In Memorium Interview

1. Can you update us with what is going on with the band these days?
Nihilist: Greetings & Salutations! As of October 3rd 2009 we are taking a 6 month hiatus from performing any live rituals of any form. Our last performance was with the mighty Velnias from Illinois & a local band named Alda @ the Jewelbox Theater. As we take this time off we HOPE to focus on advancing with any new materials we have started working on for a new e.p. or split with another band. Maybe Ceremonial Castings, not sure at this moment. Just taking time off to let our minds & bodies heal from the physical & mental abuse we have all suffered from performing in Underground death/black/doom/thrash bands for the past 13 years!!!

2. What inspired you in 1997 to form this band, during the days when Washington was kind of going through a post grunge phase, and play the style of melodic black metal that you play?
Nihlist: Well, at that time there were quite a few die hards doing their thing up here & around Oregon. Seattle had Drawn & Quartered,Blood Ritual,Darkenwood,Windam Hell,Baba Yaga, & of corpse Inquisition. I was living in Oregon at that time. And we had Agalloch,Thy Infernal,Murdergod,Warhate,Merde,& Vein. Since that time some have gone onto other bands & others have quit musick altogether. It was a hard time at first, but now things have picked up over the past 6-7 years. We just gave it our all. Even before I was in the band, when I saw In Memorium they were an awesome live band & I think that's what sticks out in peoples minds. We ALWAYS deliver a killer set of fucked-up,decrepit & destructive death black metal!! KILL!!!!

3. How would you describe the musical progress over the years?
Nihilist: We have added more death metal & doomy elements over the past few years. Plus we lost & gained lots of different members since I.M. was formed. It is a totally different machine that the 1st incarnation of this band, however we have maintained & held high the ideals & the original spirit that have been here since the beginning. No more live keyboardist either.

4. What is the meaning behind the bands name?
Nihilist: In Memory of....

5. I know that the band members are veterans in the scene and also have other projects as well, who are these bands pat or current?
Nihilist:Well for me the bands/projects I have worked with,recorded with, or stepped up to help out would be: Necrocide/Hate-Fuckers/Thy Infernal/Wraithen/Lord Gore/Zettilmeyer (1 show)/Abazagorath/Stahlmantel/Bethlehem/Wizards of Wor (yes, like the old video game!)/Walls of Lava/Vetus Obscurum/Gorebitch/Omnia Mutantor & I'll sometimes do guest vocals with Scorched-Earth or Grey!

6. How would you describe your live show?
Nihilist: An eruption of blackened thrash & pent up aggression. A surge of hate-filled metal & waves of headbanging galore!

7. Are there any touring plans?
Nihilist: We are hoping to have something planned for late 2010. Maybe a mini-tour, but things are up in the air right now.

8. What direction do you see the music going into, on future albums?
Nihilist: More DOOM elements for sure. Darker, more dismal & crawling.

9. What are some of the bands influences?
Nihilist: Metallica/Slayer/Iron Maiden/Black Sabbath/Celtic Frost/Death/Anthrax/Grave/Dark Angel/Vio-lence/Pentagram/Entombed/Katatonia/D666/The Accused/Incantation/Impulse Manslaughter/Discharge/Carcass/Napalm Death-"Mentally Murdered" e.p.!!/Emperor/Mayhem/Impetigo/Disciples of Hate/Bethlehem/Goblin....the list goes on.

10. What are some bands or styles of music that you are listening to nowadays?
Nihilist: I dig on such bands as: Portal/Black Breath/Methadrone/Disciples of Mockery/Agalloch/Evoken/Funebrarum/Necrovation/Maim/Vassafor/Diocletian/Tribulation/Secrets of The Moon/Hirudiniea/Witch Tomb

11. Does anyone in the band follow any Satanic, Left Hand Path, Occult or Pagan philosophies?
Nihilist: Cannot speak for anyone else in the band. And I don't have the time for this one, sorry. Not alot of fun eh?

