ee Saal @he Beavp Metal Aine Issue 16 - June 06. FREE sk ae just one fix Te TUL weed News, Reviews, Movies ...AND WORE!ot eyes Be re Peele Peet] UE oe : House Of Noizz Playlists Pee ttaii le) 20 : Mini Poster - Ee eo yey protected by copyright No material is to be reproduced under any circumstances Petra cegs ee P4l SePNeUe PRODUc CONTACT US!H! All contact (business, feedback, general) Phone: 021-146-6477 Regular Mail: P.O. Box 12-978 Penrose E-mail: slaughteramaster@qmail.com 10 HAIL! Welcome to another FREE issue of Slaughterama. After much discussion, debate and reader consultation, we found that even though most people would be more than happy to pay for the zine, that we enjoy making it available for free so much that we are going to hold out for as long as possible on charging our readers and attempt to bring sponsors on board instead to defray production expenses. This month we present another 3 high calibre inteviews; Just One Fix, Torture Killer, and of course, Opeth. 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If they don't already have it on Ee a ee et ecg eed See ce) Queen St Auckland, or see the website een__ endl hae BLABBERMOUTR (NEWS CURRENT AT TIME OF PRINTING) The May 26 celebrations of monster-band LORDI's Eurovision Song Contest success was the largest pubife gathering ever seen in Helsinki, Finland, According to official police estimates, the crowd at the free concert in the Market Square numbered around 90,000, which is twice the capacity of the Olympic Stadium In anticipation of GWAR's very busy summer, the band have launched Slave Pit Television. Thats ight kiddies, now you can enjoy the latest updates and behind-the-scenes insanity that only the freaks at Slave Pit Inc. can provide you with. "For years GWAR has attempted to get on television in any way possible, and now, thanks to the Intemet, we can pretend that we have succeeded,” GWAR leader and frontman Oderous Urungus commented. Long-running New York power metaliers VIRGIN STEELE have posted the following message an their official web site “The new VIRGIN STEELE album is almost finished. Mixing commenced several weeks ago, and David [DeFeis, vocals] is nearly finished with all the tracks He should have the mixing wrapped up within a week oF two, and then he needs a few days more for mastering, All looks quite promising for an early September release. We will keep you informed. SATYRICON frontman Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven has been ordered to pay 97,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately $16,000 US) in legal fees after his lawsuit against the VG newspaper was thrown aut of court. Wongraven filed a lawsuit against VG after the newspaper published a story suggesting that members of SATYRICON were charged with rane. ‘The VG article was accompanied by a close-up photo of Wongraven, with a cisclaimer that Wongraven. had nothing to do with the incident. Guitarist Ross The Boss’ (THE DICTATORS, ex- MANOWAR) and drummer J.P. "Thunderbolt" Patterson's (THE DICTATORS) collaborative release, “Thunderbolt Patterson with Ross The Boss", will finally be released on CD on August 1 via Poptown Records. thrashers KREATOR will play the following Australian shows in August Aug. 23 - HiFi Bar - Melboume, AUS Aug. 24 - HiFi Bar - Melboume, AUS: Aug. 25 - Gaelic Theatre - Sydney, AUS Aug. 26 - The Arena - Brisbane, AUS Former GREAT WHITE tour manager who was sentenced to prison for igniting @ deadly nightclub fire should be allowed to work for @ nonprofit agency while serving his time, a judge ruled Tuesday Daniel Biechele pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the 2003 fire at The Station nightelub in West Warwick and was sentenced earlier this month to four years in a minimum security prison, tallers ANARION have parted ways with their guitarist Steve Stergiadis. The band have cited "irreconcilable musical and personal ifferences" as the reason for the split. They are now searching for a replacement. JUDAS PRIEST have revealed more details ahout their upcoming first conceptual album, which is based Upon the life and predictions of the 16th century French proghet Nostradamus. On May 24, 2006, PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and guitarist Glenn Tipton spoke about the songwriting process for the CD and their touring plans, which are expected to include a performance of the entire album from beginning to end at each show on the trek. 10K)The Finnish Death Metal terrorists TORTURE KILLER made quite an entrance in 2003 with their debut album “For Maggots to Devour." Nine tracks featuring groovy, old-school Death in the vein of Obituary and Six Feet Under, which received excellent reviews and established the band as one of the leading extreme Metal acts in Finland. ‘The new album “Swarm!” featuring Six Feet Under's Chris Barnes on vocals is in stores now, and following the release we got in touch with Kim Torniainen, the bassist of TORTURE KILLER, who answered a few of our questions. ‘What is the latest news from Torture Killer? What have you been up to lately? Nothing special, just getting ‘on with our lives as usual Working, studying, writing new songs etc The new album "Swarm" is out now. What can we expect from Torture Killer this time around? Brutal old schoo! Death Metal, with chugging & groovy riffs and the ‘occasional melody. We're definitely not trying to break any bpm-records here, hehe Give us alittle background information on the band, How fong have you been together? Are any of the band members involved in any other projects? ‘The band has been together since 2002, and the current lineup has been in action since 2005, Gur drummer Latvala also plays in (the legendary) Demigod and Deepred, and our other guitarist Karppinen plays also in Deeored and in Funeral Feast ‘The songs are rather bloodthirsty and provocative, Where does the inspiration come from? Serial Killers, the madness of humanity, death, horror, etc For many “normal” people the lyrics would be an immediate turn off. Why is it that gory and ‘sadistic lyrics are so popular among Death Metal bands and fans? I's something that is expected, | think. Death Metalfans are usually horror & gore movie fans too, se the topies presented in Death Metal are just a different ‘way of expressing the same things How would you like the audience to approach Torture Killer? Meaning: what is the message behind the band? ‘We have no "message" per se, we're just musicians and Death Metal fans trying to write the music we ourselves like to play and listen. If you enjoy it, listen to it Ifyou don't ike it, don't isten to it. Simple as, that. Finland has been very productive in terms of Metal bands coming out of the country. However we don't get too much Finnish Death here in NZ. How is the situation with Death Metal in Finland? Pretty good actually, i.e bands like Demiged, Sotajumala, Deeored, Siugathor, Cadaveric incubator, Kataplexia, Nerlich and Fornjotr are all excelient bands worth checking out, and theyre definitely not the only ones. New bands come out all the time. What are your musical influences? ‘Obituary, Six Feet Under, Batt ‘Thrower (the obvious ones), also Strapping Young Lad, Angelcorpse, Malevolent ‘Creation, Sepultura (Pre- ‘Chaos A 0) ete. etc. There are too many names to be mentioned here How often do you play live and what sorts of bands do you play with? Mainly with Death & Thrash Metal bands, but we've also played gigs with hardcore bands, which is fun because ‘we all like hardcore music (like: Madball, from which we've actually played a cover) and ‘our music seems to work with a hardcore crowd too. We play every once and a \while but not foo often at this point, because we have our day jobs to take care of and Chris is a member of SFU, which is a professional band that tours and Works all the time. But, hopefully we'll do more gigs in the future, when the time is right. Maybe at the end of this year, but nothing is certain yet When you hear about New Zealand, what's the first thing that comes in to your head? Sheep, haha. Anda place I'd like to visit someday, as I'm a traveling addict ‘Your plans for the nearest future? And when are you coming to New Zealand?! Writing new songs ang (like | mentioned before) maybe do some tounng later this year. | honestly don't know when we'll be able to come to NZ, but hopefully we'll get there someday. Anything else you'd like to add? Thanks for the interview, and keep supporting Death Metal 2.