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SusqnGer l (Ho l l ond )Deoth metol guitorist usonGerrhos executed oxes orsquodsGod Dethroned.MurderSyndicote,Cl i teoter,Desensit isednd Coioforque.Considering hot, receni ly hiszine cought up with her,ond os t turnsor i , th"r" lso newf lome on the hor izon.n he meont ime,here 'sdeoth meto l oinves t igo te lA lso ,here is o l i s to f the orbums n which she hospor t i c ipo ted . www.myspoce.com/susonger l

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r \ n r A n n ^ ^lUt - 2U0B esensit ised2OOB titeorer2010God DeihronedMurderSyndicoteDiscogrophy:- your f inol ide (demo lgg5)Thr ivrngon cornoge (MCD 2OOl)BoughtBeouty (spt i tCD 2OO3)Virus f violence (C D 2006)Screombloody c/ i f (CD 2OOB)Syndicoie Rogeond Retribut ion unrereosed et)ho* oru yor? Whot oru thu plon, fo,- Mrrd",ond Rufribrf ion?Dolou i l * onty d"oth?i ,Mour ic io . i feoverhere sgood ond co lm of the moment .he bond I 'm proy ing n of the moment is co i led MurderWilbert former ingerof Desensit ised)nd I formedSyndicote n Morch 2oo8ond recorded our debut CDond Refribuf ion n September of thot some yeor.when we recorded the cD we knew thot ourHermon wourdn't sioy, so ofter the recordingsourwosn ' t compre ie onymore which consequen i l ypu te who le bond on ho ld .In December 2008 jo ined God Dethroned ond myMurder Syndicote bondmotes understood perfeci ly

thot thot bond wos o be my pr ior i ty.So n 2oog focusedon God Dethroned, but when thot came ro onnd eor ly20 lo l recenf l y mei up wi th the Murderguysogo in ond we come to the conc lus ion hotnone of us were mot ivo ied enough to cont inue th isbecouse we hod oi l done dif feient things in theHowever ,we ore o l l i oo% pos i t i veobou i the cDrecorded thot we ore promoting it ogoin now ond try toi t releosed soon, which is noi on .osy thing to do,hesedoys ,bu t we ' re look ing nto more d i f fe rentt the moment .I persono l l y on ' t imog ine my r i fe w i thou t (mok ing)so I stortedo new project o week ogo o. I con't reoityy tho i much obou t i t ye t , s ince t ' ss imply oo eor ly or tho tnow. At home I don ' t on lyp loy or l i s ten o deoth meto l .ove Sot r ion i ' s us ic or exomple ond proct i semus ic i keor t ry to ploy o bit of ocoust ic guitor (which I 'm si i l lt , ho ho! )d id yo , b"g in p lou ing r i to r? Ho* d id iho t hoppen?ploying he guitor n '93.My moin reoson or wont ingp loy ihe gu i to r wos tho i I l oved meto l so much ondto be ob le to do the some os I scw o l l these othero ing . Espec io l l yo rcossond Bi l l t eernove orwoyso huge nf luence o me. At schoo l here wos th isgroupmeto lheods become f r iendswi th ond o f courseme ondsis ter lwoyswent to g igs oge lher (s t i l l o) . one morn inge to ld me lho t shehod d iscoveredo meto l rod io show he

Thot ' so n ice ques t ion , becouse r don ' t th ink tho t monpeop le know thot I o lso used to do vocorswhen we jus io r tedour f i rs tbonds . I d ic odd i t iono lvoco lsond gu i to rsco to fo lque ond Desens i l i sed .n co to fo lque togetherwi th obossis t nd in Desens i t i sedogetherwi th our s inoer n tc . r ro tittre it of boss uiiorevery ;* ;"j;;;", 'Jrt o"i^,I"prefer ploying the guitor. And of course, I olwoys Iry toecome o bet te rgu i to r i s t .