14. I know that the band members are fans of horror films and Lovecraft, what horror films are you into, and what other literature do you read other than Lovecraft?
Nihilist: As of the past few years I have been catching up on Chuck Palahniuks' works, which I adore. Diary,Survivor,Choke & especially Haunted have all been my favorite reads over the past few years. His travel book on Portland, Oregon was also great. I am also really into autobiographies of semi celebrities, like the Artie Lang bio was pretty fucked up. The new David Cross book was hilarious. Wasted my time on the Steve Martin book though! Heh! Aftermath Incorporated was another pretty intense read. Just started scratching the surface on The Gods of Blood the other night.

15. How would you describe the extreme metalscene in Washington State these days?
Nihilist: Lots of killer & diverse bands around it seems: Black Breath/Scorched-Earth/Anhedonist/Sol Negro/Shaded Enmity/Skelator/Drawn & Quartered/Krohm/Doom Lit Sky/Drakul/Nekro-Morphosis/Lesbian/Grey/Vulgarizer/Slutvomit...etc.

16. Any final words or thoughts for my readers?
Nihilist: Thanks for your time & interest. You can order our new c.d. through your local record den/shoppe or though www.moribundcult.com Vetus Obscurum-"Blood Revelations" e.p. will be available Oct. 30th through Debemur Morti Productions. In the Hour of 11:11...Nihilist

Grimbane Interview

1. Can you update us with what is going on with the band these days?
We have been recording demos for the new album and currently recording is halted as we come up with the finishing details and wait for business matters so on and so forth.

2. I know all of the members are veterans in the Canadian extreme metal scene, what made you decide to form this new band?
I had been looking for the right members to work with as so many here are not valid black metal, or even valid musicians. So when after a few years of letting go ties with certain people being able to run into them saying "hello what is going on" you find people have the same interests still. Timing is everything when it comes to these things as now were older and members have jobs, kids ect..and that was the case this time.

3. Where did you come up with the name Grimbane?
I was noticing that many times in metal bands they conjure up their own ideas and worlds even a band that isn't english will take words and jumble them or scramble to their own meanings or even invent things.So instead of two that's why Grimbane is one word. I just felt that the two words fit well and I liked their meaning too also shorter is better when it comes to band titles I think.

4. I know in some of the songs there are references to Egyptain gods, what interest do you have in Egyptian Mythology?
I have interest as far as ideology the album is conceptual and is about the unveiling the truths of government, religions, and the controlling sect who adhere to themselves only controlling the masses so its all tied together. For generations and even centuries these control methods have been used.

5. When I listened to your album I noticed a bunch of acoustic guitar intros, is anyone in the band classically trained?
I took lots of training as a youngster then realize you must forget all the musical rules and I found learning it all and then conscientiously forgetting it was the best way because music is a feel thing I just try to make whats in my head come out of the instrument.

6. I know in the early 90's there was a black metal skinhead movement going on in the Ross Bay Cemetary in Victoria B.C, is that movement still going strong today?
I see many who are yes all over Canada there is such a strong following and all over the world too now there is bands who follow the ross bay cult

7. According to your myspace page there is a new album coming out, when can we expect it and what direction is the music heading into?
We have no time frame in the band we dont feel pressures like other money making bands or scenes. The good news is the music is 85% done the other 15% is on the table and the details of it all are coming along. The direction is the album isn't a concept album its just a black metal album and the songs are good I cant judge them you will have to .

8. How would you describe a live Grimbane show?
Short and full of surprises we aren't a band that plays every song the same. We try to write songs that use ups and downs, fast parts and slow parts to keep people interested

9. Are there any touring plans?
Yes if we can arrange that sure

10. What are your main influences as a musician?
I like pots and pans crashing out of the cupboard, car wrecks I mean you have to go off in your own head and I try not to be predictable but its tough earlier in life it was all early metal. Sodom Kreator, some punk stuff you will hear it creep into our sound

11. What are you listening to nowadays?
Soundtracks. I do listen in on black metals big name bands to see what they are doing but its mostly other types of music

12. Does anyone in the band follow any Satanic, Occult, or Left Hand Path philosophies?
I am, (as in) I know for the sake of enlightenment but this band is about free thinking and any belief systems I have forbid myself.

