INTERVIEW WITH FRANCESCO OF TOOLS OF TORTURE

1 - Hello Francesco Hello , Tools Of Torture could you please introduce Tools Of Torture to the readers ?

Hello Sataroth,Tools Of Torture is an Italian Brutal/Death band, officially born in late 2006 (I say "officially" because in all 2006 we had some line-up problems that made difficulties for a ordinary band activity).At that time the band was considered as a side-project, because 3/4 of us were playing with other bands (me and Genobile in Bestial Devastation, Tamoth in Putrid Carnage) but through those last years, thanks to a constant increase of interest on Tools Of Torture by underground metal community and with the splits of our past bands, it became our main project.During these years we released a demo-cdr, "Promo 2007" and, in early 2009, our debut album "Faith - Purification - Execution", out on Despise The Sun Records.Actually we're promoting this new release and, in the meanwhile, we're working also on new songs for our future recordings.

2- What are the metal bands that influenced you ?

They're a lot, too much to be listed here, but few of these are for sure: Devourment, Brodequin, Deeds Of Flesh, Dying Fetus, Stabwound, Emeth, Gutrot, Stench Of Dismemberment, apart of, naturally, our past bands.

3-What kind of music do you listen to yourself ?

My playlist is really heterogeneous: grind, punk, rock & roll, glam, new wave, folk, some reggae, thrash and brutal death and every shit I think is enough good to be listened to.Listening to many different things is good to "expand your horizons" as man and, mostly, as musician.

4- What are some of your non-musical influences?

Uhm... in the band I take care only about music, lyrics are matter of Genobile, so my only non-musical influences are feelings, but I'm not sure they couldn't be enclosed in music, coz music is feelings and feelings could be expressed in music.

5- how is the metal scene in italy How is community in italy so far?

In Italy, for what concerns bands, we've a big metal scene but not famous as other countries' scenes, because metal, especially extreme metal, is not so followed as the rest of Europe and also because in the underground there isn't enough unity to help each other in spreading Italian music.This doesn't means that it's not our fault this situation, because is true also that our standards, in fact of quality of music/bands, are lower than US, UK or Scandinavian band (and to other countries too) but a good quality band here meets more and more difficulties to get what it deserve in spite of a good band from North Europe or US.

6- what can you tell us about the songs that are available on your officiel myspace page ?

There are 2 songs from our debut album and the rest ones are all from our "Promo 2007".The 2 songs from "Faith - Purification - Execution" are "Knee Splitter", the opener of the album, fast and heavy with a slam interlude, good to sum up how our music sounds and, the second one "Radical Ocular Extirpation", is more slam-oriented, never loosing blastbeats and fast riffing of course.About the older songs from our demo-cdr, they have a more raw sound and worst execution, also because of the low budget recordings. All that tracks are re-recorded in our album and sounds, according to me, much better eheheheh.

7-Please explain the title and cover image?

All in "Faith - Purification - Execution", from the title to the cover, is about tortures used by medieval Saint Inquistion: it's a concept album.The title in particular shows the three main steps on the trail of the inquisited (but it also refers to the madness and brutality of religious fanatism). The cover is about the last step of this trial, the public execution, with clerks and monks praying around the victim, enraged crowd behind them and, of course, the executioner.

8- what you have planned after recording the full length Faith-Purification-Execution ?

We're going on working on new songs for next release, also because in summer usually we don't have gigs and our next shows will be since next september/october.

9- you have re-recording any tracks from the demo 2007 Mastectomised & Infibulated , Jigsaw Torture , Lacerated Entrails ,Divine Defloration there are any change in the quality of the recording ?

Yes of course. They sounds a bit less "raw" than the demo recordings but are faster and better played. The sound in the album was a bit modified to have also better high tunes and to mix technical patterns and groove slam riffs.

10-You have been successful in your last show and could you tell me about your last show MOSCOW DEATHFEST in april 2009 ?

It was awesome man, really awesome! We had a great feedback from Russian people and we met great bands and wonderful persons to share the stage with. In a word: amazing!

11- -what do you think about the performance of the bands who was with you at the last shows in MOSCOW DEATHFEST because i see there was a great bands Rompeprop yeah , Katalepsy ,Sordid Clot ,Dorment Carnivore and more fucking other bands ?

