1.Hello, how are you!
how many packs of beer you destroy today!! At first congratulation on the
release of your new demo Catastrophic
introduction of your band to a world uninitiated with your work? And how does
it feel to have your music out there for the world to hear?
It feels great having such a
sound that's new but still having ties to the old scene of black metal
2. What can you tell
us about your line up are you a one-manband? …Since how long are you involved
into metalI don’t find much info about this? And why you’re not in metal
archives! , Ifound anything about Plagued
Ritual you’re really underground!
We have an amazing line up, we all have a very strong chokehold on what
we do. Currently we just need a permanent guitariste.
3. What do you think
about the events that took place in Norway by many bands of the first wave of
true black metal, can you tell us about??
I like to think we're pretty self-aware, a lot of the dudes from that
scene are obviously not the coolest people, even if some of their music is good
I like to hold accountability
4. What do you think
of the worldwide black metal and extreme scene today?
worldwide I'd say the
scene is very unique. There's a scene for basically anyone including those
cringe asshats from the nsbm scene
5. "Plagued
Ritual" why this name? Can you tell us more about the meaning?
we thought of this
name of how feral and ritualistic our sound
is, I will admit though, our bassist phantasma came up with the name.
6. How do you write
your music? Is there a set guideline or do you write what you feel as you go
along?
We have deadlines for
when we need specific pieces of the music, as the vocalist I usually just write
till I get the instrumental and then I just do my thing. Our bassist and
drummer though do a lot of the actual music writing
7-what can you tell
us about the songs that are available on your demo Catastrophicit’s smellssick and underground old school sound and
there is big inspiration of the true of the first wave of black metal
the song itself is just very raw, cold, and bestial. It was also a pain
for me to record bc of equipment not doing well, so in a way it was just a catastrophic
recording session for me
8.Did you find a
label how you record your music? and which label would fit your music?
we’re not currently
with a label, were very new as a band. We do hope to find one though that will
have our best interest.
9.Can you explain the
title and cover image of demo Catastrophic?
So, I wanted to have
a photo of something just weird tph, I found an article of a tree that looks
like it had a body,there’s a whole story about a witch being buried under the
tree and now she's the roots of tree, but I thought the image was cool so I
used it
10.If you compare the
U.S and the European black metal what can you tell us?
Comparing the two scenes is awkward. Not a lot of people in the states like black metal enough to actually be in a band so there's just a ton of 1man projects, before I was the vocalist for Plagued Ritual I had a 1 man project called Sleep Eternal. In Europe I see a lot more bands, for some reason parts of Europe is a little behind musically so there's some places where metal as a whole just thrives
11.how is the metal
scene and metal community in Kentucky?
Non-existent haha, I believe the closest to black metal that Kentucky has seen was the album
Kentucky from the band Panopticon. Love that album but I think that's it haha.
12.Do you already
have things in the plans after the single ...? new album? Any new Ep's or Split with any band in the
horizon?
We want to release a demo asap. We're working on it and hoping to
release it during the summer
13.What is your
opinion about this kind of black metal antihuman Black Metal, NS Black Metal
and Christian Black Metal?
I think it's cool that there's a subgenre of black metal for
everyone but with that I don't like how much Nazi posers are in these scenes
collectively
14.Black metal bands
frequently use Satanic imagery as a metaphor for individualism and personal
freedom whatdo you think about the Satanic imagery?
Its art, it's
subjective. You don't have to like it, it's whatever
15.Thank you a lot
for sharing your time with No Mercy Zine,
do you have any particular messages for particular people or any closing notes,
last words are yours?
Check us out and let us know if y'all like our music
