CAEDES CRUENTA - Skies Daimonon

It all starts of with a sample from a exorcism in what i believe is from the movie
exorcism of Emily Rose, a suitable mood put its claws in your neck from here on this debut album.

The first song "Eosphorus" rips off straight away with sharp riffings and quite a blasting!

Its quite clear from the the get go that much inspirations comes from the second wave
but aside from that there is much inspirations from good early 80´s heavy metal! Sometimes
my mind thinks of some of Iron Maidens more moody songs for an example.
Dont get me wrong because its black metal all the way but many guitar melodies and sounds comes from
that golden era of madness and that suits me just fine.

The production is well balanced. not directly raw or necro but it cuts vains anyway , you hear most of the
hellish things CAEDES CRUENTAs serves up!
The singning is in a Burzumish style except from some background growlings and some clean vocals
( i heard that in two songs and it worked better in the second one).

Song 7 "Religion of Blaphemy" stands aside a bit (not in a bad way) with its more
early 80´s trash/death metal singing melodies.

Besides old school stuff many guitar parts burst out into what i feel sound like "victorious"
 & "epic" and at the same time mixing that with the cold satanic tones.

All in all the 8 tracks stand fine on their own and don´t melt together as a long
thunderstorm from Hades but more like a hand full of various well placed stabs from an poisonous blade.

                                           

RAW WAR Issue 1 UPDATE!

I am hard at work in finishing the first issue of the printed RAW WAR! I will cram as much as i can in this first one, of course i cant get all my interviews in it so for those who is not in the first will be in the second... that i hope will be out in september.

Here is the cover of this black pearl.

Burning Bethlehem Interview!

RAW WAR and the Drummer Hexen from Burning Bethlehem sits down inside the infernal flames to speak about their creations and coming plans!

1. HAILS!
How are you doing on this grim day?

-Great thank you. 

2. First i wonder how/when you guys got together and formed Burning Bethlehem?

-We formed in November of 2010. 

3. Your first release the demo "Burning Bethlehem" got out in 2011, was the work to get to that release
long or did it birthed quick? What was the response?

-It took no time at all. Skorm and Nocturn have been creating music togther for a long time before this band.
And The response to any music we have put out has always been really positive. 


4. Now when you are re releasing your debut album "The Unholy Path to Hell" on Desolate Productions
do you feel you get the promotions you need? And that new cover looks more suiting its stomping hell
sound. Can you shed some light behind the shadow of this albums themes.

The Old cover

The new cover

-First off yes i feel this re re release will do incredible no doubt about that. And i feel it will get into a ton of new hands that could not have been reached before.
The over all theme is to bring back the darkness of the past.

5.And as i understand you are hard at work for your second album "Black Ritual"? When will it be
out in the free and will it be on the same label as your re release?
And how would you describe the progression from "The Unholy Path to Hell"?

-Yes we are working harder than ever on this new record Black Ritual. As of now there is no exact release date but we are pushing for October for the release.
As of right now we are not quite sure if it will be through Desolate Productions yet or not, We would love for it to be but will see what happens here in the next couple months. 

6.How did you come in contact with the "art-house" View From The Coffin? Is the new sweet t-shirt
artwork any hint of where the new album art is going?

-He was a personal contact of mine (Hexen)
But all of us in Burning Bethlehem came to a last min conclusion that we were just gonna do our own art again for this release. But the art work that VFTC originally made for us will not be for nothing. For i have another project called Astral Blood and the art work will be used for that.
As far as the shirt no, nothing to do with the new album. Just a cool design. 

7.How do you think the "Hate is Strenght" gig will go? Are you connected somehow with the other bands
KOMMANDANT, ATRUM INRITUS & NUKLEAR FROST that play the same night?

-Nuklear Frost and Atrum Inritus are both from Minneapolis so we are close with them both. We played our first record release show with Atrum Inritus they are great guys/girl check them out. Kommandant is most defiantly a band we have been wanting to play with for a while so its an honor for sure. Over all the show will be a great time. 

 
8. Is there any other gigs planned for this year.

-As of right now our Cd release in October and then
a show in November.
We are probably looking at booking another 2 show for this year.
And then hit next year hard.
the main goal for this year is just make this new record nothing short of incredible.

 
9. Any split in the plans?

-Nothing as of yet. We would be down given the right circumstances.


10. Thanks for taking part with this interview on RAW WAR!
Any last thoughts?

- Thank you Raw War Cheers \m/

Old Witch Interview!

From the united states of misery comes the Old Witch with a a thornclad cauldron full of lethal herbs and ancient poisons.

1. Greetings!
First i am curious about your background and how you end up concocting the evil
ingredients of black metal, drone & doom metal?