We shared the stage with really good bands. With Rompeprop and Cerebral Bore we did 3 gigs at all and we spent more time together, but also with all the other bands in all the gigs we had great time. About perfomances, I was impressed by Cerebral Bore (really kick ass band!), by Sordid Clot and, of course, Rompeprop!

12- Any fav bands to get on stage with?

Nice question bro... uhm, I don't know, there are so many bands that I'd like to share the stage with... maybe Devourment eheheheh.

13-What is the biggest change compared to your the debut ?

There are many, but above all for sure our mentality. We started Tools Of Torture like if it was a joke, a free-time band and we doesn't expected so much by this project and also by us, instead during these years we noticed that we are good in what we do (good enough, at least) and we started to think about our future as a band and with more serious intentions..

14- any final words for your fans & supporters? thanks alot for sharing your time with me ?

Thanks so much for this interview bro and thanks to all the sickos there that support extreme underground and Tools Of Torture. I hope to hit Algeria in future and make some brutal noise together!!

thank you Tools Of Torture Sataroth support the underground and the extréme metal

www.myspace.com/againsthepig

Vomit Trough - It's Grind! (2008)

1.Stained By Stench 01:20

2.Horny Hell 01:56

3Heavens Anal Gateway 02:09

4.Dead Bitches Deep Throat Far 02:05

Total playing time 07:30

If you like Terrorizer, early Carcass, early Napalm Death Fast death metal then Vomit trough is the band for you , from USA (Berkeley, California) Vomit trough play a fast death metal inspired by early grind that actually sounds good because when I listen It's Grind! at the first time they remembered me old death metal look like Autopsy, Incantation , Massacre , and to early grindcore Terrorizer, early Carcass in any case this EP have an old school flavor and their major influences is Autopsy, early Carcass , Terrorizer , Exhumed .
It's Grind! their first EP contain four tracks ,Vomit Trough have a humorous grindcore part when I read the title of the first track stained by stench , musically is interesting there a little fast death metal guitar riffs with a correct grind guitar riffs but the grind guitar playing he gave rapidly rhythm for the guitar sound and there are some groove riffs the debut of Stained by Stench have a fantastic bass intro Drum programming in this album is valid and it looks like a real sound of drum because it is not look like to robotic drum sound when you listen you do not notice if there are drummer or drum machine The vocals is look like to aggressive extréme thrash metal vocal for example the voice of Ton Araya or Max Cavalera more aggressive than we can say about the vocals is a thrash death vocal with early grind vocals and Vomit trough use three vocals lead vocal The Hogsecutioner , Jimmy Puke( Guitar, Back Vocals ) , Stevie Ray Vom' (Bass and Back vocals ) I found the cover of It's Grind! humorous but I see little absence of gore or death and massacre Sadic scene of massacre or pathological ……….. art work but it not a problem the necessary is the countain of the CD

I advice this EP to all fans of old school and fans of grindcore for discover Vomit Trough because it’s pleasure to listen to this music the side project of Jimmy Puke who which played in several bands Insanity, Brain Drill, Odious Mortem, Carnivorous (US) I recommended for grind fans to listen with some beer yeah Beer & grindcore rules

www.myspace.com/vomittroughgrind

Label

Hot Orange Puke

Devast - Art Of Extermination (2008)

1-Fidel Sacrifice
2-7 Days Of Blood
3-Barbaric Hellstorm
4-Cruel Desteny
5-Inhumman Atrocity part I
6-Ligitime Massacre
7-Deluge Of Hate
8-Inhumman Atrocity part II


After their first demo Deluge Of Hate Devast was make more barbaric brutality in their first full length Art Of Extermination the principal disadvantage of this album is the recording and the quality of sound and this is the thing who that doing critique by some reviewer but the sound and the recording have a lot importance if it’s not clear every one who listen Art Of Extermination will think that is bad without describe I confirm Art Of Extermination is valid brootal death metal album disadvantaged by the recording the thing that has let some reviewer suggests that Art Of Extermination is It’s technically bizarre band , produced in such a small metal community or strange, powerful new band !!!!! here there are fast technical riffs death and if if you listen well you will notice the technique of bassguitar ,valid growls death metal vocal , not very performed drumming in any case Art Of Extermination is the first full length of Devast and i think that devast can do better after the recording of Art Of Extermination if Devast obtain better condition to complete their endless brutality


www.myspace.com/devast

Label

Deepsend

Abhorrence - Evoking The Abomination (2000)

