B LACK ON TH E BACK
WHAT IS BLACK METAL?
Written by Gavin Baddeley (author of Lucifer Rising)
Black Metal is, as these genre labels
almost always are, something of a
misnomer. Most rockers have always
worn black, and more than one outsider
has seriously wondered whether the term
refers to some kind of afro-Caribbean
rock sub-genre (a little ironic considering
the genre's reputation for fascist
overtones). The other alternative to using
the term however, where special pleading
by bands leaves you with as many genres
as acts - Vampire Metal, Occult Metal,
Hate Metal, and whatever the hell else -
is an even more confusing situation.
I guess Black Metal as a term is then,
appropriately, something of a necessary
evil. And if you think about it, even the
term Heavy Metal itself is hardly
descriptive of the genre, but it's stuck for
want of anything else.
Eighties boozy Satanic Thrash pioneers
Venom have the best claim to having
coined the Black Metal moniker, and even
they have distanced themselves from it to
an extent. Thankfully, subsequent bands
have appeared who have taken the term
- and ironically Venom's back catalogue -
more seriously than Venom ever did. Most
serious fans also concede that Black Metal
predates Venom by decades. Indeed many
contend that Black Sabbath's eponymous
1970 debut was the first Black Metal
album, and in my opinion the first
true Heavy Metal recording.
But rock act Black Widow
predated Sabbath's Satanic
imagery by some months - so
are they Black Metal?
I'd say yes, in as much as the
lyrical content was better
researched than Sabbath's, though they
never pioneered an ominous new sound
in the way Ozzy's outfit did. This perhaps
is significant. I think one component to














Black Metal is demonic imagery and
lyrics, but the other is a musical approach
as daring or innovative as the visuals
and ideas. These tend to go together
organically. People attracted to the
extreme concepts and aesthetics of
the Devil tend to enjoy and express
themselves in a similarly outrageous and
passionate fashion. That this has been
almost exclusively in rather monotone
terms of anger and aggression among
Metal musicians has alienated many
Satanists, who also perceive subtlety and
seduction in their chosen archetype.
Demonic music, they argue, is not just
older than Venom, or indeed Black
Sabbath. It is far, far older than that,
in which grand context either band
represent little more than fascinating
ripples in a profoundly dark ocean.
Ultimately, this has driven something
of a wedge between the established
Satanic community, who dismiss Metal
as adolescent angst, and Black Metal
fans who see such Satanists as tedious
old bores. This is a shame - but I'm
optimistic that the best of both groups
are finding some common ground. More
authentic Satanists (as opposed to
shock-horror poseurs) are appearing with
a grounding in the darker fringes of
rock, and more reputable Black Metal
musicians (as opposed to band-wagon
jumping wannabes) are
launching increasingly brave
and interesting projects that
draw on influences which go
back not just decades but
centuries. While I wouldn't
claim demonic musicians of
the distant past like Mussorgsky or
Tartini were composing Black Metal, if
they were around today they might very
well be…
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Hi there,
We had the good luck to get our
hands on the February issue of your
Slaughterama Metalzine and loved it;
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My name is Paul Wilson and I run an
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We are non-profit and work toward
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We also try to get bands a fair deal
when it comes to being paid for gigs…
because many Christchurch Bars and
clubs won't pay bands for their time
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We are really interested in hooking up
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Christchurch. We have had MeatYard
play at Jadam (the name of our gig),
and we have 8Foot playing at one of














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are being supported by 3 local metal
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this into your next issue, but we
enjoyed Brendon Williams' interview
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Jadam also has gained sponsorship
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I guess we just wanted to say "hi" from
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Hey everyone!

March sure was a weird month; it started when I found out that legendary journalist Hunter
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of journalism, and inspiring myself and millions of others.

So here we are at April; this month's issue contains a decent selection of Metal, which is
great. We are aware, however, that some genres (particularly Death Metal), are often
under-represented in the zine. I think that sucks, considering that we have so many world
class local Death Metal acts. So we're doing something about bringing more Death Metal
into the zine as of next month. Feel free to let us know if you think this is a good or bad
thing (as well as what else you think we're doing wrong or right) by dropping us an e-mail
at slaughterama@xtra.co.nz. Your opinions and suggestions will not go unread.

