a progression from "Within". which de^pet approach to his VOc s l s now The new demo will feature female vocal? as olrter voca- is a pi tty I thought his to five a greater effect. This was reco- ls aero bet ter, The overall demo is a i - rded before their original drummer dep- oppressive display of musicianship espe- arted, though word is he has been suces- cially on "True Identity* 1 and their in- sfully replaced. strumential which I can't remember the SEPtTLTDRA/PARADISE LOST - S-F-X. .Dublin name of a s I lost the track listing. Dr- 2nd December 1993 ummer flay handles everything except ion- suppo- Those who came to see PARADISE LOST we- ( ally wall and provides plenty of rt for guitarists Wayne and John, The re not dissapointed by the show that fl- 1 They played m- demo is priced at £3.50 in Ireland, am ick Holmes and co staged. not sure about anywhere else but write ost of 'Icon' which was even more dramatic on stage than on the sound system for ietai Is .Contact : Cory Sloan, Leyla- id Co. (Tilda re, Ir- ,arid a good selection from 'Gothic' and ndi i t Ht Carmel , Mewbr ge, eland Brian 'Shades of God*. The slamming increased in volume as time passed and the momen- PROUDLY SHARE D1STRC is currently dis- tum of the preformance became infectio- a host of Irish demos as well tributing .When SEPULTURA took over, the obvious tapes and zines. Write for full us as comp secured and pit became a carnage scene list, there's also an Irish scene report but I think this was out of habit. SEPD- orier .Contact : Brian Q- Free with each LTURA preformed well, and those who had uirke , Avondale ,52 Headov Parte l,ane,Eal- not seen them live before thought they Cork, Ireland. lyvolane, were brilliant. Something was lacking h- 1 be rel- THROUGH IRELAND S EYE zine will ov ever, in comparison to their '92 gig - and will feature inter- eased very soon and the sound quality was a dissapoint^ views with the likes of The Gathering, ment.Host tracks were indistinguishable Primordial, Dark Visceral Eviscerat ion, which was unfortunate as it would have Emperor, Desultory and many Tranquility , been good to hear the brilliant 'Chaos more. Plus feviews,a scene report or so 1 AD played at it's best . However, it was bits and pieces, Write for mo- and other a good gig - the atmosphere was very L 8 Tyco- re details. Contact : Paul (Teams, ively - and hopefully the sound engine- land .Dr on Close, Old Sawn, Dublin 24, 1 re er will be suitably punished fti Rob Rai ley , 2 1 Tamarisk way , lnamanagh, - 2 '93/ ’94 Dublin 24, Ireland. EMBRYONIC Issue creator , Carlos Cariano , mus - Sleep With The Dead - Cacop- EKBRYONlC's MOWOLIfH the most hard working underg- honous Records - 7" '93...... be one of round heads in Portugal . EMBRYONIC incl- heard some disapointing news I recently udes Portuguese bands - Vomitory, (tf.C. up. I say disa- that MONOLITH have split Noise ,Grog, Deci ever plus worldwide acts * pointing as they were a brutal band and such as Chapel Of Res t, Disabled , Hazael death metal should be knew exactly how and various others. The printing and la- The 7" consists of two tracks played. yout is faultless and the multitude of " 11 which are "SLeep and Maceration" reviews are honest. .Although it’s only t fine and well produced pieces. both very issue 2 of EMBRYONIC, it s one of the ro- Barker’s drumming is fucking amaz- - Nick ost professional efforts that I have s haddison aid Colin 13- ing and both Mark een yet. They are available for S3 (Eur interesting, dark and me- ox create some and {elsewhere) from Vale da Fonte, two tracks take up a $4 morable riffs. The . Lots il - ?o 0 . to ,2400 Leiria , Portugal side each of the limited grey marbel v- .Antoinette ..... Lnyl which is available from cacophono- IMPALED - lapailed — Demo ’93 ...... us Records (address 5 price elsewhere). affair which is , ...... This demo is a thrash 4 , ...... , , .... Br l an my thing so I won't say CRUACHAN have recruited Stephen Anders- definitely not about it. The band were called Des- >n on rjuitar, tin whistle and vocals. much ecration but changed their name just b- R05ERSLAUGHTER RECORDS 7" efore this was re leased .This consists This german based label have a few * of three tracks which are well played on offer at the moment including Necro- for a thrash band,! believe that they v. and more.E- ny, M, /Regurgitate, Go nett have now converted to death metal. The and new ones are out s- ich EP costs 36 demo costs £3 and is available From oor> including Gut and Agathocles as we- . ) - 1 1 —

