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Youte holding ths frrt iasue of Ereb, and, first of all, I'd lihe to ttrank youfor that good friendl This little fanzino is the follo-up to my work on Tertor Satniotadioshow, which stopped eristirg in October/November 1996.I could b6gin rith thie rst ieeue by to[ing lou what a].e my intentions, how I seo theundergrouad eituation, and so on. But I think you have you own ideas, and I'm sure the thingis not ae bad as it seers yo bo when ou read some fanzines. Ttere ane legiorrs of honest peopleinrrolved in the undergroun4 and I would like ta dedicate Ab Ercb to thogo people, who don't

eoe all this ae a ruled tiving ale, but ae a way to feet sorae particular ensations when ,oulieten to your music.lhat's all.Am I satisod with te outcome of thie work? Of course, not I thnk many thingscould have beer better, so I will change some of those ings for the second issue.The nert numbor will be out in a shprt tirne, I think, because I am already in torchwitb about aotber thirty bands in order to inteniew them for the second Ab Ercb.Your opinion is more an welcome, so write ad tall me An I.R.C. is as welcumo asyour opinion, O.K.?I'd like to Bqy'thenks ' to all people featured here (mainly), all people who was and iein touch, all my ftiends over here for helping me when I neoded it, and p forth.Arrd IU liLe to narne Bome ripoffs hee ae well: Goic Becorls, Necmmantia,Witching Hour Productions and Obeisance. Thee people have roceived money from mo (well

hiddsn in registord letters) ruch more than a year ago a.nd have not roplied, later they haversceived again registered letters fmm me askirrg for an answor and havs not rrplied. Moreinformation available, if you arc interested.Juart'o - Ab Ereboeditor

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Let's begin ow iournqwith this clut we hadutith silctrtt ConscicidcDsminus Atwla ofDutch intelligant darkelectronic duoBhaoblun Sidhc.'Fm e start, tell ne bout your psstiu Bctil Sumtroni4g, why this bandws disbandcd, if Bhobhn Sidhccritcd bcforc thc split... And, why didyou dccidc o crclc uch non-mctalprojcc?'tWc sucked, man. Wc didn't carc. Wcwcre yourt. We cvokcd ficndish fuckin'chaoe wcrr,herc wc wenl. We hated all,and all hated us. Itwas like a trip to hetl andback Wc sptit up becusc wc got sick ofcach otheCs faccs..We sirply felt it wasovcr, wc oncc shacd common spirit, but ithad dicd... During thc la.it t\vitchcs ofBcstial Summoning, I began thinking of myvery own thing: Bhaobhan Sidhe. At thatpoint, I did not spccifically dccide to go intonon-metal; I decidA to mould my child theway I wanted to and nothirg morc thanlhaL''Yogr firct elc wes thc pmmofun hi&s thc imnnta.I... Why didyou rclce.cc prcmo at tht tinc and nolt &mo? Did you lhint you wcr= r,cedrfor t dca,l? Ws tht prcmo aveilablc forthc public? Also, now tht timc haspasscd, tcll m whalyou think about thatpicccs of music, which I thinl wcrc thcfirl c..m. oncs you composcd... I rhinkthorc songs wcrcn't in thc vcin of thcoacsof Jiax.'oPtomo, demo; it's all the sane to me. Wewerrn't actually shoppirg for a dcal. Wenever d anything like that. fun... vtasin fact availablc b thc public, but for anexhrcnrly limied timc only. I still d thcidca bchind thosc backs, dthotrgh it'sconplctely different shil from what we'redoin'non.t'Thcn cannc Trc ncw otdcr rven-inch8P... Wht ws lhc nceniry of the nintittc? I think yor grve rauch pronotionto lhi rcIcsc, didn't you? And I bct thtri ws morc cornpler. than yourprcviour prcnp... Tcll rnc, in tcrm ofcvolution, whl vcr thc diffcrcnccsbctwccn thc EP rd thc pr,omo, plca*.''Irc new ardel is out my personalpost-holocaustic cws. Warpcdnecromntic shit, men. No, thc prrmotionwas not thf extensive. ffp ncw otdcactualty contained the exact same tracfts as(ban... (plus two morc). Wc hardlysprcad any copies of Own... in thc lirstplace, so wc figured we could usc thcscrecordings qgain. After that, things startcd tochange with the rclcasc of (btp* cnbr...''Still tslkig eboul your scvcn-inch,you fold mc tht this onc was rclcascdrutrgh your dcfunt tabct Wi-pRccordr, ritht? I would likc to lnow,cxactl which was thc stuff yourclcrscd, whet wcrc your conditions withthc bands, lrhat wcrc thc aspects of abad tht mdc you give them a ilcl ado on. I don'l tnow if you put muchcntuthissm on lhis, bul, bcfore youdcci&d to cnil, wcc thcrc merydireppointments with thc musictbusincsll''Right we did the Disembowcl scven-inch, Opcra IX scven-inch, etc. Wc tavc outfec copies o the bands instead of payingroyalties. I workcd with bands I liked. That'swhat anyone in the biz should do in thc firstplacc orgcl the fuck oui l,at:k of {np n:utmc quit. Thc biz was, is and shall always befirll of shiq man.'fiWfiWfiMW4

ETECTRONIC STI FF MUSIC APPROVEDOF BY THE DUTCH SUICIDE COMMITTEE'(btp cta.br was your followingrcfeasc, your first demo. I think it ws abigger success than your seven-inch,wsn't ir? lAas it a sclf-finnccll &mo,or did it comE out through a csscfteIe,bcl? dgain, I woufd likc to ast youbout thc mcaning of thc tle, '.orp*cratc/. I thirrl your titlcs arc dweys

quitc intcrcsfinE, evcn if you don't havclyrics. Is lhcrc any sorf of messqg,cbchind thcm?''(btp cra8.rwassuccessful, all ritht. Itwas self-financcd, likc evcrything we diduntil tay. 'Corpsc cratcr quzl to'masgrave'. Therc's a messate ineverything for fhose that dare acknowledgeit...''What kind of cquipmcnt do you uscto crcatc your pieccs of music? Acomputcr with sound card, maybc? And Iwondcr if it is ncccsssrJi fo hvc twopcoplc in an clcclronic projcct... Whichis thc rclc cch of you pleys in thccompoeitions in Bhaobhan Sidhc? Bcingbrcthcrs, it's possible you sll livc t thcsae homc - yoa ? lf so, lhc creativcpf'oee's must be fast, easy rnd clcn... ''Keyboards, keyboards, keyboards... Noconrputers. It's not necessary to have morethan one penson in any band rrhtsoevcr. Ijust dislikc lincup chancs. Aliboron is akindred spirit. We didn'l crawt oul of the.qame cunt We're brcthcs anyhow, yous?nIf's clcar fhat I misundcrstood...'Nsrv tcll us about your ncwcsl rclcasc* ftr; Jinr. Details, plcasc. And fcll usabout your intcrcst in thc happcnings ofthc World Wr II... '"Jinx is about life (the cursc) and dcth(the saviour). There are no details. At Ieaslthere are no details to be shared with otheryteqlc. Jinx'ts your own littlc nrghtmarc... Ihave z felish for injuslice, misery. Ii'srctratkzble to me what people arc prcpareclto go through just to keep on ling their

erupty lives... Why do wc fight, when.wecannot tr anyu;a3l''Wty is your name so rclal,ed with thecurrent neo-black metl situ.tion?Comments on lhcsc pebnder b thethrcn0 Whar do you thint about thcadmittce by the new black mctalfrcsks of all the cynth projccts of today?Ycstcnlay, that tind of music was rarclylikcd by thc avcrqge trrcndy (black) mctalfan... Dort'f you think lhat, with anamo8anf prumolion t thc right rromcnt,you can control e scene tht has alwaysbcen full of kidr end trcn&? Positivcthings of thal?''l do not cae. I do wht I hve to do. Fuckeverything el.se. Prop4ganda equal tomanipulation, equal to conbol, equal topower. Us humans; wc rc such an easypry...o'Don't you scc a rcligiouc (or infant,in some cascs, aud adolcscent, in otherc)spiril in cvcrrthi4g that's happening inthe so-clled xcne, nninlyin black melal? I mean evcryone isscer:ching for the mcaning of him/hercxistcncc, and they find, in black mctal,new gods and ttitudes to worship, bignamcs like Mayhem or Bathory, bandsthal thcy rarely know, nor do lheyundcrstand (I m not saying these bandsarc sacrcd, but the oppolitcl). And ththas nothing to do with musical tastes,brt with rheir life... Everythiry irfuckirrg crzzy, bul that is lso good in away, isn't il?''Yeah. People arc fooling themselves butarc too blind to notice it. What elsc to eryectfrom piteous humans? Eat my fuckf ''Comments on the scach for dirsrimpuri of the brutd thrsh, black,deth metal bands and thc ccarch forclcan purity of thc cvil-but-lovcly andthc in-lovc bands of mclodic so-calledblack nclal znd dam mcbll Don't youscc a clear link betwecn lhose twoaforemcnlioned moyemcnk?'

"l do not wish to analyse anything,really.''I'vc nolice/ you do somc erlwork, atleast logos (with conpulcr loo?). Whtcan you teII us about lhis subject? Haveyou includcd, or re you going toincludc, any of your drawings inBhrobhan Sidhe produc ls?''That's conect, I draw, somctimcs... fftcncr otderfealurtd correr artwork from myhand plus lherc's the amcn crcature insidethe cover otJitrxl lovc tojust siart drawirgwithout any concept whabocvcr aud just lelfhe Iines do their thing. I'm not an artist thatdraws just about anythirg for cash. Couldn'tdo that. I must draw what I feel (mainlydeath).''What do lrou think about KlausSchulzc, Tarterinc Drcaa endKrftwerk? Name somc ncwer stroqgclcctronic/fcchno 8,oups worthy ofatlcntion.''Clssics (prefer Kraftruer$. I'm intolront 242, Suicide Commanfu, De form,CoiI, Future Sound Of London, Biosphere,Aurifex, Bliss Array, etc. Right now I'mIistenirlg to Autopqy's .9hitn though...''Now qucstiou for rry book ofcuriositics: your name mcns 'consciouscrime'?'o(bnscious kilter. It mears that I'd ratherbc slccpin'...''Tcll us about your dcd with wildRags, thc cdition of your miniCD, what itcontains, etc.'"lt fuckcd up. No further comments.''[cl's cnd hcrc. Now you cn cry awrriors pi.ycr or tell u how to mkean tomic bomb. Meanirglcss thanks,Conscicidcl Wc like it drrk, crucl andIMflJREI''Only a fool does not fer what the futurchidcs.. . '

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METAL AFTER DECAYfie best Portr:guese band, black thrashin' f)ecayed, after various changes, has a new a.lbum out. lEnirtled Rennctionn,rr1rt t,flm, if rnust be thei new utter masterpiece. JVfysterious, old-fashioned J.A. trlked with us about tlis and othertopics, ke eir deals with a new label, tl-reir love ior eady nretzl music and so on.

aI qn vcry curious about the reelease that Nezgl,s Eyrie Productions is goingto do with your firt albuml''We, fhaf alburn got a bad distribution, and the label was a fucking joke. it never payedcverything ey said thcy would. since Nazgl's Eyrie productions hke lhat album a lot, wedccidcd o ask fhcm if thcy werc intcrcsted in rerelcasing it wifh some bonus tracks ancl theoriginal (well printcd) covcr. Thcy agree{ so wc recorded four covcrs: Tormcnfor' by Krcator,'Sign of cl' by Violent forcc, 'Woman of dark desies' by Bathory and 'The conqueror, bySodom. We also used part of a sorl of preproduction to our dbut, a live recording of onginaivcrsions that later wert on lhe album in differrnt versions. All in alt, you'll have a good ior.erand venty-fwo minuts of decayed metai. "f.Exccpt for thc sound, arc fhcrc othcr things you don'r likc of In lustrul mayhcnl?TcII_mc about skfall Rccords; I didn't know rnythirrg about this label until I got yourcD.''The only thing I hate is the sound, ifs all fucked upl rhe songs are o.K.; although myvocals aren't the best, it was like the fourth time I ever sung. You've never heard about Skyfall'causc lhey ar a new label, and we were their frnt relese. They're connected with a brg,Porguesc labcl (Movreplay), and thaf is what sucksf Therc,s a bif of Iack of expe rience.,'I'm efrid I havcn't li,stencd to your cccod alburn yet, I thinkl rvhat cen you tellmc bout lhis onc? TelI me aboui production, song tittes, playing fime, label, andanythig clcc you find intrcrting-.. ''hrrc blasphemyt rhis new album is the best thirrg we've ever done. The sound is great, wewerc rcally plcascd with the power that we mzn?Bed, to put into that CD. It has ten songs plusen exfila 6i-qtlc: fif-five minutes, I think. This hme we've decided l,o do whatever u'e wanted.\lle didn't ihink that this or that wouldn't fit into what people nowadays think that black metalis. \le just rccorded what we lhink that black metal was and should be. There's a cover ofVenom's 'Countess Bathory' and some blucs. It was also rcleased bry Skyfall, and the criticshavc bccn grcal it brings back the old fccling of the glorious eghtiesi ,usi listen to it.'I almoat undcrtnd that Decayed did think about whai pcople thought black metalir, haring thc middle part of J.A.'s enswer... Anywy, I think their-debut cD waswbolchcrlcd honest...

