Diabolical conquest webzine: Updates

Interview with Roberto Lizarraga of the Mexican Dark Death Metal band INFINITUM OBSCURE




"INFINITUM OBSCURE is a force of internal darkness expressed in the audible format of a very obscure and aggressive Death Metal."

"right now we're in the process of restarting the band with a whole new line up. People come and go man, but only the ones with true vision and conviction shine through."

"New music IS different than the first releases... it's a lot more mature and direct."

"Quite honestly, I have lost faith in most of the Metal scene, it's overrun by mediocrity and trends."




Interview with Patrick E. Bruss of the Death Metal band CRYPTICUS



"I'm not trying to reinvent Death Metal, I'm turning other styles of music I like into Death Metal."

"CRYPTICUS is & always will be 100% Death (Fucking) Metal! I've never stopped to consider if the keys might bother anyone, I'm just writing music I like!"

"I have spent less than $500 in the recording of both albums"

"I'm not much of a self promoter, so I have no interest in running around the country convincing people to buy my album. Underground Metal freaks will dig around to find cool & weird stuff anyway - I know I do! I'd rather be known by word-of-mouth among those who like what I'm doing"




Interview with Dave Wagner of the Death Metal band FUNEBRARUM



"Great heavy riffs, well written songs with a bit of class & atmosphere to them, as well as just a completely punishing sound! These are the things that make great Metal for me. It doesn't matter how fast or technical you play..."

"the sound (of our new album 'The Sleep of Morbid Dreams') is a lot more powerful, clear and sharp."

"We just feel that Death Metal is a certain art form that needs to be expressed in a very specific manner. No politics, social critiques or high handed pedantics."

"As much as I love creating music and see it as a “release” in many aspects, I still consider it almost a job to keep it going. There is a lot of dedication, discipline and responsibility involved in doing a band. So, it isn't just something I do in my spare time. "



Interview with Don of the Dead of the Pure Death Metal band NUNSLAUGHTER



"Am I worried because the MTV metal music crowd does not know or like NunSlaughter? Not at all. The people that are truly fans of underground death metal know us."

"We have had many projects delayed or canceled because of the name. Pressing plants and printers do not want to press vile lyrics and obscene images. "

"(For) the first tour I had to sell my motorcycle for the airfare. I bought all four tickets for the band because that was something I wanted to do."

"I can sleep at night knowing that I did not prostitute myself just so some person can read about me in Metal Maniacs."



Interview with Mika of the Finnish Black Metal band IMPALED NAZARENE



"We have never composed as an unit, it has always been individual approach."

"Apart from "I am the killer of trolls" song, I really do not see any "we are laughing at your scene" shit."

"We build our setlist that way that we play at least one song from every album, I think it is retarded to ignore your back-catalogue."

"Some metalhead saw "light" and turned into a Hare-Krishna. He kindly informed his new masters that evil band and evil record label have disgraced their dearly loved painting. So we and Osmose got sued. Originally they wanted $100.000USD."



Interview with Sascha of the German Old School Death Metal band MANDATORY




"It's not that we sit there before writing new songs and wonder: Oh well, what should we sound like on the new record? Which band could we copy this time?"

"Today every second demo is advertised with "The new killer mega ultra Mini-CD by XY in the style of Grave, Unleashed, Dismember blablabla“.

"Adrift Beyond (the new album) will feature one THE best cover artworks ever to be released in Death Metal."

"I would never like to get a parcel with an Indian Swastika marking."



Interview with Chris of the Ugly Australian Death Metal band THE DEAD





"It's too easy nowadays to record a crystal clean triggered drums, guitars-recorded-with-no-amps kind of sound. The problem is a lot of the bands who do that sound terrible live because they don't really sound like that."

"We just really wanted to document what the band really sounded like..The challenge (to record live) was just to play as well as you can and not get frustrated if someone made a mistake and you all had to start over again."

"Mike Yee actually works in an abattoir so i think he does not lack for inspiring visual stimulation."

"You watch a (cricket) match from India and the crowd are nuts and LOUD. Here they just seem to drink a beer and fall asleep."

Interview with Tobias Augustin of the groovy goregrind/pornogrind German band COCK AND BALL TORTURE




"I never was the typical heavy metal head. I always had my three or four fave bands and i listened to that stuff all day long, but most grind bands never really appealed me."

"It was cool to see that people liked our stuff. But after some time it annoyed us. They just copied each other in with all their intros or porn images from the internet."

"To easily remember all the songs we just had to use funny names. Some of the girl's names in our titles are inspired by girls from our hometown. Especially Clit-Doris."

