Mittwoch, 21. Juli 2010

WAKING THE CADAVER Interview



WAKING THE CADAVER (NJ, USA) was formed in 2006. They combine Death Metal and hardcore with unhuman growling vocals. This fucked up mix of aggression and power is also known as “Slamming Gore Groove”.


Don, first we wanna thank you for the time you spent , answering our questions.

Dan/Benny - it’s my pleasure to help out, and thank you too! I hope you are doing well my friends.


So please introduce yourself and the band WAKING THE CADAVER to people who don`t know you.

My name is Don Campan and I am the front man for WAKING THE CADAVER. We started writing the music we play because we simply wanted to hear some new ultra-twisted evil shit that sounded like everything we listen to. We added our own infamous NJ style crunk into the mix - and out came WAKING THE CADAVER!


Which bands or which influences inspired you and WTC ?

Wow, there are so many, but def: Cannibal Corpse, Cinerary, Disgorge, Slayer, Napalm Death, and at the time Devourment.


Is the actual line-up the origin one when WAKING THE CADAVER started their career or were there any changes?

The line up has changed since it started, we have been through a few guitar players, we are now certain that Mike Mayo and Rob Wharton are the final guitar players. As for the original members it is still Dennis Morgan on Drums, Steve Vermilyea on Bass, and me staying pissed as hell on the mic.


The first time we got in touch with WTC was 2006, when we found your two demo songs on myspace. They were fuckin brutal and we just loved them . Then the first WTC album was released in 2007. Could you please say something about this CD?

Sure, that CD and demo - is NOW and will forever will be in music history. I don’t give a fuck what anyone says. Here we are NOW putting out our 2nd CD (BEYOND COPS. BEYOND GOD.) and we have grown so much musically as a band, and I hear more now that ever from people, all over the world, - “...we love ‘Perverse’, that CD was epic...” all sorts of comments like that. Trust me, we know the our 1st CD has a underground quality. But it was a stepping stone for where we are now headed. I am and always will be proud of it. SO FUCK YOU IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT.


In august your second release will hit the streets. What can we expect? Is it completely different to your first CD or are there just small changes?

In many ways it is VERY different and then yet it still has all the great slamming qualities from the first. Its has it all - blasts - scorching hot riffs - solos - gang chants - 2 step parts - old-school-style-circle-pit parts - beat down parts - cruising on your motorcycle parts - groovy parts - getting high as fuck parts - scolding lyrics - it just never ends!! This CD is all of our pride and joy and we have all worked very hard to make sure it keeps the old waking fans movin’ and the new ones slammin’!


In 2009 WAKING THE CADAVER toured Europe. We visited some of your shows. They were just incredible! So, are you planning another tour or a few shows in Europe or germany?

It means the world that you and your crew came out to support us time and time again. Thank you so much. We are coming back with a full euro tour, in November 2010, on a nightliner with Napalm Death, Immolation and Macabre. Now THAT'S a Death Metal tour!


Where do you see WTC in 5 years?

Playing with Slayer.


If we want some merch – where can we buy it?

indiemerch.com/wakingthecadaver,
gutterchristproductions.com,
Imperial Clothing,
we got it all. We are everywhere. Buy Now.


Some words for your fans?

You are all fucking sick in the head - and i love you all for that. Thank you for helping our dreams come true - see you on tour. 666.


And now before were coming to the end: Brainstorming!

german beer?
THE BEST! (sorry everyone else, but it is...lol)

nowadays hardcore and metal?
Well, waking is a hybrid band and one of the only bands that can play to both genres, remember that. Taste it.

your haters?
hahahaaaa..ya see..a WAKING THE CADAVER hater..is not really a hater..they are just secret fans that are just SOooo jealous that we are so good, that they can’t take it anymore and they have a meltdown.. and then have to try and talk shit..via the internet! GET REAL HATERS!! but thanx for all your free publicity - you have done wonders for the band. SUCKERS!

straight edge?
not for me and that trend left the building a while ago... get wrecked.

groupies?
Dennis takes them all.


Thank you, Don, for the interview and I hope we`ll meet again soon. No matter if in germany or in the states ;)


For further information check out:
www.myspace.com/wakingthecadaver

Sonntag, 18. Juli 2010

GENTLEMEN`S SPORTS Interview



GENTLEMEN`S SPORTS (GER) – eine weitere HC-Kombo aus dem Norden Deutschlands im Auftrag der DSA.

Vorab erstmal vielen Dank an Claus und Olli, dass Ihr Euch die Zeit genommen habt, und bereit bist, die Fragen im Interview zu beantworten. Legen wir mal sofort los.

Yo, kein Ding, machen wir doch immer gerne, auf jeden Fall auch schon mal Danke für das Inti und dass Interesse an unserer Band!


Seit wann gibt es GENTLEMEN`S SPORTS und wer sind die Band-Member? Erzähl uns bitte was zur bisher relativ kurzen Geschichte von GS.

Wir sind 6 Leute, angefangen haben Thore an den Drums und Lasse an der Gitarre mit Claus am Mic. Die Grundsteine wurden im späten Jahr 2009 gelegt. Kurze Zeit später kam dann Skewe am Bass dazu. Als sich dann letzten Herbst „Nothing But Enemies“ auflösten stießen Olli am Bass und Raf als zweiter Sänger dazu, da sie ein neues Ventil suchten und unbedingt weiter Musik machen wollten. Skewe übernahm den Job des zweiten Gitarristen. Das Line Up steht so.


Was hat euch dazu bewegt, eine HC-Band zu gründen?

