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Superhorrorfuck are one of those acts that sounds like glam, rock, punk, and heavy metal all in one. They recently released their latest album "Death Becomes Us", where it took all the songs from their EP "Gorgeous Dead", and revamped them by also adding on to it. The song selection varies having some songs that are good and some bad, the song's that were good includes "Dead World I Live In", "Down At the Graveyard", "Love After Death", "Voodoo Holiday", and "Headless Groupie". While the bad portion are a few of the remainders unlisted but that doesn't draw out that these guys are all that bad or aren't great. They do have style, notable riffs, solos, catchy lyrics and creative appeal and appearance makes them that party hardy group that everyone wants to be. They are one of those acts that you tend to hate but yet love at the same time, and their music makes it all balance out all at once.
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Hailing from Baltimore, MD are the Machines Of Living Death. This quartet creates what they term “cybercore”, a fusion of industrial's grind, extreme metal, drum and bass grooves, all for the evil video game soundtrack ever created. Many will compare them with phrases like “Skinny Puppy meets Slayer” or “Fear Factory meets Orgy”, but listening to them unmasks a sound that is much more complex. The band got together Zombot (drums and programming), Cancer (guitarist and vocalist), and Ghost v2.0 (verbal abuse, audience interface) talks about the style of music they create and the plans ahead.


1. Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Machines Of Living Death.

Zombot: Drums, Synths & Sample Destruction.

Ghost 2.0: Human Vocal Mechnology.

Cancer:  all of the “guitarish” stuff.

2. Can I get a backstory on the band/ band biography?

Zombot: I came up with the name concept on NYE in Manhattan as the year 2005 was just beginning. Most of the early material would be put together by myself and Cancer that year individually, but we wouldn't begin collaborating until 2006. We had about half each of the material that made the first album written when we started working together and traded files and had our ways with each other's stuff. We  went through a number of bandmates in the early days before settling on the lineup of the two of plus, James and Inoxia, and recorded EOF29A. James left shortly after the album was done and was replaced with V5 on Bass. After a year and a half of live support for that album, we parted ways with the Inoxia, the vocalist. Ghost would replace him later that year, recorded the Re:Boot EP and helped developed the MOLD vocalist position to something more than what originally seemed to be an afterthought. Since then our focus was live support for the EP and more recently, recording our upcoming full length release.

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Ghost: We are based out of Baltimore MD , my personal opinion , the scene here is over saturated with pay to play promoters. There is a new venue opening and closing every month. Most of the more legendary venues are all but gone.

Cancer: You could look at the Baltimore scene negatively, and you wouldn't be wrong, but we have great wealth of musical talent here.  Any night of the week you can find exactly what you’re looking for, and if you can’t you’re not looking hard enough.  As far as recommendations I would say check out our Facebook page. We keep our friends close.

4. Why the name Machines Of Living Death? What does the name symbolize and represent for the band?

Zombot: It stemmed from my involvement in different music scenes that were running parallel to one another and were so very similar and yet had an incredible amount of disdain for each other. Zombies and robots were respective pseudo-mascots for most recent versions of the punk/death-rock and ebm-industrial scenes. Mindless, or near-mindless automatons, in a way were ironic icons for scenes that once preached open-mindedness and cultural revolution. I could never really make sense of the animosity between such closely related music scenes, much as I never understood the rift between sci-fi and horror fans considering how many common elements they share, particularly the movies. I eventually realized it had a great deal, as many things do, with perception and pre-conception. What does someone see based on what they have seen and been told. How does what they expect to see affect how they interpret what they see. 75 years ago, with technology in it's relative infancy, the terms zombie and robot were used interchangeably to describe mindless drones. Now the division is quite defined and yet in essence they are still very similar as are the differing influences that make up our music.

5. What type of band are you guys?

Ghost: We are what we are , its very hard to compare us to any set type of genre or other band. We technically fall under the category of Industrial or Death Metal or Drum and Bass .. that's what i mean by its hard to label us. The best way to explain would be what fans have said we sound like “Skinny Puppy meets Slayer”, “a digital Dimmu Borgiur“,  "the abortion of a Psyclon Nine/Slayer rapefest" you can get some kind of picture from this I’m sure.

Cancer: I like the term cybercore, it says everything and nothing, all at the same time.

