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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Azathoth Circle Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Well,its all started by the end 2012 i started looking for musicians for my new band, been working on some material for a while, and was ready to get in in rehearsal room
It was not easy to get musicians for such stuff, i had two self made demos with a drummer, a close friend of mine helped me with that, anyway summer 2013 i met Alexandra and Mike, so we gathered to make it all happen, after a while we got 5 tracks to be recorded, and we started to look for a studio, this is how Azathoth Circle started

2.So far you have released 2 ep's, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on both of the recordings and also how do they differ from each other?
The first EP was just a first our try to look on what we have done working together, mixing ideas, riffs, vocals, arrangements and perfect drumming by a friend of ours Erland
it was representing our mood at that time, passion and sadness in one work, second one is more powerfull work, we been on our way of mixing what we all love, from alternative metal, black metal, stoner, progressive, doom, and the mix of all of it, you can hear on both EPs we all listen to different music, but we gathered just to get it together in a mix of what you hear

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
its all matter of our lives, fights with ourselves, what we feel, what`s our fears, what it covers in us

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Azathoth Circle'?
Life Circles, your dark sides, your bright sides, you can be the god of your dark side, or bright, you choose, it`s your circle, its a matter of what your are going to join
Are you in a Circle?)

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
We made our first two shows alredy, both in local clubs, biggest and most influential stages in our city, we all been playing before in different bands and have a great experience of being on stage, but for the firs time Azathoth Circle appears as one part, as a band itself, nice performances, nice audience, we know what to do, how to make stage performances even better

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
As any band we are willing to make awesome tours, big shows, getting more and more recognizable

7.Does Occultism play any role in the music?
not any, we are dark persons, but not as much )

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of metal?

we started promoting ourselves on biggest musical social networks (reverbnation,bandcamp, lastfm....) the feedback on our first EP was fantastic, so its a great start for a local
band to get a wordwide respect, by working hard on songs and live performances

9.When can we expect a full length album and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We want to record our 3d EP and make it also digital, maybe limited edition CD, album? well there are no reasons to make an albums our days for no major label bands i guess
itunes, amazon, shows how ep`s , singles are sells, so, album, we will do it, after third EP i guess it will be the right time to make it

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
we all listening to different stuff, wide range of musical styles and bands that`s why are not sure, what exactly we are playing ))))

11.What are some of your non musical interests?
we all open minded and looking for some cool stuff, for something new, something interesting )) watching discovery channel (lol)

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Thank you for you time, for checking our stuff, give it a like on facebook, oh yes, we have a facebook page, you can find latest news there, also don`t forget to share
and support local scene, all bands needs your support, cheers !!

Monday, December 1, 2014

Bloody Terror Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

Mr.Styx: Bloody Terror is an international black/death metal band created in late 2010. The very first record was the cover of Kalmah's song named “Dance Of The Water”.
After this we started to compose the material for debut album. At the same time Dr.Trajan has joined the band as a bass player. During the 18 months the first album was in process.
Debut full-length album "Shadow Of Death" out 15/09/2012 on a various labels.
In early 2013 Dr.Trajan was replaced by Brutal Baphomet on bass/back vocals. With a new line-up we started to compose the very new material for the sophomore album that was finished in august 2014.
Fall of 2014 we signed a contract with Metal Scrap Records. Our second full-length album, "Diaboli Celeritate", was released on November 14, 2014 as a digital edition. On CD album planned to release in 2015.

2.How would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recordings?

Powersquad: Melodic and furious Black Metal with the little Death Metal touches, demonic lyrics and epic choirs!

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

PS: When we record our first album mainly I wrote all the lyrics.
Some of them were like joke, some of them sarcastic. But when Brutal Baphomet joined the band he brought dark atmosphere to our band from his occult ideas for lyrics and we have left from humorous lyrics to more serious occult topics.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Bloody Terror?

