Rabitrup Interview

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the musical project since the recording and release of the new ep?

Nothing much, just a lot of promo. Going to start booking some shows soon hopefully.

2.Recently you have released a new ep, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?

It’s pretty similar to my last EP, kind of industrial sludge metal stuff. The main difference in this one is it has a lot of break core inspiration, so a lot more spastic and glitchy drums.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects you explore with your music?

They’re mostly about me being tired of dealing with anxiety hah, whether wishing it would go away or reminiscing on when I was younger and didn’t have it.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Rabitrup'?

It’s a terrible name that nobody can pronounce, but it’s supposed to be pronounced Rabbit Troop. It comes from one of my favorite shows as a teenager, Home Movies. They go to film school camp and their group name is Rabbit Troop. They’re pretty bad so all the other kids keep shouting “Rabbit Troop sucks!” at them.

5.With this project you record everything by yourself, are you open to using any vocals in the future?

I’d love to and have reached out to some people, just not all that successful yet. I really want to collab with Julie Christmas on a track or EP or something.

6.What are some of the best shows that you have done so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?

I’ve only done 2, but the first one was probably the best hah. My stage presence at the moment ain’t great, I just get real into it so kinda bent over screaming my heart out. Not that exciting to watch I don’t think. I’m working on it, though.

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the new ep?

Not yet but trying to make it happen.

8.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

Not right now. I’m planning on doing a full length for my next project, will probably send that out to labels. I sent this EP to a couple, but really I’m not sure where it fits so hard to find labels to send to.

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of industrial, noise and extreme metal?

I get some great feedback, it’s awesome. Granted my audience is pretty small, so who knows how liked it’d be if thousands of people listened to it hah.

10.When can we expect a full length and also where do you see yourself heading into musically during the future?

Hopefully by 2019. I’m just really impatient and have a hard time waiting to finish a full length. Once I have a few tracks done I can’t resist just putting it out as an EP. I’d like to do a full length tho, and maybe get some collabs going for it. Other vocalists and producers and stuff would be fun.

11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Growing up it was mathcore and screamo/skramz, then breakcore. Bands like Battle of Mice and Admiral Angry got me wanting to do the kind of sludgy sound tho. Nowadays I still listen to all that but also a ton of modern soundcloud rap and electronic music. Anything that gets the adrenaline goin.

12.What are some of your non musical interests?

Attempting to write horror, sometimes game development, being terrible at Overwatch. I on and off try animation but it is so much work and I can’t seem to stick to it long enough to get good at it.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

EP on all major streaming platforms now so check it out. And follow me on twitter @rabitrup ‘cause I get bored and need more twitter friends.

Snowblind Interview

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Puff puff pass and hello! We are a slow rolling but high grooving bunch of good friends from eastern Finland and we've been playing down tuned tunes from the year 2011.

2.A few months back you had released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?
Two words: Body load.
Starting point for the sound of this album was to create a thick, kind of oppressing feel that could be made somewhat lighter but still harrowing with Aleksis vocals.
We used an vintage Matamp GT120 accompanied with JCM800 and AC30 to get the crushing tonal varieties from the guitar channels. All coated with Orange bass sound and vintage Tama drums.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
Most of the time lyrics tend to be open for the listeners imagination. We're merely just guides to get you through the album and make your own story behind it.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Deadneck'?
We decided to use the name after one our first rehearsals. Those were the first times for us to play that slow and playing that slow without serious headbanging should be considered illegal. This resulted in sore necks and therefore the name Deadneck.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
I'd say all of our shows are equally awesome. If I could add one show above all it it would be last summers Kontufolk Festival gig where we played our set in kind of folkish way. Lot's of new listeners introduced to Stoner rock & Doom!
We aim to get our groove to do the most part when in live situation. On the most energetic evenings you might even see some of our faces behind hair!

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
We have! We're hopefully going to do a small southern Scandinavian tour next summer and we are also planning to get to Germany and southern Europe too!

7.The new album came out on 'Kozmik Artifactz', are you happy with the support that they have given you so far?
Kai from Kozmik Artifactz has been more than good to us! It didn't take much time and consideration to sign the deal with them.

