THE MEATFUCKERS Interview
Category: Interviews
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Written by Christine
Genre: Black thrash metal
1. First of all I’d like you to fill us in on what’s happening in the THE MEATFUCKERS camp at the moment.
Thanks
for this interview! As we speak, we are finishing the latest details
for our second album (final texts on the CD insert, defining dates with
our recording company of its pressing), defining the new merchandising,
plus REX LUCIFER besides singing now is also playing the guitar!
2. Please point out the most important moments and experiences you’ve had with the band thus far, be them good or bad.
For
sure some highlights are: playing live!, our first gig, recording both
albums, the new friends we have made along the way, signing with Music
Solutions Agency and having now new blood in the band.
The
lowlights are when the original drummer and lead guitarist decided to
leave the group as well not being able to perform one show in Texas for
beaurocratic reasons…
3.
Can you present “Gangbang from Hell?” to our readers in a few words?
Which are the album’s highlights and which its weak moments or elements,
according to you?
Well,
“Gangbang from Hell” marks the debut of THE MEATFUCKERS into the metal
scene, so it’s a raw album where we tried to go back to thrash metal
roots but adding some melodies to the music, so at the end, hopefully,
the listener may have some of those melodies inside his head and want to
hear us again.
It’s
really hard to judge your own work, since we want each song and album
to be perfect. So for us the whole album is very special but if had to
pick, for sure “Childsodomy” and “Pornorama” are the highlights. In the
case of weakness, it could be the production, it wasn’t as we wanted it
to be.
4.
“Gangbang from Hell” was first released in 2011, so have you written
any new songs in the meantime? When are you thinking to release your
second work?
Yes!
We have already recorded 9 new songs, the new title is “Porn Again”. At
this moment we are now focusing on the artwork and defining with our
record company how and when the new album will be released. We are very
excited about it. We hope to release it in October/November. Hopefully
by then we can have new interview to talk about it.
5. What do you believe you can offer to the metal scene? Why should the metal heads check you out?
That’s
kind of tricky question… we don’t think we are carrying any special
flag or anything like that. We just play the music we like and are very
honest about it. For us it is to bring the thrash metal roots back:
guitar, bass, drums and vocals with attitude and sweat on the stage!
We want the metal heads to enjoy the gigs along with us, to make them part of the show.
6.
What kind of procedure do you follow when you compose songs? Do you
have to be in a certain state of mind in order to perform the songs as
you want?
Songs
are being composed mainly by Iracundo (Guitars). He brings some
riffs/ideas to the rehearsal room and the band starts jamming around
them to add or modify some parts until the song is more or less
completely sketched and then he records the song. Next he comes with
some more ideas and starts the process again.
Once
that music is almost defined, Reverend D. (bass) picks a title for the
song and writes the lyrics. At the end if we feel comfortable with a
song then it’s released, we also need to have fun playing it!
7. Which song or songs do you think are the most ideal to represent the whole album’s essence?
Oh
man! You are really trying to push us to choose a few when we like all
of them… We have different tempos and feelings on most of the songs on
the album: we have classic thrash, very fast songs, slow tempo ones,
even one that reminds you of hair metal! So we’d leave to the metal
heads to choose the one that they think represents the album better.
8. Which are your sources of inspiration when it comes to the lyrics? Which are the main topics you deal with?
That’s a pretty easy one! Anything related to pornography is inspiration for our lyrics.
9. Why do you wear masks? How important is appearance for you?
Appearance
is the second most important thing to us, first is the music. We work
to have a visual impact on the stage so we can get the audience’s
attention first time as well the band can be easily recognized thanks to
our wardrobe! So masks at this moment are part of the whole look, they
fit the leather and spikes. The visual element is important but we don’t
know if masks will be always part of the band, we are always
challenging ourselves, trying to improve our image, so if you look at
the first shows, we are now wearing some few new accessories.
10. Do you have any plans for live shows or even a tour?
YES!
We are looking for live shows to promote our new album, not a complete
tour, but getting gigs every now and then… If you know a promoter
interested to get us to play in Greece, please let us know!!
11.
Have you made any video clips? With YouTube I think videos have started
becoming a necessity for bands again. How helpful is the Internet?
You’re
absolutely right; having now new multimedia options, it’s almost an
obligation to have videos on the web. We have done only one video clip:
“Childsodomy” and it’s been on YouTube a while. We are planning to do
another one to support the new album.
