One of the finest bands the American death/thrash metal scene has ever spawned, Usurper’s latest opus "Necronemesis" saw the band reach a wider audience than ever before, and they even had King Diamond come to the studio to do some vocal tracks for them. Chanting their haunting and mysterious lyrics over tight-as-hell and brutal riffs and precise double bass drumming, it’s no surprise that the legions of Usurper fans have been growing bigger and bigger in number lately, especially since their two latest tours with the immensely popular Cradle of Filth. The mastermind behind the band, Rick ‘Scythe’, agreed to answer a few questions, and he had some trouble himself finding a suitable style of metal to label the band.

Luka 'Wrath'


We always struggled with this. We've been labeled everything: thrash, retro, black metal, death metal, etc... For lack of a better term we always called it DARK HEAVY METAL.

How long was "Necronemesis" in the making? How did it all come together?

Basically it came together pretty quick. I usually do all the writting, but I always bounce ideas around everyone else. After we did the Cradle Of Filth 1999 tour we really got a feel of what worked well live and what didn't. I think all of us wanted a really powerful riff heavy album. Something that had a lot of face value impact. Of course (as with all Usurper releases) there is still dark twisted undertones and creepy melodic elements, but on "Necronemesis" we really wanted those elements to be more in the backround enhancing the music. We really wanted to focus on songs that would have a great impact live. The lyrics are just a natural evolution of the same vision we had from day one, just reaching into some other strange realms. So basically this album came together very quick.

What aspects of the music or songwriting did you change from the previous album - "Usurper II - Skeletal Season"? Any similarities? Differences?

"Skeletal Season" was a really dark, creepy album. The initial idea with that was to make this really weird album; record everything anolog and add lots of vocal layers, guitar layers, feedback layers... basically just do something a bit more strange than we ever did. Unfortunatly some of the original vision was lost because of our drummer situation (Apocalyptic Warlord left in 1996 when most of the songs were written). So by the time we found a suitable replacement the initial vibe was kind of mixed up and tainted. However, I really love some aspects of that record. I think the artwork and layout are INCREDIBLE! And the lyics and stories behind them, with the linar notes is something that I'm very pleased with, but some of those songs were hard to pull off live. So on "Necronemesis" I wanted to keep a lot of the same themes. I wanted the lyrics in the same vein (as "Skeletal Season") with all the explainations and stories. I wanted to retain some of the haunting aspects, yet do it in a much more precise way. We wanted to record all digital to really key in on the tightness of the guitar and double bass drumming. So I guess to sum it up I think "Necronemesis" works well live and "Skeletal" should be enjoyed on the headphones.

How did you get ahold of King Diamond? What was it like working with a metal legend like him?

When we were planning on recording "Necronemesis", we really wanted to try a different studio. We analized a lot of recordings and we always seemed to come back to Nomad Studios. I think Mercyful Fate 9 was the deciding factor. We loved the way everything was clear, but not sterile. We really liked the interplay of the instruments. You can hear all the individual instruments, yet they had a good "live" feel as a unit. It is one of those albums that sounds good on a thousand dollar stero or on a shitty boom box; and that is precisly what we wanted. So we schedualed our time, but when the dates got closer we got a call from the owner. He told us that KING was finishing up "House Of God" and needed a little more time. He said if we pushed back our time a few days KING would repay us by singing on our album. This blew my mind! We of course instantly agreed. I knew exactly where I wanted him to sing... the song "Necronemesis" deals with this haunted graveyard. It is written from a 3rd person perspective until the middle where "the phantom of the graveyard rises". That is exactly where I knew it would sound cool. So basically we got to witness KING mixing "House Of God". We were in awe! Here is this metal legend treating us with the utmost respect. He actually took a lot of time to record his vocal tracks, and actually listened to everything and helped tweak out the mix. Let's just say I still get chills when I hear it!

Are you satisfied with how the album turned out? Anything you’d change?

I am 100% satisfied with the album. I feel it is our strongest album musically and lyrically. I think the cover art is incredible and overall it is our most original sounding album to date. the only thing I would change is some of the typos and little bullshit like that.

A particular favorite track?

Of course 'Necronemesis'! Even without the obvious fact of King Diamonds bone chilling vocals, that song is like a mini epic. It has a lot of dynamics and melody, yet is still straight ahead tight, aggressive metal. To me that is our perfect song! I also like '1666AD' a lot. I think it is just a basic heavy song with cool Nostradamus lyrics.

