Melvins Are Meltdown Free

Metallic, experimental sludge pioneers the Melvins just launched a month-long tour of the western U.S. in Minneapolis. Dates run through Oct. 12 in Costa Mesa, Calif.

They will be touring to support their latest album, 'The Bride Screamed Murder,' which came out June 1. The set will likely feature material from that album, as well as the rest of their career, which began in 1983. The current Melvins lineup features founding vocalist and guitarist Buzz Osborne, drummer Dale Crover (who has been in the Melvins since 1984), drummer/vocalist Coady Willis and bassist/vocalist Jared Warren (both of whom joined in 2006).

"I'm playing with guys who are really good, and that helps a lot," Osborne told us. "They almost never have meltdowns or screw up on stage. A few things are gonna go wrong when you play 100 songs, but for the most part these are guys you can totally depend on. They're real solid."

That being the case, Osborne said that some of the Melvins tour dates will likely be far better than others, despite his intentions or the composition of the audience.

"Melvins have always been unpredictable that way," he said. "I cut our shows into three sections. A third of the shows are amazing. We can do no wrong and everything works perfect. A third of them are pretty good, and a third of them are lousy, and you can't decide that before hand. It's just something that happens. The cosmos -- I don't know why. It's just endless for whatever reason. You can't get through it, and it's not very good. But that's the beauty of playing live

U.K Doctor Uses Music Of Death Angel For Hypnosis

Nuclear Blast Thrash legends Death Angel may make music to drown out the voice of your nagging parent, but that's not all. Their music was recently used in a psychological study that shows that music both liked and disliked by subjects is equally disruptive to serial recall. One of the study's administrators, the U.K.-based Dr. Nick Perham, is a long time Death Angel fan and he used their song 'Thrashers' to test his hypothesis.

"We needed a track that most participants would say they did not like," Perham said. "Having been a fan of metal music since my teens, I was pretty confident that a thrash metal song would do the trick, as most people never seemed to like the music I liked. In choosing a thrash metal song, I needed a song that was heavy but also allowed the listener to hear many of the different components of the song. We chose 'Thrashers.'"

Participants were only allowed to participate in the study if they disliked thrash metal as a musical genre. Really? How do you not like thrash? This must have been an uncool sample of the population for Perham to study.

A summary of the research: Listening to music has proven to alleviate anxiety and depression, enhance mood and to increase cognitive functioning such as spatial awareness. However, until now, research has not addressed how we listen to music. For instance, is the cognitive benefit still the same if we listen to music whilst performing a task, rather than before it? Further, how does our preference for a particular type of music affect performance? A new study from Applied Cognitive Psychology shows that listening to music that one likes whilst performing a serial recall task does not help performance any more than listening to music one does not enjoy.

Liked music such as Rihanna and Lady Gaga, and disliked music, such as 'Thrashers' by Death Angel, was played to test recall ability, which was approximately the same.

Although music can have a very positive effect on our general mental health, music can, in the circumstances described, also have negative effects on cognitive performance. Perham remarked, "Most people listen to music at the same time as, rather than prior to, performing a task. But to reduce the negative effects of background music when recalling information in order, one should either perform the task in quiet or only listen to music prior to performing the task."

Death Angel's guitarist/vocalist Rob Castevany weighed in on the experiment, "The professor is a metal fan from his teens and is a Death Angel fan. The nature of the test was to see if people were distracted by music when trying to learn a series of eight consonants and numbers in an order. ... He picked 'Thrashers' off our debut album since it had acoustical variations within one song; a lot of parts. A lot of different breaks and time signature and parts changing, which is more distracting."

Castevany, the sole constant member of Death Angel, was not insulted in the slightest that his band's music was selected as being not easy to like. In fact, he was thrilled. He said, "I love it. It's cool. It's rebellious, extreme, attacking, aggressive. I love the fact that they did that. It was amazing to me. The results of the study overall proved it didn't make a difference if they liked the music or not; they were equally distracted by music."

