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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span>ANGLADESH was
recently on everyone’s radar worldwide for the heinous terrorist attack at
Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery. But this surely was not the first atrocious
event to occur there as the country had seen an endless series of catastrophic phenomenons, bloodsheds and turmoils,
be it the infamous famine or neverending inter-religious riots, be it ongoing unstable political
rampages or abysmal third-world economy and corruption, Bangladesh had survived it all and channeled the
sufferings and the struggles transmuted through its art and specially through subcultures like its bursting underground Heavy
Metal scene. The capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is surely one the most active and
dominant underground epicenters in whole of Asia. It had produced remarkable
bands such as ROCKSTRATA, WEAPON, ORATOR, NAFARMAAN, BARZAK, NUCLEAR WINTER, MORBIDITY,
ENMACHINED, HOMICIDE, SURTUR, BURIAL DUST, ETERNAL ARMAGEDDON, WARHOUND & SEVERE DEMENTIA just to name a few. Lyrically blasphemous or opposing societal hypocrisy and rejecting patriarchy and norms, Bangladeshi Metal is fast, aggressive and furious, be it thrash metal, black metal or death metal genre and and the latter has the newest revered entity to sustain and flourish this country’s Metal Legacy - NEKROHOWL!<br />
NEKROHOWL play DEATH METAL with sheer intensity, velocity and authenticity and
have released their critically acclaimed demo this year which had everyone talking. Delivered with utmost sincerity & brutality and without fears, pretention & compromises, this rehearsal demo is just a glimpse of the forthcoming annihilation which is a full length album! </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i>Putrid Ascendancy and Hellion Distro are proud to announce that NEKROHOWL shall be invade India for the very first time to play at BLACK MASS RITUAL festival to be held at Sujata Sadan, Kolkata on 24<sup>th</sup>
of December, 2016. We recently interrogated the band as a part of the BLACK
MASS RITUAL promotion and we discussed many things from bands music to religious
atrocities to band’s own ideology! Read it all here. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Greetings NEKROHOWL. Let’s begin this interview with you telling us a brief
introduction to the band and the purpose behind creating such caustic audial
vehemence?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> Greetings
to you brother. The first thing we want everyone to know that we are not a
super group or a project based band nor did we start from the Death Tribute
show by BMA. Because someone wrote like that. but it is not so. We all played
in that show and nothing more than that. Most of our members are longtime
friends from school days. Even our guitarist and vocalist had a band previously
called Retaliation. All of us grew up listening together, getting high
together, going to shows together and hanging out together. All these made a
common taste of music in us but we all played in different killer bands like
Homicide, Dissector, Abominable Carnivore and Enmachined. Then we started to
realize we should make use of this friendship and form a common musical
platform to continue the musical journey together. And there was never a confusion
about what to play. Because we knew we are going to play classic 90s death metal
without any doubt. Thus came our tonality which represents the true ways of
classic era of death metal which is raw destructive and much attacking by means
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA:</b> What are
the main influences for the band and what direction the band strives to proceed
towards?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL: </b> It is really hard to mention few bands you
know. We like all the classic death metal bands. But if you want to know about
our primary influences we would like to mention Morbid Angel, Gorguts, Immolation,
Suffocation, Atheist, Demilich, Sadistic Intent, Nihilist, Bolt Thrower,
Sinister, Death, Dismember and many more I just can’t recall at the moment. To
be comprehensive, all the classic death metal bands of 80s and 90s from the
true route of death metal are our influences ha ha.</div>
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lyrics equally important to you, as in more ideological aspect, for example
very nihilistic and extreme ideology that many death and black metal bands
keep? Who writes the lyric and what is the main theme so far? Do you have any
interest in politics?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL: </b>Yes,
obviously. We do not play for a fuck. we have our own visions and through our
music we want to share our vision and inner energy to the people listening to
us. Lyrically we are not affiliated with politics. rather we try to find
reality and true inner freedom. Freedom by means of sadism. because our
earliest notions as mankind was quite sadistic, but as time passed we tried to
enclose our wildest freedom to make the so called fucking modern civilization.
We want to evoke this freedom of sadism through our music which is ancient. And
the most important part of our lyrics is death. For us this is the ultimate
reality. if we want to glorify anything we should glorify death instead of an
imaginary person and world. we believe death is the ultimate reality and it
should be glorified. We try to glorify reality and freedom of death and sadism
through our music, intense and extreme form of our inner energy and free soul.
our music tells about a world glorifying the death and sadism. And death is
related to the absolute darkness which is also part of our musical ideology.
and for nihilism we believe that every true metaller is a nihilist in his
approach to life with or without having the knowledge of nihilism. metal music
itself is a nihilistic approach of music by means of aggression and freedom of
mind. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA:</b> Talking
about politics, what’s your opinion on ruling Bangladeshi Govts and policies?
Also tell us about the impact of recent terror strikes in Dhaka on general
citizens and metal scene? Do all of these affect your song writing? Do you
think Metal underground can have a threat from extremist religious groups in
future since many bands have very blasphemous image?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> To
be true we don’t have any interest in our political mess. there are two groups
one of them are leaders in our nations Liberation War and other one is
completely radical religious minded motherfuckers who opposed our freedom as a
nation. but when in power all are same fuckers doing same shits. but current govt
is more liberal than the other one. As per recent terror attacks, it greatly
hampered the gig arrangements. 4/5 gigs got postponed as police didn’t permit
us to do so. but our organizers never gave up in fear of anything and don’t
give a fuck to those bastard radical bunch of terrorists. I Don’t know much
about people’s perception on that incident, but true metallers of our country do
not give a fuck. Nafarmaan announced their comeback right after the day of the
attack saying ‘fuck your god’. We released our demo when there were no gigs for
the police obstacle. there were a lot of people at our launching just like a
gig wearing black t-shirts, having pot and that too in an open street of Dhaka.
That was a complete different experience to get together after along time as
there were no gigs right then.It was the first chance for all of us to get
together again after the attack and a lot of metalheads grabbed the chance to
keep metal flowing. As a band we are really proud of those people who showed up
on that day. Burial Dust got threats
before a show in Rajshahi, but they did go there, it was also their first show
after the terror attack. Many others already have received many threats. And
there will be many more to come. But it doesn’t bother any of us and nor will
it. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA:</b> Bangladesh
has got a strong extreme metal scene for years, from BARZAK to ORATOR to
NAFARMAAN, and there are many good gigs that are taking places, in last 5
years, how difficult or easy is it to form a band and keep it going? What are
the main obstacles that musicians face in a band?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> Yes,
we got a strong metal scene and there are many quality shows. Now-a-days it has
become very easy to from a band. as there are more musicians than only
listeners in our metal scene. that’s a big problem. But it is not easy to run a
band. because to continue such extreme form of music needs real time and
dedication, the main obstacle is money and family responsibilities. Many of
very good musicians have left because of their jobs and family duties. Another
prolific reason is lack of appreciation from all. We saw some bands do not get
enough appreciation due to their position in a particular group. There is a
clear division among the metalheads in our scene. Which is very sad thing.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA: </b>Talking
about NEKROHOWL, what’s the significance of the band name?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> It’s quite simple. Our bands name represents
the sounds of death. Through our composition and lyrics, we try to represent
the sound of the world of death.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA:</b> NEKROHOWL
released a rehearsal demo this year, how’s the response so far? Who did the
mixing and mastering? I must say it really impressed me. Any plan to re-release
it in a different format?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> It’s a real pleasure to hear you liked it. Yeah, we released our demo and we have got
great responses from a lot of people. We really liked it when some senior
musicians of our scene appreciated our tracks and our old school ways of
composition. it charged us up greatly to think more passionately about the
band. We almost did nothing for mixing mastering except one or two things which
is obviously done by ourselves. We made live takes for all the tracks we
recorded. so what you heard is almost raw. We did not want to change or modify
anything so that there will be no scope for ruining the environment we got
during the live takes. we also released our demo in a 90s death metal way. We
released it independently on streets. and to our utmost surprise except 4/5 all
the CDs were sold on the day. We do not have any fixed plan to re-release it
but if any label comes to us for that, we will definitely go for it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA:</b> How is
the songwriting done for NEKROHOWL? What is the most vital factor you guys keep
in mind while writing a riff or a song?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> We
do it in a proper band way. Each one of us contributes for writing. Each member
contributes in every sector including lyrics, vocal, guitar lines, bass line,
drum patterns everything. The most vital factor we consider during writing is
to make sure that it satisfies our own musical desire. We always look for what
we intended to do and try to maintain it without any limitation or restriction.
We do it in our ways. It’s our style of playing. We try to keep the essence of
classic death metal which we like the most to play or listen to,that’s it. One
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA:</b> If you
have to choose 3 bands that represents 80s,90s and modern death metal each
respectively, who they would be?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "inherit" , "serif";"><i><b>PA:</b> What are
the most pivotal part of being a death metal musician? Is it the same as being
a musician or you need to possess something more than the usual? What are
NEKROHOWL's future plans? Are you guys writing new music for a full length
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> There are a lot of things to consider. But
most important thing is the dedication and passion. It is not as easy as it
looks. You need patience and true passion for death metal. It is completely a
different journey than other forms of music. Most importantly it won’t give you
anything except inner satisfaction. You have to give your all for the passion
of death metal. It’s really hard to continue, as a musician you have to
practice a lot too which also need a great deal of dedication. Above all you
need to possess a liberal and aggressive mentality, obviously it has to be
matched with the light of age of enlightenment. You know what I mean by this, that
is freedom from any kind of dogmas whether it is religious, social or any
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Nekrohowl is
right now writing for the full length, yes you are right brother. We are done
with eight songs already. We are adding little details on those and after
completing a few more we will hit the studio. We hope to make the full length
get released by mid of next year.</div>
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death metal albums?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> It’s really a tough one to choose exact 5
albums. There are many more albums we like to listen. some of them are more important
than these ones mentioned here but not coming right now ha ha.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(yet there
are many more still left, if I ask you to choose any five album,</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"></a><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">can you fix it eternally? ha ha,it’s hard to choose.)</span></div>
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looking forward to see you live at BLACK MASS RITUAL.. what can we expect from
you guys on this christmas eve? Any last word for your fans here?</i></span></div>
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<b>NEKROHOWL:</b> Yeah we are also looking forward to go there.
