Metal Bulletin zine # 8

8/6/2019 Metal Bulletin zine # 8

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Metal

Bulletlnlnterviews & ReviewsFREE b e g a n u l y2 0 0 6

issue J u l y 1 4 , 2 0 0 7

interviews:Detonation, lackHorizons,Vehementer os,Atheist

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www.myspace.om/thmetabu etifor more reviews and interviews and links to

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Detonation June 4. 047

"Emission hase" s the atest rom DetonationHollanTheband's pproach. hile hrashino nd blastino re animportant art of it. pushes or the riqht of balanceshreddinq ndmusicalitlr.he lbums un and he music ssolid, ro m start o finish.Th e band has an energy hacomes cross el lon the album. oen vocals) nsweresome questions about the albumwww. yspace.com/detonationl

"Emission hase" s a surprisingly iverse nd catchyalbum! t' s been wo years ince he ast one, ,portalstoUphobia." ow ong di d t take o go fromwritinghe irstsong o the ast?Gladyou ike t! The whole rocess f creating n albumrecordingnd eleasingt, akes susually bout years guessBu t he ctualongwritings us t small art f hat,tonlyakesus a couple fmonthsn otal, utwe never rite ll he ongsnthesame eriod. enormallyehearse wice week ogetheandwhen edowe always pend ome imeammingnd ryingnew deas nd iffs.We basicallyrite ew tuff very eek, uta lot of the material ets hrown way gain n the end. For"Emissionhase" ewrotehe irst ong ight fterhe ecordingof "Portalso Uphobia",believet was he songwhichaterbecamelnfected".And he ast ongwe created as Rebornfrom he Radiance", hichwe wrote nlya week before estartedhe ecordings.o we're asicallylways usy reatingnew arts nd iffs, utonly small ercentagefall hose deasmaket o he ctuallbumn he nd.

ls "Emission hase" lbum hat reflects our pessimism

regarding hat ou see as he state of affairs fhumankindor is it just somethingha t you hought ould e a goodconcepto write bout?Both ctually. hen wasa young id was alreadyascinateand rightenedy he wholedea f nuclear arfare,'ve pendmanyimes sking yself hy eople ould ant o ace he iskofdestroyingvefihing e've ccomplishedere n his lanetThese inds f thoughts sed o botherme a lot when wasyounger.grew p n he B0's nd hese hings ere f coursevery ctual ack henwithhecoldwarandeverything.had orespect or mankind s a whole ack hen, just could otcomprehend hypeople ould e so self destructive.o thiswhole onceptn EmissionPhase' s somethingalways antedtodosomethingith, nd ow eltas he ightime oactuailyoso .And fcourse,t s also cool oncept, hich uits ur andsname erfectlyswell)

ls it true hat you have had he same in esince 1992 o2007?l guess ou eally gree bout he kindof music ouplay?


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Yes hat's rue, enever ad ny ine p changes' eallhavebeen riendsora very on g ime, ctuallyur rummerhomasand had een riendsor ears efore eeven tartedhis and,and we have very trong riendship. e eel he samewayaboutmusic n general, ow t should gund, hat t shouldcontainn order o be nterestingnd tuff ike hat,Mike ndhave een layinguitarogetheror more han 0years ow,

an dwe'veasicallyecomene uge uitar layeraha! t east

ii eelshaiway.We on't ave o ell ach ther hat ewantoplay rexplainiffs r anything,t is ike elepathyometimes,With homas ndOttohe ame....weave eached pointnou rexistence here e know hat o expect rom ach ther, ndwhere eunderstandach ther ompletelyithoutavingo alkabout t. t's quite xtraordinary,he chemistry e have withinDetonation,ecausehave een layingnmany ands ve rheyears, nd 've ever een t ikehi s nywherelse 've layed.

