mercredi 17 février 2010



1-Hello Guyome hello Pulmonary Fibrosis , 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 Pulmonary Fibrosis to the readers ?
Hello Sataroth & Depravity zine readers , I’m Guyome & I started PxFx in 1999 , some line-up changed through the years , some splits ep , tapes , cds & compilations with cool bands on cool labels all around the world were out . In 2006 Pascal , our singer from 2002 & appeared on our 1st album , suicide him !!!! We toured in Europe , Brazil (2006 & 2008) , Ukraine & Russia (2009) , we played also in great fests like the Obscene Extreme , Porno Gore Garri , Butchery At Christmas Time , Caos Emergente . Our actual line–up since 1 year : Yanosh-guitar/vocal ; Renaud-bass ; Adrien-vocals & me-drums/vocals & we have to record our next album this year , it will be out on Mierdas Prods/Cataleptic Remains Prods .
2- What are the metal bands that influenced you or motivated you ?
Still the same sick bands when we started PxFx . Carcass , Last Days Of Humanity , Malignant Tumour , Agathocles , Dead Infection , Regurgitate , Haemorrhage & more . We are actually back to the roots , we lost the grind parts this last years & we are very happy with the new ones .
3- What can you tell us about your line up ?
I wrote some short lines about the actual one already , but I’m pretty satisfy héhé , we are all friends as it has always been in PxFx . All of us write songs & come with ideas , sometimes songs are created in the jams too . Each of us also play in other projects , Renaud play with other friends some kinds of hardcore/crust , Yanosh play with me & Adrien in Baptized In Vaginal Liquid (100% vaginal goregrind) & I play in a doom band called The Bottle Doom Lazy Band . I also have some other projects like , Clotpump (wih Francesco of Ultimo Mondo Cannibale & Marc of Mixomatosis) , recording drums for Mixomatosis & Gorified .
4-What kind of music do you listen to yourself ?
I like lost of style , it can be start from goregrind to medieval stuffs , lots of doom too . Some bands like Last Days Of Humanity , Carcass , Hymen Holocaust , Reverend Bizarre , Electric Wizard , Sunno))) , Stille Volke , Satyricon , Dark Sanctuary , Judas Priest , MC5 & many more , I love music & mostly with rock’n’roll touch , I mean with guitars , drums , bass ; a real band J
5-What are the top 10 Metal albums?
Wowwww , I love too many albums , but I can tell you Napalm Death : “From Enslavement To Obliteration” , “Utopia Banished” , Carcass : “Reek Of Putrefaction” , “Symphonies Of Sickness” , “Necroticism …” , Haemorrhage : “Grume” , “Anatomical Inferno” , Last Days Of Humanity : “The Sound Of Rancid Juices Sloshing Around Your Coffin” , “Hymns Of Indigestible Suppuration” , Dead Infection : “A Chapter Of Accident” , Regurgitate : “Effortless Regurtitaion” , Agathocles : “Thanx For Your Hositlity” & many more .
6-What are some of your non-musical influences?
Personally the music is my drugs & that’s my only influence , I watch some films sometimes but the others do that more than me .
7-How is the metal scene in France ?
Almost dead , all small club close one by one , people sucks !!! The Hellfest is the biggest metal fest in France actualy , bands from everywhere in death metal , black , thrash , hard rock , doom , grind . We still help some bands on tour to manage some shows near our city , but the next step is our festival the 2 october & hope that will work as well to manage more edition .
8-What do you think about the grind or the general extreme music scene at the moment?, do you think that the technicality and speed is misplaced in a grindcore? Are there any new brutal death metal/grind bands that you admire?
Grindcore is just fast & short , just listen the last Agathocles album to hear what’s a real grindcore band . Actually , Hymen Holocaust , Bloodbastard fucking rules , nice to seen back Dead Infection , some Haemorrhage stuffs will be out too , just sad that Last Days Of Humanity is dead now , but their last album is the most extreme album ever .

