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Welcome to the October/November “2 year
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everyone involved in the zine, particularly those
who stuck it out with us through good times and
bad. Your unwavering dedication is a true symbol
of your integrity and honor,
As you no doubt already know, Cannibal Corpse
are about to play NZ. By the time this issue goes
to print, you will still have a few days to go and
get your ticket, So what are you waiting for? If
you want to know what to expect before you shell
out your cash, read our exclusive interview on
page 11.
And the other big news; House Of Noizz has
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CANNIBAL CORPSE are playing 2 New Zealand
shows (with support from ULCERATE), one on
‘October 6 at 4:20, 373 K Rd Auckland, and another
‘on October 7 at SFBH, 171 Cuba St Wellington
Don't miss out! Get your tickets now! (see tour poster
‘on page 18)
SINATE are touring NZ throughout November to
promote their new album, “Violent Ambitions" (in
stores now!}. You can also catch STATE OF
INTEGRITY (Australia) and TAINTED (Christchurch)
‘on the Violent Ambitions tour. Well worth a good
night out! For more details, check out the tour poster
‘on page 7.
HUMAN and TRIAL BY FIRE are touring NZ
throughout October. This will be one to catch, so
make sure you go and check them out at a town near
you. For more details including support act
information, check out the tour poster on page 22
DEICIDE is touring NZ in December. They are
playing a show in Auckland at The Studio on the 15",
and also a show in Christchurch at The Civic on the
46". Look out for out interview with Glen Benton in
the next issue of Slaughterama!
For the first time in 15 years, Canadian thrash metal
legends SACRIFICE reunited for one night only as
headliner of Day Of The Equinox |! festival, which
took place on Saturday, September 23 in Toronto.
Ontario at the Opera House.
Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have
posted the video for their new single, “Natural
High", at YouTube.com, Also available is a nine-
minute video interview with HAMMERFALL vocalist
Joacim Cans and guitarist Oscar Dronjak about the
group's upcoming CD, “Threshold”.
ART OF SIMPLICITY, the Greek band featuring
members of WASTEFALL and FRAGILE
VASTNESS, has signed a deal with Burning Star
Records. The group's full-length debut, “Caught in
this lless Storm”, was completed in February 2006
and is scheduled for release in December.
Danish extreme metaliers SCAMP will enter
ZigZound early next year with producer Ziggy
(ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY, HATESPHERE) to
begin work on their full-length debut.
According to an interview with LORDI in the Finnish
newspaper Ita-Sanomat, the band is being
inundated with sex offers from its fans. The group's
mainman, Mr. Lordi (teal name: Tomi Putaansuu),
reportedly told the paper. "The Germans seem pretty
crazy about having sex with me in my masks.
Finland's FINNTROLL entered Sonic Pump studios
in Helsinki on September 25 to begin recording the
follow-up to 2004's “Nattfodd”, tentatively due in
early 2007. The as-yet-unttied fifth aloum will mark
the band’s first release with new singer Vreth, vho
replaced previous frontman Tapio Wilska
(SETHIAN, @x-WIZZARD, former session voralist for
NIGHTWISH) this past spring
German hard rockers S.LN. (SOMEWHERE INTO.
NOWHERE) have announced the adcition of
Norwegian Singer Patrick Simonsen (HUSH) to the
group's ranks.
Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has changed the
projected title of its fourth album to “Memories of a
Dying Whore" from the previously announced
“Awakened”. 2
03 What vocalists inspired him, and how did he
develop this vocal style?
The vocal styles of Urskumug, Seth etc. He didn't
really develop the style, it just sort of came out with
the music and progressed as time went on
What is your opinion on the averall state of BM at
Formed in the winter of 2005 (originally under the Present?
name of Desecrate), Winter Deluge became well
known among New Zealand fans of Black Metal |=
very quickly. One of the few local acts ever to [a= — BM Cece me gah: ciitesk
have employed the use of corpse paint, along and Immortal have kept to that true sound
with their very impressive overall
sound, the band is completely
dedicated to true, grym Black Metal,
We are pleased to present our
exclusive interview with Winter
Deluge!
