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EDITORIALHello readers,

Well, we’ve hit issue 40 now - who would’vethought? So many people are ambitious enoughto tackle big projects, but life can get in the wayand overshadow good intentions, creating a lack infollow through for many ideas which never see thelight of day as a result. But when passion is strongenough, things happen no matter what, and that isthe case with Slaughterama and House Of Noizzradio. The wheels keep on turning and every time

I’ve thought about parking this magazine in thegarage for a while, someone or something helpsme to tune it up and put some more gas in thetank.

The House Of Noizz TV idea ran out of fuelthough. We had everything set to go, but the testfootage we put together was just not up to thedesired production quality level, and then That

Metal Show hit the airwaves in NZ with the typeof quality metal show we were hoping to makeanyway. Who knows, maybe we’ll look at TV againwhen we have some more disposable income;meanwhile we’ll have to stick to the occasionalappearance on youtube.

This issue contains interviews with two premium

NZ Metal bands - Darklight Corporation and InDread Response. And then we have our exclusivewith Devin Townsend; a great interview in whichhe doesn’t shy away from being straight up aboutevery question put to him. Some good reviewshere too, and a piece from Ultimate Metal Dude to

round the issue off.

Enjoy, and I’ll catch you nextissue.

Brendon Adam

Editor

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Paul Martin is one of The Rock’s longestserving jocks, presenting, programming andproducing his hugely successful weekly metalshow The Axe Attack on the Rock since 1992.

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From a festering pile of MOLTEN STEELcomes ULTIMATE METAL DUDE. Mypurpose: to pass EXTREME commentary onall of the current happenings on planet Earth.

To say the shit that others don’t have the ballsto say. To be the most infamous ctional gure

in society since Jesus Christ. Just becauseI’m wearing lipstick doesn’t mean I can’t kickyour ass!

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ISSUE 40 CREDITS

Front Cover by Jenna AdamInternal Layout by Brendon AdamInterviews with Devin Townsend, DarklightCorporation and In Dread Response byBrendon AdamGlam Metal Wordnd by Brendon Adam

Ultimate Metal Dude by Nivatel Uhuiam



Congratulations on the new album,

Pitchblack. As with the debut,

the polish in everything you have

done here is evident. What parts of your

sound did you attempt to build on the

most when writing and recording?

With the debut it was pretty much goingblind and I think it was a bit more industrialsounding. With this album we wanted it tobe big and fat like a rock album, not so thinand precise. We also used new masteringechniques so the sound was still loud butnot so compressed and still dynamic withgood transients. And in terms of the songwriting and performances I think it is anatural progression from the debut; thesongs are a bit stronger and a bit morecomplex. Fabio certainly pushed his vocalsmore and tried new things with a clean vocal

and really diversied. Tim [new drummer]

really brought a new feel and drive to thesongs too.

What opinion or message raised by the

band in the lyrics on the new album

resonates the strongest with you?

I think this album is a lot more personalthan the rst album, which was all about the

ght. The songs on Pitchblack have more

input from all of us and even though Fabio iswriting the lyrics the music resonates fromus all. For me a song like “Down In A Hole”really affects me because I really feel whatit was like for Fabio growing up in Brazil andthe anger and frustration of losing peopleclose to you because of your environment.We all put ourselves on this album whichmakes it more edgy and real I think.

What is the most expensive exercise for

the band when making an album?

The biggest expense for the way we work istime really. I mean we are pretty much self sufcient when it comes to making albums.

I would love to hand the responsibility over to a well known producer etc. but in thisclimate there is not a lot of money aroundso we do what we need to do to get thesame result. We spend a lot of time in our studio getting things to sound as good asany other album out there and that takestime and effort. I probably wouldn’t haveit any other way; we don’t need to go andspend forty grand and still not have fullcontrol over the end result, and really, theend listener doesn’t care where it wasdone as long as it sounds as good as thenext album they listen to. We always like

to have nice artwork but none of us areartists so we go and nd something we like

and contact the artist about using it. For the Pitchblack art the artist actually saidwe could use it for free and just credit her which was great. So really we don’t spendmuch at all on an album.

