Fueled By Fire - Entrevista

- Fueled By Fire (meaning of the name, short bio, discography, highlights, …):
A. Fueled By Fire... At first it had no meaning, it was just a cool name that nobody else had. Now it has alot of meaning, and it's the whole thrash scene the fans, the pits the music the excitmentt of the shows, it's litteraly "Spreading Like Fire".
First we have Carlos Gutierrez - Drummer (he started the band) Then we have Jovanny Herrera( we call him "Gio" for short) He is our Lead vocalistand Lead Guitarist, Ricardo Rangel (Rick for short) also Lead Guiatar, And Anthony Vasquez - he's our Bassist.
We are all old school friends, except for "Gio". When we first started we were a five piece band which included Sal Zepeda- who started the band with Carlos and another vocalist. We met Gio when a couple of us went to see another band practice, and Gio was there, they got to talking and Gio mentioned that he had been trying to put a band together and he mentioned he also sings. Not long after that we kicked out the singer we had cause he could'nt handle the stage and contacted "Gio" and asked him if he would be interested in trying out for the spot with "FBF". So we picked him up at his house, brought him to try out, he brought his guitar cause he said he felt more comfortable singing with his guitar and he sang a song he wrote and there was no question about it. "Gio" would be our singer and now our third guitar, A year later Sal decided to go his own way and leave the band, and we decided that we would keep it with the four of us remaining. We have remained tight "LIKE BROTHER'S" ever since and it's working out GREAT!
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Discography:
Two Track Demo:2004
1. Death Rides a Horse
2. In the Evening We Fight
Six Track Demo:2004
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FBF Live at Hoguebarmichaels
1. Metal Forever
2. In the Evening We fight
3. Clash of Irons
4. Death Rides a Horse
5. Killers (Maiden Cover)
6. Hallowed Be Thy Name (Maiden Cover)
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Four Track Demo Entitled: 2005
Life...Death... and FBF
1. The Metallion
2. Final Prophecy
3. Screamer
4. Merciless Blade
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Self Released Album: 2006
Spread The Fire!!!
1. Ernest Goes to Hell
2. Thrash Is Back
3. Striking Death
4. SPread the Fire!!!
5. Betrayal
6. Massive Execution
7. Metal Forever
8. Dreams of Terror
9. Command of the Beast
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Re-Release - Metal Blade Records 2007
Spread The Fire!!!
1. Ernest Goes to Hell
2. Thrash Is Back
3. Striking Death
4. Spread the Fire!!!
5. Betrayal
6. Massive Execution
7. Metal Forever
8. Dreams of Terror
9. Command of the Beast
Bonus Tracks
10. Chaotic Punishment
11. Put To Death!
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- "Spread The Fire" (rehearsing / writing process, recording process, label, …):
A. We write all our songs as a group we all have input on the lyrics,and the msuic.We rehearse three times a week in and when we have shows we try to squeeze in a few more rehearsal sessions to practic our set. We recorded this cd in several different recording sessions. We would go into the studio to record every time we finished a couple of songs.til we ahd enough for a full length.
Well what can about the label it speaks for it self...It's "Metal Blade"
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- Lyrics (influences, subjects, ideas, messages, …):
A. Lyrics - In this album most of the songs are about the scene, the fans and killing poser's and we say "FUCK POSER'S"
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- Album frontcover / artwork (who, why, meaning, …):
The artist is a guy by the name of Desmond Ambrose, because we like his artistic style.
The meaning of the cover is "Thrash is back and we are killing all the poser's who think they know what real metal is.
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- Live tour to promote the new record:
We are currently still working on a tour.
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- Musical (and other) influences:
IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, ARMORED SAINT, DIO, RUNNING WILD, EXODUS, ANTHRAX, ABATTIOR, AGENT STEEL, EVIL DEAD, DEATH, DEATH ANGEL, DARK ANGEL, FORBIDDEN, PESTILENCE, HEATHEN, HIRAX, PHANTASOM, VIO-LENCE, LAZZ ROCKIT, SEPULTURA, RAZOR, ONSLOUGHT, SACKRIFICE, M.O.D., S.O.D., D.R.I., L.W.S., WHIPLASH, VIKING, SLAYER, METALLICA, MEGADETH, VENOM, TESTAMENT, POSSESSED, DARKNESS, EXCITER, HOLLOWS EVE, SODOM, DESTRUCTION, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, SABBATT, NECRONOMICON, SKULL, BATHORY, MESSIAH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, SACRED REICH, OVER KILL, EXUMER, VIOLENT FORCE, KREATOR, METAL CHURCH, CORONER, MORBID SAINT, MORTAL SIN, SADUS, KORZUS, MUTILATOR, DEMOLITION HAMMER, DETENTE, LIVING DEATH TANKARD, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, NO MERCY BEOWULF, DEVASTATION, REPULSION, MORBID ANGEL, INFERNAL MAJESTY, AGGRESSION, CELTIC FROST, MERCILESS, PENTAGRAM(TURKEY) IRON ANGEL, MASSACRE, RIGOR MORTIS, MORBID SCREAM, AND MORE
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- Heavy / Thrash / 80s revival. Your opinion:
We weren't here for the eighties but We are sure that The energy, the spirit and aggression of the whole thrash scene as it was is growing at a fast pace.
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- Final Message:
KEEP AN EYE WE'LL BE COME TO YOUR TOWN SOON!!!
THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!!!
SPREAD THE FIRE!!!