 - I remember the first time I heard 'ye entrancemperium', until that time, my knowledge of metal was limited to what I remembered from being a kid, Maiden, Dio, all awesome stuff but really tame, as well as death metal, though I was never really into that. I thought bands like the Locust were pretty cool and I was into Skinny Puppy and I made noise and goth-y music with my friends. Then out of nowhere there was this song that sounded like god's own anthem, and filled me with a god like feeling of power, darkness, a haunting familiar ancient feeling that was what I had always sensed lurked somewhere in metal but I hadn't heard before. Since then I've obviously heard much more, and felt that feeling in other types of music, though possibly never as pure. I've always wanted to recreate that first feeling of power and majesty that Emperor gave me, but not to simply re create Emperor, but to take the power of Doom, Sludge and heavy Drone and marry it to the atmosphere of Black Metal. Simply put, I wanted to create the Heavy Metal album I always wanted to hear.

 2. You released yourself the first full album last month that´s called "Come Mourning Come", what
emotions and themes is processed in it?

 
 - The songs are all anthems to the spiritual existence that hides behind our materialistic world, they are hymns to the destruction of our financial districts and malls and they are songs of worship to the deeper metaphysical nature that lies hidden, often very deeply hidden in us all. These are not satanic anthems or pagan, per se - they are what you want them to be, but for me, they echo the strength I feel when I contemplate the natural world, and mankind's puny efforts to overcome - futility and majesty. Also the idea of ancient wisdom and mystery. The name Old Witch I feel brings to mind the feelings I associate with the music, the idea of an ancient revered person living alone in the forest communing with the spirits of the dead, the forces of nature.

 3. Did you release some demo or something before the album?

 - These songs are the first release by Old Witch

 4. Have you been in contact with some labels or vice versa for an official release?

- Old Witch will release the album on tape in The United States on the brand new label Quamvis Tetrico Ascendit Recordings based in Chicago and I have been talking to The Arcane Tapes about a European release.

 5. I saw you was in the radio show "Drones of Hell" through London's Arts Radio Station, how did that happened?
Thanks to this show i found out about you, Sathor from Ars Macabra that also was in the show tipped me about you and i think that was a good tip.

- I've listened to it on line several times, always good stuff! I feel honored to have been played on that show.

 6. Whats the further plans for this year?

- Old Witch is working on a new recording, perhaps to see the light (or darkness if you will) of day in about six months.

 7. How does you local "scene" look like? Is it a cold and empty place or do you have some fellow partners of darkness there?

- There is not much of a metal scene here, but there is quite a bit of a noise, experimental music scene, and surprising a lot of younger folks are dabbling in the imagery and sound of early 80's goth culture. 
Old Witch seems to strike a chord with this crowd. Other than that, there are a surprising number of 'metal' bands who seemed to have gone no further down the road of discovery than Tool. They also seem to enjoy Old Witch, but I am not interested in associating my music with that crowd.

 8. Thanks for your time! Best of luck to you.
Any final words?

- Thank you for your questions. I look forward to creating more music and perhaps further adding to the mythology and the folklore of Metal. 
For me, Metal doesn't occupy the same function as Punk, which is the music of revolution, but it is a type of Folk music, the music of a people, an ongoing, an evolving story whose beginnings are dim and perhaps unknown, who's ending is hidden in an uncertain future. It's not about playing faster than anyone else, or slower, or being kvlt or anything else in particular, but creating amazing new music that evokes the emotions and ideas that are the essence of Metal

Sardonic Witchery Interview!

The blasphemic spittings spreads across the earth soil!  One of the spreaders of pest is Sardonic Witchery!

1. First i like a little about your background from the start up until now.

-Sardonic Witchery beginnings was born in 2012, after lying an end to Infernal Kingdom (Portugal) in 2010.
I decided to grab my entire experience in the scene and perform my project this time alone without depending on anything or anyone ... so this time I can actually say that Sardonic Witchery will exist until the day I die ....

2. Describe the horrors one find in your debut tape "Hidden Shadows".

-Hidden Shadows it is a personal reflection, portrays the power, pain, wisdom, and especially the black part of my being. This is a very personal work; something I have never done until today. In my previous projects I never bothered much with the lyrics ... 
I created my tracks and let the lyrics for vocalists. This time I decided to create a whole and finally do something more personal ... something that really comes in full within me, my lyrics and my music. 
With all these years in the scene that have given me the experience of being a better musician
over the years I realize that I have everything to do a one man band. 
I can say that Hidden Shadows is the proof of that. You can certainly expect from my new works to be increasingly powerful and killers.

This demo was edited by Frenteuropa Records (Portugal) pro tape format limited to 100 copies. Two months after its edition my 40 copies sold out ... but I am thinking of doing a reissue in a different format.

3. When will the 4 way split tape with SILVA NIGRA, IRAE and INNER HELVETE by Frenteuropa Records come out?
Looks like a killer!

