Interview with Ilkim Oulanem

1-Infernal blasphemic hails, İLKİM OULANEM first I would like to thank you for taking the time in answering these questions.
could you please introduce your self or give us a short introduction of İLKİM OULANEM to the readers ?

I’m a black metal musician. İlkim oulanem is the first and only one woman black metal Project in turkey..

2-When you first started İLKİM OULANEM , what factor of the project made you most uncomfortable and what is your goal?

I started to the Project 2008 september with my demo ‘the alarm’ ı had a black metal band since 2004 called ‘messershmit’ but ı could not do music with my band members. After ı terminated the band and ilkim oulanem Project born!

3-What are the metal bands that influenced you or motivated you ?

Underground black metal –death metal and grind –gore bands, ı like it. And immortal of course..

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

I’m listening underground metal and listening classical music sometimes..

5-How is the metal scene in Turkey ?

İf you are great and clever, turkey metal scene is good. I will create very good black metal scene in turkey soon!!

6-What is Black Metal to you?

I’m feeling black metal when ı walk in the street, when ı drink, when ı make music myself or live.. black metal is music of course but, not only music for me and for special soldiers like me.

7- Being a pretty girl as you and make a one woman black metal band ? how was it at first , is it hard ?

Not hard or not heavy for me. I’m making this for my life. I was born for make it!

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

Sorry, ı can’t understand the question..

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

I think norway is a great country for live and black metal. But ı’m thinking a special person can be black metal in every country. How many years and sex is not important for me also..

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

I have 3 songs in my myspace page. ‘Hey kukla!’ from the demo ‘the alarm’ and the other 2 songs from new e.p. ‘iblisbilim’ They are special songs for me..

11- What can you tell us about your EP, " Iblisbilim " ?

İblisbilim is my first e.p. ı relesed the e.p. in october. (self release and free download.) it has great download number from the world. I’m waiting the time for new product

12-How do you write your music? Is there a set guideline or do you write what you feel as you go along?

I writing my song suddenly.. To write is in fact an internal speech form e.

13 - What you have planned after the EP, " Iblisbilim " ?

My plan is new and last e.p. ı created 5 song for it.

14 - Any gigs ?

Yeah, ı was in the scene 6 times in turkey. I have a live band now and we will in the scene soon..

15-Any fav bands to get on stage with ?

I have 2 or 3 favorite black metal bands in turkey which ı wan’t tos hare the scene.

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

İnstruments rule.

17-Did you ever met some negative sides of playing metal ? And what do you like or,what do you dislike on the present scene?

Sometimes peole only look to me when I am in the scene . turkey have jealous peole. Me and musicians like me want real black metal scene in turkey.

18- What is your opinion about this kind of black metal antihuman Black Metal ,NS Black Metal and Christian Black Metal?

I don’t like defined black metal. Black metal is only black metal for me. I don’t think abaut NS, christian or antichristian black metal..

19- Black metal bands frequently use Satanic imagery as a metaphor for individualism and personal freedom whatdo you think about the Satanic imagery ?

Satanic imagery is better than godder imagery!

20 -What is your daily consumption amount of alcohol,cigarettes,drugs ?

I like the drugs sometimes but ı don’t use always.. ı’m creating and recording my songs with pure and healthy brain like now..

21- Thanks alot for sharing your time with me ,and good luck for you any final blasphemic , do you have any particular messages for any particular people Or any closing notes or comment here ?

Thanks fort he support me and underground.. doomsday ıs not so far, see you in hell real metalheads!

myspace.com/ilkimoulanemband

Interview With Neurolepsy

1-Hello ,I'm Sataroth first I would like to thank you for taking the time in answering these questions give us a short introduction of Neurolepsy ?

Hey thanks alot for offering the chance at an interview. Neurolepsy is just four guys from Rochester New York who want to play some death metal. We've all been in bands before and most of us are in side projects but we are all with the exception of Lewis under 20.

2-Please give us an explanation of the inception of NEUROLEPSY , What is your goal and your target what inspired you to create a Death Metal band and what intentions did you have?

When we started this band we wanted to make a death metal band that didn't just blend in with all the other death metal out now. Tons of good shit is happening in the scene but we wanted to stand out. We just want to keep people interested from the beginning or our albums to the end. Also we want our live shows to be a good time to so there's plenty of slams and thrashy parts for

all of that.