Tell us a little about the band for
those who have not heard of you.
We are a black metal band from
Auckland with slow ambient melodies
and fast technical riffs.
What inspired you guys to put
together a Black Metal band in the
first place?
We loved the music and lifestyle of
biack metal and just wanted to piay it. It
felt unique to us because it was
something different in the metal scene
There are not many NZ BM bands
who do the full corpse paint image.
What made you decide to use
corpse paint?
That's it there wasn't: many
soing it and there was no opti
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The singer, Nekasarof, has an
excellent, raspy BM vocal style.
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should own
Autumus: Drums
Seth - The Excallence
Immortal - Battles in the Nerth
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You have some tracks available for download on
your myspace page
(httpwwww.myspace.com/winterdeluge). You
also note that these tracks are demos. After
listening to them, surely the question on
everyone's mind is that if these demo tracks are
this good, when will people get to hear a full
length studio album?
4 track EP that we're
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how much did it cost to produce?
There are 3 songs on our myspace page. The first
song “Demonic Dweller of was
Tecorded by Sam Sheppard (Sinate). “Scripture to the
Ancient" and "Unholy Desecration" were recorded by
Autumus. These are unofficial recordings which cost
us nothing.
You've had a couple of people leave, and also
some position changes in the band, so how easy
was it to find the right line-up for Winter Deluge?
It wasn't that hard. We were all mates and it just fell
tight into place-
You've obviously gigged with a few other local
bands... what other NZ acts have impressed you
lately?
te, Apokalyptik Goat Messiah, Exordium Mors,
Aphelon and Erotic Necrosis
Where has been the best venue in NZ that you
guys have played so far?
Well we've only played 3 gigs so far, a couple out of
town. But the Kings Arms had to be the best
What is the goal for Winter Deluge in the
immediate future?
Working on composition, recording an E.P and a
album and playing more gigs
Where can people stay up to date on the latest
information concerning the band?
People can check out our my space page, or
wwww.nzmeial.com or people can feel free to email us
on winter-deluge@hotmail.com
You have a show coming up on the 13th of
Gctober at Valve Bar in Wellington. What can the
audience expect at this gig?
Pure Black Metal and Blasphemy
Thanks for the interview! Anything else you'd like
to. add?
Look out for future Winter Deluge gigs and cheers for
the interview man.
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SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978)
DIRECTOR: Meir Zarchi
STARRING: Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard
Pace, Anthony Nichols, Ginter Kleeman
SUMMARY by Craig Johnson
The film follows Jennifer, @ writer who is working on
a new novel and needs to get out of the city te finish
it She hires a riverside apartment in upstate New
‘York to finish her novel, attracting the attention of a
number of rowdy male locals. They catch Jenifer
one day and strip her naked for the village idiot PF
(Matthew) and rape her. Jennifer is later attacked
and raped @ further two times by the four
segenerates, and her novel is also destroyed. But
Jennifer slowly recovers and in her now-twisted,
psychotic mind, she then begins to seek revenge on
the four men who raped her.
REVIEW by Brendon Williams
if you've seen this film and found it enjoyable, you're
probably a very Sick person and should seek some
help right away. If you haven't seen it yet, let me
inform you what i's all about.
Most of the movie is based around the lead up to,
and eventual repeated brutal gang raping of the main
character, a woman who has taken a holiday in a
secluded area in order to write @ book. Now, those of
you who are used to those Hollywood styie rape
scenes ere probably thinking that so far the fim
doesn't sound all that bed, But the way the scenes
are carried out are very realistic, shocking, and
unpleasant in the extreme. | have to congratulate the
director, Meit Zarchi far creating some of the most
disgustingly memorable movie scenes ever.