9-What can you tell us about the songs that are available on your officiel myspace page ?
Nothing special haha J Some old songs with Pascal as vocalist & old line-up , a Carcass cover has been added ; the song was recorded with the new line-up & will be out on Deathforce records for the tribute to Carcass . We will put new songs when the album will be available ;-)
10-Can you explain the title and cover image of your last Full-length "Organ Maggots" ?
Héhé , “organ maggots” was the name of a band that I joined in 1999 , they played some kind of grindnoise & I started to screaming with them . The members of the band played also in PxFx in the past but they stopped , some other project are on the way with the drummer . About the cover & artwork , our friend “Tos” (ex-PxFx guitarist for a short time & actually in The Bottle Doom Lazy Band) worked on it , he found some cool pix for the main cover , but our label missed few pages of the booklet , so you can’t find pix & thanxlist L
11-What can you tell us about your last split in 2009 with Gutslit ? ,and what do you think about the performance of Gutslit ? ,are you satisfied with the result? ,
First I’m totally angry about the guys of Gutslit , they asked me to help them to release this split , so I sent some money & we used the name of my label . This split is release since the last summer , I think & I still haven’t my copies -_- They still tell me that they will send it soon , but they fucking sucks !!!!!!! About our songs I’m not really satisfy about the sound , because I just started to mixed at that time . The Gutslit songs are awesome , great songs & perfect sound , just need to wait again to have it in my hands !!!
12- Why have you record just one full - length since 2001 and several split with many gory bands ? and What is your favorite split ?
Since 2001 ????? I don’t know what you mean by this year , but we recorded our first album around October 2005 & he has been released only in july 2007 :-s Then we lost 2 years & we recorded some songs in our rehearsals for other splits , because we really like splits , that still great to listen many songs & discover unknown bands . Our split with Dahmerized is good enough , the one with Mesrine have some good songs but that still not available L Some new one will be available , so wait for better stuffs ;-)
13-What you have planned after your last split Contorted Mutilation ?
Well , we recorded lots of covers for some tribute cds , the one of Last Days Of Humanity is now available on Alarma records & we are very happy of the result , big thanx to Joel Of Alarma records & the other bands on the trribute J We will also appear on the tribute cd to Carcass , Cock & Ball Torture , Gut & Blood . Several split tapes , cds , eps & compilations are on the way , just check our page to see the news . Also our next album will be record by ourself very soon & will be out on Mierdas Prod / Cataleptic Remains Prod .
14-What can you tell us about Last House On The Right and Bizarre Leprous ?
That’s some great gory labels & you can find some great bands . Excepting that our album has been released 2 years after the recording , I still had some good contact with Bill & I met Roman at the Obscene Extreme fest only one time , nothing more .
15-which label would fit your music?
Bizarre Leprous & Last House On The Right are one of the best for goregrind bands , actually Mierdas Prod is interest by , so we have to try after we will see J If bigger labels will be interest by us that would be great , just need to wait the feedback about the next album .
16- You have been successful in your last show Butchery At Christmas Time Fest X 2009 ? ,and what do you think about the performance of the bands who was with you at last show how was the atmosphere with them ?
Ah yeah , the BACT was really great , we thanx again Simao & R.D.B. for all there , that was a great fest . The atmosphere was great , as we know already lots of people there & few bands who played . That’s still great to have some fun with Agathocles , best grind band ever & really cool guys . Still great to meet our friends from Rato Raro , Basiliades & the other ones . Each bands played great shows & excepting the cold weather , we had lots of fun J
17- The OBSCENE EXTREME FEST ! tell me about this awesome thing is it true that silence sucks !!! ?
Haha , yeah silence sucks J That was great to play at the 2008 edition , that was the 10 years of the fest & surely one of the best edition , arghhh J But they moved to another place since the last year , so I don’t know about the actual one . But I was fucking drunk all the week-end & be sure that was prefect J
18- Any fav bands to get on stage with ?
We already played with our favourite bands J But it would be great to play with Carcass yeah héhé , but in France that’s not really possible , in another country maybe .
19-What is the biggest change compared to your the debut ?
We are better musicians héhé J More experience on stage & our songs are better , years after years that’s better .
20-What is your daily consumption amount of alcohol,cigarettes,drugs ?
Take it if you like it , not because all people do that !!!! As we start to be old we don’t abuse a lot of it right now , we just use it in small quantity & because we like itJ
21-Thanks alot for sharing your time with No Mercy Zine and good look for you , do you have any particular messages for any particular people Or any closing notes or any comment here last words are yours ?
Thanx a lots for your interest in PxFx

