Cenotaph interview
CENOTAPH was created by vocalist Batu Cetin in the summer of 1994 with the aim of performing some piece of the most brutal and the sickest music that has ever been played in Turkey and the world so far. After performing with different line-ups for some time, CENOTAPH recorded their debut demo ’Life Immortal’ in 1995 with Batu (vocals), Bulent I.(bass), Coskun (guitars), Umut ( scream vocals), Bulent G. (drums). This 5 songs live recorded demo tape helped CENOTAPH spread their name in local and the worldwide scene. With a new line-up CENOTAPH recorded their second demo ’promo tape 96’ in 1996. This 3 songs, professionally recorded demo has been sent to many underground labels, fanzines, magazines. ’promo tape 96’ got great response from both the press/record labels and fans...
In the Summer of 96, CENOTAPH entered YESILKART studios, Istanbul to record their 8 songs debut album ’Voluptuously Minced’ which was 8 songs of brutal and sick gore death/grind. With this recording they received offers from a few labels from outside Turkey but they preferred to go through HAMMER MUSIC. Finally ’Voluptuously Minced’ was released through Hammer music, got great interest as expected and has been distributed worldwide by many labels/distros . And CENOTAPH has been featured in many magazines/fanzines and radio shows worldwide.
In mid May 1999, ’Puked Genital Purulency’ has been released by Hammer music on MC and CD format and distributed worldwide by many labels again and it was certain months before the release of the album as CENOTAPH managed to make a big number of fans worldwide.
In late 2001 and 2002, Cenotaph wrote 9 new songs for the new 3rd album called ’Pseudo Verminal Cadaverium’ and recorded in ZOO SOUND studios, Ankara... to be continued...
Please give us a short introduction of yourself?
i m Batu, and doing bass & vocals in Cenotaph. deathgrind band from Turkey
So how happy are you with the new album after the long delay?
we are happy that we finally released our 3rd album, delays sucks but the main reason for the delay was our line-up problem
How is the respons in the media?
we started to send promos to magazines now. for this reason we dont have much reviews ’til now abt the new album but the reactions from the people who bought the new cd are great
Is it difficult to keep in the gore genre? No interest in writing social political songs?
we are not a politic or social band we are playing goredeathgrind and our lyrics mainly deals with gore stuffs
How difficult is it to write the lyrics? Where do you get inspiration from?
my own sick mind is my inspiration.
Thinking of doing a videoclip? How gore would it be when you have the budget?
yes we would like to do this but i cant imagine how gore it can be we did not plan any videoclip scene yet
What kind of movies do you watch yourself? Rent them or buy them?
generally everykind of. not only horror movies every kind of movies in cinema or video or dvd mosty i rent them but i also bought some of my favourites but not too much
Which and how many cadavers do you keep in your fridge?
there isnt any cadaver only some microwave foods and pizzas
Are you fighting with the Mexican band about the bandname rights?
no
You're from Turkey. How is the scene there? Which genre is the most popular?
our scene growing everyday, i think death metal and black metal are the most popular and then the othery types of metal...
Are there many bands to visit live? Are foreign bands playing there?
yes especially very well known bands like slayer, iron maiden, in flames, paradise lost, kreator, samael, rotting christ and tons of other bands played in turkey, but none of any underground deathgrind band from europe came and played yet, but hopefully this will change in few years because the people and the fans there are very hungry to metal music and concerts, approximently 500 people or more people are coming to every show
You live yourself in Austria. What are you doing there?
i m working here
Isn't it difficult to rehearse or record when not living nearby?
yes it is, i have to fly very often to make rehearsal also i m playing for the live shows in Turkey but cenotaph is a part of my life since 1994 and i like playing brutal music.
How many times do you go to Turkey? Getting refund for the tickets?
nearly every 3 months, no i m paying all tickets myself, i work for the tickets ..
Hearing you are doing a distro? Spew your promotional words about that?
yes i m running an underground brutal death, grind, gore distribution its called drain productions. you can check our online catalog with tons of cds+tapes+demos etc also we released some stuffs under drain productions name, if any bands needs distribution or trade can contact with me,also check out the distribution list which is updated very often to buy cds with fair prices
http://www.geocities.com/drainprod
Do you collect vinyl or CDs?
yes i collect vinlys and cds, i have over thousand cd in my private collection i like to collect cds from my fav bands
Ever been hit knock out by a angry fan?
not yet
What can we expect in the future from Cenotaph? Or living by the day?
new releases and skull crushing goredeathgrind brutality.
What would you like to achieve? About what would your kids be proud off?
i am personally very proud of what we made with cenotaph, i like our releases we are enjoying when we are playing live and we like to release brutal music its just a fun. we dont have very big aims or targets.
Say some nice to the readers? Especially about me!
thanks for support bro, bands if you need a brutal interactive designs or cdrom part or anything else contact with twan. this guy made a great job for our new cd, support him..
Last rites?
all brutal fucks check out our new sickness ’pseudo verminal cadaverium’ its released by united guttural records usa, or order it directly from our band. check our web page and keep on rotting ..