Zombot: We are sci-fi/horror movie about a metal band, remixed by an self aware techno mainframe.

6. Who are your musical influences?

Zombot: Horror movie soundtracks - from 50's orchestrated scores to 80's cheesy synth backgrounds. They all bring out a certain feeling of tension or revulsion. Musicians - Slayer, Skinny Puppy, The Misfits, Godflesh, Meat Beat Manifesto, Prodigy, Genesis, Eurhythmics, OLD Metallica.

Ghost: Personal Influences range from Metallica , Rammstein , Fear Factory , Atari 2600 , IT Text books , Ghost In the Shell.

7. What are your songs about? (What specific themes do they cover?)

Cancer:  In general we gravitate toward themes of dark power fantasy, wrapped in the bacon of technological fiction, then sprinkled with the salt of sexual perversion both human and mechanical.

Zombot: Plus, the occasional apocalypse.

9. You released an EP "Re:Boot" in 2011 and are working on the follow-up release of your new full-length album "The DOS Of War" how do these two differ, compare, and evolve from one another?

Cancer:  In my mind, the goal of DOS of War is to take Re:Boot to higher level.  Re:boot was exactly that, us starting over and really trying to focus on exactly what we were trying said and how we were saying it. Since the core creatives for that ep are still here, we can now expand on that restart.

10. Where are you in the process of the new album?

Cancer: We are recording it as we speak.

Zombot: Plus we are putting the finishing touches on composition. As long a road as it's been on this release, it'll be worth it!

11. Why did you want to title this album "The DOS Of War"? Is this a concept or non-concept release?

Zombot: If by concept album you mean a story, no. However all songs pretty much deal with hardcoded impulses that lead to down the path of destructive behavior, both to ourselves and to the world around us.

12. What does the "DOS" in "The DOS Of War" refer towards?

Ghost Disk Operating System .. but in this case i think it stand for Digital Operating System … of War

Zombot : Disk Operating System. They were the predecessor to Hard Disk based OSes that are found on computers today. Most computers booted from a floppy disk that contained the Operating System that handled the low level functions of the computer hardware for programming languages to interface. Ostensibly, in this case, The DOS of War is a reference to both be mechanization and automation of warfare as well as the elements that seem to bring war into being time and time again. It's also mean't to be a play on the Shakespear's quote "Cry Havoc, and let slip The Dogs of War". As mentioned before, the band explores the dehumanization of ourselves, in particular through the machines we use and warfare in many ways brings about the ultimate in dehumanization.

13. Who produced this album and what was it like working with them?

Ghost : We did

Cancer: We record and mix all of our recordings, although we try to get a different set of ears to master. Personally I've never understood why bands would want to give the responsibility of recording to someone else, it’s like Picasso hiring someone to do the brush strokes.

14. Who did the cover art for "The DOS Of War" and how much input did you have on it?

Zombot: The art is still in progress but, in general we do all our own artwork.

15. Select two songs from "The DOS Of War" and what inspired the lyrics.

Ghost: Red Queen lyrically was inspired by the first movie adaptation of the game Resident Evil. At some point Cancer wrote the beginnings of the song and sent out a file called “red queen” so I kind of used at as a basis. A viral outbreak which could be an infection or .. a viral outbreak to the internet or computer , or androids.

Pervertigo with lyrics written by Cancer is another favorite that basically explains a sexual affair with an android and the music for it is brutal with a beat , ladies can dance and anyone can throw down to it at the same time.

Cancer: Byte Symmetry (previously unreleased), describes, in pretty exact details, why intelligent machines can and should, wipe out humanity and take ownership of the Earth.  It’s become pretty clear to me that humanity has gone as far as it can go , and the only real gift we have, is the ability to make machines that do tasks better then we can.   So, by extrapolation, eventually we will build our successor.

Pervertigo is a premonition of a future while money doesn't exist but addictions do, I wonder what will happen at that eventual intersection.

16. When can we expect this album to be released?

Cancer: before the Spring of 2014.

17. What are your upcoming plans for shows and touring?

Cancer:  Nothing really concrete until the album is released.

Zombot: Once released, I expect extensive live support for the album.

