Invictus Productions, in conspiracy with Black Vomit Propaganda, announces the “Seven Dates of Heresy” U.S. East Coast Tour with Vircolac, Spite, and Sacrilegia!
This marks the first time both Vircolac and Sacrilegia spread their wings over the North American continent, particularly the US East Coast. Bringing Spite on board adds another barb to their collective attack, which sees the unity of black, death, and thrashing speed metal on display for U.S. audiences.
Kicking off Saturday, May 16th at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn and finishing at Maryland Deathfest on May 24th, the full list of confirmed dates are as follows: May 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar May 17 – Worcester, MA @ Ralph’s Rock Diner May 18 – Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar May 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Howlers May 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Cousin Danny’s May 21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland May 22-24 – Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest
Today, Purity ThroughFire sets October 31st as the international release date for Úlfarr‘s highly anticipated debut album, Hate & Terror – The Rise Of Pure Evil, on regular jewelcase CD and A5 digipack limited to 100 copies.
Since 2011, Úlfarr have stood for uncompromising, antisocial UK black metal – or, under their own banner of Cumbrian Black Metal. Helmed by Dominus, AKA Hrafn, who counts the equally prolific Thy Dying Light amongst his activities, Úlfarr released a couple demos its first few years and then a split album with comrades Hrafnblóð. Another demo followed in 2014, followed by, uniquely, two live albums.
Time has festered for five years as well as Hrafn’s hate, and at last comes Hate & Terror – The Rise Of Pure Evil, Úlfarr‘s debut album. Although released earlier by the cult Worship Tapes in an extremely limited edition, the fire burning through Úlfarr‘s first full-length statement has lost none of its potency. In fact, those flames are even more devouring: unapologetically traditional black metal in the vein of classic Craft, Darkthrone, Mayhem, One Head One Tail, and Death Cult. As ever, Úlfarr are inspired by the desolate landscapes of their homeland, the unrelenting dismal climate, and a shared disdain towards humanity in the overpopulated wastelands of modern Britain. You don’t so much as listen to this album as FEEL it – and it hates you, too.
DIY as always, Hate & Terror – The Rise Of Pure Evil was recorded entirely by Dominus, with drums programmed by Skoth and mixing & mastering by Azrael. No hope, and NO CONTACT! Úlfarr plays CUMBRIAN BLACK METAL exclusively!
Begin feeling that hate & terror with the new track “Hate & Terror – The Rise of Pure Evil – Part I” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Úlfarr’s Hate & Terror – The Rise of Pure Evil 1. Part I 2. Part II 3. Part III 4. Part IV 5. Part V 6. Part VI
NEVER SURRENDER FEST VOL. II October
19-20, 2019 Oakland Metro Operahouse Oakland CA, USA Facebook Buy
Tickets In
2009, Iron Bonehead and Nuclear War Now!
worked together to present the first NWN! Fest. The
collaboration proved fruitful and the event was a success, so we continued the
partnership, presenting four additional installments over the years. As
Iron Bonehead ascended to become one of the preeminent
underground labels, it began to make more sense to present bands from both
Nuclear War Now! and Iron Bonehead, resulting
in the Never Surrender Fest, the first edition of which took
place this past November. We held all of the previous fests in Berlin because it
was a centralized location, allowing us to bring more bands from Australia and
Asia, while also presenting many North and South American bands to a European
audience for the first time. Ten years later, it seems like the right moment to
put together a fest in the United States, particularly, Oakland, California—the
home of NWN! To that end, Iron Bonehead and
NWN! are presenting the first-ever U.S. edition of the
Never Surrender Fest, scheduled to take place on October 19th
and 20th, 2019, in Oakland, CA, with a pre-show scheduled for October 18th,
2019. There will be 16 bands performing, with 8 bands chosen from each label.
Full fest order follows, as well as poster art.