Zum einen war es klassisch Langeweile, zum anderen haben wir einfach ein Ventil gebraucht um sich mal auszukotzen. Ein bisschen rumzukommen und Spaß am Shows spielen und Musik zu machen auf die wir stehen kommt natürlich auch dazu. Außerdem chillen wir gerne mit unseren Dudes und das geht bei Shows natürlich besonders gut, hehe......


Und welche Bands haben euch in eurem Stil beeinflusst?

Puh, das ist ne ganze Menge, da wir alle relativ unterschiedliches Zeugs hören. Teilweise ist das Beatdown und Tough-Guy Shit aber auch viel klassischer Old-School und Youth-Crew Hardcore. Zu Hause liegt dann auch bei dem ein oder anderen gerne mal Metal oder Oi! in der Anlage. Namedropping kann nun zwar jeder aber rein musikalisch und subjektiv würd ich sagen dass man bei uns Bands wie Cheap Thrills, Death Threat und alte Knuckledust raushören kann.


Ich (Benny) hab vor einiger Zeit eure Demo bekommen. Als ich sie zum ersten Mal hörte, war ich doch relativ überrascht. Kein Newcomer 08/15-Mosh. Sondern euer Style geht ja eher so Richtung, sagen wir, „Party-Hardcore“, oder?

Ja, bei der Schwemme an Bollomosh und Beatdown Bands in jüngerer Zeit wollten wir einfach mal zum klassischen HC zurück, wird ja langweilig wenn alle nur noch die gleichen Slayer-Riffs klauen und Downtempo spielen, haha! Party-Hardcore, hm... der Begriff ist sicher teilweise richtig wenn man die Musik betrachtet und an den Track „Big Time“ denkt, jedoch finde ich textlich dreht es sich nicht alles um Party, Saufen und Titten. Wie schon oben gesagt, wir wollen uns auch mit der Band auskotzen und Sachen thematisieren die wir Scheiße finden und die uns stören. Aber es stimmt schon, mit unsere Mucke gewinnen wir sicherlich keinen „Most-Evil-Band-Award“, aber das ist auch nicht unser Ziel. Wir feiern uns selbst.


Kurz: Eure Demo hat mir super gefallen und ich bin auf Weiteres gespannt. Ist denn schon eine EP oder gar ein Album in Planung oder ist es noch zu früh, darüber etwas zu sagen?

Um was Festes sagen zu können ist es noch etwas früh. Wir haben ja grad mal unsere erste Demo fertig und wollen nun in erster Linie Shows spielen. Wozu sollen wir eine EP aufnehmen wenn uns eh noch keiner kennt? Sicherlich steht das irgendwann an aber wir wollen erstmal GENTLEMEN`S SPORTS salonfähig machen und unsere Demo an den Mann bringen.


Ihr Jungs kommt aus Hamburg. Dort hat sich mittlerweile eine recht große HC-Szene aufgebaut. Wie seht ihr selbst die Entwicklung des „modernen“ Hardcore?

Naja, das ganze hat sich in den letzten 3-4 Jahren ja schon ziemlich in „Hardcore“ und „Beatdown“ geteilt und dieses „Stumpf ist Trumpf“ Dingen ist ja auch wieder so langsam am abebben. Ich hab das Gefühl alles wird wieder ein wenig abwechslungsreicher, was ich positiv finde. In Hamburg ist „Szene“ ja auch ziemlich gespalten, es gibt viel Gossip und gehate. Leute die Angst haben auf DSA-Shows zu gehen und es gibt Locations wo DSA Hausverbot erteilt wurde. Im Endeffekt alles für mich Kinderkram und viel Mimimimi. Es ist schließlich noch keiner gestorben aber soll doch jeder machen worauf er Bock hat. Who cares?


Auch eure Band gehört zu DSA – der Dirt Style Army. Sind alle Mitglieder der Band auch Mitglieder der Crew?

Haha, nein zwei von uns spielen noch in der U-18, der Rest ist DSA/SOSF.


Welche DSA-Bands gibt es noch? Zähl doch bitte mal auf.

Es gibt außer uns noch AIRTIME, SUCKA PUNCH, FOR MY ENEMY, das Rap-Projekt KILLAH SHIT, die aufgelösten NOTHING BUT ENEMIES und ganz frisch BRICKTOP, die seit ein paar Monaten zusammen spielen und ebenfalls demnächst Show- und Demotechnisch auftrumpfen werden.


Das sind ja einige! Wird es mal einen DSA-Sampler oder eine Split-CD geben?

Auch das ist in der Planung, genaueres bzw. ein Release Date steht noch in den Sternen. Es soll auf jeden Fall eine Split CD mit Tracks von allen DSA-Bands werden.


Wann kann man euch denn mal live anschauen?

Am 23.7. spielen wir in Berlin im Wild at Heart mit Seconds Out! und anderen, und am Wochenende darauf am 30.7. sind wir in Döcklitz. Wir sind natürlich immer auf Showsuche und freuen uns immer über Angebote, also wer das liest keine Scheu, bucht uns!


So, bevor wir das Interview nun beenden, nun noch ein kleines Brain-Storming:

Ruhrpott?
Harte Shows und harter Mosh, SOSF Dudes - immer eine Reise wert!

Kiez?
Suff, Koks und Nutten.

Titten?
Titten raus!

Deutsch-Rap?
Manchmal cool, meistens Dreck. Bushido can suck it!

Nutella?
+ Erdnussbbutter = Snickers!


Wir danken Euch vielmals für dieses informative Interview, und wünschen GENTLEMEN`S SPORT weiterhin viel Erfolg!

Wir haben zu danken!


Noch letzte Worte an die Leser?

Geht auf Shows, kauft mehr Platten, checkt die DSA und die SOSF Bands und supportet weniger Scheiße! Es geht nicht um fette Moves und Faggots in die Fresse treten. Checkt uns aus und wenns euch gefällt holt uns auf Shows! Tschak!

