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Please give us a short introduction of yourself? Infernal Salutations of Death! My name is Torstein Parelius and I play guitar in CHTON and bass in MANES. I'm 29 years of age and I live in Trondheim, Norway. A short introduction to CHTON would be: Dark and Brutal Death Metal made to be played fukking LOUD! Also give some I-really-don't-want-to-know-facts of the other members? Our Satanic midnight ceremonies have a rather low attendance, but we're working on it. Waffles and coffee are now free. Ever thought of joining ZZ Top with your long beard? Nope, but I've considered shaving it off and just leave a thick moustache for that mid-80ies flava. So, happy with the album? Did it meet your expectations? Yeah, we're really satisfied with "Chtonian Lifecode". Godt Selskap Studio delivered the goods when it comes to the overall sound of the album. It's heavy-as-fukk and kills like a Weapon of Mass Distortion! Sure there are things you would done else afterwards. Can you give some examples? Probably, but I kinda move on quickly. It's a snapshot of CHTON right there and then. Shark Sandwich? Shit Sandwich! Do you like working in a studio? Trying things to improve the songs? Or try to keep it clean? I like the creative part of being in a studio and to hear the songs take shape, but the recording of the skeletal fundaments of the tracks, like the rhythm guitars etc, is just kinda tedious. The word "clean" can not be used to describe any aspect of CHTON! Did you do a release party with lots of beer and naked girls? Or what else to celebrate the release? Yeah, we organized a releaseparty at a place called UFFA here in Trondheim. We played all the songs from "Chtonian Lifecode" plus a few more, and got drunk as Hell. We're planning a show consisting of shitloads of naked girls when we play the Playboy mansion. Which might not happen in a while. Do you have groupies? And I mean female ones! What kind of show do they get backstage? What kinda show they get? Well, we try to get our hands on a corpse of a priest for every gig we do. It's in our rider. We empty the priest fukker of entrails and collectively piss in the hollowed out corpse. Then we mix the putrid piss with some bourbon and ram the little groupie heads down there to drink it... The ones that survive this little extravagant ritual may have their way with us. Why are the main bands from Norway playing black metal? Due to the environment, European isolation? It's good shit! That's why. hmmm... I really don't know. Maybe it's the weather? Think that Norway is an important part of Europe? What are the benefits for the other EU countries? Fuck important and fuck benefits. I don't care. Did you donate money for the Asia victims? No, I barely have enough cash to buy my own bread and beer. If I've had a mountain of gold I would have chipped off a hill, I guess... But one has to be careful about who gets the cash in such mass-charity hysteria too. Christians flock to disasters like this one like dogs to a sausage, and crates full of bibles won't do any good... What is the biggest threat Norway is facing? Too many Friday night sing-along programs hosted by IVAR DYRHAUG!  Are you trying to set footsteps in the USA or the South Pole? Think they understand the band? Yeah, we've got a large following of cowboys and penguins. I don't think either of ‘em really understand CHTON (maybe if we speak really, really slow?), but they're drawn to us by our intense masculinity. Does the band have a message to be spread or just playing some hard music? I guess blasphemy could be considered a message, but it's mostly no-holds-barred aggression and onslaught in audio form... What is your worst personal experience? Can it be used for Chton? My worst personal experience is not being born with long hair. So, yeah, sort of can be used for CHTON... How much blood, sweat and sperm do you put in the band? What had you to give up? If you buy the limited edition of "Chtonian Lifecode" it's actually triple-dipped in a bucket of each, We're still working our way through that, and I'm glad I don't have to do the hand-numbering afterwards... Is Chton a democratic band? Or who is the great dictator? Yeah, we try to be as democratic as we can. Everyone has a say in the composing of the songs... Usually Øyvind or me come up with some riffs or an idea for a whole song, and then we work on it collectively until it hits as hard as we want it to. That's the formula. All: Does this kill? [ ] yes [ ] no Is this the longest intie you had to answer? Do you like giving inties or other kinds of promotion? When the interviews are as long as this one I tend to make the answers shorter. Hope you don't mind. I usually think it's gonna be cool to answer an interview when I first read through the questions, but it's mostly boring stuff where the same questions appear in interview after interview. This one ain't that bad, though... And no, I'm not a big fan of doing promotion, but I try to do it anyways if I have to... With the internet it is easier to get in touch. Were you active in the tape trading era? Yeah, to a certain degree... I wrote a little for a fanzine called Funeral Mag about ten years ago, and I also tried to start my own mag which was to be called Serpenteye Star Magazine, but the letters seemed to grow to a larger and larger pile as my interest shifted more and more from writing about music to playing it myself on a more active level. From Beyond Mag published some of the interviews I did for the unreleased Serpenteye Star, though... Usurper and Windham Hell, I think... Anyways, I was somewhat active as a tapetrader in the early/mid 90ies, I guess...  Is Chton an underground band with an underground scene attitude? Explain how you define the term underground? I would define the underground, regardless of genre, as a non-commercial community bonded by a common interest. Those initiated within this community, like bands, clubs, magazines etc, function without the use of mainstream media and is often close-knit. And yes, I would define CHTON as a underground band! What can we expect in the next 5 years? Any goals you wanna achieve? We don't think that far ahead, really... We wanna do more gigs and release a new album. Hopefully before five years has passed. Your last change to say something shocking? Listen to Motörhead! Last rites? Yeah, if someone can't find "Chtonian Lifecode" in their local provider of Metal; ask them to order it from Plastichead who handles European retail-distro (www.plastichead.com), or you can order it via mail-order from our label Retribute Records (www.retributerecords.com) or from Aftermath Music (www.aftermath-music.com). Maybe you can find someone that has it in stock in the list of distro’s at our website www.chton.com ... Full mp3's from our album and demo + the video for the song "Book of Black Earth" can be downloaded from our website! That was it!! Thanks for your support Twan! Keep up the good work with BRUTALISM! website Chton email Chton BACK |
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