'Are the covers of Violent forcc and Krceior included in ResuntctioncmmortuontnQ Tell me about Violent Force, this wimp don't know that bandl''No, they're on the rerelese of our dbut. I'm not surprised that you don'l kow ViolcnlForce, 'cause a lot of pcople tlon'l know thern. They're a Gcrman thrash band friorn lhee[hties, and thcir album is onc of thc bcst I'vc ever heard. Their songs are fast, aggressive(nof brutal) and melodic (something that a lot of people trr to erase of metal in general). Theynever had that much publicify around them; I don't even knor' that much about them, exceptfor the Malevole nt assault of bmonpry Our label knows morr about them.''Talking about coycr songs, I think you play oul of lune or somcthing, bccausc evcrycoyer you do sounds diffcrcnt from lhc actual songl''Ha, ha[ Out of tune? I think that you don'l kow the exact words about music. Whatyou've tried to say is that we play on a different key. Well, Iet me tell you that we are the onesw'ho play on the nght key We tune our guitars on E (or Mi, if you prefer), and there ane a Iotof bands who use a Iower note in order to 8et a mor"e powerful and full sound. C.et it? Besilesthe tune, we never try lo copy a hundred percent thc sory; wc try fo play lhe same notcs, butwc to play it as il was wriftcn by Decayed in the way others write. A bit confuse, but I'mnot sure of how to put it.'Yeeh, a bit confusc. I think Kreetor or venom didn't lune their guitars lowcr thanDecayed does, nor that l)ecayed plays the same exact notes or in time, but anyway thisis foolishness of minc, so forgct it...'lt sccms that you arc goiry to relcsc a miniCD soon... '"lt won't be that soon now. We were lhinki-ng in releasing it on Christrns ,'caurr- the fitlewlllbe Sactifrce of dte new bm, and the cover will show us slaughtering infantJesus and itsparcnts. But the new album is still to be spread through Europe, and our dbut is abouf to berereleased, so third release would be too much 'cause we're not a trcnd band you know,Impaled Nazrenc or Immortal could do it, but we're not them, and probably people rvouldslart saying shit like: 'this guys are releasing new shit every week'; so u'e'11 wait for Mrch orAprit to release that rrunicD. You see, this new album was supposed to come out in mid1996.''Are you (or others Dccayed's) mcm.bcr of Hoth, Thugnor and Alastof? Any bandclsc you arc involvcd in? Tcll mc a bit about cach of them and about their releascs-''The side bands. I'm fhe onlyguy of Hoth; and Thugnor is also mine, but I've got the help ofa friend on the rclos. Alastor was also a solo prrrject, but I asked the other guys in t)ecayed tojoin me, so now Ltcayed is a.lso Alastor, which is a thrash metal band in the vein of Whiplashand Destruction Hoth is a sort of heavy^black rnetal with keyboards. an

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'Do you scc a cal rcincrnation of carly hcaq mctel in any band of thc ninctics(cxccp for lhe Deceycd, neturatlyl H, hI)? Whcn ae you going to pley at MonstercOfRockl''Well, we'rc not a rcincrnation of carly hcavy mctal; we'rr mort a rcincanrralion of carlymctat, thc idcology. No, I do not scc a rcincarnation of that early mctal althorgh a lot of bandsae claifiirag o play in thc old style. Hal I doubt thrt wc'll evcr play at Morslrs Of Rocl'causc wc'rc nol a mainstram band; although wc woulcl likc to play evc4nvhcrc andma.tsace all fhorrc frcndy asholcs.''Now scriour, it rccmr thr thc ncw big thing, in a Jrcar or so, will bc euil ne-spced/lhnsh:mctal or oacthiag. Hrvc yo aoticcd tht? What do you thiak about if?''Yeah. tc I've said on the pte-prcvious lrswcr, thcrc ere a lol of bands claiming to playsrccd satanic or somc stuff likc thal. Ivlan, t'vc listcncd to somc of thosc bands and most sucklTheydon't hztc zclue of wht pccd or lhrash wert, theyjust sound likc all thosc Noruregianbands, with two o thrcc riffs rippcd off from somc old band. Ttrcy don't scc tht it's irnpoqriblcrc.bc euil udplay romc serioris mctal. Thc want to play scrious nrctal without Ioosing theirstupid sound ft* mzrL But who carcs, righf? But Alabr will bc out in a few rnonths,sonewhcre in 1997, and we'll eec if thert is a fiue rpval of rcal old thrash metal. Pnobablynol, 'cause it doesn't sound Noru,qian. But demo will be out for those likc us who actuallyspcak the trulh whcn thcy sey tlut the old bands were thc bcst. Bcwarc trendicsl'

'Do you lhink 7hc anfuntiqt of thc wlhcn circlchtt givcn to JroE a cull tt tr?''It dcpends of what you czll cult saus.It didnl ake us b, but thcrc arc a lot of pcoptcwho say that it's onc of rc bcst album cver rclcascd br a new band and it reccivcd grtatrecws. At that time wc wee on the right peth, bt then shit can our way. I tuess that wccould havc bccn a glcat (it rcans wclt-knond band if thirys had tone ar thcy should Butwe're cune4 and nothirg workcd; the tbel was a joke, thc bss pleyer-vocalist lcft, thcdrrmrncr lcft. .. ''Hopcs for thc futurr? Thlntc for thc ruppot't.'"No hopcs, 'cansc wc'rc dmmcd; misfortunc hs climed thi band Wc jusl want o kccpdoing what we fhink that black mctal is and having peopte lietenirg io it Wc want o do a sorfof minitou through Eurcpc to scc how pcoplc ttct to our live act; we usc drum machine, lowc gol all sorls of rc.tiorlq some even think th4i we do playack. Ha, hl We just hkc oncthing at I time, just kecp yourself posted Everyorrc into old ractal could writc, 'causc I'm stillIookiU for somc oldic. Vcnom are godsl We thank you for the support. Hil nrt .'DECAYEDV'S. Jos, R- Li Cernes, At. Attcos2775 .D. RnPORTUGAL

tN SE/AIICH OF GLORY...An interview with Lord Alatoth of Vorphalack, one ofthe first dark bands hailing from Greece. Their twosong EP was among the best ones Molon Lave Recordsbrought forth, still they have done some other thingssince then. Also get to know about Nar Mataron...'Did you clcasc sonrc,thirg bcforcyour scvca-inch EP, Un&r thc sigltt lhc dngoll Why don't you 3ivc us e3hort hislory of whrt hrppcncd a ccarly timcs of Vorphalack?''No, ou first official work as a band wasourscvcn-inch EP. Bcforc that, wc onfr scnt

a pcnx, b corpanics. Well, Vorphalackformcd in'92 by rnc and Rotting Soul. werecoded a frack for pnoo carrns, and wcc^ a deal with lvlolon lve Rccs. Werclccd the rven-inch EF in Juuc '93, and,util Febmary '95, we pronrcted our wo*.Thcn, with a ncw lincup, r'c rccodcd ourdcmo '95, Blzck stw-.., on IvlclancholrPromotion. Then tw companics oflccd usCD &als, bqt thcir snntcu bchaourdidn't bring anything l,o thc band, so wecontinucd with li4elancholy Prromotion forthc rclcasc of a split L^Pwith Zcphyotrs. Theprcsent lineup is: lord Alatofh - vox, ladyUlith - bass, Count Haridov - guitrr/keysand Errpcror Palmist - drwns.''The aforcmcntioncd vynil mdc mcwriE to you, but I found a vcry diffcrcatthing whcn yo scnt lorcyotut dctno Bltcksortowfora &ad hothq... I'm ur thatyou kc thc ncwcr so4g rroc than thcold oncs, but t wondcr why z bnilchangcs ils ouad so drastically... ''Thanks for the good wotds about the EP.It's huc that I like the seven-inch EP verymuch. It's very dark and obscue. as I

rnentioned above, we had a new lineup, so itwas irpossible to continuc on the samcstylc. AJso, as I urr4 to say from thcbeginning of the ban( we don't try o plsyany spccific kind of music. Wc just composcsongs, and we keep them just as they comcout. Noticc that, cxccpt mc and ldy lith,thc othcr rrmbcrs don't listcn ihrzsh, death,black mctal. Don't worry, wc didn'l makcthal chargc l,o becorrc populer and makeraoney (actually, in dcrmo songs the oulything ch3cdwas thc voicc, I want to todo bLck voiccs to scc if il fits onvorphalacD. \ilc dor't takc anythin8 fomour rrleascs, jusl some copics, and tiII norI'vc givcn much morc rnoncy than I lookback''Arc yo cclliry thc &no ycll TcII mcboul thc slcc.''Yes, thc dcmo is still for sale, ti[ thc splitLP is oul. It's a limitcd cdition of r'chundrcd, and I bccrrc wc havc sold aoundthrec hundrcd co,pics, plus thc ptomocassettca. If you want to gct it, writc toIr4clancholy Promotion.''Itgeve you a del with Hrmmcrhesrt,but I rcad that you wcrc to record for arclcasc with Unisoundl Now you rry thrtHrrrcrcrt arg not O.K.f It ccns rtyou arre not luc with lbel. Tcll mcwhrt herpcna uirh borh l.batr. Nowyou havc . coatrect with Melancholy,rtaghn'

"Wcll, I'[ tell you thc fhings thathtppene4. Wc broke our dcsl withUnisound becausc it has &layed the releaseon puryose, and bccauec the onner wantedus to make photos with nakcd women,something like Dcnroniac, lo scll menycqics. When t told hin I didr't want to dothal hc purposcly &layed our releasc. Thatwas the end with Unisound Thcn, Jim from

Rottirrg Christ, agocdend, offcrd us hishetp to prcmote our band HammrhertIistcncd lhc citht tracks wc madc for thc CD'and agrccd withJim to mkc us s.&zl fq aCD. We scnl him lhc DAT plus pholos andcorrer, and he told us that our CD would beout in lv'lny '96. Thcn, for unlnowrr retotl 'hc didn't rcleasc it, atd hc didn't scnd usback anythirgll Then wc rcmixed four7

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fiom thc cight, and we will relcesc a split LFwith Zcphrrous on Mclancholy Promotion. Idso run thc company with Ionidas. Therylit is now at lhc pessing, and I belicvelhat in Danrabcrfianuaty '97 it will beogl.t'Hd Stocd focst thc semc lincup esYorphalecl ir thc dcno? Why did youcheagc your nemc? I do thi thcrc rcorc diffccnccs bctwcc Vorphatacks.nd stoncd Forcst,.. And now you havcs[qtcd you nmc ryeh toVorphdack...''The lineup uras changcd Count Haridryjoincd thc band and rcplarr Count Samas.Wc &cidcd b change or name 'cause ofthc ncw blood om thc band Ncw mcmbcrs,ncw songs, ncw labcl, etc. lVlany friends and

pcoplc wrotc to mc and said tht they likedthe old name better, so, rnc and the band, we&cided to keep Vorphalack 4gain, sinccnothirg was rclcascd undcr thc nancStoned Forcst. As for the tling youmentioned that there ae diffeencesbetwccn Vorphalack ard Stoncd Forcst, Idisagrec. When wc rccordcd thc sorrgs forthe CD, we did it under the namc

