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Somewhere in the middle of the February 2008 I called good friend of mine. I had decided to make my first tattoo and he was kind enough to help me fulfill my dream. As of now I remember that day meeting my old friend who I had not seen for many years. I had no experience in getting tattoo’s, nor hadn’t seen any of my friends getting them. Uncertainty with heavy hangover resulted in indifference, yet enduring interest about this tattoo process. Still, I felt that this is the moment where my life started to change. There was an amplifier and a huge Radiotehika loudspeaker in the room. Rosetta “Wake/Lift” was set as a soundtrack for my life changing process. It started with the “Wake”. Yeah, I was really surprised how painful it was. Definitely, life changes come through pain, in every possible way. I started to become addicted to this pain. Heavy tattooing has followed during couple years – making, remaking and improving. Pain! The best part of being tattooed was exploring new sounds. Friend of mine shared his music collection’s best releases every time we met. It started with already mentioned Rosetta, then Cult of Luna, Isis, Old Man Gloom Cave-in, Tesa, Neurosis, YOB, Minsk, Nadja, Kongh, Mastodon, US Christmas and many more. I just can’t name them all. Some of you might remember one of the best blogs in the world – Sludge Swamp (RIP). There was EVERYTHING! Sludge Swamp served as inspiration for many bloggers and it was incredible source for music exploration. I also was inspired by almighty Sludge Swamp, but I decided to make a different kind of an approach – share only free of charge legally downloadable music provided by artists. I made my call. I called it - ARCHIV HATE. ARCHIV HATE founded in January, 2011

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INTERVIEW WITH A HARDCORE BAND SLAVES BC

INTRODUCE US TO SLAVES BC. We're just a group of

dudes that share a love of music. Jason plays bass with

lots of fuzz (from his Sanford & Sonny Bluebeard). Sean

plays guitar with his beard. Rick has a hundred guitars but

usually just plays one…for recording (Gibson Les Paul), for

shows (Gibson SG), for practice (Fender Telecaster with a

Dimarzio Tone Pro pickup), you get the idea... Josh

screams until he throws up or passes out. And Stephen

bangs his drums... and sometimes plays them. IT’S NOT A

SECRET THAT YOU HAVE FREE SPOT IN SLAVES BC LINE-

UP. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW DRUMMER. STILL

LOOKING AND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR? Yes.

(Don't tell Stephen) Just kidding. We're very happy with

how fast he's learned our songs. He's a great guy and

most importantly he's reliable. I MUST ADMIT THAT I’M

PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH “THIS WORLD SHALL PASS

AWAY” DEMO. IT’S ONLY A DEMO, BUT IT’S .. IT’S A KICK-

ASS DEMO! IS IT A SELF-RECORDED? Thank you! The

songs came together really naturally. Each practice

someone has a new riff or makes one up or has some

sort of creative idea. We still can't stop making new songs.

Josh's Dad recorded us in his personal studio. We call him

Dr. Weedbeast aka The Wizard because he's just magical

behind the boards. “BELIEVER'S RESPONSE” AND

“LUCIFER BOUND” ARE THE SONGS WHICH I LIKE THE

MOST FROM YOUR DEMO. CAN YOU NAME ONE OF

YOUR FAVORITE SONGS FROM THIS DEMO RELEASE?

We all have our personal favorites but we all agree that

we enjoy “Hide Us, O' Death” quite a bit. We had a lot of

fun making it and once we had all the parts organized, I

think we played the ending over one hundred times… and

then played it slower and slower a hundred more.

SLAVES BC ARE WORKING ON A NEW MATERIAL. WHAT

CHANGES CAN WE EXPECT IN SOUNDING & STYLE?

We've become more comfortable playing together and

have a more focused direction on our own style and what

we want to create. You'll hear a lot of the same elements

that make Slaves BC songs what they are, but with a lot

more influence of black, stoner and doom metal forming

the foundations of the songs. DOES RECORDING

PROCESS DIFFER FROM THE DEMO RECORDING

SESSION? THIS TIME IT SHOULD BE MORE

COMPLICATED, RIGHT? Actually, we don't know yet.

