CALVARY (GER) (WITCHCRAFT #2, NOVEMBER 1993)

 

VIPER (BRA) IN THE STUDIO 1987

The band during the recording session for the album “Soldiers of Sunrise” at Guidon Studios, São Paulo, Brazil, in April/May 1987.

Felipe Machado, Yves Passarell, Antonio Pirani (Rock Brigade), Andre Cagni (co-producer),
Pepeu (sound engineer), Andre Matos, Pit Passarell and Cassio Audi.

BELIEVER (US/PA)

 

DESTROYER 666

 

APOCRYPHA (US/NV)

INTERVIEW WITH JON NÖDTVEIDT (2003)

Originally published on the now defunct Russian webzine, Soundz Online Magazine.
Interview made by Anastasiya 'AC' Samotyja in June 2003.

Some information sources say you are working on the new Dissection stuff these days. There's going a new album some time (except the live one), could you please tell us about it a little bit?

First of all, the release of "Live Legacy" marks perfectly the end of the first era in the history of Dissection. "Live Legacy" is hence the legacy of the old days, but is also a strategic forewarning of the second era, the coming dark aeon, and the great return of Dissection! Ever since my time in custody I kept the fire of Dissection burning in my black heart. I have been composing music in my mind all the way, and when I later got my guitar I could finally get to seriously work on and develop all new ideas coming up. I abound in inspiration from victories to come and from the power of my inner black flame. My influence is the Satanic quintessence, the flaming inner divine will to power, and the wholeness of the Anti-cosmic powers. I have written and completed eleven songs for the forthcoming third studio album, which will be recorded next year 2004 at my release from prison! The eleven songs are in the classic, characteristic but developed and evolved Dissection style. In essence, this is the ultimate, archetypal Dissection album! We will hit the scene even harder than people expect!

What's the present line-up of the band?

I'm proud to announce Faust as the new official drummer in Dissection. We know each other since the early ninetees and throughout the years in prison we kept in touch. This resulted in that I asked him to join Dissection at his parole, which he did. I'm totally convinced that Faust will become the ultimate Dissection drummer. He's an incredibly powerful and talented drummer as well as a great friend. We have both learned things the hard way, and grown many times stronger as a result. Both Faust and I share the same relentless hunger and will to power and vengeance, which we will direct towards the forthcoming studio album and the grand return of Dissection next year. The rest of the formation is still not official, but I can say that all members constituting the dark entity of Dissection must possess the required elite musical skills as well as superior will to progression and perfection. They must also be fully able to stand behind and represent the Anti-cosmic and Chaos-gnostic concept of Dissection! It is the essence behind the surface that is the most important thing for Dissection, the dynamic sinister energies that we channel and spread with our music, and the new line-up it shall become the best and most powerful ever! We will begin the rehearsals later this year.

Are you going to release the stuff you were supposed to release in 1997-98 before you got into trouble?

We were supposed to record an album with a new line-up in '98 but since I ended up in prison these plans where changed. Our forthcoming third studio album next year will include some material/ideas planned for that recording, but since these ideas never were fully arranged or completed, they have evolved and matured a lot during the years. So the album to be recorded next year will be a combination of material written both before and after my imprisonment.

As far as I can see you continue your MLO activities. What's your part there? Your status (if it's not a secret) and… How do you see your goal (as far as this organization is concerned). Does any Satanist have the right to become one of the MLO members?

I'm a member of the MLO (Misanthropic Luciferian Order) since 1995. MLO is a Chaos-Gnostic order, which seek the true light of Lucifer through the study, development and practice of all dark, gnostic and Satanic magical systems. Our goal is to create a synthesis between the dark traditions of all aeons, this way creating the occult keys that shall open the gates to the forthcoming endless dark aeon. My status within the order is the one of a full member of the second grade and a Priest of Satan. To become a candidate one must first of all already be an Anti-cosmic Satanist and actively practicing black magician. He/She must wholeheartedly sympathize and share the misanthropic and anti-cosmic values of the order, and then be ready to dedicate his/her entire existence to following his/her true will in accordance to the dark gods. Becoming an initiate is a long and hard process and and can take several years.