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Records ^ . - - - efarno Demo * 94 ...... *» Sweden’s DARK TR- inis the debut from debut demc from Kildare base <3 masterpiece for many This i « the ANQUILLITY is a DWELLSR.lt hasn’t been released yet but a huge mix of melody reasons .There is should be available pretty soon. The ta- aggresi veness throughout the alb- it and pe consists of 7 tracks of gothi c/doom/de- um. The female and male harmonic voca- but 3 th. I was very impressed by the music ls just pour out atmosphere on tracks in most I feel the vocals need working on Of Blazing Gold" and ”T- like "A Blot places. The opening track "So Far Nothing” Ebony Archways" and main voca- hrough reminded me of Anathema .well not the whole Anders Friden seems to be also 1 list song but the opening moments .There s a fa- in some harmony . Every song on singing bit of originality in the demo and some well structured from ir this release is out songs, I recommend this to Sundin and Statue well thought start to finish and gothic/doom fans, it’s very good for a deb- with some amazing riffs* nave come up hope the vocals will he varied by th- fe- ut,! I don't think they could have done * 8leas£ though * Contact B^nry* you'll agree with nfixt- f et ter and I'm sure Idare r Castlederirot * Co- Ki ] 34 b Pearse Tee , Brian * •• * * * - * " * * 1 me * , n, * * * * - * Ireland. - * Br ia SEVERANCE issue 2 will be out very s- SORROW SItfE issue 1 vill proball y be out oon.This time it will be a full zine. by time you re3d this snd will feature 1 by sendi- Meanwhile check out issue i ce Hy Dying Bride /Fifth Doitii ni on , Horst f £2 L IRC (elsewhere) to ng $2 (Eur) vital Bema ins, Putrefy and wore. Write for Breagh, , Ashford , Co , wiekl McMeice, 132 Sliabh Ian Lawless , Trial ty details to Jason 31 Slept- ow, Ireland. Dr Jeff O' Reilly, ftrdee, Co .Louth , Ireland

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OXYRIUS formed in 1‘JHU under the name Uecrophi li ac .S Luce they began they've released three demos the ’ itest one being "Fuck a dut. ..try to fly" which was reci. ’d just after their name cha. Stephane Abri- oux, gu itar ist and vocalist tells u s about the bands plans. What are your hopes for your - latest demo 'Fuck a ducle... try -We have a lot of zines wh to fly’? ich support our French ba a lot of bands »Wb hope like ds , but for gigs that’s re- to be signed by a goad label, ally hard to find someone inter- '['he Boucher ie Prod, are who can help you , you must ested in us ( that's a French find jige alone. General ly ..label which generally sign om- we trada gigs with other ,‘- ,r ly rock or hardcore bands). but French underground bands, there are some problems with that’s the only good sol- the big boss. So/We will try to ution to play live in Fr- sign with HoadruTtner or New W- ance. You know bhere are a ave Records- hftt unfortuneatly lot of big bands who can- t is mot sure. We also hope 't play in; France because to record this last demo on there aren't enough halls CD and of course sell alot of for this kind of musie.r- it. hat’s really sad but we Why did you change your ia*e try to do our best to p- from Necrophiliac to OXYRIUS? lay live. And do you feel your music is Mho would you moat like more brutal now than when you to play with? were Necrophiliac? -I don’t know, perhaps Mor -We have changed our name bec- goth or Entombed. ause now in Europe there are What subjects influence alot of Necrophiliac *s .one in your lyrics? Spain, another in Germany , two -We like to talk about in Portugal .that was unorigin- animals and pornogra al. 7 he other reason was the history, that 's bee image of necrophiliac’s name we like to fuck because alot of people thought find. We like humour but we were satanic and played bl- generally a lot of bands ack metal. So now it’s OXYRIUS, don't like humour in dea- for information OXYRIUS is an th/thrash music, why not? . our mus- anal maggot .Yes now I think we are profession ic is more brutal. or iginal like them. and more technical too Have you any plans to pla played with a lot You have y out side of France? of bands. Which was the best; -We perhaps have a plan gig you have had and with to play in Portugal, but t- who? hat isn* t sure for the mome- -For me our best gig was in . nt an fortunatly But we are re- . Marseilles with Shud .Cardia- ady to come to Ireland when y- c, Sea se and Execution, people qu want! were completly mad. And we h- What are your favourite (a) ave a second very good reroe- bands, (b) albums, (cj books mberanc? in Poitiers, our to- ( d ) authors, and what was Wine and wn , wi th !TST, Sixty the last gig you payed in Witches, for our second gig, to see? of 4 5G people. That in front -(a) Morgoth , Slayer ,Godf- was fabulous for Jts. lesh.Edge of Sanity, Type What is the support like for O' Negative and a lot of underground bands in France? others......