Vorphalack Of course, you can say that inStoncd Fortst you found morc mclodic parts,but I bclicvc fhat cvery rclcec wc make isdifferent fnrm the previous.''Nour, givc ui lornc informtion r,boutNsr Mt on, litc biottrphy, rclcescs,stylc of music, fccli4g, Iy"io qorc.Bpt,ctc. Wht nedc you crctc n old-Grcccc-inrpircd b.nd ir r timc oftcchnology thrf hs forgottea phitosophynd follloc?''Ner l4tamn wcre formcd in thc cnd of'94 by w. I found threc scssion musicians,ard wc rclese thc first dcmo, Ibks d tcIZgds, on tvlclancholy Prromotior. Wc didit only to scc our lovc o tfic wisdom andglo' of ancicnt Grcccc. 'llris dcmo is soldout, sincc wc drr.i& to rclcasc it only otwo hunded copics. The music of Nrlvltaon is vcry closc io black mctal music,with many mclodic ard folkloric stylcs inour sortg,s. In middle '95, with thc hc$ of agood ficnd5 Unblescd ll (who is fullnrcmbcr), wc ccordcd our sccond dcmo,Awrlccnirlt d tle ancicnt Crtw, and is stillavailablc for 6 USD firom our addrcss. Wchave included two ancicnt hymns in thatdcrao, and the rcsult is very goo Nsrv wearc rccording our frst CD, witb the prescntlincup: Lord AIio - Yo:c, MopQeag -guitan/kcys, Kor.c6clg - bass, Nick -drums. All thc folkloric insbnrmcnts playedby M@ea6 and Kcltc6c,g. I always was afan of ancient Grece (nor bdar's Grcccc),and I bclicvc I found the right pcrsom whohvc thc samc idcs wilh mc. It's somcthingfantastic o dircorer thc pcrfcct lifc andcultue of Hells. It's very bad that thefucki4g chistians detr,sycd cvcrything andbrilt thci worthlcss churchcs. Dcstoytheml''A= thc inErrcntI/folk prrtr of NarMlrun cntircly W thcb.i{l''In the two dcmos thc folk parts wctrntatuW a good friend but in the CD theyare cntire playcd by thc ban4''Cen you tcll us sorctiqt bout thcfirrt rlbum you will relcc?''Thcrc's no much io tcll. I can't tell youthe nanrc of the company, 'causc I'm waitinglo rclcasc it first, and thcn I will spcak forthe company. I do it for luckl We'rc worti4gon thc songs in thc studio. OnJy two songshavc titlc: 'Great god Pan', and a folkloricsorg callcd Elerrtur Mtolrprc' (ritesof Elcasis). Wait for lhe relcasc in lhebeginning of 1997."'You rc fond of lhc Ncw \Ivc OfBritish Hearry Mctd... Tcll mc, whl arcttc favc picccr of vnyl smont cvcrrthilgyorr porscss?'

'My absolue favebad ae Iron lvlaidcn.It's truc, I lisEn vcry much NWOBHIVwithout saying that I rcjcct ll fhe othcrsfyles. tmm blck I adorc Cradk, Of Fith,Crhcnna, Bchcmoth; fr,om dcth: NklfirdAr\gel, Carcass; fom lhnsh: Slaycr,Protcctor. Nor back b thc qucson: thcmct fntastic band of NWOBHM t Palhs.Thcy havc rclcascd two cvcn-inch EPs, twotwclvc-inch EPs and onc LP. I posscss dl ofthc4 and I'm proud of it Also othcr thingson vnyl I possess are: LP of Praytns vlns,scvcn-inch of Wcapon, ccven-inch ofSlcdgchanrmcr, twelvc-inch of Crucifixionand many othcr things I likc very much. Ibelievc tht the only innoccnt andpue aneof ncll was NwOBHlvl All the bads hicdio do lhcir rclcasc on thcir orn, and thcyhclped each othcr. Thc only similar thittgyou cn frnd today is thc pure undergtoundmovcrcnt tht iook plac* n thraEh/&a,tmctal betwccn 1990 nd 1993. Then allturned up too commerci .''Hotv do you soc thc Gr=ck ccnebdryll I juat car *y fhrt mrY bdhrvc turcd ino bhct mctrl lrelyl\ilhl cer yoarrt?'''I bclievc that Grcece hs the bcst blckmctl sccnc in thc world Ycs, rnost of thcbands play black mctal, ard that hPeensbccusc in Grcccc they knour oplayblackmcrl very wcll d nrost of thc scriorsbands bclicvc ir thc things thq/re sayhg.Lok back whcn ll bas pltycd &athrnchl, rcrrc bands elcascd black'mctljewels. You want examples?Necromnti/Varthrstt spt, Rotling Christhsryc b AnLto. o we havc thc right 0bclievc) to play black rnctrl.''Just at Wc cnd hctt, co srY uhetyou wrul for tlrc cnd. I thk you foryour timcl''Megathanx for thc intcfficw ardinlercsting qucstions. Wfch out thc split LFof Vorphdack and CD of I.Iar lataron.Dcath to C)nrs and IsracII['

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rfirixta[[nactlt'tcral startcd in Juty '94 with thciflowing lincup: Hadcs (vocals, bass) andBbcL Christ (guitar, from band Blcsscd lnSu). In March '95, ou dbut &.nro., Black** of unMy hab, w* out Then, BlackCtrL* lcft the band, so I becrnc guitarist,ad )taphan joined as new vocatist. It wasAqgusl '95. In December '95, thrce newtcts wcne rtcodcd io appcar on apofcssional split demo with frcnch band-\culurn lnfamc. Thc fnal rsult waslrl.sd on lvlay '96 In ]unc '96, )gphanhd b go to jail for grave dcsccrations andrr{tiix of a czdzver, so I rcmain thc onlyucr in uneral. Sincc fcw hmes.&ber'96), l've changcd thc narn of lhchd for c roe idoosiccl oR:fn*Ilncht. Musically, it will be the.xrution of luncral.''l ink your rst damo sowcd a-c. black and lcss political approachthr your songs in fhc sptit tapc withhlm Infane. Wht cn you tell mctthP''fir|, Frrcrel i.s not e potical L,and Theo{r\-l sidc of National Seiatism is just artc pari of what rs truly ths idcology.-rE-rry, I don't cac atrouf prolir=l,arical or gccial pnoblems. For me, it's atl 1rf Aryan relion anrt an elifisf,-rrrpromising philosophy (to rcsumc it ini,r rords). Second, our dbut demo was not* lbk thcn the songs of the splir. t-rr thc lyrics on Black l1ame... were justc+rlsscd on a darker and primitivc way,':

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firvcyou bcca in othcr bd bcfocCrttn'r birth? Wh.t tt of caonarutc yoa focnd r bd litc Crrnn? Doyor hrvc ttc m linccp rhcc tclrgirnirEf''Aye, I'vc bccn involvcd in othcr bard.tcfy Chrilt w my black rrctel bard frorrt1999 A.Y.P.S., it wrs rneinly a hdroornbn Onoc official rthcerI wes rcharcd,orly fifir copies rycni aon4 I wsn'finErcoba in iking tht brnd too rcriourly. Ifoundcd Crrrrin bcceusc I nccdcd bard obccom my wcpon. Music i very porcrfulfortc, you can vcry easily manipulatc weak-mndcd frc

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-.t-rss and succcssl Kill thcnl I \f,on't-rnymorc spacc.'Trc thc violcnt happcniryr (frghsb rcligioa, indcpendcncy fro6E t-d -.) of your country a cctirifrcc on your ttitu& nd mic?Uh do you thint bout thc lrisFlic Aray? Wcll, I thint thcsc fc-EG oatcclcd to North lrclrnd, b,ut- -bc hevc rornclhing lo say too.'TIGIL Corlq thc city I live, is thc marnfqpt. Hcrc theystarted, and heretr fre $rib a lot supporl. Of cour:c it-

tb wtole of the island, nor just c5, I lool at the situaon in two ways,H-r 1r wa betwecn'ctholics and--r.l so I'd be quite happy if thcyrd --l othcr off thc facc of thisf- y'enct, I hatc boih rclgiousFF borh rc the enemy. Sccondly: myfc fcclings and sensc of pridcHnlc r support thc IRA in whattq-.hq3- I hatc ninety percent of theq b I litc ic i,lea of continuing the- k i hun&td years and beirrgd k in thc sidc of thc BritishtE I tnory quite a few people*lr bo Sinn fin and the lRA and Irykdcation, bui I will ncvcrjoind t o7. I tucss Srswrnt up rn aqrbe c pcl,ple havc war in thcirH. lhcir blood and pridc in-H. , d b r cxlcnt havc ar effcct - l:o d pplc dying, punishment-.

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ll knor), thc Irish poctdd P, Pclc so corectly statcL d br of thc esrth neds to beLE L td winc of the battleliclgc rtr' t-v netiondistic fcclings arc- nrl always encouragcd in, - t rt's easier and more acccpicdlL*ri in lrclnd thr it is in tct's-GeytLcc days. This qucstion is tootd.'lb -c ltc qucstions wc rdc nd- G to,Er Dswc, if yon rcplyb -J- l it thc cndl He, stupid cadflGdlckl' d buour for thc support. Thoscd - rb rt o bc infcctcd by somc-*, igina, wicked, unholy-cf

ctalcanscnd 5 USD to thek. lfjustwriting, enclosc l.R.C.--4 , I crnot answcr thirty lettes bl Da&rss m4gazine #3 out-t Sa M pqEcs, iniervicws' with:ln. C.tcnnai UnSo4 Setherial,lik d & more, inielligcnt cssaysd r=rr 6 USD. Rapc thc Earrhl Egob d rncr bctray your noble ideas.5 t rellirgs and failuresl'CAXNNfotrrlc Hsc, Lr. Coolrocrni;collf, Co. CorLINEIND

Atter reodingCornn interview,ogon, glonce olsome CD reviewson lhe righl side ofthis poge ondseorch for thololbum you oreinleresled in.

KONKHRAUve atasertlehard tlusic Worldwide, 1 996fi saen to have a big fulb,wirig, so I gfrcss Diehad won'tfiee rht mrt st to sell thb CD. I can't say I likc Konldrr, Ipreftr Dni*r Ddcm deafi bands, and other bards bcncrrhn &8. Wbet ur have trcre is, like e hbel sap, rod

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{/ty did you chrnge youf, four-piccclincup of thc bcgirnfurt to thc ectualtro-piccc onc? I gacu you, tVhrkuc andAd+ boft wcc in tht cr'lyncrp...''ConccL Wcll, thcrc weit huge musicalend spiritual diffccnccs bctwccn us andthoe othcr lryo tuy , who ar nothing bulincorpc4nt furls tht did nothing forErqyriun" So we had to fire them,ouiorsly.''Oucc yor wcr: rlolc, li you sfrrlegdn w.:rilirts to{elly ncw iluff, or didyof s& idc. from thc prreviourforrurtion?''YcEh, trc startcd Erpyrium fiom zcrorgein, which rnons wc thrcw rwey dt themrErial thl w corrposcd and did newsontr.tToor icd tnwlcftc scc to 1quic hrgh, if uc comnrc itwith mosl oftfc uldc,ryrouad ciel bend. Hrve youtdicd muic et any coltqgc? Eton'l youfhint thrt crcntiI thirrg in arsiclthingr, nsicI Crlity, hs bccn lmostfotollcn, d tdic i raorcilportrnt nry lh mueic itclf form,JIryrl''Ilunl for fht conplimcnt I hvc ssncd6rtc muicd cducation, Andca a^s wcll,bur I lcarncd b play mct of the instrunrnbby myclf. llowever, I havc somc baicknowlodgc boul mucic thcory, as well as Ihvr studicd dnrms, and also I m working h with bookr about lhe instrumcnts I arplryins. I couldr't qtec moe to the lrttrpart of thc qucstion. Today's music sccnccarcs much morc abott image an all fhtrhit thr about lhc music, which is what aband sfiould bc juCEc.dby. Vcry sad indcc4''Whrt do you think io thc rpson whyIl youqg ruicrl my,ccnE t nd togcfncrr io youg rnd wlong idcologics,rlureyr without cny rcd fudrr,rclfl''Bccrsc tlrcsc guys want to shock othcrpcople in thc nt ptacc. Wly do you thinkconrc fascim inb thc blBct flctl fr,enezf?thcy just wnt to shock and scarr peoplc,nd unfortncly lhs kide al home arefscinted by thooc guys playi4g wirhr...'

