Brief History: The two bands the pretty much help to create Death Metal are Venom and Slayer. Venom had the hash sound mixed with the satanic themes of their music. Slayer had the speed and violence. Possessed, some has the first true Death Metal band, was a huge part on developing Death Metal. They released their depute album, Seven Churches, in 1985. But their was another Death Metal band coming up and their name was Death. Hailing from Florida, which in the 80's (And some could say today) seems like the Death Metal capital. Death released their 1987 depute called Scream Bloody Gore.
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Interview: Cody Hancock from Predominant Mortification
Interview Though Email with: Cody Hancock
The band started as a one-man band, Why did the band change to a full band?
"I feel like there is an element that a full band brings to the stage that can't be achieved as a one-man act. The other one-man bands are awesome but I feel that a full band is the best direction for Predominant Mortification"
Why start a brutal death metal band?
"I love how intense the music is. I do have another band that isn't as heavy but I have love death metal since I first heard it. And for me, the more intense the better."
What is the message behind your music?
"I'm sure some will find this contradictory to my lyrics and song titles, but I want everyone to just have fun and enjoy the music. Be that by moshing, headbanging or any way you would enjoy music. It's an outlet for everyday life."
What is the furture for this band?
"I hope there is a big future for the band. We are lining up some tours in the future. Maybe not the near or immediate future but sometime by the end of the year or next year."
When should we expect some new music?
"We are working on new music as we speak. So hopefully by mid October, I would say."
When the members are not making music what are they doing?
"Working. [Laughs] But hanging out is probably the most popular of past times."
Metal Album Review: Reign Supreme by Dying Fetus
Band: Dying Fetus
Album: Reign Supreme
Genre: Death Metal
Producer: Steve Wright
Album Number: 7
Album Length: 37:32
Number of Tracks: 9
Favorite Tracks: Subjected to a Beating, From Womb to Waste, Dissidence, In the Trenches, Devout Atrocity
Rating: 9/1
Reason for the Rating: Fast, in your face Death Metal. If you haven't listen to this band and you like Metal, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR? This album has a clean and tight production. The first listen to this album it will blow you away. This album is a must have for any Death Metal fans. This album can be summed up into one word "Brutal"
Get your copy now!!
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Interview: Bram Keijers from Hellblast
Band: Hellblast
Year Formed: 2008
Genre: Death Metal
Hometown: Nederweert
Websites:http://www.hellblast.com
Interview with: Bram Keijers (Drums)
Interview Through Email:
Is there a band that you would like to tour with that you haven't? "At this moment we haven't toured much, only short weekend trips. But when we could choose we would definitely want to tour with Misery Index,Dying Fetus, Origin and all other US death metal bands who inspired us to write extreme music. Also we really would like to go to the US, Asia and Australia (and tour with Psycroptic!!) but until we really get the change to make long tours across Europe these continents are still unreachable."
What is your favorite song you have written? And why? "Our favorite song is the title track of our upcoming EP "The Die is Cast" because it contains all the elements we want to include in our music; we want to have tempo changes, aggressive riffing and some diabolic melody's mixed with the thundering voice of our latest singer Marius (which is debuting on this EP)."
How do you get ready before you play a show? "I as a drummer have a short warm up routine consisting of playing single strokes at various tempo's with the feet, paradiddles and double strokes with the hands and I like to do some blast beats at the tempo's of the songs; so at this moment the fastest song contains a blast of 260 BPM so I make sure that prior to the show I have done some blastbeats at this tempo. Same with the feet: the fastest double bass roll in our songs is now 240 BPM
so I make sure I reached this tempo."
"Marius our singer likes to warm up with singing some opera music. I love the look on the face of members of other bands when Marius starts to warm up with a deep and very low opera like voice while on stage he can grunt on any pitch imaginable. Also when he is having a cold he would drink a zipof vodka of whiskey just to numb his throat a bit. And then he always complains the show went bad while nobody can even hear the slightest difference."
"Our guitar guys like to warm up with some stretching of the arms, legs and neck (on stage there is always headbanging and windmilling). Also they pick up a guitar around 15 minutes before playtime to get their hands warmed up."