***SATURDAY OCT 19TH*** Doors: 3:00 PM
EOSPHOROS (USA): 04:00
PM – 04:40 PM BYYRTH (USA): 05:10 PM – 05:50 PM MORBOSIDAD (USA): 06:20 PM
– 07:00 PM BLUE HUMMINGBIRD ON THE LEFT (USA): 07:30 PM – 08:15 PM BONE
AWL (USA): 08:45 PM – 09:30 PM TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE (AUSTRALIA): 10:00 PM – 10:45
PM UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN (CHILE): 11:15 PM – 12:00 AM BLACK WITCHERY
(USA): 12:30 AM – 01:30 AM
***SUNDAY OCT 20TH*** Doors: 3:00
PM
ORDER OF THE NAMELESS ONES (USA): 04:00 PM – 04:40 PM CEMETERY
LIGHTS (USA): 05:10 PM – 05:50 PM HOUSE OF ATREUS (USA): 06:20 PM – 07:00
PM SIEGE COLUMN (USA): 07:30 PM – 08:15 PM VOLAHN (USA): 08:45 PM – 09:30
PM GRAVE UPHEAVAL (AUSTRALIA): 10:00 PM – 10-45 PM ANTEDILUVIAN (CANADA):
11:15 PM – 12:00 AM BLACK CILICE (PORTUGAL): 12:30 AM – 01:30 AM
French Lovecraftian black metal
masters THE GREAT OLD ONES have revealed a lyric video for the
song “Nyarlathotep”, taken from their upcoming
record ‘Cosmicism’
The band comments: “We are proud to present you “Nyarlathotep”, a song based on the Lovecraft’s text with the same name. What better than a dark and heavy track to bring us in front of the “messenger, heart, and soul” of the Outer Gods, to sink into madness and the knowledge of occult secrets. Enjoy the encounter, be afraid for your sanity. He is the scourge, he is the wounds, he is the purge, who brings the final dooms”.
The artwork for ‘Cosmicism’ has
been created by Jeff Grimal and can be viewed below, together with the
tracklist.
Tracklist 1.
Cosmic Depths (01:47) 2. The Omniscient (09:26) 3. Of Dementia (06:16) 4. Lost
Carcosa (08:57) 5. A Thousand Young (11:44) 6. Dreams of the Nuclear Chaos
(04:27) 7. Nyarlathotep (07:29) 8. To A Dreamer (07:34) Bonus
Track
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is
the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a
placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should voyage far.” H.P. LOVECRAFT
(1890-1937)
Channelling the spirit and literary heritage of author H.P.
Lovecraft, French Atmospheric black metallers THE GREAT OLD
ONES have returned with their most impressive work to date. ‘Cosmicism’
lures the listener deeper into darkness with intricate, beautiful and twisted
melodies, ultimately encompassing them with
madness.
THE
GREAT OLD ONES emerged in 2009 from the old parts of the ancient
Aquitanian harbour city of Bordeaux, FRANCE, a city famed for its secrets and
deep red wine. After releasing their first album, ‘Al Azif,’ the reactions of
critics and fans were unanimously positive.
The band followed up with
their second full-length, ‘Tekeli-li,’ which garnered even higher praise. As a
result, THE GREAT OLD ONES played a show at the acclaimed
Roadburn festival, opened for BEHEMOTH in their homeland, played at Hellfest,
and supported label mates SHINING and DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT.
The third
full length, ‘EOD – A Tale of Dark Legacy,’ (2017) marked another big step in
the band’s fast rising career. The five-piece took the road with the legendary
GAAHLS WYRD and embarked on a successful European co-headline tour with label
mates AUÐN from Iceland. THE GREAT OLD ONES also appeared on
the billing of respected festivals, such as Brutal Assault and Eindhoven Metal
Meeting, in front of a gigantic crowd of cultists.
Now, the French
worshippers of Cthulhu reveal their fourth offering to the old ones. “Cosmicism”
is a literary philosophy developed by H.P. Lovecraft. The idea behind
“Coscmicism” is that humans are godless creatures who are totally insignificant
in the grand scheme of our cosmic universe.
The production of this album
was entrusted to Francis Caste (SINSAENUM, LOUDBLAST, SVART CROWN, REGARDE LES
HOMMES TOMER, HANGMAN’S CHAIR) of the Studio Sainte-Marthe, who managed to
capture the singular essence of THE GREAT OLD ONES.
The
record is a true journey in the cold deep of space. Each song features a
Lovecraftian entity and parallel the dark destiny of the protagonist who meets
her and in turn, slowly succumbs to admiration and madness. Lyrics inspired by
H.P. Lovecraft layered over haunting, melodic beauty result in a perfect match.
Just listen and you will find out what awaits down
there…
Today, Chilean metal elite Slaughtbbath premiere the new track “Amulets of Carnage” The track hails from the band’s long-awaited second album, Alchemical Warfare, set for international release on September 6th via Hells Headbangers. Hear Slaughtbbath‘s “Amulets of Carnage” in its entirety exclusively HERE.
