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Warwulf Interview!

As the smell of black blood spreads a beast of cold hate comes forth with great hunger.

1. HAILS!
One could say that Warwulf could celebrate 10 years of evil madness now!
But is it correct to say that you put Warwulf in a dormant state for approx three years from last
release until now or have you been working on other music or on this freshly released
album "The Archetype of Destruction"?
What happened?

-The Archetype of Destruction was recorded between autumn of 2008 and summer of 2009.
Originally the album was set to release sometime in 2010 via Darker than black records but, due to unknown delays it was finally released 3 years later (May 2013). Upon waiting the release of the album you can say I was in a dormant state, but I was really working on new material for the next line of work.

2. What will the listener get to experience from this new album?

-More raw,hateful,uncompromising black metal. I am very satisfied with how both, the quality and sound turned out, with of course, JFN's professional assistance.

3. From what i understand was your most active periode between 2007 to 2009 with the three demos

"Visions of a Battle that Once Was...", "Forgotten Dreams of a Lost Empire" and "Wampyric Curses"
and one split "Walking the Paths of Despair" with SAD from Greece.
Could you describe these releases and which labels you worked with then, also when i "did my homework" i came across different covers for some of these...were these re releases or?

-These demos are the base ground of early Warwulf, It wasn't until the Sad split, where I realized the great potential Warwulf had.
In regards to the different cover pieces, both Metal Throne Prod (Grc) and Thor's Hammer Prod (Fra) offered me the idea to re-release all those demos in limited quantities and with different layouts.

4.In the beginning in 2003 when your first demo "Wulfschrei" got out was there any decent "channels" to spread your poison then? And what reception did it get?

 
-At the time I only had a hand number of copies to give out. Without my consent, several individuals actually made more copies than needed to spread the plague and surprisingly had a good reception. It was then re-released by both Metal Throne Prod and Thor's Hammer Prod.

5.Who made your great logos? I am sucker for those.

-The first logo I had requested to be designed, as seen since "Forgotten Dreams" demo, was respectfully created by Daniel Desecrator. The current logo was renovated and reformed by an acquaintance in France.

6. So now with your new album are things moving in the "right direction" for you?

-Things have been gradually moving the right direction for me since day one. However, now with this album release, I can now keep continuing where I had left off into my new line of work.

7. Any gigs planned later this year?

-Never played a gig with Warwulf or have any plans to.

8.Is there any other partners in crime that you like to shine black light unto?
Any horde that´s needs more respect & exposure ?

-There is no need for me to name anyone that needs either exposure or more respect. They already have had a strong influence in black metal today and there names are forever immortalized in the scene. They know who they are and have my have eternal support and respect.

9. Any merchandise in the pipeline?

-Not at the moment, but we'll see.

10. Thanks a lot for your time!
Any final words?

-Thank you. Ave Sathanas.

Hautakammio Interview!

As i had said before i say it again in many cases Finland fucking rules!!

1. As i understand you are quite newly formed? When,where & how did you all

   meet up and started this musical violence?

Grim666: Hautakammio was formed in 2012, as a kind of a continuum to my and Lima's former band Lathspell. I had known R. from Malicious for some time, and he decided to join along with Nagh, whose vocals I knew would suit Hautakammio's sound very well. In spring 2013 Ruho joined as a second guitarist and I moved to play bass, thus giving us ability to play live gigs. 

2.Your debut album "Kukaan Ei Opasta Teitä Pimeässä" got out into the cold air

  now in may through Darker Than Black Records, how has the response been?

  

Grim666: Actually we are still waiting for the release date, Darker Than Black promised release in June, I trust we'll have the album on our hands by the end of the month. So far there has been only positive feedback, and I expect no less.

3.can you elaborate on what goal you had for the music and how did the whole

  process from getting a complete horde to undergoing all the pitch black creative

  proceedings go?

Grim666: Hautakammio is the representation of strength, nihilism, hate towards the christian scum. Musically I wanted to create rapid, pitch black tunes while keeping it simple. Soundwise we all decided on primitive, raw sound that doesn't let you off easy. The recording process was quite simple, only few mics on drums, mono guitars & bass. As I handled the recording and mixing myself, it was a lot more relax situation for all of us. No restraining schedules.

4. Did you release some demo before this album?

Grim666: "Kukaan Ei Opasta Teitä Pimeässä" is our first recording, it was meant to be only a promo for labels but Darker Than Black saw that it would be suitable for a debut album release.

5. If any what earlier band affiliations do you all have?

Grim666: As I mentioned earlier, R. has his magnificent death metal band Malicious. Nagh plays drums for Seal Of  Beleth, vox & drums on Kalmankantaja, also played in Kuolo (r.i.p.). Lima's main bands are Sawhill Sacrifice (HVNK KVLT!), Thaurorod, Amberian Dawn. Ruho has Frogskin, Scarecrow, and played guitar for Lathspell. My current activities include Oath, Kalmankantaja, Order Of The White Hand, Seal Of Beleth & Scarecrow. I also handled bass & vocal duties in Lathspell.

