Showing posts with label Black/Death/Thrash. Show all posts
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22 Apr 2022

Interview: Putrid (2022)

 

The following interview was conducted with Peruvian blasphemers PUTRID. The band plays evil and menacing Black/Death/Thrash in the style of ANGELCORPSE, MORBID ANGEL, SARCOFAGO, etc. Both Spanish and English answers were provided.

Bestial greetings, M.B.! How did Putrid form and what are your influences musically? Were you in any bands prior to the band’s formation?

Spanish:

Hola Jim, muchas gracias por darnos el apoyo a a traves de tu zine; Apreciamos mucho eso hermano!

Mis influencias podría decirse que son de dos tipos. Tal vez alguna va sobre cuestiones que me generan mucha ira y otras sobre pensamientos respecto a alguien en particular. Tenemos una canción que se llama “Hatred” (que saldrá en nuestro Split con Morbosidad) y básicamente la hice contra el arquetipo de imbécil que entiende el Metal en general como una via para drogarse y ser una mierda de persona.

Si te refieres a la música, mis influencias son muy básicas, Slayer, Angel Corpse Morbid Angel son las tres básicas y de las cuales puedo decir que si soy un fan de estas tres bandas.

Ahora, yo escucho mucho hardcore, desde antes de escuchar death metal yo estaba muy metido en el hardcore y con bandas como Exploited, Cro-Mags, Misfits, etc. Sabes que, cuando era un adolescente, conseguí un tape que se llamaba PUNK AND DISORDELY, ese tape era genial brother. Gran compilación!

Si, antes de Putrid tocaba en una banda que se llamaba Flagelum Dei, el baterista de esa banda toca en Putrid ahora.

English:

Hi Jim, thank you very much for supporting us through your zine; we really appreciate that brother!

My influences could be said to be of two types. Maybe one is about issues that generate a lot of anger in me and others about thoughts about someone in particular. We have a song called “Hatred” (which will come out in our Split with Morbidity) and basically I did it against the archetype of the asshole who understands Metal in general as a way to get high and be a shitty person.

If you refer to music, my influences are very basic, Slayer, Angel Corpse Morbid Angel are the three basic ones and from which I can say that I am a fan of these three bands.

Now, I listen to a lot of hardcore, since before I listened to death metal I was really into hardcore and with bands like Exploited, Cro-Mags, Misfits, etc. You know when I was a teenager I got a tape called PUNK AND DISORDELY. That tape was great bro. Great compilation!

Yes, before Putrid he played in a band called Flagelum Dei, the drummer of that band plays in Putrid now


In your own words, how would you describe your sound to someone who hasn’t heard it before?

Spanish: 

Es algo complicado de plantear con palabras, porque no es algo que este planeado. Tal vez podría indicar que mediante algunos discos se podrían dar una idea de lo que hacemos con nuestra música. En ese sentido, si tendría que poner algunas características de ella, podría decir que somos: “caóticos y violentos”, música sencilla, caotica y violenta sin pretensiones de nada mas.

Es mas honesto hacerlo desde estos tres  cimientos, al menos para mi lo ha sido siempre asi; y creo que he encontrado un poco el balance entre mensaje y música desde ello. No creo que, mientras Putrid este activo, cambiemos de manera de hacer las cosas.

English: 

It is something difficult to put into words, because it is not something that is planned. Perhaps it could indicate that some records could give an idea of what we do with our music. In that sense, if I had to put some characteristics of it, I could say that we are: "chaotic and violent", simple, chaotic and violent music without pretensions of anything else.

It is more honest to do it from these three foundations, at least for me it has always been that way; and I think I've found a bit of a balance between message and music since that. I don't think that as long as Putrid is active, we will change the way we do things.

“Antichrist Above” from 2020 was a real beast. Could you tell us something about the recording process and the vision you had while creating it?

Spanish: 

Como todos los discos de Putrid, grabar fue un ejercicio de ejercicio de empatía, stress y evidencia de errores al momento de ejecutar los instrumentos. Jajajaja. Cuando nosotros grabamos siempre acabamos muy desgastados al punto de no vernos en dos o tres semanas después; hasta que aparezca un concierto o algo asi.

Si deseas conocer algo de lo que paso?  Bueno lo que más recuerdo es que casi nos quedamos sin sala de ensayo. Yo alquilo una casa que estaba deshabitada y mi padre la administra, por lo que le ofreci un dinero mensual para que me la ceda y ahí tenemos nuestro estudio de grabaciones también. Hate Supremacy Studios se llama. Bueno, casi nos echan de ese lugar, porque nuestra forma de grabar las guitarras es con los volúmenes muy altos. Y así fue, Tuve que rehacer el contrato de alquiler y reforzar las salidas de audio para que no se hagan muy pesadas al grabar. Una mierda, pero el disco que salió fue muy satisfactorio.