'You in$cntion i io honor nature'heu, but you still chin io bc a dkbmd, o I thirk you rnust bc pcssinristconccrning nuy thingo...'Ycs, I anr pcssimist at hcart, so b speakItrfo my natrrrc, and I can't chargc a thin3bout it tcrd to scc cverythilg throtgh awil of thick utuml mist, but still I don'tdcny thc posivc rrorncnts ihct Iivc b,ringcforfh - I would be a fool to do so. I anr notdcprc.rsive t ell, I am jusr s bit... ehh,pcssirnistic. And that has of courc somecfrccls on our music; as wc follow our hcarlsinnct EMPIanies''\lhr could you tcfl us on R & AStdio? Arc yon going o rccord yourfollowiqg rtrff thcrc tgt?''W'elt, R & A Studio is a small but rrcrync studiq in a smll (but vcry finc?) tonruhcrc in our rce- Wc .rc non familiar withthc rtrdio cquipmcnt and wc get alongpefcct with lhe sludio e43inccr. AIso we arcvery ratiscd with thc sound of our albur4so we will all mcans record our ncxt stuffthct s wcll'

'Givc us somc detils about yourccord dcal. Pnophecy Productions cycnpeid your ctudio recording... You'vesigned for another two albums withthcm, co I guess you must bc quitesesfiedl Havcn'l been thee eny otherlabcls intcrctcd in ci3nirg Emprrium, orit'r just that Pnophccy offeed the bestllcel atgain?'"l'csss, wc arc satisficd with our dcal.hophccy scems to bc the pcrfect label for aband like Empyrium: honest quality - reliedand absolutely Supportivc. |io thing happenswithout our knourle(ge, and till norru we

'Do you know something about anyothcr bnd that is going to bc signcd inhophecy Productions? Do you tnow ifthcy ar= going to rclcasc all lheir stuff onvinyl as well ar o Cl''Yes, the dbul album of C.erran NoxMortis, cntitlcd Im rchatbn des has*s, isnor out on Prophecy. I think peo,ple whoare into atmospheric music witft anindidual aprcach should chcck that oneout. I like it lotl Alrc I know of rcme otherprojects lvfartin is planning, but, bccausc noleverythirrg is sune yet, I befter keep silcnt.lct me say that the further Pnophecy releses

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I guess wc havc sold about 40OO copiesnow."'tcl's tlk bout lhc art of your CD.Frotly, wc'd likc fo knou about your.Iogo and Christophc Szpajdcll I thinkyou'vc had to noticc thet meny, amnybauds arc using lqgos drewn by tim...His wort for your loSo is cxcellcni, b5rthc wryl''tlnfortunatcly more ard rKrr re

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uN00 ffi#ffi',#'An inteniew with Schiekron of Gerrran da* thnshels Ungod. Learntheir lineup changes ard next releases, among other interesting thingsconcerning this great bnd.tou are working in a kind of philanthropic black mctal which reminds a bit of Church ofSstan type bands, in a way. I mcan, you cey you fhl ryainst any mentel opprcssion upon human mind...Don't you lhink this uncommon thing today was cxaclly what thc originators of doom, hcavy, black,speed, dcath, thrash mctal wcrc inlo? lsn'l it frccdom what rnetal is all bout? Remembcr motorcycles,ling on thc rod, pleytng livc, rrrpgency, long hair, hccrs... 'N, tlo, nol Ycru didn't really understand my words in my lctters I wrtrte you beforr fhis inteniew llxrk placel Ifyc'u ccrulcl call us black metal, thcn henetic suprcmacisl blrck mctal, since this is whal our conccpt is all about. lncasy *rcrcls: wc lry lrr achicvc physical and psychical frreclom by sitting nun or human mincls, like you usc lrr callit, trn thc throne of the imaginanr christian god, which means that we art equal to him in any \?y or evcn bctter.Wc fiqht againsl mcntal opprtssion donc by ncrn-existcnl tods or uscless rrligions, since both characters arcapralin.q lo the *'eak side in man, not to thc strong side. In thc christin moral dqgma man is nothing but a shccpthl hes to follow certain paths to become agirrdhuman, whalevcr lhal means. We want the oprosile: ct lhe wayYOUR instinctszfeelirys/needs force y'ou to clo, and you become thc pcrfcct himan. I'd say the perfect humanmind is frce of the chains of Cod, whatcver hc is, and its rrliions. Wc arc frre-thinkirrg individuals, ancl everyoncshoulcl think abort ihat. Yeah, metal is frrcdom and rcbcllionl''Keepin' into thc samc topic, what do you thint is thc rcason for this over-thc-top fake scriousncss? I4trce that metal was bccoming shit with all thosc pscudomctal bands singing about pacifism, ccolqgicalthcmes or politics... But I lhink you must adtrii lhEl lhcsc trcnd folloycrs arc now singing and/o talkiryabout politics behind a blck mclzl fzcc whilc spittirg ovcr hedcorc bends, which is what thcy very arcindeedl''Some idiots jumrd too fucking late on the black metal trend. So everything, Iike church burnings, muxlcrs.etc., already ttrok place and wss no eal sensation anymone. Somc of thorr wankers said tt'r themselvcs: 'LIh, wehave a black melal band (pholos, weapons) bnt our music is shit. So le t's scc what already hapened in thc sccne.Shit, everythirg was done bcfore, so lct's put a Nazi imagc c,n and bc crucl'. It's a fuckin shamc that the im4ge ofa band hs bccome mort imrlant lhan the music. Or, cal you explain mc why thcre art so fuckir; many shitrclca^scs on thc markct at thc momcnf7 Anyway, I don't carc about all this shit, sincc I'm not so much intcrcstecl inthe scene anymoe. Thertfrrrt I don't hcar so m:rny ncws anymor , so I can only carc te.ssl We do our thirq and lctothers do theirs.''Wcll, we should rcmcmbcr you rlc band too, so tct's talk aboul music, findlyf You'vc retcascd acouple of split scven-inch EPs so far. Cn you givc us somc commcnls on e*h? Are you in good termswilh the bands you sheed the vynils with? Ae you going to rclcasc anyrhing in the same format in thcfuturc?''We've releascd nrro split EPs with Cabal (March 1995) ancl with Desaster (October 1995) on lr,lercile.csRecords. We are featured with one so{g on each P, ancl we arc of course in goo

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SEBUE TTI HEAUETI ON BUT.E ItI HETIAII hail one of the datkest gods ofAnet'icanpantheon of death metal. Vincent Crowle.y,now priest and magister of the infamousChurch Of Satan, gave us some informationabout past, present and future of his beloved

child, Acheron.'Why didyou lcvc Nocfurnus?''The bgnd wasn't goilg in thc dircc[on I*.anrcd it to, so I dccodcd lo lcevc and fe.rmmy own abomination."'Whcn did you 3ct in ouch with PctcrH. Giknore rid the Chuch of st a?Hry d it come out lo join hiskcyboerds itcrludcs to Acheon'smusic?'.'He got in touch with me, after he heardalut some of thc thirrgs I wnnlcd lo do inAhercrl. We comhined orr talcnts atrd lravebccn working together since f989. Heintroduccd me to lhc inncr ncfwork of fheChurch Of Satan, which I am preoen{y anrgishrlpriest of.'

'Was rny of thc so4gs ftom Mcssenor includcd in your frrst alburn? Wsstht &mo r,ecordcd live? Whzt about thcrvcn-inch cdition?''yes, thc sorlgs 'flayer .d hcll' and'Midnitht offcrinS (summonirg thc maser)'wcre on Nns of the black nass. The demcwrs tcrdrA livc il Pittsburyh,Pcnnsyh'ania. The seven-inch rccord thatRcaper Rccords put out, was donc for ourdic-had fans. Thee were only 1OOOprressed"o'l hcd tlwt RiEs of the blact messwas originally a demo, which was to berclcsc

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lTell me about tt time when yourvcc fcturcd in rTV program.-- onln October of 1995, trur first g1g wsrecorded for a leletision prqgrom catledtltgtctige (eyewitncss), which dcalt r.ithblack metal ancl the reople it attrected. TireprqSram fifmed orrt to be jrrs as we erpectedit to bc: full of bullshit. That u.as fhe rcrsonwe ref'used to do an inlenieu. wiih there:orter. .rc the onlv thing thev showed wa^sa fragment of our Iive perfrlrmaflcf. ardirterviews witl the slxci3tcvs. The rrlher iwobarrls lhat appcarct{ in Lhc sh,yw did talk infront of the camera, anrt widl that theydzmaged their image, becausc the prqgramu'as made only firr.sel.saol aud b -sho*lhe Waudience.'uWcll, Iet's start. Plcasc, tcll me aboutthe link bctween the end of FuneralWinds and the bcginning of Lir OfColgotha AIso, tcII us how you got inoar Of Golgotha.'nlt is rvrrng to believe that Liar Of(irotha rvas lxn wha funeral Wnclsdied. Both existed at lhe sarne tinre.Gorycrroth statled it as a prsject band of hi.s,lx( when he left Funeral Wins he snd IIifted the band lirrrr its rrvject st4hs. Theonly lirrk l:efwen funcral Wind.s and r-rurband i.s Cororoth's history and that we livein lhe same ciry. funeral Wins though isnr.rt lhead Their fullJenglh CD will bereleased in the near future. t joiued ar Of1rlgrtha lrcause I was a.skezt by tfuryoroth.Ils as simple s-s tht "'Talk a bt about the relation (good orlrad) you havc he.d with thc labcl(s) thtrcleased your first EP and tares-'"Liar Of Golgotha storted out on Maggolflrxtucfjrls frorn Ildy witlt The xtrniltw,inEr \\n vi:ryl. ft was on this label werewc aJrc rclc.ssed erur dbuf W Dancingthro4gh lfie lnlate of the wtgaily kauty.The guy from Maggot believecl in us, and hehelped us on our way, we at tlranMul forlhat. (r tapes were relessed tluouh thePolish Witchiry Hou Productions.Ferrcnally f haye ro cortct wilh the guyfrom the lalrcl. I left tht all in Corgonrth'sdominion.''Your rst full-length recording wasrclcscd some me ago W an lta,lianlabcl, tcII mc bout that t atcr, you,vcrelesed the mighty Yen&nt throqgh thescemirgly sublabel of Clbcr Music -Cryonics. Tell mc about Cryonics ou'rethe Iirst release, dShffi) and how fair rhedeal is with them. AIso, teII us about lhedcl witft Shivadrshan for ttc cleaseof thc albun on CD.'oThe lbnktb dcal 'c signed wasre.asrrngble But only if the guy wotlcl beIiving up ttr the prrmise.s he made... Whish.is acon.s hc gave u.s lhe imprc.rsion of-somehou' cheeting s, and therervithcheahng himself. I will rot go into furthercieta.ils since these thirgs ae our trusinessortly. And yes, we were is first release trlrCr1rcnics, and it wrruldn't .srupri.sc nrc if u-care the la-st also... The only deal rvithShivadarshana is that he rclcasas our.Ozncuq... CD ancl srrmc shjts."'What do you think wiII bc fhercsponsc to thc CD cdition of your firstalbum, now that your ew end morrcomplex and rnelodic rinicp is ouf? Imcan, many wiII think that your CDcornes fter your minic'D. Don't youthint il would havc bccn bcttcr to rclcaclhc rriniCD aftcr he Cl'"So far, both the miniCD as well as theCD heve reeived a