Oh, and on a closing note, here's some great news! The date for Noizzfest has been
confirmed. It's happening on Saturday August 6th at the King's Arms Tavern in Newton,
Auckland. Make sure you mark it down in your calendar, as it's sure to be one of the
highlights of the year. Stay tuned for more information, including the all important line-up
announcement.

Until then… STAY TRUE!!!!!!

Brendon Williams
EDITOR

PG 2

Written by Max Thrasher
It was the beginning of the 90's and Europe
was devoured by Doom Metal. Although the
idea itself wasn’t exactly new, this European
Doom was darker, slower and somehow more
sinister than old Candlemass or Trouble. The
first signs of the style surfaced with Paradise
Lost’s ‘Gothic,’ followed by My Dying Bride,
Anathema and Tiamat. The latter, with their
album ‘Clouds’ (1992) had such an impact
that Doom became a trend within months.
At this time Swedish guitarist and vocalist
Daniel Brennare decided to advance and
founded a new project, appropriately named
‘Lake Of Tears.’ The band explored the very
same sound as their more successful
colleagues - slow and heavy Doom Metal.
Brennare, accompanied by bassist Mikael
Larsson, drummer Johan Oudhuis and the
second guitarist Jonas Eriksson, came up with
a bunch of songs in the vein of early Tiamat
and started looking for a record deal.
Finally Black Mark Records expressed interest,
signing the band for five albums. Although
the material of the debut album ‘Greater Art’
(1993) was under-produced, unoriginal and in














places simply boring, the
record managed to sell
reasonably well in Europe,
and the wheels started to
turn for the band.
Lake Of Tears went on
the road, and in 1995
launched their second
product, ‘Headstones.’
The new songs were a big
step forward: all of a
sudden the Death Metal
growl disappeared, the
production got much
better, and the music started to lean towards
old Black Sabbath and Metallica. From yet
another Doom Metal band, Lake Of Tears
turned into one of the most promising
newcomers.
However, it was the third album, ‘A Crimson
Cosmos’ (1997) that actually became the
breakthrough. The psychedelic cover gave a
hint of what to expect, but the actual music
was something extraordinary. From the first
chords of ‘Boogie Bubble’ to the last notes of
the self-titled ballad, ‘A Crimson Cosmos’
contained the crossover between Doom, 70's
hard rock, blues, and multiple references to
Pink Floyd and Uriah Heep. The sound of the
album was so fresh and at the same time so
familiar, that Lake Of Tears immediately
became one of Black Mark’s main exports.
Yet not everything was well inside the band.
The guitarist Jonas Eriksson took off and a
line of replacements followed. The label
pushed Brennare to make more live
appearances and release another album, but
Daniel had other plans.
The next record, slow and semi-acoustic
‘Forever Autumn’ (1999) was another
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What is the strangest thing you have As students they were fighting for
seen while playing a show? something but once they go to work they
Our guitarist Mini-G stopping to play his just pick up their role in society, marry a
guitar in the middle of a song so he could girl, buy a house, get children and let
french-kiss with a girl in the audience!!!
What was the best show you have
played?
I don't know which was our best show…
When I've been running around like a
maniac and falling on my face all the time
I had lots of fun and those were the best
shows for me. Every time we play at
Wermelskirchen the audience gets crazy
so it's great to play there! And I also Photo by Amanda Wooldridge
remember that at the Maryland Deathfest
I had so much adrenaline pumping
through my veins that I went mad and the
Americans were pretty surprised to see a
ninja flying over the barricades haha!
And in Portugal I was running around on themselves be brainwashed by stupid tv
the stage again and suddenly fell off the programmes every evening. That's not the
1 meter high stage and could have broken path I wanna go (down). When I die I
my neck so that turned out to be pretty want to be able to say that I have done
funny. But at most of our shows, when I something with my life; that I had fun
put on my ninja suit I'm going insane and doing the things I like and that I have
I'm having a lot of fun hehe. reached something that I wanted to reach.
What is the song "All Hippies Are So the song "All hippies are dropouts" is
Dropouts" about? basically saying that all those weed-
That's a song dedicated to all the people smoking peace-lovers changed into the
who stay true to their ideals. There's a lot yuppies they hated so much and are now
of people that have so many goals when deciding over who gets money and who's
they're young, but growing up they get gonna start a war. They don't wanna be
embittered or something and drop all reminded of their past when they were
their ideals. students anymore and so those fake
hippies don't deserve my respect.
They don't believe in the same things as
when they were young anymore. Cheers Issac, thanks for your time.