Then the woman gets her revenge! Some quite
funny, entertaining stuff here (she slices one
offenders penis off while he's in the bathtub!) and
‘once you Get over the jolt of the rane scenes, the
revenge portion of the movie isnt too bad
Nevertheless, | would nat recommend anyone to
watch this film unless they are a hard-cut cult horror
fan
Scored points for being memorable and shocking
Lost points for being weak in every other department.
raTinG: GEER
‘She gets gang raped. 3 times. DS aa Sav oS
DEF LEPPARD
Yeah!
Mercury
2006, CD
How long can you play “parly rock” and sing songs
about girs? | guess after a certain point all this stuff
becomes sort of irrelevant. Not te mention that
today's partying teenagers are more likely to listen to
hop than Bryan Adams and Def Leppard. Ti
changed and Def Leopard changed as well. Actually,
changed to the point where they don't sound lke
themselves anymore (although admittedly, it is an
album of cover material). It's stil a high-class rack
record, which makes it easier to agpreciate but the
days when their big hits smashed the charts are
gone. Yet its a wel-preduced aloum, done by
professionals. The problem is, | don't really see the
point anymore.
BEBEEE
Review by Max Thrasher
’ SLAYER
fs Christ Illusion
+. "., Warner Bros / Wea
1 2006, CD
This new Slayer album brings the retum of Dave
Lombardo on drums, which is @ good thing, because
he was the drummer during the best part af Slayers
career (Reign In Blood, South Cf Heaven, and
Seasons in The Abyss era). However, Christ
is not an instant classic, It lacks any great
songs. It sounds just like Slayer, but minus the Zor 3
absolute killer tracks that always used to be present
in the band's earlier works. For thase pining for a
retum to the old Slayer, check it out because it's stil
their best since “Seasons In The Abyss,” however,
ifs stil nowhere near as good, and if you are a
casual Slayer fan, stick to the classics,
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Review by Brendon Williams
a EDENBRIDGE
|. The Grand Design
Massacre
2006, CD
Oh ged, | don't even know where ta start, jut at ieast
we have a bit of variety in this month's reviews!
Another band dragging along the trails of Within
‘Temptation and Nightwish. Edenbridge is a bit older
than other similar acts, yet young enough to believe
that riding on someone else's coat tails could lead to
anything. Well-produeed, well-performed musie which
on @ good night puts you in a sleepy moad (and on a
Grunken night gives you a light headache) with all
Piano parts, nottoo-offensive guitars and female
vocals. Plus | couldn’ get rid of a feeling that |
already heard it all in some movie. For fans of
female-fronted PoweriGothic Metal only.
BEEBE:
Review by Max Thrasher
GWAR
Beyond Hell
Rte / Drt
2006, CD
GWAR used to be known solely as a comedy meta
act. But anyone who has heard this album (or either
of their last 2 stucio efforts) can attest to the fact that
these days, GWAR's music is of an extremely high
quality. The production, performance, and
composition is on an entirely different level to early
GWAR albums. The vocals stil contain 4 good dose
of humor. However, | must say that I do miss the old
days of outright comedy songs like “Fuckin’ An
Animal,” and the anthemic greats like “Sick Of You"
and “Meat Sandwich.” Regardiess of that, this is stll
another great GWAR release. Check aut the caal
cover of Alice Cooper's “School's Out.
BEBEBEEE8
Review by Brendon Williams
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or | MuSI¢ REVIEWS
REV. KRISS HADES
The Wind Of Orion
Pyramids Of War
Moder Invasion
2006, CD
Enter guitanst of legendary Sadistik Exekution with
his solo effort. Basically, ifs a mess of noises, all
melted together in a chaotic and evil Black Metal
cocktail. It's quite satanie and, judging by the
schizophrenic liner notes, could very well be drug-
induced. As | sad, its exremely noisy and
incoherent, even though you can sometmes hear
some pretty cool passages. On the other hand,
tracks like the T3-minute “Final Execution” contain
very litte guitars, which make no sense. considering
it's on a guitarist's solo album. Altogether, it sounds
like somebody warming up in a rehearsal room,
before the rest of the band showed up and that just
doesn't eut it. Musically - absolute zero
GE
Review by Max Thrasher
™) CRADLE OF FILTH
i) Thornography
Roadrunner Records
2006, CD
Cradle Of Filth. Probably the biggest selling extreme
metal act in the word, and one of the only to
successfully cross into mainstream territory. The new
album, “Thamography" is good stuff; a little more on
the beavy metal side this time around, and with some
well worked innovations to the Cradle OF Filth sound
throughout. The instant memorable track for me was
“Tonight in Flames’ - the chorus is sung, and is
extremely catchy. Iam always very impressed when
a hand does what COF have done here... presenting
the material you expect, then succeeding in taking
their sound further, giving the audience something
new without betraying the original concept and
sound.