Castevany continued, "It would be weird if it was used to relax people. Then I would be like, 'What the hell?' I am tickled pink about it. I do find the results interesting, as it makes you think. If you listen to music you like, you are focusing on it, so it takes your attention away from the task at hand. "

Death Angel's new album, 'Relentless Retribution",  is out now via Nuclear Blast.

Maryland Biker Sludge Earthride

Suzuki Weeders Earthride

Maryland doom has become a hallowed institution within the international heavy music scene. Whether it's the crabs, the crime or the salty sea air, whatever the magic ingredient is that inspires so many sweet riffin' bands to form is alive and well within the hairy chests of Dave Sherman and his merry band of bikers. Earthride are fresh from the studio, with a spankin' new record in hand.

With 'Something Wicked,' they more than prove that the proud tradition of Maryland doom will continue on. "I think it's in the water," Sherman told us "And because a lot of the music that comes out of here is inspired by Black Sabbath, Witchfinder General, Pentagram, the Obsessed and Asylum!"

For the band's fourth release, they decided to eschew the traditional route and instead take matters into their own hands, creating Earth Brain Records. 'Something Wicked' was recorded with Chris Kozlowski (Blue Cheer, Pentagram, Spirit Caravan, Trouble) on old-school A-DATS.

Sherman explained, "We decided to release the record ourselves, because we didn't want to involve a middleman. We wanted to be more like a fiercely independent Fugazi! We will get all the profits without anybody dipping their hand in the pot. We've been on Southern Lord in the past, which was awesome, but we're trying to handle it ourselves."

Not only will the record come lovingly packaged from Earthride themselves, but the inside booklet of the CD will include a little something extra for the more morbid (or accident-prone) fans: actual X-rays and MRIs from various injuries sustained by the band's members over the years.

Sherman divulged their origins, saying, "In a fit of adrenaline, I broke my foot jumping off a stage in Germany while on tour with Earthride while singing the Down song 'Bury Me in Smoke.' Eric has a bad back and might have to get an operation, so we have his spinal X-rays there. Rob had an infection in his nose and had to have it operation, so that's an MRI of his head. Kyle broke his hand twice. We're a hurting group of individuals."

It's not too hard to understand why a band that bills themselves as 'biker doom' have gotten knocked around once or twice.

"Earthride has a biker mentality. I own a 1987 Suzuki Intruder chopper. Kyle used to have a Triumph chopper, but it's not about the bikes we own, or have or want, it's about we're all riding on the earth together and mostly everybody that lives on the earth wants the same things in life: a place to sleep, food to eat, and love."

Sewer Legends Buzzov-en Climb Out Of The Hole

 Buzzov-en have emerged from their resinated caves  to embark on a string of headlining tour dates. The fall tour will mark the first time the influential band has toured in 12 years. Founding member and driving force Kirk Fisher -- who has an acoustic Southern blues project called K. Lloyd and the Disciples, featuring Down's Jimmy Bower and Soilent Green's Brian Patton -- has bounced back from a crippling addiction and reassembled the band's classic '... At a Loss' lineup with bassist "Dixie" Dave Collins (also of Weedeater) and drummer Ramzi joining him on the road.

"Hell yes I'm excited, and a little nervous as well though," Fisher spoke about returning and the prospect of having a case of road rust. "I've been doing more mellow bluesy/country stuff on and off over the past years with Jimmy Bower and some other NOLA friends with my solo project K. Lloyd and the Disciples, but nothing like Buzzov-en. I'm actually looking forward to re-tapping the angst and now, at least more clearheaded it should be coming from the raw anger that I, as well as many, deal with daily just trudging through life. Our major rehearsals are just getting underway, so the rusty factor I'm sure will be there, but I'm confident it's going to be like riding a bike as they say!"

Fisher was inspired to exhume Buzzov-en now for a myriad of reasons, some of it fan pressure. "Well after talking to Jimmy when Eyehategod had gone out for their first time in many years, I was inspired because he said a lot of the fans were asking him about us, 'cause I guess they knew of the K. Lloyd stuff that had been in the works over the past [three or four] years," Fisher said. "Yeah, I think it's time finally, and this is not a reunion. This is a re-beginning for Buzzov-en. This lineup with Ramzi and Dixie was by far my favorite, and I think we could really make something of this band again. We're going to be playing a lot of material from '... At a Loss' and some earlier Buzz stuff, but also expect some new stuff to get pulled out as well."

