Bestial Evil Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
We Have regrouped and have been writing for a new record we hope to release by the end of the year.
2.A few months back you had released your first album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?
I would say we are lashing death metal. We incorporate old school death metal with a modern grind/thrash metal edge. Total power, savage speeds and catchy deliveries through and through.

3.The band has been around since 2003 but waited until2016 to release any music, can you tell us a little bit more about the first 2 years?

We have gone through a few line up changes, we had a demo recorded that never got officially released. We decided after much thought to wait due to stylistic changes.

4.Some of your lyrics deal with aliens and government conspiracy theories, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in these topics? I believe the entity we call "government" has hidden agendas, I also believe the human race is far knowing the truths about the entities in charge of running the show. We all are pawn to their game. We all live to be controlled, change is coming.

5.Do any of the band member also have any interest in Occultism? We are not involved in occultisms. We are free thinkers who have our own agendas. We don't follow occultist life styles.

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance? We have played with a slew of rad bands. We always try and bring the best show performances we can. However line up changes had to happen to maximize our full potential. We are ready to destroy! A few months ago we played Philly at useles Christfest 14 with Suffocation, Malignancy, Birdflesh, and many others, We also played with Nile in Baltimore last January, As well as crushing with Unholy Grave and Warmaster from Texas in DC back in 2014. We have played with a lot of rad bands. Horrendous, Deceased, Vastum, Cemetary Filth, Coffin Dust, Castle Freak, Scorched, Headrot, Bog of the infidel, Sire, Noisem, Maryland Deathfest 2015/2016 sidebar gigs.

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future? We have a show coming up October 22nd with Conclave, Inhumation, Bound by the grave, Vermord, and others!

8.The album was released on 'Lost Apparitions Records' can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
This label is killer has release many awesome bands, they are a label out of Luray, Virginia. It's run and operated by one of the coolest guy in the scene. Stush Hensh is the man behind LAR and he does great things for the local and out of state death metal!!
9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to you music by fans of extreme metal?
It's been actually really awesome, we have sold and keep selling a lot of records\m/

10.Are any of the band members also involved with any other bands or musical projects these days? Our members are in a few other bands.

11.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future? We are heading into a more brutal take of what we do now, more brutal death for sure.

12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays? Severe Torture, Vomitory, Blood Red Throne(Old stuff), Decapitated, Napalm Death, Defleshed... I am currently listening to a lot of different bands from Blood Incantation, Asphyx, and The Chasm, to Vomitor, Autopsy, and Demigod to name a few.

13.What are some of your non musical interests?
 Traveling, Science, and writing.

14.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Yes, We are going to rise up and smash the fuck out of the scene one day! We are coming fierce! Horns up!

Chariots Of The Gods/Ages Unsung/2016 Full Length Review

  Chariots Of  The  Gods  are  a  band  from  Quebec,  Canada  that has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  mixture  of  melodic  death  metal,  metalcore  and  thrash  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2016  album  "Ages  Unsung".

  Clean  guitars  start  off  the album  along  with  some  synths  in  the  background  before  going  into  a  heavier  direction  and  after the intro  both  of  the  riffs  and  leads  go  into  more  of  a  melodic  direction  as  well  as  adding  in  some  metalcore  style  shouting  vocals,  death  metal  growls  and  clear  singing  as  well  as  a  small  amount  of  high  pitched  screams.

  All  of  the  musical  instruments on  the  recording  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  solos  and  leads  also  demonstrate  a  great  amount  of  talent  and  skill and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  pianos  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  blast  beats can  be  heard  while  some  of  the  riffs  bring  in  modern  thrash  elements  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  they  also  bring  in  a  power ballad.

  Chariots Of  The  Gods  creates  another  recording  that  takes  melodic  death  metal,  modern  thrash  and  metalcore  and  mixes  them together  to  create  a  style  of  their  own,  the production  sounds  very  professional  for being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  Science  Fiction,  Ancient  Astronauts  and  Mythology  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Chariots  Of  The  Gods  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  melodic  death  metal,  thrash  and  metalcore,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Of  Prometheus  And  The  Sacred  Flame"  "War  Of  The  Gods"  "Through  Darkness  And  Decay"  and  "New  World".  8  out  of  10.

Coma Cluster Void/Mind Cemeteries/2016 Full Length Review

  Coma  Cluster  Void  are  an  international  band  with  members  from  Canada,  United  States  and  Germany  that plays  a  musical  style  they  describe  as  being dissonant  death  math  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2016  album  "Mind  Cemeteries"  which will  be  released  on  August  26th.