much about myself beejuss I'm 0XYRIU5 intorviv* continued...... T \mn' t say shy, but Joe's a 16 year old kid who Li’r^s !.o seigneur {need I say more) and Steve's (b ) "Cursed" , "Huo*" ,lc) death metal o

m? , -]t's difficult to pinpoint a time that listen only to I got into metal. I didn't doom metal , or only to death metal or an- to ything like that. I remember listening Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin when r was still living in Araeri ca .about I 10 years ago. As for inf luences , ’m influenced by nothing in particula r, but many forms of music inspire me!. I listen to ; jazz, techno dance .bines , indie pop.ciassi— cal, industrial, ambient, grunge, me ta 1, hardcore, funk and a zillion other things!!. My favourite bands at the moment are : Hags Against The Mach ices , Paradi se Lost, Einstursende Neubau ten, Bleed ,Thi rd Eye, ,My Bloody Valent ine, etc, • Fo il , P yogenesi s How popular ia doom metal in Australia? -Doom metal is well known here, but most kids are all into this shit fucked-up black metal noise!! .1 HATE black metal, 99.9% of all the stuff that is conning out now is utter fucking shit, that incl- nd udes Bur zum, Dark Throne • Hayhem,* any- who thinks that they're evil drummer formed Sot— one else In 1986 Just in, a 'cause they burn churches and wear war , a he the only ori- EMM ASSEMBLY nd is paint! '.Only Crucifer .Corpse Molestation, remaining . Thei r direct- ginal member Impaled Nazarene and Pandemonium play has altered as often ion musically music which is ii stenable .Anyway .blac't line-up but they now produce as the metal is big in Australia and doom i" as Justin fee- exceptional doom music not is band* true destiny, els this the You are involved with another band Just- could they play when they what else in called Ikon -what type of music does SOLEMN ASSEMBLY are titled Ikon play?. Does this interfere with your Firstly Justin, tell me a!:I about the work in SOLEMR ASSEMBLY? members of SOLEMN ASSEMBLY, and how -Ikon is a gothic/rocK band that was no- you all got together? thing t> do with the metal scene. All the -At the moment, there 1 ? only 3 people guys in Ikon are Joy Division fans (just ASSEMBLY, Me, Joe and Steve, i n SOLEMN like me! ) . I suppose t’^y sound heavier interview continues after next 'page.... " 3 . -.