How did you get in MLO? Some sources say it was you who organized it… but I don't really know for sure.

I didn't organize the MLO, but I was introduced to the order by close friends at a quite early stage.

What is your opinion on the Satanist church organized by LaVey? What do you think about his work by the way?

LaVey has created a tame, non-dynamic, pacifistic/atheistic and essenceless form of, what he calls, Satanism. It has got nothing to do with real Satanism in it's true and primal form.

Are there any rules a true Satanist should stick to? Do you personally have any rules for your life?

My true will is my law and I thereby, without mercy, punish all violations against it.

How can you describe yourself as a person? What are the most essential features of your character? Do you sometimes feel you are being misunderstood as a person?

I consciously and wholeheartedly struggle against the cosmic tyranny and oppression that mankind as a whole willingly has submitted to. I refuse to be a servant to the cosmic order and being someone elses creation, a passive victim of cosmic fate, chained to the wheel of life, blinded by illusions and lies that only has one purpose; to keep us in line in a system controlled by the oppressor. Anti-cosmic Satanism manifests the opposite to what the oppressor (cosmos) wants you to be and is hence unnatural, revolutionary and elitic. Anti-cosmic Satanism is the dark, strengthening, dangerous and revolutionary path of the strong who, by his own strong will, strive for liberation and enlightenment, thus refusing to accept the inherited yoke of humanity. I choose to eternally become, to consciously strive away from, and beyond, the pre-dictated conditions for existence and to struggle towards becoming completely selfmade, in accordance to my own true will, free from all weaknesses and chains that bind us to the cosmic creation. This will to power and perpetual becoming is, from a cosmic point of view, unnatural as it leads straight into the purifying darkness of the unknown. It is therefore not in harmony with cosmos, but with the Anti-cosmic impulse. This Anti-cosmic impulse is the external aspect of the inner black flame and is, described as our god and ideal, Satan, Lucifer, Set! I view Satan as the wild and Chaotic power that constantly breaks down all stagnant and essenceless forms, forcing the creation, the cosmic order, back to the formless Chaos it descends from. Lucifer is my ideal, the archetypal representation for spiritual enlightenment and the Promethean thirst for knowledge (Prometheus – Greek Mythology – stole the fire of the gods). Therefore I must strive to bring revolution, wisdom and liberation. Anti-cosmic Satanism represents the ultimate revolution against the comsic oppression. I hence believe in the total extinction of cosmic order, the Day of Wrath (The Great Dissolution, Mahapralaya, Ragnarök). Until then I shall continuously become stronger, letting my inner black flame rise completely so that my essence can transcend and become one with it's external source. My anti-cosmic philosophy, visions and ideals stand for the struggle towards boundless freedom of the spirit and the returning to Chaos. If I sometimes feel misunderstood? For sure, but Anti-cosmic Satanism is not for the apathetic masses. It is for the secret elite who carry the divine Luciferian spark inside.

Are you going to continue experimental music writing? Something in the vein of De Infernali?

Not likely, De Infernali was just something we made to get money for weapons.

What's your attitude to the nazi-trend in modern black metal? Several years ago everybody seemed to be a Satanist, either involved in magic or/and occult things. Nowadays most of these guys turned into fascists… fashion or…?