Have ou played ny shows hi s summer?! n all the

countries ha tyou have played, here have yo u been

surprised yho wmuch eople now ou rmusic?!We're retty usy ight ow oing s many hows swe can nthe weekends. ornow,we are ocusing n he Netherlands,because e haven't ee n layinghat many howshe as tyears n ourown ountry. e're ryingo do at east showsmonth rso untilhe nd f he ear. nd opefullyhere il l lsobe he pportunityorus o ou r urope gain it h cooline p,But his s stillobe arranged. ut rom ll he ours nd igs ehave ee n oinghese ast 0 ears,heUKha s efinitelyee nthebestmarketorus.The ans ehave verhere re eryoyaland otally razy aha!t'salways pleasureo our here. urown ountrys getting etteror us as well ately,inallymustsay. see more nd more eople tou r hows creaminglongwithhe yrics, hichsa coolhingosee!

Has nyone rittenoyou o ell ou ha t ourmusic as adan mpact n heir ives?That appens ccasionally,esometimesetemailsrom an ssaying ha twe changedheir ives nd ha twe are a hugeinspirationo them nd tuffike hat,..,itsery latteringnd tfeels urreal, ecause e are ust an nsignificantetal andfrom iny lacena very mallountry,hat's ow esee t. t' scrazy n a way hat he songs e create ometimes ea n 0much o other eople,t' s hard or me o understand,utofcourset s also ery ewarding.

Jochem acobs roducedhi s album. an ou el lus whatMr. acobs' esponsibilitiesere uringhisalbum? as eyour oss n he tudio?

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Haha, ohe wasn't urboss, lthoughewould robablyikeothink therwise)Jochem'sobwas o make ur e ego t hebestou tofou rplaying,nd o producehe best oundingetonatioalbumo date. ndhe succeeded think. ochems really noutstandingroducer, ut also a brilliantuitar layer, 0recordingheguitarracks ith imwas erfect. ehad coupleof verygood deas or several ongs o improvehe overalstructure, nd t feltreallynspiringo workwithhimon he wholealbum. emixed ndmasteredEmissionPhase" Swell y heway.

Does oen o hegrowlingnd he clean inging arts? ouhave nl y ittle lean inging. hy?Yeah, do all he vocals ormally,lthoughhiswas he irstalbum here homas lso elped ith he vocals. ogether ecame pwith ll he ocalines, nd ealso ecordedome leanheavy etal inging,o be heard n he backgroundf he song"Modulate".ewantedo keep he lean inging inimaln healbum, ecausehere asn't uchoomor t nour pinion. eonlyuse clean ocals he n he music tself emands ctuasinging,f t adds omethingo he atmospherefa song. heremight e ome ore ocal xperimentsn uture lbums,ut nl yifit suits he music. edon't ar e boutrends r how thebands se lean ingingn heir ongs. e nly owhat e hinkis cool,hat'sheonlywa y okeep hemusicnterestingnougtoourselvesnd o continue ithDetonation.Cheers! Koen THEEND.

Black HorizonsJurvl

Their lbum A Dream's uneral" orks he brutalitv ndspeed o frenzied evels. ith a sharp blackmetal lastattack.f hatwere he onlv hinq he band oes. heywouldstillbe nterestinqnd heir lbum ould tillbe a nice em

However. ince hey a have a certain moodof ever-risinriffingan d soloinq. lu s the well-placedecurrence facoustic uitarmoments, sed sparinqly, he album sseriouslyiqhtan d sounds ul lof feelinq. issections aninspirationo the band. on e hat Stephan vocals/lyriexplains ere. www.myspace.com/blackhorizonsswww.lackhorizons.e www.twig t-Vedrieb.com

Inyour yrics ouoften alkabout reams. o ou hink ha thaving ot of dreams eflects ourdisturbed tate f mind?Does eading reud elp ou nterpret our reams? oyou


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think t' scorrecto nterpret reamsrom he point fview fsexuality?Dream's el pme o understand ysoul etter, nd hatmakesme possibleo ravel eeper nd eeper omy nner ife....to yspirits.do many hingshathave o do with reams nd try oget bettern his. want o reach he point here can use mydreams ikea weapon. don'tneed nythingo interpret ydream's.hat'smy personalhing o how ould nybodylse

know owo interpret e. Sexuality ousay?Well tssad but ruemydreams renot bout hat or not ery often. ehe,Maybeou us t ream boutha t fyour ex-lifes ucking ad,,.