You guys are quite familiar with making

music videos now. Is this something

that the band really enjoys producing,

or do you see it more as a tool for

presenting and promoting the band’s

singles and image?

We love making videos and are fortunateto have a friend in TV with a great cameraand he directs and shoots our videos andthen we edit them to how we like them.Every time we do one we learn so much



more and you can really see the growth of he band through each video. It does getrustrating putting all the effort in only to begnored by the mainstream music showshough. Luckily shows like “The Metal Bar”nd “The Steel Mill” support local bands of his genre otherwise we would be fuckedahahaha. It’s denitely a great tool to

romote the band and push an album or ingle out to a bigger audience. Bloodyunning out of ideas for making cheapideos though hahahaha.

A couple of questions around one of

he major things which totally sets this

lbum apart from everything else outhere; the format on which you released

t. You are the rst Metal band in NZ (that

am aware of) to release an album on

Dropcard” - tell us about it.

think we are probably the rst band in any

enre in NZ to do it. I was thinking about newormats for delivering music one day as youo hahaha and came up with the concept.

Of course someone else was already doingin another country so I contacted them and

hey had a great system in place to make itll work on a commercial level. Its so costffective and an exciting and convenientroduct, just watch, everyone will be usinghem soon.

What is the most popular method

eople are using for getting the album?

Dropcard or itunes? And do you feel you

ave missed out on any sales by not

aving a CD out?

As much as it is a shame, the CD is aead format. No one is buying CD playersnymore, it’s digital storage now and wille for a while. There will always be people

who want the CD but they are the minority.But for them we also have the full resolution

CD les available to download with the

download card, so they can just burn a disc.You also get the artwork and lyrics if youwant them. Its all the same really it’s just allon a screen nowadays. For most people Ithink itunes etc. is the most common way butthe drop card is for physical sales at showsor retail outlets so people can actually buysomething tactile and convenient.

As the CD eventually dies out and

people embrace digital les more and

more, do you think that the full length

album may also suffer? There are certain

musicians who believe that artists,

record companies and consumers willeventually evolve to production and

consumption of singles only. Buying

behaviour on itunes is already starting

to show that with pop music in particular,

people prefer to download one or two

‘hit’ songs they like versus an entire

album. What are your thoughts?

Well it’s kind of always been that way withpop music, it’s always been single driven.With Pitchblack it is still in an album formatwhere each song has a specic gap

between tracks and some tracks run intoeach other like a CD but on a media player so you don’t lose the album feel. We havealso priced the dropcard and the album at

$5 so it makes it a no brainer to buy thewhole album. On itunes etc. we have nocontrol over their pricing so each song issold at their price but the album is availablefor $5 from our website and shows andvarious retail outlets around the country.Really, the media industries need to catchup to the trends; they have buried their heads and ignored the trends and now theyare fucked. People download music andmovies for free... you can’t change laws andmake criminals of most of the population;you have to innovate and keep ahead of the

tide.

So what are the plans for the near future?

In September we are bringing over one of the top bands from Brazil [EMINENCE] and

we will be touring with them on a 16 datetour through NZ and Australia, Then theywill assist us in touring in South Americaand Europe next year. We also havea promo campaign happening inEurope right now for the release of Pitchblack with a company in TheNetherlands, so she is sendingout copies to all the magazines

for reviews and radiostations for airplay, so weare building a foundationso we can get thereand tour in the near future. And we’vehad representationfrom the AsianMusic Mattersconference inSingapore last month sohopefully some deals comefrom that. So all pretty exciting buta lot of hard work ahead of us. We all just love being in this band and really enjoymaking music together which at the end of the day is what we are all about.

Anything else you’d like to mention?

We would really like to thank the peoplewho support this genre in NZ and who onlydo it because they are passionate about themusic. If we didn’t have the specialist radio,TV shows and magazines the scene would just not be as good as it is at the moment.There are so many great bands in NZ thatdeserve to be heard and these shows bringthe music to the fans and keep the scenemoving forward.g

“... the CD is a

dead forma t. ”



Agroup of students

investigate a series of

mysterious bear killings,

but learns that there are much

more dangerous things going on.