18. What can the fans expect to see from you in the future?

Ghost: The Rise of the Machines

Zombot: We will continue to explore the extremes of music and  to continue experimenting  with new ways to combine the extreme elements from different genres to make music heavier.

19. Anything else you'd like to say to your fans?

Zombot: Thanks for your support through the years!

Cancer: Firstly , thank you.  Enjoy the time you still have left.

20. Is that your final answer?

Cancer: I am nothing, if not final answers.
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Post-hardcore act Us, Ghosts have released their debut EP and are hard at work writing and recording for their debut full-length "Sleepers". The band got together to discuss the process of the debut album and where we can expect to see them in the future.


1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

It has taken us a while to get to the point where our band has solid members because we've gone through so many tryouts and mishaps along the way, but aside from "Us, Ghosts" being an idea from way back when it was officially brought to fruition when our current five members came together. Starting with Gene Kaiser, Brandon Howard, and Michael "Mikey" Ortiz as the screamer, clean vocalist, and bassist respectively. Will Park joined as lead guitar shortly after. From there we wrote our first self-titled EP as "Us, Ghosts". Months later we came across Matt Holbein as rhythm guitarist and a few months later came along Chris Lee on drums. Since then we began playing local shows and establishing a presence in the music scene which since then has landed us on several tour stops in the local areas and also a spot on the Ernie Ball stage at Warped Tour 2013. However now we have parted ways with Mikey and are currently looking for a new bassist to tryout.

2. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Our band is based out of Sarasota, Fl. Honestly our area isn't as compelled to our genre as much around here as it seemed to 6 or 7 years ago. So our music scene is a lot of hardcore bands, deathcore, or heavier styles of the sort. It's like slow, heavy beats are what people are into right now.

3. Why did you want to call yourselves Us, Ghosts? What does the name mean and represent for you guys?

We wanted to call ourselves Us, Ghosts because it represents those that go unnoticed in life and seek recognition from their peers who seem to forsake them or cast them aside like nobodies. We want to be the voice for those that are put down and can't always stand up for themselves and let our music be a safe haven for those that seek it. Music is a huge outlet for all of us and we use it as that and a way to connect with other people.

4. How would you describe your style? Which bands influenced your music?

We would basically describe it as post-hardcore.It has proven to be a very versatile genre and we like to experiment with creating something new for our listeners. We draw influences from Dream On, Dreamer, Memphis May Fire, Chiodos, Architects, and bands of the like.

5. What lyrical theme do you guys use in your music? What message do you want to send?

Our lyrical theme follows the ideals of encouraging people to pursue their dreams and to never give up on themselves, because we believe anyone can achieve success in life if they stay focused on their goals and truly put forth the effort into getting where they want to go.

6. Your debut self-titled EP and upcoming debut full-length "Sleepers" were both self-released why choose the DIY approach as opposed to being signed to a record label? Do you hope to eventually get signed to a label?

Since we are a brand new band with no members from other notable bands or anyone popular from YouTube, so the DIY approach was our only choice. We started from nothing and got to where we are through hours and hours of self-promotion on  Facebook, Twitter, and occasionally Instagram and several music stores/outlets like iTunes, Spotify, etc. We have made many connections with many awesome people and other bands along the way. But yeah I think like any band hoping to get noticed we would love for a legitimate label to recognize us someday.

7. Who produced "Sleepers" and what was it like working with them?

We worked with Drew Fulk and Kyle Odell at Think Sound Studios in Greensboro, NC. It was an awesome experience getting to stay in the studio, hang out and record and just do what we love to do.

8. Who did the cover art for "Sleepers" and how much input did you have on it?

We had Chris Shelley from At The Skylines do our design, but even though he didn't do the exact design we had in mind, we liked what he made up for us after a few tweaks of our own we conceded and went with the design.

9. How would you say the new album compares to your previous works?

We believe that on our new album we became more familiar with the direction we want to take our music and trying to develop something unique but also similar to what our fan-base is used to listening to.

10. What’s the writing and recording process for you?

Well we usually write most of our ideas separately and then bring what we like best to the table and we collaborate on songs and put in the finishing touches. When the music is written it usually takes us a while to put the money together for recording, because the cost of recording is very expensive.