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Then Rizzo left us and now Jan took over extreme stuff, I wanted to try my chances
his place. and sing in a Death Metal band. Like this
What bands influenced you to play I met Sven and Aborted who were
Grind? searching for a second singer at that time.
He introduced me in the real Grindcore
I've come a pretty long way to Grindcore…
and underground scene and got me in
During my teens I was discovering hard
touch with bands like Dead Infection,
rock with Guns N' Roses being my
Hemdale, Exhumed, Sanitys Dawn,
favourite band! And I have to admit, I still
Mindflair, Suppository, Sublime Cadaveric
love them! They rock!!! Then I moved onto
Decomposition and many many more.
some harder stuff like Rage Against The
Soon we became good friends and we
Machine, Nirvana and Sepultura. Then
wanted to start another Grindcore band
some guy at school told me I had to check
where he would play the drums and I
out Death Metal and he gave me some
would sing.
names like Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse
So we formed Sick Psycho, re-formed
and Carcass. I was totally blown away by
Ex-Noisea, started playing with Anal
this stuff! I discovered that one of my
Torture and finally ended up with Leng
neighbours was also into this kind of
Tch'e! Now I think most influences come
music and he lent me cds from Deicide,
from Grindcore, Death Metal, Hardcore,
Gorefest, Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse
Power Violence and Stoner Rock.
etc. Getting more and more into this

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unpredicted step. The title reflected the
atmosphere of the CD, with cellos and
accordion emphasizing the melancholy and
depression of the album. Songs like ‘So Fell
Autumn Rain,’ ‘The Homecoming’ and ‘To
Blossom Blue’ were closer to Pink Floyd rather
than Black Sabbath, leaving many Heavy
Metal trademarks behind.
Meanwhile, the rumours about Lake Of Tears
breaking up started circulating in the press.
Brennare did his best to confirm them, giving
confusing interviews, where he stated that
‘Lake Of Tears broke up a long time ago.’
However the band still owed Black Mark
another album and trying to get out of the
deal, entered the studio again.
The farewell album with strange title ‘The
Neonai’ hit the shelves in 2002. The new
material couldn’t be further from the somber
mood of ‘Forever Autumn.’ Songs like ‘Return
of Ravens,’ ‘The Shadowshires’ and ‘Can Die
No More’ turned from acoustic folk to
dynamic electronic drumbeats, magical lyrics
and the general feeling of a carnival. Even
though the fans expected a ‘forced’ album,
‘The Neonai’ turned out to be one of the
band’s strongest records.
The contract was now fulfilled
and the group officially
disbanded, but the fans didn’t
want to give up. It seems like
the amount of fan mail
touched Daniel Brennare, and
another year later, at the end
of 2003, Lake Of Tears were
back together. The band
signed with Noise Records
and released the new album
‘Black Brick Road’ in the end
of August 2004.














The record proved that Lake Of Tears still have
a lot of potential. From the opening tracks
‘The Greymen’ and ‘Making Evenings’ to the
aggressive ‘Crazyman,’ ‘Black Brick Road’
combined all the distinguishing signs of the
Swedes. The album is a symbolic comeback to
the times of ‘Crimson Cosmos,’ with its heavy
guitars, Hammond organ and 70's psychedelic
mood. The fans obviously weren’t
disappointed either, as ‘Black Brick Road’
immediately skyrocketed into the national
charts all over Europe.
The band is on the road right now, playing
sold out venues, and finally not talking about
breaking up anymore.
I must add that although Lake Of Tears went
through incredible changes, they managed to
preserve their personality and remain one of
the most original and multisided acts. Every
album of the band has its own incomparable
feel, and even just because of that deserves
the attention of Metal fans.
Check them out if you like: Hard rock, Doom
Metal, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd.
Highly Recommended: “Black Brick
Road”(2004;Sanctuary)
Website:www.lakeoftears.net
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 As the new album of HammerFall,
‘Chapter V: Unbent’ Unbowed, Unbroken’
is in stores now, we got in touch with
Oscar Dronjak, the guitarist and the main
driving force behind the Swedish Heavy
Metal band.
Interview conducted by Max Thrasher and
Brendon Williams