We're going in to record at Very Tight Recordings (Code

Orange Kids, Heartless) on October 6th and 7th, and it

will be our first experience in a professional studio. WILL

THERE BE SONGS INCLUDED FROM “THIS WORLD

SHALL PASS AWAY” DEMO TO THE UPCOMING RELEASE?

No. This World Shall Pass Away is still being worked on,

and it will be its own full-length album, separate from the

new stuff. WHAT INSPIRES BAND FOR THE LYRICS AND

TITLES OF THE SONGS? The lyrics on This World Shall

Pass Away come directly from the Book of Revelation. It is

basically a concept album that tells the story of Revelation

from the viewpoint of different people that are

experiencing it. The new stuff will reflect some of the

ideas found in the Book of Ecclesiastes. WHAT ABOUT

ARTWORK - WILL THERE BE THERE? Josh has done most

of the artwork for Slaves BC and will continue to do so.

There are artists that we would love to do work for us.

Jacob Bannon would be a dream. NAME THOSE SPECIAL

RELEASES OR EVENTS WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO

WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW – SLAVES BC? We

have all had a passion for music from early on. So

we've always been involved in music in one way or

another. Also, whiskey.

WHAT BANDS ARE YOU LISTENING TO DAILY? PLAYING

GIGS WITH MENTIONED BANDS? TOUR PLANS FOR

SLAVES BC THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR? We haven't made

any plans to tour yet. We're mainly focused on recording

right now. So far we've played with Cousin Sleeze,

the recently reunited Once Nothing, and The Atlas

Moth. The shows keep getting better and better.

We're super stoked for an upcoming show with

Nachtmystium, Jarboe, and Weapon. Jason has been

listening to some new stuff like Fister, Grime, Dopelord,

Dopethrone, and a lot of old stuff like Cream, Taste,

Josefus, Blue Cheer, Blind Willie McTell, Son House and

older Blues and Rock bands. Josh has been jamming to

Converge, Electric Wizard, Graveyard, Watain,

Nachtmystium, and Lord Mantis. And political news talk

radio shows. Which is a mistake. Sean doesn't listen to

music. He spends most of his time grooming his beard in

silence and tending to his zen garden. But if he were to

listen to music, it would probably be a lot of Dog Fashion

Disco, Knives Out, Lamb Of God, The Chariot, Neutral

Milk Hotel, Amanda Palmer, Deftones, and Portishead.

Rick has been listening to an assortment of things lately.

The last four things he played in his car are Elliott Smith,

At the Drive-In, Hopsin, and The Smashing Pumpkins. A

whole lot of late '90s alternative music as well.

MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING MORE WHAT YOU

WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOUR FANS? We're all on a

constant search for new music and hope all of you are

too. Don't be afraid to research music history and visit

music blogs like Archiv Hate, Metal Sucks, and Cvlt Nation

and explore your mind.

SLAVES BC

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http://slavesbc.bandcamp.com

…The decision to pull the plug has not been an easy one, and in some ways is a not a choice at all. The simple fact of the matter is we've been running on empty for a while now and cannot afford to keep our doors open for much longer. Years of imbalance between creative ideals and financial realities, personal problems amongst the label operators, an unwillingness to compromise our aesthetic standards, a tendency towards releasing challenging (i.e. unmarketable) artists, and the steady decline of the music industry in general, are amongst the chief reasons for our inability to continue. It is a harsh but undeniable reality, and one which we are attempting to confront with as much integrity and grace as is afforded by the circumstances. There is no way to sum up nearly 20 years of incredibly important music, experiences, and evolution other than to say a big heart felt "thank you", and that we hope this closing will provide an opening into other even more positive and rewarding experiences for all of us and all of you who have been a part of our shared experience. For now we bid you all a very fond farewell....