We have heard about the madness that bands from our country had seen among the
crowd before. We are really keen to appear there as well. Last word to my
brothers and sisters out there that you are not fans, rather we are all
brothers and sisters under one flag of true metal. Be there and get ready to
die with us. we are eagerly waiting for unleashing death before you. Hails to
you all. Thank you very much.!!<br />
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<b>IN HUMAN</b> returns at <b>BLACK MASS RITUAL</b> to be held at <b><i>Sujata Sadan, Kolkata</i></b>, on <b><i>Saturday</i></b>, <b><i>24th December,</i></b> <b><i>2016 </i></b>in conspiracy with <b>The Hellion Distro and Putrid Ascendancy,</b></div>
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Formed as early as 2008,<b> IN HUMAN</b> can be touted as one of the earliest extreme metal bands of Kolkata. Known for their musicality, virtuosity, sheer aggression and a strong penchant for old school death and thrash metal bands, <b>IN HUMAN</b> had an unmistakably blazing aura in their live performances that quickly gained them enough accolades and high reputation for precision, remarkable arrangement and intensity. After releasing their critically acclaimed EP - ‘<b><i>Voices</i></b>’ the band unfortunately had undergone a long silent hiatus till very recently the band have revived itself with a fresh line up, with founder(guitarist and ex-vocalist) <i><b>Ankit Mitra</b></i> being only remaining member from the last known line-up, with vocal-duty handed down to the very talented <i><b>Indranil Dasgupta</b></i> of Kolkata Thrash Metal artillery <b>ARMAMENT</b>.</div>
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Recently, we had a chance to interview <i><b>Ankit Mitra</b></i> for <b>BLACK MASS RITUAL</b> promotion and we covered a lot of areas beside just music. Check it out. </div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>Greetings Ankit, for people new to Inhuman can you describe how the band got about to being formed and how were the early days? And what were the primary influences that made you take up a genre as dark and confrontational as Death Metal? </i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> 'In Human' came into existence when Korak Sarkar, my friend and erstwhile drummer, felt that it was time for us to play live, the music we enjoyed, which would keep us on our toes, and keep pushing our abilities. At that point, coincidentally, Metal was on the rise in Kolkata, but it was not the kind of Metal I was interested in or that which resonated with me.</div>
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I have always felt Metal was more than just playing with distorted guitars, fast lashing at the drums and extreme vocals. Most of what was happening back then was just that. At that time, a lot of Metal bands did only originals, which was fine, but when they did covers, their shortcomings in fields both technical and of basic musical foundations - which I feel is a necessary requirement for this genre - would get exposed. Much of what was being belted out as Metal was perfunctory 'evil' riffs on scales the guitarist couldnt even name and relentless beatings on the snare and single stroke double bass and ride cymbals spewed out as 'blast beats'. All this pretension topped off with the "redemption" of extreme vocals, which was the vocalist gargling and snarling non existent lyrics. Onomatopoeia at its twisted best.</div>
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So it was a combination of us wanting to play our own music - which was greatly influenced by the late 80s and 90's Metal bands like Megadeth, Slayer, Death, Morbid Angel, Carcass and Cynic - and also wanting to get it out there to people that the Kolkata Metal scene is not just misplaced brutality; that's what really pulled us out of being basement musicians to forming the band. 'Death Metal', as you can see from the influences, was a natural choice. Though to be honest, I wouldnt want to put any labels on our genre because at times it feels like a limiting factor as the audience may arrive with a preconceived notion about what we are supposed to sound like.</div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>I remember, IN HUMAN boycotted all band competitions taking place back in the day when it was a norm for bands to take part in battle of bands. It was very gutsy decisions for that time when there were no proper Metal gigs in city. Tell me what you felt about this topic. </i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> At that time I did so because I just felt that the entire band competition deal was pretty much a fallacy. Especially with the judges involved. Those days the competitions had judges who came with their preconceived notions and biases and oddly, the sense of competition was actually never positive. You guys will know what I mean. All that these competitions did was create more of a divide, or winners and losers, and sowed a lot of bitterness and spite among bands and musicians. Things which are just not needed. Plus, the competitions literally forced you to present your music with way too many limitations - horrible sound quality, uncooperative soundmen, complete lack of basic infrastructure among other things. All this made me feel it was not worth the trouble. In my opinion, unless you are dishonest and deluded by your own ego and social media, you will always be the best judge of your own music. And that's all that is required to work at your betterment. It's better to practice and get your own music up to the mark than deliberately retarding the process by playing at confidence shattering competitions.</div>
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<b>PA: </b><i>The thing I always wanted to ask you guys what was the main reason behind the band's hiatus? If it was for drummer moving to the other city, why could you not recruit a new drummer like how you did with new line up? Why this 6 year long break? What has this long break /hiatus teach you? Did you not feel disconnected with Metal and scene?</i></div>
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<b>Ankit: </b>Well to be honest after we released our album 'Voices' in 2010 all the members were in individual crossroads of our professional lives. We had all finished being students and it was professional life that beckoned us. Geographical differences too were created. As for why I didnt get another drummer and keep playing is that I myself didnt play music at all for the 2 years since then, as I was literally negotiating the new changes in my life once I got into work. Plus after that, the deal was that I always liked to play music with friends, not professional sidemen who came to do the job. When you are in a band with friends the music and flow of ideas is unbridled and more importantly, without the bindings of personal interest first.</div>
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The long break helped me gather myself and bring together this second charge with a lot more experience under my belt. I didnt really feel disconnected from Metal, but yes, maybe the scene. Things have changed, so have people. New faces, new ideas. Its always good. Its like working from scratch again, and I enjoy that experience of creating something new from scratch immensely.</div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>I really appreciate the fact despite your interest in other genres of music and this long hiatus, you did not drift apart from Metal like many kolkata Metal musicians did,and like the infamous 'growing out of Metal' claims that many did.. you are back with In Human .. ..</i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> People who say 'I've grown out of Metal' were never really into it in the first place. Yes, I have a myriad of influences and my personal playlist is least dominated by Metal, but once you have actually had that Metal connection with you, it never goes away. Unless you actively work to reject it, or if it was just a fad.</div>
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I was into music from childhood. Played classical violin since 9 years of age, had heard a lot of great bands and music of other genres which really amped up my interest in music from quite early on(class 8 onwards) but it was finally 'Megadeth's Rust in Peace' which made me decide I wanted to play guitar and nothing else. So when your whole foundation for playing your primary instrument was because of Metal, I don't think its possible to dismiss it ever at any stage of your life.</div>
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Also I think a bit of this 'growing out' also has to do with peer outlooks. A lot of people are like sheep, they go with the trend. When its Metal that's turning heads around them, they become Metalheads, when they grow older and rub shoulders with the 'elderly, whiskey guzzling, cultured kaku' they suddenly see colours in Jazz, Blues, RnB etc etc. And then to cement how much more mature they have become, they too join in with the 'Metal is immature and angry' brigade.</div>
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I dont think I'll ever be able to 'grow out' of Metal, its too deeply entrenched in my taste and the fates conspire always to preserve it. Even my favourite Allan Holdswarth album is called 'Metal Fatigue' Ha ha! My condition is summed up best by a remark a friend made about me, that Im 'Metal A F!'</div>
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<b>PA:</b><i> Once you decided it was time to get back with the band how easy/difficult was it to find like-minded musicians? What are the most important qualities that you expect in an IN HUMAN member?</i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> Oh it wasnt easy! Im a very demanding person and I expect a lot of qualities in the people I want to play alongside, not limited to just their musical ability. However it was relatively easier than the first time since we already had a body of work in the first album , 'Voices', so interested and potential members would easily have a reference to what kind of sound we already had and were looking to develop on. Shiladitya, our erstwhile guitarist's place was taken by his younger brother. Which was the first and the best thing that could have happened for us. He and I had written some tunes already while we were looking for people willing to join us and share a similar vision. The members who came in next were Indranil (vocalist), Avishek (drummer) and Anurag (bass) in that order.</div>
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The most important quality I look for is honesty. You have to be honest about your own shortcomings and limitations. Its only when you are aware of those things can you push yourself to overcome them and get better. When you are honest you will look at playing the music legitimately and not try to hide in the mix of the other members. When you are honest you will know what you are expected to do, and will strive hard and not be swayed by audience approval. You have to be a musician who loves the music and solely the music, and not the excess baggage that is stereotypically assigned to it, to survive in In Human.</div>
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<b>PA:</b><i> I was always interested to know how this collaboration between In Human and Indranil happened? Was it an easy decision for both of you and how things worked out to IH's favour</i>? </div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> Well this is kind of a long story. It had been a year since I had sat down with Prithviraj and we had written and arranged around 3/4 songs completely. At that time I had already decided that I didnt want to sing anymore, because even now, I still hate singing. People who knew me from back in the day knew I never wanted to be a vocalist/guitarist. Because I felt it was limiting to my guitar playing and also, I was not able to do justice to the vocals I wanted on the songs. At this point of time I was introduced to Indranil and his band Armament by some common friends and when I heard the song 'Chaos Prevails' or maybe 'Hammer of God' (can't remember exactly) I felt he was just the right kind of voice for the band. I know Armament is his band and I would never ask him to not give it priority over In Human and I'm glad we have managed to work out and adjust. The result makes the band quite happy and you will get a taste of it at the show.</div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>Wasn't the new second guitarist's elder brother in IN HUMAN's previous lineup? </i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> Yes! Prithviraj is Shiladitya's younger brother. And it has helped as he was already familiar with our older material and his brother's parts before he started to write new songs with me for IN HUMAN.</div>
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<b>PA: </b>W<i>ith this new line up with you only being the only member from past, what are the changes that are going to be imminent in the music that you will make from music you have made? Is song writing going to be in same approach the EP had? Who is writing the lyrics and with new drummer, 2nd guitarist and bassist recruited, I guess composition would be easier now?</i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> Well in the previous lineup I wrote all the music and lyrics. This time Prithviraj and I have been the primary song writers for 3/4 tunes already, tunes written before we had Avishek and Anurag join in. I still write/am writing all the lyrics, though the newer tunes will be a more collaborative effort the way things are going, as all of them are very aggressive about being creative. Ofcourse the music style will show some changes as the personnel are different now, Im older and different too! Our intent is to just be uncompromising about quality thats it. Not limiting our thoughts to play to the gallery is what I want us to remember when in the creative process. I would rather make the best album we can than bring out an album based on what people think we should sound like.</div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>I think you get this often, but let me ask you haha, are you a complete control freak .. (grins)</i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> Ha ha ha! I've been asked this question a lot of times before. I think I am quite rigid about the core value; things that I want the band to always revolve around and be steadfast upon. But I believe you have to be flexible too or else there is no point in playing music. Music is self expression; if you stifle someone's natural growth or creativity you will never get the best you can out of them.</div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>I recall last time you had mentioned you have enough music written for another album. Is it going to be a conceptual work like your EP - Voices? Is there going to be a thematic lineage from EP which is more evolved and explored or is it going to be a different story that was untold? Are you done with studio tracking? </i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> Yes I had, we had. But ever since Prithviraj came in, and as the newer guys joined, most of it has been thrown into the rejection pile. Reason being that we believe we can do better. Yes it will be conceptual like all our works.I think albums are a snapshot of a certain time frame, so it captures and freezes emotions, ideas and beliefs. Since its an album, stringing it together as an idea gives it that much depth. To be honest I believe almost all great albums are per se 'concept albums' where the songs enmesh with each other in such a way that you always have an experience when you hear the album as a whole and not just individual tracks.</div>
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This album will deal more deeply with human nature than the previous one. I feel human beings and their thoughts and actions are much more interesting and complex than most subjects. The human mind is capable of more brutality than that which can be expressed even by actions at times. Also, our personal experiences with people, both positive and negative. There is always a wealth of subjects to be inspired by to write songs about.</div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>What do you think of endorsements? Do you think it is very important to a band?</i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> Endorsements are great, as long as you feel like you are legitimately being valued by the brand and also that THAT is the brand YOU want. Its tough for an Indian artist to have a 'true endorsement' the way it 'actually' works. We always hear endorsements meaning that the brand is giving you a piece of equipment for free as they feel YOU are big enough to pull more consumers towards their brand. Endorsement deals in India are mostly 'mega discounts', and it helps because to be honest, the prices of any imported musical equipment is much much higher in India thanks to the excessive duty charges. But I also have reservations about how brands treat these musicians; for example we have many ESP guitar endorsees in India (mostly Metal musicians). They all play LTD guitars, which is basically the lower priced subsidiary of ESP, like the Squire model instead of the Fender branded ones. I would actually like to see the brand provide these artists with ESP makes and not LTD ones. I think in a way, its kind of disrespectful of the brand. But that's just my opinion and I sincerely hope things change over time and these brands can put a bit more 'love' for the artists who they are willing to give discounts, but only on their budget subsidiary imprint.</div>
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<b>PA:</b> <i>Any recurring band dream? And what are your plans with the band? </i></div>
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<b>Ankit: </b>Well I just want the band to keep making good, honest music, stay true to ourselves and put it out to as many people as possible. Thats about it.</div>
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<b>PA: </b><i>Finally, last word of wisdom for all Kolkata underground brothers? Thanks for your time and this interview.</i></div>
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<b>Ankit:</b> I want to wish everyone my best for surviving and continuing to serve with passion, something that is not and will never be accepted en masse. Also and most importantly, always have your own opinion but after you have experienced or tried something out. It is dangerous to follow or keep blind preconceived notions. Also just try to be real with people. In this age of social media wankery and political correctness to garner more likes and validation it is even more imperative that you be who you are. Thank you! Its a pleasure and see you at Black Mass Ritual on December 24th!</div>
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years after their demo</span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “Prevail”</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> was released, Sri Lanka's Naga worshipping
regiment </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SERPENTS ATHIRST</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> return with an all-obliterating offering of 3
venomous hymns on MCD format titled </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“HERALDING CEREMONIAL MASS OBLITERATION”.</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
After Sri Lanka’s GENOCIDE SHRINES </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">took
the world by storm with their celebrated EP “Devanation Monumentemples” released
in 2012 through Cyclopean Eye Productions, India (the same label that is
releasing SERPENTS ATHIRST’s offering in MCD format) SERPENTS ATHIRST</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">have followed the dark paths to the abysmal
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simplistic structures carved with the involution and evolution of
world-tormenting hatred from within. Both the strings and the drums have
followed simplistic structures that remind of the darkest essence worshiped in
the days of yore in classic releases like “Blood Upon The Altar” and “INRI.”