Being
an independent and DIY band it’s really hard to get resources to do
everything we want as we want. The Internet is a big help to instantly
distribute your material worldwide but you need to invest time and money
to get noticed, because now metal fans around the world have tons of
options at their fingertips, so the trick now is how to be easily found.
12.
What kind of feedback have you received thus far? Can you mention a
comment, be it positive or negative, serious or funny, that impressed
you?
In
most of the cases we have received positive feedback including some
international bands that we have opened for (E.g. we became good friends
of IMPIETY’s Shyaithan). Now, being part of the roster of Music
Solutions Agency, it has opened new doors for us, our first album has
been reviewed with a good and decent average score of 6.5.
For
the most impressive comment we have ever received was at the end of the
first show when were the opening band for CANNIBAL CORPSE, we closed
our show playing THE MENTOR’s “Sandwich of Love” and we were walking
down stairs crossing C.C.’s backstage area, Corpse Grinder approached us
and said: “when you were playing it I was singing along song at the
back stage, I always push these guys to play it but no luck”… If we had
known that beforehand, for sure we’d invite him to sing it on stage with
us!
13. What do you think people think and feel when they listen to THE MEATFUCKERS?
I
hope people want to be in the mosh pit to scream and hit each other and
let out all the aggression and frustration of everyday life.
14. By the way, how did you come up with such a strange and unique moniker?
We wanted
an original band name not taken for any metal band, all the good names
are gone, so we decided to stay out of the porno gore trends because we
are not part of it. So we focused on two easy words to be remembered by
the west which made sense to our musical concept, and in fact it makes
some shocking impressions the first time, the whole name is about people
who are in carnal urge, so came easy to us and describes very well
our lyric concept and what you’re gonna hear.
15. How’s the metal scene in Mexico? How difficult is it for a band from over there to stand out?
The
Mexican metal scene unfortunately is very fragmented plus there’s not
really a metal music industry, there’s practically no infrastructure to
support, grow and promote any band. So the only option is that each band
takes care of themselves and has no time to support other bands… and
it’s a pity since there’s a lot of talent in Mexico, there are good
bands and excellent musicians.
16. Thank you! Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Thanks
for your interest in THE MEATFUCKERS! We hope to find a promoter soon
to take us to play to the almighty Greek metal fans! Visit our website http://www.themeatfuckers.com or our Facebook site to have the latest news about the upcoming album. Greece: be prepared to be dominated by THE MEATFUCKERS!
Christine Parastatidou
Říkají si Joyless Jokers,
pocházejí z Itálie a zatím toho za sebou moc nemají. Od svého vzniku v
roce 2006 totiž nahráli jen jedno EP (2010) a pak až loňskou řadovou
fošnu "Taste of Victory", která je předmětem dnešní recenze. Stejně jako nad každou mladou kapelou se tedy i nad Joyless Jokers vznáší stín pochybnosti, jestli má co nabídnout. Čas strávený v přítomnosti "Taste of Victory"
však tyhle pochybnosti celkem snadno rozmetal, protože není sporu o
tom, že zrovna tahle banda si své místo na slunci určitě zaslouží.
A
z čeho že je deska vlastně poskládaná? Většinu pozornosti na sebe
nečekaně strhávají kytary. Pracuje se tu zejména s riffy, které ač
nejsou vyloženě převratné, svojí kvalitu mají a místy dovedou velice
příjemně potěšit. Kytary obecně nepostrádají solidní nápady, takže nejen
že mají čím zaujmout, ale dokonce to stačí na obstojnou zábavu v celé
délce alba. Především od kytar se rovněž odvíjí drive celého počinu,
ačkoli tady jim velmi zdatně sekundují bicí. Bubeníkovy party v souladu s
duchem celé nahrávky pěkně odsýpají a místy je to velice solidní palba,
která k charakteru desky přispívá spíš určitou lehkostí, než aby
posluchače zatloukala do židle. Co do kvantity dost omezenou, avšak v
celkovém měřítku takřka nezastupitelnou roli pak hrají i klávesy. Ty se
podílejí na melodických prvcích desky a v neposlední řadě dost
přispívají k modernímu feelingu, jakým "Taste of Victory"
disponuje. Klávesové rejstříky koketují spíše s lehce industriálním
soundem, a pokud bych měl srovnávat se zavedenými spolky, klávesy Joyless Jokers
se svým zvukem vzdáleně blíží spíš klasikům švédského melodeathu než
třeba takovým finským melancholickým skoroklavírům. O žádné vykrádání
nejde a stejně jako zbytek desky je i její klávesová složka příjemně
svěží.