How’s Necropolis treating you? Are you satisfied with the promotion and exposure?

What promotion? We've been on Necropolis for years, and we were there when they grew from a 2 man little label into Relapse Jr., we've seen it all with them, and they seen it all with us. Paul is a great guy, it just sucks that some people there are not supportive of Usurper at all. It sucks that you can't find our albums in ANY stores, it sucks that our European magazine expoure has been just about zero for "Necronemesis", and that they are really pushing this whole gore thing. I mean it used to be this cult label; but now if you don't have a toilet with gore dripping on the cover, you don't get pushed. Oh well, that's just me bitching, obviously the positives must outweigh the negatives or else we wouldn't be still signed with them... right?

Tell me more about the interesting lyrics on this album. I find them fascinating! How did you find out about all these legends and myths? Do you believe in any of them? Do you believe in super powers?

Let me just say that I believe 100% in ALL of the lyrics I write. I document everything very well, I read a lot of obscure books, and listen to Art Bell evry now and then. I am fuckin addicted to all things paranormal: UFO's, werewolves, sasquatchs, interdimmensional creatures, cryptozoological creatures, lost civilizations, men in black, time-travel, electromagnetic anomolies, mothman/winged weirdos, ghosts, shadow people, prophecies and on and on... I think it's because I find everyday life very boring; I just wonder about the bigger picture a lot. I don't consider myself evil at all, just curious about things outside the norm. I find these stories facinating. To me it is way more interesting than people who sing about politics or religion. Preaching sucks! Even if pople don't beleive in things I write about, they can view it as fantasy or science fiction and still get into it. I like to view each song almost like a little horror movie set to heavy metal music!

I understand you played with Cradle of Filth on a few U.S. festivals. What was it like? What do you think about their extensive use of keyboards and some people calling them ‘sell-outs’?

Yes Cradle Of Filth has helped Usurper tremendously over the years. They had us open for them in 1998 in NYC. Then in 1999 we did the little 7 date US/Canada tour with them which really gave us the chance to play in front of bigger audiences for the first time. Then in fall of 2000 we did the huge 30 date European tour with them. That was mind blowing! The smallest show on that tour was 600 people and the largest was nearly 3000! Basically the average was about 1000 people a night, and that was really amazing for us! So what can I say about them? I mean I don't see them as sell outs at all. They just happen to be doing something that strikes a chord with many many kids today. I honestly believe they would be doing exactly the same thing even if they were some small unknown band, they just happened to take off. We are basically the same age as them, we both formed around the same time as eachother, and believe me, we have just about the same metal influences as them. They just happened to go in one direction and we went in another, yet we meet somewhere in the middle. Their use of female vocals and keyboards suits their sound very well. I think the main reason they can pull that off is because they still have 100% metal backbone and aggressiveness to what they do, where most bands that have keyboards and female vocals get too wimpy and overly soft. Usurper will not add keyboards or female vocals to our songs ever! We just want to retain a classic metal sound. Any atmosphere or melody will always be done with accoustic guitars, feedback tones, and subtle vocal layers, but even this aspect of Usurper will always be in the backround to enhance the heaviness. For Usurper; we want every song to be headbangable and fistbangable on the surface with dark, haunting elements below the surface in certain places; as I said before, just to add dynamics and add to the heaviness!

How do you feel about extreme metal bands like Cradle if Filth becoming successful in the American mainstream market? Do you think metal is meant to stay underground?

Metal should have no limits. If you happen to "make it big" playing metal it's totally cool, as long as you don't sell your soul to do it. Look at Iron Maiden or Judas Priest; they were always arena bands, but they did it with a "no comprimise" attitude and with a lot of integrity. Of course with metal, that should never be the goal. The goal should just be playing music from the heart, with all the traditions of the metal pioneers, yet with your own original take on it. bands should NEVER back down from doing interviews in fanzines, or take an attitude like they are better than any of their fans. I hate bullshit ROCK STAR attitudes! I hate industry weasels! The underground is very special to us. We'll never turn our back on it. We're die-hard fans of metal, just like kids that go to shows. Just like people who run fanzines. Big magazines are great because the give bands maximum exposure, but to be honest, most people who write for big glossies are arrogant assholes who think THEY are rock-stars. They are more impressed with kissing ass and seeing their name in print, and using big flowery words than they are fans of metal. I think it's safe to say USURPER will ALWAYS remain underground!