The</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hymns flow through passages of
lightning fast barrage of blasts and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">memorable, evil riffs while slowing down in
phases in the middle just to gear up for another assault on the senses of all
that is consecrated. The vocals are marked by reverb-drenched throaty rasps
born from the innermost spirit of a tormented self, a style that works
brilliantly to do justice to song titles like “Ritual Vomitting”. It’s gritty,
ugly, rancid and abysmal, preserving the olden aesthetics of</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Canadian/Brazilian/Finnish black metal. The
sound production is one element that really stands out as something remarkable
– old, primitive and death-worshiping to the bones! All music on this release
was recorded at Blasphemous War Goat! Studios and mixed/mastered by the very
experienced and talented B.W.G. (Genocide Shrines/Funeral in Heaven). Credit
must be given to him for his amazingly talented and inspired work to shape this
majestically extreme sound that enhances the very experience surrounding this
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right spot perfectly for SERPENTS ATHIRST in this release. The talented Alex Shadrin
of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SICKRITES and SERPENTRANCE fame has
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very concept and presentation that this release has aimed to emulate. All in
all, this offering from Serpents Athirst truly bears testimony to the rising
underground cult of unadulterated and intolerant metal in Sri Lanka and South
Asia as a whole, and also to the fact that we, the listeners, will be subjected
to greater aural attacks from the sons of the RaavanKommand in the days to
come.Highly recommended! Mandatory for those with iron and thunder in their
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Putrid Ascendancy! Manzer unleashes its ruthless assault on the Kolkata
underground on the 14<sup>th</sup> of December for the first time. What do you
have in store for your followers here and for those faithful to the extreme
underground here?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Infernal
hails from the forgotten valleys of Pictavia! Our set will be made of classic
MANZER headbanging songs along with brand new songs for those craving for more!
As we are allowed to play our full set in Kolkata, you can even expect a song
from our forthcoming second full length album and some covers too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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music which are characteristic of bands like Motorhead, Bathory, Exhumer, Venom
etc. What assemblage of influences birthed the unholy alliance that Manzer has
come to be?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are right, we are inspired by these bands. We wanted to go back to the roots of
Black Metal, and Metal in general, especially the glorious 80's era. I could
mention those bands as our influences : VENOM, SABBAT, MOTÖRHEAD, IRON MAIDEN,
NWOBHM, BATHORY, JAN DO FIAO, ABIGAIL, KILLERS, ATOMIZER, CARNIVORE, NME,
BULLDOZER, IMPALED NAZARENE…<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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been going from strength to strength, releasing bands from obscure corners
of the world. Followers of the cult would like to know more about the label and
why it has taken an interest in nurturing extreme metal from Asian Countries?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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label was born in 2001. I was fed up with all the trends in the so-called
western world. People were not even aware of what was going on in other
countries or continents. So the concept for LEGION OF DEATH Records is to
support bands from underrated scenes, like the Asian continent for example. I
always thought that bands out there have more dedication and sincerity in what
they do, it's often very difficult to keep your band alive in bad social and
economical conditions. While most people in Europe are blasé and bored, there
are crazy die-hard maniaks in Asia, or South America etc... Of course there are
trends too, they're everywhere, but there are also honest bands offering some
killer Metal, full of integrity and respect to the roots and all classic bands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This
is complete crap. This got so far from the original style that it became
ridiculous. Inside the whole Metal genre, this is the most infected style,
polluted and corrupted by awful trends. Look at all those sub-genres :
Religious, NS, Post, Symphonic, Cascadian, etc... We vomit on this circus. But
I'm not saying Black Metal is dead, don't get me wrong! The valuable ones are
but a few, and they deserve support for surviving among a cesspool of trends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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metal scene in France. How does it compare to its European neighbors when it
comes to underground extreme metal?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is plagued by trends. The difference is that it seems we have the gayest ones
in this cunt-ry. I won't mention any names but they are very well-known
everywhere. But fortunately there are a bunch of maniaks/bands helping each
other out.I support some French bands with my parallel label ARMEE DE LA MORT
Records : HEXECUTOR, PERVERSIFIER, ACARUS SARCOPT, KLOOTZAK, VALUATIR,
CHARNIER, ANGMAR, BREIZH OCCULT, QUINTESSENCE, ANKRISMAH, CARNYX, ANNTHENNATH,
HYPOKRAS... And let me also mention KILLERS (gods), PERFECTÖ, GOATVERMIN,
NUCLEAR ABOMINATION, THE BOTTLE DOOM LAZY BAND, TORTURE THRONE, THE LAST TOMB,
SILVER MACHINE, DESILLUSION, SANCTUAIRE...You're talking about Europe, I
recommend the Spanish and Italian scene, they have incredible newer bands
emerging. The audience is small at underground gigs in Europe because huge
festivals are killing them little by little, unfortunately.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Deathspell Omega. We would love for Shaxul to reminisce in short with our
followers about his time, back in the day, with Death Spell Omega. What do you
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is nothing interesting to say on this subject, really. I would like people to
concentrate on MANZER instead of this abomination of a band but there's nothing
I can do as it seems, I will always get questions about that subject in every
interview. There are so many better bands around man, open your eyes and ears!
I'm still proud of what I did but it was just another studio Black Metal band,
with guys who finally jumped on a trend. And I mean, "follower of early
DEATHSPELL OMEGA"? There's nothing to follow as I've left the band on bad
terms in 2002, that's 12 years ago. All re-releases have been done without my
agreement. Nowadays, GAYSPELL OMEGA performs Christian Post-HardCore music for
hipsters, so it is obviously not of my interest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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underground metal movement in Kolkata? What does Manzer have to say about the
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<b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Damn,
my memory fails so I don't remember well who is the first guy I got in touch
with haha (Desecrator, Valafar, Ayush?!) but let's say I've been interested in Death
Metal hordes like NECRODEITY and PURGATION as soon as I've heard about them,
and we began exchanging mails. Friendly and dedicated people, all hails! I know
there is also Thrash Metal with ARMAMENT. We hope to discover more bands! It's
great to see people like Desecrator from NECRODEITY organizing gigs for great
bands, it's very healthy for the underground and it's the way things should
work. A scene with good bands, supporting each other and sharing the stage
together, spreading the plague. But I've heard some jealous people in Kolkata
spread rumours and bullshit about devoted people who work hard to bring
international bands and support the local scene, this is a complete shame and a
very childish behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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second release on LEGION OF DEATH Records in 2002 was their 7"EP. And I
re-released their discography on CD/LP in 2013. As for the best Indian bands, I
would mention BEVAR SEA, PURGATION, NECRODEITY, DHWESHA, DJINN AND MISKATONIC,
KRYPTOS, ALBATROSS, MILLENNIUM, SOLAR DEITY... We
would like to wish all the beAst to the scene in Kolkata, keep the flame
burning!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Manzer’s music? What messages do you want to convey to the masses by your
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don't know if "embellishing" is the best word for this hehe...
Basically we shit on all forms of religions/politics. So our main themes are
Satan, alcohol, sex, Pictavia, blasphemy. We hope maniaks understand they must
think by themselves and not follow any dogmas are fashions. Sometimes the
lyrics are very direct, sometimes symbolic. We also tell stories and legends
from our region. Some songs are sung in Parlanjhe, our dying local language so
it's a way to tell it's important to support local and ancestral cultures. This
is also why we love to travel and tour the world by the way, we enjoy
discovering cultures very much!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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have no time to lose with such pathetic people insulting the eternal Metal cult.
It won't change a thing unfortunately so the best is to ignore them. I don't
believe in any kind of "purity" either, as we all know that evolution
in Metal has been very strong all over the years, but for sure it makes me puke
when some people try to create some avant-garde or modern bullshit by mixing
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our web-zine. Looking forward to your set at Pictavian Necromancy and an
alcohol infused after party! Leave us with a few last words. Hail!</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pleasure is ours! 666 thanxxx for the support and we'll meet you all Kolkata
maniaks soon!!! Great to know there will be an after party hehe, prepare
several barrels of the best Indian ale for us please! All hails from Pictavia
to Bengal!<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> Cheers!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Putrid Ascendancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941075558212630806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473258347821104802.post-76370692420395464442014-04-15T03:02:00.000-07:002014-04-15T03:24:09.840-07:00Yawadwipa Purveyors of Apotheotic Hymns, Omnipotence and Death - An Interview With EXHUMATION (Indonesia)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Greetings from the Putrid Ascendancy horde, Exhumation! It’s an honor to have you on here. Could you briefly tell us how and when the band was formed, and how the current line-up came to be?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b>: From hall up high greeting to you my friend, thank you for having us. The band was formed not a very long time ago, precisely 6 years ago when we're still in a very young age, innocent, fragile, and being outside of the world. As the ideas appear, it was me <b><i>Grave</i></b> and our past member <b><i>Kusnan</i></b> who build this vessel at the very first time. Then we found <b><i>Bones</i> </b>as vocal in 2010, then it just so natural when <b><i>A </i></b>and<b><i> J</i></b> both agreed to join our dominion. So here it is, Exhumation are<b> Ghoul</b>, <b>Grave</b>, <b>Bones </b>and two live sessions hordes <b><i>A </i></b>and<b><i> J</i></b> of <b>Headkrusher</b>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The band’s debut album ‘<i>Hymn to Your God</i>’ was released in 2012, and I have to say the arrangements on the album are fantastic. Fairly unconventional, with heavy doses of sensible melody with an almost classic heavy metal sense of tonality, with many segments that are more mid-paced and riff-oriented, rather than the usual continuously blasted indulgence. Could you tell us a bit about the typical song-writing process of the band, and how compositions eventually fall into place?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The band’s first official release seems to have been the split with Goddess of Fate and Nocturnal Kudeta. Was there any specific motive behind the release of this split (given that it features two songs that are also on the debut album), and what do you have to say about the bands that participated in the split alongside Exhumation?</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The band’s debut was re-released by Dunkelheit Produktionen in February ’14. How did this alliance with the label come about, and have you seen, perhaps, a surge in exposure since? Is there any difference between the 2012 and 2014 release?</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">:</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> The attraction and its adoration of the album that says all. Our reissue album would include the cover of canadian cult <b>Blasphemy</b> for the song <i><b>Ritual</b></i>.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sure thing! That's the last song that we're dive into anyway. That song is the actual reflection of our debut, Hymn! If you able to feel the song and aura in it. Its content, essence, presence of the hymn itself, an absolute track which greets and pave our way on artistic level. As we growing older and wiser, all I can say is we can't get enough to make something like this and that, we would make every song means something on the second opus. Something that really you can feel, something that you can draw on your walls, something that actually you were there, you will be the part of that.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pretty much great I would say if some people could throw away the blueprints and stigma about our music/scene/circle/world/or whatever. So far I can see there's strong acts that emerged recently in our shore Yogyakarta, even more they've build something new, something that could change their own world, something that is visible and it is a must to some people to dive into. For years before we released our debut not so many people noticed that we're still alive here and it take some time for them to know us, realize that we're exist as a band and understand our reasons what we are doing in Exhumation, even more go inside to our world. Back then, our debut was released two years ago, maybe yes maybe they shift their perception about us, Exhumation. Who knows? we don't care though. What we care is as time goes by, we would continue to refine our creativity in art and in one form or another, we walk to dissect the world with our music as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The ties between Indonesia and India is an ancient one, going back to the times of the Ramayana, where ‘Yawadwipa’, the traditional name of Java is mentioned; or the connections the country had with the Pallawas, Cholas and other dynasties. The very name <i>Yogyakarta</i> is derived from the city ‘Ayodhya’ from the epic Ramayana. Also, the Sanskrit influence in Indonesian languages and culture in general is undeniable. </b><b>In light of the same, what are the prospects for an invasion of Bharat by Exhumation? What have you heard about the scene for heavy music here?</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Well spoken my friend, I adore how you put it into words. As I can see there's a deep connection within it, it ours, eternally. Well then I would put the term adoration here if we reach can your shore, since I know the bands like <b>Necrodeity</b>, <b>Dhwesha</b>, <b>Dying Embrace</b>, and so on. Their attitude, devotion, dedication towards their music so understandable for us plus those bands make sense to us. Very inspirational bands in many ways.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Only CDs are available, cause the tapes are already sold out. You can update everything you need to know about us, well down this link; <span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://www.dunkelheit-produktionen.de/</span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Work more, second opus, tour, would be done this year! and to see the world on fire!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you for taking the time do this interview. It’s been an immense honour. If you have any closing words for the Indian hordes and beyond, please do go ahead!</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Grave</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We've had the most surreal for years! We really had to say a massive thank you for listening our music, thank you for being there. See you on the road. HYMN OF DEATH! </span><br />
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Date of Release<span style="font-weight: normal;"> – 2014</span></div>
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Playing Time <span style="font-weight: normal;">– 27:03</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">From the very inception of human civilization in
this vast geographic area that has over time been the melting pot of a various
racial types, ethnicities, cultures and religions, South Asia is a region that
has been subject to vast socio-political, cultural and demographical changes at
large since time immemorial. The ancient kingdom of Angadesha has in particular
been swamped with such changes over the course of history, and has been split
into two wholes courtesy of the two dogmas that perpetually seem to divide man
– politics and religion. <b>Nafarmaan</b> is yet another mighty force from the other
half of this land – Bangladesh. Having formed in 2008, the etymological origins
of the band name derive from the Arabic and Farsi fraction of Urdu, denoting