13. What are some of your interest outside of music?
I have a career outside of music the band doesnt give me enough income but the normal stuff hunting, fishing, Canadian stuff

14. How would you describe the modern extreme metal scene in British Columbia?
We have many great bands and people who are into it. I dont follow it as I am too busy with my career and such. I know that some bands have come out of it 3 inches of blood and can do well in the world. Gene Hogland is a guy we see at shows so are all the SYL members and the odd time Slayer members are around town recording ect..

15. Any final words or thoughts?
I thank you for your interest in the band and look for new Grimbane 2010 ok

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Brown Jenkins Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band, what your goals were in the beginning, and if you felt you accomplished what you wanted, during the time your project was around?
Well, looking back on it now...I feel like I accomplished everything I wanted in terms of what music I wrote. I'm not so happy about my recordings or the way people have perceived Jenkins, but...what can one do? What's done is done. The most important thing about this band was that it directly reflected my inner experience, feelings, thoughts, etc. and that I didn't try to belong to any "scene" or group of musicians in the underground. I never wanted any part of that. So I set myself a few rules really early: no double-bass, no tremolo picking, no stupid religious dogma or whatever, no themes that tried to criticize or show anyone anything other than what I had inside my own head. It's all very solipsistic, of course, but I also felt that it was honest. I didn't have to lie and pretend to be something that I wasn't. I think Jenkins shows a real progression in terms of songwriting ability over its short history and I can only hope that pattern continues. I would love to be able to get to a place where I feel comfortable expressing almost anything through music...but that's a lifelong pursuit, you know? One is always learning. Music is infinitely flexible...well, mostly because it's so shallow/malleable.

2. I know you got your name from a Lovecraft novel, but can you explain who Brown Jenkins was to my readers who have not read Lovecraft?
The band is named after a creature called "Brown Jenkin", from Lovecraft's story "Dreams in the Witch House." Jenkin is the familiar of a witch in the story, he's basically a miniature, demonic hybrid man/rat. He kills children, etc. - not a nice little guy. He's been one of my favorite Lovecraft creations ever since I was a kid.

3. What made you decide to disband the project?
Well, it was never supposed to last this long in the first place. I think I've taken it as far as I can, I want to move on to new things, new styles, new ways of doing things. I think Jenkins will be served the best by having three CDs out and then just being left behind. I like the notion of "leaving" things, completing them, letting them stand on their own. I can put it on a shelf and say, "Well, that's where my mind was at that point in time, I can always visit it but I don't need to live there forever, I can move on." For me...a band is like a doorway into another world. That's the way it should be thought of. The Jenkins world has been thoroughly explored by me now. I need to go into new things. If I don't...the next work will just be more of the same. It will bore me, I'll get sick of writing or playing, etc. I don't want that to happen. This last album is kind of unsettling. It's not really like what has come before. I mean...it's still really heavy, dark, morbid, mournful, etc. but there are a lot of fast parts and the riffing is just all over the place. There's a lot of interplay between the guitars and bass. The drumming is different, there are more vocals lines/parts, the songs are better structured and flow better, etc. I think people will be surprised when they hear it. It's still as dense as ever with multiple guitar parts echoing off each other all over the place...but I paid a lot more attention to how catchy the riffing/songwriting would be this time.