-Aaron Turner 09/10/12

As a look back at the history of Hydra Head Records, ARCHIV HATE

magazine has selected significant records, released by record label. These

albums are not sorted by relevance and all of these records, to author

confidence have been significant in the history of the record label.

XASTHUR – A GATE THROUGH BLOODSTAINED MIRROR (RE-ISSUE, 2008) Re-issue of Scott “Malefic” Corner, one-man black metal project, first album. Most depressive artist issued

by Hydra Head. Release held the best traditions of black metal - a lo-fi, dark shades, depression, suicidal behavior (considered to be affected in one case), ambience, at the same time without Satanism, paganism or racial parity properties. Heavy influenced by Burzum and early Graveland. The album was released 2003, only in 150 copies. Over time several record labels re-issued this release, including the Hydra Head. Hydra

Head issued 4 more Xasthur records - Subliminal Genocide (2006), Defective Epitaph (2007), All Reflections Drained (2009). Demo material recorded in 2005 was re-issued via Hydra Head in 2010. Xasthur ceased in

2010 and created a new project Nocturnal poisoning.

OLD MAN GLOOM – CHRISTMAS (2004) Sludge supergroup made up of members from bands like ISIS, Cave-in, CONVERGE, Zozobra. Fourth, the

most valuable album of the Old Man Gloom marks a new approach to the sludge genre. Extremely atmospheric and heavy record. This record will appeal to Cult of Luna and U.S. Christmas worshippers.

Aaron Turner to have one say on Old Man Gloom - one of the most engaging projects I have been involved with both musically and visually.

Issued with Hydra Head Records subsidiary label Tortuga, where you will find other records - Meditations in B (1999), Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (2001), Seminar III: Zozobra (2001),

Christmas Eve I and II + 6 (2003), NO (2012).

JESU – CONQUERE (2007) Calm melodies with heavy rifs and a variety of ambient insertions. Like the Pelican, clean post-metal

definition. With this record Jesu set a sound definition for genre. Later Jesu focused more on electronic sounds, multiple textures, mixing sound with forms, characteristic to post-rock. Band has released several splits with Envy, Eluvium, Battle Of Mice. Hydra Head issued the album Jesu (2004) and several EP’s. Last

one is Post Ascension (2011).

TORCHE – MEANDERTHAL (2008) Drone, punk, stoner, sludge - all combined with a good dose of humor and a powerful sound. A vivid record that will appeal to the postpunk, as well as Sunn O))) fans. Torch musical genre often enters extreme cases,

that is why diversity is extremely strong. Hydra Head released Torche's EP On the EP Healer/Across The Shields (2009). In April 2012 Torche released a new studio full length Harmonicraft (Volcom

Entertainment).

CAVE-IN – ANTENNA (2003) One of the most prominent Hydra Head issued recordings (although the main publisher of the album RCA). Material includes a very large diversity of sounding with powerful performance. Melody interspersed with

serious riffs, aggression with smooth chants, creating an interesting and even original set of alternative and heavy music synthesis. Cave-in was heard around the places with the pieces comparable to radio

singles and the band performed shows with the Foo Fighters and Muse. With the next record band returns to the more mundane, heavier and more aggressive sound as were criticized about the record, the

promotional methods and the people involved. However, Antenna has taken a major role in the development of the genre diversity. Hydra Head issued all Cave-in records - Until Your Heart Stops (1998),

Jupiter (2000), Perfect Pitch Black (2005), White Silence (2011).

ISIS – CELESTIAL (2000) Not to mention Aaron Turner cherished project ISIS, without which the sludge scene can’t be imagined. This is one of the few records issued on the Hydra Head. Celestial is planned, together with the record

SGNL> 05, together creating a long album, which consists of the sludge, as well as the ambient and electronic pieces. This approach later was overtaken by lot of sludge bands, issuing several albums that are conceived as a combination. ISIS has disbanded, leaving behind a lot of records, which is very important for

the formation of sludge scene and genre definition, leaving a strong influence to new European sludge bands. Latest releases ISIS tried to create very clean, seems even overproduced sound, yet not so

entwined in this record. It is worth mentioning the ISIS and Melvins split, released on the Hydra Head, who was the last one issued after the announcement of disband in 2010. Melvin can certainly be termed as one of the most influential and important bands in the US, they often collaborate with other artists, issuing the

common records. ISIS severity seems sometimes overrated, entering with playfull approach and unpredictability of Melvins. Isis in general has issued five studio albums.