English: 

As in all Putrid albums, recording was an exercise in empathy, stress and evidence of errors when playing the instruments. Hahaha. When we record we always end up very worn out to the point of not seeing each other for two or three weeks afterwards; until a concert or something like that appears.

If you want to know something about what happened? Well, what I remember the most is that we almost ran out of a rehearsal room. I rent a house that was uninhabited and my father manages it, for which I offered him a monthly payment to give it to me and we have our recording studio there as well. Hate Supremacy Studios is called. Well, they almost kicked us out of that place, because our way of recording guitars is with very high volumes. And so it was, I had to redo the rental contract and reinforce the audio outputs so that they do not become too heavy when recording. Shit, but the record that came out was very satisfying.


The artwork is purely blasphemous and obscene! What inspired such crude art and who is the artist?

Spanish:

Fue una salida de último momento ya que la persona que nos iba a hacer la portada nos dijo que al final no tenía tiempo y nosotros ya teníamos el disco grabado, pero no habíamos trabajado ni fotos ni portada; simplemente decidimos hacer eso al final y por ese motivo dejamos también la portada para lo último.

La idea, creo que no es muy novedosa en sí, pero si se logró una muy buena foto. En el vinilo se ve excelente. Lo que hemos decidido es ya no hacer dibujos en nuestros albunes. Solo haremos fotos.

English: 

It was a last-minute exit since the person who was going to do the cover for us told us that in the end he didn't have time and we already had the album recorded, but we hadn't worked on photos or cover; we just decided to do that last and for that reason we also left the cover for last.

The idea, I think, is not very new in itself, but a very good photo was achieved. It looks great on vinyl. What we have decided is no longer to make drawings in our albums. We will only take photos.


How did you manage to link a deal with Poland’s Godz of War Productions? I personally think they are a killer label and ideal for an underground band with such a sick sound like Putrid.

Spanish: 

Cuando tenemos ya casi el disco avanzado lo que hacemos es grabar un promo para empezar a mandarlo a distintos labels y ver el interés que se pueda dar con ello. En "Antichrist Above"? tuvimos temas ya totalmente avanzados y con ello grabamos este demo.  Hubo tres labels que se interesaron en nosotros, pero creo que la mejor opción siempre fue Godz Ov War Prod. Ya que vimos que tenían a muchas bandas en nuestro mismo estilo. Estamos muy satisfechos con ellos y de hecho que seguiremos trabajando en este label.

English: 

When we almost have the album advanced, what we do is record a promo to start sending it to different labels and see the interest that can be generated with it. In "Antichrist Above" we had already fully advanced songs and with that we recorded this demo. There were three labels that were interested in us, but I think that the best option was always Godz Ov War Prod. Since we saw that they had many bands in our same style. We are very satisfied with them and in fact we will continue working on this label.

I was wondering if you could comment on the title of your last album, “Antichrist Above” - Is Jehovah the real devil, and the devil below the savour?

Spanish: 

Yo creo que es mas sarcastico de lo que suena. Es como una gran broma en la que tanto cristianos y satanistas han caído por años de años.  Por un lado es el miedo a caer en una oscuridad injustificada y creada básicamente por el miedo al dolor y por el otro lado es la necesidad de alimentar un ego en deficiencias de mayores motivaciones de vida. Es eso, por que si analizas la historia de ambas formas de subyugación (cristianismo/satanismo) todo se revela como un cuento de acusaciones mutuas que no han construido absolutamente nada y la gente, hoy por hoy, o lo ve como una forma de marketing emocional o como una forma de educar en negativo a los supuestos enemigos que estas personas se crean en su cabeza.

"Antichrist Above" para mi, desde que lo compuse, fue una gran forma de decirles a todos que son parte de un gran circo, monos y payasos que buscan una forma de atencion. Mis ideales valen mas que eso.

English: 

I think it's more sarcastic than it sounds. It's like a big joke that both Christians and Satanists have fallen for years and years. On the one hand it is the fear of falling into an unjustified darkness and basically created by the fear of pain and on the other hand it is the need to feed an ego in deficiencies of greater life motivations. It is that, because if you analyse the history of both forms of subjugation (Christianity / Satanism) everything is revealed as a story of mutual accusations that have not built absolutely anything and people, today, or see it as a form of marketing emotional or as a way of negatively educating the supposed enemies that these people create in their heads.

"Antichrist Above" for me, since I wrote it, was a great way to tell everyone that they are part of a big circus, monkeys and clowns looking for a form of attention. My ideals are worth more than that.