jeudi 11 février 2010

Interview with Rotting Embodiment


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


-Sure thing. Well Rotting Embodiment is Gabe on bass, Luis on guitar and vocals, and me Arturo on drums. Luis and I have been playing together for over a year now but it wasn't on-till the summer of 2009 that we decided to create Rotting Embodiment. A band dedicated on keeping the old school death metal spirit alive.

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

-Well I had for a long time wanted to start a death metal band that played death the way I thought it should. Purely out of love for the art nothing that sounded new but like something that a kid could of picked up back in the late 80's. Like I always say "I was born too late" like the Saint Vitus song. The intent is to create music that satisfies my tastes and the bands but at the same time to expand and create our own path.

3-Rotting Embodiment why this name are you inspired by Rotting Spiritual Embodiment of Incantation i see that your drummer wear Incantation t shirt can you tell us about this ?

-Well yes you got me there. The name did come out of that title after many names that we decided on and then just changed. This one day we sat down to come up with a new name. At first we really wanted a one word name but after many we started to work on two word names. Its hard to come up with a one word name nowadays. But after that nothing sticked on-till we started to put names down from band titles. I put down Rotting Spiritual Embodiment, but without the "Spiritual" in it and after a debate on that one and Rancid Amputation. Rotting Embodiment won.

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

- Well there is Gabe our bass player, Luis on guitar and vocals, and me on Drums. We has many others in the past try out and then hang around for a while but nothing happened.

5-Are you gonna introduce other members to Rotting Embodiment ?

-Hopefully we can in the near future we can find a guitarist. Where we live people say they are down to come and try out but don't seen to know how to play ones there.

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

-There are to many but some of the many for Luis and I (Gabe don't really listen to Death Metal) are Gorguts, Cryptopsy, Autopsy, Incantation, Cannibal Corpse, Mortem (Peru), Krabathor, Suffocation, and the list goes on.

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

-Well I listen to bands like The Chasm, Demilich, Evoken, Worship, Cenotaph (Mexico) first album,Arghoslent, Disembowelment, Loss, Infester, Absu first album, Mournful Congregation, Under Moonlight Sadness their demo, Nuclear Death, Supuration first album, Darkthrone first album, and there are way more.

8- Which are your 5 favourite albums of all time ?

-That is a really hard question. At this time I would say The Chasm-From The Lost Years, Worship-Dooom, Darkthrone-Soulside Jorney, Dimembowelment-Transcendence Into The Peripheral, And Sorrow-Hatred And Disgust.









9 - What are your occupations outside Rotting Embodiment ?

Well we are all still in high school. Gabe and I leave this year as for Luis he stills has one more year of torment.

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

-Well when it come to music I really can't come up with any non-musical influences. As for when I write lyrics it can be anything really. Things in the day will leave an impression on me and then I will alter it to what ever I want inside my head. That is really the main way I write my lyrics. I can say that movies like Nekromantik 2, Cannibal Holocaust, and any thing Argento has really help me in picturing scenarios. As for death which is the many topic of our lyrics, good old plain gore infested pictures always do the job.

11-How is the metal scene in California ?

-Well here in North county which is part of the whole San Diego County there isn't a big scene at all. There are more posers here then metalheads at Wacken. Which sucks but what can you do. The only time you will see other metalhead is when there is a show and its rare to see more then 100 at once. L.A. has a bigger scene for sure you go to a show over there and there are way more then in San Diego.