6. Today the 15 june you play a gig with ARSONIST LODGE...i guess when you read these

   questions it is all over and done. How did it go? Brutal? To much to drink?...or to little?

Grim666: Still feeling last night's drinking in the back of my head! Indeed, this was our first gig and we nailed it. No complaints, I think we managed to bring forth the correct dark energy of Hautakammio's music. Arsonist Lodge are such professionals dominating the stage with their punishing sound, just absolute darkness. The whole night was pure alcohol induced worship! Hails to Risto & arsonists!

7. Any other gigs that you are booked for later this year?

Grim666: Not yet, but there will be. Playing live is something that we need to do, the ultimate expression of our art.

8. Besides the sweet t-shirt is there any other merchandise in the making?

Grim666: not at the moment. There was some preliminary talk about a vinyl version of the album but that's left for the future to see.

9. Any thoughts in doing a split with some of your finnish brothers?

Grim666: We are recording a new song for a 4-way split including Hautakammio, Azaghal, Sawhill Sacrifice & Oath. It will be a killer album, wait and see!

10. Thanks for doing this interview! Best of luck now!

      You got the last grim words!!

Grim666: Hails to Raw War, and infernal hails to HVNK KVLT, Satanic Elite!

CAEDES CRUENTA - Skies Daimonon

It all starts of with a sample from a exorcism in what i believe is from the movie
exorcism of Emily Rose, a suitable mood put its claws in your neck from here on this debut album.

The first song "Eosphorus" rips off straight away with sharp riffings and quite a blasting!

Its quite clear from the the get go that much inspirations comes from the second wave
but aside from that there is much inspirations from good early 80´s heavy metal! Sometimes
my mind thinks of some of Iron Maidens more moody songs for an example.
Dont get me wrong because its black metal all the way but many guitar melodies and sounds comes from
that golden era of madness and that suits me just fine.

The production is well balanced. not directly raw or necro but it cuts vains anyway , you hear most of the
hellish things CAEDES CRUENTAs serves up!
The singning is in a Burzumish style except from some background growlings and some clean vocals
( i heard that in two songs and it worked better in the second one).

Song 7 "Religion of Blaphemy" stands aside a bit (not in a bad way) with its more
early 80´s trash/death metal singing melodies.

Besides old school stuff many guitar parts burst out into what i feel sound like "victorious"
 & "epic" and at the same time mixing that with the cold satanic tones.

All in all the 8 tracks stand fine on their own and don´t melt together as a long
thunderstorm from Hades but more like a hand full of various well placed stabs from an poisonous blade.

                                           

RAW WAR Issue 1 UPDATE!

I am hard at work in finishing the first issue of the printed RAW WAR! I will cram as much as i can in this first one, of course i cant get all my interviews in it so for those who is not in the first will be in the second... that i hope will be out in september.

Here is the cover of this black pearl.

Burning Bethlehem Interview!

RAW WAR and the Drummer Hexen from Burning Bethlehem sits down inside the infernal flames to speak about their creations and coming plans!

1. HAILS!
How are you doing on this grim day?

-Great thank you. 

2. First i wonder how/when you guys got together and formed Burning Bethlehem?

-We formed in November of 2010. 

3. Your first release the demo "Burning Bethlehem" got out in 2011, was the work to get to that release
long or did it birthed quick? What was the response?

-It took no time at all. Skorm and Nocturn have been creating music togther for a long time before this band.
And The response to any music we have put out has always been really positive. 


4. Now when you are re releasing your debut album "The Unholy Path to Hell" on Desolate Productions
do you feel you get the promotions you need? And that new cover looks more suiting its stomping hell
sound. Can you shed some light behind the shadow of this albums themes.

The Old cover

The new cover

-First off yes i feel this re re release will do incredible no doubt about that. And i feel it will get into a ton of new hands that could not have been reached before.
The over all theme is to bring back the darkness of the past.

5.And as i understand you are hard at work for your second album "Black Ritual"? When will it be
out in the free and will it be on the same label as your re release?
And how would you describe the progression from "The Unholy Path to Hell"?

-Yes we are working harder than ever on this new record Black Ritual. As of now there is no exact release date but we are pushing for October for the release.
As of right now we are not quite sure if it will be through Desolate Productions yet or not, We would love for it to be but will see what happens here in the next couple months. 

6.How did you come in contact with the "art-house" View From The Coffin? Is the new sweet t-shirt
artwork any hint of where the new album art is going?