"We hardly drink before a show. That is simply because we want to feel the fear and excitement before going on stage and we want to give the people the best show possible."
What is your favorite song you have written? And why? "Our favorite song is the title track of our upcoming EP "The Die is Cast" because it contains all the elements we want to include in our music; we want to have tempo changes, aggressive riffing and some diabolic melody's mixed with the thundering voice of our latest singer Marius (which is debuting on this EP)."
How do you get ready before you play a show? "I as a drummer have a short warm up routine consisting of playing single strokes at various tempo's with the feet, paradiddles and double strokes with the hands and I like to do some blast beats at the tempo's of the songs; so at this moment the fastest song contains a blast of 260 BPM so I make sure that prior to the show I have done some blastbeats at this tempo. Same with the feet: the fastest double bass roll in our songs is now 240 BPM
so I make sure I reached this tempo."
"Marius our singer likes to warm up with singing some opera music. I love the look on the face of members of other bands when Marius starts to warm up with a deep and very low opera like voice while on stage he can grunt on any pitch imaginable. Also when he is having a cold he would drink a zipof vodka of whiskey just to numb his throat a bit. And then he always complains the show went bad while nobody can even hear the slightest difference."
"Our guitar guys like to warm up with some stretching of the arms, legs and neck (on stage there is always headbanging and windmilling). Also they pick up a guitar around 15 minutes before playtime to get their hands warmed up."
"We hardly drink before a show. That is simply because we want to feel the fear and excitement before going on stage and we want to give the people the best show possible."
What has been the biggest hill you had to over come in your career? "The biggest hill was getting everyone on one line and finding our way, which we feel we have done lately. From the original lineup only our two guitarists are the original members. Also our music took the time to evolve. But these struggles only made us stronger and we are ready to conquer the stages again."
Megadeth or Metallica? "Both; as teenagers everyone started exploring metal music with Metallica. But then we found out there was more awesome thrash in the form of Megadeth, Anthrax, Exodus and many more. Also the British metal music like Iron Maiden really formed us in our Youth. So their are equally important for us.
Also when we go out to play a show on the way there we mostly listen to trash metal to get ourselves in the mood. On the way back we mostly like to listen to dance music or talk shows but that's only to not fall asleep and crash."
Megadeth or Metallica? "Both; as teenagers everyone started exploring metal music with Metallica. But then we found out there was more awesome thrash in the form of Megadeth, Anthrax, Exodus and many more. Also the British metal music like Iron Maiden really formed us in our Youth. So their are equally important for us.
Also when we go out to play a show on the way there we mostly listen to trash metal to get ourselves in the mood. On the way back we mostly like to listen to dance music or talk shows but that's only to not fall asleep and crash."
What is your favorite brand of instruments to play? "For me it is Pearl drums and Demon Drive pedals, Vic First extreme 5B sticks, Evans heads on the toms, Remo coated on the snare and a Remo powerstroke pro (coated) on the bassdrum (which is awesome because it give a very low sound ideal to mix with triggers). Out guitarists play with Ibanez 7-string guitars and our Bass player likes to record with a specter 5 string bass but live it is too heavy so live he uses a four string."
We would like to thank Bram and Hellblast for doing this this interview with us. We wish them nothing but the best luck with there Metal career.
Also check out the link for the first song, Regurgitated by Satan, on there upcoming EP The Die is Cast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSiiGoSite8
We would like to thank Bram and Hellblast for doing this this interview with us. We wish them nothing but the best luck with there Metal career.
Also check out the link for the first song, Regurgitated by Satan, on there upcoming EP The Die is Cast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSiiGoSite8
Interview: Chris and Daniel from When You Scream
Band: When You Scream
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Members: Chris - guitar, backing vocals
Daniel - guitar
Matwey - vocals
Michael - drums
Sven - bass
Daniel - guitar
Matwey - vocals
Michael - drums
Sven - bass
Website: http://whenyouscream.com/
Interview with: Chris and Daniel
Interview through Email:
Is it hard being in a Death Metal band in this decade?