What’s your opinion on the current death metal scene in the U.S. Are there any bands you’re particularly into?

To be honest, I don't think I bought a death metal record since like 1992 or something. I get to hear a lot of stuff, but I really don't pay too much attention. I'm not saying that to be an asshole, but let's face it, I write all the music for Usurper, I practice with the band 3-4 days a week, I spend a lot of time demo-ing songs on my 4 track... the last thing I want to do in my free time is add more ringing noise to my ears. When I listen to music I like a lot of classic metal and early thrash, or just like rock music like Journey or Ted Nugent. When it's Friday night and I'm at the practice spot with all the gang, I'll listen to whatever new black, death metal anyone brings out, but just as backround music. Just for curiosity. Not that there isn't some great new bands; actually there is some stuff like Krisiun, Nifelheim, ABSU, and Nocturnal Fear that really blow my mind!

What bands or albums would you consider your personal and professional inspirations? What did you grow up listening, what bands influenced the sound of Usurper?

Oh man. I know the list would be slightly different for each member, but here is some of my personal favorites. when I first started listening to heavy music I liked: Scorpions, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, early Def Leppard, Ted Nugent... years later I got into like: Iron Maiden and Dio, which lead into early thrash like Mercyful Fate, old Slayer, Possessed, Kreator, Sodom... I was always looking for the heaviest or most extreme bands. Then I got into stuff like DRI, early Voivod, Bathory, just stuff with neckbreaking speed and aggression. I was also discovering dark slow heavy music at the same time like: Samhain, St. Vitus, Celtic Frost... So I think early on I realised great aspects of bands who played with precision tightness, and with over-the-top violent extremities as well as bands who played with slow heaviness and a loose "feeling" approach. So obviously you can say any and all of these bands had some influence on the Usurper sound. How can it not? Any band you listen to over and over will have some affect on your sound wether you like it or not. I think now what I listen for more than anything is bands with dynamics. Mainly metal, but take a band like Goblin for example. That is a band who did many classic horror movie soundtracks, so obviously they had to add dynamics to fit their music with particular scenes. I think that is what many bands are missing in extreme metal. Sounds should explode into a peak. Things should build in a climax, fall and rise again. Albums should have peaks a valleys. So I think the old metal is in our veins yet sometimes other bands who aren't metal at all can also have an indirect influence... but the end result is always DARK HEAVY METAL!

Any particular band you’d wish to do a tour with?

I'd love the chance to do like an arena tour, just to do it, I think Iron Maiden would be the ultimate.

What festivals are you guys doing this year? Any plans for heading over to Europe?

We already did a big EUROPEAN tour for "Necronemesis" with Cradle Of Filth, so I think if we go back again for this album, we'd like to do a small underground headlining or co-headlining tour. Other than that we'd really like to do a big US tour.

What are the future plans for the mighty Usurper? Coming tours, releases we should know about?

Right now we have a few tour opportunities, but nothing definate, so we will just continue to write and rehearse for our next album. Look for a re-release of "Threshold Of The Usurper" with 4 bonus tracks later this year, and a new album by summer/fall 2002.

Any closing remarks?

Visit us at www.usurper-necrocult.com.

During the early to mid 80's, the US metal scene was practically dominated by numerous heavy, speed, thrash and power metal bands, especially in the underground where it was growing in large numbers. Despite how many bands come and go, there is no denying that there will always be oldschool enthusiasts who will keep on digging and supporting so many underground gems to preserve their everlasting flame. There is one of those oldschool gems that had a successful comeback to the scene and still goes on to work on new material, perform live, dominate and cause maximum destruction. The band I am referring to is the Ohio based thrash/heavy/power metal band Destructor. Destructor had returned to the scene back in 1999, and has since released 4 full-length albums, including the recent one "Blood, Bone And Fire". Still to this day, they are still causing "maximum destruction" like they did in their prime youth and there is nothing stopping them, especially since their new album was met with a positive feedback from fans. For this occasion, I had the pleasure to exchange words with the band's founding member, vocalist and guitarist Dave Overkill. Please join us as we speak about Destructor's new album, their everlasting legacy, his new band Vulgar Devils and many other things along the way.

Vladimir

Greetings Dave! First of all, wishing you a warm welcome on behalf of MetalBite. How are you doing brother?