They start to follow a mysterious

hunter, learning that he is actually

a troll hunter.

It’s Blair Witch Project meetsWhere The Wild Things Are in

this atmospheric mockumentary.The fact that it’s made in Norwaydenitely helps it seem somehow

more authentic. There are a fewgreat scenes; my favorite is wherethe lmmakers get trapped with the

hunter in a cave with a bunch of trolls. If you’re a fan of either of theforementioned lms, or just like trolls,

then check this one out - it’s short runat the Incredibly Strange Film Festivalis already over so watch for the DVD/ Blu Ray release. dddcc

M O V I E R E V I E W

B y B r en d onA d am



First off, how has

the response

been now

that fans have

experienced all four

of the themes you

presented?

As is usually the case,the initial reactions arebasically confusion.I think I ask a lotof my audience bycontinually presentingmusic that is dissimilar to the previous records.When someone has

an emotional investment in what camebefore, to not hear a continuation of itbecomes disappointing and probably quitefrustrating. However, that is becomingknown as kind of my ‘thing’ I suppose, andnow a month later, people are beginning toappreciate these new records for what theyare, vs what they aren’t. I believe in time,these 4 records and what they representwill be known as one of my best periods,and each record individually will stand asgreat thoughts. They do ask a lot of theaudience though, no doubt…

These 2 CDs close off a 4 album series,

and you’re already working on your next

record, so you have been extremelyactive in releasing quality material

frequently. Seems like a lot of work - are

you getting enough downtime?

I don’t think so. The problem that I have aretoo many good things that deserve my fullattention. My family and home life is a fulltime job, touring and interviews are a fulltime job, Ziltoid alone could be a full time job, and that doesn’t include relaxing, or creating, or troubleshooting etc. All in all,I think it’s a ‘good’ problem to have, but Ispend 150% energy to keep everything in

my life rolling at 70% each. It’s frustrating,but there currently doesn’t seem to be anoption. Touring keeps the boat aoat, and

the family needs an income so it’s a catch22. I am enjoying the few moments I getper month though with my full heart. :)

Do you ever feel that being known as a

Metal artist could prevent people who

are turned off by the Metal genre but

would otherwise love your music from

discovering your releases?

Absolutely. I would like to be known asa musician, point blank. But after yearsof screaming my balls off and being a‘metal musician’ to the exclusion of mostother things, I totally get it. However, I canonly keep releasing my records in hopesthat they nd the right ears. I support and

encourage downloading of my stuff topeople who are on the fence. Ultimatelythough, I‘m working, and I am happy. If itever gets past the stage that it is at now, I‘llconsider it a cool bonus.

Your music doesn’t seem to have any

denitive borders when it comes to

styles and inuence which makes

listening to the records particularly

interesting. Some bands actually

appear to thrive on restriction, whether

imposed by genre, budget or style. Have

you ever found limitation helpful?

Only in terms of technical aspects. I donot like options while recording (tons of plug-ins, guitar selections etc…) I have avery effective handful of instruments and 2plug-in bundles in ProTools that I rely onto do certain things. My options come withhow I choose to write and implement them,and not a reliance on trying to nd some

new, wacky delay or something. If I need,say a strange swirling delay to make mypoint, I use the dig stereo delay, then chainit creatively through my one reverb, then



nto my one chorus and nd a solution that

way. Not having to scroll through dozensf presets allows me to focus on what’s

n my head as opposed to poking in theark for inspiration. My ideas come veryuickly and are fully formed for the mostart, and the speed of execution is more

mportant than experimentation with mediar instruments.