Just belonging to a certain nationality will never make you superhuman. Simple racism or nationalism is nothing but just another herd-mentality for feeble-minded humans to, without logical reason, make themselves feel superior to each other in all their confusion, without having to accomplish anything at all but just being the mentally passive, easily-guided apathetic flocks of cattle that they are! The true elite, on the other hand, is guided by the inner black flame, the dynamic and Chaotic force that lies dormant within their souls. The true elite is self-made! The true elite is actively becoming rather than just passively being. My personal Satanic alchemy has driven me towards constant development, and my inner black flame has grown stronger and stronger as a result of all years' conscious and unconscious evolution, strengthening and hardening ordeals, and true experience of the Satanic current on the burning sinister path! A path of eternal becoming where the weak perish. So, in cases like the one you mentioned where people are just following the trends, where there never was no essence, but only shallow forms and empty image, there would instead be stagnation and regression. It's a known fact that almost none of the supposed "satanic" bands had the slightest clue or knowledge about genuine Satanic philosophy. I therefore find it pathetic, childish and embarrasing! The Black Metal scene was always full of pretenders and "imitation-satanists"…and nowadays the pretenders don't even pretend anymore! The weak has sorted out themselves!

What does your usual day consist of? How much time do you spend on your musical activities? You must already have written A LOT of new stuff, haven't you?

Many years have passed since the last studio album and I have developed a lot since then, both as a musician and composer. The eleven new songs for the next full-length album are the result of a long and inspiring songwriting process and a constant striving for evolution and perfection. I spend my time sharpening my claws and my pitch-black burning heart is flaming with the craving for revenge and total victory!

Do you have the possibility to follow the events on the metal scene? What was the latest album you heard?

When it comes to the metal scene all I care about is our loyal fans! As for the metal scene as a whole, I don't find it the least appealing and I haven't heard anything that I think is worth mentioning. I'm more interested in the scene that we will create! You will witness the rise of a new Satanic aeon!

What is the strongest (in lyrical aspect) song Dissection has ever made?

It is for sure the new lyrics for the forthcoming studio album next year. The new lyrics are Satanic formulas, Voces Magicae (the magic of the spoken word), with which I intentionally channel and release the Anti-cosmic, Chaotic currents of the wrathful gods. This will include an advanced ritualization of the whole recording session and just by listening to the album will then literally result in that you are releasing the energies channelled by the music. I use sound vibrations, formulas, words and names of power that within the Anti-cosmic tradition have been charged and have the purpose and function to influence those who listen to the music and hear the formulas. This is nothing we've done before on our earlier recordings, but a new conscious step in the evolution and strategy of Dissection. Dissection is the herald of misanthropic revolution, bringer of change and Chaos-gnostic awakening. We are part of the Chaotic fire that burn and dissolve the cosmic creation from within.

What do you think about Soulreaper? Some critics say this band continues best Dissection traditions?

I think it's a shame and disgrace that the same betrayers who did their best to kill Dissection and put me in prison at the same time as they are actively are speading lies and misinformation in the scene also are trying to benefit from being ex-Dissection members. However, by doing so they only made fools of themselves, not Dissection. The path of Dissection obviously became too dark for these weak betrayers.

Do you keep in touch with your brother Emil? What's your opinion about his musical projects (Swordmaster - one of the old ones, Deathstars - the new one)?

We keep in touch, but I haven't heard from him in a while. When it comes to his musical projects I think he's real talented.

Your top 5 favourite albums for ever and ever?

Hard to say... But some albums that have meant a lot to me and got me into this whole metal thing back in the 80's are: Iron Maiden – "Number of the beast", Accept – "Restless and wild" and AC/DC – "Highway to Hell", just to name a few... Important albums for me are also Metallica – "Ride the lightning" and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force - "s/t"…

Your english is really good and the lyrics exquisitely well done. What authors influenced you most of all? And… where did you learn the language that well?

Thanks for the compliment. My English is far from perfect, but I always strive for improvement. I started to learn this language from reading lyrics when I was real young, and apart from what I also learned in school I still learn a lot from watching movies and reading. The sources of lyrical influence varies a lot…

As far as I can see from your personal discography you are a great fan of thrash metal. You used to play in several thrash & heavy metal bands in the beginning of your career. What's your attitude to this musical style nowadays? Are there any new thrash metal bands you enjoy listening to, and by the way, why did you turned from your thrash metal way unto the black metal path?