SLAUGHTBBATH premiere new track at CVLTNation.com
For a decade and a half now, Slaughtbbath have prolifically pursued a fierce ‘n’ fiery vision of total black/death METAL. With a rich yet uniformly exemplary discography, this power-trio have laid waste to the underground across a myriad demos, splits, EPs, and 2013’s now-classic debut album, Hail to Fire. Allied with Hells Headbangers since 2016, a split 7″ with Grave Desecrator followed that summer, with September 2017 seeing the release of the Contempt, War and Damnation compilation, which precluded the band’s first-ever North American tour alongside fellow Chilean labelmates Communion.
Slaughtbbath have kept quiet since then, studiously brewing the firestorm that is Alchemical Warfare. A consolidation of the band’s beyond-considerable strengths as well as an extension of them, Alchemical Warfare was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Pablo Clares at DM6 studio in Santiago, Chile during 2017/2018. Here, Slaughtbbath are at the peak of their powers, pulsing with both bestiality and burliness alike, and yet exhibiting a nuanced songwriting nous that is second to none. Their sulfurous maelstrom is a veritable meat-grinder of South American darkness lo these past four decades, both reverent of the past whilst forging an even-darker future, and Alchemical Warfare finds the band hitting a fever pitch, its nine-song/36-minute runtime both succinct and satisfying. Each track invokes utter possession – a hypnotic diabolism, perhaps, in spite of the often-frantic tempos – but Slaughtbbath possess the prolific experience to convey that diabolism in a dynamic manner. If anything, Alchemical Warfare is the band’s best-produced record to date, and a survey of its song titles suitably convey the occultic austerity within: the title track, naturally, as well as the closing trifecta of “Amulets of Carnage,” “Celestial Overthrow,” and “Ascension to the Dragon’s Throne,” as well as the ever-epic “Rejoined Into Chaos.”
However, especially at this point in time and the career high-point that is Alchemical Warfare, it is important to underline the unique differences in Slaughtbbath makeup. For one, the band hail from San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, a small countryside town with no scene at all, whereas most Chilean bands hail from the bigger cities; in fact, early on, Slaughtbbath were branded “rural black metal” when they played live. Secondly and relatedly, they’ve not once ever strived to “sound South American,” much less do there exist any other Chilean bands doing a similar thing musically or lyrically. Lastly and perhaps most importantly, Slaughtbbath have maintained a solid lineup and kept up constant activity – both on record and on the live front – all these years while most bands disappear, fade, change members, come back, or form new bands with the same lineup to fit into the new trend. The Slaughtbbath name is thus iron-fisted, inexorable, and immaculate
With more eyes than ever on the Chilean black/death scene, it’s high time that the leaders separate themselves from the followers. Slaughtbbath firmly and furiously take the torch and lead the way forward with Alchemical Warfare.
The first torch can be witnessed with the previously revealed “Resuscitated by Immortal Scorn,” which can be heard both HERE at Hells Headbangers‘official YouTube channel as well at the label’s Bandcamp HERE, where the album can also be preordered.
Aforementioned cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Slaughtbbath’s Alchemical Warfare 1.
Ritual Bloodbath 2. Resucitated by Immortal Scorn 3. Cavern of
Misanthropy 4. Prophetic Crucifixion 5. Rejoined Into Chaos 6.
Alchemical Warfare 7. Amulets of Carnage 8. Celestial Overthrow 9.
Ascension to the Dragon’s Throne
ENTHRONED release third track “Vapula Omega” from upcoming new album
Cult black metal band ENTHRONED have released the third and final track from their upcoming record ‘Cold Black Suns’. The song “Vapula Omega” is streaming here:
ENTHRONED release third track “Vapula Omega” from upcoming new album
The band comments: “Stone by stone we reveal the temple that is “Cold Black
Suns”. “Vapula Omega”, the third facet of the prism, is the scrying mirror that
shows the face one does not want to see within our modern culture, where labour
and careers are being worshipped as the icons of old. With this one, we want to
show that Satanism and demonology also have their place in our contemporary
culture.”
ENTHRONED will celebrate the release of
‘Cold Black Suns’ on Thronefest in Belgium in June. Find all confirmed tour
dates below. ENTHRONED 02 Jun 19 Kharkiv (UA) Art
Plant Mechanica 08 Jun 19 Kuurne (BE) Throne Fest 2019 (Exact date tba) 20
Jul 19 Volyne (CZ) ETEF
The cover artwork and tracklist of ‘Cold Black Suns’
have been revealed, both can be found below. The album cover was created by
Neraath.