With digital media (and the way people

urchase music) evolving there has

een talk from various musicians

hat artists may eventually opt to stop

making full length albums altogether

nd instead simply release singles inloser succession. What’s your opinion

have you given this concept any

hought?

never seems to make much sense to meo not make a full statement. Sometimes,he statement lasts 3 songs (echo) andthers, 4 records (dtp)… so in either event,get my point across I think. The formatmitations are rarely a consideration Iuess.

became a big fan of your music when I

icked up the Ziltoid album. I found the

rtwork/imagery/concept irresistible,

nd then when I heard the music I was

otally blown away. You were recently

uoted as saying “I’m very rapidlyealizing that humour and metal… it

oesn’t really work.” However, I rate

he Ziltoid record among my favourite

ll time albums, and I think that lighter

ubject matter has a lot to do with that.

Would you care to elaborate on your

houghts behind humour and metal?

Well to be clear, (thank you by the way…) Iersonally think it works great, and I believehat humour is essential in life and love etc,owever I didn’t realize how uptight the

metal community can be until recently. I

suppose I gave it too much credit. Goingback to your previous question about metaltags being a deterrent to new listeners,perhaps the fact I continue to see thingsin a lighter way, even as a metaphor, willhave me ‘banished’ from the heavy metalglee-club, and to be honest, I have nodesire to hang out with miserable peoplewho take all this life shit too seriously,so I’m ne with it. I‘m sure in all walks of

life you nd people who focus on miry,

darkness and conspiracy… but the further I go into my creative process, the more Ind a solid percentage of the heavy metal

community that nd comt in that and don’t

want it questioned. I get it…I‘ll just takemy ball and leave. :) I look forwardto seeing my experience inheavy metal being seenas a single colour in myfuture work.

Among many

other guests,

Oderus Urungus

(Dave Brockie)

appears on

Deconstruction as a guest on the title

track. Pretty full on! Made me want to eat

a double cheeseburger. Did you have fun

working with Dave and putting that one

together?

Dave Brockie is a fucking genius. That is all.

It was great seeing you live

here in NZ to promote the

“Addicted” album. The

obvious question is do

you plan to ever return

to play more shows

down under?

We come in

September for the Soundwave Revolutionfestival, I hope to hit NZ again, it was a totalthrill. No word yet from the promoter andagent as to if we will able to on this run. Ithas MY vote though…

Any nal messages to your New Zealand

fans?

‘Worse shit has happened to better people’Lots of love folks! Keep your heads up!g

“Deconstruction” and “Ghost”

are both available now.

“...I didn’ t reali ze ho w up tigh t the

me tal communi t y can be un til

recen tl y. ”



Your new album, “Embers in the

Spiritless Void” has been out for

about a month or so. What is the

reaction like so far?

t’s been pretty positive so far. Reviewsare picking up on some of the ner details

of the album which we worked hard onwhich is good and people were singingalong at the release show. The lyrics onlywent online the other day so it means thatpeople actually took time out to physicallyead the booklet which they bought. That

was all part of the master plan, growing up

couldn’t wait to listen to a new CD whileeading the booklet cover to cover anddigesting the artwork. My Dad enjoys it sohat is the most important reaction to me,everything else is a bonus.

This is your second full length album.

What are the most noticeable differences

o the debut [From the Oceanic Graves]?

The last album was guns blazing the wholeime, this one has some reserved momentswhich make certain parts more impacting.A lot of it also came from having our new

drummer Corey. He played everythinglive compared to the last album wherewe didn’t even have a drummer. Our newguitarist Ross McDougall also played abig part in the song writing, he comes fullyequipped with the most solid right rhythmhand I have ever seen. The new album isa better product in all areas: musicianship,song writing, production, artwork, lyrics theworks.

When it comes to the lyrics, what subject

matter/s get the most response and are

the most interesting to put into songs?

All our lyrics are handled by vocalist SeanO’Kane-Connolly and we never interferewith his methods! Subject wise he willalways pick things of an epic nature. Weavoid anti religious and political lyrics sohe has to work pretty hard to craft lyricsthat people can relate to without alienatingpeople. The more twisted the better butresorting to blood, guts and gore just isn’tour thing. Instead he’ll focus on historicalevents or epics which puts you right in thethick of it even if you have to look up whathalf of the words mean. I’ve never been in

the middle of a nuclear winter but thanks tohim I get to imagine I am living through oneon a daily basis.