4. Can you tell us about your new project and what style the music is heading into?
Well, I have a couple of things going right now. The "main" one, I guess, is called The Ash Eaters and I suppose people can see that as a sort of "continuation" of the spirit of Jenkins (meaning that if they like Jenkins, they'll probably like this new stuff), but the truth is that it's much more technical/avant-garde then Jenkins, progressive, experimental. Basically I'm trying to take what I've inherited from listening to black metal over the past decade, decade and a half, and really push it to an extreme in terms of what it can say and how personal/bizarre/unique it can be before it just falls apart. So although this new music, I think, is really catchy and people will enjoy it, there are parts of it that are almost painful in terms of what I'm doing on the guitar. I don't mean that it's really difficult to play or anything like that, I'm not a tech guitar player...I mean harmonically difficult, very dense, very strange. Hopefully I can continue to get better and better recordings so that all these things will come out. The first Ash Eaters CD should be out in December, I think. I also have a couple of other projects going but I'll announce those (I guess) when they're ready to be released. I should be putting out a lot of music this year, so that's exciting...

5. When can we expect the final Brown Jenkins album?
It should be out the week of November 17th-24th, but I think you can order it before then and get it delivered from Moribund.

6. What are some of your main influences as a musician?
Just my favorite bands when I was growing up...Voivod, Burzum, Morbid Angel, Autopsy, Godflesh, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Christian Death, etc. I really like powerful, commanding vocalists and technical/atonal/dissonant riffing. I seem to have an instinctive aversion for "easy" or "simple" music...I like music that is emotionally complex.

7. What are you listening to nowadays and what would you recommend new or old?
I listen to all kinds of stuff these days. Just recently I've been going through and trying to review all of the Aube recordings I can find. I've been listening to a lot of Australian thrash/death, power electronics, dark ambient, dub, reggae, etc. I listen to black or death metal very rarely. I don't know that I can recommend anything to anyone now...in terms of music I tend to kind of exist in the past. I do a lot of scouring of mp3 blogs, listening to stuff that's 20 years old. I did enjoy that Anael album that recently resurfaced, I've been seeing lots of people paying attention to Order from Chaos again...when people ask me what to listen to I usually point them at Negative Plane. There are very, very few contemporary black metal bands now that I listen to or even like. A lot of the time I'll listen to them in order to remind myself what NOT to do with music.

8. What role does Satanism or Occultism play in the music of Brown Jenkins?
Well, I'm very interested in both satanism and occult subjects and enjoy studying them...but I can't really say that they have any influence in my music whatsoever. It's such a cliche in heavy metal to write about such things...I could never do it. It doesn't touch me deeply enough to inspire anything worthwhile. I'm an atheist so you can probably guess how I view most occult stuff. It's fascinating, of course, but mostly from a sociological standpoint. The bands who profess to be satanists, left hand path occultists, etc. are either liars or insane, in my opinion. Oh well. Whatever helps them write music, eh? Whatever helps them create a sense of "mystery". I think there are only two real domains of "darkness" in human behavior (which can then be written about without sounding like an idiot): mental illness and sadism.

9. What are some good films or literature that you would recommend?
Honestly...these days, I don't feel I can recommend anything to anyone. Everyone needs to find their own path. In terms of reading...I mainly go through history, cultural/critical theory, poetry, etc. Every now and then I'll go back and read some of my favorite writers of fiction. Camus, Ballard, Howard, Gibson, etc. Most of the time I'm reading nonfiction or ancient history or whatever. I tend to mainly watch documentaries. The sad truth is that I've read or seen almost everything else. I'm not one of those people who can read/see things over and over again.

10. How have metal fans react to your musical style so far?
Well, you find some people who "get" what's happening in the music and can actually feel it, then you have others who don't hear it at all and don't understand it. There's not much you can do about that. Music is direct in its impact. Of course it can be picked apart and analyzed to death, etc. but if it doesn't have a visceral power people will never hold on to it for very long. My music is mainly emotional...it tries to replicate what I'm feeling when I write it. It's just...the nature of the thing that people aren't going to be able to feel the same things. I would guess that people who have had experiences similar to mine would "get" it. The other people don't really matter to me. Life is too short to worry about people who can't hear you when you're speaking directly into their ear. There are 6 billion people on this planet, you know? How many do you really have to talk to before you feel validated as an artist?