Dissection has always been about genuine essence! Dynamic, sonic darkness! My musical ambition with Dissection has always been to upset the status quo, to push and even break the present limits and musical rules that others follow. This towards creating something closer and closer to the ever-evolving vision of Dissection. My aim with Dissection is fulfilling my dark artistic and musical dreams. It's about complete artistical freedom and my infernal love for this sinister music, always crossing new boundaries and striving for continuous evolution, and hence the opposite to limiting myself to any supposed musical category as so many others seem to be doing. My aim is to introduce the listener to true darkness and let them experience the liberating, Chaotic potential that we can find deep within ourselves; the black flame. I want to sow the Anti-cosmic seed in the listener's unconscious, this way burning new dark holes in the collective worldsoul and the human psyche. This way speeding up the Anti-cosmic evolution leading the cosmic creation back to the formless Chaos it descends from. Dissection is nothing but an instrument for channeling the wrath of the ancient gods of darkness. I want the listener to unchain and release the fettered beast within, break the cosmic chains of illusion, slavery and stagnation. Chaos from order. Hail The Beast!

If you had the possibility to turn back time and change anything in your life, what would you do?

I believe in evolution through experience, and sometimes the ordeals can be severe. But that only serves to strengthen your spirit! Therefore I wouldn't turn back time as I choose to do my desired changes in the present and thus focus on the future, not the past. All in accordance to my own true will!

What are the main values of your life?

What value the most and continuously strive for is freedom beyond all limitations.

Did you think the years in prison changed your outlook, your behaviour, your attitude towards life in any way? I had an interview with Tchort sometime ago and he said imprisonment was really one of the turning points in his life. He learned a lot of things this way. Isn't that the case with you?

The experience of these hard years in prison, all setbacks and adversities, have meant constant personal development, strengthening and evolution. Prison is where the weak die and the strong survive! These years have strengthened my will a thousand times around. My hunger for Dissection is stronger than ever. Of course there were moments when everything seemed distant, in the aspect of time, but Dissection has still always been very, very present in my black heart. There was never a moment where I doubted the future and the return of the band. I kept the flame of Dissection burning through it all and it is today burning stronger than ever! Through hardships to the stars, as they say… Dissection will return on the full grand scale! What we were in the past is nothing compared to what we will become! Dissection will return, ravage, conquer, dominate and take what is ours! We want blood and our hunger is ínsatiable! For too long the unworthy have thrived! Bathing in the blood of the unworthy, Dissection will celebrate total victory. Expect no mercy! The coming dark aeon is ours!

And finally… Your words (wishes) to the Russian and CIS-countries fans?

First and foremost, the incredible support during these hard years, from the mighty legions of unfaltering fans has been totally overwhelming and has truly been the greatest honour! And it is with the greatest pride that I, to all of you Russian and CIS-countries fans, declare the return of Dissection! See you all real soon! By the Anti-cosmic Metal of Death I salute all of you, for we are all truly brothers, and sisters, in arms! As I mentioned earlier, eleven songs are written for our third studio album next year. Eleven songs channelling the wrath of the ancient gods of darkness and the energies of the Anti-cosmic current. Dissection shall burn the scene of today to ashes! We will bring Chaos to the world! We shall initiate the darkest epoch in music-history and open the gates to the coming dark aeon! There shall be no escape! Fear the sons of the black flame! Fear The Return! HAIL AZERATE!!

DARK ANGEL "ADAMS AVENUE THEATER, SAN DIEGO, CA" (JANUARY 4, 1986)

Audience filmed. Above average sound and picture quality for it's time.

DESASTER (GER)

RELAPSE RECORDS AD (1992)

 

METALUCIFER (JPN)

 

URIAH HEEP (CREEM MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1974)

BLACK COFFEE (CHORNY KOFE/ЧЁРНЫЙ КОФЕ) ... A SHORT BAND HISTORY (TRANSLATED)

The Moscow-based band "Cherny Kofe" (Black Coffee) is one of Russias earliest Heavy Metal band. Its founder and inspiration is Dmitry Varshavsky, who has been with the band since its beginning and has transformed it into a leader of the Russian Heavy Metal scene. This is evidenced by the number of records sold throughout the band's existence.