l . hove used pre t t y much the some equ ipment or the rodecode: Bosspedors (Metorzone,Deroy, No ise surprestuner ) ,o Bod Hors iewoh pedor ond my modi f iedMorshheod ond ENGL ob. I hove z gu i to rs :hree -s t r ings ,hree 6s t r ings nd one ocous i i c .Ar" yo, . r r .n|y *orking of o dou ob? Whot do yo, do?Yep, I om. I ieoch Engr ish t o secondoryschoo i o r h igheducot ion .Whot tupu of lyri . t do yo, l ik"? Cli t .ot . , . hod typi .o l goruhorror/shock olue lyr ics.Whot ore your own ideos?I hove writ ien most of the lyr ics or both Desensit ised ndMurder Syndicote. I usuoi ly wri te obout everydoy ri fs i i uo t ions ,h ings see oround me or th ings hot bo ther meHo ho, the c l i i eo te r yr i cs re o l l meont tongue n cheek ondtherefore should no1 be token too serioust/ .t re l ihe-up thebond hod when I ployed with them wos reol lycool . Thesguyswere very n ice ond k ind ond not sex is t f o l l .Th is ho leporn concept jus t i ts he bond we l lond isobv ious lyikedby ocer to ingroup of peop le , bu t shou ldn ' t e token oo ser ious l

n igh tbe foreond I shou ldhove o l i s ten . d id ond wos hockto meto lever s ince .

I hove o number of things n the works,but con' t reoi lysoymuch obout them yet s ince these ore ol r brond new ideosbut thisyeor wi l l be o yeor of redi reci ingmy goorswhich wirhopefu l l y be reo l i sed in 2Ot O. THE END

Yourdonot ion of 50 cents(or75 cents, dol lor ,e tc . )suppor tshisz ine n i tsobject iveof meto lmus ic , uchos n he issue .Meto l Bul le l inP . O .B o x5 7 1 1 9 4Houston X 77257-1794sawww.meto bu le t in . logspot .comwww.myspoce.com/th e metolbu let in


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Brozil)ow block metol is Ritos'medium to chronic le the "Pogonof indigenous-themed ongs.Re/otosPogdos corriesmetol into concepts of historyobout Brozi l nd itsgnored ndigenous u l tures.Of course, Ritos s clossic-block-metol nf luenced:speedy drumming; THATguitor tone; ond thoseo l l here . l t won ' t ioke bu t o moment o f the i rmus icr thot. However, here is onother side to Ritos, hich isbossist ncredulous nd her cohorts in Ritosexpl icote

www.myspoce.com/ri toshordoWhot 's he lotestwith Ritos rom Arocoju, Brozi l? l" 6pportunity oin this edit ion! We ore current ly working onthe demo Re/ofosPogdos ond the compilot ion- A Arte do B/ock Metol, where we or ewith more hon seven Brozi l ion onds.

Arocoju o big city? ls there o good scene? Whot k ind ofdo you hove? Tel l s obout Arocoju.is the c opitol of S ergipe, the smollest stote inBrozi l .t is o smoll ci ty, compored to the otherthe ci ty with better quol i ty of l i fe in theThe metol scene is smollhere. We hove o few shows,especiol ly n business,ew spoces or eventsopenl concerts.Current ly, e ore o l l uststudents.We' renot doing shows or o while. Current lywe hovefor concerts ond this is one reoson for theof concerts here. Aeternus Actus Ater Corpuss o member of the [block metol bond] Litony Ater.B lock Meiol, we con cite Ad Aeternum, lmperiousNoise,Mohonvhontoro,omong others.

el lusobout yourself lploy boss for neor ly two yeors ond hod o greoterwi th the instrumentwhen I ot tended o blockproject col led "Desdenho do Norte". I oppreciote thef i l l he bottom gives the music. I joined Ritos nFo rneorly si xyeors heor metol ond think one of th e firstthot I enjoyedwos Obi tuory.

o writes he lyrics or Ritos?Did the some person write theor he songs Yoro"ond "Guor in iCoo"?e work together hrough he musicof home ond then movethe studio. t is o very good exper ience! | very muchthe sound ond the lyr ics ef lect the feel ing ofn the bond: exol t he pr ide of our oncestors.Yeoh, who wrote the lyr icsof the demo "Relotoswos Guor in i Uno [guitor] , but Aeternus Actus Aterolso hod involvemeni of the composit ion. He olsothe f inol review of the let ters, olong with

