Born of Sin new album information and free songs

Swedish death/black metal band Born of Sin first full length album is up for release this fall. Cover art, playlist, three free songs and various information about the release can be found at www.bornofsin.net and www.myspace.com/bornofsinband
1. Angels deathrow
2. Our infamous god
3. Deceiver
4. Walk with the lord
5. In sickness
6. End your life
7. Imperfect breed of humanity
8. Shapeshifter
9. Like a wave of destruction
10. Stitches Recorded by Valle Adzic (One man army and the undead quartet, Impious) in Downfall studio early spring of 2007. Up for release in the fall of 2007 by Unexploded Records.

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As We Destroy

Interview with vocalist Gene Cook aka Lord Destroyer through email. Interview by EvilTatoo

What's the As We Destroy story?

---Well, we are a metal band from Maryland/West Virginia. We've all known each other for quite awhile and have been in other bands together over the years. This is the newest one, and the best one I believe.

When exactly did you form?

---Nov.2001 was when we actually took the As We Destroy moniker.

Who's all in the band?

---Jonathan Britner- Guitar, Matt Rhodes- Drums, Gene Cook- Vocals, Gabe Jackson-Guitar, Tony Lindsey- Bass

Who came up with the name As We Destroy, and what's the meaning behind it?

---Jonathan and I made a list of some names we thought were cool, and then we just kept narrowing down to a short list which we ran by the other guys and that's the one that stuck. It really had to have the word DESTROY in it though. I think that word just kinda lets people know what they are in for. As for the meaning..."All will fall, nothing will be left standing and not one will be left alive...AS WE DESTROY!" Sound good?

Who designed your logo?

---Our long time friend Curt Taylor. He has done all sorts of artwork for us over the years. Curt and I graduated high school together, and we had art class together. I was always blown away with his creations. Hell, he was making silk screened band T-shirts and stickers back in the 80's in class for projects. So its really a natural choice to go with Curt. Anyone else interested in a logo or art can contact me and I'll get you in touch with him.

Are you guys playing out?

---Well, we are ready to. We just recently brought Tony in on bass and we kinda dumped about 8 songs on him at once. He's an incredible bass player and is now ready to kill em live! We play Baltimore on July 19th.

I must say the 3 song 2002 EP you sent me rules. Where was it recorded at? How many were made?

---Wow man, THANX! We recorded it at T.A.O.M.S. Studios in Maryland. The EP you received was a promo cassette. There were 200 of those made. That same EP will be available on CD through BATTLE ZONE RECORDS soon. We'd like to thank King Fowley from Deceased/Battlezone Rec for picking it up and putting it out on his label. Hopefully, they will be available by August.

How would you describe your music to someone who's never heard it?

---That's a tough one. We like to combine several elements of metal. Thrash, death, traditional. We have some guttural vox, some clean vox, some enunciated harsh vox. Guitar solos. Some straight up death. Some thrash. Some songs have odd time signatures. Others are more straight forward. We like to mix it up. We have a lot of influences.

Are you guys currently talking to any Labels?

---As I said before, the EP will be released on Battle Zone Records.

Do you guys have any merch? Cause that logo would be killer on a shirt or back patch.

---We will have stuff soon. Back patches would be sweet.

Top 5 Metal bands of all time?

--- Oh wow, he we go! I like these ones! Ha ha! Well, Iron Maiden will always be the #1 all-time metal band. And anyone that disagrees is either too young or just plain clueless. Judas Priest would be second on the list for the same reasons as above. After those two is where it gets really hard! Dio has to be there. Queensryche, pre-1990. Motorhead is up high on the list.

Top 5 albums?

---Man, it just gets harder!
Iron Maiden-Powerslave
Blood Feast- Kill For Pleasure
Metal Church-Metal Church
Queensryche-The Warning
Hallow's Eve-Tales of Terror

Which do you prefer: Vinyl or CD?

---Nothing in the world is better than a fine slab of wax. Vinyl Forever!!

What sucks more: New Metallica or New Megadeth?