ENTHRONED is surely a name black metal fans are no strangers to. Over the course of the last 25 years, they have pushed the boundaries of black metal and the deepness of the Left Hand Path philosophy further within. The quintet has channelled that dedication into their newest record. ‘Cold Black Suns’ is a dark and crushing black metal album where cold riffing, blood chilling atmospheres, and ritualistic drumming are keys to forging their most mature and accomplished opus to date.
The band, who crawled out of the black lands of Belgium in 1993, inked their first contract less than a year after its formation, and recorded debut album ‘Prophecies of Pagan Fire,’ which is now considered an all-time classic in the genre.
By then known as The Blackened Horde to fans and the scene at large, ENTHRONED recruited guitarist Nornagest and within 2 years entered Hautregard Studios to give birth to their second album. After the recording, tragedy struck and founding member and drummer Cernunnos (1997) took his own life.
The band went on to record the album using Cernunnos’s drum tracks from rehearsal recordings which were recorded by long time friend Da Cardoen, from the Belgian band ASPHYXIA. ‘Towards the Skullthrone of Satan’ was thus born. Since then, ENTHRONED went on to tour the world and have released a total of 10 full-lengths, one live album, and a hearty handful of splits and EPs.
Now, as the band celebrates 26 years as one of black metal’s premier outfits, they are ready to unleash number 11 onto the masses. ‘Cold Black Suns’ is an icy, brutal offering from the band that will see a worldwide release on June 7, 2019 via Season of Mist, making it their debut to the label. This is the band’s first album in five years, following up 2014’s critically acclaimed ‘Sovereigns.’
‘Cold Black Suns’ is one of 2019’s most anticipated releases and is certain to hold up to the hype that surrounds it, delivering an evolved and crushing offering from Belgium’s own black metal legends. Line-up: Nornagest: Vocals Neraath: Guitars, noise and effects Shāgāl: Guitars Norgaath: Bass Menthor: Drums
Cover artwork: Neraath
Recording studio: Pike Studio, Amarante/Portugal
Producer / sound engineer: Carlos Ribeiro
Mixing studio and engineer: Blackout Studio, Brussels/Belgium. Mixed by Jeremie Bezier
Mastering studio and engineer: Orgone Studio, Bedfordshire, UK. Mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano
Norwegian extreme metal formation GAAHLS WYRD, fronted by renowned vocalist Gaahl, are premiering a stunning video for the song “Carving the Voices”. The track is taken from the new record, ‘GastiR – Ghosts Invited’ which is set for worldwide release on May 31st.
GAAHLS WYRD live 20 Apr 19 Oslo (NO) Inferno Festival 17 May 19 Hyvinkaa (FI) Steelfest 23 Jun 19 Varnai (LT) Kilkim Zaibu Festival (Exact date TBA) 19 Jul 19 Bertingen (DE) Rock Unter Der Eichen (Exact date TBA) 25 Jul 19 Tolmin (SL) Metaldays Tolmin 15 Aug 19 St Nolff (FR) Motocultor Festival (Exact date tba) 16 Aug 19 Dinkelsbuhl (DE) Summer Breeze Open Air (Exact date tba) The cover artwork for the single can be found below.
The tracklist of the record, ‘GastiR – Ghosts Invited’ is also listed below.
Tracklist: 1.
Ek Erilar (05:34) 2. From The Spear (04:37) 3. Ghosts Invited (04:23) 4. Carving The Voices (07:26) 5. Veiztu Hve (06:41) 6. The
Speech And The Self (05:02) 7. Through And Past And Past (02:59) 8.
Within The Voice Of Existence (05:25) Total:
0:42:07
Since rising to prominence with his first band Trelldom, legendary singer, front man, artist and composer, Gaahl, has been one of Norway’s most talked about and respected extreme metal musicians. His work with Trelldom, Gorgoroth and God Seed has been widely regarded as some of the best the black metal scene has had to offer.
Gaahls passion and dedication to his art has earned him followers far and beyond the realms of the metal community, becoming a household name in the art scene and a he has become a well-respected alternative thinker.
In 2015 the charismatic singer assembled some of Norway’s finest metal musicians under the new moniker Gaahls WYRD. The band consisted of Ole Walaunet (The Batallion, God Seed, Grimfist), Frode Kilvik (Krakow, Aeternus), Sir (Trelldom, Djerv, God Seed) and Bård Kolstad (Leprous, Borknagar).