A few questions about releasing music

in current times - rstly, how nancially

worthwhile is it to make a quality album

these days?

You must absolutely have a quality album.You have to have the best possible productboth musically and production wise. Itdoesn’t have to be expensive either. Whensomeone listens to your album they don’t

hear how much you spent, they hear thesongs and the sound quality and with theinternet making every band to ever havereleased anything freely available it needsto be on par with everything else out there.Not many people will buy CD’s or downloadsongs based solely on where they are from.All of that is secondary. It’s the nal product

that has to do all the talking for you, noteven an amazing album cover is enough tosave you as most downloads are a facelessbunch of songs people take 2 minutes to judge and either keep or delete. Songs needto be memorable enough so that someone

will still be singing your songs in their headlong after they’ve left the venue. A qualityalbum is imperative because there is somuch competition out there. You might bea bunch of really great guys and work reallyhard but if the production sounds like it wasrecorded in a garage with one mic or thesongs are poorly written you’re not going toget sympathy points from people who don’tknow you. They’ll just listen to somethingelse that sounds better. Our reasoning for not skimping on quality is our music willout live us. Our songs will still be aroundwhen we’re long gone so we’d like to thinkthat it will not date too quickly and be a fair representation of everything that we were

aiming for.

Where do the biggest expenses lie? And

where can you cut corners while still

ending up with a professional product?

For us the most expensive part wasdrums. Corey has such fantastic feel whendrumming so we wanted to capture all thener nuances of his playing. It was important

we nd a room to record it that could capture

it. Luckily for us we found one relativelyquickly at the Asylum Studios. Everythingelse we did fairly cheap but made sure thatit still sounded good. I won’t go into howmuch we spent but in our opinion the daysof spending thousands and thousands of

dollars and weeks on end in a studio arealmost obsolete. If you’re a young bandon a limited budget home recordings withprogrammed drums are a good way to cutcorners. You can get them sounding 100xbetter for free than real drums on an almostnon-existent budget. The aim is to getnoticed and if you have live drums but theysound terrible you’ve just shot yourself inthe foot. Another expense that people over look is layout and artwork, luckily for us I’ma designer by trade so I did everything butto get high quality artwork and a layout thatis at the same level as the big international



nds that can get very expensive.

o you ever feel like the New Zealand

usic scene is in any way restrictive

r the band? And would you relocate if

fered better opportunities?

denitely not easy here in NZ. In terms

where the NZ music industry is comparedthe rest of the world we’re about 10

ars behind everywhere else except Iraq.we were doing this full time as our jobsen relocating would be something we’dnsider. As it stands we’re all family mene well settled in. Besides, you can’t doetal full time in NZ, there are simply not

ough places to play and not enoughoney in it to survive. Kiwi metal bands areetty hard working though, harder thany hip hop or indie joke bands who geterything handed to them and all theyd to do was don their grandpa’s tweednts and play their instruments badly. If u go to any metal show in NZ you’ll seebunch of hard working lads who do it all

the love. The music industry in NZ is amplete joke. So much money is piled onthe worst commercial bands that aren’ten around in a years time. There are aw people out there who think Dread hasd a lot of nancial help with our albums

d videos but we’ve been on our own.e’ve done everything ourselves, just 5

ys sitting around planning how to makee most of what little we had. Even after won the Juice TV music award for our eo Cannons at Dawn I still had to buy

y own orange juice at the event andere was a massive bar tab! Dread willost likely stay here because of our jobsd families unless this place becomes astile place to raise children which I can’tagine it will, and we’ll continue to doerything on our own and STILL outliveo ever is playing on C4 right now.

the new album going to see an

international release and tour?

Hopefully yes and yes. We’ll be headingto Australia to y the ag for Kiwi metal in

the new year and we’re working on a planto head over to Europe and Japan. TheUS is a little harder but I still have my USworking visa so we’ll see if we can make useof it before it expires. As for an internationalrelease we’ve got the support of our LabelDeadboy, who have been really great to us,we’ve approached a few international labelsand are now just playing the waiting game.