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Review by Brendon Williams
10
INSOMNIUM
Above The Weeping
World
Candlelight
2006, CD
Finally something interesting! The third album from
Insomnium is @ very good example of Finnish Metal
‘Cold, stormy but also melodic music, along the lines
of earlier Amorphis and in Flames. The songs
somehow remind me of the way this stuff was done
n the 90's, but that's actually a compliment. You
know, the good old "RRRROQOOAAAARRRR’ thing
and the harmony guitars, before everybody started
cutting their hair and paying more attention to
production, than actual music. fd say Insomnium
‘would go Very well with the people who bought the
new albums of Keep Of Kalessin and Runic, but fans
of old-schoo! Scandinavian Death Metal might want
to check this out tao
BEEEEEEEE!
Review by Max Thrasher
THE DISCIPLES OF
ZOLDON
Unto Thine
Darkness, Death
Doth Deliver
Independent Release
2006, CD
This sophomore album is the first I'd heard from
DOZ, and I've gotta say I'm glad that Luke joined the
Slaughterhouse forums and introduced the project.
For him to be offering to post this disc for free to any
nterested parties, | was skeptical as to how good the
album would actually be. | guess that was partly what
sumprised me when | first listened to the copy that
‘was sent my way. The excellent production value and
well thought out compositions make this album well
worth checking out. 1 particularly ike the slow,
atmospheric, doom metal inspired parts. Hail Zoldan,
BEEBEEEEE
Review by Brendon Williams Vp tava
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Ultimate Hicta SATURDAY ig alive and well in this. city... the
1 show featured Coffin with Spikes, an
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totally gimmicked out eighties hair
metal cover band, and The Great
Southem Spitroast, a Pantera
tribute, It was a toss up on the day
of the show as to whether Spitroast
would make it up from Wellington
with enaugh equipment to put on
their show. I wondered if we were in
for another, undersold metal gia... a
scant semi-circle of freaks watching
the drunkest guy at the bar mosh out
by himself, but as it tumed out the
King’s Arms was sold out before
midnight and stank of blood, beer,
bourbon and sweat. It wes an epic
party.
Over the past month, |
have seen omy friends Joe!
Thompson and Damion Wilson put
forth a huge effort organizing talent
and working diligently on a mad and
extensive poster campaign to draw a
crowd for the show. The most
noticeable part of the signs they put
up said PANTERA, ealling out to al
of Aucklang’s metal-loving bogans.
And, man did it work They were
stumbling through the entrance in
droves all night
We got to the venue at
about six a'elack to set up and start
orinking. The band members of
Coffin with Spikes and Maskara were
starting to show up, and everybody
was carrying things inside, standing
around, and making introductions
between the parking-Iot and the stage Damion, wfo
Ultimate Metal Tribute is Maskara’s drummer was stressed out about
-King’s Arms, 16 September 2006 Spitroast, saying that he hoped they made it up
before midnite. “They will ouge. They wil,” Joe!