  A  almost  silent  drone  sound  starts  off  the  album  before  getting  more  powerful  along  with  a  brief  use  of whispers  and  after  the  intro  the  music  goes  into  more  of  a  heavier,  brutal  and  technical  direction  along  with  some  death  metal  growls  and  when t he  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard.

  A  great  amount  of  prog  and  math  metal  elements  can  be  heard  throughout  the  recording  while  the  vocals  at  times  also  bring  in  a  touch  of  hardcore  along  with  a  small  amount  of  spoken  word  parts  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.

  Some  tracks  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  melody  and  as  the album  progresses  the  music  starts  getting  more avant  garde  and  experimental  and  there  is  only  a  small  amount  of  guitar  leads  which  are  also  done  in  a  distorted  style  along  with  a  brief  use  of  solos  and  one  song  also  brings  in  out  of  key  clean  singing.

  Coma  Cluster  Void  plays  a  musical  style t hat  is  mostly  rooted  in  a  technical  and  brutal  style  of  death  metal  while  also  mixing  in  a  lot  of  avant  garde  and  math  rock  elements  to  create  something  very  original,  the  production  sounds  very professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the lyrics cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Coma  Cluster  Void  are  a  very  great  sounding  avant  garde  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Iron  Empress"  "Mind  Cemeteries"  "Everything  Is  Meant  To  Kill  Us"  and  "All  Bitter  Endings".  8  out  of 10. 

Nothing Lies Beyond Interview

 1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
The band is currently working hard in the studio, due to the separation of our guitar players Guy and Elad, we had to find a new players in a short time and now we are working again on the songs from the album and also some new tunes for our release show of "Fragile Reality" and also for the next shows that will come after that.

2.You got your first album coming out in July, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?
Well the band is influenced by the Swedish melodic scene, bands like 'In flames' or 'At the gates', but we also tried to add some new sounds that will make the album more interesting. 
In the end result , the album turn out to be really "classic" melodic death metal album , with fast riffs, melodic choruses and some quiet parts that will remind people of the old melodic death albums that we all loved.
We also tried to add some new moderns sound , that can be heard during the songs in the guitar or drum parts and also in the production and mixing parts.

3.The band has been around since 2011 but waited until 2016 to release an album, can you tell us a little bit more about the first 5 years?

So yes, we've been sort of active since late 2011 but during those 5 first years we had to deal with allot of line up changes inside the band.
I think that until our first gig that happened in late 2012 if I remember correct, we had to part ways with 3-5 members , and that problem really delayed the band progress..
But since the first gig , we had a strong line up and we worked really hard on performing in every occasion that was presented to us , including our top gigs until now, with Children of Bodom and also in the same festival with Dark Tranquiility .
After the show with Children of bodom in 2014 , we decided that it's time to record our first album .

4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

Most of the lyrics in the album are talking about some struggles that we have as a human beings.
Relationship problem , or some other difficulties that we need to deal in our lifes..that is why we chose the album title to be "Fragile Reality" , it may be "banal" title , but I do think that it summaries the songs in the album in just 2 words. 




5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Nothing Lies Beyond'?

It's a little bit funny, but our name "Nothing Lies Beyond" was chosen by  mistake.
It was really in the early days of the band, we had only 3-4 songs that we worked on , and in the time, the band music genre was really different , we played more alternative rock songs and covers..
So, back in the day , we had a quiet song with no distortion parts, and we couldn’t  find any singer that matched our genre..so we decided to let the guitar player be the temporary singer just for this quiet song..
And we played it for some time ( during this period, we chose the name  "Hemera" to be the band's name, but later of we saw that there is a band with this name) and in one of the rehearsals, someone just said that there is a cool lyric part in this song that went like "…. And nothing lies beyond" .. and we all sat for a minute after that and realized that "Nothing Lies Beyond" is a really cool band name and it sounds great, so we had a little vote and chose together to be "Nothing Lies Beyond".

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?

I think that the top shows that we had until now were the gig that we were the opening act for Children of Bodom, it was the biggest show that we played until now, with 500-600 fans if I remember correctly , and it’s a memory that we will always remember.
There was also the "Metalfest" in Israel , when we were the opening act for big bands from Israel like " Desert" , "Salem" and of course the mighty "Dark Tranquillity".
And I think that beside those shows that were in a massive scale, we really enjoyed playing in a local production that we arranged and had an amazing crowd with us.
As far as our stage performance, we are trying to give everything on stage, so the crowd could enjoy with us.