3-What can you tell us about your line up ?

Well me(noah) and our drummer owen have been in bands together since we were about fourteen. We kept jamming all the time and getting in bands and playing music we didn't really want to play but its what other people we were jamming with wanted to play. We decided to stop doing all of that and find some people that wanted to do exactly what we wanted to and not

compromise. We found our bassist through going to shows and instantly started jamming with him. We took a while to find the right vocalist but we finally settled on Lewis who is also the guitarist of the New York band Abdicate also on Sevared Records.

4-Are you gonna introduce other members to NEUROLEPSY ?

No not at this time and probably not in the future. A four piece is what we work best with and everyone in the band is clicking perfectly for what we want to do.

5-What are the metal bands that influenced you or motivated you ?

Well our main influences are definitely bands like Gorguts, Cryptopsy, Ulcerate, Decrepit Birth then older school bands like Autopsy and Asphyx. I could go on about that topic for days.

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

I listen to a wide variety of music. I work in a record store so I have the privilege of being around music all the time. I love metal from every subgenre. Im into alot of obscure thrash bands and death metal bands to me the more underground the better. I also listen to alot of punk such as crust punk I love Nuclear Death Terror and all that shit. Hardcore punk is my main vice with bands like Sheer Terror and Cro mags. Most of us in the band are very involved in our local punk scene and punk shows count for about 75% of the shows we play. The punk aesthetic is the aesthetic we got but we have the metal sound. I also listen to alot of late 60s and 70s prog rock such as Moving Gelatine Plates, Gentle Giant, and King Crimson.

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

Living in Rochester New York is definitely the biggest influence haha.

8-How is the metal scene in New York ?

Right now its doing pretty good. We got alot of new bands starting up and helping the scene. To name a few to check out would be Abdicate, Necrochasm, Crucifist, Infernal Abyss, and Sarcous.

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

The songs up in the page are all of our demo that was released on Sevared Records and can also be purchased at sevared.com

10-Please explain the title and cover image of your demo "Disintegrated Cognizance" ?

Well Lewis is the lyric guy but I'll take a guess at what's goin through his head. The definition of Disintegrated Cognizance is basically not a corrosion of ones mind and though process. I can't speak on what that means to Lewis but the cover design is depicting a man(skeleton) in contemplation through alot of chaos going on around him. Also Im gonna take this time to plug our album cover artist Austin Keppeler. He's an amazing artist that can do your cover and logo art he did our logo and he does it for really reasonable prices. Help the guy out send us a message at our myspace for his contact info.

11-What you have planned after recording of the demo "Disintegrated Cognizance" , Do you have any future split with any band ?

We would love to do splits but have no solid plans as to that of yet. Next up we are working on writing write now for hopefully a full length album.

12-Are you going to record your stuff at more professional studio some day ?

Im really happy with Watchmen Studios which is where we recorded the last album and will probablly be staying with Doug White over there he does great work.

13-Which label would fit your music?

Barret from Sevared is an awesome awesome guy and Im really happy being on Sevared. I guess if I had to say the biggest one I'd go for would be willowtip they put out some great records but Im not looking for anything more than what we got really. I would love to put out stuff on vinyl but we will ALWAYS remain and underground band.

14-You have been successful in your last show and could you tell me about your last show ?

The last show we played was put on by a local guy named Heavy Metal Steve and it was a really long show goin on a sunday night till about 3 in the morning but it was a great time.

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

All the bands were awesome Sarcous killed it.

16-Any fav bands to get on stage with?

Anyone but locally I'd have to say Abdicate and Necrochasm. Both play really legit music and all the dudes in both bands rule. We wouldn't be where we are without either of those bands.

17-What is your daily consumption amount of alcohol,cigarettes,drugs ?

Im straight edge but I definitely can't say that for the other members of my band haha.

18-Thanks alot for sharing your time with me ,and good luck for you , any final word , do you have any particular messages for any particular people Or any closing notes or comment here ?

Thanks alot man for the Interview. I'd just like to ask people to check out our album you can buy it from the Sevared store or im sure you can download it off some blogs but help Barret at Sevared Records he does all this shit with his own money and has done more for the underground brutal death metal scene than anyone else in its history.

myspace.com/neurolepsy