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on thc sbsolulc top of thc scenef), Bewitched(Su'edcn) and Ancient Rites (Bciur4playcd until the witchirt horr lal bcelpasscd The public got trcatecl on a hcll of nitht, I think.'You hve plrycd with somc youngbands, end mtyhc you have n opinionon lhcrn rlrcady eftcr sccing thcmpleyiqt. Tcll mc yor opinion on:Enlhroned, Adorned Erood (they shouldbc includcd corncwhcrc in this issucl),Th-Norr, Dekrie, and eny othcr, if youwish...''l clon't think Enthroned, fnrm Bcium, isa ncw band" This band is anrurd for quite awhile now, and thcy are grcel, borpcrsonally as wcll as rnusically. And wehavc alrrady playecl thrrc gs with thcm. InC.crmany wc indeed playcd with a lot of new

bands. Adorncd Broori playcd on thc samecvenin as wc playccl (ory q'e siertedamund two o'clock at n(ht, duc ltr dcla)-s).bul sincc I was morc busy thinking abtrutour o$'n g[, I was not rcay able lo go ndsee them on siqte. Thc samc gos for Tha-Norr. Thcy wcre thc band playirrg hclbrt us,so I misscd lhcir conccrt, trcausc wc weepaintin Llurselves and doirg some guilartuning and stuff like thal. But for what Ihcard, thcy playcd wcll. Bccausc of iwenty-four-hour alcohol marathlrn witllLucifcrirru, Cr}oura and Enthroncd, I amnol quite sure how I rcmcmbcr Dakria. Butoverall I have lo say that thc lrantls inIvlcdcwiQ C,ermany,.werc ntrl lhai bar{... '''How do you scc the futurc of Lir OfCoothe? Thc prcscnt sccm lo bebri3hr, but nco-blck nctrl as trcnd is

ncar io collepsc, don'l you think so?Which will bc your wcsponc to survivc?I think quality music and fir attitudeshould bc the first optionsl''Liar Of Colgotha u'ill contitruc rvilh thcmusic they make, althorrh it is matrrringfasler every lime, .hich rtsulis in moresolid struclures and comple.vties. Whethernetr-black metal is ner its ctrllap.se is hsnllla sly, becau-e lhe amr-unl of bsnds snclrctcscs is slill growin every day. Itut Igucss that black metnl w'ill never rli.s.rprar.tsut it will surcly follow irr thc footsteps ofdeath nretal, which s again t a klwcrprofrlc, but nol deacl, as srrme might say. Ailfutue is uncerlain. but I think Liar r)fGolgotha u'ill Irc anrund for lqrng time,rtleasing a ncw full-lorglh CD nexl year. tthink yrru metioner,l the cor'tct wealrons

t:arcl nceds lo survive, and thus r'e r.ill usethcsc rvcarorrs."'Wcll, that was cnough. Thnks a lollor bcing therc, lstcr. Say whsl thou wiltlo longl''Thsnks for y'ow intcrtst in Lir QfColqotha, Juan. Anri rcoplc acn.ss f,un1)e.be nwrc of 1997. lhe year trf the Lir (rfC*rtgtrtha. I rmmise you thal greal thins aregoin r comel'LIAR OT GOI,GOTHAMerienhcgen EG3O7E CB Rottcrdam

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Atong wich e-pf '.tt,n,A.lor-rrecl Broo.l is, in rny eTes, ch.besc C..rr,on 1cruoffertng. A ne\tr, bejinninjfo- Clc.rno;'n n ecc",Ll,Liscen co Lriovisc.EM&M&ffiRMffiMMT@Mffi

'l lhinl, Adorned Brood re hcavilyintcr:sted in your lyrics es you tetc thissidc cYGn lo lbcl yoursctvcs(tcuronic...). I wondcr if this is a mattcrof rcsthetic nd rtiticl cxprtssion orif it hs soracthing to do with your actualwry of scciqg lifc...''No. wc don'l tivc lhal n'ay perse.nclly.But when we'rc playing our sr lts,cspecially on slqEe, our identiiies changeinto rcicnt paan warriors. Of course, weusc litcraturc for our tcxls, orienlating atauthcntic happcniru,s or tales; so, nowanabc sirfIl''Evctythiry in mctal music is goingbct to mcdicvtl timcs or to qgcs bcforcchristienity, like heavy mctl oncc was.Do you think thi is othcr sign toprcvc th8t vc ,te prisioncn of owErrrl'uHm, this is a prt diffcult qucstion...Somcrnes I (wc) really try to im4gine howthc cldcr life coulcl have been. There muslhavc bccn much morc real lriendship, andrzr wa. a matler betwccn men who fougthcyc lo cyc, looth to totrth. Al.so thc harmonywilh nture B'as trot com]tarlilc h) lhsrelationship rrf today. Today's s.ccicties worklike an enginc. Evcrybody has to work forrersonal regerds. A biS SAIIDAEubnic wazbrs orrt ihertl '

ADOR,NED BR,OODPostfacll 1O1284153O DormagenGERMANY

'Tell us about your histoty. surclyroefrrc i intcclcd... ''l'll make it short. ln latc '93, AdomcdBrord ctrnsiste

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f "o' tL;oL G..rl R*I;-l'* Krry o**J* any int.oiuclioo; ull uf yro lr^r. ,.rlthei n,Lrne ,neDtr i-*s, .oi or.ry ol yo, lro.* ii*.o.J b llreir tn,,r.ic. TL"y'r.p.-"*rl as orre lA* li* quolily irJ-n,ir rn.l.ol ar,l.s l.uo, l.L* l.o{rr*. {i*l lo lrou*-Lru ao,ore ,lr-o.gr* wiLin ihi* ironi. {;*.rl vex ilrc ,n., *ro *po,k. ,Lou hi,Lntrei to*ora iri" *rr.on ,orl* Vi"i, atnon { ,rLer tlrio6s.WEEN DARtr'NE.SS RE ARS I'['SEI,-' A THRONE

-Wao x-rotc thc music for 'Ituumph otdtc honlalT'"I *rote 'EnLrus' comrlefely. Dem..rt:'.\'oiE 'ifl trphtrc [ry fire ieurir m,ru'..:l:tcir-. r{rfutitcly fhc lct xr5 on lrattlcnr.r. Thc olhcr lwo wcrc joint cttorfsixr*tr:r Dcirric :ifd lnyscl4 alh.rnghlhre r'as much cli*grecment rbort thearrrr:.qcnrcnl. The tirst t*',: nffs ou 'Slccriu.nir.cess of tlrc Argus' tyere lJernonic'scrcst.1n, the rest *.as mi:re. The beginrrinc: '\\ien dakne.rr rcsrs itself a thrr.nc' wasnI; crcation, fium the mirl4le u,hereccrl,riing sops and r]il\\rrd w8^s prefty'r rair Dtiii.''rii'.t clrrirlg,. Loid Vld nt:ver f :,r-sr.nibuteri thc nrusical aspect of Gratrcl3i:al's lr.ev. 'Ihe. scuncl prndr.rction r.f thi.s

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Whaf w la,nd, wrutng frow N ortt a,yTorge* th*, lrls{k m,efaL vnfrJw and, p utyour eyoy ow Shadattt D a"n wry, fh"e, N or*egod,y of d,rk, gothrx, roc,ku. I ndA*w,]"*t

S . Cultouhwtalk y roltthi,yln n,, a44^d,grwW W Sofi1,s fentlow fYq"n^d, ? er difi,ow l1 enr w.afell us about the circunsiences thallcd to tlc Pcrdifion Here' rplir and ifthc hrth of Shadow Danccrs hadomcthing io do with tht- Also, tell u ifthcrc werc many Perdition Herse'songs, not includcd in thc dcmo, readyfor ncw recordin3 bcforc thc cnd of thcband.'oNo, the rrsolution io lay the foundtionof Shadow Dancers was no decisive rcasrlwhy Perdition Hearse split up. There wercprcblcms 1o frnd suitable nrctrrcrs, aldtherc were also prublcm.s with eheasalplaces and Ly arranging rchearsals. Yezr wernde sorc mJr .rcrt3s under the Pert{tionHcarsc namc, but ntrne of fhem were everecordcd (rnayirc cxcept for a possibieehearsal recording of 'A darkenedfantstic). The other so4Ss were rnoe irre vein rf heavy melal."'Now, why don't you tatk a bit aboutttc bginnirg of Shdow Dancers? And,how did you share your membenship inboh Perdition Hesrse and ShadowDenccs7"oShadow E)arcers were fornred durirpthe cumner time in my old apartment fhreeyeus q8o. Perdili(rfl Hearse ailri SharltrwDrcers were two completely differeltbands, and so it was profrtable to be in bothof thc bnds is I cculd display all myvarious ideas.''Tell us about your frst elesses. Washfy irE your first t pe? How did youp{omoic that stuff nd how was lhcworluidc rcsponsc? Also, givc us a fewdctails about the music included, sludioa,coycl , your lqgo nd so on. Why did youu* Dn Umm Achinc in My hl''Our firsl recording anri sbictfy limitec{unoffrcial undcrground relcssc was(bldEsq r'ith our first drummer. The next

year we recorded our cbut ,icmo, Blackerthen bctler lsetw'een, ard also this one westopred spreading quite fast. The thircf testltcorditi,g u'as :?fy fae. ',],tc u-scd i)r'. LlrrrrrAchine t'n this one due lo arrangementrestrictions. Our first recordrngs were notmeant to be pnrmoied. No',','edeys 'e sptear{flyers arrd lry t\) bc fetwtd in most ro.ss.ib,le'zines and radio siri.ions, The music, sorrntl,vocals and... well. 1et's say everythin onour first rc+*rrdins wcre ver,y ruugh, andlliese rtcorr{urgs arts rol rEprt.iittive forthe bancl. Col

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ETERI.{AL DARKI\TESS RECORD SNEw ADDRESS PoB 268 - coraopolis, Pa 15r0s - usAA ntagazirte, record label and rnirilorder distribution se rv'ing the turderground since 1989Eternal Derkress is a ntore or less well-Lrtow nerne irr the trrrdergrourrd retal sccrre. It is the rarrre oI a .luality rrragazine. a qualirylabel. and a great distnbution list wi cool price s. These ae the current releases that Keith Dempe. boss of Eternel Darkness, hasgot c)ut: DARK(.It4: (.)rtler Frorrr (lhaos 7"EP, DARKff)S: \rrlper:rrla. Pbomix o-l'tfu ntalion cass.EP. l)ARKf)f.): Vulpecula 7"EP.DARK007: Nepenthe 7"EP, D.\RK(JO8: comp.cass., DARK19: Ligeia (ex Nepenthe), new cassene (our soon). All in the way ofgettinga cult stahrs, all u'orthy oIyour ttenti()n arrrl of yur r:ller:tir>n We world Lke to let yu krru'ht:re, briefly, al-out a [ew ofthose releases, which yott l'raven't bought yet, maybe (what are yotr waitrng t'or?), and were kindly sent to us by Keith.DARK004: Order From Chaos. L.irc inlo dislant,feaxT'EP. Do you need me to consrnce you to buy an Orcler From Chaos rccord? Igucss y()tr r't 'I'lris virryl r:r>rrlairrs livt'vrrsit>ns r>['stilll>irth rrr;rc[lirrt:'zrnl'Pl:rtr.arr r>i,rrvirrribiliry'. Ilvint:il>lcDARK006: Vulpemla. Pbootix o the outioa 7'EP. I think there mr.st be a brief revreu of this release somew.here ovcr hcrr, - plcascnoticr thcre's an address changr (stre the tor of this artich).DARKfi)7: Ncpcnthc, L)gria7'EP. Wc ncedcd a band likc Ncpcnthc in ordcr ro know how grcet ard ir.tluer:tial Order From Chaoscoultl bc Tlre sortgs are rrftrrly great and n)ore or less in the vein oI C].F.C. This vinyl also contains great cover of TianatiDARK00E: \n.{-1, Ltfsfght in lbe dorktess comp.cess. This is the fotrrt}r compilxrion repe in rhe Eternl Darkness series. The bestbands featurcd are, in rny opinion: tslessed ReaLn (a revelatic.n). Ablaze lr{y Sorrow a,r F.rrlonr. C)ther intcrestig bands includedare: Ytrlpecula, Dawn, Maldoror... This is a good charce to testc thc encient teeling of thc rurdcqgrotrnd - honest tapes as is oneare rot cortrlrc)Ir tlring these days o[C[) nrarketing. By the way, the tare also inclrrtleg song by the Sodom crltT\e Etnzal Darktess ianzine, number l(.t, contains inrerviews s,.ith euortlron, Tom G. Warrior, Iiod,rrrr, 'ulpecula, Solincle.\t'ternlls. (lcrruntros' Woods,'lhy Scrpcnt, Bh:sscd Rcalnr. lsoletion Clranrhcr, Infinirc l3lack, (]annit>al Corpse, Disscctiol ardtlnleashed (fiom l99l), close to a htrndred of CD reviews and tons of articles on rrnsignecl bands, plui posrers. a look aturtderground faltzinc's... Endless This s1>ring, Keith rvill trnally release rhe l.tgcia (:asserte EP ed tht'dbur."rr.rt. of a new la