Hello Vladimir, I'm doing well thank you.

I have recently heard your new album "Blood, Bone And Fire" and I think that it is perhaps one of the heaviest albums that have come out this year and also a nice comeback six years after "Decibel Casualties". How was the overall work on this album? Were there any fun moments during the making of Blood, Bone and Fire?

We appreciate your kind words.We started writing for Blood, Bone And Fire pre-pandemic so I took a little longer than we planned but we are very happy with the end results. We worked hard on making this the best record we could possibly make but you never know how it will be received by the time it's finished. We found the recording process to be very easy. It was recorded at Mercinary recording studio just outside of Cleveland. Shaun Vanik, guitarist of MIDNIGHT, recorded some of the tracks. The Vanik brothers own the studio and the bulk of the recording production mixing and mastering was done by Noah Buchanan. Noah is the guitarist for the band Nunslaughter. Noah is a great producer and knows how to get the best out of each player. Overall it was more fun than work for us since our friends made the atmosphere so relaxed.

Like I said before, the album is quite heavy indeed and I believe that many fans will agree that this is definitely the classic Destructor that we all know and love. However it seems that for this album you guys decided to raise the bar even higher and go absolutely berserk with the music, especially on the opening title track which is not only a great introduction but probably one of the heaviest tracks on the album. What were the primary goals for this album? Was the band set to make the songs for this album sound like classic Destructor but still sound fresh with the element of surprise?

As always, we aren't trying to reinvent Destructor. The main goal is to make the best songs we can write so it's very comforting to know that the record is being received so well. As a songwriter I am always trying to be better. I don't want to just make another Destructor album, I want to make the best one yet. We are in the process of writing another one now so we can keep some momentum going.

I'd like to ask you a bit about the phenomenal cover art that you guys used for this album, which is very eye-catching and I believe successful in representing exactly what the album sounds and feels like. Who came up with the idea for the album cover and what was the inspiration behind it?

A guy named Diego Garza did the art for the cover. Matt Flammable came up with the 4 armed Destructor character and Diego ran with it combined with the theme of the title Blood, Bone And Fire. We are very happy with the cover as it's designed to be "eye catching".

Destructor is probably one of the very few old school metal bands from the 80's that are still rocking out in all their glory with metal and violence, while many other bands from the same period tend to show their age and don't quite manage to deliver like they used to. Tell me, how does Destructor compare to other oldschool heavy and thrash metal bands in this world? What is it that still fuels your creativity and overall productivity as musicians?

That's a hard question to answer but I think we have had a long and not very easy career and that has kept us hungry. Who knows how much longer this ride will last for us so it's important for this band to stay focused and on top of our game. There's more bands out there than ever so that in itself is fire enough to make sure we don't come across as an older band who can't hold their own in the world of heavy metal. Matt Flammable is 67 years young and his drumming has only gotten better over the years. Tim Hammer is an amazing bassist and Mark Hellhound is a perfect new fit for this band. We all understand what it means to be a member of Destructor and don't want to change what our fans have come to expect from us.

Back to my previous questions, what do you think that other older bands or perhaps new coming bands could learn from Destructor in order to take the proper approach in making their music sound as fresh and relevant? Is there any advice you'd give to help others understand their music better?

The only advice I can offer is to play hard, have fun and stay true to yourselves. I support the new bands and I am a fan of many of them. It's important to me to be a positive voice for heavy metal. Sounding familiar isn't a bad thing but I would say that it's also important to not be clones. That is also subjective as everyone has their own opinions about what they like in music.

Recently your debut album "Maximum Destruction" turned 38 and to this day it is still loved and embraced by many crazed fans of old school metal all over the world. How was the reception from the audience back in the day when the album was released?

When Maximum Destruction first came out we were very young so it's nice to know that it still seems to be timeless. Those were the first songs we ever wrote and we had know idea how well it would stand the test of time.

Also, how do you personally feel about the fact that there are people who think that it still sounds great as it did back then and that there are many metal fans of the new generation who are enjoying it?

That is a gift for us to know that. We are very thankful for all of the fans who are just now discovering that record and I still really enjoy playing those songs and seeing the reaction we get when we play them.

Since we touched on the subject of the old days, have there been any fun memories from that time which represent a really important part of your life and the band as well?