PS: Back in 2011 when we`ve started to record our debut album we simply searched for the name that has not yet been used by other bands but represents our style and atmosphere. Mr Styx suggest Bloody Terror, and it was exactly what we needed!

5.The band members are both from Ukraine and Russia, how does this work in the recording process?

MS: We collaborate through Internet - recording all stuff in our studios and sending it to each other.

6.Has the band done any live shows or is this studio project?

MS: We`re apart by the thousands of kilometers, perhaps, we`d like to perform a live but still we don`t have such chance yet. That`s the reason why this is a studio project for now.

PS: We have proposals from few festivals to play live. It's possible and very interesting, but we need time & money to meet each other while, as we are now busy with our main bands. Only time will tell .. ;)

7.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black an death metal?

MS: Quite positive. The second album attracted great interest among the metalheads than debut record.

8.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects that some of the other band members are involved with?

MS: I have my own solo project named Metal Styx, symphonic folk metal. At late spring of 2014 the EP "Curuvar Firtalion" was out. Also Brutal Baphomet has his own band Evilgod,in whin I`m a bass-player.About a 2 months ago we had our the very first live. Perhaps, we`ll start to make the third album soon.

PS: I'm a guitarist of Ukrainian metal band Majesty Of Revival. Sometimes I playing with other bands as a session guitarist/drummer. Also I released few solo-albums under the name "PowerSquad".

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

PS: We have a lot ideas for future records but now we cant say more about this, because our second album was out only few weeks ago as a digital edition, and planned to release on CD in early 2015. Also we hope that someday we will toured with this band.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

MS: My influence is Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Graveworm, Crematory.
Now I mostly listen to Iron Maiden, Eluveitie.

PS: I'm influenced by prog/power/heavy metal bands like Symphony X, Sonata Arctica, Time Requiem, Metallica, Annihilator, etc. Also I`m big fan of Crossover music (Waltari) and melodic death metal (Kalmah, The Wake, C.O.B.). Currently on my playlist is Silent Voices, Waltari and Bloody Terror :)

11.Does Occultism play any role in your music?

Brutal Baphomet: UNDOUBTEDLY OCCULTISM play a certain role. Without him we wouldn't have been a black metal band.

12.What are some of your non musical interests?

MS: fantasy books, videogames

PS: Programming, electronics, books

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Thanks for interesting questions. We hope that you like our new album. Thanks all fans around the world for great feedbacks and support. Metal is forever \m/

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Hegemone/Luminosity/2014 CD Review

Hegemone are a band from Poland that plays a mixture of black metal, post rock and sludge and this is a review of their self released 2014 album "Luminosity".

Distorted sounding experimental music sounds start off the album and after a minute the music goes into more of a heavy sludge metal direction along with some aggressive vocals that also bring in black metal screams at times and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them.

Most of the tracks a re very long and epic in length and the music also brings in a great amount of post metal style melodies and there are also some saxophones on some of the tracks that also gives the music more of an avant garde feeling while some of the other songs are heavily influenced by shoegaze.

As the album progresses the music speeds up a bit in certain sections of the recording and adds in blast beats and tremolo picking which also displays more of the bands black metal side and they also add in melodic leads and solos at times and on some of the later tracks more clean playing is added into the music and they bring a progressive feeling to the album along with some clean singing vocals that bring in a psychedelic feeling when they are utilized.

Hegemone plays a very original style of music that combines the more melodic side of black metal with the heaviness of sludge and a good amount of progressive, post rock and shoegaze elements to create some very interesting sounding music, the production sounds very dark and heavy while the lyrics cover dark, melancholic and philosophical themes.

In my opinion Hegemone are a very great sounding mixture of black metal, post rock and sludge and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Hunt Within" and "Nightingale". 8 out of 10.

http://hegemone.bandcamp.com/

Havenless Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Hi, and thank you very much for this interview!
We are a progressive death metal band strongly influenced by bands as Opeth, Ihsahn, Enslaved. Founded in Toulouse at the beginning of 2012 by the Composer-Singer-Guitar player Fred Blanchard. A few months later, our first EP “Architecture of plague” came out, we played some gigs in the southwest of France while working on our first album.