"Live we never used lyrics. Mostly I tell some impro story and sometimes I just “rrroarrr grrrggl” and so on. Haha."


- Conducted by Baz



Interview with Tobias Gustafsson of the great Swedish Death Metal band VOMITORY




“The band has existed for twenty years and we know our shit by now, haha. Shame on us if we didn't!”

“I think too that "Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize" is the best Vomitory album in a long time, but instead of thinking that we would never be able to top it, we got inspired to actually do that. And I honestly believe we have with our new album "Carnage Euphoria".”

“In Sweden people are so sensitive for the trends and are scared shitless to miss the latest bandwagon.”

“Metal or not - at least I don't want to look like a bum more than I do naturally. It's not metal being dirty. It's just stupid and... dirty!”


- Conducted by Kunal N. Choksi



Interview with Lille Gruber of the German Brutal Death Metal band DEFEATED SANITY




"''Chapters of Repugnance' will be a concept album dealing with some of humanity's darkest chapters."

"(On our new material) we have found our perfect balance between tradition and avant-garde."

"As a musician you don't wanna sit at home all week and have one rehearsal a week/month, you wanna go out there and play every night."

"I would rather like to see fans supporting young, fresh bands! Nostalgia is bullshit!"


- Conducted by Ewan Gibb

Probably the only official Peste Noire interview on the web-

Interview with Famine of the French Black Metal band PESTE NOIRE (in English and French)




French-
http://diabolicalconquest.com/interviews/peste_noire_french.htm

English-
http://diabolicalconquest.com/interviews/peste_noire_english.htm


Excerpts-

"The last thing I want is to become popular; my music, in its essence and form, can NOT be popular, it is impossible and would be a contradiction. We do everything to make our music horrible and vile, it can only please to ugly hermits, I never understood the buzz around Peste Noire (and I agree with those who don't get it)"

"This whole system of defective downloading and immediate consumption truly makes me puke. The CD, as an object, is no longer a sacred item which one would have to wait for, which one worked hard to be able to purchase and listen to on a good stereo system also purchased after time and effort."

"Why would I be a neonazi when the Nazis did all they could to take over France and fuck its citizens over, a nation they had no respect for whatsoever?"

"We don't give a rat's arse about our fans. We only respect ourselves and do what we do only for our own pleasure."

"If I want to record reggae music, I will record reggae music. Now that I come to think of it, the next Peste Noire album will be pure reggae. We like to have a good laugh in Peste Noire."

Black metal...


What about posting about your other interviews here?
Thanks

gabalgabow wrote:

Black metal...


What about posting about your other interviews here?
Thanks

ahahah, why such hatred towards blague metal??

Jim wrote:

gabalgabow wrote:

Black metal...


What about posting about your other interviews here?
Thanks

ahahah, why such hatred towards blague metal??

Why shouldn't I keep my board clean?
After all, NIHILISTIC HOLOCAUST webzine is almost death metal specialized... So the board is meant to reflect the same musical environnement...

Haha oh dear. Is this better-


Interview with Mors Dalos Ra of the German Death Metal band NECROS CHRISTOS




Excerpts-

"Music can work just for the dumb entertainment factor feeding the brainless amongst us, but in fact, it is the most spiritual medium one can think of."

"I don`t think that the Metal scene in general, and especially Death Metal, has reached its limits although the classics might have been already written, yes. My sincere belief is, that this form of audiomantic worship goes beyond the ordinary music understanding and therefore boundaries do not exist."

"My main musical inspiration is rooted in middle eastern folklore as those of Persia, India and the Arabian world."

"Right now, we`re getting material together for the next full length record, completely entitled “The 9 branched candelabrum of mystical lights, leading into Doom of the Occult”. Again it shall be a deep conceptual structure"

Hallucinating Death wrote:

Haha oh dear. Is this better-

I don't know, I'm not a Necros christos fan...

What about something obscure AND kicking? :beuleud:

gabalgabow wrote:

Hallucinating Death wrote:

Haha oh dear. Is this better-

I don't know, I'm not a Necros christos fan...

What about something obscure AND kicking? :beuleud:

You mean something like POISON, MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT .... something like that? :whistling:

Jim wrote:

gabalgabow wrote:

Hallucinating Death wrote:

Haha oh dear. Is this better-

I don't know, I'm not a Necros christos fan...

What about something obscure AND kicking? :beuleud:

You mean something like POISON, MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT .... something like that? :whistling:

I didn't mean something kicking in the asshole...
I know you're very anal these days, but please, keep it for your boyfriends...