The thing is that those years in the 1980's seem like another lifetime ago. We were just kids having fun and trying to live our dreams.

Have any of them left a big mark on Destructor's history and do you miss anything from that era?

Everything about those years is special. We did have some very hard times after Dave Iannicca was murdered and we lost our record deal with Island Records. There were so many hopes and dreams that were crushed after that but the times we had prior to that were some of the best memories of my youth. Destructor played shows with some of the best bands and hung out and partied with some of the coolest people in my memory and still in my heart. Shows with Metal Church, Anthrax, Megadeth, Nasty Savage and Slayer.. .to only mention a few were great memories. I met Metallica a few times and got Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris to come to our hotel room and we drank beers and listened to bands like More, Saxon and Tygers Of Pan Tang. My world back then was heavy metal...now that I am old my world has changed a lot but that's life. I'm still just a child stuck in an adult's body haha. The one thing that has been constant in my life is music and that keeps us all young at heart.

As veterans of the genre, there has been a large number of underground bands that have been heavily influenced by the likes of bands such as yourselves. Do you manage to follow up with what is going on with the new generation of bands around the world and have there been any new bands that you guys really like?

The band Iron Curtain from Spain are big fans of Destructor and are doing very well. Great people but the music is great as well. Like I mentioned earlier I do support many new bands. If they make good music I seek them out but It's hard to keep up with all of the new bands. I'm a fan but I am a musician and have 2 bands of my own so I spend a lot of time, money and energy on what I am doing. I will mention a few newer bands that I enjoy a lot and have become friends with. High spirits, Savage Master, Lady Beast, Black Mask are some that I recommend and have just listened to recently but the list is far much longer than that.

When this year comes to an end, do you believe that your new album will be giving you guys even ample opportunities to perform live in 2024?

We are hopeful that Blood, Bone And Fire will help to raise us up in the fans minds and help to make new fans and more opportunities to play in countries where we haven't played yet and brings us back to places where we still have dedicated fans.

Are there any plans to play at any festivals or perhaps in any European country?

I'm always trying to get us on Festivals and we are always thankful for these shows that invite us to play. Hopefully 2024 is even better for Destructor than any year past. Onward and up....always.

Thank you so much for doing this interview, Dave! Looking forward to seeing Destructor perform live someday. Are there any final words you'd like to leave to your fans?

I want to thank every person, fan and friends that have shown us so much support and love over the past 40 years. I would also like to take this time for a shameless plug. There is a band I started a while back named VULGAR DEVILS and we have a new record coming out in 2024 on Witches Brew records in Germany. It's Destructor's bastard child and features Matt Flammable on drums and Mark Hellhound as well as Brook Damage who is a Destructor alumni. Brook was also a member of the Cleveland band BREAKER. The music is very hard rocking metal and is a feeling I wanted to capture from days of my youth and what I grew up listening to. Thanks to MetalBite for the time. Metal till death!

Messiah from Switzerland is a legend (I guess). After a long time of inactivity (26 years), they released their new album "Fracmont" which was highly expected in the metal scene. Unfortunately, the release coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic which made it impossible for the band to promote the new album. I had the opportunity to ask drummer Steve Karrer some questions about the album, the circumstances of the release and some other things.

Michael

Hello everyone, everything okay in Switzerland?

Hello MetalBite. Everything according to the circumstances ok here.

Your new album is almost a year old. It was eagerly awaited and very positively received by the fans. Did you expect so much interest and support after such a long absence? After all, between the last two albums a completely new metal generation has grown up, so to speak.

We are still overwhelmed by the positive feedback we have received and are still receiving for Fracmont. After our first shows at the end of 2017, it was quickly clear to us that we still have a relatively good standing in the scene and people still know our name. What makes us incredibly happy, of course, is that we were also able to find some new followers in the "new" metal generation.

Was it difficult to write and record songs again after all that time, or was that a no-brainer?

Interestingly enough, we had no problems with songwriting at all. The band feeling from the 90's was back immediately and Brögi almost exploded with ideas. He gave us so many riff and song ideas that we just had to work them out together. This all happened together in our rehearsal room, just like back then. We recorded in two sessions and finished just in time before the first lockdown in Switzerland.

On "Fracmont" you play mainly mid-tempo death metal, which is paired with a lot of dark sounds. Were you not in the mood for fast songs anymore?