- to rm- in par’s. They have treat-, \,y HYI NG BRIDE 3 G.G.F.H. Barns Fix cut mly - ~1 original sound apart from ihe TsTo ubli n 2 2 nd 0 c tohe r ^ 9 a juite g compdrrison and ere wor- gnt persona 1 j forme nc i one d f7aT.H. opened loin but ! y out. RETRI HUTION DENIED are didn't leave much of a reaction th checking tftey "C- theirs so found now with two grinding tracks ofl ne.l'am not a big fan of who ircus ]f Stupidity" and "The Corpse Of rfiey were probally good for those . heavy and Gaea " . "C ircu s. . " is a very re into th ei r mus i c . a catchy song but doesn’t really show rtY DYING BRIDE now I' am a big fan of however and they made the bigge- you what the band can do. Thankfully these an on me than any other bar however the second song does. It’s st l mores si on excellent song .very heavy and fast nd ever did and I reckon ever will! .As Y fini- to be ) . DEBAUCHAR soon as they began the room was filled (wnen it wants with two offer- with atmosphere and everyones attent- sh off the compilation Rare" ts first up and ion was focused on the band. Their set ings . "ftedi m To stuff from the first included a host of songs from their reminds me of the . i Corpse" most memorable had to be "Your Cannibal Corpse al bum " Rott ng new IP be- i t’ s slower and Hiver" but "Crown Of Sympathy" also is a bit Afferent , The band have their needs a menti on ."Symphonai re .. from tter music wise. and are something to watch out debut EP went down very wel ) but moments their Africa The Forever People" really made ever- for. Finally I’ll say that South the com- night. To see MY DYING BRIDE is have i lot to offer, check out y 0 ody 5 ,a ddre ss and more detai- exfierence not to be missed and P 1 1 -at i on .pri ce an ...... hopefully they will return next year ls elsewiiere.. .Brian. for another night of atmospheric doom, VOICE OF DESTRUCTION ,:/0 Francios Blom Road.be- .Brian. 11 Rocklands V i 1 1 a s , Rockl ands a po in t, QOOl , South Africa. - SYNAPSE - Cries Of The Unborn Demo93 DEBAUCHERY, c/o Justin Robb, 12 Hibiscus '93 Afri ca , we have the Summer and Autumn of Street. At 1 as vi He, H 59 .South of a host to thank for the explosion ABHORRENCE. c/o Bruce Fulfprd,PO Box onto sce- of excellent Irish demos the 271,2154 Bromhof .South Africa. SYNAPSE* s "Cries 9f The Unborn" is ne. RETRIBUTION DENIED, cyo Bradley Noble. one of the ma sterpi sees. They have tak- , 1401 44 Menfn Road , Del v i 1 1 e , Germi ston en their anger at many of the worlds South Africa. faults for example child a bu se „ abor t- ion and famine and condensed it into 8 IN GODS OWN IMAGE - Irish comp, tap_e classic tracks which, once you have he- Irish bands, T h i s contains 50 mins, of

" r ard them, haunt you f orever .SYNAPSE 5 some demo and live nateriali also with aggression and th- included are Fif- live set rages some reversal s . Ban ds

completely cao- 1 Putrefy , eir violent emotion is th Do mi rviori , After ife.Synaose, on powerful .Lamentations & tured the demo by Stuart's Septic Snai 1 s , Ethereal vocals. by riffs that are structured Morph os is .The sound duality could be and dramatic and by the hypnotic ryth- better in some tracks but most of them ms and beats to which your body cannot are a Ir ig fit .There are no band address: fail to respond ,E ach of the eight tra- e$ on the inlay but Dame! has made up cks is memorable but especially spell- a mini scene report to make up for it. Of The Un born " Ob- art-work binding are "Cries " r Thera's also excellent cover sess i on" , "Secret Tears" and "Requei nT . ,T £1.50/53 by Jeff 0 "Seil 1 y ape costs (Irl) £4 . [Eur) S6 ( El- Clorr- Priced £3.50 50 = Meadow, from : Daniel, 8 Woodford

t : !Ji 1 son 47 Own sewhere ). Contac Justin , dalkin, Dublin 22, Ireland .1 n Gods bl i n Cl arence 'langan 3 d, S-C-Rd . Du 8, Ir- Image II is presently being compiled. eland . . . Antoinette..... Bri an

AUDITORY SUICIDE - The Death Of Africa URBELQVED r ZINE,?.0. 3ox 9140.49190 - 1 93 CD Compilation Retail -T ik va . I sr ael . This quite limited release comes comp- ELDRILCH.c/o Dave, 27 Elisabeth St..