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Entrevistador: RDS
Entrevistado: Carlos, Anthony, Gio
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Fueled By Fire: www.myspace.com/fueledbyfire
Metal Blade: www.metalblade.de

Evergreen Terrace - Entrevista

- Evergreen Terrace (meaning of the name, short bio, discography, highlights, …):
Our name is from the Simpsons. We have been around a long time and seen a lot of shit. It has and still is fun. We have released a bunch of records but the only one you need to know about is Wolfbiker. The highlight of this band is when we hung out with Vanilla Ice, my life has not been the same since.

- “Wolfbiker” (rehearsing / writing process, recording process, label, …):
We practice a few times a week and worked on writing when we had new material. We wrote about 8 songs and then realized that they sucked ass so we started the writing process over. It took about 4 months to write and record Wolfbiker. Theses songs seemed to pour out of us for the most part, nothing was really forced, we just wrote what we liked and hopefully others will be into as well.

- Lyrics (influences, subjects, ideas, messages, …):
The lyrics are written about life and how we feel about life. From politics to religion to relationships to struggling in this world; they are all real and straight from the heart.

- Album frontcover / artwork (who, why, meaning, …):
Shaun Thurston did the artwork, he is a rad local artist in our town and it was a pleasure working with him. He did a great job capturing the feeling that they music produces.

- Live tour to promote the new record:
We are about to head out with August Burns Red, The Warriors, and Casey Jones. Then in Sept go out with Strung Out and then in December hit up Europe with Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Ignite and more on the Persistence Tour. Then in Jan/Feb we will be out with As I Lay Dying.

- Musical (and other) influences:
Willie Nelson

- Final Message:
Leave it at the beep.

Entrevistador: RDS
Entrevistado: Joshua James (Guitar)
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Evergreen Terrace: www.evergreenterracehxc.com / www.myspace.com/evergreenterrace
Metal Blade: www.metalblade.de

Cephalic Carnage - Entrevista

- Cephalic Carnage (meaning of the name, short bio, discography, highlights, …):
The name cephalic carnage means to slaughter the brain, we've been around since the beginning of 1997, me on vocals, zac and steve on guitar, john on drums, various bass players til now we have nicko on bass, we have the following cds, ”conforming to abnormality”, ”exploiting dysfunction”, ”lucis interval”, ”anomalies” and now xenosapian on relapse records, the highlights of touring have been going to amazing countries and seeing awesome crowds, smoking the finest grass the world has to offer, and playing big fests in europe.

“Xenosapien” (rehearsing / writing process, recording process, label, …):
Four months of practice, the same way we've have done every other album, we write stuff on our own the show the rest of the guys everybody add their own mark to it and that is that, I will title and write the words, we record with dave otero here in denver at flatline audio and our own studio hybrid studio, lots of blood and sweat, we are on relapse records in case you didn’t know.

Lyrics (influences, subjects, ideas, messages, …):
Life in general, life is too short we should learn to get along.

Album frontcover / artwork (who, why, meaning, …):
That’s up to the listener, you make your own analogy on this that’s what its about your views on what you see about this, I don’t care to comment on it, buy it and see what its all about , to me its pretty self explanatory.