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4Well, I formed Sabbathan in 1993 A.S., when I was in a stormy day in thc-d"prtssing obccuty, and I was playlnS a keVboard and my voicc to clate an atmosphcrc ofhallucincgcnic visions and liZalrrc imagcs... I can'l dcscribc my stylc of music because it'selweyr changing. On ry ncw rccord I define my .style like: bizarre nd satanicalhatucinqgcnical mrsicl with fuckirg true evil feelings and mystic eound, totl killer stuff onlyto tnc black souls nd pcrverted minds... In 1993, I onty recordcd onc promo. tapc cntilled6.ticlzhtz,k,withlhrreclitniesinthcof the [laxaapicttrc. In 1994, Ireleascdoneinfemallunc callcd Thousnd Lucifcrcs', with a better sound bul in the same vein. After a long time, Iccorlcd my fir.st &no, Thc try of the.srorrns in a ncw style, more instrumcnts acl scssiotrswilh some bothcrs. Nor, in late 1996 A.LO.T., I have a new ecotd naned |he frE withexcctlcnl sound, printcd corrcr and full of bizarrc visions. It is available for 6 USD.''You're involvcd in olhcr bands and projccts bcsides Sabbthen. Can you tell usronrclhiqt bout lhic tubjccP''Ycs, I'm working in olhcrbands, Iikc: ladnamad and Hiborym With ladanamada I havelwo r,ccords; my lasf demo has vefy good nesfnnse and norr. I am still workirlg in nry newdcmo with four songs of purc rulefic ard cvil black metI. At this time, Hibornn is in a haltduc b sorrc fucking trroublcs, but maybe in carly '97 wc will release a new apc."'You cccm to bc vcry cnthuisc wilh a congregaon cllcd Lords of Thc rantsHordc... TclI us morc bout this gathcring of Mexican bands, plcasc. And, whal mekeyou differeat for thc rcst of bnds in your countrr and rnund the world?''Welt L.O.T. is indeed the only true lvlexican mafia. I think that the best black souls arcwith rnc bccausc lhc sccnc hcrc is nothirg mop lhan shit, thcy only crczlc a falsc imagc, thcysupposc to play black mctal, uen lhc only thing they get is to sprcad a mes.8e of peue andIightwifh lovcty hearts. That is leally a pity rd pathetic to see thcm wear corpse paint whenthcy pley androsc for fake and lucrativc purposes. Esch band is diffcrcnt from anothcr, butwhcn we show our indivdud surrernacy in thcir lovc little faces, they'l realize that we arethc raw suprcmc inrumtcd powcrll Abrut thc rcst of fhc world's bands, I think that only efcw peopte can rcatly nakc a differcncc egailst thc actl tendency to play in nodic style. Idon'l bceve in performiry an alien style, even whcn I rtspccl the tnc players of such kind ofrnusic, mainly bcusc most of thc ncw bands t4y to cop)' that powcrful feclirg behind it. I rrlillralhcr bc thc bcsl ne thcn lhe scond bcst ome one; due to this, some of my topics deal withrny ancient culturc.''In t wry, you havc tc clssic ettitu& of nco-blecl mctl since Dark Thronc's&lect. ructel pcriod) nd Butzum's fst lbu. What's for you blact mcil and whichc thc goels of ihis music, if thcrc's anf AIso, tcll uc your opinion on 3igs,b,rrodcrsting rnd tcnds. Ptcasc, try to jusrify yoBr Enswets.''Thc btack mctal is my fe, my Powcr, it is the reason of m' edstence. The goals arcproposcd by"ach

orc. To mc, thc black rnctal raiscs our spirit and push trs to show thesuperiority ia ourgoals. It is a scnsation tm fucking rarc to describc, the way it flows thru rnyveins. My individual goal is to seek my cbry and hiumph in lhe pinacle or my black desircs.f don't edory tig,s thc way sorne do, bccausc the vast rnajority of people don't undcrstand thcwhole stuff bchind ou cult. They only see like sorc kind of dramacal theatrc, but, for thercal knourer and iniarcs, it is as a mattcr of fact real and darkcning. On the other han4 it isrcally cml to rclcae our ene4gy on shge, that is really Srest to me; somclincs t play for noonc elscbut mc, IT RULLII ''You contributs i r Mcicr 'c by nnc tnfe:rus, righf? Tell us more bout thistopic. How many issucs hvc been rclcascd, dctils bout cach of thcm, if thcrc's enyetill available, whcn will lhe nerl onc be out ad how wiII it be (bds lo be feeturcd,ctc.).''lnrdcr,d, I am thc cditor in chief of thc Infcrnus fanzine, being thc Thane Shak-al thesccond cditor, uo suppoc me on this mrghty publication. About this I corrnl with two issues.In the first issue, othcr cdiors took ,xlt, and it includcd bards like: Sarriacl, Necromanta,Demoncy, Morluary Dlapc, Goryon and mort. tn my sccond Va-starq we included Ceherna,Ancicnt Moonspcll, orhin, Nashrcnd, Countcsr and morc. Shamcfu, \ye rce not a'ble toincludc of the dcsied bands, sincc wc had some technical difficultics on our computerhardrvare; fhercfore '*'e lost a lot of interriews. Anyrvay, the issue 2 is still evailable, andmayh 3 or 4 'zincs of issuc 1. Thc third issue will be out on rniddlc Dcccmbcr, fcaturingbands kc: Anlacus, Urgehal, Ludicium, Funerary Call, Firstborn Evil, etc., includirrg alsorccws and articlcs of really worthy hordcs."'Mcre hrdisc w ;ilable?''Dcmo ll 96 fhc frie, cxccllcnt sound and prurl cover, priced st 6 USD. Demo I 96 thefit y o dE sbrrns at 5 USE . And T-shirt with lesel printed picture, by 15 USD. "

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fy*fflsurper haae just relu,sed a miniCDentitled. Thrcslold o/' the usur?en Afe* u)eeks before the rel.ease, u)e madesome que.sons to bossist Nwromuttcer.sllow many copics hve been sold of Diebolosis.-- thus felt Ar.9 V9u ti.fredwirh rhc *ort ni* Nof Found hs done for fhc promotion and ditribfion of yourlbumf'Curpntly, Diablisis... is almosl sold out of its sccond pressi.qS. We're satisfied with thework of Mcion and Head Not Found. They did everything they said they would do for us.Thc album ha-s worluide distribution through Voiccs Of Wonder, rvho is real easy fo workwilh. They've mae the CD availablc in counlrics lhcy usuolly don't distsibute to fur workingwitfi other locl dishibutors, so that's alw-ays good. lvlc.talion al.so helped us with thcpromotion l contributing to thc prcduction of thc four-sottg prsrno tlpe thc we'.r'e botlt bccnsendin outio 'zines ani radio shows to cut the costs of scndirg out hundreds of fuIl-lcngthCDs for reviews.'.who,s going to rcIcsc thc vinyl vcrsio? Hcd Nol Eoundl why didn'l you nefcrscthem both et the sme timc? By rcIcasirrg thc t.P later, you make it just a collcctorcitcr4 and it docsn't hclp to savt vinyl, I thitrL. Any commcnh?''We talkcf with Head Nof Found about rclcasiry3 thc vinyl vercion, Thcy said they wercdefinitely interested, but we both agreed to leave the det out of our initial contracl'Unfortunatcly, othirg cvcr came of it. Head Noi Found scemed tor busy o put it out, rc it'snow bein retcased by R.I.P. Music. tt's goin to bc a killer rcrelcasc. It's 3ot a ncw cover, newphotos an? inside tayout, a bonts trac( killer gatefold artwork, a postcr/lyric'sheet, plu.s thesongs werc all remastered, of course.''W'as your dcl with Hed Not Found only for onc alburn?'.Ycah, it was for only one album. wc on put out one dcmo, and t don't think Metalionwanted to takc too much of a risk by signing a lon, multifacctcd contacl, which wcs good,bccuee we didn'twant lo be tied dorun lry any one label either.''How did Nccropolis R.ccords get into ftrt pictue? Wht do you thinli will be thc roleof this lbcl in thc sccnc in the ncar futue?'"Dphon and Diabolicsl Slaughter had becn in conlact and jtrst 8ot to talkinS. ll becameohvi that Usurper's plans for thc bard and'I\phon's plans for his label rl-ere alrnosfidentical. Typhon had said that he was interestcd in wtrrking with us when hc hcard ourVisioru fioii thc gds dcmo, but he didn't wanl to stcp on Mctalion's tocs, so to srcak. Onceour conbact with Head Not found was fulfillcd, we had a fcw different offers, but we wentwith Necropolis. lhey were the most professionat" They were able to offer us fuII studiobur[,ct, ,nu"h b.tt r *orldwidc diskibulion and to hclp us sct up a Europcan tour. Necropolishas been a growiqS label, and I fhink they will continue to Sfrlw ard havc morc of aninfluence on the mctal underground phon knou's how oget things done, and if they kecpsning bands like atanic Slau3hter, Arckalum and Nifelheim, they'll be huc.'-'U raeny so4gc wilt rhe miniCD hevc? (iivc mc somc derrils on fhcr- AIso, lcll mc bit bout your covcr sorrg of fhc miSh'B[ck funcral' by Mercyful fetel Havc youput your mei* and pcnonal style onto it? Why did you choosc lhis song, prccisclyT'- "The minicD has ve rcngs, four new ones and the lvfercyful fate cover. The new oncs arall cl.iffercnt in thcir own way. Thcy rangc from blisteri4gly fast and chaotig likc the song'Necrocult', to straiS,ht fonrard band-your-hcad-till-you'rc-dcad, in 'Slavehammcy', toegerimcntal with diierent instruments, tike a twclve-string piano, lur.'Dea of winfcC, lo acombintion of everythirg, in thc thcmclikc ithreshold of the usurperr. As far ss 'Blackfuneral'gcres, the so4g came out the san e rr.l the original a^r far as the tcmpo and music go, butwc dcfinitety left ouimak on it. We wee a littte hesilant to do a cover eJnS at all, since itscems like ivcryot " elsc is $"ith all thesc bibutrs to Black Sabbath end Celtic trost, and allal, but when it came down to it we've always loved that tune, and we thoughl it was goodcnough b includc on the miniCD.''Is the niniCD out no\r,'l By thc way, whsfs ib llc?'.Not yet. All the songs r'ere ecoded about a year ago, but we'rc just waiting for thcarfwork to come in. Wc had this one artist lined up who was unbelievable, but when we toldhim our idcas and showcd him the Lrialnlosis... CD .ro that he'd knou what wc'rc all about,he got rratly offendcd and backcd ouf at the last minuie, so that rcally set us back. The layoutand everything is done, but wc jusl nccd thc fuckirg covcr.'llphon is helpittg u out no$r, sohopeful nnsnAA of e wupr will be wlable soon. Wc'rc aII ni

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the btac and even more unpopular to come out of the United Sltes when all the biggerunderground bands werc comin5, out of Europe. But what arc you goinS to do? We'rt noigoing to fry to be somethirrg we'rae not just to fit in whafcver fhe current trend is. We thoughtfrom the beginning that wc'd have to put out several demos or seven-inch's on our own beforewe ever tot picked up by a label, and we were prepared to do that. We didn't even want tosign a deal right away, but Metalion's rrputation throughout the years in the underground.sort of $on us over to Hcad Not Found initial. But you're ritht, the trends are starting to shiflagain, and what we thought mhl turn orrt to be a moderately unsuccessful dbuf album, dueto the fact that itwasn't black mebl, is actually doing well. But that could be a good or aba.dthing. It could be a good for the obviow trasons, but, if this rcsurgence of neo-tluaslt-blackmcbl, zs you callcd it, becomes the new trend, which I think it dcfinitely is, then the sccne is{ ;';d"1tu;;tii'^u Ln. of fakes eventually, and then that will bun itsclf out the samcI way that the deth metal scene did, and the black metat scee is starting to. It would probably' be be tter for everyone if this form of metal remained cult, Ieaving the band.s that are goocl at it,, with everyone else doing theii own thing. That way, at least, eveqrthing would be morcI diversc in general. If every band was at least somewhat original in its ideas and song writing,I the n we could completely eliminate the word 'trend'.'t 'Thcc is a grcat couple of bands coming from Chicago vcry closc to yor, I think Etcrnal Hatrcd and Scepter. AIso Pazuzu ae near to you, in a way. What do you thinkt bouf thcse bands and how do you sce their futurc? Do you lhink Usurpc/s succcsscould mke thc path ccsier for thcsc groups?', nWe'tt rrrc close with those balrds o,r a personal level. Wc run into each ofher at the .same' bars alflo-ws, and we get along for the most part. As far as their future is concernecl, ii's--21

I USURP THE THRONE - OF IMMORTALITYreally up to them. I don't know that the success of Usurper would have any impact on tlreicartets.n'Arc thee many placcs urhcre you cen buy good music in your area? Record storcssuck hcel I thinfyou have sort reltionship with R.l.P. Music, haven't you?'"Tllcre's a Iimitedfew O,K. record storrs out here, most of which .setl used sfuff If we wartanythtrg new tllafstoo{ we have to either order it or trade for it, assumi4g that RI.P' doesn'talrcady have their hands on it.''Evirybody talks bout thc oncc so wonderful European scene, but-I gucss thcrc wercmany e-xccllcnt hearry mctal rd spccdlthrash metal bnds over lhere toof Not onlyposisscd... Could you givc us somc' nancs of forgotten bands vc should look out foy'lI discovecd bnd callcd Savqgc Cracc . fcw days a8o, and I think thcy wert prctro.K.I'oyeah, Possessed wa.s awcsome, Exodus - Eonfuit by hldwa-s an urlxlievable album, andthere were a whole bunch of other killer bands, like Macabrc and Chicqgo's Deva-shation.'.welt, abolical slaughter, this should be the cnd for now. You went to addsomcthi4g, ntybe?''Thnks for the interesting questions. Buy our stuff."