---All I can say is one down...one to go!

If you could kill any NU Metal band who would you pick?

---Shit, all shit and nothing but shit! They are all the "Poison"s of the 2000s.

Do you like King Diamond and Mercyful Fate? If so what's your favorite album?

---I like the early "Fate" LPs. They had the more memorable songs. "Melissa" is the one for me!

Best maiden album?

---Powerslave. But my favorite Maiden song is "Phantom Of The Opera"

Are there a lot of poseurs where you live?

---Ha ha! What do you think? We have a Hot Topic store.

Favorite movies?

---Blood On Satan's Claw, Munster Go Home, The Reptile, The Hound Of The Baskervilles (Hammer version), Arsenic and Old Lace, Son Of Frankenstein, The Picture Of Dorian Grey, Horror Hotel

Favorite TV shows?

---The Munsters, Dungeons and Dragons cartoon

Favorite magazines?

---any with naked ladies!

If you could tour w/ any 2 bands who would you pick?

---Iron Maiden and Motorhead

Any last comments, shout outs or fuck you's?

---Well, first to you for the interview and the kind words. Everyone can check us out at www.aswedestroy.com. The CD will be out soon and check it out! The cover art was drawn by Eddie Shahini, guitarist for the legendary thrash band D.B.C. and features a cover of "The Evil" by thrash gods BLOOD FEAST!

Shout outs- my bandmates for all the fun, King Fowley for being the KING of metal, my wife for putting up with all my crazy shit, Dave Weber (http://davesmetal.tripod.com), Beyond Fatal, Eternal Ruin, A.M.P., Eddie Shahini, Kevin Kuzma and Adam Tranquilli, and to anyone that helps us out in any way! THANX!

Fuck you- far too many to list! Ha ha!!!! Thanx Tatoo! Metal Heads UNITE!!!!!!

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XXX Maniak

A lot of the so called religious and political correct freaks out there will probably be very offended by XXX Maniak's sexist and bizarre hyperblast goregrind. The band doesn't hold back on anything. The music deals with various topics like murder, rape, drugs, faeces and porn among other things and for this they've also received some angry emails from families of murder victims, but this doesn't stop the duo. I recently got the opportunity to ask guitarist Michael Yale some questions about the re-issue of their debut Harvesting the Cunt Nectar, the use of computer drums and a bunch of other things as well.

What initially made you form XXX Maniak?
Absolute hatred of goregrind inspired the birth of XXX Maniak. Goregrind is stupid, boring, and incredibly overdone. It seemed like a good idea to make the band because so many others suck at playing anything worthwhile. It's enjoyable to play songs that are bursts of violence, bizarre sex and drug abuse. I can see why bands want to do that. XXX Maniak does that.

How are the typical reactions to your music? I mean either you love it or you hate it, there's really no in between is there?
Deranged individuals who are jaded by goregrind's lack of innovation may be XXX Maniak listeners. People who don't think depraved acts are entertaining probably hate XXX Maniak. Obviously most of the people who like the band are people looking for something extremely offensive.

For apparent reasons it's almost impossible not to think of a band like Mortician when listening to the music. I assume this band has been an inspiration, but which other bands are you influenced by?
Besides Mortician, there's Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Enemy Soil, Regurgitate, White Zombie, Butcher ABC, Abscess, Misfits, Macabre, and old black metal. Mainly just Mortician and Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

Like Mortician you use computer drums. What is it about those that appeal to you?
I don't want to fuck around with a drummer and any ideas he may have when I write our music. I know the sound I want and sometimes it is impossible for a drummer to play it on certain songs. It is much faster to make all the music myself.

You've never considered using a real drummer?
XXX Maniak uses a real drummer whenever we play live. The drummer really holds it all together for us live because we are drugged up, drunken assholes on stage and the drummer has to play so fast that they end up postponing most of their vices until after we play.

Have you commenced work on the follow-up to Harvesting the Cunt Nectar?
Some tracks have been recorded for the next release. The overall production is much improved. The drums are bigger and more bludgeoning. The guitars sound like hypodermic needles floating in sludge. We have recorded a few things after Harvesting the Cunt Nectar for various splits.