Live tour to promote the new record:
Tour the world if we can, for now tour with shitty metalcore bands.

Musical (and other) influences:
Heavy metal period, hockey, weed, the air, he sun, woman, life in general, living aal inspires.

Final Message:
Don’t let your meat loaf or your pussy willow. buy the new cephalic carnage cd, hopefully we can come to Portugal to play some shows for the freaks, but until then we will just try to be metal, thanx for the interview and the support.

Entrevistador: RDS

Entrevistado: Leonard Leal

Relapse Records: www.relapse.com

Cephalic Carnage: www.cephaliccarnage.net

Last Winter - Entrevista

- Last Winter (meaning of the name, short bio, discography, highlights, .):

We get that one a lot, which is weird because I read a lot of interviews and there are some bands out there with crazy names and they never get asked that. Well, we all grew up in Florida where it's 90+ degrees about 9-10 months out of the year. The only change in the weather is around Wintertime. It such a small time, but a special one. It just seemed like aperfect fit for what we were trying to do musically.

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- "Under The Silver Of Machines" (rehearsing / writing process, recordingprocess, label, .):
About half of the album is new material. Some of it was taken from a Japanese release through Fabtone records, but there are tracks that no one has ever heard. I'd say our newer tracks show a little more maturity than our past ones. We have developed a writing style that allows us to experiment, but still not stray too far from what we are trying to do. "Under the Silver of Machines" sounded like a great Sci-Fi movie. Haha. We just wanted a title to represent the wonder of space and with all the satellites and machines orbiting us all the time, it just fit. We actually ended up using samples of radio signals broadcasted in the 40's that have made their way back to our satellites. Very cool.

I definitly learned a lot recording the album. I experimented with some very unorthodox techniques, and tried alot of new things. I also had some help from James Wisner... I do a lot of tedious work for him in my spare time, and he was kind enough to let me bring some tracks over once in a while and utilize some of his most valued equipment. He also pointed me in the right direction everytime I lost my mind and my ear. It takes a rare individual to be a producer full time. A psycho you might even say! Love you James.

We are good friends with fellow label mates Hand to Hand. I believe they gave a cd to Lifeforce and we were contacted by them about a year or so ago. Lifeforce was looking to branch out into the "rock" genre and we were going to be their first band. After a couple of months of chatting, we realized this was a great opportunity for us. We knew we would stick out from the rest of the roster like a sore thumb, but it's just the kind of attention we were looking for.

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- Lyrics (influences, subjects, ideas, messages, .):

We always like to write about things people can relate to. Everyday life. Every member of the band contributes to our lyrics. As a result of our sick obsession with space, lines like "M31 will guide me there" make it in to our songs occasionally. Look it up. We all learn something new everyday. The lyrics to "The Violent Things" we're influenced by negative some of the negative (yet necessary to learn from) experiences we've been through during our journey thus far in the music industry.

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- Album frontcover / artwork (who, why, meaning, .):

We went for a darker, industrial feel with the artwork (courtesy JohnRadford) because we thought it went well with our album title. All the album art goes along with that same theme. Spacey/Industrial/Dark. We thought it was a nice balance paired up with the music.
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- Live tour to promote the new record:

We are doing two cd release shows in Orlando, Fl. One on the 24th at Virgin Mega Store and then another one a week later, which should kick-off our tour. We are finalizing the US tour as we speak. A European tour can be expected in the near future as well!
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- Musical (and other) influences:

Our musical influences truly span across the spectrum. All of us are huge fans of all the 80's bands. Of course, we went through the Grunge Era (which some of us still haven't let go.... Fro). I'd say the biggest influences, musically, would have to be Hum, Def Leppard, Smashing Pumpkins, Dredg, and The Used. As far as other influences, I'd say the biggest would have to be Space. Everyone in the band has a fascination with it and we use it as a constant theme in our lyrics. While most bands have arguments about which part goes where in a song, we have arguments as to which constellation we are looking at. Wow! We're really not that cool...

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- Final Message:

Whatever you do, do it twice!

Thanks Fenix!