ActusAterCorpus.whot isyour view on your music?to heor mony things l ike hecvy metol, b lock, throsh,o bit of doom, punk, gr ind, crossover ond lovebut Ri tos seek other inf luencessuch os IndionAfricon-Brozi l ion nd folk to put them in myhot, going forword, mingle more ond moremetol with these other types of music. Guor in iUno

generol lybr ings he melodies.Sometimes give o suggesi ioond then I mogine he bottery ond when we go to the studiput the ideos nto proct ice.Guor in iUno.hove you token guitor essons?Init iol ly hod guitor lessons, ut just enough for some chordond groduol ly discoveredmetol. I wos of home siudying heri f fs nd melodiesof meto l, but I ntend to return o studyof omusicschool o divers i fymy work.

Guor in i Uno, d id vou form this bond? Ar e you ond AeternuActusAter Corpus riends rom school?Yes, wos the founder of the bond, olong with AeternusActuAter Corpus ond former vocol is t Choos Verin. AlthougAeternus Actus Ater Corpus ond I studying of the somschool ,we ore not just r iends,we ore brothers. do not hoveo bond in port icu lor hot mode me ploy BlockMetol, but thefoct thot the strondof metol which hod greoter dent i f icot ioAre you history studenis? Do you speok onv indigenoulonguoges?Whv ore the lvrics ot ovoi loblewith the cd?We do not moke school history, ut we ol l l ikeo l ot of histoond we ore o lwoys reseorchingvor ious topics, especiolthose oddressed in R i ios . We don ' t speok ind igenolonguoges, but i r ied to leorn more ihose diolects,becousthe let ters ov e smollpor is n Tupi indigenousonguoge] .Thlyr ics re not ovoi loble on CD for f inonciol eosons, ecousewould increose he cost of reproduct ionof copies,but ol l orovoi lobleon the internet.Where s he forest hot you hove pictured on the olbum?On the cover we used on imoge of the Amozon orest; n thbockground we olso bel ieve it is the some forest, but wecon' t soy or sure.Theonly certointy s hot i t sBrozi l ion.In school,do Brozi l ion tudents eornEngl ish nd Sponish?Yes,Engl ish nd Sponish re tought in Brozi l ionchools , lonwith the other discipl ines.We hove knowledgeof longuogebut very i t t le.We know the bosic things o deol wi ih the doyto-doy. l f the Brozi l ions ont to deepen the knowledge ithese onguoges,we need to look or specif ic ourses.Whot o re your u tu rep lons or R i tosn 20 lOond 20 l ?We wi l lcont inue p releose he demo Re/ofos ogdos.We ormoking new musicond lyr ics or the next moteriol hot wi l l bmore focused (sonicol lyond lyr ico l ly) , n Brozi l ion ul turroois.Themoteriolhos no re leosedote.VenomousSupremocv Texos, .S.)

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ln 2OlO n Houston,Texos,Venomous Supremocybrings hemetol for people to mosh ond goot-f ight unt i l everyoneinjured.They hove o demo colled Artic/esof Defilement hoshowcoses tseosi ly ecognizoble oto l deoth heoviness.According to Jos6 (gui tor /bockingvocols), hey ornot neor lysot isf ied. hisdemo is usi the beginningond theore ol reody on the poth to o debui olbum. And judging bthe demo's "bruto l deoth metol" horsh guitor f ight, thHoustonmetol moshing crowd wil l be going stroight o themergency room in owww.mys oce.com/venomoussu remo cy I

