Showing posts with label Metal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metal. Show all posts

8/1/14

Planet of Zeus (Interview)



01) 3,2,1… Houston, we’re going into orbit.....pshshhhhhhhh…. Hi, guys, how’re you doing? Do you like to watch clear sky with stars while drinking some local brewed alcohol?)

We are doing great! Our Greek Spring tour for our new album “Vigilante” just kicked off. There are still some gigs in Greece and some summer festivals in Europe, before our third European tour, which will start late August.
Watching the clear sky and drinking some local brewed alcohol, either separately or combined, are some of our main activities in our everyday lives.

02) Zeus was chosen by you from all of other Greek gods because of his mighty beard?) 
 
The beard was actually the last of the criteria. Being the God of Gods and the biggest planet on the universe stroke us most.

03) We would like to know the name of the artist that created your album cover. It’s simply a masterpiece! Who is this person, come on, tell us!)

Aris Panagopoulos ( A.D. Visions) is the man behind the cover and the whole artwork of “Vigilante”. Aris has designed some of our latest posters and T-shirts, which were awesome, and so we decided that he should be the one who will take care of our new cover.

04) As far as I know, you planned the tour this summer. Was there any thoughts about visiting Kiev? I hope you are not afraid of what's on TV now? 
Our European tour kicks off from Sofia, Bulgaria on the 28th of August. The routing was already fixed when we had an offer for some shows in Ukraine. We are not afraid of what’s on TV. Rotting Christ went to Ukraine for a few shows when the riots were on, and nothing happened. Hope we can make it pretty soon and visit Ukraine for some gigs.



05) Who's your next victim in your brand new album "Vigilante"?

Traitors, Mistreaters, Abusers.

06) What about Bach, Mozart, Lady Gaga, or you only listen to brutal & smoke music?)

There is an open-mind mentality in each member of the band as far as music is concerned. Bach, Mozart or Paganini sound as majestic as Emperor, while Lady Gaga sounds like having a good time.

07) Do you like to read brand-new fanzine, smell the scent of paper and all that stuff? Tell us about if there’re fanzines in Greece.

15 years ago, there was actually a fanzine-frenzy going on. You could find and read fanzines about any kind of underground music.
15 years later, we smell the scent of our pc screens!


08) I definitely can say that you ain't some foolish people. Do you like to read books? What's your favorites?)

Anything in between Jenna Jameson’s “How to make love like a porn star: A cautionary Tale” to Dalton Trumbo’s “Johnny got his gun”. The list is endless.

09) How do your neighbors react when you turn on sludege/stoner at full volume?)

They usually knock on our door and invite themselves in!!!


10) Here's a blitz poll:

Favorite musician? Tough Question
Favorite beer?Any beer is good beer. Beer is good for you.
Favorite crust album?Haven’t heard many albums of this genre, but Sarabante’s “Remnants” sounds great.
Favorite type of cabbage?The psychedelic purple one.

11) Continue the phrase: a horse comes into the bar...

…And gets really attracted by a goat’s boobs.

12) Band’s cool, but what about your hobbies, guys? Maybe there’s somebody collecting beer cans in your band by any chance?)

Some of our hobbies are a bit hard to mention and may cause legal problems!

13) Do you believe that we’re not from this planet and all that stuff?

We are human beings and we belong to Planet Earth.

14) How often you have hangovers after another gig?)

Never. We are immune to alcohol.

15) Imagine that you appeared in deep jungle, and on your way out of there you meet tribe of cannibals. Your actions, monsieur?)

Keep calm and try to communicate using any Chris Barnes’ grawls/lyrics

16) PSHHHHH…. Houston, we’re landing, pshhhhh…. Thank you so much for this interview, any last words?)

Thank you too for the interview and your support!


3/2/14

ETHEREAL RIFFIAN - 2014 - Aeonian (CD/LP/Tape)

Shamanic brotherhood, open minded crew and just a good friends of mine have released the 2nd full-length under the name "Aeonian".



I was living in the same Universe while this album was created.
So I've caught the most steps of it's production.
During this period I have been asked around dozen of friendly questions by Stonezilla (guitar/vocal) about "how to improve the LP design?", "what do you think about 12 inch and 10 inch LP ?", "What label could you recommend ?" etc.
And it was always a pleasure to share my humble opinion on each question.




Firstly 3 songs were made and it supposed to be an EP. But when Nasoni records became interested in releasing this album on vinyl, the band decided to make a complete album.

3 Artists were working on "Aeonian" artwork :
Mila "Hopless" Kisileva & Stonezilla on main artwork for CD\LP
Yuriy xNinjax made cool illustrations for the Aeonian Book
The different artwork was made by Berbel Zijlstra specially for the limited tape release on Tartarus records (Nl).






Summary Around 30 people were involved in creation of this fabulous work.






4 songs, 42 minutes 59 seconds of pure shamanic lightening.

Turn the lights out, burn some candles, push the "play" button, open the book, 
and let your journey begin.



"Thugdam" is the newest song up to date. 
When it starts plying it's really hard to recognize Ethereal Riffian.
But when Stonezilla starts singing the things are arranging into the correct order.
Massive and dynamic energy of this song permeates your mind from the first seconds.
Thugdam is a state of meditation entered at death achieved by highly actualized persons.
In this State body remains warm and the cells of the body do not dissolve.




"March of Spititu (Rise of Sheol)" was created few years ago and even was played live on Awe Sessions. That was so powerful bundle of energy that venue passed out electricity.
 Sheol is the "swamp for spirits of the dead" in early Hebrew thought. Musically and lyrically this is the best maintenance to the theme. 