12-What do you think about the Death metal or the general extreme music scene at the moment?

- The extreme music scene at this time is down the drain. You see more kids with one eye covered and a As I Lay Dying shirt then a kid with a plain Slayer shirt. The music scene at this time is lost within some many "brake downs" it's kind of sad in a way. But ones in a while a band will put out a good record like Denial and Dead Congregation. But things like that are rare. But what ever, the true fans will always be there to support the good bands.

13 -You have an old school flavor and old school appearance , bit of death metal band make old school death at the moment the most prefers brutal and extréme kinds death/grind , slamming brutal death ......... .what can you tell about us this?

-Well it all really comes down to what one likes. I like old school death metal so I create old school death metal. Others like playing to the fastest tempos ever or like to write riffs that should be solos. But I also think that money talks so if that one band is "making it", they will for sure be followed by a ton of clones. The one dream most kids have is to play music and be rich and famous and if that means to conform to the scene the majority will. I'm not here to create something pleasant for some idiot to hear but to channel my thoughts into music that I would listen to and if you like old school death metal you might like our music.



14-What is your opinion , what is your réaction against the metalcore and deathcore scene who invaded the death metal scene ?

-Metalcore Deathcore so many COREs. In a way it sucks for kids that never got to listen to band like Death and Morbid Angel. They will most likely think that metalcore is the greatest and so on. I know one thing though for sure and that is that if you gave up on the old school for a CORE you might as well kill yourself. A true fan don't every stop liking it you might not listen to death metal often but it is always there with you and to give it up for shit like deathcore that's pathetic.

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

-The songs on the Myspace are the four songs from our demo.

16-What can you tell us about your demo "Invocations from the Past" ?

-Our demo was recorded at Gabes garage with a Mac laptop. We used the integrated mic and had it finish with in a day. The whole thing then I mixed and had it done by late December.We only printed 50 copies on CD and offered it for free by download. You can know find it in many Blogs which is pretty cool.

17- Please explain the title and cover image of your demo "Invocations from the Past" ?

-The title was what I feel about our music. To bring back a form of metal that nowadays is not common. Hopefully to educated people on old school death metal. The image was done by Andrew Bischel of Morbid Gods one of the other local San Diego bands that is worth the time of those that like old school death metal. He has done every single drawing for us including our logo. The cover is basically some guys summoning something out of the ground. The resurrection of death metal the way it should be for our fulfillment and your hearing pleasure.

18-Any future split with any band ?

-Not really it would be cool to do one with Morbid Gods though.

19-When I've listen your music i was surprised for the performance a good old school death metal played recently but there are a little disadvantage by the recording the quality of sound is not at the valid level what can you tell us about this ?

-Well that is something that I wasn't really fond of too but with us in school and no jobs recording at a studio was not an option for us. The final results where not great maybe ok back in the 80s but not now. That is what it is can't change the past now.

20-What you have planned after recording the demo "Invocations from the Past" ?

Well we want to play live shows for sure one is coming up and hopefully more on the way. But at this time we are writing new songs to for a new demo. The new demo will be done at a studio for sure. Hopefully we can have it done by mid-summer this year.

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

-Nope that this time we don't have a label. Any one interested let me know.

22-Which label would fit your music?

-I really don't know, Any label that is willing to support old school death metal nowadays. Blood Harvest or Ibix Moon would do.

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

-I know the new songs will be recorded at a studio for sure as for the four we did already I really don't know. I personally would not mind it but there are songs that have not been set on stone and need to. Re-recording them would just be overkill for me in a way. But if we do ever record them live and come out sounding decent you can bet we will put them out for sure.

24-Any fav bands to get on stage with ?

-So many first off Autopsy and Gorguts now that they got back together. But I would love to open for bands like The Chasm, Incantation, and the list goes on.