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Hi !When ond where wos Arficiesof Defi/emenf recorded ondis t ovoi loble?Wil l ou hove your debut out this eor?Whot ' s go ing mon, I 'm Jose V ido l ( leod gu i to r /bock ingvocols); he demo wos recorded in Koty, Txwith Alen (LonoProduct ions).He hos recorded my boss ployer Nick 's otherbond Voci l l o t ion me lod ic deoth me io l ) , ond I thought hiswork wi th them wos pretty professionol nd t ight so I went tohim. Yes, we ore curreni ly wr i t ing new moteriol , four newtrocks ore in ihe olreody in the oven. The olbum wil l berecorded when ol l moteriol s f inol ized,which Duone Timlin(ex-Dying etus, x-Divine mpire)wi l lbe oport of .Y 'o l l emerqed o f 2OO9'snd ond in 20 lO hove been oct i ve{shows, ecording, more songs on my spoce, etc). Whot 'sdrivino o l l th is oct ivi tv?I t 'sc l l obou t ex t rememeio l , ho t ' swhot we en joy ond tho t ' swhot you ' re going to receive rom us. Nick olso ploysboss orlocol Houston, Tx bond Voci l lqt ion, l though they hoven' tbeen oct ive os of lo te. Besides hot, we were in o moderndeoth metol pro ject nomed "Engroved," ut i t didn' t work outthe end due to uncommit ied membersso I stortedVenomousSupremocy.We finol ly hove o steody l ine-up of focusedmusicions, o we ore oble to put our music out ond do this othe ful lest xtent ond put our stople n the Texos ocol sceneond beyond: gett ing more extreme in ol l of o ur regions.Whot do you hove in mind with the lvr icsof "Removolof theFlesh"? And where did vou get the lyricol ideos?"Removol of the Flesh" isom obominoble, forcefu l ,ond ominous yr ico l hemed song. creoted ol l the lyrics orthe songson our demo; I tend to wr i te o lot , I opprooch sortof o poet ic method ond put ol l the lyricol hemes ogether nsync with the music. recorded ol l guitor t rocks on therecordings: leods . rhythms, S O I O S , ^ + ^At 2:55of "Tronscending ivini ty," rom 2:55 o 5: lB, you doslow-heovysounds,where Mott (vocols) sounds n poin. Dothese slower ports, become the clorlon col l for moshers?Actuol ly, hose vocol portsyou ' re to lk ingobout wos done byme. l t ' s he b lock meto l in f luenced por t ,me ond Nickboth re jo ice n these ype of siyleof ploying ond feel ing.Weore not of ro id o ploy slow or onyth ing ike ho t. We try o givethe l istener omethingdif ferent, omethingwith power.Thot 'so greot th ing obout i t : nterbreedin g heovy bruto l deothmetol with block metol ond our orgonic,colculoted, musicolnightmoreslAs for os moshing goes, they con do whoteverthey wont of ony port of the song os ong os t goes down.Whot kind of support ore you gett ing from vour porents?I 'm gett ing greot support rom my moiher, we hove o closerelot ionship. he ' l l upportos long os l 'm working hord on thesubject. The other guys hove o good mutuol understondingwith their people, but there not o lwoys fond of the l iveoppeoronces ho ho! lWho wrote the lvr ics o "Prophet ic nvers ion"?s t Mott ond/orJos6? Whot type of col loborot ion do you current lyhove?Yeo, I come up with ol l the lyr icswi ih Mott ond reviewedthem with him. Next,we orronge he vocol ports ogether ntothe song. Nick ond I usuol ly ompose ol l the music ogetherbefore onyihing else. He picks up extremely fost, we both