Do you in d ha tyou ca n unctionn normal ociety? aveyo u had herapy? o you ake medicationsor depressionand hings ike hat? Doyo u eel ike ouare clrazy,ut hatwritingmusic elps ouwith our nsanity?I woulday ha t 'ma'divided"erson. ry oseparate y'daily""life-stuffrommy "so alledsoul"-lifeor romhe ealme.So fI have o ocus n normalhings,ike niversityrother hings

justdo his han, Liket is rightnow, have o earn erymuch ormystudies,o have very normal"ife from ugustooctoberthan us t omusicfo rhat will bemyother me".sof wouldanswered he nterviewhan t would ave een ompletelydifferent guess, ecause 'm too rational ight owand notfocused n Black orizons".didn't oan y herapyntil ow , utmaybe should ave one hat ome ears go . t would avemade ome hings uch asyerorme, ut n hepast triedosolve everything lone,without ny help rom riends rspecialists.I think verybodys kind fcracynmind, o ts ustnormalodoubt ourmind, usic oes ot elp gainst hat ou

call insanity".f 'm n a writingrocess'mon heway own. othinkf us twould o musikha twould il lme lowly.iee d ha t"normalpartto tayn hemiddle.

You alk about uicide nyour ongs. s t hypocriticalo alkabout uicidef you do not ake ourown ife?Whyor whynot?I don't alk bout uicide erymuchnmy yrics. fcourse ou

can nterpret uch ut he yricsus tmean omethingomeandthe hings write own re ust o understandorme. am notsuicidalthink ecause found way o exist. n he irst lbum

there asa strangeime orme and ome lose riends. o helyrics ave een much arker han, nd more bout uicidenddepression.butha t was me" in the past, nd many hingschanged incehen. f I wouldike o killmyselfwould ot alkabouthat nd ust o t.,

0n youralbum, ometimesou used n acoustic uitar.fyo uplayedhose arts nan electric uitar, ouldt ose hefeeling ouare ookingor?Akusticuitars ave hiswarm ound hat like erymuch,andwant o do hat muchmore n uture. ou an bring cold arkfeelingogether itha warm ound.that akes hatparts eryspecial nd maybe hese artswould ot workwithelectrisounds ogood.

Your yrics ften re of a personal ature nddo notconcernSatanism rChristianity.s t stupid o continue ritingyricslikeSlayer rVenom?s religion trong here ou ive?I don'tmind hat ther ands riten heir yrics don't areabout atan r god r anything.believen myspirits.respecpeople hathave ound heirwayof believing, omatter hat t isifthey tand ompletelyehindt .Andfthere s a band hat stotallyatanictsofcourse k hat he yrics reabouthat.butfits us t ouse f he mage",.....wellf hey ee d ha t obeevil;That's hat e all lack etal-kiddiesere. don't eedohave

a "satanic"mageobe'evil" noughoplayhi smusik,ikemanyother ands o, ts very catholic"here live, utmost f hepeopleus thave his eligionouse t s popularere. ut heydon't are omuch boutt.

lf someone ays hat ou have aken otof nspirationromDissection nd that your music reflects hat, is thataccurate? y he way,a lot of people id not seem o liketheir ast lbum. ny houghts n his?Dissections my avoriteand, nd o t's no wonderhatBlacHorizonsre nfluencedy hatband ery much. uthonestly

don't ee o us so closeoDissectionusicallyikemany eoplsay.WE ry o create hesame eelinghat issectionid. loveReinkaoshe ame ay ikehe ld lbums.he oundsdifferebut he eelings still here. t's he passion f on hat ou anhear n every ingle ar t hatmakes t specialorme.But omepeople on't nderstandhemusiche ight ay.Thankserymuchor he nterview!!lStephanHE ND.