11. Are there any surprises or any collaborations on the album?

Nope. No secrets or anything sadly. It's just our hard-earned  chance to show how we've grown as musicians and to keep new music coming because to us it always remains in the deepest parts of ourselves and music is how we speak and connect to others just as our favorite bands have done for us when we were young. So we're taking every chance we can to keep that going for people today and in the future.

12. What's your take on "Sleepers" as a whole?

The album "Sleepers" is just our progression from the previous EP. All of the songs are more well-rounded and we're coming into our own as musicians and further developing our writing style and sound.

13. What's your favorite song on the album right now?

It's a hard choice for all of us, but we would have to say it's a tie between "Underlings" and "Sleepers"

14. Is it important for you to paint visual pictures with the songs?

We're very straightforward most of the time with our lyrics so we don't normally paint a metaphoric picture for anyone. We just like for them to make their own sort of connection to our music.

15. What would be the cinematic equivalent of "Sleepers"?

Any Bruce Willis movie hahaha.

16. Did the band have any definitive goals they were shooting for before the recording process began for this album?

Honestly we just wanted to get the album done because we were sitting on the new music for quite a while before then and we could only afford so much time in the studio so we took what time slot we could get and sort of had to rush the process.

17. Are you using any new instrumentation you've never used in the recording process before?

Instead of using normal programmed drums we sampled our drummers kit for the recordings and we dropped tuning from C to A.

18. When did you start writing for this album?

We Started writing for this album back in January/ February of 2013. Shortly after Chris Lee joined.

19. Did you feel any pressure whatsoever to do this follow-up?

No no pressure at all. we were a bit daunted by the number of questions and it's pretty hard for all of us to get together and really answer the questions as a whole group.

20. Is there any story or concept behind the "Sleepers" title?

The concept behind "Sleepers" is that there are so many people that are unaware of the horrific events that are happening in the world around us. but it also leads into the concept behind our name of going unnoticed.

21. How was the vibe in the studio?

The studio had a very chill vibe. just a bunch of dudes hanging out, eating fast food, and recording music!

22. When can we expect the new album to be released?

It should be released around April of 2014.

23. Can you tell me about the song and video for "Underlings"?

"Underlings" is a song of pulling inspiration from negativity and overcoming being rejected and put down by others that say you aren't good enough.

24. What are the upcoming plans as far as playing shows and touring?

We want to be done with local shows for a while and get a tour going if/whenever possible. Not sure what all of our plans are as of right now, but we're pretty much ready to drop everything to tour, We've attempted it once before and we loved where it took us. So we want to do it again, but with better planning and better promoting!

25. What should labels/zines/promoters know about your band? Why should they be interested in it?

We believe we bring a different sound to the post-hardcore genre.

26. What can the fans expect to see from you in the future?

New merchandise eventually, even more music, and us in their city soon!

27. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

You can listen to us on Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, You can buy us on iTunes and we have a merch store usghosts.bigcartel.com.


28. Have you heard of Us, Ghosts?

They're some handsome fellows! You should check them out! ;D
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Mercies End are a 4 piece melodic metal band from Melbourne,Australia. Not content with following the trends set by the cookie cutter bands flooding today's market, Mercies End have pooled it's wide range of influences to create a sound that will appeal to a larger audience and ultimately stand the test of time. With songs that are as infectiously catchy as they are heavy, Mercies End's blend of stadium sized melodies, air tight riffs and thunderous drums will be sure to carry them to the upper echelon of metal.


1. Can I get a backstory on the band/ band biography?
 
The band started in mid 2012 by Brandon Sciberras (guitar/vocals), then the other members; Kon (guitar), Tim (bass) and Ben (drums) joined over time.

2. How did you guys come up with your band name?

The band name was thought of by an ex-girlfriend and we just stuck with it.

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

The band is based in Melbourne, Australia. The local scene over here is pretty good but there are more hardcore bands and not many bands like us.

4. What lyrical theme do you guys use in your music? What message do you want to send?

The lyrical themes are inspired by personal experiences and then exaggerated for the songs, the message behind many of the songs are that people have the strength to overcome anything if they just put their minds to it.

5. What bands have influenced your band and its sound?

Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Iron maiden, Bullet for my Valentine, Trivium, etc.