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of stoner rock and doom metal?
Considering how far we're from middle and southern Europe our latest record has had a very positive and welcoming feedback from all over Spain to Germany!
It seems like the stoner and doom genres are now at peak levels and so many good bands are popping out everywhere so it's hard to get recognized these days.

9.where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
I'm sure we have the right navigation system loaded into our machine now and let's say that the future tunes have even more progressivity than on "Levitation".
We're going to have two studio sessions this year, one for a small EP and second for our next full length. Between those there's going to be a lot composing and hopefully some nice summer shows!

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Whole Deadneck thing started with Electric Wizard and Kyuss and perhaps you are able to find some similarities here and there. I'm not going to lie to you that Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd wouldn't be among the most influential bands for us.
If I'd have to mention few of newer bands I'd say that All Them Witches, Black Tundra and Monolord have been on my turntable very often.

11.What are some of your non musical interests?
We really like to play video games. Alot. And Aleksi is on his way to be a master guitar luthier. We're always interested in everything creative, from cinematography to wood carving.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Let's hopefully meet in the heat of the next summer! Turn on, tune in and drop out.


Sauli answered all the question.

Centuries/The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding/Southern Lord Recordings/2018 CD Review

  Centuries  are  a  band  with  members  from  the  United  States  and  United  Kingdom  that  plays  a  mixture  of  crust  and  hardcore  punk  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2018  album  "The  Lights  Of  This  Earth  Are  Blinding"  which  will  be  released  on  January  28th  by  Southern  Lord  Recordings.

  A  very  dark  and  heavy  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  angry  hardcore  style  screams  a  few  seconds  later  while  the  music  also  mixes  in  elements  of  crust  and  d  beat  as  well  as  the  solos  and  leads  also  being  done  in  a  very  melodic  fashion  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  A  decent  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  can  be  heard  in  the  guitar  riffing  while  acoustic  guitars  can  also  be  heard  briefly  along  with  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  also  bringing  in  a  decent  amount  of  d  beats  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced and  fast  parts  and  as  the  album  progresses  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  can  also  be  heard  as  well  as  one  song  also  bringing  in  a  small  amount  of  acoustic  guitars  and  the  last  track  is  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  Centuries  plays  a  musical  style  that  mixes  crust  punk  and  hardcore  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Centuries  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  crust  punk  and  hardcore  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Lights  Of  This  Earth  Are  Blinding"  "Soil"  "May  Love  Be  With  You  Always"  and  "Nul  Oreitur".  8  out  of  10.

     

Rabitrup/SWVMPS/2018 EP Review

  Rabitrup  are  a  solo  project  from  Seattle, Washington  that  plays  a  mixture  of  noise,  industrial,  electronic  music  and  extreme  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  his  self  released  2018  ep  "SWVMPS"  which  will  be  released  on  January  5th.

  Industrial  and  electronic  music  elements  start  off  the  ep  while  the  vocals  are  aggressive  screams  which  also  gives  the  songs  a  more  extreme  metal  feeling  along  with  the  drum  beats  being  mostly  programmed. 

  The  last  track  is  very  long  and  epic  in  length  while  the  synths also  gives  the  songs  a  more  atmospheric  feeling  along  with  the  music  also  getting  very  experimental  at  times  as  well  as  mixing  in  elements  of  harsh  noise.

Rabitrup  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  noise,  industrial,  electronic  music  and  extreme  metal  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  his  own,   the  production  sounds  very  professional  for  being  a  self  released  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Rabitrup  is  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  noise,  industrial,  electronic  music  and  extreme  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  solo  project.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Phantoms".  8  out  of  10.

Escape Is Not Freedom/dusk Village/2018 Split EP Review

  This  is  a  review  of  a  split  ep  between  U.S.A's  Escape  Is  Not  Freedom  and  dusK  Village  which  will  be  self  released  in  February  and  we  will  start  off  the  review  with  Escape Is  Not  Freedom  a  band  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  mixture  of  sludge  metal,  grunge  and  noise  rock.