Vehementer NosruneVehementer os France) as created omethingo noticetheclassical lements replayed y ealmusicians nd hismakes he blackmetal ave qenuine. arm ound. espitthe shortanswers ere, he act s that he album s vervmuch orthy f being nvestiqatedy hose ookingorblackmetal hat s sincere nd made y people ho knowwhattheywant o be creative. ww.osmoseproductions.comwww, ys ace.om/vehementernos


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Your lbums different nd reative, ot ypical tall.Whatar e you doingcurrentlyn 2007 o promote he album?Touring?Engwar: o,we don't oany our or ummerestival.did onsof nterviewsndwe do a bitof music henwe have ime efthere there,

Youi'band s a duet. Hov,'vi!! rou solve he problem fplaying live?We don't olvet actuallyfhatwould e a really ightmareo ryto organiseive ates o or hemoment,here's ogigplanned,

By he way, .M. lays rums ndpercussions. hat s hedifference etween rums an d percussion? hat doespercussion nclude? Does A.M. do backing vocals?Yes he does ome ackingocals ndmost racks nd edoesth e ea d ocals n the beginningnd he en d of Absurde,Percussions everythingha t s not ncludedn he normal rumkit, t can be a snare ill,a cymbal. he middle ar t f "LesDevastes"or example,s closer o a percussion ork hanadrum Part'

Does ngwar ave rainingrom music cademy? ow idlearn to play piano?

No , have o lassicalrainingvenhoughknow bitofmusic,I've earnedhe piano ymyself, ainlyy ransposingn heinstrument what I knew on the guitar.

Are ou rplans o be a permanent uet? oyo u eel hat t' s

too difficulto makemusic ike ouwant, f it'smore eoplewho don't understand your musical vision?Exactly,t's already ifficulto agree n something itheachother, o I guess, he moremusicians,he harder t getsl

As youknow, ome ands se otstudio echnologyo ge ta "big" ound. he y suallyust copy ounds ro m soundlibrary. ometimeshe bands on't even knowanythingabout lassicalnstrumentationnd he producer il l us tuse whatever ounds cool". s this a reason hyyou ar eusing ea tmusiciansor hose arts, ikecello ndviolin?

Yes, ha t ne f hemain eason. ome , hepath s as mportantas he esult. hen ou ecordivemusicians,ou eta feelingthat s unique nd t he ame ime, soundhat s personal,t' sveryverycomplicatedo organise ut t's worth he efforts.

What is the theme of "Contre le cycle"?It's bout tandinggainsthe ndless ycle f ime,ryingostop

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that big wheel ha t willhave us al l disapear omeday'

What about "Absurde"? What is that referring o?It's poem rittenyA.M.t'spretty isanthropicnd ark tuff',

You have guest ho plays double ass" n he album.what s ,double.bass"?Are hese uestmusiciansriends fyours? Do You theY like metal?

Double ass s he biggest tringnstrumentn an orehestra.t'sa huge cello basicallylike

Most f hem re riends fmine nd f hey on'tisteno metal,they newhismusic enre o heyweren't urprisedhen hey

parts,heir

Do you ee l ha t etigion as a strong ripon people nFrance? oyo u ee l hat yourmusic ill,n he ong erm,affect oung eople o question nd eject eligiousdeas?well, it depends n what religion ou're alking boutCatholicism,hichs France's istoricaleligions veryweek nd

probablyrowweaker s decades ass ut slam nd udai'smare still n fullstrength nd even amongst oungpeopleI don't ave he pretentiono thinkha tmy music il lchangeanythingut 'm roudostand sa ree hinkerndmusician.THE ND.