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These are the words oflnfamy, sooner or later, aband who deserues allsuccess in the world oftrue death metal. Usten todiehard Josh, buy thesuperbly brutal Count tfiedeaddemo and lookforward to their followingkiller releases'Ycs. I agree that is bue. For a band l;kus, to 8et notice the mainstrten u'ewotId have to scll out, ad lhat will ncvcrhap1rcn. Wc will lrevcr be mainslrcm. Thcmarrstream coultl fuck ol'f. That is m.x dlthere is in L.A. and Hollywoorl, and *-c standagainst afl of that. We are death-grinl andif thcy don't likc it, fuck thcm we u'ill crcrchange or sell oul. We witl only get hardcr,heavier and fa-ster. You have nrv word onthar. Crind lrd tyranny for all thc *'orld trr.rcc. [f not, fuck 'em. The minsrcem is forpussies. Long live the under3nr',rn All hailthe 4prss of trrutality. stpport rc *-ercAs frrr as gctfing out to the undcrgn'urrd- it tspu.dr and push to thc 'zincs, labcls, rdostalions and fans."'Live performances sccra to bc cc ofyour stroqtcr intentions, end f yorrldlikc to know how's an Infarn/s Srg, rffherc's any special thing wc hoId bcawae of before going lo scc youl'nYes. we lwe lo rrfornl livc. Wc havcbccl phyirry a lot all rycr thc coun1', brthave notgot to the f,sst Coast yet That *':llbe exl surner. At our gigs -r-ou an cxptpits nnd diver, and exhErnc Pep ulks m ccruwd, which always sccm to gct cvclvthing flowirg massively. Alo head-barginand movirr aruulrd or statc. 'e drn't juslfuckin' stand thcre. At lca-st, I don"- lf ccrrrwd is jusf staldin1 therc i slr-c, )ou c3nerqrect n,e to raise my voice and offer sornenxurtging words to get them imoh'ed Italways seem.s to gct them Just t1t'rr'ug. If

there arc hecklcrs in lhc crorr-d, *.c uillchcw them u: and spit them out. nI,cexamples t'lut of tftem.''Could you tcll us somcthiry ebour cncrr sfuff which is o bc out soon? Thcreadcrs of this publication ae huqgry, soam Il'nThe new sluff is a krt t'aslcr nd icarr.Wc arc nrahrrin morc as a band nc'w thtwe have been .iamming tocdrer a u'lule,T'he sorlgs arc fretter, faster and arrengcd eIot better. Some ncwcr ti{es arc: rptobiosis','Bodily dissembowlenrnl','f\tridinfestation', 'Crsniol impLxion'. 'J\ussctr.rnation','Lsceratecl','Slem's buminS'and The blood shall flow', to narrc a l'

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plaguE1 and Drogheda, Detestrtion andDistmlxxtieil. .{rrc[ nrany rnrre. it trxs r]lronrl n. I havc tmdcd Infamy's Ci>tutt thcrrca., with all these Lrancts. ancl I 53ive enllshow srrlTxrrt frrr oJI rrf them. I a]s., reellylikerl Dave Rotten's Christ Dcnic4 Lrut u'hcnI lcarncd it wa.s rt'um mchinc frtrm Stcvcof Exbenilt.c'zinc. It scrrt crf h.ok s.rmelhirLgaway frr:rm it, even thrrrrih it soulds brutalas all ftckin hell.r earth. I still tike it.-'Hcll's ncar, lct's end this intervicwand run away from nuclear firel Makcgood usc of this last minutes of life onearth br grccng us, puhlizing yourmcrchandisc and so on for thc undcadprogcnics lo comel'uThenk you for the inten'ierv, Juan Jtrs,ancl I hrrl:c all is well w-ilh your 'zine andeveryr)ne and cverylhiil in yotrr counlry.Horns ur ltr all trttt lhere wht srrrxrd tlrescene, and frrr e\'csr)rc who lrk thc timc torcad this and buy the 'zine. Sulrr\]rt thescene wherever you live,'end htrrfully.s(rm dey u'e rvill be ort thclt to play foryou.'Ihe rveak 3nd rseless and all the fakefucking ay ass po.srs rvill bc expo.sccl. Staytrue lo lhe underroutrd ad. eyen nLrreimrrtant, stay tne to yourselves. The fkesshall be exxrscd. New stuff out redly soon.so ple:rsc be petient. It will he worih it.f,vcryonc intercsted in lnfamy behd ilrfo,plca-se wrile in. Slay stmn3 and rnite hrplunclcr. Yours in blxri' infamy, Jtrshua J.Heatfield."

INTAMY3145 Shcflield AvenueLos Argeles, C 9OO32USA

You know, ourmqin problem istime... Some ofthe reviews onlhe right side orenot the newestones, but we feltthot it wosnecessory tosotisty the friends

who so kindlysend their stuff. Iom sorry oboutthose notincluded on thisor other poges. Ihope you

fuURBATBTKIK a b d s c h en s k i -Me rtvi iAnaconda Records,1996

If someone out there wanls to thro*. shit over Spanish scrne,mentbn the lack of prolbssionallsm of Spanlsh music business, antlso tortb, Urbat Bitki could be a goort excr- I wouldn't like rothinkthat this is the rule, sarlty thouflr thcre ain't too many cleartyserious bands over here, you knor'. The fact is that this is a purcunrleryound tlemo u,ith a the ugty ingedienS that some pcoplestill tlrel simpattry ftr: had pnxluion (retunled in tbur hours),spontaneous and ertremely simple lyrics, with a surrealistic (infan$concept. Layout and castte are protlrsionally presxd. [AnacondaRccords; Mare;ma220-224;08020 Barcclona; Spainl ' [Llrat Bitki;Olcgrer lvtir 20, 4'l; 0E2.10 lvlanresa; Ilarcelona, Spainl

MISTCAL RITUALGhoul ofdarknessself-fi nanced rerelease, I 996This tapc was recordetl in 1993, antl I can tcll you you shouldn'tinves you money here. Sorry, liiends, but tha't rh truth, This is aninaudittle and intoleratrle casstte, and they say black mtal s themusic you here there - I jusr rlon't have a lcking clue A nen,demo should be out very vxm. [4 t-iSD to: )vfisical Ritual; 75mts.norte Iglesia del'fremedal; San Ramn, ,A,lajuela; Ccxsta Rical

BLOODTHIRSTYCryforthedeathself-financed, 1996r\nother unexperienced tape. These guys must tre very young, so therape mwt be onty lbr their fiiends antl collettors of the deepestunderground. One of the boys also has got a'zine. [Bltxxlthirsty;Santa Amalia 702, Santa Clara;37470 Len; Gto., Mexicol

BHAOBHAN SIDHEJinxself-fnanced, 1996Rhaohhan Sidhe is a name you should remember, tbr these olrl guyshas released some weird mwic throughout the last years, and that'sone of the ,oals of many true peple in the underyound. Betbrethinking tm much, read the inten'ie*,rve have u'ith them in one ofour pagei. I can tell you linxis a darlienetl, primitive version of heGerman originatoru of electronic music, with an impurc tbcting.

SATHANASBlack Earthadvance tape for CD, 1996I haven't hearl li.om Paul tbr yrme time, vl I cannot say what's upwilh them lately. I know the Cf)s were ro he out by nor*', but I(annot say anymore. Sathanas b one of those legenrls *'ho, onceresrrrcctcd from thc pit, comc back with Srcngth and good music.Thb is clasic heavy-ttuash meral tbrgerl in black tirel [5 USL) tr:Sathanas; Ell'l'enth Ave.; New Brihton, Pa 150; tlS-{l

BLOODRITUALAt the mountains of madnessadvance tape for CD, 1996Read their inten'ie*' before going on, please. Blood Ritual playbrutal death metal wi intlucnccs ftom Sinister or Deicide, I rhink.The uole shit is accurtely playerl and understtxd, so this CD rvilthe onc more in your playlist

PLEURISYSplit LP with Asgayaadvance tape, 1996Pleuri,play norv melodic death meul in a more curent rcin. Thetirs song of this tape sounds a lot like .A.t The Gates o The rcd iothc'sky is ours, believe mel But thesr buddies play so tight that thelack of originalis on this tafr, the first of their new career,shruldn't tre noticed. Forpt comparisons, in a couple of yearsyou'll see in Pleurisa s'hat an outlit of real musicians is [Pleusiry;Rietz.angersraat l-15; 3$15 ED Amenfoort; Netherlandsl

NEBIROSDemo 7advance tape,1996With tive tracks of heary, slow death metal approaching to melodicdoom in the vein of old Paradix I.ost, thest guys intrrducethemselves to the undergound. rom the mentioned five tracls, Ithink there's one u'hich could be heard with more interest andshould be the way Nebiros will lbllow in he future. [Ncbos; CalleIl.O- Carranza Llano #2.153; Col. Pablo A- C722; OJ2SOtvlonterrey; Nuevo Len, \{exicol

CROUPNews in brefself-financed, 1996It's a p that Croup lasn1 evolve ncarly nothing since theyrleasd their db live demo. Here ttrere are a bunch of ri' trcksand a bunr'h of old tra('ks, but no excitement. Gore freaks ran findit a bit intcresting tbr thc conccpt ol'all the lyrics is guts, guls andsome guts more. The lir't tape is still lbr:ule fbr 6 USD. 16 LISD(Burope), 7 LISD (workl) to: Croup; Valmojado 219, 2"8; 28M7Nladrid; Spainl

EQUINOXRetum tomisteryadvance tape for CD, 1996IIa Equinoxl Retum to mistery b a good title lbr an album ll'h alot of darkncss in it, you kno*'. lf you want a desciptiffr, I ftiryou can hear simitariries with no other bans, Flquinox are quiteuniquc; though I can tell you ttat they play metal, fast, slow,aggyessive, mel

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you ane Sonne do it, tike anolhcr SrouProm Mdrid has done, thcY chould bcgood Spenish-writtcn lrrics, not like lhconcs of tht bandl ll, hI eriously now,wht do you think about thi arcnil? l'dlike to know nolhcr's opinion, apalfom minc.''l don't think so... English fib bctter intomctal music. Norwegians using their ownlzrg:uage? O.K., but it seem^s stupid in mycycs fhat now cvery forcign band usc to'ritc al least one tyric irn their ownIaryu4ge... Trendincss is cvcrywhere, yousce. Spanith languzge is much richier thanEnglish. We usc lo wrile our words first inSpanish, but then we hranstate them intoEnglish. lt sounds better for melal music.About thal ofher Sroup from Madrid, youknow what I think about them, no morEcommcnts about it.o'Well, Alhaz, the gamc is over. Thanksfor your answcrsl Add what you wish-''iuckl Came is not over. War has justbegun Enter thc tYimigenium kirydom' Buyorr CD, it should be avatlable thru us by thetime this mzgane is out (prices should bc2OAO pbs., SPain, 17 USD, EuroPe, Postpai Also check out for Pact of solituddebut miniCD, out YcrY soon ihru NewCotialRequicm Records. lls SmauS's rcloproject, sad and melancholic rmetal muic, amustt Rcmember, God's time is over, and theeternal nighl is ncar... Thanks for yowsupporl.'