Check:
http://www.myspace.com/gentlemenssportsdsa
http://www.dirtsylearmy.de
http://www.myspace.com/sosfgermany

Dienstag, 6. Juli 2010

REMEMBER Interview


2008 wurde die Dortmunder Hardcore/Punk-Kombo REMEMBER (GER) gegründet. Folgendes Interview wurde mit ihrem Drummer, Sascha, geführt.

Sascha, vorab vielen Dank, dass du dir ein wenig Zeit nimmst, um auf unsere Fragen zu antworten.

Stell doch bitte mal die Band REMEMBER und ihre Mitglieder vor.

Wir sind Remember, eine Hardcorepunk Band aus Dortmund. Wir machen jetzt seit Sommer 2008 gemeinsam Musik und mit dabei sind Basti mit dem Gesang, Thatchai an der Gitarre, Mirko am Bass und ich spiele Schlagzeug.


Welche musikalischen Richtungen und/oder Bands haben euch beeinflusst und euch dazu bewogen REMEMBER zu gründen?

Puh, dass ist ehrlich gesagt etwas schwierig. Wir tendieren natürlich gemeinsam in eine Musikrichtung, die uns gefällt, allerdings hat jeder noch ganz individuelle Einflüsse. Basti und Ich z.B. hören kaum jungen modernen Hardcore – da gibt es echt nur einige Ausnahmen. Im Prinzip beeinflusst mich jede Musik die ich mir tagtäglich anhöre. Das fängt bei Blackmetal an, geht über 80er Hardcorepunk und hört dann bei instrumentalen Postrock Sachen auf.


Habt ihr neben REMEMBER noch andere Musikprojekte am Start?

Nein, wir haben keine Musikprojekte neben Remember. Der eigentliche Witz ist ja, dass Remember als Nebenprojekt angedacht war. Zu dem Zeitpunkt der Releaseshow unserer Demo-CD, befanden sich noch 2/4 von uns in anderen Bands. Nach und nach entwickelte sich das ganze zu so einem großen Projekt, dass wir bereits zu Beginn Prioritäten setzen mussten. Wir sagten uns, entweder das bleibt jetzt ein Nebenprojekt oder wir lassen das ganze weiter laufen. Durch Remember haben sich die musikalischen Ansprüche, Ansichten und Erwartungen auch noch mal geändert, sodass sich alle entschieden, 100% bei Remember zu geben.


Welche Themen behandelt ihr in euren Texten?

Mittlerweile behandeln wir keine direkten Themen mehr in unseren Songs. Das soll heißen, dass wir in „Song A“ nicht über Sexismus, Homophobie und Rassismus singen und in „Song B“ das die Gesellschaft scheisse ist und man nicht konsumieren soll. Wir machen live klare Ansagen, was wir denken und was wir nicht auf Hardcoreshows und auf den Straßen von Dortmund sehen wollen. Wir haben jetzt unser Album aufgenommen und dort handeln die Texte im groben, über das, was uns irgendwann erwarten wird. Das was uns erwarten wird, wenn die Menschheit nicht als gemeinsam denkende Spezies anfängt zu handeln. Wir behandeln die Thematik Endzeit und erzählen nicht davon wie es sich anfühlt ein Teil davon zu sein, sondern erzählen davon wie schon alles an uns vorüber gezogen ist.


2008 habe ich (Benny) eure Demo E.P. erhalten. Ein wirkliches tolles Artwork sowie eine ausgefallene Aufmachung. Keine Standard-Slimcase mit ausgedrucktem s/w-Cover. War es eine DIY-Produktion? Erzähl bitte etwas über die CD.

Danke für die Blumen, dass freut mich. Das war letztendlich der Plan – etwas zu machen was einem vielleicht ins Auge sticht, auch wenn es nur eine Demo-CD ist. Natürlich hegen wir das DIY-Prinzip und stehen da voll und ganz hinter, allerdings hat sich die Zeit und die Möglichkeiten geändert, preiswerte und vor allem hochwertige Produkte produzieren zu lassen.
So wie sich diese Möglichkeit mit der Zeit ändert, ändern sich auch die Ansprüche jener, die sich mit Musik auseinandersetzen – egal in welcher Position sich die Person befindet. Label, Zuhörer, Redakteur… Wir haben die Demo CD bei uns im Proberaum aufgenommen. Geplant war eigentlich nur ein Mitschnitt an dem wir etwas rumgespielt haben und auf einmal dachten wir uns: Wieso ballern wir jetzt nicht noch Vocals drauf und hauen das Ding einfach raus? Ja, genauso war es dann auch. Ich habe dann das Layout gestaltet, Rohlinge bestellt, die Songs darauf gebrannt, mit einem dünnen Edding nummeriert und mit einem Holzstempel versehen und in jede Hülle gesteckt. So on…


Die CD ist auf 250 limitiert. Sind noch welche vorrätig oder ist sie schon ausverkauft?

Richtig, wir hatten 250 Demo CD´s die aber alle längst vergriffen sind. Die Anfrage ist immer noch da und habe deshalb vor einiger Zeit noch mal 20 CD´s fertig gemacht, die man auf unseren Shows für nur 2€ erwerben kann. Der Rest ist aber auch bald wieder vergriffen.


Im Jahr 2009 habt ihr eine 7“ auf den Markt gebracht. Wieso dieser Wechsel von CD auf Platte?