HARVEY MILK – S/T (RE-ISSUE, 2009)

Existed from 1992-1998 cult group, reunited in the 2006 after which they issued several more records. Harvey Milk played typical for 90's noizrock and punk, by adding heavier sounds. The band was highly

recognized, even performed with REM leader Mike Stipe. The first album in terms of sound and composition is still very topical, therefore re-issued on Hydra Head in 2010.

KHANATE – CAPTURE & RELEASE (2005)

One of Stephan O'Maley projects involving the Hydra Head's founder Aaron Turner. Khanate plays a very atmospheric and dark music, mostly with guitars and vocals. This album consists only of two long compositions. Each of them consists of a strong mood, not the most positive (in the best sense),

sometimes becoming the stories, landscapes without limiting structures. Khanate generally released four records - Capture & Release (2005), Clean Hands Go Foul (2009) released by Hydra Head, the other two -

Khanate (2001) and Things Viral (2003) - Southern Lord.

PELICAN – THE FIRE IN OUR THROATS WILL BECKON THE THAW (2005) Instrumental post-metal, a genre definer. Varied record, became a model for many post-metal and sludge

artists, released in Pelican popularity peak. Very typical record of the new US heavy music trying to combine different genres of music, but doing it consistently across all records. The Pelican released four

full-length records, as well as four EP’s and five splits. The Hydra Head issued all full-lenght records - Australasia (2003), City of Echoes (2007), What We All Come to Need (2009).

BIG BUSINESS – MIND THE DRIFT (2009)

Cogent classical stonerrock representatives, experimenting within the genre on this album - a bit slower and more complex than other band releases, however, an interesting and varied, which often was a

problem for many stoner rock performers. Two more releases were issued on Hydra Head label - Head for the Shallow (2005) and Here Come the Waterworks (2007).

BOTCH – AN ANTHOLOGY FOR THE DEAD ENDS EP (2002)

Cult group, which ended their activity in 2002. Mathematical modern hardcore, which highly influenced the surrounding scene. A convincing performance in the original approach. After the break-up, the

members of Botch formed many different major bands, such as These Arms Are Snakes, Russian Circles, Narrows, Minus The Bear, whos sound already appears on records Botch. Without a mentioned EP, Hydra Head issued the bands studio recordings The Unifying Themes Redux (re-issue, 2006), Death and Religion

(re-issue, 2006), American nervosa (1999), We Are the Romans (re-issue, 2007).

List made by Davis Burmeisters

BENEATH OBLIVION, part1/3 Q. PLEASE INTRODUCE TO YOURSELF AND TELL US WHAT YOU DO

IN A BAND, AND WHERE YOU ARE FROM. My name Is Scotty T.

Simpson and I am the screamer-singer and rhythm guitar in Beneath

Oblivion, out of Cincinnati, Ohio USA. Q. STORY ABOUT THE BAND

NAME? The name came from some lovelorn poem I wrote a long

time ago. One of the lines read ‘to go beneath oblivion,’ and I’d been

working on the band’s first demo around that same time. The name

seemed to fit the music, sum up everything without saying too

much, and be something that wasn’t going to pigeonhole a band

that wants to evolve just a little bit as time goes on. I think it’s pretty

safe to say that a lot of bands out there don’t put much thought into

their names, almost as though they did it at the last minute. Then

again, I don’t see a lot of people out there putting much thought

into anything at all. Q. BENEATH OBLIVION IS WHAT YOU DO FOR

THE LIVING? To say we are doing BO for a living would be to say

that we are making money from it, and that’s pretty far from the

truth. Speaking just for me though, it takes priority over jobs,

relationships, friendships, money, rent, sanity, etc., so I guess that

kind of makes it like a living. I think of it more like having a child

though. The reality is that we all have dayjobs and pour much of our

life-savings into our gear and our touring vehicle, while trying to stay

afloat with rent and bills in this failing economy we have over here.