the most harrowing and vilest of curses in Islam, connoting the ultimate
deviant and blasphemer, also bringing under its purview the adherents of all
‘false’ religions – in essence, the despised and detested in the context of
Islamic orthodoxy.<b><i> Quayamat Lullaby</i></b> is the debut EP of this Bangla horde, a
brief release with four songs. The word </span><i style="line-height: 115%;">Qayamat</i><span style="line-height: 115%;">
denotes the Day of Judgement in Islamic theology. The first thing that comes to
mind when one comes across a black/death metal band is that you either expect
outright<b> Blasphemy</b> worship, or the band takes the conventional route of the two
other variants of this hybid genre – the more atmospheric and sonically dense
variant and the more acidic, grinding and melodicity-laden brand of blackened
death metal.</span></span></div>
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aesthetic from what you’d expect from a band in this niche genre. The manner in
which the band blends the two genres is fairly unique, with no qualms apropos
dabbling in melody and other off-beat elements such as clean guitars, traditional
chant-like dirges and the like. Comparisons to <b>Weapon </b>with regards to similar
amounts of sensible melody will inadvertently arise, although the two
ultimately sound quite different from each other. What furthermore makes the
assessment of this EP a difficult task of sorts is the fact that each track
presents a unique orchestration of the same dynamics relative to the track that
precedes it. Make no mistake however, this isn’t some sort of stripped down
black/death metal release conveniently hiding behind opaque vagaries of
song-writing – all the elements of the bestial black/death metal are very much
present here, with the signature successive phrases of devastation injected
with an inherent sense of thunderous recursion being more than evident. Riffs
flow atop a blasting structural skeleton, gashing out in an unrelenting manner,
evolving within a brief phrase, alternating between racing formations of tremolo-picked
chords with a concomitantly black metal sense of euphony and the cumbersome
sense of syncopation-driven, riveting rhythmic formation that has come to characterize death metal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">The basic riff idea here are all fairly derivative
of the larger realm of black/death metal, being the juxtaposing of lengthier
tremolo-picked mono-rhythms with muffled death metal riffs which are
illuminated by a blasting percussive background that helps to accentuate the
riff ideas, while ushering in some tempo changes in itself. <b>Nohttzver</b>, well
known for being a founding member of and the man behind the iconic logo of
<b>Weapon </b>dishes out some really fantastic fills, and the percussive dynamics as a
whole courtesy of his adept drum chops are very gratifying. The tone of the drums is especially menacing while still being technically adept and well thought out, without descending into any mindless savagery. This, in addition
to bringing into the mix, song-writing elements that would otherwise be considered
surprising, perhaps even abhorrent in the context of a black/death metal band,
such as the incorporation of some bombastic but rather enjoyable grooves, as
the opening and title track ‘<b><i>Quayamat Lullaby</i></b>’ reveals. <b>Marhoum</b>’s bass truly
shines through in these brief phrases. The guitar solos indulge themselves in a
sense of tormented atonality (although not overwhelmingly so), coiled around
emotive leads, and as already mentioned, the axe-attack of the guitarists
(<b>Agnee Azaab</b> and <b>Nohttzver</b> who serves as an addition studio guitarist) itself
has an innate sense of emotiveness and a certain intensity. Many segments
within songs have phrases that have a candor and simplicity of sorts that
presents an inherently ‘eastern’/Oriental sensibility, almost as if these very
melodies could be played on a more traditional instrument, such as the <i>Ektara</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">Thematically, the band invokes an iconoclasm of
sorts that goes hand in hand with the emotional quotient and story-telling
ability of the melodies. The title track for instance chronicles the advent of
chaos during the Day of Judgement. Such themes in turn effectively paint abstractions
of misanthropy and a certain epiphanic disillusionment. The clean guitars on a
track like ‘<b><i>Leashed Silence</i></b>’ attests to this, as do the vocals of <b>Imam Iblis</b>, a stressed,
thunderous and hoarse attack with has a heightened degree of enunciation which
reinforces this prudent nihilism. Back up vocals of a more histrionic nature are provided by the ever versatile Nohttzver, as is the case in '<b><i>Bloodsoaked Revelation</i></b>'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a well produced mix. While all the instruments
are perfectly audible, there is an innate sense of jarring that results in an
atmosphere that impression on one as congealed and perhaps even a little
sterile. But of course, given this is merely a debut EP and the band may well
have been working with both limited time and resources, one can look past this
for the most part, especially if one is used to listening to bands who
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Full Length. Nuclear War Now Productions </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Full Length, Self Released </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dark, Furious, Blistering. Swedish Death Metal tangled with tints of USDM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>4. SATANAE TENEBRIS INFINITA by IMPRECATION </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Dark Descent Records </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Blackened Death Metal Veterans strike with their first ever full length that slays and desecrates holiness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Dark Descent Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Primitive, Dark, Withered and Haunting.. Death Metal with substance </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Iron Bonehead Productions<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Filthy, dark Metal of Death from German Abyss<b>,</b> impressive and destructive </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>7. ANTI-COSMIC TYRANNY by A.M.S.G</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>8. GRAVE EKSTASIS by IRKALLIAN ORACLE </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Chaotic and torturous occult black/death metal done with maximum atmosphere </span></div>
<br /><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>. 9.LOGOS by ANTEDILUVIAN </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Nuclear War Now Productions </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Their best work. If you liked 'Through the Cervix of Hawaah', Chances are you would find it more claustrophobic and nauseating </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">10.OBSCURE VERSES FOR THE MULTIVERSE by INQUISITION </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Season of Mist Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Come and share the secrets of creation through trance of Dagon and Incubus's tyrant symphony cult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>11. KAPALGNOSIS by ORATOR </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Armee De La Mort Records</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Kliffotic destruction through sonic deathrashing tandava. Fast, barbaric and blasting euphoria. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>12. AURA by BOLZER</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">EP, IronBonehead Productions </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Primal Death Attack from Swiss Alpine Grave. First Wave induced and refreshing bolting frenzy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>13. MAN, GOD, GIANT by KATECHON</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Nuclear War Now Productions </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Bestial black metal belted harshly with rotten punk aesthetics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>14. BLACK DEATH HORIZON by OBLITERATION </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Indie Recordings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Old School death Metal done in traditional way in vein of Autopsy, Obituary, Master or Deceased.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">15. ANTINUMEROLOGY by MITOCHONDRION</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">EP, Dark Descent Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Creepy, Ferocious, Mind numbing and consistent as ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>16. MUERTE DE CRISTO EN GOLGOTA by MORBOSIDAD </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Nuclear War Now Productions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Trade mark Morboso Metal at its shining peak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>17. UNENDING DEGRADATION by KRYPTS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Dark Descent Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Finest work by one of the finest bands from Finland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>18. THE IMPIOUS CRUSADE by IMPIETY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">EP, Hells Headbangers Productions </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Impiety goes wicked and wilder every passing day. Untamed and lawless bestiality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>19. THE HEADLESS RITUAL by AUTOPSY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Peacville Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Yet another sledgestrike from the veterans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>20. PATRICIDAL LUST by VASTUM</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Crustrodden, doom-laden filthy death metal perfection</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>21. THE MALFICE by PENTAGRAM CHILE</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Cyclone Empire</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Overlooked album of the year</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>22. BLIND SERVANTS/BACK FROM THE DEPTH by ATOMIC AGGRESSOR / DEATH YELL </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Split, Hells Headbangers Records </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Old school madness preserved in two songs each from both the bands, nonetheless great music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>23. SWARMING DARKNESS by SLUTVOMIT</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Invictus Productions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Black thrash/speed metal delivered with authentic 80s aesthetics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>24. WARBORNE ASSAULT by NUCLEAR WINTER</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">EP, Wartorn Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Violent thrash Metal performed with rabid speed, aggression and much attack. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>25. NEXULZIFER by NEXUL</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Demo, Hells Headbangers Productions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Reverbed, echoed, buried under thick distortion. Black Death Metal recommended for Archgoat, Beherit and Blasphemy fans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>26. TOWARDS ESCHATON by CRAVEN IDOL</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, Dark Descent Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Bestial black thrash metal perfection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>27. SEPULCHRAL RUINS BENEATH THE TEMPLE by SHEOL</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">EP, Iron Bonehead Productions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Dark Occult Death Metal Catacomb Art. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>28. BLOODTHIRSTY EYES by WITCHBURNER</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Full Length, High Roller Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Pulverizing German Thrash Madness</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>29. ALL UPROARIOUS DARKNESS by VASAELETH </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">EP, Profound Lore Records</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Death Metal perfumed with cryptic stench of death and decay </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>30. DEVOURED BY SERPENTS by ANCIENT CRYPTS</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Demo, Iron Bonehead Productions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Extremely Heavy Death Metal inspired by Chile Deathult as well as acts like Incantation and Asphyx.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">31. SULPHUR BLESSING by SACROCURSE</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Demo, Iron Bonehead Productions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Black/death metal in vein of Black Witchery, Manticore or Blasphemy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">RBC Way. No Alien Influences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Other Honorable Mentions</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vexovoid - Portal </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Witchhunt - Master</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Evil Prevails - Convulse</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Poisoned Void - Vorum</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Septentrional Theophany - Antediluvian </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Target Earth - Voivod</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Condemnation - Temple Nightside </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I - Ogdru Jahad</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Throne Of Demonic Proselytism - Demonomancy</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Multiversal Holocaust - Zom </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Release </b>– Anthology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Type</b> – Compilation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Origin</b> – Bangalore, India </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Date of Release</b> –December 10th, 2010 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Playing Time</b> – 1.1 hours </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><u>Tracklisting</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">1. Malodorous Ejaculation </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">3. Sodomizing the Infirm </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">4. Ingest the Excrement </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">5. Twisted Mass of Burnt Decay (<b>Autopsy</b> cover)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">6. Lactated on Festering Mammary Pus </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">7. Infected With Virulent Seed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">8. Molesting the Disemboweled </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">9. Fermented Urine Therapy </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>CD 2 - </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;">1. Degraded and Defiled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">El Ataque Delos Muertos Sin Ojos [Instrumental]</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">4. </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Mangled by Rodents</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">7. Aura of Atrophy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">8. A Cranium Divided</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">9. Boneyard (<b>Impetigo</b> cover)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Gruesome Malady </b>were the first band to put India on the world wide grind map, and heralded a micro-movement of a small group of bands playing genres derived from the larger grindcore realm in the years to come. Having made quite the furore in the underground in the past, Gruesome Malady’s <b><i>Anthology </i></b>chronicles the band’s career in its entirety, and is a compilation consisting of all their official studio material sans their initial demo release. The first 10 tracks of the compilation are from their torrential debut and sole full-length studio album, ‘<b><i>Infected With Virulent Seed</i></b>’. All of the tracks are introduced by a precursory clip from horror movies of various sorts that address and portray perverse and depraved scenarios, well in congruence with the type of music present on this record and reinforce the thematic leanings of the band.</span><br />
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the compositions is very obviously </span><b style="line-height: 115%;">Jimmy Palkhivala</b><span style="line-height: 115%;">’s twisted axe work. The
riffs are absolutely abstruse and very unique even within the realm of an
already extreme and unconventional genre like goregrind. The sheer nature of
the riffs are very interesting – their vector is a sludgy guitar tone that
serves to create a rather suppurating atmosphere, and is propelled forward by a
sense of extended song-writing that is suffocating and cumbersome on the
listener. The riff’s stylistic leanings are itself somewhat evocative of, and
seem to borrow ideas from the traditional death metal school of guitar work,
but this approach does not stray into deathgrind hybrid territory in any sense,
and instead add to the eclectic nature of a given composition, as the riffs are
multi-phrasing in any given segment. The sheer moods of the riffs here are
destructive and deviant, and have an uncomfortable sense of ominousness and
depravity that is simply fantastic. Gruesome Malady does not lazily lean back