Sorry, I can't go that fast anymore.... Haha!!! We didn't really think about that. But of course, we recorded fast songs with 'Singularity' for example. But it was important to us how the songs work in the end and not in which tempo they are played.

Lyrically, it's also about religion, especially the Catholic Church, as in the past. If you look back to the 80s or 90s and compare the church of that time with today's situation, what would you find? After all, with Pope Francis, a rather open head of the church is in power.

For me, not much has really changed. The church again provided us with enough current topics for the new album. Of course, we also like to help ourselves to old stories.

On the cover of "Fracmont" you can see a cloaked figure with bloody hands, standing in a mountain lake and surrounded by vultures. Is this supposed to show Pontius Pilate, who was supposedly immersed in Lake Piluatus at Fracmont? Maybe you can tell something more about it?

Exactly, that's what the ingenious artwork by Björn Goosses is supposed to represent. Behind it is the Pilatus saga. The story is divided into two parts, just like the song musically. First part is about the origin of Pontius Pilate, his terrible family of Pontians. Roman governor of Judea, judge of Jesus, persecutor of the Jews. According to the legends, Pontius' body was disposed of in various places until it was finally dumped at Fracmont (today called Pilate) in the mountain lake below. Thunderstorms, plagues, bad harvests, witch squadrons at the Fracmont characterize the legend. Innocent people who disturbed the spirit of Pilate at Fracmont were executed by the Catholic Church in the late Middle Ages.
Here is a link to the whole saga: https://www.bergwelten.com/a/die-pilatus-sage (in German; M.)

"Fracmont" was published in the middle of the pandemic. I bet you had imagined that a little differently, didn't you?

Well, we couldn't have planned it better, could we? Unfortunately, due to the circumstances, we had to cancel the planned release show, which would have been a very important occasion for us. The show has been postponed 2 times now and will now take place on 9/17/2022. But I don't think that we will still christen the record then. The sad thing is, if you can't promote a new record live, it gets forgotten a bit.

In the meantime, you have been able to play live again, in September you will play around the corner from me in Bochum (which is also postponed now into 2022). How did it feel to finally be able to perform in front of other people again?

We played a very special show in Switzerland at the end of May. We came up with the idea that instead of a live stream that we've seen so many times before, we wanted to give a real concert for our loyal fans. It should shorten the long dry spell of this pandemic a bit and please their minds as well as ours. So, we played two identical sets for 50 spectators each. They had to sit with a lot of distance and wear masks. Furthermore, there was nothing to drink during the whole event. However, the feedback was largely positive, and I think we were able to set a small example. For us as a band it was also very good to experience the whole live process again. We will definitely always remember this show. But we wouldn't repeat something like that again.

Which three songs are best received by the audience? Are there any favorites?

I can't say too much about the new songs yet, because we've only presented some of them once. But I think 'Fracmont' went down quite well. Of the old songs 'Extreme Cold Weather', 'Choir Of Horrors' and 'Hymn To Abramelin/Messiah' should never be missing in a set. These are always received very euphorically.

What are your plans for the coming months? New music, many concerts?

For now, we are looking forward to the upcoming shows. Unfortunately, the show from September 3rd in Bochum has been postponed to September 2022. But there is the Schoonebeek Deathfest in Holland on September 4th, the Swiss Rock Cruise at Lake Constance together with many friendly bands like Coroner, Requiem, Disparaged and many more from October 15th to 17th. And on November 20th at the Old Capitol in Langenthal (Switzerland). Depending on the development of the pandemic, more shows might follow. We hope for a more reliable year 2022 and until then we will dare to write new songs. Brögi still has a lot of ideas.

Suppose I had to recommend Messiah to a metal newbie, which album, apart from "Fracmont", would I have to recommend to him?

I would recommend Choir Of Horrors and also Hymn To Abramelin to him.

Last but not least, which albums by bands from Switzerland should every good metal household own?

You should definitely get all the albums of Coroner. I don't need to mention Celtic Frost ;-) The just released record of Requiem "Collapse Into Chaos" is absolutely killer, then the last record of Comaniac "Holodox", Poltergeist "Feather Of Truth" also bang in properly. It's definitely worth to search a bit for bands from Switzerland, there are so many, which would blow up this frame here.

The last words belong to you!

I thank you for your interview and wish for the whole metal community in the near future as many concerts as possible and further cool, new metal music! Giving up is not valid! Cheerz!

Thank you very much for the interview!