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

-Well I drink but not often, Hate cigarettes, Don't need drugs I'm already fucked up. As for the rest Luis don't like any of them. Why? I don't even know. As for Gabe, he is the mystery man of the band.

26-Thank you alot Rotting Embodiment for sharing your time with No Mercy Zine and good luck for you do you have any particular messages for any particular people or any closing notes, any comment here last words are yours ?

-Well first thanks for the interview. Also for any one interested in us look up our myspace (
www.myspace.com/ rottingembodiment). Our Demo is available in many Blogs just look us up. Last but not least Thanks to every one that has supported us in any way you know who you are, our gratitude is eternal.









dimanche 7 février 2010

Interview With Cordectomy

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

Thank YOU for the interview!! Cordectomy was started in mid-late 2007 under the name of Sliced With Precision, and it was a solo project of mine, until I added 4 other members, but that was kind of short-lived and I decided to revive Sliced With Precision with a new name and beginning.

2- Please give us an explanation of the inception of Cordectomy , What is your goal and your target what inspired you to create a slamming, brutal death metal band and what intentions did you have ?

Well, I originally had intended it to be a solo project of mine, then I made it a full-band, but we never played any shows and just wrote a bunch of songs and played them, then that fell through. At that point, I was busy with other projects such as Malodorous and Splattered Entrails, but recently I've been dedicating my time to Cordectomy and writing and recording for new releases like crazy. I wanted to create a death metal band that could be melodic, super-slammy, somewhat blasty, but mostly different. I was getting sick of the slam metal scene being swamped with one-note breakdowns.

3-Are you gonna introduce other members to Cordectomy ?

I had at one point, under another name. But I really like the ease of writing and recording with just one mind behind the music rather than writing something and having to teach it, and rehearse it. It seems like more of a hassle for me than anything, considering the only intention I have at this point is to record music. If I make the decision to play live, then obviously, I'll start to search for other members. It's a possibility.

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

Abysmal Torment is definitely a HUGE influence. I also listen to a lot of Amputated, Cerebral Incubation, Condemned, Corporectomy, Embryonic Depravity, Guttural Secrete, Iniquity, Katalepsy, Jenovavirus, Kraanium, the PLASMARIFLE and Vomit the Soul right before recording to get some ideas and influence.

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

Besides all the death metal, a lot of Beatles, Deftones, Alice in Chains and just straight up grunge. And Dave Matthews Band because Carter Beauford is a god on drums.

6- How is the metal scene in New York ?

It's okay. It seems like there's just a shit ton of emo kids in New York. But, NY IS home to Suffocation, so there's definitely still some good stuff goin on here.

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

I'm definitely into horror movies, dirtbikes and souped-up import tuners.

8- What are your occupations outside Cordectomy ?

I just finished a semester at a state university up in New York, I've been submitting resumes like crazy and I'm signed up and ready to take the exam to apply to the New York City Police Department. I'm also a full-time fiancee, Hahaha.




9-Which are your 5 favourite albums of all time ?

Deftones - White Pony
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
The Beatles - Revolver
Iniquity - Grime
Deftones - Deftones

10-What do you think about the brutal death , the slamming brutal death or the general extreme metal scene at the moment ?

World-wide, there have been some great brutal death metal albums being released. Amputated's Wading Through Rancid Offal is currently in my rotation, goooood album. Vomit the Soul's new album, Apostles of Inexpression, New Embryonic Depravity. I've been nothing but impressed lately.

11- What is your opinion , what is your réaction or you objection versus the metalcore and deathcore scene who invaded the death metal scene ?

There's definitely been an abundance of some metalcore and deathcore bands, admittedly. Some are good and original, and some are just plain rip offs of bands that already suck. I have never looked at them as invading the death metal scene though. It's not part of the death metal scene. It's separate. They may have been influenced by REAL, great death metal bands, but just because I may be influenced by the Beatles, doesn't make me pop/rock.