1.Abattoir 03:09
2.Evoking The Abomination 04:05
3.Sacrificial Offerings 03:45
4.Hellish Annihilation 03:15
5.Storming Warfare 03:32
6.Abhorrer Existence 02:57
7.Reborn In Vengeance 02:54
8.Triumph In Blasphemy 04:52

Total playing time 28:25

From Brazil this brutal death metal band look like Krisiun or I thought it would be just another Krisiun but if you listen you notice Abhorrence is more technical and brutal than Krisiun and for some fans Abhorrence is Krisiun clone band playing some fast, unadulterated blasphemous raw death metal, Evoking The Abomination The album starts off in a typical Brazilian death as you would expect pulsating machinegun like drumming yeah the drumming sound look like machinegun sound in Evoking The Abomination by the demented fucker holding the sticks, guitars with a deafening buzz stirring up a maelstrom, and hungry, savage growling like the Krisiun vocalist but Rangel here sounds more raw and muffled and in some parts his delivery resembles that of early Deicide , early pessimist
Evoking The Abomination is recommended to the fans of Brazilian death metal. It's way better than the Krisiun albums ,great recording good death metal sound you will be served by excellent truly death metal by Abhorrence

www.myspace.com/abhorrencebr

Label

Listenable Records

INTERVIEW WITH VOMIT TROUGH

1- Infernal hails from ALGERIA Please give us a short introduction of yourself ?


Hi, we're Vomit Trough


2- VOMIT TROUGH why this name ?


The contents of what sickens us in our own life get spewed forth into our band thematically. Our band name serves as a metaphor for this.


3- what are the metal bands that influenced you ?


Carcass, Terrorizer, Autopsy, Suffocation, Exhumed, and a couple dead and buried San Jose,CA bands - Gory Melanoma, Pale Existence


4- how is the metal scene in USA ?


I guess the answer to that would vary depending on what region of the U.S. you're in. From what I gather, besides all the geeks and pussies into metal, our scene looks like it's doing well. Not enough people seem to loosen up, and act stupid for goodtimes sake. However, plenty of chicks show up at shows, which is the ideal.


5- What is your daily consumption amount of alcohol ?


Vomit Trough members use alcohol quite a bit, especially if you count Listerening our gen's after most internet dates.In which case, we can go through a several bottles each, every few days






6- i see that you have a bizzarre lyrical theme but it not contain gore and death .......?


Our Lyrics contain some gore and death. Although, there's things that are equally disturbing. Like the smell of fat bitches computer chair, or being decieved into going to her house without a backbrace and leaving with regrets,cat hair on your clothes, and in need of a chiropractor. Our lyrical content is clock full of inside jokes for our own personal fun. It's a more honest approach I believe, albeit while still using exaggerations and artistic liscense to convey the unpleasantness


7- what you have planned after recording the EP It's Grind! ?

We plan on recording again in Nov' 09. Our last drummer left to join a traveling transexual vaudville show whichset us back on going into the studio. We're dead set on finishing our full length "Horny Hell" whether we find a replacement by then, or use a hired gun for the session.


8- what can you tell us about the songs that are available on your official myspace page ?


It is the entire "It's Grind!" E.P. available for your listening pleasure/displeasure.


9- you have been successful in your last show and could you tell me about some of your show ?


Our last show was in Tijuana, MX. There were plenty of fellow degenerates so it was quite fun. In spite of all the double shots of Don Julio we were still able to "perform" offstage and on.


10 - what do you think about the performance of the bands who was with you at last show ?


Superb


11- What are some of your guys' non-musical influences?


AOL circa mid to late 90's, Story and King RD, 70's Roughies


12- thank you for your time, is there final word to say or final comment to vomit here ?