2.Recently you have released your first full length, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the ep you had released in 2012?
To us, this album is following the same line as our first EP recorded in 2012, even if songs are different, they are less experimental more intelligible for the audience. About the sound now, we have maintained a natural and human touch, but in a professional studio this time. We are all very satisfied of this!

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
The lyrics tell to the listener some mysterious and unnatural stories… even for us! ^^
Stories to be more specific could be considered like “Thrillers”, in wich victims and guilty are present. For example, the first four tracks in the album tell about two young boys who kill their mother because they are driven by a kind of supernatural ghost entity … but I’m not going to spoil anything, I prefer to let the curious read the booklet!

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Havenless'?
As I said previously, in our stories, victims are present and their aggressors always achieve their goal . So these victims are helpless against this fantastic strength, without refuge… Havenless.
This is also a music title from a band I particularly appreciate: Enslaved

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
Our best souvenir: I would like first to mention a live in Albi to celebrate 10 years of “Une nuit en enfer” with Necrocult, Trashnasty and Oldskull , the ambiance was perfect! The show in Montpellier with “Negura Bunget” and finally our live in Montblanc, at the “Garrigue fest” with our friends “Orob”!
I think we have been improving and we can’t wait to play our full album on stage next year!

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the new album?
We are now in the progress of organizing a tour in the north of France with “Orob” for February 2015. We will also participate in a maximum of concerts and competitions to promote best as possible our first new album!

7.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of progressive and extreme metal?
People liked our first EP, but we haven't really been able to export our music a lot ... that’s why we signed with the international label “Wormehole death”. Famous French webzines and magazines have supported us (such as Rock Hard, Metallian) but each reviews always ended with sentences like: “so excited to hear a complete album”!

8.What is going on with some of the other musical projects or bands these days that some of the band members are a part of?
Other projects of members in the band are not very active at the moment, exception for projects of our new bass player “Christine Lanusse” (Qantice, Hretghir, Brain Collapse)
Ben, our guitar player, plays with his cover band 70’s “Devik” on a regular basis & Fred (singer guitarist) project, Osuaire (old school death metal) is currently preparing an album.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We’ll just let the music evolve in our future songs certainly with more clean vocals. As it starts with our new songs of the future second album, the atmosphere is in the way to be more 70’s while remaining melodic death metal! And we are working to have our sound evolving also.

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
The main musical genres, which our composer is inspired by are Swedish metal, progressive rock, Doom/death metal, heavy metal of course and nice bands of non-traditional black metal.
To cite some band names : Opeth, Ihsahn, Katatonia, Hypocrisy, Emperor, Enslaved, Bathory, Ereb Altor, Isole (best doom/death band ever!), Porcupine tree, Steven Wilson project, etc… they are to many.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?
We don’t have a lot of non-musical interest…Just our drummer “Romain” wich is a Geek! Chris also likes photography.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
We wish to thank you once again for your interest in our band and interest for our first album! I have no doubt that progressive melodic metal lovers will like it !

Rock’on !

Monday, November 24, 2014

Bloody Terror/Diaboli Celeritate/Metal Scrap Records/2014 CD Review

Bloody Terror are an international band with members from both Ukraine and Russia that plays a melodic mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Diaboli Cereritate" which was released by Metal Scrap Records.

Acoustic guitars that have an ethnic feeling to them start off the album along with some heavy riffing and an atmospheric sound in the background which also brings symphonic elements to the bands musical style and when solos and leads are added into the music they bring in even more of a melodic edge to the recording and there is also a good amount of melody in the riffing as well.

Vocals mix high pitched black metal screams and deep death metal growls together and they also bring in a brief use of spoken word parts and whispers at times along with all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them and on some of the tracks melodic clean singing can be heard at times and they bring in a more operatic atmosphere to the symphonic elements of the bands musical style.