UK . lete Kith lyrics at? bios of all 4 ba- Mi d - G 1 a m . S. W a les, Pentre , Rhondda. nds featured . VOICE OF DESTRUCTION are Lir- VISCERAL EV ISCERAT! ON . c/o Doninik first up. They have created their own sth .Pos thorngas se 3/13,1 030 Wien. Aust- original doom sound and are definately ria . on other doom bands of par with most T . DARK MOON '2INE,c/o 0 nmi _ Hakonen Ark- today Their track is entitled "If I Tampere. fci ^fndi,nkatu 35 b ‘3.33720 Had A Soul'1 and ts split into two pa rts- ABHORRENCE are next up with "Po- ABSOLUTION. c/o 30 Mayo Roa d . 5h i o ston 48H ,u K ssessed By Death' These remind me som- Qn-Stpur, warwitkshi ri . CV36 Cerenal etimes of a heavier version of .s !

any distrib- 'solemn ASSEMBLY interview continued Are you in contact with traders outside Australia, The cure. It's 3 qood break fr- utors or version of stick mostly to business the moaning and groaning in /netoi. or do you om all within QZ? SOLEMN ASSEMBLY doesn't take up that much -Yeah, I'm friends with lots of Ik. 1 suppose I have lots of room for time (SO everywhere, but most kicls bands. Is and such both know what's feed to them Has SOLEMN ASSEMBLY played many gigs and here only ha- by HIM - So they only knoe about the if so where and what sort of reaction "big" bands like Napalm Death, Morbid ve you had (if not why not}? that and never will Angel, Pear Factory- . .Hopeful ly -SOLEMN ASSEMBLY has not Trod, , might change when Dark -Oceans a live show, Why? 'cause I couldn't play more well known here. be bothered organising a gig. And I think gets last Wf>rds Justin? most people would miss the point of what Any -Thanks for this interview, I hope we're doing. answers, if not .tough ! Ha Kinds of subjects inspire you music— you like my What '.Everyone buy the demo for only and lyrically? -Many doom bands dwell Ha!! ally $3USM.our new address is 16 Cornwa- on death and depression - is this the sa- St. , Hallam vie 3R03 -Australia me with SOLEMN ASSEMBLY? ll w- Blessings to all my friends. .. -We don't really have lyrics. I try and to ri te music which doesn't need words is THE GATES - With Fear I Ki3S The get a message across ", SOLEMN ASSEMBLY AT ourselv- Burning Darkness - Prono LP - Deaf_ not a doom band, so we don't trap I second LP from Sweden s AT es ~i nto any confining cliches. I suppose 'This the a bit disa pointing f- write music that can either depress or u- THE GATES was few listens, but plift the listener. or tie on my first liked it a Lot even How does SOLEMN ASSEMBLY go about writing after a while t though it’s nothing compared to the- aong? . a _ 1 still - berg s vocals are write almost all otic songs. all I do is ir debut Lind -I tearing as ever maybe even sit down and write a song, I show it to as throat Nice & this time. Anyhow this relea- Joe and we arrange it, and there’!. more so well worth checking out espec- simple ...» st is would you ially on CD 'cause there's an excel- Who in the world * dead or alive. track waiting for you, a beer with and why? -What lent bonus like to have Brian would you talk about? - L aadH - Ady._ -Ian Curtis far sure! .He' s the singer DECPLLLATTOK Cursed from Joy Divis ion, but he hung himself in tape - lisfcenabie Record s - - - - live Hay 1960.1 was unable to see them Basically I have to say that this like - and to talk to him, so I suppose I'd band are not to my liking There' feel to it wh- to meet him! .Maybe Oszy too much of a thrashy bead, or hard to Are you a full time underground ich means I find then very bad do you have to support yourself somehow? listen to. They are by no means the uno- quite im- -I like to think that I support musicians, they ' re actually an obligation what they' re erg round 1000% .but I have pressive if your into 1 work du- of thra- to provide for my wife and so doing. I' 11 say n> more, fans wi- find the day and be an underground supp- sh meets death and a bit of doom \ orter at night!!. I'm a vampire in disgu- 11 like these Brian.. crafice - i se , hahaha STM! trisTITIA - Winds Sa in interest 1 Have any labels expressed Demo 93 -

