Savage Annihilation Interview

Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never
heard of you before?

Dave (guitars / vox): Savage Annihilation was founded in 2002. We released
our debut demo, « Death In Progress » in 2003 and a split CD with
Decrepify, Ad Nauseam and Visceral in 2008. It’s quite hard to find
good and motivated musicians fans of brutal music in our part of
France but we kept going on and finally could record our debut
full-length, « Cannibalisme, hérésie et autres sauvageries » which is
gonna be released through Kaotoxin records on Oct.1st.  We
self-produced it. I took care of guitars, bass and vocals and Mike, my
brother, handled the drums. Since a couple month, we’re now a trio,
with the addition of Aara on bass.

How would you describe your musical sound?

D: I’d say Savage Annihilation is a brutal Death Metal band influenced
by the US and Brazilian scene of the 90’s. Evil, fast with some
technical parts.
Mike (drums): Yes, that’s absolutely the way I’d describe it too. Our
main influences being the likes of Morbid Angel, Krisiun and Cannibal
Corpse.

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

D: That’s a concept album I wrote. I wanted something dealing with
chaos, zombies, the Devil and the eradication of the Human race. The
lyrics are written on some witness of that human holocaust during
which Satan and his anthropophagus legions are coming to devour
Humanity.

What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

D&M: When the band was founded, Cannibal Corpse just released « Gore
Obsessed ». The band’s name is coming from their song “Savage
Butchery” and, then “Savage Annihilation” came to mind and we kept it.
It’s really fitting our music!

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

D: The best one we did, in my opinion, was this June, in Paris. Sadly,
our set had to be quite  short, but I really enjoyed it!
M: We’ve been having a bunch of good gigs before the line-up problems
occured (2009-2011), too! But one I’ve been digging a lot was a Swiss
gig with Nervochaos! One of the biggest venue we ever played!

Do you have any touring plans for the new release?

M: We’re currently booking a November French tour with our Spanish
brothers of Avgrunn. Good brutal Death / Grind as we like it! We’re
also playing the Loches en Grind Fest in France, on October, along the
likes of Cliteater, Hymen Holocaust or our friends and label-mates of
VxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC. We’re also planning an European mainland tour for
2013. Stay tuned!

On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans

of Brutal Death Metal?
The promotion started something like a week ago, so it’s really hard
to say, right now. I don’t know if our demo and split have really
circulated outside France so it’s hard to tell. But, our buddies of
Rabid Dogs, Bestial Devastation, Tools Of Torture, Avgrunn or even
Nervochaos seem to like our stuff, already.

What is going on with the other musical projects these days?

M: We’re working hard to record the debut full-lengths for our tow
other projects, Defecal Of Gerbe (Goregrind) and Brennkelt (Black /
Death). We’ll try to hit the road with the three bands as much as we
can, next year!
Aara (bass): I’m now also the guitar player for Blosus, a Death Metal
band from Paris.

What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

M&D: We already have two tracks written for our next full-length and a
third one is in the works. It’s still gonna be Savage Annihilation,
but with more maturity, too. On “Cannibalisme, hérésie et autres
sauvageries”, there are some tracks we’ve written years ago. So, the
next one will be more “up-to-date”. After all, this debut has been ten
years in the making, composition-wise, somehow. As far as we can
figure it out with these two new tracks, it’s gonna be a bit less
monolithic than on the current one.

What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music
and also what are you listening to nowadays?

M&D: The ones that influenced us are, among others, Morbid Angel,
Krisiun, Hate Eternal, Deeds Of Flesh, Death, Deicide, Nile, Cannibal
Corpse… but we’re listening to lost of other stuff too, like Heavy
Metal, Thrash, Gridncore, Hardcore and the good ol’ roots, Hard Rock,
like Deep Purple, AC/DC, Motörhead, etc.
A: Same here, but I’d add a huge love for Doom, Sludge and Stoner too!

Outside of music what are some of your interests?

D: music is all my life, I’ve got no interest in whatever else.
M: I’m selling second-hand music gear in a shop as a leaving. One day,
I’ll get a living out of Death Metal (kidding).
A: I’m a fan of photography and I’m working in an hospital. Nothing
really special, as you can see.

Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

M&D: Thanks for the intie! First one in three years and first one for
the release of “Cannibalisme, hérésie et autres sauvageries”! You can
listen to the album on http://kaotoxinrecords.bandcamp.com (at least a
track, right now, but there’s gonna be a full-album streaming down
somewhere during the preorders, too). Hope you’ll like our stuff!
Beware, we’re coming to  annihilate the whole world!

Scornage Interview

1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
Hi there ( at the moment we just are happy that our new album has been released and as far as we can tell, it is received very well by fans and the media (
We are in the middle of booking several shows to promote the new Album…guess there will be a lot ahead of us during the next  months (
Then we will start with the writing process for the next album….but that lies far in the future ;)

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> 2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and how it differs from previous recordings?
The sound on the new record was made by Andy Claassen; a true professional!!! And that shows within every note you can hear on the album. The Music itself stayed nearly the same as on the older releases, though we are constantly evolving musically. Our dutch guitarist Tom B. had a far greater influence in the writing of the songs than he had on “Born to Murder the World”. Due to that there are some Death-Metal influences we never had before in this amount. But I think it suits us well and makes our music more interesting.
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> 3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the new release?
Half of the lyrics deal with some personal trouble I had during the past few years. I tried to express the feelings I had and canalize them through our music…and maybe some other people can relate to that and take something from the lyrics for their life (
The other half deals with stuff that moved me somehow, for example there has been a big craze in Germany about priests molesting little children and they never really got punished for it!! I was going “WHAT THE FUCK???”…and the song “Holy Rape” was born.
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> 4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?
The name of the band consists of the Words “age” and “scorn” put together apparently :D
I don t want to sound too negative, but if u look at the world around us, there is a lot of stuff happening that really fucks u up!!...so to us it seems that we are living in the Age of Scorn!!!
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> 5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
We had several good experiences while playing live…but one of the best shows was in a German town called “Siegen” where we played as opener for “Heathen”….the crowd went crazy from the first song on….we were very impressed that the crowd seemed to have more fun while we played than….well u can guess (
We love to play live and enjoy it very much and I guess you can see that in the moment we enter the stage!! One word to describe it may be “sweaty” ;)
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> 6. Do you have any touring plans for the new release?
There are no plans for a real tour right now….but like I said before there will be plenty of opportunities to see us live in the next months. Just check scornage.com for touring news (
And if u find the time visit us on 15th of September in Aachen where we will play our release show for the new album (

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> 7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your newer music by fans of extreme metal?
So far the reviews and comments we got for “reaFEARance” were great!! I hope that the fans will give us a chance to stand up against bigger bands like “Kreator” or “Sodom”….I really think we deserve a chance ;)
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> 8. Are there any other musical projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?
Our drummer used to play in a Death Metal project called “InRuinen” but they quit some year ago…right now only our guitarist TomB is playing in another band by the name of “Retribution”…check´em out too….they are cool (
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> 9. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
We will always stay fast and thrashy!!! It in our blood to play fast music…we would never change our style due to pressure by the music industry or something like that!!
Don´t expect a “Nothing else Matters” from Scornage *lol*

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> 10. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
We are influenced by all the great thrash Bands we used to listen to for our whole life: Exodus, Testament, Overkill, Kreator…just to name a few (
Markus (bass) and Volker (git) are the truest thrashers in the band ;) there musical preferences are mainly based in thrash metal, though they are open to other genres too (
Tom (dr) is very fond of Black Metal and his all time favourite is Satyricon. He is also a big fan of Slipknot…which I can relate more to than the Black Metal stuff ;)
TomB (git) digs himself deep into technical Death Metal like “Necrophagist” but also bands like “Symphony X” or “Ayreon” are amongst his favourites with “Mike Oldfield” on top of it all (
I guess I am the “pussy” in the Band when it comes to musical taste ;)…my favourite Band is “Marillion” ( I love “Cradle of Filth” and “Overkill” but apart from that I am not listening to much metal music at the moment.
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> 11. Outside of music what are some of your interests?
Three of us have family or at least wives, they spend most of their time with when not involved with the band or work and the rest of us is wasting their time by playing stupid video games *lol*
To keep u on the edge of your seats I won´t tell who does what *lol*
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> 12. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
Thanks for the interview and we hope to see u all out on the road (
Cheeeerrrzzzz Guido (The Voice of Scorn)

Unchained Interview

1.       

Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?

Unchained was created in 2010 by guitarist Jonathan and drummer Olivier after he left his former band Kragens. When the line up was completed with Joel on bass, Thib on lead guitar and myself, Pierre, on vocals, we started to write songs and play gigs, like any other band. We released a self produced EP called Russia in 2011, then we got signed to M&O Music. Our debut album called Oncoming Chaos is released on this label on September 10^th.

2.      How would you describe your musical sound?

We all love both the aggression of death metal and the melodic side of heavy metal, I guess you can hear that in our songs. I’d say we play some kind of modern heavy-death metal with death metal vocals. The best of both worlds!

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

Some songs are about human behaviour like blaming someone or something instead of taking responsibility for your actions, or being led only by the lure of money. Some topics may be quite dark and gloomy, but we always try to maintain a glimpse of hope and optimism. We also have an atheist anthem called The God Delusion.

4.      What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?

The name of the band can be seen as a rebellious statement: get rid of the chains that bind you, you don’t have to do what society expects you to. Disobey, live your life and become who you really are. That’s what the song Unchained is all about.

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

We’ve mostly played in the south of France so far, specially on the French Riviera where we are from. Some shows are better than others, some audiences are more reactive than others…But we always do our best to deliver the best performance, both musically and visually. People who come to a show don’t want to see a bunch of statues looking at their instruments or their feet. So we try to inject a dose of rock n’ roll in our show, we even cover some Mötley Crüe on stage! After all everybody’s here to have a good time, right?

6.      Do you have any touring plans for the new album?

Sure! We’re playing a gig in Nice, our hometown, for the release of the album. Then we plan to play further and further away from home, we already have some gigs planned in Marseille and St Etienne. The goal for next year is to play as many gigs as possible, including some festivals. Some concerts are about to be confirmed soon.

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

Our album is not released yet, so the only feedback we’ve had so far was for our EP Russia last year. Most of it was very good, not so many bands play our kind of music in France. But it was for the most part local feedback, we’re looking forward to hearing what people think of our album, even though we play for ourselves and our fans.

8.      Are there any other musical projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?

This is definitely a full time line up, Unchained is everyone’s main band.

9.      What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

We’ve already started to write new songs in the rehearsal room. It’s too soon to have a clear idea of where we’re going, but the new material seems to be a little bit more technical than Oncoming Chaos, so far. But don’t worry, we’re not going to sound ‘djent’ or to play crabcore…

10.  What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

As I said before we can be influenced by classic heavy metal bands from the 80’s, such as Accept, Maiden or Priest, as well as Swedish melodic death metal bands like At The Gates, Dark Tranquillity or early In Flames. But I have to admit Steel Panther is my favourite band theses days, and I’m not the only one in the band!

11.  Outside of music what are some of your interests?

You mean besides sex, drugs and rock n’ roll? Well I’m French so of course football and cooking are essential to me! To be honest I spend more time eating than really cooking, but French Cuisine is one of the reasons I live.

12.  Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

Thank you so much for your time, and thanks to everyone who will take some time to read the interview. We’re going to release a video for our song Infernal Death Machine real soon so check it out, listen to our music online then buy the CD if you like it and come to see us play!

UNCHAINED

Label : M & O MUSIC 

Savage Annihilation/Cannibalisme , heresie et autres sauverageries/Kaotoxin Records/2012 CD Review

  Savage  Annihilation  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  a  very  heavy  and  brutal  form  of  gore/death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Cannibalisme,  heresie  et  autres  sauveragies"  which  was  released  by  Kaotoxin  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  gore/death  metal  riffs  that  are  very  heavy  and  brutal  sounding  with  some  technical  parts  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  chaotic  sounding  death  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  classical  guitars  which  are  only  utilized  on  one  song  they  use  finger  picking  to  make  the  music  sound  more  dark.