Atheist (interview,art1)

InterviewonductedySuicidal rutalizerndMichaeloles n4121107Co nDaniel echando l ojo!!). ictures y Micha

Coles.nterviewithSteve lynn ndKelly haefer tThePearlRoom. nd hen us twithKelly tThe uper . ntroductionyMichaeloles. ww,nheardonline.com/atheisU

Letme tart ffohso cliche ystatinghatAtheist,smost fusknow ynow hatwere round ackn he da ywhen Piece fTime" as eleased 1990), er e band ha tnever ot he


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attentionhey eserveden d fcliche).ut ackn heearly 0's,I toowa s losed indedocertain andsCynicorexample),utAtheist as ot ne o be gnorednmymind,

"Piece fTime" as nalbumha t efinitelyay avebeen way oo echnical nd not straight eathmetal onvardenough or all th e Cannibal orpse nd BrokenHope(respectivelyo both) tyle ordes nd ans likehatwas akingover he metal cene n the early 0's, wellat least er e n

America. eanwhile,ver n he Europeanide f hings owei'Metal ndBlackMetal ere ominating,nfortunately,utno treally, theist layed either,o hey ot ushedo he ide longwith ther ands hat ad, nmyopinionf had oclassify;otherdeathmetal tyle" f vocals, nd ust a differentverall rutalmusicalpproachhat ome olksust idn'tee m o understand.Well, s mentioned efore, ere n the USA anyway. heardEurope ccepted theistprettywell. So one can betterunderstand hatother ands am eferringo hat would ut ntothis tyle f approachno t ittinghe norm"),will amehe ther4 that ome o my mind t hismomentha t feel re an dwereunderratedn their ime;Sadus and till s), Morbid aint,Coroner,ndCerebral ix .

Bu tgoing ack o Atheist ow, ow an on edeny hebrutalitynd he verall atchinessfeach on gromha t lbum?Songs ike; iece fTime, nholy ar, r Deny, hich ou andownloadro mheir eb-site. ve nfone o es ot ike ha t lbumfo rwhatever isconceivedhoughtsha tmay inger ithinheirheads hat hey may hink re eal, utare not.The ruth s;people ere ust not eady or a band ikeAtheist. he biggestthing ha tmade hem tand utwaybeyond LLother rutalbands hat ame ut n ha twave, as he act hey ombinedtwin, rutal nd echnicaluitar ork, ndno t o mention adsome f he ightestnd est echnicalill-inappy rum or k'veever eardrom lmost nymetal lbum,r band or hatmatter.Steve lynn s definitelyn my op 5 for best echnical etaldrummers,nd or having ome f he best rumwork n bothalbums e played n; "Piece f Time" nd Unquestionable

Presence,""Unquestionableresence" as an album hatwas a

definiterogressionro m hedebut;osay he east, his lbumwas nce gain rutal ndwas nce gain ay head f ts ime;even urther n ime han efore. lthough lotof music ritics

were praisinghis elease, nce gain he "Cannibal orpsehordes" ere gnoringhis release. f b y now one did no tunderstandhe echnical etal theist as nownor , he n hesesame oungolkshat idn't nderstandhem n Piece fTime"were surely oing o ignore his band once again, ndunfortunatelyos t id .Bu t ven eforehis lbum as eleased,it had eemedhat ome ort f "curse" ad been ut on hi s5

band. heir riginal ass layer, oger atterson, ie d n anaccident hile theist as n he oad eadingack omeromtheirast ig nCalifornia.lthoughoger as eplaced yTonyChoy respectively),teve ecided ocall t a day ndwent ackto college. elly oon fter wenton to oinNeurotica,uttingAtheisto est; or t f.

Before elly ould evote is ime o Neurotica,theiststillhada record ontracto ulfillndhad o release nemore

album, elly hooked p withsome ession embers ndrecorded hatwas o be Atheist's fficialast albumhatwasreleasedn 1993; Elements."hey ad40 days o write ndrecordhis lbum, hich as urely task onsideringllof hecircumstances'msureKelly ad o endure n a psychologiclevel, ut ha tdidn't top him,Thiswas by ar Kelly's os texperimentalelease,ncorporating,s t s said and aken)romtheir eb-site;,..fusedisparateounds uch s delicateazz,deep unk rooves, atin hythms,lamencouitar tyling,ndsamba nterludesith listeringetal hopsocreate usichatconfusedsmany s tpleased,"