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

I tried to really give the MySpace player a song from every release. With most of the songs being from the demo (which is free for download), and other tracks that are just singles off of The Decrypted Epoch, The Art of Extinction and The Unearthed.

13- Can you tell us about The art of Extinction ?

The Art of Extinction I had originally planned on there being 20 tracks, but ran out of time before I started school in the fall of 2009. So I had 13 tracks finished. But it has a very raw, aggressive, grindcore-like sound. I'll be releasing it very shortly. I'm working out some ideas and agreements to get it released within the next two months. Definitely keep an eye out.

14-What are the lyrics about your music ?

I usually just write lyrics about anything. It doesn't have to be gory, or brutal. But I won't even release lyrics, because most of the time, I'm just writing words that fit the way I like into riffs. They don't even make any sense, Hahaha.

15-Please explain the title and cover image of your Full-length The Unearthed ?

I found that image in a database of images that were from the Kyungsan Cobalt Mine which was supposedly a secret from the Korean War. There are still remains from the Korean War on exhibit in the mine. The cover of the Unearthed is a picture of a skull from the mine that is supposedly from the war. I thought of the name "The Unearthed" after thinking about how the skull was unearthed from the mine amongst many other human skeletal remains.

16-You have two Full-length in 2010 ,how you work to get two full length in 2010 ?

I've been writing these two full-lengths since 2009. I just plan to actually release them in 2010.

17- Any future split with any band ?

I'd love to do a split with a band, it's just finding the right band that's relatively at the same point of their career as I am with Cordectomy.

17- When I've listen your music I noticed a little disadvantage by the recording the quality of sound is not at the valid level ?

I had a VERY rough recording for The Art of Extinction and the demos. But the Unearthed was definitely a step up from the previous releases. I recently finished building a recording studio in my basement. The Art of Extinction and the demos were recorded while the basement was in shambles in the process of being built. Even The Unearthed was too. But I just completed the building of the studio and future releases I hope to have a much better quality. I also got some new equipment as well, a new mixer, and firewire interface, and some other units.

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

Just today when I received these questions for this interview I was offered by a label to release some of my music. Just pro cd-r releases for now. But I'm holding off on releasing the Unearthed until I can find some label willing to press it professionally.

19-Which label would fit your music?

I look at the slam aspect of the music, and I'd love to get on Permeated Records or Brutal Bands. That would be awesome if I could.

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

Well, I just finished building my own professional studio. While it's not the best that's in the area, I would know how to best record in my basement and do my best to get the most ideal sound I could. We'll see how future releases go. If I hop on a label that wants me to record in a more professional studio, I'd probably take advantage of the oppurtunity.

21-What is the biggest change compared to your the debut ?
I'd say my vocals. I could only do low growls, but my vocals have definitely expanded. I'm better at high's and gutturals now. I'm most proud of my vocals and my drums. The guitar work is more melodic, but brutal I'd say.

22-Any fav bands to get on stage with ?

I'd love to share a stage with Vomit the Soul, or Putrid Pile. To accompany Shaun on stage would be awesome.

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

Alcohol, when given the chance, I'll drink til I'm puking. And I smoke about a pack of cigarettes a day. I used to have a problem with drugs and marijuana, but marijuana's not an illicit drug and shouldn't be illegal. But I'm getting too political. Anyways, I'm clean of ALL the drugs I used to do now.

24- Latest news about Cordectomy ?

The Unearthed will be finished very soon, and the Art of Extinction, as well as the Decrypted Epoch will be released within the next 3 months hopefully. Definitely keep checking the MySpace page out!!

25-Thank you alot Mike for sharing your time with with Depravity Zine and good luck for you do you have any particular messages for any particular people , any closing notes or any comment here last words are yours ?

Well, I thank you at Depravity Zine for giving me the oppurtunity for an interview. Definitely keep checking back on the Cordectomy MySpace page at
myspace.com/cordectomy. And if you like what you hear, let everyone know, SPREAD THE WORD!!