Q. I KNOW THAT BENEATH OBLIVION IS YOUR COPING

MECHANISM FOR DEPRESSION, HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY?

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE TO SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION? Well, yes. It’s

far too intense to not be emotionally invested while playing this kind

of music. Perhaps even to listen to it, but I have a hard time listening

objectively so I wouldn’t know. There are many other much less

healthy outlets I could use to cope and I suppose that playing doom

metal is better than taking Prozac or seeing a therapist. When I was

younger it seemed to be more anger and depression, now that I’m

older I think it’s about bitterness and resentment. I’m doing better

now [laughs]. I don’t want everyone to think I’m someone who

enjoys being depressed, nobody actually likes that and if they do it’s

somewhat of a sad statement of their character; but it is the most

inspiring emotion if you ask me, because that is where all of the

sincerity is in art. Depression is a familiar entity to me and

fortunately in time I learned that making the darkest and most

emotionally devastating sounds could lead to the greatest catharsis

of which I know.

INTERVIEW WITH A DOOM METAL BAND BENEATH OBLIVION

BENEATH OBLIVION http://beneathoblivion.bandcamp.com/

www.beneathoblivion.com - band's website www.mylenesheath.com - the label's website http://www.facebook.com/BeneathOblivion

Q. BENEATH OBLIVION HAVE RELEASED 6 RECORDS. CAN YOU

SHARE EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR SELF-RELEASED RECORDS? The

self-released ones are the Melancholy Demo (2004) and Existence

Without Purpose (2006). We also had a drone recording we did in

2005 called Hell’s Half Acre, but it’s nothing special other than it

being something that never saw the light of day except for 20 or 30

CDR copies with a label printed on them, whereas the other two

releases had some really cool DIY packaging to them that we glued

together ourselves.

The Melancholy Demo was recorded in my basement with a friend of

mine on drums and myself playing the rest of the instruments. It was

tracked and mixed in 1 day, and burnt to a hundred CDRs with my

contact information written on them, and then a day later I left to

attend school for a semester in England, and ended up backpacking

about 9 countries in continental Europe. Doom metal and

melancholy rock were so much bigger in Europe at the time than in

the states so it was no problem finding people to trade demos with

in the record shops I went to. By the time I got home I had a few

more songs half written and had people to jam with.

Existence Without Purpose was the first and only time Beneath

Oblivion had ever recorded in a real recording studio. This place was

super nice and slick, and should have been way out off our price

range but the engineer/owner gave us quite a deal because he’d

heard doom before, but said he’d never heard anything like what I

was describing and didn’t want us to go to some other studio. It was

a bonus that other bands we admired, including thrashcore legends,

Hellnation, recorded there. It was then mixed and mastered by Doug

White in New York, and released upon the world with the heaviest

sound I’d ever heard. It was even a little too good sounding for what

I was used to listening to at the time. This was also about the time

when Nate Bidwell joined the band on drums, and we started

touring a little bit regionally.

Q. 2 OF THEM ARE SPLITS (WITH SIN OF ANGELS & ANGEL EYES).

WHAT WERE THE REASON FOR THESE SPLITS AND WHY DID YOU

CHOSE THESE ARTISTS?

The Sin of Angels split 10” record came to us from our friend Reuben

Little, who was the bassist in the now defunct band Ocean. We were

on tour and stayed at his place in Portland, Maine, when he told us

he wanted to put out a split between us and a Providence, RI band

he was into, Sin of Angels.