The new album of HammerFall is out now.

What are your thoughts on ‘Chapter V’?
Well, we’re all very happy about it. In my
opinion the ideal way of making an album is not
5 fast songs and a couple of other songs, like we
had in the beginning of our career. The first
albums of HammerFall weren’t very varied, and
that’s what we were trying to avoid this time
around - to really use the power of Heavy Metal,
the techniques and make the album not
repetitive in any way.
You’ve also done a music video for ‘Blood
Bound.’ Tell us about this experience.
This video has been done in same way as the
one for ‘Hearts on Fire.’ We done everything in
front of the green screen and put the band
playing into the computer-generated graphics.
We shot every band member separately and later
somebody in the editing room put this footage
together. For us it’s not so hard making a music
video. It was about a day of shooting, because
the budget we had wasn’t extremely big, so we
couldn’t be on several different locations, as
that’d eat up a lot of money. We shot everything
on one location and most of the money went
into the post-production, effects and stuff.
Very interesting character on HammerFall
covers. Who is the warrior?
His name is actually Hector. For the ‘Crimson
Thunder’ album we had a contest where the fans
could name the warrior. He’s like the sixth
member of HammerFall and he’s also a link
between the band and the fans. In a way I think
he epitomizes the band. So we let the fans come
up with the name for this character and the guy
who came up with ‘Hector’ was invited to the
studio. He’s singing some backing vocals on
some songs on ‘Crimson Thunder’.
Lucky bastard! So, who comes up with the
concepts for the HammerFall album covers?
Usually it’s Joacim (Cans, the vocalist) and
myself. This time around we were inspired by the
movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow,’ that’s why the
warrior is frozen on the cover. Plus we were
thinking about doing a winter theme for a while.
Being from the northern part of Europe it’s
something very natural for us, and we think it’s
quite cool. Winter is a very powerful force -
there are not many things that can stand in the
blizzard’s way. But also we wanted to put this

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 You may have heard of Leng Tch'e, with us. Then Nicolas told us that he was
the blasting Grind act from Belgium. thinking about coming back to Belgium
I got Isaac "Kissaakske" to ask a coz he had met a girl here just before he
few questions; left, he had problems getting that visa and
he also missed playing in the band. And
Editor's note: This interview was when we arranged to go on a mini-tour in
conducted before the departure of the USA he said he'd definitely come back
and join us again. So we just played for 3
Isaac from the ranks of Leng Tch'e.
months without a bass player and now
The new vocalist is Boris from the
Nicolas has joined our ranks again!
grindcore act "Suppository."
Is there anything new that's happening
Written By Alex Brown with the band at the present?
Well, we're getting ready to go in the
How did you get started in Leng Tch'e? studio next week to record our next full-
I was in the band from the start. We had length "The Process of Elimination" and
just stopped our previous band Anal some songs for a split7" with Pig
Torture coz we wanted to do something Destroyer. We're still negotiating with
more serious. One guitarist had just left AT some labels to release the full-length.
and the four remaining members decided And of course, since "ManMadePredator"
to start up a new band which turned out we also had some line-up changes which
to be Leng Tch'e. will have their effect on the music.
I hear Nicholas, Leng Tch'e's previous We had Nicolas taking over the bass, Rizzo
bass player left the band to live in and later also Geert joining us on guitars.
New Zealand. Do you know why this is?
Yeah, coz he loved the "Lord of the Rings"
movies! His initial plan was to go to New
Zealand, search for a job, get a full-time
visa or something like that, visit the whole
country and maybe stay there for the rest
of his life. But due to problems with
getting that full-time visa he could only
stay for three months. So then he decided
to visit the whole country with the money
he had. In the meantime, our drummer
Sven was in contact with another bassist
but this guy said that he also wanted to
leave Belgium so we didn't ask him to play