hove o lo t of ideos menocing ou r minds.We t ry to ployporol lelos possible, eing ihot 's t ,only us wo ployinggui toHove vou decided if vou wont two guitor plovers l ivWe hove been seorching for o rhythm guiiorists ince thbeg inn ing , u t no one hos yet to pu t enough t ime to moforword with us.So. f i t remoins ike hot, we' l l ustst ick o thcurrent set-uArt ist ic creot ion 's no eosy tosk, moving beyonimitot ion/tr ibute r beyond profoni tyond shockvolue. As yof ightyourwoy forword,whot ore vou oiming or?Whot we ore o iming or is o be recognizedby the scene onfor them to know we ore here, ond here to stoy. We oo young bond, but ful l of f reshconcept ion with inf luenfrom ol l types of ext reme metol. Musicol ly,he styleof ployiisonly going to get dorker, oster,ond reochingnew levelscomplexity to our theory. The lyr ics ore focused on dorevelot ions, i l l power, obhorrence, strongond obscureorel igious iews. We ore focused individuols ooking o infethe scene.Whote lseshou ldwe know?!The ful l ength olbum "The Divine Pr incip leOf Ruin" entot ireleosedote isscheduled or fol l ,but might be pushed urtht i l leor l y2011depend ing on how qu ick lyol l he new moteris mostered. Duone Timlindrummer wil l be hondl ing sessdrums or the o lbum. A new song should be posted by thend of Moy, o preview of whot 's to come. Support Tobominot ion hot sVenomousSupremocy. HE ND.WorMoster Texos, .S.)The Wor Moster "Demo 2009" three-song ope is t rodit iondeoth with o heovy-crunch guitor tone; ond de ep, guttugrowl ing hot resonoteswith the no-nonsensemetol crowof Texos, uch os n the bond's Apri l our of the stote.Wor Moster s :Don ie l voco ls ) ; eo lond Ben(gu i toTom (boss) ond S tephen (drums) .They now hove orecordingos they prepore to moke their debut. Wil l2010 bthe yeor of Wor Mosier?www.myspoce.com/wormoster89Whoi 'sshoking n your neck of the Texoswoods?Hey, Mour ic io l Not much mon, just work ond WAR MASTond more work! Thonks for sending these quest ioWhot 's he lotest nformotionon your upcoming debut?Yes,we just inishedwith the releoseof the lhrones of TyronT"singlewhich is now ovoi loble ond now we ore working othe ful l ength of the moment. We ore obout holfwoy throuthe wri t ingprocess;we ore toking our t ime to moke surewhot we wont. We ore shoot ing o record sometime n thsummer possibly ote summer. As for os o releose dothopefu l ly by December. The nome of the Lp right now"Pyromid f the Necropol is"t 'ssubject o chonge. I guess t 'sworking it le,but more thon l ike ly hot iswhot i i wi l lbe col leExpectCRUSHINGEATH ETAL! ! l !How wos your Texos our? Wos t posit iveor d id you losevoshirt?l ny more tours?!The tour wos fucking AMAZING!l!The crowd responsewoexcel lent ond we oll hod o oreot t imel l Son Anton


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roged pretty hord! l ! Noi sure I understond yourquest ion hough. As for os ony other tours,of ter iheof the olbum were going to let i t s ink nto people'sfor o couple of months he n by oro und this ime nextI would l ike o do q ful lTexos our ond then tour the WestBy he i ime we ore done with thot i t shouldbe t ime too some stuff t n Europe hopeful ly.ow ore your guitoristshonnel ing he power of the buzzsow?you understond he ideo of "heovv ri f f "/"heoviness"?

Mon, I don ' i know,you ' re go ing to hove to osken ond Neol thot quest ion! 'm def ini telynot o geor heod orguess, he "chonnel ing of the power of theyou soy would hove something o do with thepedols hey use ond the tun ing of thei rguitors,which Iwe tune to B. Not sure,you ' l lhove to osk them, not myhe ideo of o "heovy ri f f " ore l l , hot is whot we ore s t r iv ing or I think, oSOME fucking sku l l s ! !

don ' t moke much money f rom the so les o f thewhot is t thot you get o l i t t lemoney?don' t know, we did pretty wel l on our tour. We modemoney to f inonce the recor ding for the LP. meon,bond gets money from both merch soles ondthe door, i t just depends.

or Moster so ldschoo l !Weren ' ty 'o l l n d iopers n the BOs?! ! !of the guys were either n diopersor not evenyet. I just urned 35 this month. So I would be the onlyne in the bond to remember metol in the BO's.lvrics or the song "Thrones f Tyronnv" rom on eventr from generolobservot ions?Wil l ou publ ish our yr ics?o "Thrones f Tyronny"moinly come from generolond not o soecif ic eveni . The "Thronesofyr ics re in the T" releoseond wil l olso be releosedo re-releose of th e 2OO9 rope.