11. Any final words?
No, not really. ;) Thanks for this interview and for your support, I appreciate it. If people want to know more about Brown Jenkins, hear some music, etc. they can go to:http://www.myspace.com/brownjenkins13http://www.myspace.com/asheatershttp://www.moribundcult.com/Cheers, and good luck with your blog/magazine. U

Ayat Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band, what got you into playing a brutal form of metal, and what your goals were in the beginning?
FF: No.

2. I know you gort the band name from the Koran, but can you explain what "ayat" means to my readers, who have not yet read the book?
FF: Your readers should Google it.

3. How do you get a hold of music equipment, c.d's, tapes, or records in a Muslim land, I know from listening to your music, you must had to go through all of the trouble obtaining this stuff?
FF: Yes. It’s very hard in Muslim Land. We all have to make our own equipment with wood, rope and camel fur.

4. How are the liquor laws in Lebanon, i know some Muslim countries ban the use of alcohol, but I did see an imported beer from your country once?
FF: I’m neither a lawyer nor a legal expert in liquor laws.

5. How would you describe your live show?
FF: Non-existent.

6. Are there any plans for a tour?
FF: Not in the foreseeable future.

7. What other releases have you put out besides the one on Moribund?
FF: A bunch of shit. Check Encyclopedia Metallum.

8. How would you describe the musical progress over the years?
FF: A sharp slope.

9. What direction do you see the music heading into during the future?
FF: I’m not a fortune-teller.

10. How would you describe the lyrical content of the music?
FF: Awesome.

11. What are some of your influences music wise or non music wise?
(Filthy Fuck mumbles a few obscure titles no one knows to impress the ignorant cunts reading this.)

12. What are you listening to nowadays and what would you recommend new or old?
(Filthy Fuck mumbles a few obscure bands no one knows to impress the ignorant cunts reading this.)

13. What role does Satanism or Occultism play in the music?
FF: Occultism: none. We are striving hard to get Black Metal back to the horrible real world and leave the golems and trolls alone. The Troll Union had already expressed concern over the abuse of their image and they’re legally pursuing Mortiis as we speak.
Satanism: none. If you are bold enough to be anti-(insert name of religion) you might as well be bold enough to deny the whole myth down to its very foundations. Being a worshiper of Satan instead of god is like believing Free Base will get you out of Heroin.
Yet, if we are to take the figure of Satan as an analogy of rebellion, the figure that says no at the ultimate moment and is prepared to suffer an eternity for it, and thus Satanism becoming a code of honor, a behavioral set, an attitude, then we are Satanists to the moment of death. But to begin to think that people are actually KNEELING down and PRAYING for Satan just sends me into roars of laughter.

14. What are some good films or literature that you would recommend?
(Filthy Fuck mumbles blablabla….)

15. How would you describe the extreme metal scene in Lebannon?
FF: The best in the whole wide world.

16. Any final words?
FF: No.

17. Thanks for the interview?
FF: You’re asking me?

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Avsky Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band, how you formed and what your goals were in the beginning?
Our initial goals were to o recreate that feeling you got when you listened to black metal back in the early '90s, not to sound exactly like those bands but to have the same feeling in the music, those are still among our goals even though our music has changed a bit over the years.
Not much to say about how the band formed. Just two guys who decided to play black metal together.

2. Where did you come up with the name for the band?
We thought it would be a fitting name for the band and for the views and ideas we express through our music. Avsky is Swedish for loathing/disgust.

3. How would you describe your musical style?
Hateful, Scandinavian styled, black metal.

4. How would you describe your musical progress over the years?
We have become much better musicians since our first recording, so our music has become more and more advanced for every recording. Also the songs have become longer and longer.