by Warren Hines reassured him, He showed up his drum head saying,
“The dude at the shop gave it to me, said he had it
for months & nobody bought it The drum head had
cancellations of various metal shows from overseas, @ crick in lacy panties leaned over a convertible with
snesllatone st. views e a a Califomia license plate that said “fore-play” |
it was beginning to look like a orim time for the thought alsout R later a8 me and ebout naif of the
Auckland metal scene... until the metal gig at The ctherdudes
King's Arms on Saturday night. Anybody wha was
the Duor
Mith some of the disheartening
on aA
in front of the stage had pretty girls leaned against
them, swaying to “Paradise City’. Maskai
definitely a reireshing, light-hearted part of an
evening that went over a treat the ladies,
probably because of its relative lack of aggression
Having said that, | can safely say that, it is the only
time in my life | have ever seen a violent mash pit for
“Welcome to the Jungle”
But getting back on track, Damian told us,
2s he showed us his drum that his missus isn't
feeling well, but she might try and come down later
Everybody's
cirliriends seemed
to have = some
excuse or other
for not coming to
the show. The
chicks that did
show up were
mostly wild
untameable sorts
who weren't afraid
to get up
and get punched
and elbowed just
like everybody
else
The
photographer
showed up fo take
pictures before
ashing off to work the Shapeshiffer concert at the
St James. | would be curious fo know which show
had the highest tumaut. DJ Siayer also showed up
to start playing some metal, geiting everybody in the
mood for some serious throw-downs. The service
that he provides is as simple as it sounds. He plays
nothing but Slayer songs when nobody's playing an
stage.
From the back lawn of The King’s Ams
where we were standing, you could see the pinks and
out. ‘Look at that shit," |
“Makes you wish you had some acid.” We
Secided to go get some booze since it is obviow
easier to find. There's @ sign on the side of
building that says “Bottle Store’, out fucked i I coula
find it. | imagine maybe they had once thought about
putting one in at some point, but some shrewd
businessman realized it was bad for business so all
that’s left Is a sign to confuse patrons such as myseit
1P
‘who wish to drink in the parking lot before the show.
We took 8 drive up the road anc bought a 20 pack of
Double Brown. | sat, drinking in the parking iot
talking to a seventeen year old dude who'd showed
up early to make sure he wasn't denied entry on
AccOUNt of his aoe, At about 7:30, | heard music
coming from inside and wondering # they were
starting the music early, rushed inside. it turned out
to be Coffin with Spikes’ sound check, and at as
soon as | heard it | knew it was going to be a great
night
When Coffin with Spikes played their se!
9:15 the house was pulsing with energy. Their cover
of "Run for the Hills” was a highiight of their sett
cokes around the pit to see long haired bogens
swishing their heads back and forth like a herd of
strange jellyfish fioating through and evil sea. By the
time they rocked out with “Fear of the Dark’, you
could see feer on the faces of a lot of dudes in the
pit, It was absolute madness—their guitarist is a true
shredder and the vocalist had @ respy, rock and roll
spin on the operatic Maiden vacals
Maskare followed, and were lucky that they
had a well primed er
of the band without naturally long, 80's hair, and his
secret is that he wears a wig. The lead singer wears
an Axel Rose style police hat. Watching Maskare
ndeed is like waiching wrestling. They play a highly
entertaining set and have all the talent and blazing
guitar sound to justify the circus of eighties cliches
they bring on stage with them LIVE REVIEW
The Pantera toute was a roaring good
time. 1 had been handed some strange pill by 2
friend of mine that had me tripping out so hard, that |
went out into the parking lot and locked myse'f inside
and try to cool off. | cant read much of what | wrote
for the minutes of the Spitroast set, but | think that
the message I was trying to get across was that this
was a fine collection of white-trash here enjaying this
night. The head count had long ago gone beyond
what they needed to make profit. I'm sure Paul
McCartney will one day kick himself for not having
royalties on the ber. The venue was packed with the
sort of mongrels you could almost tum your back on
during the melodies, but you knew it was not wise to
because as soon as the drop hit, these evi-arinning
bastards will be the same ones hitting you as hard as
they fucking can.
| remember walking back inte it ail
smelling the humid sweat cozing out of the place and
seeing a small dude being carried out by his throat to
the parking lot. | later asked what happened with that
situation and the bouncer said to me, “Well, the one
dude looked like he needed some air and the other
dude, well, he went back inside” | had to laugh.