ASSEMBLY? 1 ^ fc I'sin v s r y im* SOLEMN Mow hftrs S £ b3; n d t- h a label in -Not really, but we have had demo gives of- a 1 — for a pressed with -The ilecord s , approa ch us Sweden, Chaos ot of atmosphere which I feel is cr- Pi. tunat- spot on their compilation CL, Unf the vocalist than recordi- eated more sc by ely they want us to pay for ths tape contains three front!! anyone else .The of the track and S3QO-OOU5 up and dark tracks ng moody, gothic # dootny problem with being in Australia is intro The rjith an excellent acoustic: labels don't know that much about Souls" had that -Burn The Witch" * "Daring here, so they can't really help out, of the bands the ’oicgest impression on 1 ro/Label scene .There s a shi tty di st The demo is available the but t- all the tracks, Invasion Tusic here, r c g l Led Modern 56 ( ^or Id ) at the what for S5 [ Europe) dicks !! .They only sell Karlsson, hey're total following address : Tomas underground !!. Anyway, m- sells. not what's A^IEingen 121 (5 van)# 30255 Haljnsfca.d* our 2nd demo?? you *ybe after Sweden. T would strongly advise future plans for the band. -*--**- tfhat are your to check: them out Bf ian and dominate _ T0 record our 2nd demo I'll become* the entire world ! t .Maybe cinq * - hmrnm ......

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Wiat are l the bands plans no* that yo- since I j oi ned , thankfully the r- let u ve tel- f eased your debat demo "touch 25 1 of the guys in the band, of reality"? me have a free reign with my ba- -Our plans now ore basically to write so- ss lines and leave me to do my own gigs me new stuff and to play some more thing which I really appreciate , but T to maybe do a promo tape i f we can and r- I dunno I think that even before ea Hy apart from that to live and be hap- joinsd the pref S3sionalisr was ;.l:n- I don't think I bro- py l ady there so no Can you tell us a bit about the demo? ught any special skills into the ba- -Well it was recorded a while back and nc . it's called "touch of raal ity" . It* 11 cost Do you think the Irish scene is get- or it costs £.3. 50 Ireland $5 Europe 56 e- ting such better? verywhere else in the world! .It comes co- -The Irish scene is t suppose always mplete with professional tape/cover and getting bigger thankfully but the p- contains seven songs of melodic sociotop- romotion over here is shitty and gi- icai death metal! gs are near next to impossible to will playing gigs be a big thing for AFT- arrange but as hopefully in the fut- ERLIFE now?. Where do you plan to play? ure the scene will expand and get -Sigs are always a great buzz for us and better I we all love flaying live {hope that does- Why did John change his vocals?. bo n’t sound to cliche) but we’ll play anyw- you think this deeper approach is b- here and we're locking for bands from ar- etter? ound the country or anywhere else to play -Why did John change bis vocals?. We- uith (gigs that is) so if anybody wants ll I dunno ask him, I think his voice to contact us please do! .We plan to play broke but I honestly don't know, sor- hopefully Corn, Galway and maybe Waterford ry !. But I personally think it's a b- if it can be all arranged! it better, but your asking the wrong Cory, why did you join AFtEBtiIPE?.Are you person this question why not ask Jo- involved in any other bands, if so which hn ! is your main concern? Recommend some Irish bands and zine-

-Well , Brian , I joined AFTERLIFE because I s? wasn't into what the reformed Post Hortem -Recommend some Irish bands and sin- was doing at the time, they have reformed es, veil some bands I'm into at the again now and are doing something differ- moment are Synapse, Morphosis , Primor- ent again, but however back to the story. dial, Thy Sinster Bloom, Fifth Domini- So I left Post Morten and after an audit- on, Cruachan and some zines that are ion was thankfully accepted into AFTERLI- pretty cool are Deprived, Severance FE, with a packet of Waffles and a spirit newsletter, High Speed Death, The Oath, of milk!- Hell at the moment I'm involved Sculed vas a pretty cool zine! in a slow doom/gothic type of band with tthat's your fave (a) Bands, (b) Albu-

Rob Bailey [Fifth Dominion) and Jeff rn, (c ) Book, (d ) Author, (e) Dig? (V Reilly (Severance newsletter) it*s ca- .My favourite thingy question why lled Thy Sinister Bloom and at the mome- does this sound like something the- ' nt iie're ratting some stuff together and y*d ask you in ('errand (who??-ED) it's- looking pretty irnpressi ve , even if I ah well I suppose if you want, to co aay so myself. But I’m also helping u- now (yes I do Cory, now answer the lo- ut the reformed Post Mortem for a bit, fucking question-ED) , (a ) well I Li- ut my main concern is with AFTERLIFE and sten to allsorts of music except in- being happy in life!. die, ska or country - Christ that’c Do you think you brought any special sk- shit, but I still consider myself ve- ills to the band when you joined? ry narrow minded when it comes to ul- -Did I "''ring any special skills, well not us ic hut at the moment it's Sentenc- resily if anything I’m after innoroving ed , Death , Immo la t ion , Iron Mai den, The - A .