f I 'm l5 - lB yeorso ld , n o bond, ond some mon soyshe hosor mv bond to "moke i t " ; hot l iust need to poyf dol lors o ploy shows, ecord with o"fomousproducer, "etc. Whot I shouldknow?!of ol l , I think when you go into something l ikeo bond to be involved in the scene you don' t got to "moke t". th inkmost of the mojor record componiesre bu l l sh i t nd lwou ld persono l l yi ke o s toyon o D. l .Y .eve lor os long os I con. Thot would be my recommendot ion tonybody is ust o s toy rue to yourselfond rely on o networkof f r iends nd fonsond not the weosels n suits!t hos work forS O forl

Do Neolond Benwritesonos ooeiher ond with Tom presentbringing he "Tom-ness"o the chopel of Wor Moster?es,Neol ,Ben ond Tom ol l help in ihe song wri t ingdut ies.Soes Tom would be present. n foct , Tom does o lot of wri t ing.Both Tom ond Ben wrote Chopel ond Wor Plogue.So Tomolwoysbr ingshis Tom-ness" s you soy, o the chopel of worMoster.

When wil l vou ol low Siephen to use more cowbel l in yousongs?!He hos repeotedly told you, "Fel lows,'ve got o feveond the onlv prescript ionsmore cowbel l l "Wowl hohohho! Gee, Mour ic io, hot 'so si l ly uest ionlFirstol l , we hove never nor wil l we ever hove o cowbel l in ousongs,we ore not Guns N roses! o I don' t know who to ld yothot but i t ' s incorrecIntowhot other owless ott lesond choot ic reolmswil lyou bcrusod ing-wor ldeo t ingur ing20 lOond 20 l ? !Wel l , expect more heovy DEATHMETAL n the old tr odit ioThe new LP loter this yeor more shows more heoviness]: :"Ot ogoin for the interview. THEEND.

REVIEWSAnoKef r U.S. ) :Vo lume (Dinkv)Ano Kefr goes for on eclect ic, contemporory,hord/chuggsound with chuggo/breokdown/mosh guitor for thongV/growl/ "bruto l " ond screomosect ions; hey hove cleovocols ,of the current rock/core sound; or melody they ut i l isome of those twin-guitorhormoniesor melodic sounds.Asthot weren' t enough, they olso hove keyboordy momentl ike nterludes,or mood.Ano Kefr could olso be descr ibed o solod mix ocurrent rock sounds: they vory wi th in eoch song onthroughout he olbum. The ronsit ions etween songsore notoo smooth,but they seem to be working hot obrupt feel tthei r odvontoge, moking i t their ihing. From thchugging/breokdown "brutol" ports o the mellow nterludeit 's whot they do. l t could give you some pleosure or heodoche, i t depends on your toste or mosochistendencies.www.myspoce.com/onokefrBlockReignLConodo) :Demo 2009;Demo 2002Ihe 2007 demo is pretty unintel l igible.t sounds ike o bonrecording something for themselves ond their f r iends.sounds ikeo throshbond doing their hing, but i t 's di f f icultheorwhot ' sgo ing .The 2009 demo is o more growled, heovier, fostbond. Thesound quol i ty spoor on these ecordlngs.Leove i t of this: his s supposed o be fost ond loudenerget icond "brutol." However,whot isnot c leor show wethese songswould sound with the correct soundquol i ty.Asis, here s o st drumming, ost ri f fs, rowl ing, hr ieking: bonhoving un ottocking thei r nstruments nd proboblyonnoyinthe neighbors. www.myspoce.com/blockreign6