The band’s first show was an appearance at the one-off festival BlekkMetal, held in Bergen, Norway the same year. The show was recorded for the live EP “Nov. 15”, released by the band in 2017. The EP was celebrated during the bands two European runs “Vardøger 2017” and “Vardøger” 2018. Bård Kolstad was replaced by Kevin Kvåle (Horizon Ablaze) in the 2nd half of 2017 and Kårstad stepped out of the band after the first leg of the “Vardøger” tour.
In mid 2018 the band teamed up with producer Iver Sandøy (Enslaved, Emmerhoff & the Melancholy Babies) to record their first full-length album “GastiR – Ghosts Invited”, set to be released by Season of Mist (World) and Indie Recordings (Norway) on May 31st.
Season of Mist are proud to announce the first signing of the new year; ENTHRONED! The legendary Belgian black metal formation will release their new album later this year.
The band comments: “ENTHRONED hordes worldwide, the time has come to break the silence. So it is with great pleasure that we can finally announce the new label with whom The Blackened Horde of ENTHRONED will work as from now on. We will be working with the Season of Mist clan for our next releases and further cooperations. We are looking forward to this new partnership, to work with a label that will be able to give us the support, freedom and the right tools to bring our dark art in it’s right place.
ENTHRONED – Confirmed live shows
2019 16 Feb 19 Arnhem (NL) Doc’s Blackfest, Willemeen 02 Jun 19
Kharkiv (UA) Art Plant Mechanica 20 Jul 19 Volyne (CZ) ETEF
ENTHRONED, a name Black Metal fans are no strangers to. Over the course of the last 25 years, they have pushed the boundaries of black metal and the deepness of the Left Hand Path philosophy further within. The quintet has channeled that dedication into their newest record; a dark and crushing black metal album where cold riffing, blood chilling atmospheres and ritualistic drumming are keys to forging their most mature and accomplished opus to date.
The band, who crawled out of the black lands of Belgium in 1993, inked their first contract less than a year after its formation, and recorded their revered debut album ‘Prophecies of Pagan Fire’, an album which became an all-time classic within the genre.
By then known as The Blackened Horde to fans and the scene at large, ENTHRONED recruited guitarist Nornagest and within 2 years entered Hautregard Studios to give birth to their second album. After the recording, tragedy struck and founding member and drummer Cernunnos (1997) took his own life.
The band went on to record the album using Cernunnos’s drum tracks from rehearsal recordings which were recorded by long time friend Da Cardoen, from the Belgian band ASPHYXIA. ‘Towards the Skullthrone of Satan’ was thus born.
ENTHRONED went on touring the world and releasing albums such as ‘Regie Sathanas’, ‘The Apocalypse Manifesto’ and ‘Armoured Bestial Hell’, the first album to feature core member Neraath on guitars. Then followed ‘Carnage in Worlds Beyond’, a brutal piece of black metal recorded by Harris Johns.
Ten years after their very first release, ENTHRONED recorded ‘XES Haereticum’, their last studio album with original vocalist and founding member Sabathan. The band then recruited Phorgath from the Belgian veterans EMPTINESS on bass and backing vocals, with Nornagest assuming the main vocal duties.
ENTHRONED recorded their seventh album ‘Tetra Karcist’ (first with this line-up) in 2007, which was hailed at the time as one of the best releases of the band. ‘Tetra Karcist’ also was the first opus out of a conceptual quadrilogy including ‘Pentagrammaton’, ‘Obsidium’ and last but not least ‘Sovereigns’.
The 2014 record ‘Sovereigns’ saw the debut of Menthor on drums, as well as extensive touring over the next four years. In 2016, Phorgath and guitarist ZarZax departed the band on amicable terms, and were replaced by Norgaath and Shagal (from cult Argentinian act VIBRION) respectively.
The band have started to work on their 11th and most anticipated album so far, which will be released in 2019 by Season of Mist. Line-up: Nornagest: Vocals Neraath: Guitars, noise and effects Shāgāl: Guitars Norgaath: Bass Menthor: Drums
Today, Italian death metal upstarts Thulsa Doom stream the entirety of their debut demo, Realms of Hatred. Set for international release today via Invictus Productions on cassette tape format, hear Thulsa Doom’s Realms of Hatred in its entirety exclusively HERE.
