1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?
1. We're a 4 piece black metal/doom band from Miami, Florida.
2. How would you describe your musical sound?
2. I always liked to say "Blackened Doom" but for the sake of humor we tend to describe everything as "weed".
2. Definitely, weed. Weed's our 5th Beatle
3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
3. Sex magick, human frailty, transcendence and smoking weed.
4. I know that the band name came from the Cabala, what was it that inspired you to use this name and can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in the many different forms of the occult?
4. We wanted to do something that was an entity of it's own, and the Tetragrammaton was merely a channeling of that
energy, but it also comes from the chorus from one of my favorite Celtic Frost songs, "Ain Elohim". And as for our practices, we all have our different methods but personally I utilize tarots and other symbol oriented meditations.
4. We wanted something singular, monolithic, and powerful; what's more powerful than the hermetic idea behind the Infinite Being? As for occult practices, I've been reading up on hypersigils - like Grant Morrison's The Invisibles - and how to incorporate that into our work. Should prove to be an interesting experiment
5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
5. We haven't played too many shows, but one of our favorite ones was our first show as Tetragrammaton in our friends
backyard for his birthday. It was very late, everyone was really drunk, and I'm pretty sure someone was coked out and the police made it just in time to stop us on the last riff.
6. Do you have any touring plans for the future?
6. Indefinitely, I'd really like to go to Europe, but maybe I'm looking too far into the future.
6. I have my eyes set on touring up to the Chicago/Midwest area. Idealistically, I'd love to tour the Northwest though since a lot of our favorite black metal and doom projects are coming out of that area now.
7. According to the Facebook page , you are signed to Dying God Records, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
7. It's a label we started. We aren't exactly signed by any legal means, but it's basically an outlet we established to print and release our music and any other artist interested in working with us. We also try to add some other releases to our store to keep it interesting.
8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of occult, black and doom metal?
8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of occult, black and doom metal?
We're always very excited when we see people in the far reaches of Europe downloading, blogging our even liking our page, especially since we haven't even been a band for a year!
9. Are there any other musical projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?
9. Our drummer is in an absolutely relentless Power Violence band called Grit, our lead guitarist is in a Death/Thrash
band called Insurgency, and our bassist has been working on his solo drone/noise project VRTRA along with other projects like Northern Crown, and as for me, I'm in a Crossover thrash band by the name of Jungle Law.
10. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
10. It's hard to say, but we definitely want to start experimenting with more ambient elements, but in general just really
a clearer and more organized approach of or brand of Black Metal/Doom.
11. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
11. Black Sabbath, first and foremost and then all the classic black metal bands like Darkthrone, Mayhem, Bathory
and Emperor. As for what we're listening to it drastically varies, anything from but not limited to hip hop, metal,
hardcore, and punk.
11. Also, Celtic Frost
12. Outside of music what are some of your interests?
12. Really any other outlets of artistic work, cooking, going to shows, and recently a lot of strategy and rpg games.
13. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
13. I would just like to express my thanks for you taking interest in interviewing us. Hails!
13. Yes, thanks for the interview and make sure to look out for our upcoming split release with Nuclear Hellfrost!
- Vau
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