You can't rape the squealing.



http://www.myspace.com/vomittroughgrind



VomitTrough

Abysmal Torment (mlt) - Omnicide (2009)

1.Nefast Omen 02:31
2.Omega03:28
3.Colony Of Maggots 04:29

4.Supreme Tyrant In Putrescence 04:22
5.Scorched Beneath Flaming Wings 03:48
6.Embalmment 04:38
7.Gestation Of Malevolence 04:04
8.Chronicles Of Gouged Eyes 04:04
9.Recursive Hatred 04:34
10.Rinsed In Shreds 04:59
11.A Glimpse In The Cesspit 04:06

Total playing time 45:03

This album have great and big level of technical extremity the first one when I listen this CD I was satisfied and surprised when I listen all this technical level
Omnicide contain powerful technical brutality with a clear sound because is perfectly recorded and I see a futuristic CD art work and if you listen Omnicide the first time you would be surprise and attract with their gravity blast beat and their unbelievable fastest guitar riffs but I think that the vocal is not very performed I notice that there many modification of the voice because if you listen several times you notice a robotic voice compared with their great instrumental work but Omnicide stay a great album and i I advise you to listen and to discover to Omnicide

www.myspace.com/abysmaltorment

http://www.abysmaltorment.net/

Label

www.sevared.com/id4.htm

INTERVIEW WITH BUTCHER OF APOCRYPHE

1 -Infernal hails , could you please introduce Apocryphe to the readers ?



Apocryphe is a French black metal band. We have been existing for three years. The band is composed of Mammon at Bass/Lead vocals, Doom at Rythmic guitar, Panzer at Drums and me at the Lead guitar/Second voice.



2 - what are the metal bands that influenced you ?



Many Black metal band and Death metal band, as Nehëmah, Watain, Enthroned, Belphegor, Shining…



3 -how is the metal scene in France ?



The French metal scene is filled with the group, very interresant but also interest groups without.



4- "Apocryphe" why this name? Can you tell us more about the meaning ?


Sacred texts hijacked by religious authorities, called "Apocryphes" are condemned and considered as blasphemous, but also evidences the fact that some entities have the will to hide what may not suit their belief. It also shows that only Men can decide what God must be and say, the existence of those very texts proving us that religions are not transparent, and that those who rule them only aim at disguising the truth.





5- what can you tell us about the songs that are available on your officiel myspace page ?


“Stars of the final war” and “Unholy tales” from our first demo “The genocide of the Christian souls”, they reflect the style of our beginning, a primitive and cold black metal. “Ad eternam tenebrae” and “Into the lands of desolation” are a premix of our new demo to be untitled “Blasphem the acts of gods”, which will in principle in September. These songs reflect the new direction, a Black metal more brutal and evolved.


6- what you have planned after recording the demo "The genocide of the christians souls" ?


After the recording of our first demo, we made a lot of concerts so that we do know; we also experienced some problems with line up. Once stabilized the line up and a lot of concerts past, we set a recording of our second demo that was completed in early May.


7- you have been successful at last show , tell me about some of your shows and the performance of the bands who was with you in many shows ?


We always try to the best of ourselves on stage and proposed concerts violent and brutal, we do not hesitate to add some accessories such as heads of pigs, or employee scarification.Most groups that play with us are French Black metal or Death Metal band but we have already had occasion to play with some foreign groups as Frostmoon eclipse.


8- latest news you can tell concerning Apocryphe ?


We agreed a new demo in September, entitled "blasphem the acts of the gods", and have a few show confirmed, we expect there after played almost everywhere in France and in Switzerland and Germany.


9- Did you find a label how you record your music ?


We have not yet embarked on the search for labels, studio sessions and production of our cd's are financed by the money collected our concerts and sales of our cd. We have plans to seek a label after the release of our second demo


10- What do you think about the events that took place in Norway by many bands of the first wave of true black metal ?


The first wave of Norway true black metal band built the folklore of black metal, but this movement is dead. I do not endorse these events, but I do not deny, they believed in what he was doing and go after their ideas, each has its methods, it is not mine.


11 - thank you for your time ,and good look for you the final words to say should be yours ?

Thanks you Sataroth for the interview, maybe soon! Hails!



www.myspace.com/blackmetalapocryphe