6. Is there any story or concept behind the EP title?

The EP title is just the name of a song, the songs lyrics talk about someone coming to the end of their life and realising they didn't achieve anything they wanted to when they we're younger.

7. Who produced the EP and what was it like working with them?

The EP was self-produced and sent to Monolith Studios for mixing and mastering, it was a good experience although next time we intend on working with a producer.

8. Who did the cover art for the EP and how much input did you have on it?

Brock Chamings did our cover art, he read our lyrics and based the art on what he took from them. It was interesting to see somebody else s take on what we were saying with our lyrics and we liked what he come up with so it was a very quick process.

9. Do you guys have any new music in the works as far as a follow-up release?

We are currently working on our debut album which we will be recording very soon, it will be a much higher quality release in terms of both music and production and will show how much the band has grown in the past year.

10. Will you be shooting a video for any of the songs off the EP?

No, we released a lyric video for a single we made in June of this year which can be seen on YouTube, but because we are recording an album we will make a video for one of the new songs instead.

11. What are your upcoming touring/show plans?

We just finished a headlining run of Australia, but we want to head overseas as soon as possible so we are always working on making that happen.


12. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Our music can be found on Facebook, YouTube, and bought on Bandcamp.

13. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

We like our listeners to remember our choruses so they can come to a show and sing along with us

14. What can the fans expect to see from you in the future?

The fans can expect to see and hear some new songs very soon as we will be playing an entirely new set when start playing live again in 2014, we will also be releasing the album sometime then as well.

15. Any final words of wisdom?

Follow your dreams, work hard and listen to Mercies End. :)
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Evacuate is a 6 piece punk rock band from Southern California, who for the last 7 years have been captivating audiences worldwide with their politically and socially charged punk rock assault. With influences ranging from bands like the Sex Pistols, Chelsea, UK Subs, to hardcore acts like Broken Bones,Negative Approach and the English Dogs. Evacuate’s releases and live sets cover a wide range of the punk rock spectrum. Guitarist Karlos Evacuate discusses the band's musical influences, new music, and plans on playing some shows and touring!


1. Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Evacuate, and how long the band has been together.

Karlos: Greetings! My name is Karlos, I'm the lead guitarist for Evacuate, and the band has been around since early 2007

2. Tell us the brief history of your band.

Karlos: LOL wow where do I begin hehe...Well pretty much after Cheap Sex(Mikes old band) and Lab Rats(my old band) broke up, 3 members of Cheap Sex, myself, and a drummer named Ryan formed Evacuate. The band went through a number of lineup changes over the years, released 2 full length albums and 1 7"ep, and have played across Europe and throughout Americas west coast with many of our favourite bands from yesterday, and top bands of today. The current lineup of the band is:  Mike Virus- Vocals, Karlos Evacuate-Lead Guitar, Tony Cortez- Rhythm Guitar(us 3 have been in Evacuate since our first album) Kevin Nguyen-Rhythm Guitar, Kevin Kane- Bass Guitar and Riff-Raff- Drums.

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there?Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Karlos: Half of the band is from the San Diego/Oceanside California area. The scene there is kinda small now, depending on what style of punk your into I guess. The older rock n roll/power pop scene or crust/grindcore scene seems to be doing ok, the street punk/oi! scene is not as prevalent as it used to be, especially with the lack of all ages venues. The other half, including myself, lives in the greater Los Angeles/Orange County area. The L.A. punk scene is getting hot again,especially in east L.A. and South Central areas, OC is good especially in Santa Ana, I haven't really been around the Inland Empire much lately but i'm sure they got something great going there too. Bands I would recommend would be Rat City Riot, Sytematic Abuse, San Deviants(rip) and Störta out of the San Diego area.....and Generacion Suicidia, Damages, Poliskitzo, Fangs on Fur, and Ex-Gentlemen out of the LA/OC area.

4. What type of band are you?

Karlos: I like to say we are a straight up, no bullshit, no gimmicks Punk Rock band. We do get lumped into the street punk scene cos of our 80's UK hardcore and oi! influence, but that's not where Evacuate stops. We also have alot of musical influence from early 77 UK and US punk, to Anarcho punk, as well as American, Japanese, Swedish and Finnish hardcore and even some early metal influence like Motorhead or Iron Maiden. We love punk rock throughout its whole musical spectrum and we try to incorporate whatever we like, and its not an attempt to pander to everyone in different punk sub-genres, its just 6 guys playing the music that we love, no need for labels or subcategory, just trying to bridge the gap between old school and new school.