on either a cyclic song-structure, nor do they rely on repetition in order to
reinforce a song-writing idea, which essentially brings the stand out feature of
this record to fore - the song-writing is the furthest thing from </span><i style="line-height: 115%;">conventional</i><span style="line-height: 115%;">
goregrind.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">The structural quality
of the riffs are itself pleasantly unpredictable, being a potpourri of rapid
chugging (albeit with a strong ear for definitive rhythm as opposed to sterile, percussive
picking), note-based syncopation and almost neo-classical leads that as a whole
impression upon one as a warped and debased satirization of the pulsating
melodicity that is not uncommon in the realm of extreme metal, although in
limited and suitable doses. The sudden structural shifts employed by
Jimmy is unsettling in a sense, given the felicitous character of the dissonance (‘<i>March of the Mongoloids</i>’ reflects this in a most incredible
manner), atonality and consonance within the compositions, when in actuality
their usage is nothing short of esoteric and festers upon the ears of the
listener. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">‘</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><i>El ataque De Los Muertos Sin Ojos</i></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> presents all these elements in healthy slabs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">The production certainly helps in this regard, as it generates a feculent aesthetic that is swamped by the aural abhorrence of the reverb and distortion. The vocals (shared by the manic duo), comprising of the conventional bizarre gurgles, on the other hand, seem to be lost in an otherwise satisfactory mix and are merely random noises amidst the instrumentation, although one may question how imperative they are to the sturdiness of the songs in the grander scheme of things. The guitars sound more illuminated in countenance and pop out of the mix among the songs which were originally released on the </span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Mortuary Hacking Sessions/Gruesome Malady</i></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> split relative to the songs on ‘</span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Infected with Virulent Seed</i></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’ or ‘</span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Blasphemous Beef/Aura of Atrophy</i></b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’ (split with </span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Patologicum</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">). The two covers, </span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Impetigo</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’s ‘</span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Boneyard</i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’ and </span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Autopsy</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’s ‘</span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Twisted Mass of Burnt Decay</i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’ (which the band members’ other project </span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Dying Embrace</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> often covers live) are also very fun listens and rather interesting takes on the originals. The former cover especially comes off as particularly unhinged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">In summation, this is
an excellent compilation of what was one of the more unique forces in the
goregrind genre. The USP of GxMx’s music is essentially a twisted sense of
dynamics that invokes an inherently entropic and eclectic structural approach, distorted
by a seemingly disorganized, incomprehensible and chaotic sense of composition. A variety of influences are excellently channeled, such as Mortician, Lymphatic Phlegm, Last Days of Humanity or even Blasted Pancreas but Gruesome Malady ultimately stand proud with an extremely unique sound to their name. The pressings of this compilation were cancelled due to some shortcomings on part of the manufacturer, who instead pressed
CDrs and failed to incorporate the casing for a double disc package. However, I
do hope that this compilation sees the light of day some day, and is re-pressed
for the fans and grind aficionados alike to access Gruesome Malady’s
discography in a composite and easily accessible form.</span><br />
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Release<span style="font-weight: normal;"> – Kapalgnosis</span></div>
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Type <span style="font-weight: normal;">– Full-length album</span></div>
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Label<span style="font-weight: normal;"> – </span><a href="http://www.legionofdeathrecords.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Armée de la Mort Records</a></div>
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Origin<span style="font-weight: normal;"> – Dhaka, Bangladesh</span></div>
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Date of Release<span style="font-weight: normal;"> – February 20th, 2013</span></div>
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Number of Tracks<span style="font-weight: normal;"> – 10</span></div>
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Playing Time <span style="font-weight: normal;">– 41:37</span><br />
Genre<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">– Death/thrash metal</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">1. First Born of Sataninsam</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">2. Kapalrevolution</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">3. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Satanachesh Grimore</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">4. Gnosis Stained Khadga</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">5. In Tamas They Dwell</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">6. Necrocosmic Apparitions</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">7. Devoid of Dharma (Aghorey Bhyo) [Instumental]</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">8. Bestial Death (</span>Merciless<span style="font-weight: normal;"> cover)</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">9. Rites of Grand Renunciation</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">10. Last Emissaries of Doom Tantra</span></div>
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Orator <span style="font-weight: normal;">arose from the ashes of </span>Barzak<span style="font-weight: normal;">, a more primitive black/death
metal project which the primary members of the band were a part of until
the change in moniker. Three years after their debut EP ‘</span><i>Dominion of
Avyaktam</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’, the fruits of the band’s hard work are presented on this
studio endeavour. Released via Armée de la Mort Records, </span><i>Kapalgnosis<span style="color: #990000;"> </span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">
marks the first full-length of the Bangladeshi trio. The etymological
meaning behind the title and the overall running theme of the album is
imperative to the album experience, and is not merely a superficial subject for the record to frivolously lean back on, but something that
adds to the overall theatrical experience of the music. <i>Kapalgnosis</i> is
as portmanteau word of two words – <i>kapal</i> and <i>gnosis</i>. Kapal translates
into the skull cup possessed by Kāpālikas (and more broadly Aghoris), a
non-Puranic, tantric order of Shaivism in South Asia. Gnosis on the
other hand denotes knowledge, and thus Kapalgnosis together denote the
cranium chalice/skull cup of knowledge.</span></div>
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puts the listener in an almost meditative reverie, with an atmosphere
begetted by the trajection of what seems to be an ambient sitar, evoking
a feeling of austere. But this feeling of tranquillity is encroached
with the first song, ‘</span><span class="userContent"><i>First Born of Sataninsam</i></span><span class="userContent" style="font-weight: normal;">’, which sets the tone for
the album in a sense, chronicling macabre Aghoric tales, among other
alternative path topics. One immediately takes note of the slight shift
in the pacing of the band, which was a more straightforward blasting
indulgence on their debut EP in the vein of the percussive patterning of
bands like </span><span class="userContent">Krisiun</span><span class="userContent" style="font-weight: normal;">. This full length sees the band take on a charging
tempo that is comparatively evocative of a more classic death/thrash
metal percussive racing in the vein of </span><span class="userContent">Sepultura</span><span class="userContent" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span><span class="userContent">Master</span><span class="userContent" style="font-weight: normal;"> and </span><span class="userContent">Merciless</span><span class="userContent" style="font-weight: normal;">,
which are quite obviously some of the band’s influences. This works to
the advantage of the band, as they’re able to forge their riff ideas in a
more controlled manner as opposed to mindless un-fettered tremolo
ripping. However, by no means could the music be described as restrained
or sterile, as the tone of the drums are punishingly bludgeoning.
Essentially, </span><span class="userContent">Mephistopheles Warmonger</span><span class="userContent" style="font-weight: normal;"> brings forth a dynamic to the band
that keeps structural adherence in check while refusing to compromise
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unapologetically syncopation driven, evoking a raw and thunderous
textural dynamic that compliments the grotesque realism of the Aghoric
dogmas. Tempo shifts and riff ideas are seamlessly executed and blend
into the larger creative canvas in some of the more lengthy compositions
such as ‘</span><i>In Tamas They Dwell</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’. Clean guitar work is sparingly added
during appropriate segments of the aforementioned song, as well as the
ambitious and eremitic instrumental ‘</span><i>Devoid of Dharma (Aghorey Bhyo)</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’.
This element serves to add to the layering and illumination of a given
track, while presenting fragmented ideas working together in
counterpoint. Solos are brief and quite simplistic, perhaps leaving one
longing for more in that specific department, but the vitality of the
songs as a whole compels one to ignore this shortcoming. </span>Vritra Ahi<span style="font-weight: normal;">’s
bass work mostly follows the riff idea established by </span>Skullbearer<span style="font-weight: normal;">, but
adds to the overall cohesiveness and sturdiness of the sound.
Independent bass moments are found on songs like ‘</span><i>Gnosis Stained Khadga</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’
and others across the album.</span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent" style="font-weight: normal;"> The song structures are cyclical, and
the number of distinctive, separate riffs is limited within a given
song, but the sheer relentlessness of the compositions, driven by the
ripping wave-like riffs keep any notions of monotony at bay. The vocals
are a primitive, ripped vocal-chords type of indulgence that requires
little analysis. Vocal hooks are incorporated within the primeval sonic
pillage of </span><span class="userContent">Skullbearer</span><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;">’s venomous chants; as the chorus of songs like
‘</span><i>Kapalrevolution</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’ or ‘</span><i>Rites of Grand Renunciation</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’ effectively reflect.
There are less native instruments on this album relative to their debut
EP, and is mostly restricted to the usage of subtle flutes that are in
congruence with the trance inducing guitar patterning on the sole instrumental track of the album</span></span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. The band has also added a cover of </span>Merciless<span style="font-weight: normal;">' </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">‘</span><i>Bestial Death</i><span style="font-weight: normal;">’ which is simply fantastic.</span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Lyrically, the band invokes the cultural
mythos and mysticism of the land, albeit not by means of a
straightforward historical narrative. Instead, they reflect on the more
anomalous (some would say morbid) side of the land’s spiritual
tenets, and what better dogmatic order than the Aghori sect compliments
their menacing and dark hymns? However, this is tastefully done, and doesn’t
overwhelm the listener. The sound they’ve forged for themselves is
universally relatable amidst these native specificities and culturally-oriented thematic
leanings. The artwork is also fantastic, which portrays a Brahmin being
decapitated by a maniacal Aghori (with a third eye to boot), and the
premise of the artwork can be read inside the lyrics/credits booklet of
the album. I cannot stress what an excellent visual compliment it is to
the larger thematic premise and rabid music of the album.</span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">In
conclusion, the band successfully conjures a death metal sound via a
vicious thrash metal percussive channel, which is both gratifying and
has high replay value. It might not present the most <i>original</i> sound, but
is cohesively executed and to put it simply, very catchy and
invigorating, and is stellar by any standards.</span></h5>
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<u>Rating</u> – 9.2/10</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Artist - DYING EMBRACE</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Title - Era of Tribulation</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Type - Compilation </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Country - India</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Label - Armee de la Mort Records</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Date of Release - December 26th, 2012</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Number of Tracks - 14</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Total Playing Time - 52:43</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Misanthrope 7"EP </i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">3. The Passing Away 04:03 <br /> 4. Grotesque Entity 05:02 <br /> 5. Oremus Diabolum 05:39 </span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">'Serenades Of Depravity' Mini Album </span></span></span></span></i></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">6. As Eternity Fades 03:22<br /> 7. Spawn Of The Depths 03:06<br /> 8. Dagda - His Time Has Come 02:46<br /> 9. D.T's (Instrumental) 02:58<br /> 10. Degeneration 03:09<br /> 11. Elegy For The Damned (Outro) 01:18 </span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">'Dying Embrace' Demo </span></span></i></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">12. The Passing Away 04:07 <br /> 13. Grotesque Entity 05:04 <br /> 14. Oremus Diabolum 05:29</span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Buried for Centuries deep beneath the Sand</span></span></span></span></i></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Lightning now strikes the <span style="font-size: small;">unconsecrated</span> Land<span style="font-size: small;">"</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">V</span></b>eteran Doom/Death Legions of India, DYING EMBRACE's Discography/Compilation CD regurgitates the anatomical existence of this monstrous entity, lurking in the dark underground for nearly two decades, rejecting everything mainstream, denying to bring forth any changes in what they believe in or what they like to play and provoking the charm of true flame of underground music among maniacs. DYING EMBRACE was initially formed as MISANTHROPE as early as in 1991, heavily doused in musical influences from likes of Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Autopsy, Paradise Lost etc. Later the band changed its moniker to DYING EMBRACE after departure of the former vocalist. This Compilation is the testimony or showcase of this legendary band's work of art buried under the grave of time. </span></span></span></i></span></span></h2>
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Putrid Ascendancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941075558212630806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473258347821104802.post-30583438954980313032013-01-10T16:26:00.000-08:002013-07-01T09:17:40.220-07:00Genocide Shrines (Sri Lanka) - Devanation Monumentemples (EP) Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Band -Genocide Shrines</b></div>
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<b>Release - Devanation Monumentemples</b></div>
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<b>Type - EP</b></div>
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<b>Label - Cyclopean Eye Productions</b></div>
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<b>Origin - Colombo, Sri Lanka</b></div>
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<b>Date of Release - July 7th, 2012</b></div>
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<b>Number of Tracks - 7</b></div>
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<b>Total Playing Time - 19:46</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sri Lanka</span>, a land shrouded by political warfare, oppression and inter-racial hatred would be ideal breeding grounds for the birth of bands
following similar lyrical themes and a similar approach to their music.