7.Do you have any touring or show plans once the album is released?

After the album will be released , we are planning to make a big release show that will feature some surprises for our fans.
Beside that , we will arrange some local productions across the country , just to be able to give everybody a chance to hear the music live .
Our goal after the release will be to go on tour in Europe and really to play as much as we can , but I'm guessing it will take some time to make it happen.

8.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

We are definitely looking for a stable and a good label that will believe in our music in the same way we are.
We've received a few offers until now but due to the line up changes after the recording and a few other reasons that wasn't depend on us, nothing ended with us signing with another label.

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of melodic death metal?

Well, on a worldwide level , we've received until now only positive feedbacks on the album , it gives us the drive to keep going on and push the album as much as we can and to every place that we possibly can.
As I said before, the album has really melodic parts  , breakdowns and fast riffs so I honestly think that we can reach more people from other genres then just the melodic death metal fans.

 10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

I think that due to the fact that we needed to part ways with the two guitar players that recorded the album with us, and to the fact that one of them has written the basic foundations for most of the songs, the music for the next album will be a little bit different.
We will still remain a melodic death metal band and we'll try to keep the elements that we made on the album , but maybe in the next album we will try to discover some new genres to combine in the songs.


11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

As I said before, the band's music style is influenced by the melodic death metal scene from Sweden in most of the songs.
I think that the guitar parts are really influenced by bands like "In Flames" (a band that really influence us in their old albums), or sometimes breakdowns in the songs that will remind you some metalcore bands from the modern time..
We are trying to listen to a variety of music genres,in the guitar players case its bands from the death or progressive or even extreme metal genre..
We take a huge inspiration nowadays also from bands like "Lamb of God" or  "Heaven shall burn"..so to summarize it, we are trying to be open minded about the music that we hear and also about the music that we write.

12.What are some of your non musical interests?

We actually have a variety of things that we are doing in our free time,
Our bass player Alon enjoys photographing and skateboarding on his free time and our guitar player Tal also occupy himself with 3D graphics and video editing from time to time..
And of course everybody loves video games,  we usually organize once a month a "Playstation" tournament and just mess around.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

We want to thank you first of all for the opportunity and for the interview.
We hope that you'll enjoy "Fragile Reality" as much as we enjoyed creating it.
You can like us on Facebook, leave a comment if you have one and even let us know if you want  to hear us live at your hometown and we'll try our best to make it.

-NLB-

Bestial Evil/Infectious Cross/Lost Apparitions Records/2016 CD Review

  Bestial  Evil  are  a  band  from  Maryland  that  plays  a  brutal  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  with  a  touch  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Infectious  Cross"  which  was  released  by  Lost  Apparitions  Records.

  A  very  heavy  and  aggressive  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  blast  beats  a  few  seconds  later  as  well  as  some  high  pitched  screams  that  bring  in  a  touch  of  black  metal  before  mixing  them  in  with  death  metal  growls  and  the  music  goes  for  more  of  a  brutal  side  of  the  genre  while  also  adding  in  some  melodies.

  When  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  dark  yet melodic  fashion  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  while  most  of  the  tracks  are  very  short  in  length  and  the  music  also  brings  in  a  great  amount  of  thrash  influences  and  the  whole  album  also  remains  very  heavy  from  beginning  to  ending  of  the  recording.

  Bestial Evil  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  brutal  death  metal  and  mixes  it  with  old  school  thrash  and  a  touch  of  black  metal  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  Reptilian  Aliens,  Cannibalism,  Fear  and  Death  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Bestial  Evil  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  death  and  thrash  metal  with  some  black  metal  touches  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "From  Carnage  To  Cannibals"  "Draconians"  and  "Infectious  Cross".  8  out  of  10.   

Quinte Essentials Of Brutality Vol 1/CDN Records/2016 5 Way Split Review

  This  is  a  review  of  a  5  way  split  called  "Quinte  Essentials  Of  Brutality  Vol.  1"  which  will be  released  on  August  12th  by  CDN  Records  and  we  will  start  off  the  review  with  Australia's  Gape  a  band  that  plays  a  band  that  plays  a  brutal  form  of  slam  death  metal.

  Their  side  of the  split  starts  out  with  drum  beats  before  adding  in  a  heavy  bass  guitar  sound  as  well  as  some  guttural  death  metal  growls  and  elements  of  slam  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  can  be  heard  along  with  some  hardcore  style  shouts  only  on the  first  track  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  melody  while  the  songs  avoid  any  solos  or  leads  and  after  awhile  high pitched  screams  can  be  heard,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics cover  violence  and  porn  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Gape  are  not  really  a  band  i  can  get  into  since  they  are  not  bringing  anything  new  to t he  slam  genre,  but  maybe  more  hardcore  fans  of  the  genre  will  enjoy  them.