Eine CD ist schnell und relativ günstig produziert. Da brauchst du dir nicht so viele Sorgen machen und tust im Prinzip das, worauf du Lust hast. Mit einer CD erreichst du schnell Leute und kannst diese auch einfach verschicken um zu sagen, Hallo – wir sind eine neue Band, hört euch das mal an. Wir werden vorerst keine CD produzieren lassen, was ein weiteres Release angeht. Wir sind alle Vinylfans und das wird sich auch bald nicht ändern. Somit war klar, dass unsere erste E.P. auf eine 7’’ gepresst werden soll und sind darüber sehr froh, dass wir mit dem Konzept/Plan bei Alex von RisingRiotRec. auf offene Ohren gestoßen sind und er uns direkt unterstützt hat.


Ihr stellt eure Veröffentlichungen kostenlos zum Download zur Verfügung. Wieso? Ist euch ein wenig Geld in der Bandkasse nicht wichtig?

Das dachte ich auch zuerst. Scheiße. Was ist denn, wenn sich die Leute das Zeug nur saugen und sich um die Platte gar nicht mehr kümmern? Denn schließlich ist es bereits 2010 und ein Leben ohne Mp3´s kaum vorstellbar. Aber da gibt es genügend Aspekte die dafür sprechen, die erste E.P. für lau ins Netz zu stellen. 70% der Käufer haben die Platte bestellt oder auf Konzerten mitgenommen, weil sie vorher die Chance hatten Zuhause rein zuhören. Der Schritt eine Platte von einer jungen Band mitzunehmen, ist somit gar nicht mehr so groß, wenn man vorher in ruhe rein hören kann. Ich denke und bin mir fast sicher, dass wir ohne Gratisdownload niemals so viele Platten verkauft hätten.


Nun zu Live-Auftritten. Mit welchen „Szenegrößen“ habt ihr bisher die Bühne gerockt?

Also wir spielen nicht wirklich gern auf großen Bühnen und auf großen Veranstaltungen. Wir mögen es lieber gemütlich mit mehr Atmosphäre. Bisher gespielt haben wir unter anderem mit: Terror, Death Before Dishonor, Biohazard, Dead Swans, More Than Life, Defeater, Nueva Etica…


Wie sieht euer typisches Publikum aus, welches die Konzerte besucht?

Typisches Publikum - das ist wieder so eine Sache. Das ist oftmals sehr gemischt und das finden wir auch sehr wichtig. Wir wollen keine Gruppe ansprechen, denn irgendwie sollte das für jeden sein, der sich damit identifizieren kann. Ob Baggyhose oder FlipFlops, jeder von euch ist ein Punk, ob man will oder nicht. Ist so! Von daher freuen wir uns über jeden Menschen, der sich die Zeit nimmt sich uns anzuschauen!


Wo kann man euch demnächst live antreffen?

Wir spielen ende Juli in Köln, auf der Geburtstagsshow vom Backs und Positive Records. Ansonsten steht unsere Sommertour an die wir mit unseren Freunden von ReasonToCare fahren. Im Moment ergibt sich gerade aber wieder sehr viel zwischendurch. Ich brauch oftmals selbst unseren Kalender auf der MySpace Seite um solche Fragen beantworten zu können, haha!


Sascha, du bist vegan sXe. Sind es die anderen Mitglieder von REMEMBER auch?

Nein, sind sie nicht. Basti und ich sind die einzigen die Vegan/sxe leben. Aber das ist auch völlig okay so. Da muss ja jeder für sich Prioritäten und Entscheidungen setzen/treffen und demnach handeln!


Wie lebt es sich damit?

Och, damit lebt es sich ganz gut. Wenn wir unterwegs sind, gibt es zu 99,9% vegane Verpflegung und die anderen beiden, haben damit auch absolut keine Probleme! Wieso auch – das Essen ist immer super!


Hast du dazu eher eine militante Einstellung oder gehst du mit dem Alkohol trinkenden, rauchenden und Fleisch essenden Rest der Menschheit locker um?

Natürlich gehe ich damit locker um. Solange Leute mir nicht absurden Argumenten vor der Nase rumwedeln, interessiert mich das Leben anderer Menschen auch gar nicht. Mir ist das letztendlich scheiß egal was andere Menschen mit ihrem Leben anfangen. Ich weiß was ich für richtig ansehe und so lebe ich auch. Ich unterhalte mich gerne und oft mit Menschen über diese Themen, aber jemanden bekehren oder auf ihn einreden, sehe ich als absolut falsch an. Umso mehr freut es mich, wenn sich Menschen von allein dazu entscheiden etwas für sich und die Welt zu tun. Denn da kann man schon sicherer sein, dass man dies nicht tut, weil man darauf gerade Lust verspürt, sondern weil sich die Person mit der Thematik auseinander gesetzt hat. Ich habe meine Meinung zu der Menschheit und der heutigen Gesellschaft. Denn wenn man als Mensch schräg angeguckt wird, weil man nicht besoffen und zugeballert mit einem McDonalds Burger um 8h morgens in einem Klub in der Ecke hockt, dann sollte man sich über diesen Punkt echt mal Gedanken machen.


Was macht ihr beruflich neben REMEMBER?

Studieren, Arbeiten, Arbeiten, Arbeiten. Also nichts mit Punkerleben und Hartz4. Verdammt – das müssen wir noch ändern!


Letzte Worte an eure Fans?

Fans? Boah, ich hasse dieses Wort. Wir sind doch nicht Lena Satellite, oder wie? Geht raus und macht was und stumpft nicht ab! Oi!


So, und wie es in diesem Blog üblich ist: BRAINSTORMING!!

Tattoos?
Kann man machen - Kann man aber auch sehr schlecht machen. Im großen und ganzen aber eine nette Angelegenheit!

One-Night-Stands?
Viel zu anstrengend! Stell dir vor die Person macht Nachts in die Hose – und nicht nur klein, schreit bei jeder Berührung und heult wenn sie nach Hause gehen muss, weil sie dich eigentlich direkt heiraten will. Soll vorkommen - Nee, viel zu anstrengend! Aber auch das, muss ja jeder für sich entscheiden.