The band's history began in 1979, when Dmitry Varshavsky entered the Gnessin State Music College. Around the same time, he composed a song called "Strana" (Country) based on the lyrics of Andrei Voznesensky. Born in Moscow, he was one of the first in the USSR to professionally pursue heavy rock. He learned to play the guitar in the 1970s and later became a songwriter. After graduating from Gnessin, the rocker went to Los Angeles to pursue a second career, where he enrolled in the Academy of Music. The artist worked hard to develop his voice, and at many concerts he employed a distinctive technique that led audiences to compare him to Udo Dirkschneider, the frontman of the German band Accept. Over time, the singer himself abandoned this singing style, adding new colors to his timbre.

In 1982, being a soloist, Dmitry invited Fyodor Vasiliev to the group, who later performed as a bass guitarist. He was also born in Moscow, grew up in a family of employees, began studying music at the age of seven, learned to play the piano and trombone, and later graduated from Gnesinka, where he met Varshavsky. At the same time, Andrei Shatunovsky joined the musicians. Although the lead singer of the team began to play with Pavel Ryzhenkov, in 1982 he left the team, and Fedor came to his place.

In 1985, Shatunovsky left the group, and Maxim Udalov, the future drummer of Aria, appeared in his place. He made the first drums himself, remaking ordinary pioneer ones. I also learned the basics of percussion without a teacher, simply by listening to records of rock bands. He began his career in “Black Coffee”, and until that moment he had never appeared on stage. At the same time, Dmitry took on a second guitarist, Sergei Mavrin, although he only worked for a year.

Bassist Igor Kupriyanov became part of the band in 1986, he came instead of Andrei Girnyk and Igor Kozlov, who stayed there for a very short time. At that time, the instrumentalist was already known to metal fans, having played in many other bands. Guitarist Sergei Kudishin and drummer Sergei Chernyakov also joined the lineup at the end of 1986 - beginning of 1987, when “Black Coffee” began working at the Philharmonic.

The bands debut album "Приди и всё возьми
(Come andTake it All)" from 1984, released on reel-to-reel.

But in 1988, Chernyakov left the band, followed by Kudishin, who was trying to promote his own project. His place was taken by Igor Andreev, who, after a brief stint with Black Coffee, left, ceding the guitar position to Oleg Avakov.

A real shakeup awaited the artists in 1990, when all the musicians except Varshavsky left the project for Kupriyanov's new band, "Kofein," leaving Dmitry alone, though he retained the name "Black Coffee."

Wasting no time, Dmitry assembled a new lineup for the band, which included longtime members Shatunovsky and Vasiliev, as well as Dmitry Gorbatikov. However, Shatunovsky and Gorbatikov soon left, but the band celebrated the return of Andrey Pertsev and welcomed guitarist Konstantin Veretennikov. Just five years into his musical career, Varshavsky began inviting temporary musicians to perform on tours and album recordings, and soon this became a regular practice, and Black Coffee evolved into a solo project. Over the course of the band's existence, it has featured over 40 musicians. The lead singer never hid the fact that he needed musicians only to realize his own ideas. If an instrumentalist no longer met Dmitry's requirements, they were replaced by another.

After returning to Russia, the musicians began to rotate less frequently: Igor Titov and Andrey Pristavka played drums, and Nikolay Kuzmenko, Alexey Fetisov, and Evgenia Varshavskaya played bass. The last bassist joined the band in 2015. She had met Dmitry two years earlier through social media. This meeting changed both their lives: soon they became a couple, then family, and colleagues. In her youth, Zhenya studied violin and, at her husband's request, learned bass guitar.

The band's debut studio recording, "Flight of the Bird," was released in 1981. It was recorded at the VFG Melodiya studio, with Yuri Bogdanov as sound engineer and Pavel Ryzhenkov as lyrics. In 1982, when the band acquired two new musicians, the young men began rehearsing new songs.