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PRIMIGEMUMApartado 8343ZSOSONlgdl,dSPAINPrimigenium is mayh the oldest Spanish blackmetal band and surely the most credible one. Theirfirst full-length strike is near, so read the words ofguitarist Alhaz and find a new name for your-ontemporary underground black metal collection'grcat dcal, but wc signcd it. Aftcr a w'hilc,we discovered theirJewish athhdc and lackc'f crcdibility, so wc canccllcd thc dcal. rrVcdo not regret about that, they are not lheright labl for a band like PrimiScnium, webclong to nother sphere. Yeah, u'e tinallysigned to Full Mrnn Prnductions, a.nd Aft tfwar (our dbut album) should be out byrlow. Acrually, I think this is thc bcst labclfor us. I just hope this tinrc it all works O-K.and no mort problems arrivc... They shouldalso print T-shirts. Alrc a vinyl venionshould be out latcr through another Iabel'..About the compilation, I don't know whcn itwill hc rcleasd... lfs surposed to be calledA blbute to hell and will be a doublc CDcontainirg somc of thc bcst black mctatbands around. Ask Full Moon for morcdctails. Sonr Iabcls showcd intcrcst inreleasing our dbut a.lbum after cancellingthe del rvith tfrose Greck subhumns: FuIIIoon lroducbons (obriously), El onrcn,wild Rags, Dark Trinity Productions, VoiceOf Death, New Gotia/Requiem Records (hciltcrd Todmirl), Abstract Emotions... Wc juslsigncd to tull lvloon hoductions for onealbum; tbr the next onc, let's wait and sewhat harrns.''spanish sccne i futl of bands rhthavcn't got thc autr to play somcthingreally intcresting and influcntirl - youcan'l deny that. Do You thinkPrim[cnium witl changc SPein'spicture?''l do not really carc too much about thesihration in spain. Heve lherc are a lot ofbands tryirrg to bc very intcllignt and cuil,O.K. (horv tcrriing thcy arc...), butplayrry shitty music. Of coursc, wc cn alsofind tuo or three bands worlh to bemenoned, bui not in our area I don't knowif tYim[cnium ll charyc Spain's picture,but at least nou'people out the know thatquali hlack mctal can al.ro hc donc inSpain.''Havc you complctcd thc rccordin3s ofyour first fult-lcryth album ye TclI uspleasc how thc ncw so4gs sound andsomc titlcs in advnccl'ul-cah, the recording ook place almostonc yea agol Latcr, we I'utshed thbprolgglE/epilqgue and the nal mix. H

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At the wtountarrs of nabress''lMhy did you,cott, fire the guys of the first Btood Rituarrs lincup? Tell mcbout rhat pcriod, thc carly dayiof Blood R.irual. wcrrc you in othcr bids bcforczWhich wa your technical lcvel with your instrumcnl theni''After my old ban4 rallcn ldols, brokc up in 1992, I m

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A cmtple -of-M_enican bands: Sargatattas has jttst sgned a d.eat for on upcrnng CD utth a promisingGcrnnn label" uthile Dreshkigal ore still searching... Li"sten to iord" Sargata.nas*and. Bestial-Inaocator-SMATANN4How ws Sargatanes in 19E6? I ncn ttifide, music and so on... '

'Well, we'r'e talkiag I long tirnc ago (a decedc). ls cfear that it ws the beginnirrg ofSargatanas musically and ideologically. Thcrt was inmaturity and uncxperience bccausc ofthc lack of knowloftc; btf ho--evcr lhcrc was hunger for stanic powcr and wisdonr, andlhcrc was r incrcasing .ttitude towrd wht Sargatanes is nour.''IVloatcn'cy i now a b[ city for blct d dcth mctat in Mcxico. you tivcd thcrc,how w fhir city thcn?''Ivlonlcrtcy in lht timc was even more undergrcund fhat now it i. you auld sc an cuilftclfu, yes, thcre is a lot of quality in black mctal and death mctd bands. ycs, I lived therr,nd I still do, 'cansc I visit lvlonterrcy oftcn In fact, I harrc a housc thcrc. pcrsonally, I sccIvlonlerrey as the best sccne in Ivlcxico inio black metal snd dath meial.''Why did you dccidc to givc life to seryatrrus oncc qgein? Wht e the differcnccswc crn find i this ncw phrsc for your band?''l &sidr to reicrrate Saryetanas qgain nrone for necd o erprcss musical- andidcolqgicay 4 ns8c. Another thirrg would be the understandirg that existed among theaclual land npmben, that thcrc would be no way Sargatanas would exist without it.,Now Untial's Empcrm, thc othcr rrcncr of thc bnd, ddcd:'As fot lhe last thce years, the bad has ben able o det il morc a style of brutality on its"*n. 11 this time, we have changed rnany sonts upside down, and lrd sargatanas andnysclf have been working alory the dcveloping of thc band sargatanao has name on theundcrgrourd, andwhcre we want to cmain.'_ 'llory -he.r the csponsc to your ctf-titlcd demo be,e? Tht dcro has brought you adcl witl n Ancricln lrbcl, rithP''Believe mc, we never imagined thc answcr to our deno would be so g@ it has becn kean ovenvhchning support in aII the world, and that spport is all thanls to thc fanzines, ycs,this demo gol us dcal with Wild R4gs and somc offerwith othcr companics.''ttrht about thc rcelcac of thc dcnro on CEZ''Nor, you'rc ralLirg about sorlrftirrg mythotogical sou knowl).''Tcll comcthiag eboul your firsl full-tcng rrcordirrg- Ivlany diffcncnt lhings, ifwc conparc it lro thc dcw? Givc ur ronrc dctrils i advrcc.''Well, tmononr,zDrex;r,tr-ri we wiII enter the studio to record our fst CDlLp onAmbar studios, and it wi[ bc cnginccred by JJ. tavcaga. wc tt record about twetvc kacks,includig all dcrno's songs, and fhcrc will be a covcr of legcndary band on thc cD sou'll scc).In thb cD yo1 will hrre musicd cvotuon cvcn dccper, without tcaving our orrn ssle.lMaylrc a signifrcativc dtail that you will find is thc indidual characler that each sorg has. o'TcII u rbout your rclon with tlfild xrys. Atro, you rc i cotct nd hvc dcIylt-h N",gl 'r Erric Production (with thcir ublbet C.onquisrador Rccors, I gucsc)-TeII mc r bit about thcnr, you sur=ly hevc socn slnt diffcr:accs bctvecn ila rg"end Nag0l'r Enic Pr:oductionq hrvcn't you?''ou rcltion with wild R^qgs has dc*ayer'causc Mr carpos is a person that s*ys to bes"l*_", but he onfy uscs lhesc words so you'[ work th hiq bul his sctions ae contrary towht hc raid sinccre, wc don't likc o havc problcms with anybody, and wc hopc alt -thiscoes to an arra4ge. lt dl was a par'.l of our fault for our lack of knowlcdge wc not just haveclt ctwth Na'g0l'r Elrie Prodrrctiong but we harc a contract for a CDILP, which we ccordomorrurv. Ycs, wc sn undcr Conquirtador Rccords. You'll soon scc thc rcsults of lhis- Well,all .ftc dcl *, rzEril'g Eyrie Pnoductions was nude wirh Mr op1ros, which is a veryscrigus pcrson; and we have a lot of thir{gs in common of wh.et spreadirig " ,**r1g" ofundcground is. About lvlr Catrpoc... ?''Mcrico ccm to hvc e growias blct mctt following, d thc nur[rcr of btackb.ds it iacr:i'g... Ir it jut e good wry of c:g,r=ssion thrrough music for etlthoscbeodl, or a walr of tryiag o mtc money, ince blsck mctat i now lrnost awrrrut to rn for I labcl, unlcrs yo c8not cvcn trrr oa your arnpfic...?,'We think tht not only in r4cxico is grorvi4g of followels of black metal, but in all theworld and so lhe number of bands has incrcascd (acpet in our city; wc ae thc onlyblack/desth metal, o,r what wc call sabni nrcbb. Thc only not pleasani lhing aboul this isthat therc is tend or tendency, and a lot of bards arc into this just to try to make money.unfortnnately lhlsis true, rhat, if you ptay btack mctal, you ae surE you sign with a labl,butifs 'car,sc cott ar,lsltxve nadc it this way. In thc cnd of this qucson I think you'rc talkingabout peoplc thal don't cvcn knor how b play it cxitsll But you'Il always find tLe honest anrcal pcoplc too, end only thc true and strorg sunivellt,'Ead this hcrc, Ttrts for your collaboration, rnatel''Thanx for the supporl and thc chance of spr,cading our mcssage n Ab Defu mzgaane.

And to cveryone who wants to knou more about sargatanas, kecp in touchltl SATAN WILLREIGN FORSVERIII'

"Our first profcssional recording wrs on split wir onc-mn bad callcd Varynqgk. To bchonest, it wsn't a great work. The split Er.eshkigal/Vargnogk has a good response, Mypeople like it very much. Actually, is sold out (60O tapcs around the wortd, aproximatcly). Thescond rcording is done, now wifh an acl Japane* callcd Conrgoth. This majcstic rccordingis entitled Black dawn.-. (forcvcr rd4g mmt). One evolution is shou'n in the dark sound ofEreshk(gal - wait it soonl Both recordings werc realized through Bephegot Records (vlexico).Our friendship with fhem is goo4 but the supporl is porrr.''You set mc your pr.omotioaal tapc of 1996 - ,e you rearching for ded llrcady1?Do you think that promo could mrke you czn t de? Any chats with lable 'til nsw?''Yes, actually w-e arc searching a good deal fo Ereshkigal, mosl scriou and professional,with a good labet. By the way, we have a promo for distribution around the world having agood responsc.ls sure a good dcal very soon. The new sttfI of Ereshkrgal is better, alrc oreprofcssional. We re vcry satised wilh this evolufion. We arc in touch with labcls, butnothing vcry scrious; timc will tcll.''Cau you givc us ronre bricf information ebout Beholdirrg Signs?''Bcholding Signs is my other band. I'm the singer. The music is very claboraled udori6,inal, Ipics ac dark rn a rcflcxivc way. I would dcscribc ou music like a dark dclhmetal, very melodic, sinister and excellentl In this nrcnrenls we have a &np tape ehtted lnthc eeaw of bme. .. Sigts of a ncw life. This recording hs. tceivcd a good response frrom theunderyround scene arund the world, excellent conrcntaics bcrccn follorcrs of real music- thcy are people inlelliEentl For info, see lhe bioSraphy orwrite to thc addrccs of Ereshlcal.''You told mc you're running t'ziac... How scriously 8e you doing thar? ''Is cllcd Ma nfrost'zine. The first number is out in Deccmber 1996, conlains darkqucstionaircs with pcrvcrsc hordes, such as: Enqpctror, Morhary Drape, lr4aniac Butcher,Denial Of God, Svart Syn, Demonic, Full I\4oon Productions, etc. This dark scriphue isdecated to black mclal cult andblaok arb around the wor{d, our evil feclings arc reflcctcd inthis impious tomc. Is a scrious work, I'm very withln Vl@ntayt 'zine, It's a truc feeling of nr.Hail the black hordesl''I've hcsd bout sorne troubles betwee Mcxicn bnds... Commcnts?''I ignorc it. Thcy arc vcry ridiculous, arc thc waste of timc. Thc foolish black warriors aerctumed, stuprd ganrcsll I prrfer Ereshkal's music and *{antfrwt' zine.''If you havc sonrcthiqg to ad...''Thank you for thc interview and thc support for Er*hkigal. Good luck lo Ab Febm43azine. One black prayer to the satanic hordesl In darkness, Bcstial Invocator. Hail StanTI'ERESHKIGALApartado 12-631O3O2O Mxico D.f.MEXICO

SARGATAN/ISApartado 1-52flllOlGuzl$tnJdieco, MEXICO[RHSHHIGALtou, Bcstiel Invocalor, " 9 th" only remeini4g neonber of the initiel lincup,o, ctt wc rrJr thet Ercshtigl bclonge o you?,-

"|_vlf ltfe Ercshkigat. My mct powerful fcclings rc rcflcctcd in Ertshk[al's music. EviI,darknery, black porcr, occult and rnystical in my min4 a:ne, in esscncc, facrs for the initiaiagnrpetion of this band''Yos'vc clcscd two split dcmos... Tcll mc what you fhink boul that sort ofrclcasc. Did you rclcc thera thrrugh any l,abcl? lf ycl, what can yo ell me boutyor cltion with thca?'26

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sHow was the The unholysa*zmendcmo acccpcd in 1992'l Whal werc yourgoals at that time? Do you think thigstill now havc happcncd as you dcsicd?'Bclial answered:'The [lnholy.sacnncnbdemo sold way more fhan I thought it wouldat the time. That demo was fucking excellenlsounding and almost complete when lh