Fisher wasn't about to throw out reveal any more when it comes to the set list, saying, "I'm not giving any hints on that note. Come to the show f---ers and you'll find out!" If you can't make the initial run of dates, the band does plan a larger scale tour for the near future.

As for why Buzzov-en's legacy has endured, Fisher offered an interesting theory. "I think the legacy has endured for a lot of reasons," he said. "Some negative. Because let's face it, we all like to see a great car crash don't we?? Also, I believe that we and a few others like EHG, Sleep and Neurosis pretty much paved the way for many bands playing this heavy downtuned riffage. There were some before, but we also toured our asses off and left a trail across the States through much of the '90s, which as I said wasn't always positive.

"I'm excited to see a new generation get to see us and not be affected by the gossip and reputation that may not put us in such a good light, which honestly a lot of that is a few nights blown way out of proportion." Fisher wasn't kidding when he called these shows "re-beginning."

"Yeah, there will definitely be a new Buzzov-en record," he revealed. "Figured we would wait until after doing these few outings doing some live shows then set down and work out where we want to go with it."

Buzzov*en tour dates:
9/25 -- Charlotte, NC -- Tremont Music Hall
9/29 -- Chicago, IL -- Reggie's Rock Club (Buy Tix)
9/30 -- New York, NY -- Rocks Off Concert Cruise Aboard the Temptress
10/1 -- Baltimore, MD -- Ottobar
10/2 -- Austin, TX -- Emo's (Buy Tix)

Kerry King Likes Vinyl

 
Slayer's 30th anniversary is coming up next year, but don't call metal's reigning royalty old. The band is somewhat celebrating the anniversary with the Oct. 12 release of 'The Vinyl Conflict,' a high-end 11-disc vinyl box set which collects the band's entire sanguine American Recordings catalog from 'Reign in Blood' to 'World Painted Blood.'

That's a lot of platelets right there, and with the CD medium dying a slow death and vinyl experience a bit of a renaissance, Slayer are reverting back to a 'classic' medium such as vinyl. It's been years since the Slayer vinyl has been in print -- only the two most recent albums are currently available on vinyl, while the rest have been out of print for years and are very hard to find.

"I think that vinyl seems to be getting popular again since kids these days -- and not-so-young kids -- never got a chance to get into it. So it's new, but it's old," guitarist Kerry King told Noisecreep. "I think that is the idea of why to do it."

'The Vinyl Conflict' is newly packaged, but with no extra odds and ends. The purpose of the collection is renewed interest in vinyl, alonside the fact that Slayer fans probably have beat-up copies of the American Recordings classics and could use the new, beautiful presentation.

King said the initial naming process of 'The Vinyl Conflict' was generic and record label generated, like 'Vinyl Series of Slayer Recordings,' which King and company promptly nixed. "This isn't the Eagles man," King said with a laugh. "We have to have something cool. Everyone busted my balls, so I said, 'Give me a second, and I can come up with something.'"

The guitarist came up with something when he was consuming a libation at a local watering hole. "I was hanging in a bar, and I had nothing to do but think of Slayer ideas, so that's where I came up with it, and everyone loved it. All you need is a minute to clear the head and come up with it," King said.

'The Vinyl Conflict' collects 10 albums on 11 discs: 'Reign in Blood' (1986), 'South of Heaven' (1988), 'Seasons in the Abyss' (1990), the double-record 'Live Decade of Aggression' (1991), 'Divine Intervention' (1994), 'Undisputed Attitude' (1998), 'God Hates Us All' (2001), 'Christ Illusion' (2006) and 'World Painted Blood' (2009).

Down Presents New DVD October 5th

"Diary of a Mad Band' will be a three-disc affair - two CDs and one DVD -- clocking in at 130 minutes of viewing pleasure. It'll be on the shelf of your local retailers on Oct. 5. It is indeed a diary of Down on the road, as the audio discs collect the band's live performance in London. The DVD portion is a documentation of the band's offstage antics, additionally covering their 2006 resurrection, their practice room and the shenanigans that took place on their first European tour.