The trio's first concert took place in 1984, at the Iskra club in Moscow. Their first tour of Kazakhstan took place then, and a year later, with a changed lineup, the band began performing with the Aktobe Philharmonic. Soon, the young men again toured Kazakhstan; this trip lasted about six months, during which the rockers performed over 360 concerts. Since attitudes toward anything informal were negative in those years, the USSR Ministry of Culture blacklisted the band, which was already full of underground rock figures. But in 1987, having joined the Mari State Philharmonic, the band received a tour permit, allowing them to officially perform concerts throughout the USSR. At the same time, the Philharmonic's administrator suggested that the artists add professional accompanists to their lineup.

The band's first full-length studio album, "Cross the Threshold," or more accurately, a vinyl record, was released in 1987. It included the songs "Vladimirskaya Rus'" ("Wooden Churches of Rus'"), "Leaves" (later used for a video titled "A Falling Leaf from the Branch"), "Winter Portrait," and others. It sold nearly two million copies, marking a true success for the band. Prior to that, the musicians had released three independent releases: the demos "ChK'84," "Sweet Angel," and "Light Metal." A little earlier, they had released the EP "Black Coffee" at Melodiya Records.

The band's popularity peaked between 1986 and 1992. After releasing the album, they embarked on a tour of the Soviet Union, with each concert playing to incredible sold-out crowds. Between performances, the musicians recorded tracks for a new album. That same year, 1987, the guys performed at Luzhniki Stadium, and as their popularity grew with each passing month, they spent the rest of the year touring nonstop.

By 1988, Black Coffee's fame had spread to other countries, and they were invited to the San Isidro Festival in Madrid. This nine-day concert featured international rock stars. Upon returning from their trip, Black Coffee performed again at Luzhniki Stadium, this time for a charity event. Among the other invited artists that evening, the audience saw Mashina Vremeni, Nautilus Pompilius, and others.

Soon after, Black Coffee released their first music video, for the song "Vladimirskaya Rus'." The former royal residence, Kolomenskoye, was chosen as the location. The musicians then embarked on a tour of Moldova. Previously produced by Ovanes Melik-Pashayev, the artists terminated their contract with him that summer.

The bands second highly acclaimed second album
"Переступи порог (Cross the Threshold)" from 1986.

After this, the band fell on hard times. Varshavsky attempted to record a new album with the old lineup, but this was unsuccessful due to strained relations between the musicians. Therefore, a new album, "Freedom—Freedom," was added to the band's discography only in late 1988. However, its official release took place in 1990. The most memorable songs from this disc were "Nostalgia," "Bright Image," and "Freedom—Freedom."

In the early 1990s, a new album, Golden Lady, was released; all the songs were in English. A music video for one of the songs was filmed in New York. With each passing year, the band gained more and more fans in other countries. In the fall of 1991, the musicians toured Denmark. A year later, Varshavsky went to the United States for his first concert, and just two years later, the artists embarked on a tour of American cities. The performers from Russia were warmly received—by this time, Dmitry had incorporated several blues songs into his repertoire and was performing rock songs in Russian. In the States, he was working on creating hits that he would later release in his home country.

In 1996, the band released several more albums—"Lady Autumn" and "Drunken Moon." The recording of the latter "oldies" featured only keyboardist Dolgikh and Varshavsky himself.

Dmitry returned to Russia in 1999 and celebrated the occasion with a major concert in Moscow. Along with the band's members, he participated in the recording of Pavel Smeyan's rock opera "Word and Deed," which was produced at the Lenkom Studios. The band's repertoire soon expanded with the album "White Wind."

Varshavsky considers working in the metal genre complex and delicate. With loud music, it's essential to strike a precise balance, otherwise, the audience won't be able to understand or hear anything amid the general roar. Dmitry Lvovich largely attributes the decline of the rock industry to the artists' inability to master sound engineering. For the leader of Black Coffee, a three-piece band, including himself, a bass player, and a drummer, is sufficient.