Throughout the recording you can hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with blast beats being added into certain sections of the recording and they also bring in operatic female vocals at times and as the album progresses you can hear a small amount of progressive rock elements and folk metal being added into the synths.

Bloody Terror takes a 90's style of symphonic black metal and mixes it with the more modern melodic death metal sound to update this genre for the modern day, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover darkness and occult themes.

In my opinion Bloody Terror are a very great sounding melodic and symphonic mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Devil's Speed" "Magic Of the Moon" and "Eternal-Life Vampirism". 8 out of 10.

Azathoth Circle/The Replacement/Metal Scrap Records/2014 EP Review

Azathoth Circle are a band from Ukraine that plays a very dark and progressive form of post metal that also brings in elements of black metal, stoner, and doom and this is a review of their 2014 ep "The Replacement" which was released by Metal Scrap Records.

Clan playing and acoustic guitars starts off the ep giving the music more of a progressive and post rock edge along with some melodic clean singing female vocals a few seconds later and after a couple of minutes the music goes into more of a heavy prog metal direction along with a good mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls.

When solos and leads are added into the music they give the ep even more of a dark and melancholic edge and the drums also bring in a few seconds of blast beats and the songs also have more of a modern metal edge to them and on the second track you can hear more gothic, doom metal and Opeth influences being added into the bands musical style along with a touch of mainstream rock/metal and on the last track the music starts bringing in more of a stoner metal vibe.

Azathoth Circle brings in a variety of many different style ranging from progressive and post metal and adding it in with the heaviness of stoner, doom and black metal along with a touch of mainstream rock to create their own style of dark metal, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark and occult themes.

In my opinion Azathoth Circle are a very great sounding mixture of progressive, post and dark metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Attack Over Again". 8 out of 10.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Thorr-Axe/Gates Of Winter/2014 CD Review

Thorr-Axe are a band from Indiana that plays a blackened form of stoner/doom metal and this is a review of their self released 2014 album "Gates Of Winter".

Winter sounds start off the album and a few seconds later the music starts to get more heavy and you can hear traces of black metal before going into more of a doom metal direction while they also keep around the blackened parts and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and a couple of the tracks are long and epic in length.

After the first track the music starts to add in more stoner metal influences along with some aggressive screaming vocals and after awhile element s of punk and hardcore can be heard in some of the tracks along with a small amount of death metal growls and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them.

At times you can hear a great amount of sludge in the bands musical style and most of the tracks stick to more of a slow or mid paced direction and one of the alter tracks also brings in a brief use of melodic guitar solos and leads which also leads up to the music speeding up a bit and bringing in a few seconds of blast beats on a few songs with the second one also adding in more black metal elements and on of the later tracks also bring s in a small amount of spoken word samples and psychedelic sounds.

Thorr-Axe plays a very heavy form of stoner/doom metal that also bring s in a heavy amount of sludge and black metal influences to create the sound that is presented on the recording, the production sound s very professional for being a self released recording while the lyrics cover Norse Paganism and Fantasy themes.

In my opinion Thorr-Axe are a very great sounding blackened stoner/doom metal and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album> RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Seer's Vision" "The Forging Ritual" and "Awakening". 8 out of 10.

thorr-axe.com
thorr-axe.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/thorraxedoom
myspace.com/thedoomwizard
youtube.com/thorraxeofficial
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Azathoth Circle Interview

Monday, December 1, 2014

Bloody Terror Interview

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Hegemone/Luminosity/2014 CD Review

Havenless Interview

Monday, November 24, 2014

Bloody Terror/Diaboli Celeritate/Metal Scrap Records/2014 CD Review

Azathoth Circle/The Replacement/Metal Scrap Records/2014 EP Review

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Thorr-Axe/Gates Of Winter/2014 CD Review

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