 "Wakan Tanka" - begins with the tribal beats and it's really meditative.
 Then the vibes are flowing through heavy riffage. And then spiral goes back to light pieces.
Wakan Tanka comes from Sioux Indians and it means the name for the Great Spirit of Great Mystery.
It is interpreted as sacredness that resides in everything. 



"Anatman" - I really love the "slow down" tempo changes and didgeridoo parts in this song.
It's absolutely my cup of tea : musically, lyrically, ideologically.

Anatman refers to the notion of "not-self" or the 'illusion of self' in Buddhism. Means that all things preceived by senses are not "I" or "mine", and therefore people should not cling to them. 



(artwork for the tapes)

Also I have to say few words about "The Aeonian Book".
It is debut of two brothers SAF & Stonezilla.
It touches different historical periods and united by one spiritual feeling. 
The book is easy to read and have pretty interesting plot.
The volumes are having the same titles as the songs.
There's also a small vocabulary at the end to describe some terms.
Dozen of questions on the last page are to check your attentiveness.

The book comes in 2 design versions.
- A6, Hard cover, selective varnishing, limited to 100 (English and Russian versions) avalaible through band only.
- А4 Book that complements LP version on Nasoni. Different design and it's English only.

The band have a plan to release four more albums that will be united by one story. All in all, there will be five books, six albums, and one epic story. 
You can check Interview for more details here :

Ethereal Riffian have tons of ambitious plans.
So stay tuned for pleasant surprises in nearest future.

 http://etherealriffian.com/
http://etherealriffian.bandcamp.com/album/aeonian 
 https://www.facebook.com/etherealriffian

 http://www.mulligore.com/shop/ (CDs. ltd. to 200 copies (1st press))
http://www.nasoni-records.com/  (LPs. ltd to 400 black/100 blue)
http://tartarusrecords.com/ (Tapes. ltd to 100)

2/7/13

HELL COMES HOME - 7" split series


Newish label from Ireland (Galway) Hell Comes Home has released 12 splits 7" in 2012 (available as part of a box-set or individually) of sludge/doom/hardcore/metal.

I really love the way Joel choose the bands for each 7 inch.
The Artwork with insects deserves special applause.
Really good work done mate.
And It's a good damn marketing strategy. You can't just buy one or few 7 inches. You should grab the whole pack. And don't matter what band is on the vinyl and what it's playing.
Argggh, just jokin'...
Each band is really worth checking out. And even if you don't know it you'll be pleasently surprised.  


Hope you'll have some time to get this masterpiece.
Looking forward to see/hear volume 2 from Hell soon. 

Here's the List :

- Kowloon Walled City / Thou
- Suma / Ultraphallus
- Dephosphorus / Great Falls
- Akaname / Lesbian's Fungal Abyss
- Pyramido / Union Of Sleep
- Burning Love / Fight Amp
- Coffinworm / Fistula
- The Swan King / Tellusian
- Dukatalon / Rites
- Black Sun / Throat
- Dopefight / The Fucking Wrath
- Dead Elephant / Rabbits


11/8/12

Throw The Goat - 2012 - Black Mountain



Throw the Goat is clutchy, catchy and full of energy band.
They're mixing hardcore, metal, stoner rock with southern grooves.

And I'm pretty sure that the rest of town's population that equals 3870 (to be precise) are almost diehard fans of this freakin' awesome band !

We're Throw The Goat - a heavy rock/punk/metal band from the mountains of Idyllwild, California. We would really like it if you'd check us out... you might dig our story. We're from a small town (population 3874) in the middle of nowhere, there's no scene for us where we live so we hustle our asses off playing dive bars to legendary venues around southern California and even toured down to Costa Rica last February. We've opened for Prong, Death By Stereo, D.I., Fireball Ministry and many others. We do this 100% on our own, completely independent. Our debut album Black Mountain, which we're releasing ourselves in a few weeks, can be streamed for free at: http://throwthegoat.bandcamp.com. It was produced by Alex Pappas from Finch. Hope you like what you hear, please let me know if you're interested and we'll mail you a copy or send a free download code for bandcamp, which will include our kickass cover of En Vogue's "Free Your Mind"





5/26/11

Obsolete Amps !

Heey you little dirtlovers. We're having some really nasty shit outta here.
This is The Lion's Daughter/Fister 12" Split "And Their Masters Bled For Days"
Released by Hands Up Recordings



nonstandart list of tracks on each side.
F. - diong the whole things just right. No questions. No comments. Doom Anthems.



T.L.D. - pretty new stuff for my ears. Good sounding metallic hybrid. It covers best parts of Sludge/Meta/Black. they're also having a nice tape.



Cooler than ever piece of plastic is already released. And it's also free for download.

The Black wax sounds better. But glow in the dark shit looks awesome !!!


Choose Your Destiny and bring it to the speakers!

The record is limited to 300 hand numbered copies. 100 of them are on glow in the dark vinyl. Surprisingly, we sold out of all of our glow in the dark copies the night of the release. We may or may not get a couple more copies from the label. We aren't really sure. If people go to pissfork.net they can buy a copy of the record (black) for $10.00 plus $5.00 S&H.

The Lion's Daughter "Apathy Worm" from the record release show at The Firebird in St. Louis, MO. 5/20/2011

The Lion's Daughter "Apathy Worm" from Jeff Grindstopher on Vimeo.



Fister "Violence" from the record release show at The Firebird in St. Louis, MO. 5/20/2011
Keep Children off the monitor. they're too fast for this.

Fister "Violence" from Jeff Grindstopher on Vimeo.



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