WM 2010?
Vuvuzela – Uweseeler
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Seeler

Politik?
Achja, die Politik. So viel scheiße und so viel scheiß Gelaber – da hat man doch gar keine Lust mehr drauf. Ich würde ja ganz laut rufen Anarchie, aber damit hat sichs auch nicht getan! Nazis und Faschisten bleiben trotzdem scheiße und kriegen ordentlich einen hinter die Löffel!


Weiteres von und zur Band:
http://www.myspace.com/rememberhc

Sonntag, 4. Juli 2010

CLEAR CONVICTIONS Interview



CLEAR CONVICTIONS (Puerto Rico) is a christian Hardcore / Gospel-Combo which is preaching the word of God through music.

First we really wanna thank you that you spent your time to a answer a couple of questions for us!!

Please describe your band , bandmembers to our audience.

Well, this band is all about serving. We want to serve people in the scene by spreading the real concept about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So the band members are just a simple group of guys that have a great love for music and are willing to talk about"life" and to hear the nessesity among the people and help in anything they can.


Please tell us something about your band name „CLEAR CONVICTIONS“. Is there a bigger meaning in relation to something special?

"CLEAR CONVICTIONS" comes around because that's how we see our lifestyle. As christians, we believe by faith and that faith becomes true and alive , something that you can feel inside,it is like having an ear and true relationship with the Creator. Then that faith madeus move in obedience to God, for example that made us to: Love the people around as ourselves, love our enemy, protect the weak etc.To obey God's will. Then we are CLEAR that our CONVICTIONS are that we have a God that lives and has the power and is the only one that can change death to life because we feel and see Him in our lives. In other words: Clear Convictions = Believe in God in a time of God Free. Oh and, it sounds cool, the other name that we had wasn’t.


Please describe the music you play.

This is a tough question because there area lot of original facts in the music but at the same time there are some little influences of other bands. In general we play Hardcore with a LOT of Metal, but also mixed with a Hip-Hop soul (haha), hard to explain.


When did you create CLEAR CONVICTIONS? And what inspired you to play the music you play?

The band was established in 1999. I really don’t have all the details about what inspired the first members but i think that it was the same feeling I had:"I love music,I have the talent playing that kind of music,I love that kind of music,I love to talk about Jesus and his love, so why not?"(yes, the drummer is the one answering the questions).


Is CLEAR CONVICTIONS your main job or is it just a “hobby”?

I think none of both. It is not a job because isn’t full time and we are not using the band for a living and its not a hobby, its more likea calling that we love to do. But who knows if that can change in the future.


Some of us know your first album, which came out 2005 on strike first records. We saw that you will bring out a new album on „On the Attack Records“. What do you expect for this collaboration? What can we expect for the new album and when does it hit the street?

We chose "On the Attack Records"because we know that they take things serious and we expect a great work from both sides because we are trying to do our best. And this new album that is coming soon shows a new C.C., music is more complicated and has variety but at the same time has a touch of simple rhythms, it has a rich sound and every song is going to sound different to your ears.


We don`t know much about the Hardcorescene in South America, especially in Puerto Rico.What can you say about the scene there? And what can you say, when you draw a comparison between the South American and the North american hardcorescene?

Well, Puerto Rico isnt really in South America. Americais divided on four: North America, Central America, South America and theCaribbean. Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean, but that doesn’t means that we still connected with influences of S.A., that could happen. And about the hxcscene in Puerto Rico,I have to tell you the truth, it had change and keeps changing.These past years (like 3, not sure) things are starting to turn slower for hxcbands here in PR, don’t know I think that the new breed of kids are looking for something different, but there’s always a step whenthings have to evolve<<< (you know, sometimes even the smallest groups in society can be affected and obligated to evolve in something better or new, we like it or not. I personally like oldskool and newskool hxc and ifit changeI decide for something better than something new, less uncertainly I think)>>>let’s see what happens with hxc music in some years from now. //Well, whenI seethe hxc scene of PR in comparison with US there’s not a big difference, PR is a territory of the US and a lot of things are the same. But most of the influences are from New York and Los Angeles I think (Most of all, but is more complicated).


Do you ever went to Europe? Especially to germany ? ;)

Nop, we haven’t. But we would LOVE to visit you up there guys! :)


What about a tour? Will there be a promotion tour for the new album?

Not sure about that yet.


What are your songs about? Do you have a main topic? Or is it just „for fun“?

Our songs are all about what we believe: They are based in God, christians lifestyle, hope, love, respect, tolerance, spiritual liberation etc.


What has been your biggest challenge as a band?

Everyday is a challenge for each of us.


Do yo guys know some german HC-bands?

Ermmm… I don’t think I know, years ago I started to hear European bands and the only ones that I remember are Raised Fist and Censored Sound (and I think they are not from Germany right?). But maybe some of the guys could know. Or Maybe you could show us some great bands over there?


And now… Brainstorming!! (Please give us your first thoughts )

sXe?
Strength of mind and soul


god?
Our Lord and Savior


Hip Hop?
Inspiration + Poetry + Rhythm = “Art” (speaking about real hip hop)


politics?
Mechanism that can be used for good of for bad (and we all know the story of reality)


money?
Corruption of heart, vanity and selfishness if we love it as a god.



Any last words?
All I have to say is that I wish every person that reads this interview all the blessings and to forgive my bad English grammar. Hope you all to understand what i ment to say J God bless u all people!


For more
CLEAR CONVICTIONS check out:
www.myspace.com/clearconvictionspr

Samstag, 3. Juli 2010

SUFFOKATE Interview


SUFFOKATE (USA) combines devastating Death Metal with furios Hardcore. In between you`ll find killing breakdowns and unhuman growling.