-He was a personal contact of mine (Hexen)
But all of us in Burning Bethlehem came to a last min conclusion that we were just gonna do our own art again for this release. But the art work that VFTC originally made for us will not be for nothing. For i have another project called Astral Blood and the art work will be used for that.
As far as the shirt no, nothing to do with the new album. Just a cool design. 

7.How do you think the "Hate is Strenght" gig will go? Are you connected somehow with the other bands
KOMMANDANT, ATRUM INRITUS & NUKLEAR FROST that play the same night?

-Nuklear Frost and Atrum Inritus are both from Minneapolis so we are close with them both. We played our first record release show with Atrum Inritus they are great guys/girl check them out. Kommandant is most defiantly a band we have been wanting to play with for a while so its an honor for sure. Over all the show will be a great time. 

 
8. Is there any other gigs planned for this year.

-As of right now our Cd release in October and then
a show in November.
We are probably looking at booking another 2 show for this year.
And then hit next year hard.
the main goal for this year is just make this new record nothing short of incredible.

 
9. Any split in the plans?

-Nothing as of yet. We would be down given the right circumstances.


10. Thanks for taking part with this interview on RAW WAR!
Any last thoughts?

- Thank you Raw War Cheers \m/

Old Witch Interview!

From the united states of misery comes the Old Witch with a a thornclad cauldron full of lethal herbs and ancient poisons.

1. Greetings!
First i am curious about your background and how you end up concocting the evil
ingredients of black metal, drone & doom metal?

 - I remember the first time I heard 'ye entrancemperium', until that time, my knowledge of metal was limited to what I remembered from being a kid, Maiden, Dio, all awesome stuff but really tame, as well as death metal, though I was never really into that. I thought bands like the Locust were pretty cool and I was into Skinny Puppy and I made noise and goth-y music with my friends. Then out of nowhere there was this song that sounded like god's own anthem, and filled me with a god like feeling of power, darkness, a haunting familiar ancient feeling that was what I had always sensed lurked somewhere in metal but I hadn't heard before. Since then I've obviously heard much more, and felt that feeling in other types of music, though possibly never as pure. I've always wanted to recreate that first feeling of power and majesty that Emperor gave me, but not to simply re create Emperor, but to take the power of Doom, Sludge and heavy Drone and marry it to the atmosphere of Black Metal. Simply put, I wanted to create the Heavy Metal album I always wanted to hear.

 2. You released yourself the first full album last month that´s called "Come Mourning Come", what
emotions and themes is processed in it?

 
 - The songs are all anthems to the spiritual existence that hides behind our materialistic world, they are hymns to the destruction of our financial districts and malls and they are songs of worship to the deeper metaphysical nature that lies hidden, often very deeply hidden in us all. These are not satanic anthems or pagan, per se - they are what you want them to be, but for me, they echo the strength I feel when I contemplate the natural world, and mankind's puny efforts to overcome - futility and majesty. Also the idea of ancient wisdom and mystery. The name Old Witch I feel brings to mind the feelings I associate with the music, the idea of an ancient revered person living alone in the forest communing with the spirits of the dead, the forces of nature.

 3. Did you release some demo or something before the album?

 - These songs are the first release by Old Witch

 4. Have you been in contact with some labels or vice versa for an official release?

- Old Witch will release the album on tape in The United States on the brand new label Quamvis Tetrico Ascendit Recordings based in Chicago and I have been talking to The Arcane Tapes about a European release.

 5. I saw you was in the radio show "Drones of Hell" through London's Arts Radio Station, how did that happened?
Thanks to this show i found out about you, Sathor from Ars Macabra that also was in the show tipped me about you and i think that was a good tip.

- I've listened to it on line several times, always good stuff! I feel honored to have been played on that show.

 6. Whats the further plans for this year?

- Old Witch is working on a new recording, perhaps to see the light (or darkness if you will) of day in about six months.

 7. How does you local "scene" look like? Is it a cold and empty place or do you have some fellow partners of darkness there?

- There is not much of a metal scene here, but there is quite a bit of a noise, experimental music scene, and surprising a lot of younger folks are dabbling in the imagery and sound of early 80's goth culture. 
Old Witch seems to strike a chord with this crowd. Other than that, there are a surprising number of 'metal' bands who seemed to have gone no further down the road of discovery than Tool. They also seem to enjoy Old Witch, but I am not interested in associating my music with that crowd.

 8. Thanks for your time! Best of luck to you.
Any final words?

- Thank you for your questions. I look forward to creating more music and perhaps further adding to the mythology and the folklore of Metal. 
For me, Metal doesn't occupy the same function as Punk, which is the music of revolution, but it is a type of Folk music, the music of a people, an ongoing, an evolving story whose beginnings are dim and perhaps unknown, who's ending is hidden in an uncertain future. It's not about playing faster than anyone else, or slower, or being kvlt or anything else in particular, but creating amazing new music that evokes the emotions and ideas that are the essence of Metal