-Well, I already have my part completed nearly three months ago. We are just waiting for one of the bands to finish with their part. This split means a lot to me. 
There are three bands that have been in contact with for a few years, people I know personally, who I really appreciate their position in the underground scene. Now, the release date I am not sure but you can count that will be pretty soon. One hellish work! this split will also be edited by my fellow war Flavio da Frenteuropa Records pro tape format limited to 100 copies. 
Terrifying union in which I am totally proud to be part of it!

4. As you seem being quite active you also will be on a cd split with Nefret from Underground Longhorns Records, did you have prior knowlegde of each other before this?

-Nefret its a band that I saw being born in 2005. Abaddon (vocals) is a good friend of mine for many years. He attended the European tour of my old band Infernal Kingdom as a session bassist and since then our friendship became stronger. 
Ishkur (all instruments) also helped me a lot with that same band in the recording of latest album "Infernal Kingdom - SATAN". He was also invited to be my session guitarist but because his busy schedule he was not able to come. All I want to said with this is that these two war fellow helped me a lot in my past band and I am honored to work side by side with them. With this being said I can tell you that this will be a big split and I am really looking forward to having it in my hands!!

5. As you mentioned you are working with some session members with the goal to enter the "stage", who are
the fellow maniacs you have by your side now?

-At this moment I am working with a group of musicians to do some concerts in the United States of America and may be later in Europe. I willl be on the vocals and the session members will be: Blisargon - Guitar (Unholy Blasphemy, ex Verkommen); Torturem - Bass (Ashes of The Forgotten, ex Thy Antichrist); Uxmal - Drums (Thy Antichrist).

6. How does the gigging possibilitys look like in your neighbourhood? Or will you travel the seven seas?

-Well, this time when my band is ready for the chaos I will personally organize my own ritual in Dallas (Texas). I will be doing something different from what has been done here;I will be a worshiping Satan with blood, fire, eroticism and hatred.
Since I already played in many places around the world with my old bands like Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and Texas (Usa) ... I have the notion that the European scene is much stronger than here but in Texas there is still have enough demons that give value to the Black Metal Underground. However, do not worry too much about it because anywhere in the world we have true warriors... 
and my rituals will be especially for them.

7. Back in the days when you where starting to know which unholy ways your were aiming to which bands did got your blood boiling?

-Well, if are asking me which band I most admire in Black Metal from the first day.I Without thinking I have said "MANIAC BUTCHER", but also Absurd, Silva Nigra, Hellhammer, Absu, Venom, Judas Iscariot, Moonblood , Forest, Decayed, Corpus Christii, Bathory, Cryfemal, Burzum, Mayhem, Death Incandescent, Tundra, Infernal, Inquisition, Grand Belial's Key, Satanic Warmaster, Desaster, Besatt, Mütiilation ... among many others (I will be writing for hours ahhahaha). Also, I am a admire of Heavy and Thrash Metal scene and bands like Mercyful Fate ... King Diamond, WASP, Metalucifer, Manilla Road, Old, Judas Priest, Sortilège, Nocturnal, Possessed, Toxic Holocaust, etc ... I can also say that I feel a sensation somewhat similar.

8. Do you have any more plans in motion for the rest of the year?

-Yes, after the split with Nefret, USBM compilation that will go out by Horizon Productions (USA) in which Sardonic Witchery was invited to participate with a completely unique theme, this compilation will came out on pro tape format perhaps between October or November ...

Another project I am working on it is also a split with Intolerant. This will be also release this year by Frenteuropa Records on 7 vinyl format. After all this, I will begin to work on the first album. 
If everything goes as planned it will be release in 2014 by Frenteuropa Records in cd format, Horizon Productions Pro Tape Format and Underground Longhorns Records in vynil Format.

9. Thanks for this interview!
   Any last statement?

-I really appreciate your interest and support in Sardonic Witchery!
Demons please enjoy the war because the peace will be terrible!!!

hellish regards
King Demogorgon

Mørktår Interview!

Here is a fresh cut out of Englands Misanthropic spirit, take a taste of Mørktår sufferings.
And those who answers my questions are Sinmara and Thrym Mørktår.

1.Greetings! Your fifth demo "2013" has recently been released how has the reception been?

T: Not bad, most of the CD’s have gone now and we got a 7/10 review for it from Speed Slaughter. But to be honest, I don’t care if people like it or not.

2. How is the work going with the coming album "MISANTHROPIC TERROR PROPAGANDA"? Which label will release it?

S: Very well, we are very satisfied how fast we have progressed recently, especially since Gates joined our horde on the vocals.
T: We are past the planning of it and are now rehearsing the tracks. It will be released by Salute Records.