Jim wrote:

You mean something like POISON, MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT .... something like that? :whistling:

haha Jim, those are 3 of some of my favourite bands!

I saw the CRÜE at Hellfest this year, this was absolutely kickass eventhough they only played 1h15 and the fact that Vince Neil sung like a duck who had breathed helium. :hailz:

Jim wrote:

I saw the CRÜE at Hellfest this year, this was absolutely kickass eventhough they only played 1h15 and the fact that Vince Neil sung like a duck who had breathed helium. :hailz:

Right on! haha!

Yeah, Vince is defintally quite the fat ass out of shape addict these days.

Amazing he hasn't had a heartattack yet

Interview with Mike Smith of the legendary New York Death Metal band SUFFOCATION





Excerpts:

"I think at this point in our career most know what to expect from Suffocation. We don’t strive to change the formula we know works."

"We recorded ‘Effigy of the Forgotten' in 2 weeks and could play it in our sleep in 89'. That album is still over the top for today's standards. It's the industry that prevented us from sprouting our wings fully."

"‘Effigy…' is the blueprint for all that is Suffocation. ‘Breeding the Spawn' was the next level of our growth that needed to be. Unfortunately it was put in the wrong hands for production. The bad production set us back a lot mentally. A lot of work went into writing that style at that time."

"Suffocation will always be a band of unfinished business. Major tours have come and gone without us. Until the kids see us up against what they think is extreme and aggressive, they will never know the truth. We are never the weak link on any tour or stage; the new generation has been sheltered."

February 2010 Interview with Chris Reifert of the Death Metal bands ABSCESS, AUTOPSY, etc.



"Autopsy is actually playing Maryland Death Fest this year, so we're not dead again yet!"

"I spoke with Killjoy the first time in '86 when I was staying in Florida with Chuck Schuldiner. We talked on the phone and he seemed really cool. That was great since I thought Necrophagia was killer and totally sick."

"The beauty of Abscess is we can incorporate anything that fits the demented vibe we're searching for. It's gotta be heavy and ugly though otherwise it just won't work."

"The new album 'Dawn of Inhumanity' has the sound we were looking for and we are very happy with it."


- Conducted by Baz

One of the very few, probably the only interview given by the band in the last 3-4 years!

Interview with Daniel Corchado of the Death Metal band THE CHASM





"If there is another Chasm album in the future I'm almost sure that there won't be any vocals at all. Shouldn't be saying thisright now, but there is a very good chance it will happen"

"to be honest I didn't push it enough to keep the band on Earache, there was a point that we just simply didn't care about being signed. Nothing against Wicked World, in fact they did a decent job distributing The Spell, and Dan Tobin, manager of Wicked World, really likes/understands our music, but also they knew/realized that we were not very successful commercially"

"we took some long breaks, we were fed up with all the circus that is the "scene" nowadays, gotta say we were pretty close to disbanding, but we just relaxed and realized that we should keep minding our own business and keep writing music"

"I'm still a stubborn guy when it comes to Death Metal and this music, I still believe this music has to be done with some degree of class, a lot of atmosphere and feeling, a menacing tone and darkened sound"


- Conducted by Hamano Kyousuke

Interview with Tomas Skogsberg (Sunlight Studios) and Dan Swanö (Unisound Studios and many bands)






"People from all over Sweden (and beyond) travelled for hours upon hours to see Merciless, Grave, Entombed, Sepultura...you name it. And I honestly spent a lot more outside trading demos than I did looking at the bands. And by the time I got like 20 letters a day and recorded death metal demos every weekend in my small 4 track studio...well...I knew something unique had happened to me!" - Swano

"I started the (Sunlight) studio in a pro-way around 86-87 at the age of 26." - Skogsberg

"I love working with the “elders“ like Asphyx and Hail Of Bullets. Most of them are family fathers and this is their one true style of music that they “fall back“ to. Most elders fall back to country or blues or some other stuff. These guys go banging their skulls to pieces armed to their teeth with pointy axes and HM-2 pedals in their forties! Respect!" - Swano

"Edge Of Sanity - “The Spectral Sorrows”: Sounds fucked up in everyway, yet it broke the band into a bigger market. Chris from Therion once told me: “How come you have the worst and the best sounding snare on the same album???“ - Swano

"Death Metal is for me is an unexpected twist in my musicality that has been the key to the life I live now." - Swano


- Conducted by guest writer Sascha Beselt of the Death Metal band Mandatory