Please introduce your bandmembers and the music you play.

Ricky - Vocals
Lars - Drums
Taylor - Guitar
Tesoro - Guitar
Bray - Bass


How long do you know each other?

Lars and Taylor have known each other sings the beginning (started the band with the original vocalist). Bray has been in the band since around Oakland and Ricky and I are the most recent additions. We've known the other dudes for about 2 and a half years. I've known Ricky for about 4-5 years, we hungout before we both joined SUFFOKATE.


What do you think? The music you play… is it rather hardcore? Or rather death metal ?

I think it's a combination of both. All of us enjoy hardcore bands as well as death metal bands and we try to do our best to combine the two together.


You just brought out a new album. Are there any changes to your last one?

It's definitely a more mature sound. We didn't want to write a record that sounded just like the last one, especially after this many years have passed since the last one has been released.


Until a few days ago you guys toured with CARNIFEX and VEIL OF MAYA trough europe. Please tell us something about this tour.

It was amazing. We have been friends with the CARNIFEX guys for awhile now so it was awesome going to europe with them. And we've heard a lot of good things about the VEIL guys so we were stoked to finally meet and tour with them. There were definitely some nights where it could have been better but for the most part it was like a non-stop party with good times.


And will there be another tour? Especially a tour in Germany? ;)

Haha. Hopefully, Germany is in our top favorite places to be in Europe.


How are the dudes of CARNIFEX?

Awesome dudes, good people.


Is there any funny SUFFOKATE tour story?

I don't know about funny to other people but there are definitely some ridiculous ones. Like one of our merch guys passing out in a girls pink taco, haha.


When you`re on such a long tour… how is it ? Do you miss you home? So is there any homesickness?

Definitely. I'm sure anyone in a band can relate to missing the comfort and consistency of being at home. For example, all of us like to shower daily when possible and being on tour definitely prevents that from happening.


Are you happy to be back in the states? Or could you just start a new tour?

We are happy to be at home but are also anxious to start hitting the road again. We are actually going on a California tour with bleeding through, terror, the ghost inside then are going out on our full us headliner with the red shore, and hell followed with, murderdeathkill and king conquer.


What about the HC /Metal-Scene in California? And what do you think about the scene in germany?

It's home to us and the scene in germany is different but not in a bad way. you can tell everyone out there genuinely loves metal music. they're so enthusiastic and stoked that you're there and we are just as excited to be there as well.


What is your ultimate direction as a band? So, what is the biggest aim you want to reach?

just do all we can with what we have and have fun while doing so.


Ricky, which size are your ear plugs?

i think they're 2 and 3/4 inches. but he's always going bigger. i believe he can fit a soda can through it so whatever the dimensions are for that, they're at least that big.



Brainstorming!! (Just fill in your first thoughts)

German Schnitzel?
i want some.

Tattoos?
form of expression.

Burger King or McDonalds?
burger king.

Barack Obama?
no comment.

videogames?
hell yes.

god?
hail satan.


Any last words?
party.

For further information check out:
http://www.myspace.com/suffokate

Dienstag, 29. Juni 2010

IH8YH Interview


IH8YH (GER) produces flyers, video bootlegs (in the past), shirts, graphics and other music related stuff.

Please introduce yourself and what you`re doing.

Hi, my name is Joerg but i commonly go by the nickname "Naggi". Like you already mentioned, I am doing all sorts of artworks for bands, mostly in the hardcore scene, i've done tons of video bootlegs in the past too


Please tell us how you got the idea for your name – I HATE YOUR HEROS (IH8YH).

"I hate your heroes" is a line from an Alec Empire song from his "Intelligence and Sacrifice" album. During the time that record came out, all my so called friends were listening to some stupid bullshit music and they all hailed it as THE one true thing. I hated all that stuff. So when I got that record and heard Empire scream that line it was like 'yeah man!' and I started to use it as tagline kind of. I dont even remember when I started to use the shortform of it but it had probably something to do with the Internet haha. Over all the years it became like a trademark for me, you know... Then i think about 3 years ago my friend Andy from EMBRACED BY HATRED, he's now playing in THE ICE as well, did a Tag-logo of the shortform and I loved it and got it tattooed on my leg.


For which bands did you work? And what did you create for them?

oh man thats such a list... Labelwise i did stuff for Alveran Records (lots of different stuff), Filled With Hate and Massive Bloodshed. On the bandside there are: The Anxiety Infect, Ashaiya (unfortunately they split up so that stuff was never released), Bastard Lovechild from London, Black Friday 29, Blastout, Blood By Dayz still have an unfinished artwork from me that might be used in the future, Brothers In Crime, Bun Dem Out for which I did the artwork of their "The Few The Deep" album, Circle of Death, City To City, Cold Existence from Vegas, Copykill, DLS, Embraced By Hatred, Fallbrawl, For The Glory, Forsaken, From My Hands, Gunned Down, Heavy Hitters from California, In Blood We Trust, Los Muchachos De La Noche, Powermonger from London, Reborn To Conquer, Reduction (I basically did EVERYTHING that you can touch haha), Ruckus, Screamin Silence, Six Ft Ditch, Unit 731, World Gone Mad and probably a few others i've forgotten. you're lucky I'm keeping all my work since a while otherwise that list would have been VERY short. I also did stuff for a new clothing line called "They Live, We Sleep!" with a Conspiracy Theory theme, I did tons of flyers for shows, lots of them for Rico 17 Stitches. Pressure Festival posters, catalogues, some stuff for Crews like DRM, RBS and SOSF, a logo for the Radioshow "Mayhem" and some other stuff. last but not least i've worked with Times of Grace tattoo but thats mainly "put it together"-Stuff like Pete has fixed artwork and wants to have it as a flyer or something like that. that was name dropping galore


With which band / label would you like to work with?