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 LI VE UNDEAD
WARD 10 AT LINCOLN GREEN, HENDERSON
INTERGALACTIC LIVE, THURSDAY 3 MARCH 2005. Written by Maebhe & Britney
Another helping of set, albeit with some
live bands at the technical difficulties,
Lincoln Green dished where the fuse blew
up by the hard- and thus cut power to
working Intergalactic the entire stage.
Live team, with the While the fuse was
night’s lineup promising being located, Dave
to be an alternative- took the opportunity
metal-pop-thrash- to visit the bar for a
punk smorgasboard. refill. The fuse was
Nonchalont kicked off located and the
proceedings with some power was reset (so
original rock tunes and was the drummer!)
although nothing really leapt out and grabbed me and Ward 10 was back in session. Although in the
aurally, they played a solid set. middle of their set, they smoothly picked up
where the power left off, until a song or two later
Schlonglongfong took the stage next and
the fuse blew again, demanding another round
delivered some heavy-thrash-punk with reckless
of drinks.
energy and abandon, coercing the crowd into
busting some moves. More originals in the set There were calls from the crowd to continue
and less covers would’ve pleased me further. acoustically on the cello but Gimpy subdued them
with a smidge of nipple rubbing. Once again the
Ward 10, what can I say? They’re certainly a
fuse, power and drummer were all up and
breath of fresh air in the metal scene.
running again. Lights, phone cameras, and
The drummer has no tongue, while the Gimp in
Ward 10 action. Their set completed without
the middle barely keeps inside his mask.
further mishaps.
Over the past year or so I’ve watched this three
Ward 10… if you haven’t seen them yet, they are
man band meld and develop into what is a
definitely worth a look and a listen. These guys
powerful and catchy display of talents. Matt and
have a good thing going.
Dave on guitar blend their riffs, and rhythms
together, yet each flare of their fingers is As the evening closed with the pop-punk sounds
distinguishable from the other. of Troy the Snail I made my exit with all senses
satisfied, albeit a slight ringing in the ears. Thanks
The man behind the mask, Ant, manages to put
to Intergalactic Live and thanks to all the bands
on both a visual and an aural display I’ve never
for a night of good live sounds.
seen nor heard before, providing the vocals, and
the bass lines, on both bass guitar and an www.ward10.co.nz
amplified cello. www.schlonglongfong.com
To a moderate crowd, Ward 10 performed a great www.troythesnail.com

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character in an environment he’s never been
in before.
How would you describe the style of
HammerFall?
Heavy Metal. You know, back when we started
people thought Heavy Metal was for guys who
didn’t understand anything that was hip at the
time. Heavy Metal was really laughed at and I
hated this attitude. If I said to someone ‘I’m in a
band and we’re playing Heavy Metal’ they were
like ‘What? Are you kidding me?’ They didn’t
know this music was still around. So I made a
point out of referring to HammerFall as a Heavy
Metal band, because I knew that the people
would think I’m crazy. In those days it was just
grunge, Black Metal and Death Metal, Machine
Head and those bands. And in my opinion they
have nothing to do with Heavy Metal. They can
be any types of Metal, but they’re not Heavy