It may be being released in 2018, but Realms of Hatred is a total full-on assault of turn-of-the-’90s DEATH METAL. No gore, no triggers, no Swedeath worship: rather, the sulfurous diabolism of early Morbid Angel, Sadistic Intent, Chile’s Pentagram, and even a bit of Necrovore. Four tracks of Metal of Death madness (plus two requisite mood-setting interludes), all brimming with the hellfire and mystery that made the late ’80s such a classic period in the underground – enter Thulsa Doom’s Realms of Hatred!
Take the full, fateful step into those Realms HERE.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Thulsa Doom (Italy)’s Realms of
Hatred 1. The Final
Scourge 2. The Gates of Niniveh (Woe to You…City of Blood) 3. Realms of
Hatred (instrumental) 4. Demon Conjurer 5. Intro (Misfortune Glance) 6.
Thulsa Doom
Automb are a new Black metal band coming out of the Pittsburgh area that are already getting attention of all the major metal media outlets. Formed by Serge (ex Necrophagia), Danielle and Scott Fuller (Morbid Angel) today we sat down with them to find out all we can on this new band.
How did you guys meet?
We met through going to the same metal shows.
When did you decide to form Automb?
We formed Automb in the fall of 2017. It was a way for us to collaborate musically as well as a way for Serge to create black metal on the side while doing Necro.
I think it was from watching crazy church burning/murder, suicide documentaries about bands like Mayhem and Burzum
How did you get into Black metal? What was the one band that “did it” for
you?
Danielle: I was big into death metal for a while when I first started listening to metal and then I just started to venture off more and more. Immortal was one of the first black metal bands I listened to, then I got into the subgenres within black metal so DSBM, atmospheric black metal, etc. I would say bands like Watain, Rotting Christ, Deathspell Omega and Belphegor are the bands that “did it” the most for me.
Serge: I think it was from watching crazy church burning/murder, suicide documentaries about bands like Mayhem and Burzum. It was the next extreme thing for me in the evolution of metal. After that I discovered the whole Scandinavian scene and so on. I can’t pick a single band. But it was definitely bands like Emperor, Dissection, Gorgoroth, Satyricon and Immortal that made me want to write Black Metal.
What bands would you rate as influences on Automb?
Danielle: For me personally Watain and Dissection were huge influences on my lyrical content for sure.
Serge how long have you been playing guitar for?
13 years
What was your set up like for this album (guitar and amp)
I used an ESP LTD Eclipse and a peavey 6505+ head with a Mesa cab.
Eventually I ended joining Haxxan
How did you get into playing guitar for Necrophagia?
I used to play drums for a local black metal band around Pittsburgh and we got to open up for Taake and Killjoy happened to be at the show. He came up to my merch table to say that he really enjoyed my drumming and We ended up talking about all the Black Metal legends and burning churches for a good while and then he told me that he had a new black metal side project and he needed a drummer so he gave me his number and eventually I ended joining Haxxan. We spent about 2 or 3 months on rehearsals. One night I got the call to join the band as the guitarist and we had a show to do in 2 weeks and that was that.
What was it like to work with Killjoy?
It was easy and hard. It depended on what we were doing. We got along pretty well for the most part but we had our fights after stressful days. We had our disagreements but we eventually worked things out. He ended up agreeing to use most of my ideas for the new album.
We met Scott at the Morbid Angel gig in Pittsburgh
How did you guys get Scott from Morbid Angel to work with you?
We met Scott at the Morbid Angel gig in Pittsburgh earlier this year. Serge ended up getting his number and all that. We originally had another drummer do half of the tracks. We won’t mention who it is but we ended up going our separate ways. We had a deadline with the label and were looking for a drummer and Scott offered to help.
I mainly identify with the practice of witchcraft in all forms
Did either of you practice any religions if so what ones?
Danielle: I have considered myself to be “pagan” for quite a few years now. Throughout that time thought I have engaged more closely with varying subsectors of the occult or pagan belief systems. I mainly identify with the practice of witchcraft in all forms. I believe nature is the most holy and powerful place and it is through nature that we can directly communicate with the divine.
Serge: I wouldn’t call it religion but I do follow some paths that include paganism, hinduism, witchcraft, left hand path and other esoteric practices. I don’t like to conform to one single path because to me that’s only a small step away from Christianity
Have you ever had any strange psychic or occult experiences?
Danielle: Yes, plenty. I’ve been in tune with the spiritual realm for as long as I can remember.
Serge: Yes a few.
Have you played any live shows as Automb yet?
Not yet.
If not when can we expect to see you guys play live?
We have a show on November 2nd in Turtle Creek, PA.
And let the black flame inside be your guide!
Any final words?
We have a new lyric video coming out today!