BENEATH OBLIVION, part2/3

, part3/3

I heard that one of the guys was in the band Warhorse, so he didn’t

get any argument from me. For those songs, Jay, Nate, and myself

recorded in our practice space where we rented a room in a decrepit

old mansion that had a caving in ceiling. At the end of practices we

would have to wipe all of the asbestos and dry wall that had

crumbled and fallen onto our amps while we were playing.

The Angel Eyes split was something we did as a precursor to the

‘FMtD’ record with a different mix and different master than the Billy

Anderson version on the album. ‘Be My Destroyer,’ is easily my

favorite, and one of the deepest songs we have, so it was an easy

song choice. We’d been label mates with AE for a year or two on the

Mylene Sheath, and always admired each other, so it’s something I’m

glad was able to come together because they broke up shortly

thereafter. We just played with their new band Ironborn, when we

were in Chicago a couple months ago. Q. LATEST “FROM MAN TO

DUST” IS MASTERED BY BILLY ANDERSON (ACID KING, BLACK

COBRA, HIGH ON FIRE, LIONS OF TSAVO, MELVINS, NEUROSIS, OM,

SLEEP, WEEDEATER). Indeed. Billy Anderson did a great job

mastering the album. Maybe next time we will have him play an even

bigger role and mix, or perhaps even engineer the next record. He

said he’d love to, but that’s at least a year from now and I can’t see

that far down the line. Q. WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE OF BENEATH

OBLIVION GIGS? A lot of very stoned people. Q. WHAT ABOUT NEW

MATERIAL? CAN YOU SHARE MORE DETAILS? There’s a lot of new

material in the works, but I’d say there won’t be a new full-length

record for about a year or so. Until then we will have a cassette

release limited to 50 copies and a couple of split 7” or 10” records

sometime in 2013. As far as the sound, I don’t want to tell you much

because the sound is still very much evolving. Q. WHICH BANDS ARE

ON YOUR DAILY PLAYLIST? Katatonia, Tiamat, the Gathering, My

Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Skepticism, Nick Cave, Pallbearer, Yob,

Agalloch, Magnolia Electric Co., Junius, Swans, Buzzov-en, Grief,

Rwake, Sleep, Monarch, State Song, Godspeed! You Black Emperor,

Silver Mt Zion, Dead Can Dance, Alice Cooper, Waylon Jennings, the

Beatles. Q. ANYTHING MORE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO

READERS? Thank you very much for the interview and for the

support Arturs! Thank you very much for the stickers you sent, as I

hope the package you received from me is treating you well. Keith

and I have been putting your stickers all over our gear. A big thanks

to everyone else for checking out this doom metal band from

‘Middle America.

TESA - IV

CONVERGE - ALL WE LOVE WE LEAVE BEHIND

PLANKS - FUNERAL MOUTH

ANAAL NATHRAKH - VANITAS

YAKUZA - BEYUL

PYRAMIDS - MAMIFFER/PYRAMIDS SPLIT

PIG DESTROYER - BOOK BURNER

THE SWORD - APOCRYPHON

GOD SEED - I BEGIN

GRAVEYARD - LIGHTS OUT

NEUROSIS - HONOR FOUND IN DECAY

CRADLE OF FILTH - THE MANTICORE AND OTHER HORRORS

SHINING - REDEFINING DARKNESS

EARLY GRAVES - RED HORSE

NADJA - DAGDRØM

ISIS - TEMPORAL

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT - WIDOWMAKER

BEHEADED - NEVER TO DAWN

BLOODBOUND - IN THE NAME OF METAL

NIGHTWISH - IMAGINAERUM

MACHINE HEAD - MACHINE FUCKING HEAD LIVE

DEFTONES - KOI NO YOKAN

SOUNDGARDEN - KING ANIMAL

KYLESA - FROM THE VAULTS, VOL. 1

BAD BRAINS - INTO THE FUTURE

AEON - AEONS BLACK

RINGS OF SATURN - DINGIR

AMENRA - MASS V

AENAON/STIELAS STORHETT SPLIT

SHINING/MONUMENTUM SPLIT

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MONSTER ALPHABET

It’s all started pretty long ago, I remember myself drawing

since early childhood. My style's been changing for years,

sure. The topic never changed, though.