What are the band’s ambitions? What

level of achievement or recognition

would you be most proud to reach?

We’re simple guys and get excited when wesee one or two kids in the front row singingour songs along with us. So any thing wedo we’ll be happy with. We do aim to be asprofessional as possible though. I wouldlove to be as big as Slayer but those guysworked their tails off to get where they aretoday and had opportunities we will never have here. Times have changed, sometimesnow it’s just about being at the right place atthe right time and in NZ there is never a righttime. We won’t get anywhere near as knownas them but I love how they operate. A lot of people over look Slayer and write them off as a satanic joke band. For anyone who hasseen them live will know they are anything

but a joke. Their live show is one of the mostintense sonic and sensory experiences you

can have with your clothes on. So in regardsto live shows our biggest ambition is to beas intense live as Slayer.

Where do people go to keep up with the

latest developments with the band?

You can harass us any time on www.facebook.com/indreadresponse. One of usis always there updating it so you’ll alwaysget an answer from one of us.

Any nal messages for the readers of

Slaughterama?

Keep up the good work and support Kiwi

metal!g

“Our songs will still be around when we’re long gone...”



ARKLIGHT

ORPORATION

tchblack

wisted Hillbillyecords011

ke the self titled debut, this album is wellolished industrial metal. Most importantlyese guys value the importance of a catchy

ong; something which is often missing

om bands when they delve too deep intoomplex songwriting. If you like Sepultura,ear Factory, or industrial stuff like NIN,arilyn Manson, Rammstein or Robombie, then give this a go!dddcrendon Adam

DREAD

ESPONSE

mbers In The

piritless Void

eadboy / Universal

011

doesn’t get any better than this for melodiceath metal, even on an international scale.he album is absolutely awless from the CD

twork right through to the songwriting andoduction. The quieter sections remindede of AFI’s Sing The Sorrow album; greatnsion lled build-ups to full-on assaults.

his band deserves international exposurend status; I’ve heard nothing better in thisenre.ddddrendon Adam

THE DEVIN

TOWNSEND

PROJECT

Deconstruction

HevyDevy

2011

I’ve been a fan of Devin Townsend for afew years now (since the Ziltoid album) andwhile I’ve never been that big of a SYL fan, Ihave thoroughly enjoyed all of his DTP stuff.

Let’s forget about metal here altogether for a second; this is incredible music full-stop.I think even the most hardened critic wouldnd it difcult to argue that this is not audio

genius of the highest order. Amazing, must-have album, like all the other DTP releases.dddddBrendon Adam

THE DEVIN

TOWNSEND

PROJECT

Ghost

HevyDevy

2011

This is as per my review of Deconstruction(above), except with the note that this isnot a metal album at all. It is a very mellowrecord expertly assembled with a broadrange of soothing instruments, with thatambient / new age tranquility, but much,much better than anything released under those genres. There are still great vocals,hooks, and all up, while it may be the mostweightless sounding album on your metalCD rack, it’ll be among the most substantialat the same time, for all the right reasons.dddddBrendon Adam

SYMFONIA

In Paradisum

Avalon/Marquee2011

Timo Tolkki, Andre Matos, Uli Kusch - doI need to go on? This could as well be aStratovarius album recorded somewhereafter “Episode”. Some kick ass fast tracks,sleepy ballads and (very predictible) Power Metal hooks. Very solid, very professional

and very enjoyable. Highly recommendedto the fans of old Strato. Although theyprobably already got it.ddddcMax Thrasher

RHAPSODY

OF FIRE

From Chaos

to Eternity

Nuclear Blast

2011

Exactly what you would expect fromRhapsody (still refuse to add “of re” to it).