I have some merchstuff for Strapping Young Lad that is unreleased, that would be amazing if that would get printed some day. Crowbar would be a dream and the biggest honor ever. theres not much bands that would be realistic but I'd love to do stuff for other genres maybe, like Doom, Black Metal, and so on. All the dark stuff but anything really. I'd love to do something completely different too, like an Indieband Artwork or something like that. there are even some hardcore bands that would fit to such an artwork. It gets a bit boring to do hardcore all the time.
Labelwise there isnt really something I'd love to do stuff for. Rucktion Records would be cool but they have all their stuff worked out and it always looks good so thats ok :)


How does it work? Do you ask the bands for a job or do they ask you to design something?

Mostly its bands coming to me asking for a shirt design or whatever they need. Or like Rico17Stitches how is coming to me every week with a new flyer haha. that guy is insane... I'll try to get into the style of the band then if they have no special wishes for the design. So i listen to their music, check out their lyrics and the way they are and then try to come up with something that fits their overall style.
But sometimes I get an idea for a specific band and I just do it to see what it looks like. Like REDUCTION. I'd say 95% of their stuff is coming from my brain. Its pretty easy since their singer and me like the same stuff music and movie wise, we are both sick individuals haha, So when i have an idea like "oh... people burning on the stake" I know he will like that, so i just do my ideas and most of it gets printed. It works the same with Six Ft Ditch for example. I'll send it to them then and if they wanna do it cool, if not it's cool too.


Are your drawings for free or do you earn some cash for it?

It's more of a hobby for me and it also depends on who is asking. Reduction for example is getting everything for free since i know their singer for like 10 years or so. So good friends pay less haha. But i also had the cases where i said "listen... normally i'd take XX€ for that but it only took me like 10 minutes so give me XX€ instead, its cool" or when i really had fun doing something I will take less as well. but i'm still not expensive if you have to pay the full price haha. I don't make a lot of it but it pays some shows.


When you search the internet (especially youtube) you`ll find thousands live bootlegs of shows filmed by amateur / hobby filmers. We remind all the great stuff you uploaded years ago. Is it possible that you shoot some videos again?

If you buy me a good videocamera, I will start shooting shows again hahaha. You know it's funny kinda. Even close friends still ask me "dude did you film us last week?" for example. but my cam broke more than 2 years ago. It became such a common thing... Me taping the Shows. It kind of is branded into peoples heads that I was the guy with the Cam filming every show. Theres a hupe box with something like 300 Tapes of unreleased FULL SHOWS somewhere at the Massive Bloodshed "Office" that NO ONE has ever seen except me and Samis. DON't ask me if I plan to release that stuff to youtube some day, cause I don't.


You are Straight edge for more than 10 years, aren`t you? So we two guys aren`t sXe, but in our opinion it`s a lifestyle for yourself, not for other. If we remember correctly we never ever saw you in “sXe-merch”. What do you think about all the HC-Kids, who wear a sXe-shirt, mesh short, clock, belt and shoes? Also this kind of guys who present this attitude extremely?

I'm Straight Edge since birth. so almost 29 Years now and counting. I have two or three Edge-Shirts, yeah It's three I think but I don't wear them often. Like you mentioned, It's something I do for myself. A pledge I made while my father was an alcoholic when I was a little kid. I swore to myself never to put anyone through the stuff my family had to go through because of his weakness. So i never tried alcohol or drugs or cigarettes. It's something you really do for yourself and maybe for a few loved ones like in my case. I think that the more outspoken people are about being straight edge, the more likely they are to drop it again. You kinda can tell when someone is just in it for a while and is as outspoken in like 2 years as i was in 10 years of knowingly being Straight Edge. (because I didnt knew there was a scene for my way of living when i was younger, I only got to know about that when I got into hardcore of course) It's like... you don't see normal people sporting shirts with "I don't do Heroin, i just drink" because they know that Heroin is the worst shit and it will very likely kill them in the end. So why should someone who's not doing alcohol sport that on a shirt?! There's no point to it in my opinion. You just do that stuff and thats it. But it's really up to everyone themselves how outspoken you wanna be about it but remember... the higher your throne the deeper the fall.
People that know me might think now "hey, you got Drug Free tattooed..." so what. It's my leg, its my skin, i have the oath I've given to myself put under my skin as a reminder. thats not YOUR business since its not your body.


Furthermore you coach a HC-Community (slamdancers.net). Everyone who is in HC (or thinks he is) can register to exchange information, opinions and stuff like this. Please tell us something about this board.

slamdancers yeah. It was started several years ago by my friend Tom, whom I got to know from bootlegging shows, he did that too. Since we were listening to the more mosh-oriented style of Hardcore, the stuff that now has degenerated into "beatdown" now, we had people from those bands on the board when it started cause they were our friends. so over time it grew to almost a thousand users until we decided to close the board. the people just posted too much stupid bullshit and we didnt like that so we kicked about 700 people out, closed the board and cleaned it up. We just kept all the people we knew personally and the ones that were really cool. Because of that the board got the reputation of being full of haters and stuff like that. So we had it closed down for about 3 years. During that time the small community got very close and we all became friends! Late last year we decided to open it up again but it all happened like i predicted it. with Beatdown being the latest trend all those idiots came to the board again. The problem with these people now is, they come into a tight group of friends. Its like you are out having a BBQ with your good friends and someone foreign knocks on the door of your garden and whats some of the meat too. So all new people are put through some kind of mental obstacle course and frankly 90% don't make. either they get kicked out again sooner or later or they sometimes even leave themselves haha. Of course all that doesnt give the board a good reputation but i couldn't care less. It's mainly a board for this "core-group" of members that know each other for years. If too much new people piss me off too much, I'll just close it down again for a while. I don't give a shit. There's so many other boards out there that anyone can join.
So.... join and try your luck haha! see if we like you! Chances is we don't


You know that we like Brain-Storming… so here we go:

Mezzo Mix?
blood in bottles and i'm the vampire. tastes best in cans though haha


PS3 or X-Box 360?
PS3. It's a Sith Console!