I've always liked corpses, zombies, monsters,

nature and dark motives. That's one of the reasons why I don't use colors except

black and white when drawing (I only draw with pencils

and pens). The "concept" has always been to reproduce

and depict shapes and textures without using mid-tones

and shades and at least try to make the picture look alive.

I've been thinking of how to use my pictures outside

band-merch and releases, wanted to do something by

myself and for myself, in some way. So once at night the

thought came down at me and I started choosing the

pictures for the zine. I decided to call it MONSTER

ALPHABET due to the concept I had under this name:

MONSTER ALPHABET zine is a really small

book with a picture matching each letter of

the alphabet placed in the alphabetical order.

Each is hand-painted and inserted into an

individual envelope of random color -

brown, red, ivory or dark brown. I made around 78 copies if I'm not mistaken, first 30 were

just a test for me, but as far as I could see it had a success

and got sold out in less than a week. Then I made the

second press and took it to Europe this summer when

travelling. I was surprised with all the positive feedbacks I

got and I appreciate it a lot. Now the First MONSTER

ALPHABET (as I call it) is completely sold out and I'm

currently in the process of collecting some material for the

new one. Hope it's gonna be of a better quality but still

DIY as we all like it, haha.

INTERVIEW WITH LINA, FROM MONSTER ALPHABET

HOW DID YOU DECIDED TO COLLABORATE WITH

BANDS? It started a long time ago. My friend had a band

and wanted me to draw some kind of a poster. Then I

tried photography as well but failed and decided to go on

drawing stuff. To my surprise people got interested and

now I consider drawing to be my job.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED SOME REALLY CRAZY OPINION

FROM PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR ART? SOMETHING WHAT

YOU WOULD NOT HEAR ANYWHERE? Once, pretty long

ago an anonymous user asked me a question that

puzzled me: "Why do you draw pictures that make

people feel depressed and worthless?" Sorry, dude, never

intended to. Seriously. Well, what I really dislike, as many

artists and musicians, I think, is when you're compared to

someone else. Each artist and musician tends to become

a unique one and that's what leads him or her or them to

develop, grow in this respect. Comparisons depress, it

feels like you've stolen something from someone. That's

the worst, I think. Not necessarily for me, for everyone.

Self-criticism does make you stronger. That's the only

thing that matters to me. If I don't like what I'm doing I'll

never ever let anyone see it, most likely I'll just damage it

and start again. And that of course a very hard step to

take, frustrations are really hard to overcome sometimes.

CRAZIEST ARTWORK MADE BY YOU? Craziest...Well I

haven't yet made anything really crazy, I think. But the

very unusual to me was the poster I did for Unveil and

Run With The Hunted European summer tour. But I really

liked the concept and the idea, though. So I was just

pleased to do it.

FUTURE PLANS? Well, nothing extra - just working further.

Still bear tattooing in mind, just need to come up to it

one day, I guess. Now I'm about to start working on a

very interesting project with Basti (Moment of Collapse).

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Never give up! The more you

move the more you gain, that's what I think.

TAKE CARE. LOVE ANIMALS // LINA

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NTRODUCE TO YOURSELF AND TELL

WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE

LIVING FOR THOSE WHO NOT KNOW

YOU.

Hi my name is Jonas. I am 24 years old

and I study in Giessen, to become a

teacher for elementary school one day,

in a future far far away... Since studying

alone won't pay the rent I've got 3

jobs...which often is as stressful as it

sounds.

WHAT CAME FIRST - DARK OMEN

RECORDS OR DEPRAVATION?