5. What direction do you see the music going into during the future?
I guess our song will become even more advanced and longer in the future. but we will continue to sound like Avsky

6. When can we expect new material?
We have just finished the recording of our third album that will be titled “Scorn”. It will be released early next year

7. How would you describe the lyrical content of the music?
The end of the world and the destruction of man. Mankind in its current state is a failure.
Most of our lyrics deal with subjects like these.

8. What are your main influences as a musician?
Mainly early nineties black metal and some newer bands like Craft and the way they take that early Scandinavian style and make into something of their own.

9. What are you listening to nowadays and what would you recommend new or old?
Lately I been listening a lot to bands like Coven, Black Widow, Uriah Heep, Blue Öyster Cult and that kind of stuff, they don’t make music like that anymore.
When it comes to black metal I’ve been listening a lot to the latest Mgla and Glorior Belli albums, both amazing records.

10. Does Satanism or Occultism play any role in the music?
No, not really. Avsky is not a religious band.

11. What are some good films or literature that you would recommend?
I don’t watch that much movies, but Tarkovsky and Kurosawa are among my favorite directors.
When it comes to literature I can recommend Michail Bulgakov´s “The master and Margarita”. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” and anything by Franz Kafka.


12. How has the response been so far to your music in the black metal community?
Quite good, most reviews on “Malignant” have been really good and people seem to like what we’re doing. So I have to say that we are pleased with the response we have gotten so far.

13. Any final words?
Be sure to check out “Scorn” when it’s released. It will take Avsky’s music to the next level. TOTAL HATE!

14. Thanks for the interview?
Thanks for support!

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Azaghal Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit a bout the band, when you formed and what your goals were in the beginning?
- Azaghal was formed in 1995 by me and ex-drummer V-Khaoz (aka Kalma). In the beginning we were highly influenced and inspired by the early 90s norweigian black metal scene (and still are, atleast musically). We've never had any goals per se, our only goal is to satisfy ourselves, both musically and lyrically.

2. What is the meaning behind the bands name?
- Azaghal is from the Tolkien mythology, which was highly popular during mid-nineties. Perhaps not the best name for a black metal band, but the name is a product of it's time.

3. I know on your last album you had a song about the Aztec serpent god, what interest do you have in Aztec Mythology?
- I am very interested in different mythologies and history, there has always been themes from mythologies present in our lyric, although Quezalcoatl is maybe the first song I've written directly from a specific myth.

4. How would you describe the musical progress over the years?
- I think we still have the same essence as in the beginning of the band, you can still hear that it's the same band when comparing our first and latest output. Nowadays the songs tend to be a bit more technical and melodic and overall better thought out than in the beginning, but like many bands that have been around for as long as we've, I think we haven't lost the underground edge and rawness in our music.

5. What direction do you see the music heading into during the future?
- It's hard to predict at the moment. I've written a couple of new songs since "Teraphim" and they are more straightforward old school black metal. But at this point it's hard to say if they'll make it to next album or not. Our music has lately taken it's final shape in the studio and usually when we come out of the studio the album turns out to be something completely different than what we had in mind when entering. So it's hard to predict what it will be like, but I can guarantee that it will sound like Azaghal heh.

6. How would you describe your live show, and what are some of the best gigs that you have played so far?
- Brutal is perhaps the best word. Feeling is always more important to us than playing the songs exactly like they are on the albums. Our best gigs so far are perhaps our first one, which was at Under the Black Sun Festival in 2004. Also last years gig at Dunkelheit Festival was very good, it was the first one to feature Niflungr on vocals and everything just worked very well atlought we had only like 2 rehearsals before the show.

7. Are there any plans for a U.S tour?
- No concrete plans for now, but hopefully Moribund is able to come up with something. It would be fucking great to say the least.