However, <b>Genocide Shrines</b>, hailing from the capital city of Colombo,
have little but no hints of such influences in their music or lyrics and
pursue a much darker and more primitive approach to their music, the other sides of primordial Sri Lankan ancestry and the wages of muted grudge manifested for defeated eternities, from fearsome and heroic Ravanakult and all
of their blasphemous vomits are compiled to give birth to their monstrous debut EP
‘<b>Devanation Monumentemples</b>'.<br />
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Furious, ritualistic Black/Death Metal spat out with tantric
animosity and unearthly desires, an apotheosis of the mighty king whom even Lord Shiva praised and adored, who once ruled the land and his terror is still unforgotten, Genocide Shrines, comprising of
Tridenterroccult, BlasphemousWarGoat, NarkotikPerversor and Khaoshiva,
perform a unique blend of black metal and death metal with earnest
emphasis on providing total chaos. Heavily distorted razor-like riffs,
steam-rolling drums, sinister bass-lines and atrocious vocals,
that would recreate a sense of getting drowned in a primal sea of black chaos. The vocals appear like the incoming turbulent waves on the shore, ravaging, sometimes dominant, some absolutely tidal but never submissive. Deep Gutturals are superbly complemented with those blood-chilling echoed and highly reverbed shrieks creating a multidimensional and aural sonic landscape. The
production is an added bonus as all the instruments are audible while
managing to sound “raw” at the same time which trust me is not an easy task to perform. Like, if you listen to similar releases in past, one of the remarkable releases has been 'Seven Chalices' by Teitanblood of Spain. That album created an absolutely terrifying sonic impression. Almost flawless record in every account except the drums in the mix, which was too buried under the guitar distortions and vocals. But in this case of 'Devanation Monumentemples" the drums are perfectly mixed, giving the riffs enough support and structures.<br />
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The addition of an
intro, interlude and an outro(Each called a Pillar) add a better dimension to this EP and
enhances the listening experience. Personally I loved the 'Submission' Pillar II, which somehow sounded like a clipping from a movie but it definitely added a kind of contrast or juxtaposition to the music. Even though all the tracks here are
stellar, ‘Nectars of Tantric Murder’ and ‘Apparitions of Spiritual
Obliteration’ stand out from the rest, in my opinion, And if you want to sample pure black flame of chaos of Lord Shiva, you must check out Shivatandavaiolence, which would slowly evolve into true fucking terrifying state of tandava after 1:55 minutes. The end riff of ‘Apparitions of Spiritual
Obliteration’ is as memorable and deadly as the infamously infectious 'In the Grip of Winter' riff of Autopsy from Mental Funeral. <br />
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Lyrically the band had done really appropriate to their absolutely indoctrinating theme and penchant for spiritual warfare. Deeply rooted in eastern esoteric darkness, Genocide Shrines penned some of the most provocative, igniting and liberating war poetry that would not hesitate a bit to glorify death, chaos, holocaustic wrath and apocalypse, very much like they already said before, 'In his(Raavan) name, We desecrate<b>'</b>.<br />
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Genocide Shrines have carved
out a perfect sound of their own with their below-20 minute EP and I have to say
that ‘Devanation Monumentemples’ is becoming one of my favorite EP’s
the more I listen to it. Putrid Ascendancy already mentioned of this EP in its list of 2012's best releases and do consider Genocide Shrines are the best break-through band of 2012.<br />
A very special mention goes ‘Cyclopean Eye Productions’, an Indian Record Label with eyes set on true talents in the underground, for signing this very talented group of musicians and giving them the right opportunity, promotion and platform. I am sure it would be a great feeling for the label now seeing their debut release making it to list of "Best of 2012", internationally. <br />
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Genocide Shrines's work in this EP could be compared to the western standards set by prolific acts like Archgoat, Proclamation or Teitanblood. With endless of
blessings from Raavan, Genocide Shrines are surely here to annihilate with no mercy and
could be depended upon to produce more captivating violent slabs of occult Death Metal in the future and what I just heard is that they are already on their first full length that would be released in coming months for mass obliteration.<br />
This solid,
mature and aggressive release from these Sri Lankan blasphemers should
not be missed by metal maniacs out there who worship true bestial black metal
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<i><b>Desecrator/Joseph Stephenson </b></i><br />
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<i>Band Website</i> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/genocideshrines" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/genocideshrines</a>, <a href="http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Genocide_Shrines/3540348844" target="_blank">http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Genocide_Shrines/3540348844</a><br />
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<i>Label Website</i> - <a href="http://www.cyclopeaneye.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cyclopeaneye.com/</a>, <a href="http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/Cyclopean_Eye_Productions/29279" target="_blank">http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/Cyclopean_Eye_Productions/29279</a>Putrid Ascendancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941075558212630806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473258347821104802.post-89490686808482321712013-01-02T07:18:00.002-08:002013-01-02T07:20:33.625-08:00An Interview with Kingsley King Fowley of DECEASED <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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year together. A new album is in the works and we’re about to go out on
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from the 80's and starting off with a very primitive and old school
sound earlier, how would you shed light on the influences which helped
you in shaping us such a tight sound for Deceased ? <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;">KF:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> We’ve
grown up through it all. We’ve learned to play our gear and with that
the proper adding and subtracting has come to the forefront. We’ve
always played with the fast and thrash ideas as well as the heavy metal
melodies too. We’re just able to do more now due to learning to
write/create songs and all that come with it. I’ve shaped my voice into
how I enjoy singing for Deceased. It’s come a long way too! The band is a
fine tuned machine these days!!!<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></span><br /> PA: As your lyrical themes tell
us about zombies and classic works of horror from 'The Twilight Zone'
and of Edgar Allan Poe, what in particular compelled you towards that
theme and how do you frame it so well in terms of creating music with? <br /> <br />
KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">It’s fitting to what this band is all about. We’ve always gone for
morbid topics and ‘fitting’ themes to our sound. I have many things I
love from the horror genre. From written works to film to fiction ideas
in my mind. Even nonfiction horrors are a part of it. This was very
prominent on the ‘Surreal Overdose’ record.<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>PA: We would like to
know from you, about the sound of Deceased. How is it different now
compared to the earlier sound? Please tell us how the sound had evolved over
years and how significant do you find this change? </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"> </span></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">We were
young and on drugs and just teens. We wanted to turn the amps all the
way up play the fastest tempos and just be ugly raw and aggressive. We
learned dynamics to make those fast parts stand out more in time. We
learned how to keep guitar solos in key. We learned to layer vocals and
to layer guitar ideas. All this to us is very fun and a dream to grow
into better song writers. Only time and trial and error can get you
there. We still love the turn it up and go for it attitude and we surely
haven’t ‘mellowed’ with age either. It’s all still there just in a more
professional package overall.<br /> </span><br /> PA: Do you prefer using ‘Vintage Gear' or Analog Technology for the construction of your music. If yes, tell us more about it? <br /> <br />
KF:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> We use what’s fitting to us. We still just buy our guitar heads and
cabs and go for it on that ideal. We’re not much for ‘today's sounds’ in
gear. Classic sounds are stuck in our heads and I’m sure always will be.
When it comes tr recording we dabble in technology now and then but
most of the time we don’t like what it brings so we abandon it.<br /> </span><br /> PA: Please name a couple of Heavy Metal bands which you love and never forget to listen to? <br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Voivod are 3 of our main metal influences and always will be.<br /> </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">PA: We would like to know about the metal scene in Virginia presently,
tell us about the local bands and upcoming metal bands from there?<br /> <br />
KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">I don’t live in Virginia for over 7 years now but when I visit and we
practice nearby in Washington d.c area (only Mike lives in Virginia
there these days) I don’t see much. The music scene is pretty beat down
there. Used to have a damn good scene and we’d be the band to promote it
all and set up shows. It seems the music down that way is pretty low
key and not really moving up.</span><br /> <br /> PA: Any recent tours out of U.S? Are you working on a new Deceased release, is it going to be a
full-length? Name some places, festivals you like to tour and why? Also
tell us about about new venues you'd like to play at or places, that
Deceased is planning to visit in future? <br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">We are going to do a
U.S tour in march going west coast and in between some too. A new LPs is
in the works. It’s called ‘Ghostly White’ and it’ll be put out on Hell’s
Headbangers records. We hope by 2013 end to have it out. I love playing
anywhere big or small! All shows are a good time with us. We just love
to set up and have a blast. We’d love to get to Europe in 2014 and do a
full European tour. That’s next on our ‘things to do’ list!!!</span><br /> </span></span></span></span></h5>
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PA: Which Deceased album would you give an aesthetic importance and why ? What in your opinion are the important aspects of producing a proper
and complete metal record? <br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">I think all we’ve done is
important in our growth. Many consider ‘Fearless Undead Machines’ as our
best. I’m more into the sound and style of ‘Supernatural Addiction’
this is my fave Deceased record. It all comes together just right to me
on that one. To make a complete record first off you need good songs.
Memorable and with substance and variation! You need to take your time
and do it right. Hurrying really never does a lot of good to anything.
And if its of standard in time it might be considered a classic to the
heavy metal world. I’m from the school that if as an artist I enjoy the
finished product then I’m satisfied for all time!</span><br /> <br /> PA: What do
you have to say about trendy, posing genres like Death core and
Metalcore?How much has it helped the 'Metal Scene' all around the world?
<br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Music is music. There would be many fools and trend jumpers. I ignore
it the best I can and that’s all you can do. Be strong at what you do
and don’t let that stupidity slow down your dreams in the music field.
The strong will survive!<br /> </span><br /> PA: What is your call on Grindcore? Name
the bands you are fond of and you support, in that genre.Also tell us
how bands like Dead Kennedys and the rest of the hardcore punk bands
help give Deceased the rawness to its sound?<br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">I love a lot of
hardcore from the old days and punk from the Ramoners to
Plasmatics,Dk’s, Mdc, English Dogs, The Accused etc. These bands have a
good raw angle and it really added to the vibe we are a part of.
Grindcore is cool if the drummer can keep up and the riffs are
ferocious. Bands like Repulsion are amazing.</span><br /> <br /> PA: How do you differentiate the American Metal Scene to that of the Europe? What is
the dissonance you find in European Metal compared to the rest of the
world? <br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Well its so interchanged these days most of it matches
up now on all shores. But younger I noticed the Europeans had a lot of
musical ideas from guitar harmonies and a lot of melody that America had
to catch up on. They kept the heavy edge and still made viable intense
metal music.</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span>PA: What in your terms is called a 'real establishment' for a
metal band? How important is Deceased to you and the others in the
band?<br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">I live for the band. It is my life. To speak for the
other guys they love doing what we do and even though we’re in our 40s
now still find time to make it all happen. We know when time comes to
write new material that we won’t rush or shit it out. We will do it with
the love and care we give our songs we create. We don’t believe in half
ass and we wont ever fall into that.</span><br /> <br /> PA: What is the amount of
time you spend with Deceased and what impact does it lay on you at the
end of the day? What is Deceased other than just being music to you?
Tell us about your involvement in the band? <br /> <br /> KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Oh every day is
about the band. From booking shows to setting up jams to making shirts
to talking to folks who support us like yourself. My involvement is the
‘leader’ of the band. The guys know I’m always in the best interest of
the band. It’s what I do and what ill always do. It’s my life. Music is
my wife!!</span><br /> <br /> PA: What good news about Deceased do you want to share with us so we cherish it on its name?<br /> <br />
KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">We’re still doing our thing! We’ve never swayed or faltered. On we go!