3. Describe this records internal organs.

S: It's raw, energetic and full of distaste for humankind, which largely does not have much to offer. A brainless mass destroying the earth bit by bit, not caring about anything. This record reflects our abhorrence for the general mass of people.
T: Imagine there is something or someone that you hate so fucking much… My hate is for everyone. I don’t like this life and I don’t like the way I am treated like a cunt. This is my return for what you have all done to me.

 
4. As you have been fairly productive since the start of Mørktår in 2006 with 5 demos, 2 splits & one EP how do you look at Mørktårs future? And how would you say your sound has changed over the years?

T: We are becoming a stronger force with every rehearsal. Recordings always happening, becoming better and better each time. We have a release coming soon-Misanthropic Terror Propaganda, so that is where we are right now and arranging gigs in London. And yes, the sound has changed very much over the last years, for the best. Not that shitty ‘icy’ sound but now more elite.

5. How & when did you realize your own twisted path in this world? And how did your friends and families take it?

S: Quite early in my childhood - I never wanted to be like all the others, separated myself from the mass, dressed differently and enjoyed punk and hard rock as a small child although no one else I knew liked it. I was a very opinionated and bookish child.... My parents always tried to make me conform, which caused a lot of bad blood between me and my family. Now that I live in a different country it got a lot better and we get along again and they have accepted my path.
T: I’m not twisted and neither is my path, others just don’t get what the fuck they are doing and someone needs to tell them-me.

7. A friend of mine has been nagging me about to starting an own band called Gravesend, so i smiled a bit when i saw that you where living there in the first place. Is that place dead as a cemetery or what?

T: It’s like a massive open cemetery. They are all walking dead. If you have a busy town, you will hear nothing but silence. The only time you hear noise is when you walk past a pub, where everyone there is drunk. In that town it stinks of sewage, you can smell it when you arrive. Everyone there knows what you do, what you drink, where you reside etc, and that is fucking disturbing, you have no anonymity. They are all drugged pikeys, drunk students or just old and all heading towards the grave very quickly.

8. How does Mørktår plans look like for the rest of this evil year?

T: Gigs and maybe one or two more releases.

9. Thanks for this interview!
Any last misanthropic gospels?

T: No.
S: Fuck the rest, fuck what people think of you, live your own life not others.

CREPUSCULUM Interview!

Black visions blows over the seas from Poland! Crepusculum shatters the stars and the light as we see it.

Hails!
1. Now when your second album "Illuminatus" have been out for some months how has the reception been?

I.B :Quite good so far,there are of course some malcontents, which don't like few things on that album, but we do not care of it.

2. Can you shed some light into the tomb on what "Illuminatus" is dissecting?

I.B :When the earth had not yet formed and the sea was named, and the chaos and sinister pra-matter shrouded the universe, he emerged from them, proud and indestructible, inspired by the magic of distant dimensions, he left behind the knowledge stored in emerald tablet, hidden deep in the sands of the desert ,and those who are worthy to awake, will be able to assimilate this heritage. During my astral trips I experienced union with the essence that exists beyond
time and space, and the result is "Illuminatus".

3. You started back in 2003 and the year later the first demo "Droga zniszczenia" came out, How do you look at this first release?

 
I.B : This material is so far from that, what we currently create, eons i will say, so let us leave it in a deep rotten grave.

4. Before your first album you created two demos (including Droga) & two splits, can you tell us a little on the themes on these and how you evolved through the releases.

I.B : First materials was very raw and primitive, especially "Droga Zniszczenia" and first split, but everything was evolved over time and it came very naturally.
I abandoned gore/raw satanic themes on that, what was in me from when i was child,like occult ancient mythologies,quantum physics,philosophy and widely defined gnosis, but i do not seperate from those releases, because they show progression which becomes in Crepusculum through those 10 barbaric years of existence.

5. Your first album "Visions of the Apocalypse" got out in 2010 and got some pretty good reviews, whats the story behind your first full length?

 
I.B : It was recorded in sordid casemates with a help of Wojciech, which is actually known better from Plaga, and i really have great memories from those rituals. Of course there's a lot of things which should be done better, but those corrections was applied into "Illuminatus". Maybe we will record new versions of Eternal Oblivion and Lamashtu in near future, we will see.

6. Is there plans in getting a full line up and hitting the roads?

I.B : Yes, some negotiations with session musicians are under way,and if everything will goes well, we gonna hit with some gigs in next year.

7. Did any of you two have some bands prior to Crepusculum?

I.B : I was participated in Lugburz a few years ago, Forneus was involved into some underground bands, but it wasn't nothing serious.

8. As Poland is know for its brutal & fast BM is there any band you like to get some more recognition from
your country?

I.B : Actually there are a few like Deus Mortem, Cultes des Ghoules, Blaze of Perdition and Plaga.

9. Thank you for taking part of this interview!
Some last words?

I.B : Solve et Coagula.