5. Why did you want to name the band Evacuate? What does it symbolize and represent for the band?

Karlos: We took the name from the Chelsea song "Evacuate.'' Chelsea is one of our favorite bands, as well as the song Evacuate, plus it sounds tough and not sure anyone's used it, not that we know of anyways.
Cool story... The guys from the band Chelsea were so stoked about us using their song title as our bands name. Their guitarist and drummer even went up on stage during our first of two sets at Rebellion Fest and played the song with us when we covered it as part of our set. To me it was like time had stood still, I remember playing the songs solo standing next to Chelsea's guitar player who was also playing the same leads. We both looked over at each other with these huge shit eating grins, it was unreal.

6. Who are your musical and non-musical influences?

Karlos: Musical(as a guitarist/songwritter); Rikk Agnew, Johnny Thunders, Bryan May, Terry Bones, Steve Jones, Joe Strummer. Non-Musical (speaking for myself as a person); Hailie Selasie1, Dr.Vernon Carrington, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Ghandi, Buenaventura Durutti, Pancho Villa, Joaquin Murrietta, JFK, Che Gueverra.

7. What are your songs about? (What specific themes do they cover?)

Karlos: Our song topics include lyrics about today's social/political/economic issues, personal feelings, keeping positive in a negative world, being an individual, and not making punk rock an excuse to act like a jerk or live like a scumbag.

8. Do you write your own songs? (Discuss the songwriting process in detail.)

Karlos: Usually one of us writes an instrumental, we record it individually at home, put it up on our kompoz internet account or send mp3s to each other, learn it at home, while adding parts and Mike adding lyrics. Next when, we get together at practice on Sundays, we loop the song piece by piece, add and subtract instrumental and vocal parts...put it all together..and BOOM! We have a song!

9. What about your music, do you have anything new in the works?

Karlos: Yes, as mentioned before, we just recorded a new single which will be released in April, just in time for our West Coast Tour w/ The Virus. We are also in the midst of writing our 3rd album which we hope will be ready by the end of summer/mid fall.

10. What are your dreams and goals?

Karlos: Personally just living a healthy, productive and prosperous life comfortably, continue to play music and travel the world and try to be successful at anything I try to do. As a band I just hope whatever we do influences someone out their to start their own band, make their own voices heard. Make people aware that yes even though we do live within an oppressive system run by money hungry, blood thirsty war monggers and shady corporations, we still have the power to change that. And we still have the power and the right to happily live life as we see fit, as long as we don't hurt our neighbors, or brothers and sisters.

11. What should labels/zines/promoters know about your band? Why should they be interested in it?

Karlos: That we are a hard working, honest, play our music with a sense of purpose,and we are as real as it fucking gets. They should be interested in us because we love doing what we do, and will give anyone who is interested in us(including our fans,and live audience) 110% every time.

12. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Karlos: Directly through

www.evacuatepunks.com
 www.evacuaterecords.com
www.interpunk.com
www.angryyoungandpoor.com
www.facebook.com/evacuatepunks
www.reverbnation.com/evacuate

13. What plans do you have for the near future as a band?

Karlos: Our aforementiond new "Our Lives" 7 inch, a West Coast Tour with The Virus in April, and our 3rd full length release later this year.

14. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

Karlos: How awesome we sound, and to pay attention to the messages our lyrics try to convey.

15. Any final words of wisdom?

Karlos: Yes! Thank you for your continued support, and that no matter who you are, no matter what you do...you matter! Musically, politically, socially, spiritually. Don't ever feel like you cant make a difference, all it takes is believing in that you can!
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In the celebration of his 10th anniversary, Bass Metal overlord Zardonic has released three tracks in collaboration with Sweden's metal prodigies, The Unguided (led by ex-Sonic Syndicate members), included in the limited edition of their most recent album "Fragile Immortality". The tracks included are "When All The Seraphim Cry", "Unguided Entity (Zardonic Remix)" and "Deathwalker (Zardonic Remix)", featuring the voice of Hansi Kürsch, frontman of the legendary german heavy metal band Blind Guardian.