Metal. That was why I wanted to call the music
of HammerFall 'Heavy Metal.'
If you weren’t a musician, what regular job
would you do?
I’d probably be a teacher. I’d teach history or
something. A couple of years before HammerFall
released the first album I was studying and kind
of going in that direction. But if you ask me
what would I do when HammerFall is no longer,
I’d at least consider being a journalist of
some sort.
What’s your opinion on nu-metal, pop punk
and bands like this. Did you ever feel out of
place surrounded by these kinds of bands?
No. The pop-punk bands are huge in Sweden
and you can’t really compete with those, but
the nu-metal bands don’t do much better than
Heavy Metal bands in Sweden. Iron Maiden is
playing this summer at the biggest arena in
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Sweden and they sold those bands as Heavy
this place out in three Metal in one way or
hours. So Heavy Metal is another, but they’re all
definitely very strong very different from each
over here. other. As long as people
The HammerFall continue playing music
concerts are usually as individuals and as
very spectacular. Do long as we don’t have
you think the stage this corporate thinking
show is important for we had at the end of
the band? the 80's when labels
put bands together
Very. You know, in the
based on their looks,
90's there was nothing
Metal will be fine. You
on offer that I was
know, I just read that
looking for, when it
the new single of Judas
came to live shows. All
Priest was decided by
those bands looked like
their record label. And I
they just got out of bed
can’t understand how
in the morning and
anybody could give this
went right on stage.
power to the label -
They weren’t having fun;
that’s something I’d
they stood still there,
never do. Of course we
looking at their shoes. And I hated it! Being on
listen to our record company, but at the end of
stage is a privilege! It’s fun and you should feel
the day it’s always the band’s decision. And
it! I still get an adrenaline rush before every
that’s how I think it should be to avoid losing
show. So I wanted to have something for people
your personality.
to look at. Not just band, but pyros and stage
props and that kind of thing. I think over the Are we ever going to hear a different
past years we’ve built a reputation of a band HammerFall? Will the band ever change
that always delivers live. When you’re buying a drastically?
HammerFall concert ticket, you know you’re I don’t think so. We are changing slower than
going to get more than just five people playing. many bands are and we’ll never do the ninety
You’re gonna get the show as well. degree turn that some bands do. You can call it
Where do you think Heavy Metal is heading? a gradual progression. We’re never gonna
Can it develop further without repeating change from being Heavy Metal. That’s where
itself? we started and that’s where we want to be.
I definitely think we’ll have more to offer, more
I think there’s endless room for that if you do it
ways to go, more areas to explore. Heavy Metal
right. Look at bands like Edguy for example, or
is a very wide term and you can do so many
the bands that’ve been around for a while, like
different things.
Manowar or Iron Maiden. I would classify all

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 MOVIE MORGUE

I Drink Your Blood (1970)

STARRING: Bhaskar, Jadine Wong, Rhonda Fultz, George Patterson.
DIRECTOR: David E. Durston.
SUMMARY by Josh Pasnak who like Hollywood style movies… if your
A band of satanist definition of a horror movie is thrillers like
hippies roll into a town "Scream" or even B-grade slashers flicks like the
and begin terrorizing "Friday The 13th" series, you may be disappointed
the local folk. They rape in the quality of this film. But if you're the type
a local girl and her who appreciates the charm and atmosphere of
grandpa goes after movies made on shoestring budgets, with too
them. He fails and is many sub-par techniques to mention, then this
given LSD. This bothers may be a movie for you to add to your "must
his grandson and he watch" list.
gets back at the hippies
by feeding them meat DID YOU KNOW: The scary, ugly face seen on the
pies infected with blood from a rabid dog. They movie posters for this film was originally part of
turn into crazed lunatics and begin killing and/or the poster art for the US/British monster film,
infecting everything in their path. "It!" (1966).
REVIEW By Brendon Williams
One of the titles from a series of classic,
previously hard-to-find horror releases by
Umbrella Entertainment, the cover promised
many great things. Here are some of the tag-lines
from the DVD cover:
• "Previously banned now released uncut!"
• "One of the most truly horrific thrillers ever
produced!!"
• "Satanic hippies on a holiday to hell!"
• "The first U.S. film to receive an "X" rating for
its graphic, depraved violence"
For a 1970's movie, this "Z-grade trash
exploitation" is really quite a good watch. Not as
gory as you'd think, but the storyline is actually
good enough to keep you interested in what's
going on. Obviously, this release isn't for people