Due oal lof he urrent ircumstances,was xpectinga brutal nd ngry lbum,ut waswrong;ea d rong, einghecreativendmusicaleniusha tKellys, he ook henextogicacreative nd musical tep.He combined is other musicainterests utside fmetal ntoAtheist, ut his s where mustconfess, lthoughPieceof Time" as easily ccepted ymyears, nd fully understood hat heywere ryingodo, t did akeme a few weeks nd istens o get used o (and accept)"Unquestionableresence." ftera fewweeks f listens ndunderstandinghe whole icture f things, grew o love hatalbum and stilldo!).When Elements"ame out shortly

thereafter,listened,nd istened, nd istened,ut n he endjust ouldn'tet nto hat lbum. sa musiciannd sanartist,can espect ellyorwhathe didand or he deas hatwereincorporatednto hat lbum, ut t ustwasn't etal noughormy aste, Even hough was a loyal an, was one of thedispleased.eah,tha d theist lementspun ot ntended)ndit was efinitelyelly's ork, ut t ustwasn'torme.Althoughha d urchasedhi s lbum ith ll ntentionsnkeepingt, endedup sellingt o my riend. listenedo his lbumime fter ime,and ven istenedo tagain fewmonths go borrowedt roma friendight efore owerfest)ut still ould otget nto his

great yet otmetal nough ormy aste) iece fwork. owiththe elease f Elements',1993wa s he yearKellyinallyutAtheisto est, r so he hought.

(Fast onruarding4 years)As I foundout whileconductinghis nterview,fterSteve's ife awan oldAtheistalbum o or hundredsfdollars n eBay ome ime n 2004,Kelly ndSteve anted o see f they ould et someoneo


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releaseheir ack atalogueonobody ould ave ospend hatmuchmoneyor an Atheist lbum;n comes elapse ecords.They ere hoseno pick p heAtheist ack atalogue nd e-released llof theirworkwithnewpictures, onus racks, ndliner otes. oon fter, elly nd ompany ere eing fferedoplay ertainestivals,nd s hey ay, he est s history!notherreunion as about o ake lace, nd thankGod that oundskind f unny onsideringhe name f he band) was ivenhe

opportunityo see his band erformeforehey alledt quits.Theyplayed heir ast central S performancet this yea/sPowerfestn Chicago,nd wasn't bouto miss hat! lthoughno tal lof he original"embers er e erformingR.l,P. oger),Kelly ndSteve,nmyhumblepinionere nd re he ound fAtheist, ith odisrespecto anyone lse hatwas ver nvolvedwith theist.

So here ouhave t, a little theist istoryesson ndsome ersonalistoryor he id's laMichael oleshatmay ereadinghis. want o thankChicago's owerfestor bringingAtheist ut. was hinkingbout rivingo theeast oast o

could ee hem efore hey roke p again),ut henmy riendsMark ndMikeol dmeabouthis how.fanyone issed ut nthis 2 day event, feel or you,You missed really, eallypowerfuline-uphisyear, ndnot o mention he unparty n he3'd loor f he Super motel fterwards.think nly ne oomwas on-metal,ndwhenhat uy tuck ishead ut nd aw llof us n he hallway, knew e knew e wa s n ora ong, on gnight.Sorry dude!!Metalheads EVERYWHERE!!!!on dmemories,oodimesndeed.

TheOutcast: o why id ou uys al ltquits it h theist?