"Fragile Immortality" has been available in Europe since the 31st of January, and is available in North America since, February 14th..

The label in charge of the album's release is the legendary Napalm Records, who's amazing roster includes Candlemass, Cavalera Conspiracy, DevilDriver, Grave Digger, Hate, Kampfar, Lacrimas Profundere, Legion of the Damned, Monster Magnet, Moonspell, Summoning, Tiamat, Tristania and Vintersorg, to mention a few.

Listen to "Deathwalker (Zardonic Remix)" HERE.
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Heavy metal dudes Skull Fist are currently on the road touring about, with two releases under their belt, their debut album "Head of the Pack" and follow-up release "Chasing The Dream". Guitarist Jonny Nesta talks of the band's releases, playing shows, and plans ahead.


1. Can I get a backstory on the band/ band biography?

Jonny: Most of us met at camp, we shared bunks and Jackie saved me from drowning once. We met Casey on a canoe trip when Casey's canoe sank after hitting a beaver dam. We've been pretty close friends ever since.

2. How did you guys come up with your band name?

Jonny: We got it from a biography, not an autobiography, but quite a good one, well written for sure.

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Jonny: We are from Toronto Canada, lots of great music there actually, Cauldron, Midnight Malice, Blood Ceremony, Axxion, Call of the wild, fuckin lots of great stuff. My buddy Kevin, he's pretty cool, this guy I know Chris really likes music, it's a pretty strong thing.

4. What lyrical theme do you guys use in your music? What message do you want to send?

Jonny: SATAN!

5. What bands have influenced your band and its sound?

Jonny: Actually we steal all our music from Dokken but we play every riff backwards and change the tempo. that's a secret though so just edit that out. cool?

6. Is there any story or concept behind the Head Of The Pack title?

Jonny: If you're not at the head of the pack, you're running in the middle, or back, which is not as good, like if we're talking a pack of dogs, I would imagine the ones in the middle or back would just be looking at a bunch of other dogs' butts, which isn't as nice as if you were at the front you would have a better view of what was happening, which would be good, if you were running somewhere cool, if it was somewhere bad perhaps being at the back would be better though, maybe?

7. Who produced Head Of The Pack and what was it like working with them?

Jonny: Our buddy Daniel recorded it, I guess we produced it, it was pretty fun working with ourselves. Daniel is fun too, he understands the importance of ice, if you run out of ice, you're not going to have a good time recording because your drinks will get warm. Also he's really good at recording so that helps a lot.

8. Who did the cover art for Head Of The Pack and how much input did you have on it?

Jonny: Phil Bernard drew the cover, he's really great, he does most of our artwork. We kind of ask for an idea and he draws up something awesome, it's great.

9. Do you guys have any new music in the works as far as a follow-up release?

Jonny: Yes, Chasing the Dream is the new record, currently available at Wal-Mart exclusively, well not exclusively, but you can probably buy it there, well, perhaps not buy it there, but I don't think they would have a problem if you entered the store carrying the CD, maybe it would be frowned upon at worst, but I don't believe it would be illegal. But you can definitely get it, it's got a bunch of new songs.

10. Have you shot any videos for any of the songs off these releases?

Jonny: There is currently a video for the title track off our debut Head of the Pack. Then there's another video for Commit to Rock. We already made a video for You're Gona Pay off the new record Chasing the Dream. It was quite high budgeted you should check it out we really spared no expenses on it.

11. What are your upcoming touring/show plans?

Jonny: Right now we're on tour in Europe with Enforcer and Vanderbuyst, it's really fun, shows are going great, we're about half way through, still I think about 16 shows left.

12. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Jonny: You can listen to our band wherever you would like mostly, if you're in public you can use headphones so you don't disturb the people around you. If you're in private you can usually use a stereo and play it a bit louder. You can buy our stuff from our international merch store, or maybe from a friend who bought some stuff and didn't like it, then maybe they will sell it to you for a good price?

13. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

Jonny: I'd like them to think, "I've heard worse".

14. What can the fans expect to see from you in the future?

Jonny: Probably more playing, some more albums, nude calenders, the usual type of stuff.


15. Any final words of wisdom?

Jonny: Stay in school or not whatever.
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