The bonus behind-the-scenes featurette is entitled 'Tyrades and Shananigans,' and it's unfiltered and brilliant. Collectors will also be happy to know
 that a 180-gram triple vinyl version with a bonus DVD will be available on October 26!
 
The DVD has everything a Down fan could want, especially that sneak peak into a day in the life of Down. "It's pretty close to that," guitarist Pepper Keenan, also formerly of that other essential metal band Corrosion of Conformity, told Noisecreep. "We're a bunch of kids who grew up together, playing music and eventually getting to bigger venues. We started out in the garage and we'll end up back in the garage, and the DVD hits everything in between."

The DVD was scheduled to come out in the Spring via eOne, but it was temporarily shelved. Keenan took us through the arduous process of the DVD, saying, "It was the first European tour and we had been through hell and back with death of Dimebag and Hurricane Katrina, so everything was piling up on us. We decided to go to Europe, play some shows. We had never been there. We started figuring out it'd do well, bring a film crew and capture the good, bad and ugly s---."

He continued, "Once we got back, finished it, filming the entire tour, where we played a city in each country, we put it together in order of the tour and the set list is in order of how we played, so it had a mathematical element. I can't tell you how many hours of sleep we foregone. I wanted to try and do it that way where it was not one particular city, but Europe in general. We had it done, we got home, had a new record and were reinvigorated to get back in the game and focus our energies, so the movie sat on the wayside.

"Once we pieced it together, two years later, looking at the footage, Warner Bros. passed on it and told us we could release it with someone else, in a nutshell. So we did that and found another label to put it out. But when the label saw it, they changed their minds. They wanted a piece of the pie after they saw it was not some homemade video bulls---. It was a bigger deal than it was before, and timing is everything in this stupid business."

Keenan cited the footage of Download/Donington in England as the "craziest" on 'Diary of a Mad Band,' which was a "secret" show for Down. "No one knew we were playing," Keenan recounted. "It was 11 in the morning, and as soon as they dropped the Down banner, people were jumping over fences, going ape s---. So that was a big deal, so you can see how many people are there. We played and as the credits roll, you can see everyone leaving in droves. That was a special moment, besides the drunk bulls---."

The crowd's reaction to the band's set was crucial to Down's future. "That was the pinnacle to convince Down we need to continue," Keenan admitted. "We'd be fools not to, so big thank you to Europe; [for helping] us get our s--- back together."

Supercoven

 Listen here, this interview rules and it happens to be with a “rapper”. Rap and metal has joined in the past and with disastrous results I might add. I won’t mention THAT “music” or THOSE “bands”. As the asshole purist that I am, it ain’t worth it. But with Goretex, it is WAAAAAY different. Like your Mommy said, “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”, or was it “hey stupid, stop jerking off or you will go blind”? FUUUUCK! Well whatever she said, she was RIGHT! Now Goretex is not only into metal. He is a MANIAC about metal. And he has been into the deep underground for years and knows his shit. So after I talked with him about how fucking awesome the Immolation Demo ‘88 is, I had to get a talk with him in here. Gore could have been a fucking opera singer after THAT talk, and I would have got him on here. But I was fascinated with how similar our taste in metal, as well as our overall outlook on shit is. This dude ain’t no trendy poser jumping around to different types of music because he is bored of rap. He is a true fan and he is more “metal” than quite a few people who might run into this interview on here. So read it and weep posers! And to the true, Goretex is one of US! And as he said, HAIL SATAN!

Abominator: Hails Mitch. Thanks for your time. What are you currently up to these days?

GORE: Cheers, brother..I’ve been in the studio for a while now cooking some new treats up for the album ..staying out of trouble. Not an easy task.

Abominator: I want to go back to when you first got into heavy metal. Talk about that. And what were the first records that you bought?