Black Coffee released another short album in 2010, a mini-version of a full-length disc with three tracks. The musicians' next album, "Autumn Breakthrough," was released only in 2015. Varshavsky continued to tour with the band across Russia, Ukraine, and Israel, recording new songs in between.

Varshavsky and his band continue to perform on the Russian stage, creating songs and delighting fans with new albums, which are released less and less frequently. The musician maintains an Instagram page, where he regularly announces new events in the band's life. The rocker also posts personal photos with his family.

In 2018, Black Coffee added the EP "Vysotsky 80" to their collection, and in 2019, the lineup changed again. Drummer Andrey Pristavka left the band, and drummer Nikita Pavlov immediately took his place.

The band resumed performing in 2021. I had to skip the previous season, except for a few performances. Dmitry didn't waste any time: he was busy restoring antique furniture in his home. He'd long been interested in this craft, but he just didn't have the time.

According to the official website of the band "Black Coffee," their current performance schedule is limited. 

/ English translation from the Russian website НА ЗАВАЛИНКЕ (On the Bench). Originally written by Sergei 1971.

RECOMMENDED LISTENING: HYPNOSIA (SWE) "EXTREME HATRED" [LP]

Genre: Thrash Metal
Year: 2000
Country: Sweden
Who would like this?: Fans of 1980's Thrash Metal of the more furious kind. Think early Kreator or Sadus.
Notes: Thrash Metal band from Växjö, Sweden. Active between 1995-2002, and released one full-length album in 2000.

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TRACKLIST

1. Extreme Hatred

2. Circle of the Flesh

3. The Last Remains

4. Operation Clean-Sweep

5. Comatose

6. Act of Lunacy

7. Gates of Cirith Ungol

8. Hang 'Em High

9. Traumatic Suffering

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RECOMMENDED LISTENING: BOMBARDER (YUG) "SPEED KILL" [TAPE] 1989

Genre: Speed/Thrash Metal
Year: 1989
Country: Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Notes: Speed/thrash metal band from Yugoslavia, formed in 1987 in Sarajevo. The band is still active. Originally formed in Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina), now in Belgrad, Serbia. Amidst the various Balkan wars of the early 1990s, which claimed the lives of drummer Fahrudin Čelik and guitarist Maho Šiljdedić, vocalist Nenad Kovačević moved to Serbia.

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TRACKLIST

1 Bombarder

2 Metalni Bog

3 Horde

4 Crna Sjenka

5 Long Live The Loud

6 Intro

7 Kuga

8 Zle Oči

9 San

10 Pakao

11 Speed Metal

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SADISM (CHL) (1991)

 

FENRIZ OF DARKTHRONE (1991)

 

SAVAGE GRACE (US)

SPIDER (UK) (FOREARM SMASH #2, 1983)

 

TRAUMA (PER)

Thrash Metal band from Lima, Peru. Down below you can listen to their second demo tape from 1989.

(1989) Demo 1989 [DEMO]

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BLASPHEMY

KING DIAMOND ON THE COVER (ROCK HARD #15, 1985)

VACATION TIME ...

 

SAVAGE (1984)

ATROCITY EXHIBITION (GER) (HOLOCAUST #3, 1990)

Thrash Metal band from Breitengüßbach, Bavaria, Germany.

(1988) HONKY-TONK-MONK [DEMO]

This is the bands second demo tape from 1988, released under the band name Atrocity.

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MORTUARY DRAPE

 

JONAH QUIZZ (SWE)

 

MASSACRA (FRA) (HOLOCAUST #3, 1990)

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ANACHRONIC (CZE) (ROCK REPORT #1, 1993)

Rock Report was a fanzine from Czechia, written in Czech. But here's an interview translated to English for you.

ANACHRONIC (CZE)

At the beginning of this year, the first album by the Pardubice band Anachronic, which was formed in Jandov Propasta in the autumn of last year, will be released on our market. Since we have not yet had the privilege of getting to know this band or their music in more detail, we decided to introduce Anachronic to the readers of Rock Report through a letter-interview with the band's leader Vláďa Hauk.