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Cmnihi l i tv Oregon,U.S.):Omnihi / i fvOmnihi l i ty s ol l obout ploying brutol deoth metol in thephysicol lyond mentol ly strenuoussiyle: os fost os possible,blosting blosi-blost in hyperoctive frenzy: lett ing the riffsflylswerve/dive/cut/turn ond streom/zoom/rotote/slide/re-di rect n ropid succession ith no pouses n the oct ion. Plus,rothergood product ion, oo.When Omnihi l i tyhits the ground, i t is the "bruto l ,technicol deoth metol" ovolonche thot tokes over. Justhowfost con thisbond ploy? How mony ri f fscon they pock intothe song?This ond is indingout exoct ly hot !Omnihi l i tyhos no t ime for slow songs,nor toking i teosy ond let i ing the music "breothe" or giv ing the l istenert ime "digest" or onythi r rg ike thot. No. Not hdre . Come thiswoy for the speed, the blost, the gutturol growl ond thetechn ico l .This s not the door for melody, slow, meloncholy orthings ike hot.Whoi o lovely d isployof musicol muscle ond brolnsiress. hose onging or fosterspeeds,more technicol i ty,ondjust more spozzoiddeoth metol blost ingwil l l ike this. t is 23minutes, ix ongsof nonstop un.Omnihi l i ty r iginotes rom Oregon, with thot Topeko,Konsos musicol spir i t running in thei r veins.www. mys oce. co m/o mnihil ityRovenclow(slovokio):We/come fo the Roven/ondRovenclow is o clossy,e legont even, heovy/power metolbond with lotsof neoclossicol ui tor work, ond melodic, hightrodit ionolmetol singing.For hose nto high singingond who wont to heor obond who hove t ro ined in the ort of melodic metql, withsome songs hot ore uptempo, midtempo, bol lods, etc. Thevocols ore melodic,not soundingongry, oggressive r vio lent 'Actuol ly, this style hos o kinshipwi th Andre Motos' vocolpersonol i ty r HommerFol l . hoseore just wo exomplesof thesinging eferences, ot on overol lsound/musicol imi lori iy.Exomples f the Rovenclowsounds:Trock ive: "Drogon'sRiver" 3:33): h is s o piono-ond-vocolsbol lod obout woters,mentol peoce, etc. Def ini tely or thoseinto oiono bol lods.Trocknumber six: Potron Soint" (3:, l5):After such obol lod, i t 's only expected thot these leother- jocket -weorersstep up the energy to uptempo heovy metol thunder style.And thot 's whot they do. lmogine, bosicol ly, he opposite ofthe bol lod they ustployed before.Number l l , "Don ' t Be My Enemy" (3 :37) : h is onghos o "medievol" / fo lkymelody; onother bol lod for f r iendshipond big hugsol l oround.Some of the other songsgive o further romework rom whichto opprooch Rovenclow: BrotherSUn" s o sortof fo lkyheovymetol midtempo trock; "Light f rom You" is o cotchy, verymelodic heovy metol song, midpoced, ond mode for sing-olongs. PowerSloves" s one of the heovier Songs, i ih o bi imore crunch ond double-bossdrumming ond very hrgh,o irro id sirenvocols ,ond keyboords. lnto the Night" olso hos osubstont iol runch going on ond o very melodic chorus.Understond? www. myspoce.com/rovenclowmetolbond

Rienous Finlond): eneofh the B/ockWingsThough Rienous s now o bond, this recording s o one-mocove-recorded super-necroover-row block metol. l t 's thtype of recording hoi one hos o re ol ly ur n up ihe volumeheorwhot ' sgo ing on.Some wil l think his s totol gorboge by o l6-yeor kprocessing block metol through o meotgrinder for youunl istening ispleosure-irr i tot ion.Sucho view scompletely understondoble.Butsome people love this! t 's otol t remolo riumphol ism.I t oppeors thot Movrofos, he humon being behinihis, scurrent ly1/ yeorsold ond workingon o second olbumwith o bond.Ai ony rote, "Celebrote the Down of o New Age" row blcck metol choos wiih o good ott i iude ond fee"Exoltot ion" svocol tor ture,doomy block metol. t 's "no-fublock metol. "Beneoth the Block Wings" s eight minutes omore choos ond noise. Enemyof Christ" s exoct ly whot thnome soys:ontogonist ic block metol expression f revengond onger, ond things ike thot. OK, there ore onother twsongsond this s more thon 44 minutesof cove block metthot wi l l be l iked by the ordeni. l f you wont o goo