GORE: I think like a lot of kids i was into Kiss at an early age, like 4 or 5 but it was more for the toys, lunchboxes and assorted merch. They were larger than life back then, I identified with the imagery of Gene spitting all the blood bubbles, especially on Kiss Alive II. I got horny and stole a handful of Kiss ‘view masters’, which were these little cartridges youd stuff in this little viewer and you would hit the button and change pics when you looked through it, it was far out then. Around the summer of 80′ my mom was shipping me off to summer camp as soon as she could, i was caught breaking into and vandalizing my school , which was fucking dumb since i lived directly across the street from the school. I stole some cassettes from the counselors, like Priest “Point Of Entry”, “Killers” by Maiden which just came out..First i bought with my own cash would be “Number Of The Beast”, and “Screaming For Vengeance”..they were like $11.49 each..a shitload of cash then. In Malverne on Long Island back then i discovered some deserted train tracks behind my mothers friend’s house, so i journeyed down there to find all sorts of cult activity it seemed. This had to be like 80/81, typical ..bloodstained walls, Ozzy graffiti..upside down crosses, dead birds and animals. Bloody capes left around. Bad Maiden “Eddie’s” spray painted and a foul smell i couldn’t place. i think it was all downhill from there.

Abominator: What bands and albums of metal are currently blasting out of your players? Any “genre” of metal.


GORE: It always changes depending on my mental health i suppose. Right now Excel, Runemagick, Tribulation, Abruptum, Impiety, Sadus, Dokken, Black Torment, Hades(NJ), Ribspreader, Count Raven, Bedemon, Absu, early Scorpions.

Abominator:  When did you start rapping? Did heavy metal twist you towards the dark and extreme side of music?


GORE: My cousin got me into it he was a dj back then , had all the old school vinyl, boom box..all that stuff. I understood it completely, but didn’t think rapping about “Eddie”, or the flying thing from “Screaming For Vengeance” would be cool subject matter. Ive always been drawn to rhythmic structures in music primarily so i understood the asthetic value. Whatever satanic force/possession took a hold of me in the train tracks i think corrupted me for good. Hell Awaits and To Mega Therion had me cutting school to stay home and make custom spiked nailed gauntlets like Kerry King’s on the “Ultimate Revenge” VHS. My buddy Phil who killed himself in upstate NY, we had a band we started then called Warlock, or Hell Spawn..which was more traditional metal. He would wear corpsepaint and cut himself. Once “Ride the Lightning” dropped, everything changed. Everything became more extreme. I’d try to invite normal girls over from school, we’d order pizza and id alienate them by playing Venom, even Armored Saint or Cities. There were no metal girls back then i learned, if there were they were brainwashed by a guy, the usual. Shit, imagine there was internet in 1984/85, with hot sluts wearing Sodom longsleeves haha..I made money by stealing all the latest metal mags and cutting out all the pictures and framing them. Some girls wanted Ratt, or Crue pics, so id go buy cheap picture frames at the flea markets and get my hustle on. After that i started my own zine Graphic Violence, when i moved to the projects. I bought an electric typewriter which despite me breaking my ass, i was 12 years old, cutting out, collecting demos, typing and xeroxing, cutting everything and repeating it over. I was writing letters to everyone and anyone in the scene back then. It overtook my life. I was getting known as that “sick little fucker from NY”. Borivoj Krgin invited me up to his office to show me the lifesize cover of Atheist’s “Piece Of Time” in his office before the album was out, it was huge…Id call Alex from Testamant one day, cut out next day and interview Steve from Atheist, or Bob from Immolation. I’d walk up to Noize records to talk to Mille from Kreator when “Extreme Aggression” came out. Good memories..That is when shit meant something. PRE-fucking internet….I ruined 7th grade by being absent 68 days just to stalk the mailman cause i knew he’d have packages and goodies for me..I racked up hundreds of dollars on phone bills my mom couldnt afford, but got anyone that mattered in death metal and thrash in my zine at the time. i wrote letters to everyone..Nihilist, Immolation, Sindrone, Master, Genocide, Necrodeath, Xecutioner..Chakal

Abominator: Do you also produce and record your own music? Tell me about the process that goes into the song writing process for you.


