Interviews written by: twansibon

Interviews

Mental Degeneration Unit is calling me dumb

How M.D.U. is born : Littles fish began to go on the ground then with evolution they are monkey then human being. Those humans create town, technology, art, music ... But in the south of France the evolution has been cracked in 1994. 4 degenerated human (issue from traditionnal human activities : death metal) choose to unit their anal mental : M.D.U....

08/07/2001

The mind hypnotic vision towards revolution together with Mahavatar

Mahavatar an energy that needs nothing but itself to survive... physical as well as spiritual immortality... deathlessness. In the summer of 1999, Jamaican guitarist Karla Williams joined Israeli vocalist Lizza Hayson, Polish drummer Peter Lobodzinski, and then bass player Benjamin Serf to form Mahavatar. Through their shared desire for freedom and mind exploration through music these four souls set out to create...

07/07/2001

April Ethereal interview

APRIL ETHEREAL came into existence from the initiative of Jerzy and Jan in 1996 in Tunis primarily as a side project named LEON. The band existed under this name from the beginning until the 14th of july 2000 - the day the band changed its name to APRIL ETHEREAL. Chapter 1: At the beginning the band has been a duo though the...

02/07/2001

Acid Death like to mix

In summer of 1990, after hard work they release their first and only demo called ROTATION OF INSANITY. The music-style, pure DEATH/THRASH, is rather interesting. Influences coming from DESTRUCTION, SLAYER, SODOM and PESTILENCE, give the band a rather typical profile of a rather fast and brutal band. ACID DEATH`s line-up finally becomes stable including: Savvas-Jake B.(bass-vocals), Dennis C.(lead guitars), Themis C.(rhythm guitars)...

02/07/2001

Psycroptic doesn't have a kangaroo as a pet

Psycroptic was formed in 1999 from the ashes of three Tasmanian extreme metal bands. Psycroptic set out with the aim of combining all styles of metal ranging from Black, Death right through to Power Metal to create an original sound. With an average of 19 at the time of recording their debut CD sounds very professional and powerful. Over the past 18...

29/06/2001

Beyond Fatal interview

What at first was just two loser freshman high school students playing one Six Feet Under cover song over and over again, in a cramped, humid attic in the spring of 99'; later formed to become what is now known as Beyond Fatal. Both of whom had already played their instruments by themselves as more of a hobby then a pursuit, spontaneously...

24/06/2001

Sludge! wants to be dead at 30

In 1997, four guys (Dan Snyder, Dave & Paul Orkin, & James Scarduzio) joined together to create the most brutal music that they possibly could with mixing hardcore, metal, & grinding terror to punish the mosh pits and pummel you into existence. Three years later down the line Sludge! is still together kicking it their own way and style without giving up...

07/06/2001

Disbelief stucked their head together

Disbelief is a german death metal band who released two released till 2001. After the debut ‘Disbelief’ (1997) there came in 1998 the superb ‘Infected’. After several tremendous reviews the vocalist Karsten left the band along with guitarist Toomy. It looked like the great future of Disbelief was killed. But the wonder happened and Karsten took up the mic again with his...

04/06/2001

Vrykolakas: The plague of annihilation

The reformation of Vrykolakas is a matter of time. Khairil has been writing songs, and Iman, who joined in 1995, has always supported the idea of a reformation. Finding a willing drummer at that time (between 1995 to 1999) proved much more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack. Iman mentioned Zainal’s name, the drummer of Necreous, who also plays...

31/05/2001

Disavowed and the nocturnal silence

Dutch death-metal band Disavowed was formed in September 1994 under the name Nocturnal Silence. They immediately started writing their own material. After several shows their first demo ’Into the abcess’ was recorded in 1995 of which, despite the poor soundquality, some 150 were sold. Having built up a worthy reputation in their region they recorded a second demo with a better production,...

30/05/2001

Sceptic is proud of the Polish pope

The band formed in 1994 as TORMENTOR with the line-up of Dariusz Styczen’ (g), Jacek Hiro (g) and Maciek Zie&Mac254;ba (dr). A year later the name was changed to SCEPTIC and some personnel changes occurred. Jacek Mroz&Mac250;ek became a new guitar player replacing Dariusz Styczen’ while the vocal position was taken by Arek Stawiarski. It was this line-up that recorded the band’s...

28/05/2001

What does S.M.E.S. mean?

S.M.E.S. is a one man project from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The music is a pleasure to listen especially when you realize everything is done at home and alone. He enjoys what he is doing and started way back in 1999. Till now he recorded the following items: 1999 -’Humans were the first plague’ demo 1 2000 -’I dont give...’ demo 2 2000...

22/05/2001