An excellently executed work, so over-the-top, it’s not funny! Actually, it stopped beingfunny about 10 years ago. A must have for the fans, and for the rest of us... Well, if you have a Rhapsody album - you’ve gotthem all. It’s like keeping eating the samedish every evening - one day you’ll come tofucking hate it!dddccMax Thrasher

QUEENSRYCHE

Dedicated to

Chaos

Roadrunner 2011

Wow, what a strange album! It’s uplifting,unconventional, full of random sounds... I’dcompare it to Helloween’s “Chameleon”, notin terms of music, but rather of an originality- sort of neither here nor there, yet so

listanable! For Queensryche it’s a mix of the classic “Empire” and the bizarre “Hear in the Now Frontier”. Progressive - YES!Challenging - YES! Catchy - YES! Metal- well... A brilliant record for openmindedpeople. After all it’s called “Progressive” for a reason.ddddcMax Thrasher

AMORPHIS

The Beginning

of Times

Nuclear Blast2011

The supposed comeback-to-the-rootsalbum, and I think it’s a good attempt.Melodies, folk, growl - it’s all there. Maybenot as memorable and original as “Elegy”(let’s face it, that album really pushed theboundaries back then), but a solid and well-thought through record. Plus it’s got to bethe st Metal album ever an egg on the

cover!ddddcMax Thrasher



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’s a fact – some of the humanoidsout there see metal fans as low gradebeings; violent, desperate criminals withthing to lose who should be avoided

herever possible. I don’t discourage thesepressions. As a matter of fact I probablyadventently contribute to them – my metalhirts alone usually contain imagery like

ood, gore, bad language, weapons andtanism. And that’s just what was on them

hen they were initially printed, before thegarette burns, dried ketchup and ejaculateains.

always remember an old boss sayingme years ago “Y’know, Ultimate Metal

ude, we’ve had a few guys working herethe cheese sandwich factory who like

at heavier music, and you all seem to beetty chilled out when I’ve had the chancetalk to any of you one on one, whichesn’t really t with the violent, angry

etal stereotype. What’s with that?”

Well, Bob” I replied at the time, “I don’tow about anyone else, but I let out ally aggression on song writing, guitar workd whatever’s left gets burnt up listening to

metal and in the mosh pit. So I’m normallypretty mellow at work – I burn the weekdaysaway listening to metal and thinking aboutmetal while doing these braindead tasks for the man all so I can cash my paycheck inat the end of the week and buy some morestrings, picks, etc. and get a step closer toowning my dream setup so I can do what Ilove to do when I’m not listening to metal…play metal.” Then I stabbed Bob in theneck artery with a bic pen, took out a .44Magnum and shot up a bunch of processworkers and supervisors.

Ok, that last part may not have gone downquite like that, but it got me thinking, if weleave out variables like drugs and mentalhealth, and think about normal humanoidswithout an outlet like metal; the ones who just quietly let the shit in their life build upwithout any kind of hobby as a pressurevalve, are these some of the ones who canwind up eventually going off the rails anddoing something like commiting murder? If so, then these fuckers should be listeningto, and playing metal. It could save lives for fuck’s sake!

To cover off my original statements, you may thinkI’m against those who stereotype metal fans or consider them dangerous, evil people. Well, thatcouldn’t be further from the truth, and it brings me to mymain conclusion in this article; I love the bad reputationthat the paranoid conservatives and press have helpedbuild up for metal and its listeners over the years, and what’smore, I believe metal actually needs it. Youth are naturallyrebellious; rebellion is all about shocking your parents, andluckily metal is still managing to shock people. If it didn’t,I think we would have a lot harder of a job getting youngpeople to discover it. A good proportion of the shock valuein metal is the extreme visual aspect to initially draw peoplein (or frighten the wrong people off as the case may be) –I spoke of image and shock value at greater length in mylast piece, but of course the music is equally important, aspeople’s initial exposure and hook to metal can be deliveredvia sight and/or sound.

All up, I’m so happy with how I look in public (which is themain way I promote metal). When I walk by, mothers holdtheir children tight, grown men cry, and hot chicks smile,blush and suck on lollipops. I mean look at the photo of methere; sure it may be retouched here and there, but all in all,even without the airbrushing that’s one good looking dude!And remember, just because I’m wearing lipstick doesn’tmean I can’t kick your ass!g

Metal fans – violent, desperate criminals with nothing to lose

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