GORE: I have produced some stuff Ive done for myself in the past and  on various solo stuff. The new record will have some stuff Ive done as well. the difference now is i have younger producers who are very hungry and dedicated to the art and cult. The Non Phixion stuff had big guys on it,  like DJ Premier and Pete Rock, but these days i don’t really hear too much new stuff that anyone does that i feel i cant accomplish on my own, plus i like to work with very hungry, ritualistic characters..i don’t need to pay anyone $8000 for a beat so they can go buy a car off my back, fuck that. No Thanks, been there done that. I work with people who still care about the music and its integrity and the ritual side of it. I think i take music way too seriously..with hip hop the words are very important, but these days hip hop is I feel with a few artists aside, is out of gas. Everyone wants to be a rapper, or DJ or producer, they think daddy buying them a $200,000 dollar studio will give them a career or respect..it’s not for everyone yet to the human eye they think it’s easy to do. It’s funny to also see every shitty confused deathcore band also, maybe 2 out of 60 do anything. If you make a gay florecent emo deathcore logo with pastel design’s, chances are your band will sell. One or two “new thrash” bands come out like Warbringer, Skeleton Witch or Violator and then theres 100 more newer thrash bands that suck and think theres a new renaissance brewing, not to say those bands suck there pretty good, but i think all of the “new thrash’ is missing that something. You cant recreate that history, nor will you ever get that crunch. Unless your Gary Holt. As far as rap i wont even call it Hip Hop, major labels are only signing that down south shit, or if you are related to Ludacris or have a shitty beat that can be raped as a ringtone you may get in,  other than that its all hook ups and closed doors, which is ironic since, underground rap is dead.There is no room for an artist to grow, and your canned if you don’t sell 150,000 copies of your first album. Its a mockery really. Labels are mortified and losing cash everyday. I’m content to sell cd’s out of a fucking trunk if i have too, its the same mentality as selling drugs. at least i know how many were sold. Everyone steals music or they use the old ‘If i download it and like it ll go buy it” haha that bullshit. It’s similar to a new black metal group with an unreadable logo, who threw together a basement tape rehearsing, out of tune, and put some paint on their faces. It’s all assembly line bullshit, except this guy has a two million dollar home, car and 70 chains on. It’s faceless. Truth is any one of these shitty rappers you see on mtv or where-ever are just moving large sums of drugs. They are getting away with it too. In that regard it’s cool. Fuck the system cause it’s all coming down soon. Get money FTW.
The process of writing for me is based on atmosphere or whatever trauma my head is in. It’s usually alone in the dark. Some out of body experiences at night, sometimes help me focus on getting the inner-subliminals out. The depression and confusion are molded into something visceral for me.There can be chemicals or not. I generally do a lot of research and like to read as well. I like getting the listener involved in ideas they are hearing in the music.

Abominator: Being out on the East Coast, do you get to check out a lot of metal shows? What are some of the best that you have ever been to?


GORE: I go to shows here and there if its worth it..Unearthly Trance, EHG, Sleep, Toxic Holocaust but most of the best shows i have seen in New York are the shows i would see at L’amours here in Brooklyn, probably pre -1991, which had the sickest in the east coast. I think seeing Death in 88 was probably the most bloodboiling, i didn’t understand how Chuck’s voice was so brutal but he didn’t open his mouth at all really and was effortless for him. Bill Andrews kick drums mangled me too particularly on his down/up beats. Leprosy just dropped. Carcass in 89 was unspeakable…The Exodus/Anthrax headbangers tour was great too then..King Diamond..Vio-lence in their first NY show, Prime Evil, Nuclear Assault..Cities. Destruction in 89 was savage, Entombed back then was also insanity. After Destruction I managed to sneak backstage and interview Schmier after the show. I didn’t drink beer then but he persuaded me to have one with him ,but i really wanted a Gatorade but felt like a pussy telling him that.

Abominator: Give me some of your all time top albums of metal.
That’s a hard one brother..First 4 Sabbath records, All Maiden’s stuff up to Live After Death, (somewhere at the beginning of 1986 i felt the powers being sucked out of that group.)
in noo order.