Spitroast plays a nice and heavy Pantera
They must
covered
like 13
and
‘set.
have
something
or 14 songs
everybody kept
demanding _ more
Their guitarist is
one hell of a
shredder, and he
certainly lives up to
the band's tagline
“Authentic- 104
Proof Dimebag
Tribute Band”
They had made it
up fram Wellington
and were shredding
to a well oiled
stinking crowd of
people Most
everybody in the pit
was so happy to
hear them play that
there were
moments when
people would let
Gown there guard anc smile at you or maybe just
grunt, and you had to elbow them inte the crowd to
remind them where they were. “5 Minutes Alone”
was absolutely brutal. it was indeed mueh like a
religious experience, or at least probably as close to
it as any af the maniac bogens in the erowd will ever
care to have. The lightng was dim, red. At tne end
of the set, after thrashing hard and putting on a
stellar all around performance, and 2 on-cores The
Great Southern Spit Roast finished to screaming
cheers.
The moments just after the show were
ical. Everyone from the musicians to the bar
were being handed fistiuls of congratulations
joitered in the parking lot with a sort of
satisfaction on their faces you would expect to see
outside of an orgy. it was the let-up and not even
people who had been choked during the evening had
any hostility left in them. | was so wasted and dazed
and amazed by the crowd of 450+ people that | was
just walking around senselessly, taking it all in. After
awhile, | ran into Joel who was grinning ear to ear,
and | had to congratulate him for putting on a hell of
a metal tribute night. The metal scene in Auckland is
alive and well.
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Formed in 4988, Buffalo born/Tampa raised
Cannibal Corpse helped found, manipulate and
transcend the very boundaries of death metal
beginning with the scandalously controversial
debut, Eaten Back To Life. They have remained at
the forefront of deathigore metal ever
since their inception.
Now, with their tour of New Zealand
days away, we speak exclusively
with bassist Alex Webster.
Let's start with the latest album "Kill" -
It's been out for a while now. Tell us
your impression of the album now it's
locked into Cannibal Corpse's history.
fe all probably feel it is our best work so
far. The songwriting and production tumed
out really well this time in our opinions. Our
fans might ike various other albums we've
done better, but for us Kill is probably the
best so far. Gut well do our very best to
make sure the next one is even heavier,
‘with better songs and production.
What inspired the more technical
direction of late? And is there any
chance of seeing the more crazy tracks
such as ‘Frantic Disembowelment’
played live at same point?
I've been interested in the more ‘tech’ type
stuff for quite a while now, and Pat is a
very technical player and ‘writer. | think
between the two of us the songs we write
for Cannibal have been increasingly more
complex and challenging from album to album, and
it's mainly because thats the kind of music we enjoy
playing. We're definitely not trying to prove we're
more technical than other bands, because of course
there are a lot of bands that are more tech than we
are. re just writing the heaviest songs we can,
and quite often they wind up being complex and
challenging. But well write a simple song foo, as long
as it's heavy as fuck
As for playing the more technical sangs live, we'll da
a couple of the tougher anes like “Murder Worship* or
“Make Them Suffer’, but we haven't added “Frantic
Disemboweiment" to the set because there are a few
vocal parts that George felt weren't sounding up to
par at practice. That's a heavily requested song, so
hopefully we'll get it in the set sooner or later.
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15 What do you think has been the most important
piece of Cannibal Corpse's history so far?
That's a tough one, because our career is built on 3
number of impartant things, some due to hard work,
and some pure luck. | think when we switched
singers that that was an important fuming paint for
the band. All of the band member changes have
been important, and hopefully have improved our
band, But anyway, maybe the most important piece
of our history is stil ecming, who knows?
What, in your opinion, is the definitive Cannibal
Corpse song?
Hmmm.."Hammer Smashed Face” would probably
be the best choice.