  Their  side  of  the  split  starts  out  with  a  very  heavy  sludge  metal  sound  that  is  very  heavily  rooted  in  the  early  90's  while  the  vocals  are  semi  melodic  and  also  add  in  a  touch  of  grunge  along  with  the  riffing  also  mixing  in  elements  of  noise  rock  as  well  as  all  of  the  musical  instruments  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  The  riffs  also  bring  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody  while  the  second  track  is  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  also  brings  in  a  small  amount  of  acoustic  guitars  and  female  vocals  and  the  music  always  sticks  either  to  a slow  or mid  tempo  direction  and  when  gutiar  solos  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  melodic  fashion,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Escape  Is  Not  Freedom  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  sludge  metal,  grunge  and  noise  rock,  you  should  check  out  their  side  of  the  split.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "We're  Wrecked".

  Next  up  is  dusK  Village  a  band  that  plays a  mixture  sludge  metal  and  punk  rock.

  Their  side  of  the  split  starts  out  with  clean  playing  and  melodic  guitar  leads  along  with  some  angry  sludge  style  screaming  vocals  a  few  seconds  later  while  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a  decent  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  along  with  the  riffs  also  mixing  in  the  heaviness  of  doom  metal  and  on  the  second  track  elements  of  punk  are  added  into  the  music,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  dusK  Village  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  sludge  metal  and  punk  rock  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "A Self  Fan".

  In  conclusion  I  feel  this  is  a  very  great  sounding  split  and  would  recommend  it  to  all  fans  of  sludge  metal,  punk,  grunge  and  noise  rock.  8  out  of  10.    

Deadneck/Levitation/Kozmik Artifactz/2017 CD Review

  Deadneck  are  a  band  from  Finland  that  plays  a  mixture  of  blues,  psychedelic,  stoner,  drone  and  doom  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "Levitation"  which  was  released  by  Kozmik  Artifactz.

  A  powerful  sounding  bass  guitar  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  clean  playing  a  few  seconds  later  along  with  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  samples  and  when  the  music  gets  heavier  it  brings  in  elements  of  doom  metal  onto  the  recording  as  well  as  most  of  the  tracks  being  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  A  decent  amount  of  melody  can  also  be  heard  in  the  guitar  riffing  while  the  vocals  are  done  in  more  of  a  blues  rock  style  along  with  the  solos  and  leads  bringing  in  more  of  a  retro 70's  style  as  well  as  the  stoner  rock  elements  giving  the  music  a  more  modern  atmosphere  and  as  the  album  progresses  psychedelic  touches  are  also  added  into  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  all  of  the  songs  stick  to  a  very  slow  direction.

  Deadneck  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  blues,  psychedelic,  drone,  stoner  and  doom  metal  and  mixers  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of   their  own,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  real  life  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Deadneck  are  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  blues,  psychedelic,  drone,  stoner  and  doom  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Sleepless"  and  "Back  On  Top".  8 out  of  10. 

  

Snowchild/Age Of Change/Kozmik Artifactz/2017 LP Review

  Snowchild  are  a  band  from  Wichita,  Kansas  that  plays  a  mixture  of  psychedelic,  stoner  rock  and  doom  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2017  album  "Age  Of  Change"  which  was  released  by  Kozmik  Artifactz.

  A  very  heavy  doom  metal  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  melodic  vocals  a  few  seconds  later  while  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  as  well  as  the  music  mixing  a  70's  style  with  a  more  up  to  date  atmosphere  and most  of  the  tracks  are  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  Psychedelic  elements  can  also  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  while  the  solos  and  leads  bring  in  more  of  a  retro  and  stoner  rock  style  along  with  some  songs  also  bringing  in  clean  guitars,  on  one  of  the  tracks  the  bass  guitars  start  bringing  in  a  small  amount  of  leads  as  well  as  the  music  always  sticking  to  a  very slow  style.

  Snowchild  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  70's  era  psychedelic  rock  and  doom  metal  and  mixes  them  with  a  more  modern  stoner  style,  the  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Snowchild  ate  a  very  great  sounding  mixture  of  psychedelic,  stoner  rock  and  doom  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Age  od  Change"  and  "Boudica".  8  out  of  10.