What other releases like split CD's and so forth do you have in the pipeline?
We did a split CD with Lymphatic Phlegm on Black Hole Productions from Brazil. We have a split 7' with Embalming Theatre that just came out on Haunted Hotel records. We covered "Hacked Up for BBQ" for a Mortician tribute. There are other things too, such as a theme song for a hardcore porn website that is in the works. We have a split with GUT lined up for the Slimewave series that Relapse is doing.

I understand that Harvesting the Cunt Nectar was originally put out a few years back by you. How did Selfmadegod Records end up reissuing it?
The album was originally released by us on as a joint venture by my label Red Candle Records and Anthony's label Crooked Crosses Records and our main distribution was in the United States. Selfmadegod carried our CD's as well as our t-shirt designs. Karol from the label contacted us about doing a European release and we worked out a deal. The album got a push from its initial release, and Selfmadegod is spreading it all over Europe.

It appears as if you've approach things a little different with regards to the samples. I get the impression you made them yourselves instead of just snatching something from a movie?
We usually create our own samples, but sometimes we do steal them. It's hard to find samples that say what we want to convey. Many of our samples are about the life-affirming joy and happiness a person experiences by raping, killing, and/or torturing another person. There are others about coercing young, naïve girls to do drugs with older gentlemen. While there are pre-existing samples that cover these topics, we prefer to customize ours. It's all been done before and we want to put a distinct personal stamp on it.

I read somewhere that you recorded the album in a home-studio. Are there any particular reasons why you chose to do it that way and is it how you mostly work?
It's cheaper and easier than going to an outside studio. We had many guest vocalists on the album and it was much easier to coordinate them coming to my home studio, drinking beers, and smoking bowls than it would have been booking studio time somewhere else. However, after laying down the tracks we got it mixed and mastered elsewhere.

I bet some people must have taken offence of your music and in particular the artwork? Could you say a bit about the nature of this?
We have heard from the families of murder victims who have written us incredibly long emails about how what we are doing is despicable. As if we don't already know… To be honest, we've mainly come in contact with people who take our music almost literally and love it, or people who simply can't stomach it. It is hard for us to find companies that will press our CD's or t-shirts. We have had to postpone releases in the past, but now we deal with quality, amoral companies.

Speaking of the artwork, it was done by Mike Hrubovcak. What made you pick him?
Mike is the best album artist I know of and also a friend. His artwork is absolutely top of the line. He did some vocals on the CD too. Check out www.visualdarkness.com for his work.

What makes an interesting artwork to you and do you think it's important that the artwork reflect the soul of music?
I am a firm believer in eye-catching artwork. If we are going to make a song about Harvesting the Cunt Nectar, then somebody better be harvesting some fucking cunt nectar on the cover! It's got to look sick and slick! Most goregrind bands have an offensive cover with the worst music. Other bands just use a low quality picture of some girl shitting in her own mouth and then slap a band logo over it. Most people already have a million shit pictures like that on their computer, so what's the point?

Do you often play live or is XXX Maniak more of a studio band?
We have played three different US fests and are going to do some tours. Some of the songs have different arrangements for live performance. They are so short that it works better if we add or extend certain parts. We only do this for certain songs, and many retain their original form. It definitely works best this way.

Would it be correct to speak of an American grindcore scene? Right now I can only think of a handful of bands and most of these are on Relapse Records!
The American grindcore scene is nothing like Europe or other territories. The shows and crowds are small. Certain bands like Pig Destroyer and Brutal Truth have good crowds. The big problem is over-saturation. Relapse is certainly the centre of grind in the US.

Are any of you active in other bands besides XXX Maniak?
We are working on a new album in my thrash band Rumpelstiltskin Grinder. I sometimes play as a touring guitarist in Total Fucking Destruction as well.

As We Fuck

AS WE FUCK a noise punk band from algeria
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TATOO : Vox
Sleep : Drums

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