Proud to be 100% still ourselves all these years later!~!!</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">PA: Its a tradition of Putrid Ascendancy to ask you to name 5 of your favorite metal albums of all time.go ahead....... <br /> <br />
KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Sure some albums I live for, Black Sabbath ‘Mob Rules’, Voivod ‘Killing
Technology’, Jag Panzer ‘Ample Destruction’, Y&T ‘Mean Streak’ and
Whiplash ‘Power and Pain’ are 5 of them! All classics in every sense to
me.</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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future; and the best of wishes to Deceased. So lastly, what message do you
want to send out to your fans? </span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">KF: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Thanks to all for reading and the
support. Wishing everyone well over the holidays 2012. Be yourself and
stay wild! UP THE TOMBSTONES!!!!! Hails and greetings!</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Genre - Thrash Meta</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>l</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Release - Warborne Assault</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Type - EP </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Date of Release - 17th January, 2013</b></span></div>
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<b><span class="userContent">1 - Nuke 'Em Back To The Stone Age</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="userContent"> 2 - Father Of All Bombs</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="userContent">3 - Sacred Warfare<br /> 4 - Idol Of The Blinds<br /> 5 - Not A Step Back (Order No. 227)</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="userContent">Total Playing Time - 15 Minutes </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>hrash is not a very easy genre to make a mark in. One can argue that
all the major innovations in the style were done in the 80's, the
decade that gave birth to the genre. However true that may be, it must
be stated that thrash in the modern day is a genre that is full of
copy-cats that lack originality and just want to do the same thing that
the next band is doing. To put it bluntly, most thrash bands just look
the same and sound the same. In fact, the most unfortunate thing is that
I can pick a random band from Spain and pair them up with a band from
Canada, and they could have both been from the same den in the west
coast of the USA. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nuclear Winter are not just another ripple in
the endless stream, however. Right from the outset, the band
differentiate themselves with their dark sounding, gritty production
that manages to be clean at the same time. The guitar tone bursts out
the gates like a battering ram, crashing into everything and beating the
opposition into submission, while the drumming provides a constant
barrage of bullets to aid the assault. The bass has a healthy clunky
tone that is a bit behind in the mix but is not without its own presence
as it adds another layer of heaviness to the overall mix, and helping
create the ultimate aura of endless warfare taking place before our very
eyes.. or ears, in this case. Speaking of war, the vocal performance by
Reza is akin to a general barking orders from the trenches, but never
hesitating to fire some rounds himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The music is played out
at breakneck tempos throughout, sometimes giving way for a mid-tempo
approach, but never ever slowing down. The riffage leads the way
forward, armed with the great tone as mentioned earlier, with the tight
rhythm section giving the aggression a contained and compacted feel. The overall
effect is devastating, when the sounds of war break through your
speakers. In the midst of all this high speed metal madness, a guitar
solo drops in and makes its presence known every now and then to keep
this Bangla blitzkrieg marching forward. It is really something to
behold, and if you don't sing along to the choruses when you witness
this band live... you shouldn't be at the gig in the first place. I know
I will personally go apefuckingshit when I some day am blessed enough
to see them live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The songs are all well balanced. The first
track, the promo single, starts off in crushing fashion and eventually
leads way to the band's trademark fast tempos and barking vocal style.
Father Of All Bombs is a short but sweet effort clocking in around two
minutes with some interesting riffage and an addictive chorus section.
This song will have you guzzling beer can after beer can while smashing
your heads against the stage. The next two songs – Sacred Warfare, and
Idol of the Blinds – are notably more nefarious in nature, with some
harsher vocal styles on display as well as some riffs that wouldn't be
out of place on a death/thrash song. These two songs make it clear to
the listener that this band brings variety to the table as well, before
the EP finally closes off with a sick crossover influenced track in Not A
Step Back (Order No. 227). This last one finishes as soon as it begins,
leaving behind a mass of collateral damage in its wake. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musically,
you would be pretty ill-informed to claim that this band is a Sodom
worship band just after reading their name. Their influences upon the
initial listenings, vary from the aforementioned German thrash masters
to acts such as Destruction, Exodus, Sacred Reich, Sacrifice and Morbid
Saint. However they are not any generic retro-homage to 80's acts. At
the end of the day, Nuclear Winter just provide an eclectic mix of
elements of their favorite bands, and manage to create their own sound
in the process. </span></div>
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Putrid Ascendancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941075558212630806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473258347821104802.post-10833172729764919242012-12-03T01:31:00.005-08:002012-12-03T01:31:52.140-08:00REVIEW : One Hand One Foot and a Lot of Teeth - DEATH BY DAWN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Death by Dawn is a very overlooked band in the thrash death genre
leaning closer to thrash. With vocals by Martin Van Drunen we all know
that part is well taken care of. the music is not his normal forte
except maybe Comecon stuffs. the production is pretty raw and the album
is equally as comparable to their demos, earlier and later. I hear a bit
of punk and hardcore influences at times as well. When I listen to this
album I wonder how something so fucking awesome could be so overlooked,
especially with the caliber of musicians and vocals. STF was a
relatively small label so I am thinking they might have not pressed many
but its a shame. any fans of thrash/death in the vein of Comecon or
Pestilence.<br /> <br /> The nicotine lobby is by far my favorite track on
the album just because of the brutal beginning and the vocals. there
isn't a bad song on the album and if you haven't heard this you are
missing a very solid album. I do not do in depth reviews or embellish as
I leave that for you to decide.this is basically just to get your
attention to listen to a very fucking good album you might not know
about.</span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">4.5/5<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Tracklist<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1. Divorced, Conicted, Fired 03:41<br /> <br /> 2. A Day Without the Band 06:17<br /> <br /> 3. Profit 04:16<br /> <br /> 4. Parliament of Decadence04:56<br /> <br /> 5. The Nicotine Lobby 05:48<br /> <br /> 6. The Deceiver Silenced 04:34<br /> <br /> 7. Welfare Paradise 04:50<br /> <br /> 8. State Paranoia 04:03 <br /> <br /> 9. Not Afraid to Die 08:29 </span></span></h5>
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Putrid Ascendancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941075558212630806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473258347821104802.post-5112080760480954542012-11-29T08:07:00.002-08:002012-11-29T08:07:39.488-08:00REVIEW - ALTAR (SWE) No Flesh Shall Be Spared (Demo)<div class="_38 direction_ltr">
When exploring the subterranean realms
of the genre we call “death metal” one finds a lot of gems, most of
them unpolished and likely never to see the light of day. Indeed, these
realms are inhabited by a loyal, chosen few who are dedicated to the
finding of such gems, searching the caverns for whatever they can find.
Albums, LP's, EP's, demos, live recording, splits. Everything goes. One
of the most populated caves within this unholy underground land is that
of Swedish Death Metal. Anyone with a basic knowledge of Old School
Death Metal knows what Sweden is all about. Gut ripping chainsaw guitar
tones, primitive neanderthal vocal deliveries, beastly animal like
drumming, gurgling distorted bass-lines all blend in together seamlessly
and deliver a type of death metal that is so simple, yet so addictive.
Technicality is shunned for pure brutality. And with this we come to one
of the many gems of Swedish Death Metal – Altar's No Flesh Shall Be
Spared demo.<br />
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Entering the fray in 1991, this demo differs a bit
from its counterparts and their interpretation of the style, while being
completely within the confines of Swedish Death Metal. The chunky,
Baphomet-esque riffs hack away at your limbs with utmost glee, as the
demo lives up to its promise of not sparing any flesh. Baphomet is not
the only reference point for this mind you, Bolt Thrower and Autopsy
influences collide in equal parts and the result is some
headbang-friendly compositional randomness – inherently present,
however, in most if not all Swedeath. The drumwork smoothly transitions
from grooves to blasts to d-beats to crushing double bass assaults,
sometimes giving you a different beat than what you would expect on a
riff that further gives the band a feel of its own independent of other
Swedeath bands. Everything is here, the bass provides the low end as
expected and the icing on the cake if of course the ghastly vocal
delivery ultimately ensures that every moment is just quite simply
downright fun as fuck, and disgustingly filthy at the same time – it's
like watching a group of girls have a mudfight.<br />
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In terms of
production, this is pretty solid for what is supposedly a demo. The
clarity here stands at contrast with other demos of the time, which
gives it an even more crushing vibe. The classic Swedeath demo murkiness
remains a standpoint of the production though the chainsaw sound is
lacking, instead containing more of a British – Benediction, Bolt
Thrower – type rounded and thick guitar tone. Though, there is nothing
wrong with that! Overall this is how DM is supposed to sound. Like
something out of a classic horror flick, not something out of someone's
arse - which is how most modern death metal production sounds like to be
fairly honest, a mass congregation of farts intermingling with each
other and creating one massive uber-fart.... but that is another story.
My only gripe with the production is that the snare sound becomes a bit
annoying at times but for a demo it's very cool how the mixing is done
in a way that makes everything very clear.<br />
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There's not a whole of
negatives here in all honesty. They seemed about ready to release an
album – a badass one at that. However, compositionally they don't come
off as being as mature as Entombed or Grave – they seem more interested
in delivering one headbanging riff after another and being as
unpredictable as possible than following any strict way of doing things.