GORE: Manowar – Battle hymns

Obituary- Slowly We Rot

Voi Vod- Killing Technology

Slayer- Hell Awaits

Vio-lence – Eternal Nightmare
Celtic Frost- Morbid tales
Sepultura – schizophrenia

D.R.I – Dealing with it
Deathrow – Deception ignored

Anthrax – Among The Living
Sarcofago – INRI

Repulsion – Horrified

Excel – Split Image
Mayhem/Morbid live split

Saint Vitus- Thirsty And Miserable
Witchfinder General – Freinds Of hell/all
Entombed – left hand path
Def leppard – pyromania

Autopsy- Mental Funeral

Death – Scream Bloody Gore
Darkthrone – soulside
Kyuss- and the circus

Kreator – Terrible Certainty
Possessed – all

Immolation- Immolation
Napalm Death-scum

Metallica- ride the lightning

Witchcraft- all
Down-S/t (1995)

Morbid Angel – Altars Of Madness

W.A.S.P- (1984)
Terrorizer- World Downfall

Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry
Carcass- Necrotism

Blue Cheer- Inside/Outside

Atheist – Piece Of Time

At The Gates – Soul
Siege-All
Eyehategod- Take as Needed for Pain
Sleep- Holy mountain
Megadeth – Peace Sells

Abominator: Now give me some of your all time top hip hop albums.

GORE:
Rakim -Follow the leader.
Rakim- Let The Rythem hit Em

Wu Tang- Wu Tang forever

Geto Boys- ALL
NWA – Appettite for Destruction
Scarface- Mr Scarface

Ghostface killah – Iron man

Gza – Liquid swords
Dr Dre – The Chronic

A Tribe Called quest – First two

Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Links

Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation..

Abominator: What are some of the darker, heavier, more extreme rap/hip hop artists that you are into? You ever perform with Dalek?

GORE: I haven’t performed with them no, there cool though..I am not sure there is anything modern that is extreme, but whats extreme ya know?..Kool Keith, sure..he was a gas,  but some guy in a stupid 40 dollar cap with baggy pants he got at TJ Maxx 8 years too late is a fail. Maybe some rapper will mention Metallica and Obituary in their songs 32 times lol..that was impressive in 1989 when i was doing it. In 94 i was referencing Eyehategod in hip hop which is still 16 years ago ha… Whats extreme?..Some fat douchebag wearing a Slayer hoodie?..I see a lot of trendy unlistenable novice -bedroom horror rap, which is awful. They should die. The two genres should never be combined. Only by professional satanists.
The darkest moment period in hip hop is rapper Big Lurch..He smoked a shitload of angel dust, got into a argument with his girl and beat her, stabbed her 100 times and cooked her liver and stomach on the stove. He had dishes set on his table. When police arrived her liver was being boiled. There is an artist named Lil Boosie who style wise is a throw back to some of the Geto Boys stuff. He killed 7 people and has been tried for 2 murders, he wears a Lector mask too which is cool. He will get the death penalty. Other than that i am more intrigued with finish black metal and cheap obscure bay-area thrash.

Abominator: I will say a few things, just respond with one word of how you feel about them: Justin Broadrick. Black Sabbath. The Rza. Slayer. Public Enemy.
GORE: 1.innovator 2. Father 3. PCP 4. Kill 5. Riot

Abominator: What are some future plans for your next album? Any tour plans?
GORE: Right now like i said im working on the new record. I’m taking my time so it s not something i learn to dislike. Im not being rushed this time and there is no negative energy or jealousy straining this project. I am doing everything myself this time, Id hate to have to go to some record exec’s house and tie him up again haha..Once released i will be touring every crack and asshole of the planet to spread my apocalyptic rants and hatred.. It will be out before the end of the year. The Supercoven website will also be up very soon with tons of new merch etc. I will also be writing a book soon about my life, if i don’t die.

Abominator: Thank you for your time man! Any last words? Where can people check out your music and merchandise?


Thanks man….I also produced a band from NY,  Bleach Eater, they will also come out on Supercoven Recordings. They sound like Unseen Terror, Repulsion and Morbid Angel a bit, I produced their EP “Night Work” and we are working on their full length too. I have some shit up my sleeve. The Supercoven record will come out and for those of you wondering, yes i am legally no longer allowed to use my former name Goretex on cd’s, merch or dvd’s. I was ratted out to the actual company, with a highly thought out plot to try and destroy me. I have no name which suits me better. I will not be stopped.