  Next  up  is  Cuff  a  band  from  a  band  from  Canada  that  plays  a  musical  style  they  describe  as  being  sci-fi  slam  grind.

  Their  side  of  the  split  starts  out with  sci  fi  movie samples  before  going  into  more  of  a  brutal  direction  along  with  some  deep  death  metal growls  that  get  very  guttural  at  times  and  the  riffs also  use  a  lot  of  slam  elements  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  grindcore  influences  can  be  heard  and  some  of  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a  small  amount  of  melody  and  the  music  also gets  technical on  the  last  track  along  with  some  guitar  leads,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics cover  science  fiction  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Cuff  are  a  very  decent  sounding  sci-fi  orientated  slam  grind  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out t heir  side  of t he  split.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Subhuman  Embodiment".

  Next  up  is  Urethal  Injection  from  the  United  States  that  plays  a  brutal  form  of  slam  death  metal.

  Their  side  of  the split  starts  out  with  a  very  brutal  slam  sound  along  with  some  guttural death  metal  growls  and  when  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  brutal  blast  beats  can  be  heard  and  there  is  also  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  samples  and  the  last  song  brings  in  technical  guitar  leads  while  some  melody  can be  heard  along  with  a  touch  of  deathcore,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics cover  gore  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Urethal  Infection  are  another  slam  death  metal  band  I  could  not  get  into but  some  people  into  this  genre  more  might  be  able  to  get  into  them.

  Next  up  is  Corprophemia  from Canada  a  band  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  very  technical  form  of  brutal  death  metal.

  Their  side  of  the  split  starts  out  with a  very  fast  and  brutal  sound  along  with  some  blast  beats  and  guttural  death  metal  growls  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  done  in  a  very  technical  fashion  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  killing,  gore,  flesh  and  dismemberment  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Corpophemia  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  brutal,  technical  and  guttural  death  metal,  you  should  enjoy  their  side  of  the  split.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Devoid  Of  Life".

  Closing  the  compilation  is  Infected  Cadaver  from  Denmark  a  band  that plays  a  brutal  form  of  death  metal.

  Their  side  of  the  split  starts  out  with  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  sound  along  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  as  well  as  some  guttural  death  metal  growls  and  grindcore  screams  can  also  be  heard  at  times  along  with  the  riffs  also  using  a  small  amount  of  melody  and  the  songs  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts and  when  guitar  solos  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  melodic  fashion  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  violence  and  goe themes.

  In  my  opinion  Infected  Cadaver  are  an  ok  band  for  brutal  death  metal  while  the  vocals  are  not  always  my thing.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Human  Sacrifice".

  In  conclusion  this  is  a  halfway  decent  split  with  some  bands  I  like  and  some  i  dont  care  for,  but  this  would  be  a  good  album  for  serious  fans  of  brutal  or  slam  death  metal.  6/5  out  of  10.          

Infectology/Innards Of Misanthropic Embodiment/Gore House Productions/2016 CD Review

  Infectology  are  a  band  from  Ecuador  that  plays  a  very  brutal  and  guttural  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2016  album  "Innards  Of  Misanthropic  Embodiment"  which  will  be  released  on  August  12th  by  Gore  House  Productions.

  A  very  fast  and  brutal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  death  metal  growls  while  some  of the  riffs  also  use  a  small  amount  of  melody  and  the  vocals  also  get  very  guttural at  times  while  you  can  also  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this recording.

  Throughout  the  recording  you  can  hear  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the  mid  tempo  sections  also  bring  in  elements  of  slam  and  none  of  the  songs  ever  use  any  guitar  solos  or  leads  and  as  the  album  progresses  an  instrumental  is  added  onto  the  recording  and  the  whole  album  also  always  remains  very  true  to  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  style.

  Infectology  plays  a  style  of  death  metal  that  is  very  brutal  while  also  getting  very  guttural  at  times  as  well  as  adding  in  a  touch  of  slam  to  create  a  very  heavy  sounding  recording,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  depravity,  sickness,  torture  and  misanthropy  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Infectology  are  a  very  great  sounding  brutal  death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Gorging  On  Misanthropy"  "Forced  Unnatural  Carnal  Knowledge"  and  "Inducing  Excruciating  Pain".  8  out  of  10.