n r n A r r n t i n n rv,vvvv, ,v, , , stoy very for owoy from thwww.mys oce.c om/rienousUnt i lEx t inc t ionMissour i ,.S. ) :omenfAfter o short keyboord/otmosphere/gothic int r"Putrefoct ion" ol ls nto town ond in those ive minutesond 2seconds his bond disploysol l their wores ond wherewithspeedy gothic block metol r i f f ing/drumming, eyboords; lobr ief moments with very low, gutturol growl ing, hen pickinup the speed to o more block/deoth tempo wi th o fedif ferent ypes of growl ing.Then obout the two-minute moihe ongry yel ledlcore vocols come in ond the midpoce sein; now, more keyboords,of the three-minutemork, melodguitor soloingond bockground keyboords; loser o the fouminute mork, come in the hi gh, soprono-style ocols; os thf ive-minuie mork neors the speed picks up to ihe blost ilevelond here t sounds ike symphonicblock metol."Thot ' sust n one song.Con you soy, brogg ing"?!Some don't l ike bonds thot move from style o style hot wowithin o song.Othersdo l ikebonds l ike hisone becouse thedon' t wont everysong o be similor.Now, Unt i lExt inct ion oes not mix os mony stylesothe obove song in every t rock. Most songs hovecombinot ion of two or three styles, ot sevenor nine.However, here ore certo in sounds hot onchor thbond's perspect ive:one is the melodic/ throshyguitor ri f f i( in the Gothenburg style); onother element is thgothic/otmospheric/melonchol ic/keyboord ond thcombinot ion of growl ing ond high vocols ; n oddi t ion, thongry/yel l /corevocols ore pretty dominont. Forexomple, hvery low, gutturol, incomprehensible vocols ore usesporingly.The sound quol i ty s good, overol l ,ond soundspretorofessionol. ne would think the bond should be contewith this ecording,os t shows heirobi l i t ies. uess his so sereleose,bui the sound quol i ty is good, not goroge- l ike.Fthose nto bonds explor ingdif ferent tyles'www. my spoc e.com/ u nti extinction


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Zuul l l l ino is ,.S. ) : u i o f I ime (PlonetMeto l )Zuulploysuptempo, rocking,gri i tystreetheovy metol.I t oppeors thot this bond hos o bi i of on unusuolott i tude oboui thei r rodit ionol, o-nonsense ockingmusic:l . Unl ike he vost mojori tyof heovy metol bonds,Zuulhos opted to do no midtempo or slowsongs, or onything ikeo bo l lod ,cer to in ly o "power bo l lods . " t ' so l lup tempo o l l het ime. 2. Then there is the foct thot the bond sounds ikenoihing thot thiszinehos heord thisyeor. Theyseem obl iv iousto pleosingony expectot ionsof sounding "contemporory"or"keeping up wilh the t imes." There is no ihrosh, growl ing,blostbeots, or ony emo, core, breokdowns;n6 keyboordsorno "brutol i ty," or onything ike hot.Of the nine songs, ry the f irst ong "Out of Time,"or the lostone "Reiurn o Yogi" or the middle trock "Worhommer," orthe second one "Worr iors" r the penult imote t rock "RideRide" or the ontepenult imote ong "Dorkness n the lce"- i t 'so l l rockingheovy metol,no midtempo ond no bol lods.How's hot for o conceot?The sound shows no ottempts to be supermelodic withkeyboordsor eor-condy sounds, o fcncy-s l ick tudio r ickery,no funny-effects: t 's jusi humon beings plugging in thei rinstruments nd rocking.Thevocolsore not o i r ro id s i ren, u t o midronge tonethot does not steol he thunder of the other instruments, utrother i ts n.Thot 's bi t di f ferent, oo.By he woy, this sno demo-soundingstuff ,e i ther. t 'so good, so l id -soundu l lo lbum.Someone in this bond l ikes the second wove ofheovy metol of the lote ZOs-eorlyOs?!www. myspCIce.com zuvlconto cl

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