8. When can we expect new material?
- No plans as of now. But it's usually a year and an album with us. Or if we do some splits in between it might be two. We are pretty active writers, and when comparing to the past when I wrote all of the music, there are now three writers in the band.

9. What are your main influences music wise or non music wise?
- I can only speak for myself, but early on several hard rock bands like Motley Crue, WASP etc. and then of course the early 90s norsk black metal which I already mentioned. Nowadays I don't follow the black metal scene that closely so my influences come from totally different kind of music, which might be good since the world doesn't need anymore darkthrone clones I think.

10. What are you listening to nowadays and what would you recommend new or old?
- Been on a huge Nick Cave trip for a long time now, also stuff like Death in June gets frequent plays. Also I am really digging the new Alice in Chains album right now, however uncool that might be for a person in a black metal band to say hah. Regarding Black Metal, the new Beherit was a very positive surprise, also all the Archgoat stuff they've put out since their return. Also Darkspace, Coldworld, Code and Austere deserve a mention I think.

11. What roles does Satanism or Occultism play in the music?
- This is a subject that I really haven't bothered really wondering or explaining about in many years. We've been doing this for about 15 years now, so our views should be pretty obvious from the lyrics.

12. What are some good films or literature that you would recommend?
- I enjoy generally all horror fiction, be it filmed or literature. Anything with zombies is fine by me hehe.

13. How is the response in Finland towards your music?
- Pretty non-existent, we've never really pushed ourselves forward in Finland and we have never played live in Finland.

14. Any final words?
- Thanks for the interview and support. Listen to Scarecrow and drink whiskey.

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Mord Interview

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band?

Hail Satan!
At This moment I am working on new songs for the new album, new riffs and arrangements that take up most of my time. Another thing is to prepare for our first concert. Necrolucus trying to complete session musicians and I'm preparing a track list for this show.

2. Were did you come up with the idea for th band name?

It was in 1999 I think. Previously I played in a band called MROK< but we never recorded a demo. During rehearsals we were more preoccupied with alcohol and the devastation of nearby cemeteries than making music.

3. How would you describe your sound?

Morbid Noise...Satanic screams.

4. What made you decide to sign to Southern Lord Records, instead of putting out another album on Southern Lord Records?

The Southern Lord was not interested in releasing the other album. We recorded Necrosodomic Abyss for our money and right after we finished album recording we sent two songs promo to some labels. Osmose would release LP and CD, and we got good offer. French label is more extreme metal profile and suitable for Mord.

5. According to your bio the band members are originally from Poland, how would you compare the Norwegian black metal scene to the one in Poland?

The Underground Polish black metal scene is much different than Norwegian i think both are extreme but polish bm is much more spontaneous than norwegian and is more i feel than in Poland is more rebellion because of radical Catholic mentality. Here and there you will find that bad boys who want to make money on BM.

6. How would you describe the musical progress over the years?

We play more extreme music and we will go this way in the future. Sure we will work on better sound to but we could never go beyond certain boundaries. BM is BM.

7. How would you describe the lyrical content of the music?

Blasphemy, Anti Christian propaganda, rape, burn, kill everything who have something to do with church to do!!! Well we are not interested in the nature (leave it for GreenPeace) we are not interested in fantasy stories( leave it for writer. Fairy tales are for children.)

8. What are your main influences music wise or non music wise and what are you listening to nowadays and what would you recommend?

Anima Damnita, Urgehal, Infernal War, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Sodom, Belphegor, old Darkthrone, Krypt, MORD, Hellhammer, Blasphemy, Immolation, Incantation etc...

9. Have you heard of the other bands that use the name Mord?

No I have not. Have You. I know that we are not alone but i don't care. Maybe you would recommend me something???

10. What role does Satanism or Occultism play in the music?

Major role, without Satan BM don't exist?

11. What are some films or literature that you would recommend?

People should read what they like, so no I would not recommend anything?

12. Any final words?

HAIL SATAN

13. Thanks for the interview?

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