However it becomes clear after a few listens that they at the time
pershaps were lacking the maturity to piece all the ingredients
together. None of the songs on the demo are instantly memorable, though
they do grab your attention and make you want to give it spin after spin
until the songs are embedded inside your brain. But as I have stated
before, this is massively fun stuff. Recommended for fans of Swedish
Death Metal and also fans of Baphomet and Bolt Thrower. 8/ 10 ! I envy
anyone who saw this band live back in the day.<br />
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Putrid Ascendancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941075558212630806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473258347821104802.post-40131565859372426382012-10-28T07:43:00.003-07:002012-10-28T08:14:53.129-07:00The Northern Hymns Of Zarathustran Moon : Black Metal Compilation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i>Putrid Ascendancy compiles some some of the classic frostbitten back metal tunes. A cold and treacherous call from northern ancestry. </i></b><br />
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Putrid Ascendancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08941075558212630806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473258347821104802.post-24029844615340145382012-09-22T23:23:00.000-07:002012-09-22T23:46:25.145-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">OF DIVINE HORROR AND THE OCCULT: AN INTERVIEW WITH WOODEN STAKE.</span><br />
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We at Putrid ascendancy recently caught up with Vanessa Nocera of the horror/doom metal band WOODEN STAKE. Contained herein are extracts of the interview, where Vanessa tells us about her music, influences, and the scene back home.<br />
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<b>PA: Across countries, continents, pervading oceans and language barriers, the love for extreme metal unites us. Hails from Putrid Ascendancy! Let’s begin with a brief introduction of Wooden Stake, in your own words.</b><br />
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Vanessa: We are a doom/death band that strives to not sound like anything you’ve ever heard.<br />
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<b>PA:What releases have you produced so far, and where are you taking the band at this time? What’s next for Wooden Stake?</b><br />
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Vanessa: We’ve had many releases on many different labels around the world. Our first was a MCD “Vampire Plague Exorcism” released on my Razorback Recordings sub-label called Hexamorphosis Productions. Next was a split 7” with Druid Lord with the song “In the Godless Moonlight” released by Altsphere Productions based out of France. Then we were offered to release our “Invoke the Ageless Witch” 7” with Sarlacc Productions from Ireland. We then did a split CD with Blizaro, our full-length album “Dungeon Prayers &Tombyard Serenades”, another 7” with Sorcerer’s Pledge Records from Germany called “Black Caped Carnivore”, and finally our compilation album “At the Stroke of Midnight”. All CDs (except “Vampire Plague Exorcism”) and “Black Caped Carnivore” are still available through Razorback Recordings’ website.<br />
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<b>PA:What are the lyrical themes knitting together your materials? What are the general messages you want to convey to the masses through your music?</b><br />
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Vanessa: The themes in the lyrics are a mix of occult themes, Satanism, folklore, horror comics, horror movies, horror novels, and the dark arts. I’m very much influenced by story tellers and I’ve always loved King Diamond for this aspect, so I try to convey that in the lyrics and music. I tell a story with the lyrics but my voice as well.<br />
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<b>PA:What would you define as ‘success’ for your music? What in your opinion are a few essentials for newer bands to keep in mind while making their music to remain sincere to the genre, and its pioneers?</b><br />
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Vanessa: A lot of people start out to make something of his or herself in music and if that fails they take another path, even if it’s compromising to who they are and what they want to do. I would advise to never compromise and to instead sharpen what you set out to do in the first place.<br />
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<b>PA: Is Wooden Stake a catharsis of your feelings?</b><br />
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Vanessa: Definitely! When I’m singing, screaming, growling, howling, screeching, or hissing I am letting out the turmoil that I’ve let dwell in me for years; it’s healthy catharsis. I’m most creative in Wooden Stake as far as vocals because it’s more involved than just death metal growling (which can be a tricky talent within itself). I make sure that pain comes through as well as vengeance in my voice.<br />
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<b>PA: Do you think heavy metal as a genre has a distinct world view? How in your opinion, does traditional doom metal’s ideology vary from other newer doom metal sub genres?</b><br />
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Vanessa: I’m not someone who categorizes music to the T. I guess there are such things as sludge, stoner, and so on, but to me it’s just doom. For other subgenres of metal it gets more tedious than doom, but many of the subgenres of doom are just doom to me. A lot of bands’ content is interesting, but not enough to keep me wanting more. I’m totally into evil shit! I want Satan, witches, curses, Voodoo, etc. in my themes or I feel like I might as well be listening to Huey Lewis and the News or something like that.<br />
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Vanessa: Art should be thought provoking, somewhat intellectual, and have a meaning even if it’s metaphorical and the listener gets a different meaning than the creator. I think my music portrays anger, but also sadness and pain. There is a lot going on. Not too much happiness, but there is a time and place for everything and happiness doesn’t fit in too well.<br />
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<b>PA: Growing up in an era, mainly dominated by extreme metal, how would you define the change in the atmosphere of the metal community world wide?</b><br />
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Vanessa: Metal is an ever-changing world, haha! Growing up, I was allowed to listen to metal, but when people found out my parents were letting me buy these tapes at such a young age my parents caught some grief over it. It’s still looked on as being for “lowlife” people in the mainstream, but it has become more acceptable because of how it makes its way into pop culture.<br />
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<b>PA: What in your opinion are the weaknesses of old school extreme metal? How do you overcome this?</b><br />
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Vanessa: I guess something that I hear in so many bands that have an old school influence is that they start to sound the same after a while. There will be one aspect that makes them stand out from the rest, but it’s not showcased enough in the music. Running a record label I am exposed to many great demos and then there are some that I like, but I want more from the band. It’s really, REALLY rare I get a demo and take it out of the player after 30 seconds. I give everything a chance, but sounding the same is something I’ve observed from bands lately, or having an arrogant attitude of having to be fast all the time.<br />
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<b>PA: America’s ambivalence when it comes to extreme metal is well known. How is the scene back home?</b><br />
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Vanessa: The scene here is okay. It could be better and it could be worse. I think wherever there are metalheads, there will be a dedicated crowd to keep it alive. Here in Kentucky the scene is good, but not thriving like it was a few years ago. When I lived in Chicago, it was the same.<br />
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<b>PA: What according to you are the attributes of a perfect extreme metal record?</b><br />
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Vanessa: Originality and putting every atom of emotion into the riffs, lyrics, and vocals. If I hear something and think “they could have pushed just a little more”, I’m not disappointed, but I am left with wanting more from that band. I think anger is a recipe that should be in the forefront of it all.<br />
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<b>PA: What do you make of the newer trends like deathcore, metalcore, djent embodying and claiming to be an integral part of metal nowadays? What in your opinion will the music scene be like in the decades to come?</b><br />
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Vanessa: I don’t pay attention to a lot of subgenres like this. I mainly stick with classics, but again, there are those times where I find something new that I like. I could never say what the music or metal scene will become because it’s always changing and always evolving.<br />
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Vanessa:Quit ripping everything off and create something that will kill all the other bottom feeders. Don’t take advantage of the path made for you and make your own damn path. <br />
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<b>PA:We at Putrid Ascendancy have always traditionally, put forth a question enquiring about our interviewees top 5 albums of all time. Fire away!</b><br />
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Vanessa: This is hard only because I have to pick one album from each band presented, but here it goes:<br />
1) Metallica – Master of Puppets<br />
2) Death – Leprosy<br />
3) Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath<br />
4) Black Sabbath – Sabotage<br />
5) Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse <br />
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<b>PA: It’s been a pleasure! Leave us with a message for your followers among the ranks of the cult of Putrid Ascendancy.</b><br />
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Vanessa: My pleasure as well! Thanks to those who have fought with us and fought against us. Our supporters are greatly appreciated and hope to see Wooden Stake play live one day. You can get our merch through Razorback Recordings’ website (listed below), and you can contact me personally via facebook, or email: eibon81@hotmail.com.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wooden Stake</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Horror/Doom metal.<br />Wooden stake are : Vanessa Nocera - Vocals/Bass<br /> Tony Proffer - Guitar<br /> Wayne Sarantopoulos - Drums</span><br />
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Website :<a href="http://www.woodenstakeband.com/" target="_blank"> http://www.woodenstakeband.com</a><br />
Myspace :<a href="http://www.myspace.com/woodenstakedeath" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/woodenstakedeath</a><br />
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<b><i>Putrid Ascendancy</i> has always been searching for new bands that manifest similar ideologies and directions towards their art. San Diego based Ascended Dead is surely one of the bands PA has been immensely interested in from day one and we were eagerly waiting for the demo to come out. We contacted them recently and we had a brief conversation, mainly on Ascended Dead and its music. <i>Putrid Ascendancy</i> presents you JON REIDER, Guitarist and Vocalist of ASCENDED DEAD. </b></div>
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<b>Putrid Ascendancy: Welcome to Putrid Ascendancy, The Indian and South Asian Underground. </b></div>
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<b>Jon Reider:</b> Thanks for having me.</div>
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<b>PA: To start off this interview, lets back up to the point from where it all began. Decay. Could you shed some light on Decay? Decay had Jon and Ian playing in it. It was one of the renowned bands in the San Diego Scene along with the likes of Morbid Gods.</b></div>
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<b>JR:</b> Decay was formed in 2009, it was something I had wanted to get started for a few years until then. We were heavily influenced by stuff like early Death, Nihilist, Possessed, and Hellhammer. That band's history was loaded with lineup changes, more than I feel like going in depth about. I'd say the lineup that stands out the most in my mind was the one with myself, Nick from Phantasm/Archaic Mortuary on drums, and Drew from Morbid Gods on bass. That was the lineup which played the most shows and the one which recorded the self titled EP which you heard. With that lineup, the Decay entity had accomplished what it had sought for from the beginning. Nick was replaced shortly after that EP was released. After that, the sound had morphed to have more of a Necrovore-influence. That latter lineup never recorded anything and only played two shows, the second of which was with Ian. </div>
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<b>PA: I guess Decay changed its name to Death Knell in later days, probably around the release of the EP, Decay: Armies Of The Dead. And then later the band changed its name back to Decay. </b></div>
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<b>JR:</b> With that later lineup which I mentioned, in which we had went towards a more Necrovore influence, I felt it would be more fitting towards the end to change the name since the sound had changed so much. I wanted to write a plethora of new songs to go with it, but the band split up before that could happen. I could have continued as Death Knell or whatever, but I found myself not really liking that name too much after a little bit. I thought it would be best to just put that entire entity to rest for good. I changed the name on the pages back to 'Decay,' since all our shows, recordings, etc were done under that name. </div>
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<b>JR:</b> Of course, the Decay EP was recorded 2 years ago. My influences were much different at that time and our abilities were a lot more limited than that of Ascended Dead.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> Decay ended when two members, Drew, and our drummer James quit. I could have reformed that band under the same name with different members, but I felt it was time to start something new. I felt that Decay was representative of my past mindset and influences, it was not something that could be sustained any longer. Ascended Dead is not a reincarnation of Decay. Sure, I write a good portion of the music, as I did with my previous band, but this is something completely new, as I intended for it to be.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> We formed after the disbanding of Decay. Ian and I had worked together in the latter days of Decay, and I knew that if I was to start the best band possible, it would have to have a guitarist of his caliber. We recruited Charlie Koryn on drums, he was the first drummer we tried out, and we knew he was an excellent fit right away. The three of us began writing songs together immediately. We tried out a number of bass players until Johnny Moreno was recruited, then the circle was complete.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> Johnny and I had been acquaintances for some time. While he was in Ruminations, him and I would talk about the possibility of working together in this new band. From what I remember, he disliked playing in Ruminations and didn't get along with them too well. He quit before they could kick him out, and came to jam with us that very same day. We were/are into stuff like Sadistic Intent, Krisiun, and Mortem, and we immediately knew he was a good fit.</div>
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<b>PA: I'm a huge supporter of Ascended Dead as it is very much in the same vein of Death Metal that I personally enjoy and like to perform myself. I have been waiting for this demo to come out for quite a long time and I must include that this demo reminds me of Slaughter Lord demos, with the aesthetics of early era of unholy USDM. How was the music written for this demo? Besides these four songs, have you got more material ready?</b></div>
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<b>JR: </b>The songs on that demo were written by Ian, Charlie and I before Johnny had joined the band. Mortification of Souls is our earliest song, and Caustic Decay is actually a rewrite of the old Decay song, Infernal Decay. We have a number of newer songs ready now that are superior to that of first demo.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> I write a good portion of the guitar parts, show them to the rest of the band, and together we work on structuring the songs, working through the tempos, and modifying some of the riffs. I write all the lyrics. We do not follow any structure in our songs, especially with the newer material.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> The drums were poorly mixed, but I feel there is enough rawness and feeling in that recording to where it serves its purpose. We recently obtained some recording equipment and are learning how to use it, so as to save the trouble of going to someone else for recording and to allow for more creative control. We're going to work on an EP, then we'll start writing for an album.</div>
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<b>JR: </b>The first demo has been received well from labels/zines/fans/etc. It has been acclaimed by legends such as Takashi of Transgressor, and Mike from Loss. The thing with labels is that they tend to be greedy, I dealt with one in my previous band. It seemed as though it was more about what the label wanted than what we wanted as a band. We just want a label that will portray this music the way we see fit.</div>
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<b>PA: How's the scene in San Diego at present? I have come across a few gigs that had Ascended Dead on their bills. There is an upcoming one with Bone Sickness. How many gigs have Ascended Dead played so far? How's the whole gig scene? Are there any local bands you guys would recommend for me?</b></div>
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<b>JR:</b> The scene in San Diego is okay. Sure, there are scenesters, but there are also a few devoted individuals and bands who are passionate about Death Metal. We've played four shows so far. Aside from the first show, the turnouts have been good. There is usually at least 10-20 or so people raging their fucking heads off at each gig. Even if there's only one person there who is genuinely affected by our music, I would be happy with how the show went. There's a few good bands such as Archaic Mortuary, Ethereous, Chainsaw Carnage, Tombstoners, Ritual Torture, and I'm sure there's a few others I'm forgetting. I also thought Morbid Gods and Excremation were good bands.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> I don't consider us as part of any movement. I like a good number of post-2000 bands, such as Ensnared, or Grave Miasma, but I don't think any band should be categorized solely on what year they came out. I can't speak for other bands, but for us, we'd be doing this regardless of whether there is a movement happening or not. So for us, yes, we take it on a spiritual level.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> Decay is long done for me, I don't ever see it reforming. That band represents the beginning of my development as a musician, I don't see myself ever regressing back to that. I have good memories with it, but it's all water under the bridge at this point. Not to mention I'm completely sick of playing those songs.</div>
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<b>JR:</b> Possessed-Seven Churches. Slayer-Hell Awaits. Necrovore-Divus De Mortuus. Hellhammer-Satanic Rites. Any early Bathory records.</div>
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<b>JR: </b>It was good doing this interview, thanks for having me. Blackest regards, ASCENDED DEAD, Jon Reider.</div>
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<b>Encyclopaedia Metallum - <a href="http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ascended_Dead/3540347745" target="_blank">http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ascended_Dead/3540347745</a></b></div>
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Putrid Ascendancy extends its gratitude to Jon Reider for this interview and wish the band the best in their future endeavours.</div>
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