Violent Dancing?
Outlet of Anger. Violent Fun between friends. What's a little blood between the ones we love.


Worldcup 2010?
totally sucks! the referees should be executed.


Your favourite band?
All out war. period. and A Fine Frenzy in the "non-hard-music" sector.



check out:
www.ihateyourheroes.de
but don't really check it out haha. it's my personal blog and full of boring bullshit I care about that mostly have nothing to do with hardcore.

DEATH DO US PART Interview



Please give us an introduction of DEATH DO US PART (NJ, USA) members and your band.

Thank you for the opportunity to answer some questions. So I guess I will start with our frontman Cris Tedesco, on guitar we have Craig Lennox, on drums is Steve Banack, playing bass is Greg Moore, and lastly on guitar and singing is myself (Tom Lennox).


How long have you all known each other? How did you meet?

Well naturally me and my brother know each other because we're brothers haha. As for Greg he has been a good friend of my brother and I from High School. We aquired Steve because my brother Craig is playing guitar for Years Spent Cold. We had lost a drummer so my brother asked steve and he was more than happy to help us out. Cris we met because he actually came to a lot of our shows. He was in another band and we were very impressed with his voice. I then contacted Cris on myspace and he jumped to the opportunity to jam with us. So some of us have known each other longer than the other members.


When did you form the band DEATH DO US PART? And who are your influences?

We formed DDUP around December 2001 playing shows around the South Jersey area and here and there we would play a weekend in NY or PA. We really didn't start any kind of serious touring till 2005 around the time we release our full length "Legend". Late start I know haha. Our influences are Killswitch Engage, Black Dahlia Murder, and to be honest every band we listen to influences us.


You got a new album out,which is called "Keep on Keepn' on". Tell us something about this new record. Are there any changes to the last devastating last album „Legend“ ?

Definately new changes. We took a big step up in our song writing in "Keep on Keepn' on" compared to "Legend". When we wrote "Legend" our songs didn't have a whole lot of structure. It was a more underground metal/hardcore cd packed with tons of riffs. Which was awesome for the time. We tried to put as much energy as we could into that album. So our songs ended up being kinda long. Also we had our old singer writing the lyrics at that time. He had a totally different lyrical style than I. Although I did write the lyrics for a few songs in "Legend". After the popularity of our song "In Rememberance" off of "Legend". We realized that is the direction we needed to go. So we shortened up our songs and tried to make them as memorable as possible and take a step up. You will notice there is more of a structure in "Keep on Keepn' on" compared to "Legend'. We put in less breakdowns but made them even more brutal, catchier melodic riffs, repeated riffs, more singing, and also I stepped up and wrote all the lyrics for that album so I could make lyrics that are universal and touch base with all listeners. So yes it was a big step up and plan for more changes as we go along. We plan on keeping the listeners interest by reinventing ourselves in every album.


Who writes your songs?

Musically my brother Craig and I write the music. As for the lyrics I write those.


"In Rememberance“. What is this song about?

Originally it was written about a friend who didn't take care of himself, no one in particular, and was unable to be saved because they didn't want to be. But shortly after that song was recorded, a close friend of ours commited suicide. So now we dedicate that song to him and we miss him very much.


Can you briefly describe the music you play?

Intense and highly energetic with lyrics that are universal.


Are there any funny DEATH DO US PART tour stories?

Plenty haha. We were in Ohio this one time with our friends from Give Em Hell and we got to the gig early. So we decided to walk around the city we were in and found a mall. So we were walking around in the mall and our old singer strum saw a store for his cell phone so he went over to ask a question about his phone. Craig then ran up behind him and pantsed him underwear and all haha. Funny thing about it was he didn't know what to do so he just stood there for a second with his pants down and looked at the cell phone guy he was talking to. Finally embarassed he pulled up his pants and turned around giggling and running back to catch up with us.


Would you like to play in Europe? Especially in Germany? Are there any plans for the future?

Absolutely. We had plans to do a European tour at one point but we had so many member changes between I guess 2005 till now that it hasn't been possible. The member changing thing has been the biggest factor in us not touring constantly. But you never know what the future holds. If we can work out a European tour we def will.


Your last album came out on Filled with Hate records. Nils and Axel are very cool guys. What do you say about that collaboration with FWH?

We love those guys. I consider Nils a good friend of mine even though we've never met in person. We keep in contact through the internet and have since before we signed to FWH.


When someone wanna buy your merch? Where can we find it?

On our official site we have a web store. We don't have much merch left but if you can't find an item you've seen before on our site feel free to contact us on myspace or facebook. We will try to answer you as soon as possible.
You can also buy our cds on ITUNES if you are interested.


And now…. BRAINSTORMING !!

International House of Pancakes (IHOP)?
Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Vegan?
Nope we live outside of Philly and the cheesesteaks are amazing


sXe?
Nope we get our drink on. Aside from that we are drug free.

McDonalds or Burger King?
Def the BK lounge


Germany?
Hope to play there sometime



Any last words?

Thanks for the interview and the interest in our band. Make sure to keep updated on us by visiting our myspace or official site.


Thank you for that interview, we really really appreciate that!!!

If you wanna check out DEATH DO US PART:
www.myspace.com/deathdouspart
www.deathdouspartmetal.com
www.purevolume.com/deathdouspartnj