What are some killer bands from Peru that every maniac reading this should check out?

The ones you already know everywhere brother: Goat Semen, Mortem, Hadez, etc

What’s the last album you bought?

Spanish: 

Aunque no lo creas el Scream Bloddy Gore de Death; es decir lo tenia en cd hace muchos años, pero recién lo he conseguido en vinilo.

Tambien he comprado el Never mind The Bollocks de Sex Pistols, el mismo caso que Death

English: 

Believe it or not, Death's Scream Bloody Gore; I mean, I had it on CD many years ago, but I just got it on vinyl.

I have also bought never mind The Bollocks by Sex Pistols, the same case as Death

10 albums you can’t live without.

Mmm

Slayer- Reing in Blood, Morbid Angel - Covenant, AngelCorpse -Exterminate, Darkthrone Transilvanian Hunger, cualquier disco de Arditi, Exploitedn - Beat the Bastards, Misfist - Earth ad. Emperor - Athems…, Conqueror – War Cult Supremacy.

Do you have any favorite traditions or historical references from Peru? What do you think about your country's rich, yet interesting history, from the Inca Empire to the conflict between Ecuador and Peru?

Spanish: 

Todo lo que sabemos de la historia de mi país es interesante, pero mas interesante es todo lo que ha pasado en estos años. Desde el terrorismo, la corrupción política. Tu sabes que no tenemos ningún presidente que no haya caído preso desde hace casi 30 años? Es increíble eso.

English: 

Everything we know about the history of my country is interesting, but more interesting is everything that has happened in these years. From terrorism, political corruption. Do you know that we do not have any president who has not been imprisoned for almost 30 years? It's amazing that.

Cheers and thanks for your time! What's next for Putrid?

Spanish: 

Gracias a ti hermano y por el apoyo que nos haz dado siempre. Lo nuevo que se viene es dos splits en 7” vinilo uno con Hexorcist y el otro con Morbosidad. Despues de eso, estamos haciendo los temas para el tercer disco de la banda que esperamos grabarlo a fin de este año. Por ultmo, ya tenemos unas fechas en Chile para el 2023, asi que tenemos aun mucho que hacer.

English: 

Thanks to you brother and for the support you have always given us. What's new is two splits on 7” vinyl, one with Hexorcist and the other with Morbosidad. After that, we are making the songs for the band's third album that we hope to record at the end of this year. Finally, we already have some dates in Chile for 2023, so we still have a lot to do.

30 Dec 2020

Demo review: Hexorcist - Bestiarum Vocabulum (2020)

Hexorcist - Bestiarum Vocabulum

USA

Dark Recollections Productions 


It says in the promo's information sheet that Hexorcist was created in early 2019 by members of Devastator, Gnosis, and Lvcifervs, and that the band draws influence from the likes of Sarcofago, Necrovore, Morbid Angel, Kreator, etc. That couldn't be more accurate: the debut demo from these maniacs called, “Bestiarum Vocabulum,” offers three tracks of profane, no-frills, Thrashing Death Metal, that perfectly conveys the golden era from the aforementioned bands. These songs create an atmosphere of pure palpable evil, which is something closer to Black Metal, although they incorporate just enough thrashing chops to balance things out. Basically, Hexorcist takes you back to the old days when Black, Death, and Thrash were more or less under the same umbrella. The production on “Bestiarum Vocabulum” is surprisingly clear and backed by a decidedly cohesive performance. Clocking at 10 minutes, “Bestiarum Vocabulum” delivers the killing blow, and is certainly one of the more enjoyable demos I've heard this year. Apparently, the band is scheduled to start recording a full length in early 2021, which is something to look forward to. (HT)

2 Dec 2020

Demo review: Shitangel - Demo XXX (2020)



Shitangel - Demo XXX

Vermont / USA

Born For Burning Productions


Those with a penchant for some decidedly raw and blasphemous black/death/thrash, will do well to check out the latest demo from Vermont-based maniacs, Shitangel. Their music evokes an evil aura in the vein of bands like Sarcofago, Necrovore, Blasphemy, Parabellum, etc., supplemented with a cavernous production complimentary to the style.


The band's name and “artwork” gives the impression of something foul and unholy, and that's exactly what you will be subjected to after pressing play. All the instruments are well arranged. I love the effects used for the vocals; they are really cool and go hand in glove with the putrid atmosphere. The riffs are sick and just what the doctor ordered. The music possess a menacing tone replete with an adoration for the classic black/death/thrash abyss of yesteryear.


On the balance, “Demo XXX” offers 5 tracks of pure hellish metal of death made for maniacs pure, so If you're a dork for clean sounding metal, then don't fucking bother. Killer demo!!!(HT)