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! Throne , Fmperor , etc . . Slab, Blah , nl ah (b)Has to be Dawn Of Possession or rC i — liars- (c) Lord of The Rinas, Hen Hur.J-/ v urrisic Park, Last Of The Mohicans, (d ) in- either J.f , Cooper , Edgar Allen Po* or Wall T don't think ANATHEMA need any '93 peter Betichly.(e) Massacre, Mo rgoth , Im- troduction so I'll say that February molation or Morbid Angel S. Unleashed sees them entering Academy studios again both in McGonagles! to record some new material titles incl- Do you think AFTERLIFE has something ude "Kingdom ", "Remember Me", "The Torture to offer that other bands don’t? Of spring/Adoration Of Winter *', "Real Ki- -Nell 1 think so ve' ve got music and ngs, False Gods'* and "Rise Pantheon Drea- aoart from Ray our sexy stud drummer ms" among others .barren White (vocals) and our bodies. You can have me, John, W- answers my questions.*-** ayne but you’ll have to pay more for Are you pleased with the response so far flay because he’s one sexy mutha fucka, for your debut album "Serenades”? ta- , to say it a bit like our own Barry White nothi ng -nil , aye , .or aye. .1 know how else really! ut not how to spell it. Cory, are you Jesus? Why did you decide to record trades from for -Am I Jesus, well my mother is called your second demo 'All Faith Ts Lost* Mary and my aunt is called Gabirai and serenades"? according to everybody else I am Jesus -Why not?. We recorded one song off our "They but I dunno I think the way it is, is demos for -Serenades” and it was Jesus but different asvell wi- that it'i* 1C/1 favourite on Die" . It was totally close runners up include wait for it, th an orchestral ending and better riff- of all is that the Chris Barnes (Cannibal Corpse), Nick H- i ng . . . post important the times we’ve oinies (Paradise Lost} , Janes Hetfield?? vibe was the best of all it "They (Metal lica }, Cory Sloan (AFTERLIFE) but ever recorded it. so we called figu- the aLl time winner is Jesus, but I du- (Will Always) Die" so people would also as nno why not come to our gigs and see re it vas a bit different.lt is as it 's protaally for yourself , also anyone wishing to j- a sort of fare vl 1 to it ever be recorded- oin my fan club it’s called 5 Christi- the last time it would Is Lost" also but anity,! Heaven . PO Box 1250, Heaven! We recorded "All Faith "Crestfall- What are your favourite things about it is unreleasetf .We recorded for visiting Roundwood? en" and that became the title track -My favourite thing about visiting So- •The Crestfallen BP'. demo is just a ar^ undwood, well Brian you know and X know demonstration of the songs you feel therefore when you it had to be your mother, Ha ! .Ah no but the best you have and you seriously it was a cool weekend and I get signed it feels natural (unless 1 rec- enjoyed emmensly the big drinking ses- no longer like the songs) to wanna only sions, the food, the sheep! and the lov- ord them for the debut T,P...but I'm we actu- ely cooked breakfast in the morning, y- making a noint not stating what one sono um yum good stuff, good stuff!. So chee- ally did. as like I said .only , "Serenades" rs once again Brian for a cool weeken- from any demos appeared on of music d! There are many different sfcyl.es on t- Have you any closing comments? and many different types of vocaLs -Cheers for the interview Brian and a- he album. Were there many diff acuities ia> the best with the comp, tape & zine writing the songs? 11 we di- hopefully we'll go drinking in Ttoundw- -No difficulties at all really as a rush ood soon and watch some cartoons agai- dn’t strictly write anything in came 0 - with deadlines .. .everything just n! styl- ut when it needed to .The different are part of whst are a new band from Donegal, es of ttusir and vocals UNEARTHLY never breeds diffi- Ireland who play what guitarist & voca tie are about so that