Could you introduce Anachronic in more detail?

We have existed as Anachronic since 1990, when we got back together after some time, unnecessarily disrupted by the war. Before that, we were active as the band Usurpator with practically the same line-up. So after the war, we started again with the following members: Vladimír Brett (1969) - g, Mirek Maršík (1972) - ds, Vladimír Hauk (1968) - bg, v. We knew that we wanted to do something new, so we canceled the old, somewhat youthful, reckless metal name Usurpator and, following Vladimír Brett's idea, we named ourselves Anachronic. This name means something like passing by or out of time and should characterize our music.

In this line-up we recorded our first demo called Mimo čas in April 1991. It was recorded live in a rehearsal room, so it wasn't very good in terms of sound and it wasn't very perfect in terms of musicianship. Nevertheless, the demo received mostly positive reviews in various fanzines. In this line-up we also played several concerts, mostly at festivals. In the autumn we added a second guitarist, Pavel Herynek (1970), and thus we achieved the basic line-up that is still valid today. We chose four songs from the Mimo čas demo and started preparing new songs for the next program. In January of this year we recorded a new demo in the Past studio in Hradec Králové, which we sent to various record companies.

Are you interested in what else we do? Of course, we would like to make a living from music, but unfortunately that is not possible yet. I work in Param, VI. Brett in the hospital doing X-rays, Pavel in VCHZnabouchačky (he has to support his family and so he has no choice but to risk dangerous work) and Míra is a dental laboratory technician.

What can you say about the style of music? We try to play a little differently than other bands. You could say that the music on the album is based on thrash basics, although there are minimal classic cutting parts. We would like people not to consider us a purely metal band, because we think that our music could have something to say to a wider audience.

What we like to listen to... We are fed up with the classics (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax), lately I really like Faith No More, Voivod. You could say that we have stopped making distinctions between different musical styles.

How did you get into recording the LP?

As I said, we sent the studio demo to various record companies and we also sent one to Petr Jand. After some time, he contacted us and said that he liked it and offered us to record an album for his company BESTIA, and since negotiations with another company that showed interest did not lead to anything, it was decided. The album will be released at the end of January in an initial edition of thousands of copies from each carrier + an additional CD in English.

How was the recording process and who did you work with on the album?

We recorded the album from September 1st to September 10th, 1992 at the Propast studio. First, we recorded drums for two days, then bass (half a day), then we searched for the guitar sound, and for the next five days we recorded guitars, vocals, and solos. The last two days were spent mixing. It seems like a short time, but thanks to the fact that the initial sounds were already perfect, everything was done and the result is excellent. We prepared for the recording for about two months, simply by trying to play along with the recorded drums. Ten days for an album is not enough, but who will give you more for your first album?

I think that Studio Propast is one of the best studios in our country, mainly due to the quality of the technicians. The record was produced by Petr Janda, although most of the music-control work was done by Tomáš Vráb. When Janda showed up there, we were so nervous that we were not able to play anything. The first day in the studio, Petr Ackerman was with us, who actually set the sound of the drums, and then Tomáš Vráb did everything until the end. He has nerves of steel, just like Acky, and we had a good time with them.

How satisfied are you with the result of the filming?

I've already talked about the result, it's a beautiful raw sound with a character somewhere between Megadeth and Slayer (I mean sonically). There are ten things on the album, mostly they are emotional matters. Some songs characterize resistance against authorities (religion, crowd power) or against the consumerist way of life. Most of the motifs are carried by VI. Brett, then together we more or less rework and compile them. The first two lyrics on the album are mine, the rest were also written by VI. Brett.

What did working in the studio bring you?

Every time we go to the studio it's a great experience, you learn a lot. Because we've been to the studio before, it wasn't that surprising, we knew what to expect, so we were able to prepare quite well. Still, it wasn't without problems and we have to prepare much better next time.

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