Chris: "Well, it depends on what your plans are. If you just wanna get famous, then doing death metal is definitely not the ideal way.
But if you just want to have fun, play gigs and have loyal fanbase, it's not so hard. It's always the same: If you enjoy a thing, it never gets too hard."
Daniel: "Also if you want to get your music noticed its much easier to record and release albums today than it was 10 or 15 years ago."
"The cost for recording equipment is significantly lower, because of new technologies and stuff, which is pretty great."
Daniel: "Also if you want to get your music noticed its much easier to record and release albums today than it was 10 or 15 years ago."
"The cost for recording equipment is significantly lower, because of new technologies and stuff, which is pretty great."
What are some of the bands that influenced your music?
Chris: "Mainly those bands doing the classical swedisch (melodic-)death-sound:
At The Gates, Dismember, Dark Tranquillity, Illdisposed, Callenish Circle.. But also other Bands, like The Black Dahlia Murder, Neaera, Bolt Thrower and even some black metal bands such as Catamenia, Siebenbürgen.."
"The Alchemist" is your latest album, what was the game plan going to record this album, and do you have a favorite track on this album?
Chris: "Well, first of all, we wanted to do a full-length record with a lot of our newer stuff on it. After our first EP, it was the next logical step.
We did a lot of research to find someone who could capture the sound in the way we wanted it to be, and
luckily Matwey came up with this guy he met in Berlin, Shay Ofer. He really pushed us to do our best, came up with lots of ideas, and we're pretty happy with the result."
"The recording procedure was quite different from what we had done before, more professional and focused on the overall sound and feeling. Favorite song.. that's a hard one. My personal favorite is Painted In Shades Of Red, but I love all of the other songs nearly just as much."
Daniel: "The main difference was that we weren't in a hurry. Our first album was recorded in just a few days, everyone had basically just a couple hours to record his parts.
Fortunately, now the recording wasn't under such a pressure. I guess my favorite songs come down to these three: Precious Noise Desire, The Alchemist, Waves of Sparks, from which I cant really pick one out."
"The recording procedure was quite different from what we had done before, more professional and focused on the overall sound and feeling. Favorite song.. that's a hard one. My personal favorite is Painted In Shades Of Red, but I love all of the other songs nearly just as much."
Daniel: "The main difference was that we weren't in a hurry. Our first album was recorded in just a few days, everyone had basically just a couple hours to record his parts.
Fortunately, now the recording wasn't under such a pressure. I guess my favorite songs come down to these three: Precious Noise Desire, The Alchemist, Waves of Sparks, from which I cant really pick one out."
What is the Metal scene like in Germany?
Chris: "We have a pretty big metal-scene in germany. Without this scene, well known festivals such as the Wacken Open-Air or the Summerbreeze wouldn't be possible.
There is also a wide difference from region to region, especially regarding the favoured style of music. For instance, in our region, around Osnabrück, there is a good audience for oldschool death and thrash metal.
For other styles it's difficult to get attention. And it's pretty hard for a smaller band to get out of your hometown. That was one of the reasons to do a new record: Getting noticed by other bands, venues and organizers."
For other styles it's difficult to get attention. And it's pretty hard for a smaller band to get out of your hometown. That was one of the reasons to do a new record: Getting noticed by other bands, venues and organizers."
Daniel: "And it seems to pay off so far. I think the metal scene here is like any other basically. My experiences with the metal scene make me think that some people really need to open up their mind for new things. "Metal isn't the only music there is, you know?" is my reply to people who can't listen to anything except metal and dislike everything else (for some silly reason like: it's not brutal enough...etc). We as a band and individually are pretty open to most kinds of music and I guess thats also shown in our music. We mix up old school metal influences with new school elements and it's cool to do that."
We would like to thank When You Scream for doing this Interview with us. We wish them nothing but the best. And don't forget to pick you up a copy of "The Alchemist"
Band of the Day: Weapon
Band: Weapon
Year Formed: 2006
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Location: St. Johns, Newfoundland
Label: Unisgned/Independent
Number of Albums: 1
Status: Active
Website: http://www.weaponmetal.com/
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