. _ Paul Lynch describes as technical culties * _ > list the album deal wi- death metal along the lines of Death, Some of the tracks on He he these tracks They have no demo as yet but are vorki th love and romance. by true Life expiences material at the moment .Con tact : influenced ng on of the music ?- Paul E,ynch,Chu rent own, Ca -The lyrics work as part UNEARTHLY, c/o ..so just nd the overall sound and feel. rndonaqh ,Co . Donegal , Ire land different as our music travels through , . , . ! !

Everton and 3 support Liverpool (al- stttofcions , 50 foes the Lyrics. It's not ort Danny isn't "that arsed" about jL'Oist love and romance, they just some- though crop up. All the experiences felt it ) titties most like to tour with? rurin; the record are 'true" experienc- Mho would you -I 'd go back in time and open for I'enora es?.,. not necessarily my personal exper- for fifty quid... or maybe Maiden on the nces . , just emotions and moods that ie . •Killers' tour. To say Slack Sabbath wo- are very real will be Cleaned next? uld br too easy ! What comments? _Wel 1, we’re working on new material at Any closing reds. Hello to all our friends in the moment ... I* m going to Danny's soon -Up the where we will write a song hop oily... Ireland we've got loads sf songs at a certain stage of writing. .. we 1 re not necessari- CATACOMB interview continued a time] .We' 11 record ly icing a song at When can we expect your next release? December and the first release in about -I hope soon. our second album. We've got a v- will he Is there anything about the band we sho- of " with which orking title Resonance" uld know? conotations are l iaiitless. . , the mu- our -We are not like the others ! ! boundaries ... the on- sic should have no Any last comment? 1 can promise is "very heavy1 ly thing -Devotion to you brian. and "diverse" think of your gigs in Ire- What did you Below Carmelo Orlando of CATACOMB* land?. What did you think: of the crowd reactions and the support bands?. Will you play Ireland again? .Our first shows in Ireland were very special to us, Of course we want all our gigs to be special but Ireland is a special place on it's own anyway .for us and for many people. The spirits in a 1- qt of countries have been destroyed. op- pressed or subdued in some way but Ire- land still has some spirits. and green. I missed th support bands as in Dublin I was still in the van catching up on come smoking and in Cork we were in a bottle or two off whisky (Irish, of course!), We'll definitely play Ireland again. Hie crowds reactions were amazing, t— rtiely spiritual .There were punks chippi-

es, rock fans, metal f a ns. everyone . . .some people were going literally crazy. I h- ai Lots of cuts and bruises, and so did a few people I bet. There is more to it than t can write about right now. Do your dreams create any influence w- hen writing music/lyrics? -Good question. .. but I don't know really. ..I'd say yes. - What bands do ANATHEMA listen to? OXTttltrs - Fuck A Puck. . .Try To Fly -Black Sabbath, The Beatles, Pink Floyd Demo (inc. Syd),The Cranes, The obsessed,He- OXTHIHS are a death metal band with so- sec- llhammec , Kong, Venom , Celtic Frost, "Hie me thrash inf luences. This is there date and is a progression Orb, Voivod, Hard floor, Iron ha iden ,St . V- ond demo to itus and many more. ..what do you list- from their first demo "Abusive Penetrat- M the’ en to?.. I know, I know! or . Some parts are a bit typical but What do the members of ANATHEMA do wh- overall demo is quite good. "Anal Sensat- en not involved in the band? ion" opens the demo and gives you a fair -nowadays we are all permanently "invo- idea of what the hand is about. They have lved in the band* but vre do many in tar- some good ideas and a lot of humour when 03 tin? things to do “with the band" Li^ it comes to their song titles etc. To get ke hang around with our close mates and their procio tape which contains both de- much beer., ve smoke, draw pictures, mos send $6 or 3SPF to Stephane Abrioux, » r ite and lots lots of music^o ma ji, Grope Scolaire Alphonse Daudet, 06000 Po- and ve play footy when we can. ..2 supp- it iers , France.

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