  Vocals  are  mostly  deep  death  metal  growls  with  some  high  pitched  screams  being  thrown  into  the  music  that  have  a  grindcore  feeling  to  them  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  French  and  cover  gore  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  and  heavy  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Savage  Annihilation  are  a  very  great  sounding  brutal  gore/death  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  style,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "L'  annihilation  commence"  "Devore  par  i'humanite"  "Dans  un  ocean  de  putridite"  and  "Le  soulevement".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

I Spit Ashes Interview

1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
At the moment we feel pretty chilled, cause our "baby" hit stores on 24th August. Apart from that we are rehearsing, playing shows and have fun these days...

2. How would you describe the musical sound of the new album?
Pretty inorganic from the sound itself but very deep and melodic, if the listener allows those feelings. We somehow have a futuristic, modern touch... Death Metal, Industrial, melodies... all you need for partying!

3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the new release?
We try to offer topics, everyone can identify with. They mostly base on experiences, thoughts etc. One should definitely read the lyrics because they have a meaning and are not just there for being!

4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind  the bands name?
It is like a slogan... and it could fit for everyone with one's own interpretations. It is also flirting with the phoenix legend. Rise and be!

5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
We had a lot of great gigs and we don't want to miss a single one, also some were signed by problems. We are energetic and don't appear like a "normal" rock band. We wear stage clothes and come up with extra light. As we are a young band we try to offer the most we can for short change overs!

6. Do you have any touring plans for the new release?
There are confirmed a couple of gigs and more are definitely to come. Just check us out on the internet regularly...

7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of extreme Metal?
Well, I think as many lovers we got as many haters come 'round the corner. But we concentrate more on positive input. To all others: go crying!

8. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
We don't try to invent I Spit Ashes new... it is more 'bout natural evolution, 'cause we have clear imaginations in our heads like what we want to sound. But we don't have borders and rules to fulfill those sound-imaginations. So we will see... the best would be you check it out in the future!

10. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Well the range of styles is wide. And there are a lot of great bands. But soundwise it is more about emotions and "soundpictures" than genres.

11. Outside of music what are some of your interests?
Some are surfing and doing sports but most of the time everything is about music and band.

12. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
Thanks for your interest in I Spit Ashes and giving a young band a stage to picture itself! To all the readers out there... Give "IBRL" a listen and don't care about genres... just the music!

Scornage/ReaFEARance/Massacre Records/2012 CD Review

  Scornage  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  mixes  melodic  death  metal  with  thrash  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "ReaFEARance"  which  was  released  by  Massacre  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  good  amount  of  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  melodic  death  metal  with  thrash  metal,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  thrash  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads  that  also  utilize  some  traditional  and  death  metal  elements.

  Vocals  range  from  high  pitched  screams  that  combine  melodic  death  metal  and  German  thrash  metal  together,   deep  death  metal  growls,  and  some  thrash/groove  metal  style  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  violent  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  Scornage  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  melodic  death  metal  and  thrash  metal and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  style,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Six  Minutes  To  Fear"  "We  Bury  Our  Dead  Alive"  "The  Holy  Rape"  and  "Stabbed  Again".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

I Spit Ashes/Inhaling Blackness....Inhaling Light/Massacre Records/2012 CD Review

  I  Spit  Ashes  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  plays  a  very  melodic  form  of  death  metal  mixed  in  with  some  modern  day  thrash  elements  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Inhaling  Blackness...Inhaling  Light"  which  was  released  by  Massacre  Records.


  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  synths  when  they  are  utilized  bring  a  very  atmospheric  and  industrial  sound  to  the  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  melodic  death  metal  with  modern  day  thrash  metal,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding    guitar  solos  and  leads  that  utilize  some  traditional  metal  elements,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  which  are  only  used  briefly  they  use  full  chords  and  finger  picking  to  bring  in  more  sorrow  to  the  music.

  Vocals  range  from  high  pitched  melodic  death  metal  screams,  deep  growls  and  a  brief  use  of  clean  singing  and  samples,  while  the  lyrics  cover  apocalyptic  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong, powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  I  Spit  Ashes  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  melodic  death  metal  and  modern day  thrash  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  style,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Missper"  "Crossing  The  Borderline"  "Towards  The  Sun"  and  "When  Daylight  Dies".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.