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6. "ROSS MCGUIRE"
AND "TRIAL BY FIRE"
RHYME. WAS THAT
INTENTIONAL, OR A
FLUKE?
Hahaha, I’d never
actually noticed
that 'til now.
Purely a coincidence
I assure you.
7. WHAT'S THE
BIGGEST LESSON YOU HAVE LEARNT FROM THE
WORLD OF MUSIC SO FAR?
Success only comes to those who work for it!
Nothing comes for free but if you work hard, it
will come.
8. WHO WOULD TRIAL BY FIRE TOUR WITH IF GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR WITH ANY 3 BANDS IN
THE WORLD?
Honestly, I would love to tour with any of the
Metal bands we have currently played with.
They have all been so awesome. There’s been more
than three, so you know who you are.
9. IF THERE HAD TO BE ONE MESSAGE YOU
WANTED PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY WITH THEM WHEN
GOING TO A TRIAL BY FIRE SHOW, WHAT WOULD
THAT MESSAGE BE?
To give generously when the collector calls! Lol.
Nah, probably that what you have just witnessed
was an amazing Metal show, and that they
were kiwi.
10. WHAT IS TRIAL BY FIRE DOING DIFFERENTLY
FROM OTHER BANDS OUT THERE
Well for a start we got a banner! I think if anything
we have worked on more of an image than other
bands. Image isn’t everything, but you need
something to pull a crowd.
11. WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT METAL?
The sound of a double kick drum miked up!














A distorted E5 chord!
The compulsive
desire to headbang
to a killer song! A
Halford or Dickenson
scream! The cover to
Somewhere In Time!
12. WHAT'S THE
TRIAL BY FIRE SONG
YOU LIKE PLAYING
THE MOST?
I love to play all the songs, because each of them
has something unique to them that I enjoy, but
definitely the song ‘Trial By Fire’ is a particular
favourite, because it was the first song I wrote for
the band.
13. HOW OFTEN WILL TRIAL BY FIRE BE GIGGING
THIS YEAR? ARE THERE PLANS TO GIG OUTSIDE
AUCKLAND?
We’ll be playing as often as we can around
Auckland, and yes we plan this year to travel
around the country to play.
14. WHERE SHOULD PEOPLE GO TO FIND OUT
INFORMATION ON WHERE AND WHEN TRIAL BY FIRE
ARE PLAYING?
Until our website is up and running, hopefully
soon, check out the forum at houseofnoizz.com,
or nzmetal.com. And for those without internet
access, music stores like the Rock Shop and record
stores like Real Groovy.
15. WHAT DO YOU WANT THE BAND TO HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR
This time next year we will have an EP out for sure,
but apart from that, hopefully we play a few high
profile gigs, play a few different cities and have a
larger fan base, which already is steadily growing.
Thank you for doing these 15 questions for us.
Thank you.
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Mini Poster #3

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 ALB U M AUTOPSY
The
‘ Wicked
Sonic Scriptures of The End Times/Songs
to Have Your Nightmares With
Label: Spikefarm
Release Date: 2005
Probably the album of the month
for me. Close your eyes and
imagine: Finntroll and Ministry
meet Immortal and decide to record
a soundtrack to ‘The Ring’’ but get
stoned somewhere along the way.
Fucking brilliant! Another crazy
Finnish band, The Wicked are totally
out of control, full of horror melodies, Finnish traditional Humppa, Black
Metal, industrial, creepy sounds and dialogues from movies (including
‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’), orchestral movements and all sorts of
unexpected musical ideas. If you like late Arcturus‘ you’re gonna love this
bastard! One of those things you just can’t stop listening to. Highly
recommended on drugs!
Review by: Max Thrasher
Kreator
Enemy of God
Label: SPV
Release Date: 2005
Very nice, solid album from the
German Thrash Metal veterans.
After the ‘softer’ sound of last two
records Kreator migrate back to
the traditional Thrash grounds. The
album is somewhere between
‘Violent Revolution’ and ‘Coma of
Souls’’ sometimes reminiscent of
Slayer, but the trademark of Kreator is certainly there. Although the first
three tracks seem to be the most impressive, the rest of the material is
sure to satisfy the fans. At the end of the day, you didn't really expect a
bad album from Kreator, did you?
Review by: Max Thrasher