Cannibal Corpse is recognized not only as being
true innovators and pioneers in Metal, but also
you are acknowledged as the number one seller
of death metal albums worldwide. What advise
would you give to budding musicians who would
like to one day have their band reach similar
heights?
Just play the music you love, and have fun. If you
succeed, it wan't be without a great deal of hard work
and luck. | would say just have fun jamming music
you love, and maybe something good will happen
The worst thing that can happen is that you'll have a
great fime jamming, and that's obviously not bad at
all
Generally, what do you think about modern death
metal? Is the scene, the sound and the
performance any different now from what it was,
say, 15 years ago?
The quality of death metal has improved a great deal
So many of the newer bands are starting out at such
a high level, t's really mind blowing, especially for
like us who were around in the beginning ¥
it was all 30 primitive. | think it's really oreat that there
are all of these killer younger bands adding life to the
scene. if the quality of death metal continues to grow
the way it has aver recent years, | believe that death
metal's popularity will also grow. I've got to belie
that there will always be an audience for high qual
music, and the death metal of today is the highest
quailty it's ever been.
What's your personal favorite book, T¥ show and
movie of all time?
My favorite book is 1994 by George Onwell. The
Sopranos is one of my all time favorite TV shows. As
for movies there's so many, i's hard to pick one.
Maybe Goodfellas, Fargo, or The Shining
Do your girlfriends | wives dig CC music and
{most importantly) lyrics?
My wife likes our stuff a lot. | don't know about the
other guys’ women, but mine is into Cannibal, for
sure. She thinks the iyrics are fucking disgusting, but
then again, who doesn't?
Tell us a little about the touring lifestyle... Is it all
sex, drugs and rock ‘n' rail? What sort of things
do you guys get up to when on tour?
Well, there's a litte bit of drinking, sometimes a lot,
but ‘usually just 2 moderate amount. For me
personally, I rarely get crunk on tour. Most of the time
on the four bus, we just hang out and have a few
beers and watch movies or listen to. music. Our
groupie days are long sinee past, as we're all settled
nto ong term relationships with our wives or
ginfriends. The current line-up... how is it all working out?
Has the departure of Jack Owen to Deicide had
any long term impact on the band?
| think that our eurent live show and the album Kil
can answer this question better than any words |
could say.
You are a band still heavily affected by
censorship and protest to your music. What do
you think about the negative attention, and the
people who try and stop your music?
| think that if they understood that we approach our
lyrics the way a filmmaker or novelist approaches a
horror movie or novel, they might be less inelined ta
fuck with us. Either way, | think their efforts have
been a waste of fime, in that our fans generally seem
to understand where we're coming from, and know
that we don't advocate the violent acts described in
‘our songs. It has also been a waste of their time in
that they've had very little negative effect on our
career. Actually, they may have inadvertently helped
our career, by giving us ‘ree publicity
I have seen a few
newspaper clippings
from Australia with
nutjobs attempting to
block your access to
Australia, What is
your comment on
these people, and
have you been having
any trouble with
visas?
Again, | think that if
they did more research
about the band, they
would stop their quest
fo censor us. To my
knowledge, we have
had na problems
obtaining our visas.
What do you expect
from the NZ part of
your tour? And what
can NZ expect from
Cannibal Corpse?
We don’t know what to expect, as this will be the first
time we've playing in New Zealand. We're hoping for
some senous mayhem in the pits at the shows, that’s
for sure! As for us, we plan on giving you guys the
most intense live show we are capable of. ft will be
75 minutes of pure sonic brutality!
Out of all of your classic albums, which one in
particular do you think is a crime for metal fans
‘to not have in their CD collection, and why?
Well, | guess the Bleeding is pretty mandatory for
any Cannibal Corpse fan. That album was really the
first one where things began to get really tight and
professional performance-wise, And it has some of
our catchiest songs too.
‘Thank you for the interview. Your final message
to the NZ fans of Cannibal Corpse please!
‘Thanks to you guys for the interview! And to our fans
in New Zealand, we want to say thank you for the
support, and we hope to see you all at the shows we
piay in October!
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