Kelly:At he ime obody eally nderstoodurmusic,o twasreallyough orus man.We ustgot rustrated ndcalled t a day.Wedidsome ther tuff, nd n 2003 2004 westarted oticinglotof echnicalands oppingp,The nterneturned urmusicon o a otofkids.Steve: here as ot ofdemandorour tuff, eople ayingpto a $100,00or a CD oneBay,Mywifewould end mean e-mailfrom Bay nd he'd ay; Look oney, omeone id$75.00oryour D."was ust; What!?"Kelly:We were othikeet's ee f we can in d abelhatwillput hem ack ut again. o we e-masteredhem, idnew iner

notes,ncludedll he emo tuff hatRoger idbefore edied n"Unquestionable..."ndus t ut verythingogetherha t e ouldthat e houghteople ere nto heband ould ppreciate.ndus , as ans f metal, e're us tbasicallyuys hat re an s fmetalthatlayna metal and, ou now? o weunderstandha tfor someoneo have o pay $50-$100or our CD s bullshit.Relapse ida greatobat puttingt back ut, nd hen he esult

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of hatwewere ffered lotof really reat hows. ewere ike"Wow."Steve: Once e quotedhe dea f a reunion, ellyalled e,ha dbeen layingn a band alled austicSpelling??Mikethat formedn2005. said;Wellyeah, 'm ctuallylayinggainseriouslyith band."t's ike echnical etal.'m acknshapeyouknow, ecause didn'tplay or 12 13 years, hadmydrumsin hebasement ut literallyidno tplay. e pointingtKelly

buggedhe hell utof nne or years; How ould ouno tplaydrums!?" ndyouknowwhat wouldell him?Nota fucking aywould oby hat didn't iss he uck utof hem, ut here asjustsomething bouthe iming hatwasn't ight.t wasn't he ighttime. nd hen t hitme ike thunderbolt,t was anuary, arlyJanuary f2005;lt's ime o play.' mean iterally,o met heguys n Naustic, ho re he wo guitar layers ho ou aw nstage onight.started laying,hiswasbeforehe e-issuesoKelly aid;Heysomebodyloatedhe dea f doing ome iveshows nd said: Yeah,uck,ha twould e killer."Kelly: went nd elped imwithheir emo hen he y id he

firstNaustic emo. saw hem lay ndhe Stevee) as betterthan ewasbefore, o knew e could o t .And henwe hadRand Burkey),uroriginaluitar layer as upposedo do tandwe started ookingome hows ut hen egot nto ometrouble,o was ike;God, hat re wegoingo do?"Who rewe goingo ind hat a n play hat hit? o his Naustic)uitarplayersteppedp.Wealready adSonnyl hink e said onny- Mike)ha twas oingo replace e because y humbs us tfucked p roma lotofyears fplayinghatkindofmusic. usedto play nd ing, ut was us t ike; l'mustgoingo sing." oeverythingustworkedut.

Steve: twas llverymeantobe. t was unny ecause ymindse twas till ack n1991 here ecouldn'tay eopleocomeand ee us play. hen elly oldme, 'mdrivingo practicenenightor Naustic,'mon myway,were alking,e goes; Hey

dude, uess hat? he Wacken estival ade s an offer ndthey an t s oplayhere."I was ike; Getthe uckout of here!We're ot going o playWacken." hat's ne of the biggestestivals ver here, ouknow? e' s ike; Dude,'mserious. hey re goingo pa yusmoneyogoan d layWacken."said; No ucking ay!!" nceword otoutabout hat here ere lotof offers. hedemand

was..,,.twas ncredible,Kelly: We saw so many oung ids here Wacken),hereweren't bunch fold uckers.Steve: hey ere ike abies hen e were ritinghese ongs.Kelly:Even ith he Americanhows e're indinghat lotofthese id s re2A-21ears ld, nd t's ike; Damn!"hemusicback henwas us tway onfusingorpeople, nd hroughhe


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course f the decade, eopleust tarted,..,.....etal lwaysneededhat Atheistsusic), eused osay hat ackn he ay,metalistseally ave ot o earn ow oplay. ll hese uys ackthen er e eal asic, ld chool eath etal. hereus twasn'tlotofmusicianshiptal land hat's hy hey ere ery onfusedbyus,wewere hanging4 imesn a fuckingong nd'Boop(made ome ort f sound)." he y fans)riedo have pi tan dthey ouldn't. sually he n eople on't nderstandomething

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