Hail Satan.

Interview by Mike Abominator @ Metal Maniacs

http://www.metalmaniacs.com/2010/interview-with-goretex/

Watain/Goatwhore U.S Tour 2010

Nov. 6 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theater : TICKETS :
Nov. 7 Chicago, IL Reggies Rock Club : TICKETS :
Nov. 8 St. Paul, MN Station 4 : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 10 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre : TICKETS :
Nov. 11 Salt Lake City, UT Vegas : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 12 Portland, OR Branx : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 13 Seattle, WA Studio Seven : TICKETS :
Nov. 14 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 16 Orangevale, CA The Boardwalk : TICKETS :
Nov. 17 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge : TICKETS :
Nov. 18 San Diego, CA Ruby Room : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 19 Hollywood, CA The Whisky : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 20 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 21 El Paso, TX Club 101 : TICKETS :
Nov. 22 Dallas, TX The Loft : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 23 Austin, TX Emos : TICKETS :
Nov. 24 Houston, TX Numbers : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 26 New Orleans, LA The Bar : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 27 Orlando, FL Back Booth : TICKETS :
Nov. 29 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Nov. 30 Baltimore, MD Sonar : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Dec. 1 Cleveland, OH Peabody�s : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Dec. 2 New York, NY Santos Party House : TICKETS :
Dec. 3 Montreal, QC Les Foufounes : TICKETS COMING SOON :
Dec. 4 Toronto, ON The Opera House : TICKETS COMING SOON :

Where is John Hand?

In July of 1986, Chuck and Chris of Death, entered a Florida recording studio to start work on their debut album for the label, but due to various technical problems, the sessions didn't go past the initial basic tracks and the whole project was moved over to Hollywood's Music Grinder Studios. Paired up with producer Randy Burns, DEATH spent only a few days recording the LP before Chuck and Chris returned home, leaving Randy to mix the album. While waiting for the album to be mixed and mastered, Schuldiner and Reifert came in contact with a young Californian guitarist by the name of John Hand, whom they welcomed in the band, even going so far as to have his photo included on the back cover of the upcoming record. It was a decision that would later haunt the group, as Hand would leave the group prior to the recording of their second album and thus never recorded so much as a single note with DEATH. We do not know much about John, but we know he liked denim, killer weed and Kreator!

Mr Hand is a death metal legend and he continues to influence thousands of youngsters who are just getting into DM, just by his rad pic on Scream Bloody Gore!

Anthrax - Gung Ho

 A good song from a solid album, from a band who was hungry and brought new ideas into thrash metal such as for better or worse, comic books, Stephen King novellas, expensive sneakers, hip hop shirts and Bermuda shorts. Musically they were a very American sounding metal band influenced by Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. Anthrax injected melody into parts of songs that became highly catchy without losing the thrashy side to it all. Many hated them later on for changing their image, which Scott Ian defended by saying they are from New York and were just dressing like a lot of people there. Some from the New York hardcore scene also took pot shots at them as well for using, or according to them stealing the NYHC logo, which Scott displayed on shirts, amps and t shirts. They never hid the fact they listened to hip hop either. A little short time after their monster "Among The Living", they had released "State Of Euphoria" which according to most lacked in the heavy department, with average production. As a fan of the band i witnessed a steady decline that by 1991 it seemed the best days were behind them, though some may disagree They did a collaboration with hip hop group Public Enemy, who Scott, Frankie and Charlie loved. MTV picked up on it and even started playing it during the day. Friction over musical directions led to Joey Belladonna parting ways thus the end of an era..I myself enjoyed new singer John Bush better with his former band Armored Saint, i did like a couple of things they did with him later on like "Safe Home", or something like that. I thought that with new blood  in the band, they would go back to their heavier side which never happened. This video is from Europe in the midst of their popularity racing, something blood curdling also at the time about euro thrashers from that era. You don't see crowds like that anymore with that much appreciation.The scene was newer and more exciting as like anything something becomes old shoe. This peak was sometime in 85. Scott also had hair.