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Entrevistador: RDS
Entrevistado: Cameron
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Lifeforce Records: www.lifeforcerecords.com
Last Winter: www.lastwinter.com / www.myspace.com/lastwinter

Malsain - Entrevista

- Malsain (meaning of the name, short bio, discography, highlights, …):
“Malsain” is French for sick, disturbing. That’s the word that describes best the ambience in our music and that’s why it was chosen when I started the band in late 2001-early 2002. We come from Bergen, Norway which is a town who has seen the genesis of many big metal bands like Immortal, Enslaved, Burzum and Gorgoroth.
Our demo was released in January 2004, and we signed a contract with Dark Essence Records (Taake, Aeternus, Helheim,…) the same year. We released “They Never Die” in May 2005, and now “The Disease” in May 2007 both with Dark Essence.

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- “The Disease” (rehearsing / writing process, recording process, label, …):
The album is a fine mix of new and older songs. It’s still extreme-metal with strong claustrophobic ambiences and raw female vocals, but the album is much longer and way better produced than the previous one. There is also more variations and more surprises throughout the opus.
The writing process was like on They Never Die: I composed the songs and then we arranged them together with the band to bring them to life. The recording and mixing process was quite long and took almost a year to complete. Herbrand Larsen (Enslaved) is a skilled producer and musician, that’s why he is very busy. But we are very happy with the result. The Disease sounds great!

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- Lyrics (influences, subjects, ideas, messages, …):
We have never been into all that “Satan” concept and our subjects are usually the darkest corners of the mind, tainted with strong horror references. In “They Never Die” we chose very simple lyrics with a big touch of sarcastic and black humour. It seems like few understood the irony in them. “The Disease” is much deeper on the lyrical side, with more advanced texts and without any obvious meaning. Most of the songs here can be interpreted many different ways, and I don’t wish to explain what I meant when I wrote them in an interview. It could be an interesting discussion topic, though.
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- Album frontcover / artwork (who, why, meaning, …):
The cover and artwork is a bit like the lyrics and the title of the album: it’s possible to understand it many different ways. Inside the booklet, everything is disease-related with background pictures of DNA samples, and with our profiles being presented as if we were part of the hospital staff. The general impression you get is a very cold one. The front cover and title is very simple but at the same time very strong and claustrophobic. Everybody knows about the symbolic of the light at the end of the tunnel, so in that sense “the disease” could be death. But a so simple picture actually contents several other hidden symbols and references that can give the album’s title a whole different meaning. As I said before, it’s up to you to find out about it.
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- Live tour to promote the new record:
We’re actually working on setting up an European tour. We’d like to visit countries like France, Germany, England, Holland, and probably some others. Portugal will be nice! If some booking people read this, don’t hesitate to take contact. Keep checking our websites for updates on that matter anyway, as there is no concrete date right now.
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- Musical (and other) influences:
Extreme-metal seems to be our main musical influences, even though we also listen to classical and electronic music. The 80’s and 90’s have been very innovative periods, so we prefer listening to metal from those years. There is not many bands today who come with something new, refreshing and interesting. So long this year, only 4 new albums really gave me something: the ones of Shining, Samael, Dødheimsgard and Abigor. The rest seems like a repetition of what has been done before, and even if it’s very good I’d rather listen to older records.
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- Final Message:
Thanks for the interest, and see you on tour if we are so lucky to be playing at a place near you!

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Entrevistador: RDS

Entrevistado: Tenebres (Bass)
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Malsain: www.malsain.no / www.myspace.com/malsain

Karisma Records: www.karismarecords.no
Dark Essence: www.darkessence.no

[F.e.v.e.r.] - Acerca de "4st_Fourst"

Depois da entrevista a propósito do single "Bipolar" (ver http://fenixwebzine.blogspot.com/2007/04/fever.html), aqui segue um pequeno texto acerca do disco de estreia, em jeito de complemento:

“4st_Fourst” revela um trabalho continuado desde o início da formação dos [f.e.v.e.r.], como um caos em crescendo apenas forçado neste final. A edição é da RagingPlanet, editora que nos acompanha desde os primeiros passos e que nos permite um plano de acção conjunto e coerente, que apoia os nossos propósitos. Relativamente a apresentações ao vivo, esperamos tocar o mais possivel na promoção deste trabalho. Envolvemo-nos facilmente, de forma bastante forte, em tudo o que mexe com a banda e as actuações ao vivo não são excepção. - Luís Lamelas

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