Wicked SeNsatioN
Exceptional
Label: SPV
Release Date: 2004
Really good hard rock. Wicked
Sensation take their roots in classic
stuff like MSG, House of Lords,
Dokken, Lynch Mob, Whitesnake
and so on. There are quite a few
really explosive tracks here and
some very well written mid-tempo
songs. There’s nothing extremely
new here, but I don’t think ‘new’ is the point of this music. The point is
writing catchy, memorable songs that would please those who miss the
above-mentioned House of Lords and Lynch Mob. ‘Shining Light’ and
‘Back to My Bed’ are two songs here that are guaranteed to be stuck in
your head for a while. Altogether, very nice.
Review by: Max Thrasher
Vreid
Kraft
Label: Tabu Recordings
Release Date: 2004
And so the story goes… Windir, the
founder of the Norwegian Black
Metal band also titled Windir
passed away in a snowy blizzard…
and so, from the frosty remains
comes Vreid.
An eclectic mix of rocky Black
Metal of the classic kind is more
than welcomed on the majority of this album; 'Kraft.' With tracks thus
named 'Songen At Fangen,' 'Wrath Of Mine' and 'Raped By Light,' it has
an overall bouncy up-tempo feeling amidst the black. Other tracks, for
example 'Empty,' seep with touches of inspired Nordic folk, adding a tint
of a more (dare I say it) mellow, almost pop/gothic tinted vocal influence,
Opeth / Katatonia-ish even maybe, and 'Helvete' (Euronymous anyone?)
has just a wicked winding electronic starter that draws you in for the
anticipated, much nastier ending. Still a 'True' Black Metal album; check
out 'Unholy Water' and 'Evig Pine' for proof, but with a taste of something
quite inspiring and refreshing.
Review by: Stine© 2005
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15 Questions with
Ross McGuire from Trial By Fire
Written by Brendon Williams
1. GIVE US A GENERAL RUN-DOWN ON WHAT
TRIAL BY FIRE IS ALL ABOUT… YOUR SOUND, YOUR
OUTLOOK, ETC.
Trial By Fire is true pure Metal. Heavy, fast, and
loud! We are about making heavy uncompromising
music for the legions of people out there, the
whole band and myself included, who are sick of
the crap that passes for music these days.
2. HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO FIND THE LINE-UP
YOU HAVE?
Initially it was hard. I encountered musicians
who weren’t committed and that was a hindrance,
but the lineup now is the strongest yet.
Warren (guitars) and Christian (bass) are terrific
songwriters and musicians, and with the recent
inclusion of Cameron (drums), (he) has breathed
new life into our older songs, and added a new
energy to the band.
3. AS A NEW BAND TO EMERGE ON THE AUCKLAND
LIVE SCENE, HOW HAVE YOU FOUND THE RESPONSE
FROM THE PUBLIC SO FAR?
The response has been tremendous. At our second
gig we had the bar owner playing air guitar on top
of the bar. People have a hunger for true Heavy
Metal. Before playing with our friends in Warbeast
and Just One Fix, I hadn’t heard another band play
any Motorhead, Maiden or Priest covers lately, and
the reaction from the crowds was insane.














4. WHAT ARTISTS HAVE INSPIRED YOU TO
MAKE MUSIC?
We all grew up on the greats. Iron Maiden, The
Thrash Big 4, Judas Priest, Ozzy and Sabbath,
Motorhead. Each of us also have our own individual
influences we bring to the band, like Cradle of
Filth, Slayer, Queensryche, Misfits, Anthrax, Vai and
Satch, NWOBHM, etc.
5. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS YOU HAVE
COVERED WITH YOUR SONGS SO FAR?
I like lyrics that tell a story rather than the pain of
losing your girlfriend. The song ‘Trial By Fire’ is
about witch trials. Warren's approach is more
poetic, as he’s a huge Cradle fan, his songs
'Enchantress Of Pain,' 'Ablaze His Lustful Fire,' and
'Raised On Infinity' are a different style to my
writing, but work well together. Christian made his
writing debut with ‘Her Veil’ about the exhumation
of a loved one. Movies are a huge influence; ‘The
Hunters Moon’ and a song we’ve almost finished
entitled ‘The Fog’ are based around two movies.
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