Well, the idea for Depravation came

first, but Dark Omen Records was born

before. Even though the idea for the

label came later. I think it was last fall,

when my buddy Jens (who also plays

guitar in Depravation) and his band

Derelyction wanted to record and

release a demo. We talked about on

which format they want to release it

and stuff. They planned to release it on

CD, which I thought was lame (and

they have not done to this day ;) ),

because I feel that a CD is not such a

cool thing as a vinyl or a tape. This was

when the idea was born to make a

label and release music. It took a while

for everything to come together,

because we wanted to do something

'special', but this year in spring the first

DOR release was finished.

DARK OMEN IS OFFERING EXCLUSIVE

RELEASES RECORDED IN TO

CASSETTE. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE

THIS TYPE OF RECORDER?

As mentioned above I'm not a huge

fan of CDs. I think a vinyl record, or

a tape offers more 'emotional'

value. You have to make a bigger

'effort' to listen to a vinyl record. It

also makes you listen to the music

more intensively. It looks and it

feels better than a CD. Well,

unfortunately I'm a broke student who

can't afford to release on vinyl. That's

why number two on my list was the

cassette. It shares many of the above

features, but it is way cheaper to

produce. It also offers a lot of ways to

design every tape indivdually, which is

what I try to do. I always like it better

when the music I buy has some special

gimmick, is limited and is nice to look

at.

ONLY ONE BAND SUPPORTED BY

DARK OMEN IS NOT FROM GERMANY.

HOW DID YOU GET KOLOSS FROM

SWEDEN INVOLVED? PLANNING TO

INVOLVE MORE OTHER COUNTRY

BANDS?

I stumbled upon Koloss

somewhere in the depths of the

internet one day and downloaded

their album. The funny thing is, I

really got into this band and their

awesome record, when I visited

Latvia and Estland last year with

my girlfriend. We stayed in Riga,

which is right around the corner, where

you live, as we noted. So we were on a

five hour busride from Riga to Tallin

and I listened to the album for almost

the entire ride.

INTERVIEW WITH GERMAN RECORD LABEL DARK OMEN RECORDS

The music was the perfect soundtrack

to the baltic nature which was passing

by. Well...enough of romantic

anecdotes and coincidences.

I just liked the music and had

something nice for the tape in mind.

So I figured I'd just give it a try, wrote

the guys a message and after a few

messages we worked everything out.

Really nice guys which make awesome

music and actually deserve way more

attention, than they have. The paper

used for the inlays is handmade by the

way. So there are not two copies who

look exactly alike.

I don't have something planned out

yet, but I think one or the other future

band on DOR will come from other

countries.

DEPREVATION FOUNDED IN

DECEMBER, 2011. TELL US ABOUT THE

BAND AND THE BAND NAME.

Though, we were founded in

December 2011, the idea to start a

band was in Jens' and my mind since

2009, I think. We played in a band

before, and when the band called it

quits we were sure we wanted to do

something together. But finding

people, a rehearsal space and time to

come together and play was quite

difficult at that time, since I was living

in Mannheim, which is about 150km

away from Giessen. We got together

with a mutual friend, Fridge (he now

plays drums in Harm/Shelter) to play

once, but that was it. So we finally got

Depravation rolling two years later,

when I changed to Giessen, to

continue my studies here. After that it

was no big deal. Pelle (drums) and

Philipp (guitar), which where friends

with us joined. We looked for a bass

player and found one, who only was

with us for a few weeks, since I guess

the music was not quite his style. We

quickly found a replacement in our

friend Blöcher. So since February we

have a constant lineup. This is

Depravation and I can't imagine any of

these guys leaving. So I'm positive we'll

stay in this constellation until the end.

THE LYRICS - IT’S REALLY SOMETHING

LIKE WHAT HUMAN EXISTENCE IS

GOING TO AND THERE IS NO DOUBT

THAT IT WILL END LIKE LAST LINES OF

THE SONG “RUINS OF MANKIND”:

NEITHER KING NOR SERVANT SHALL

BE SPARED, GROUNDS RIP OPEN,

SWALLOW ALL CIVILIZATION. YOUR

COMMENTS TO SONG LYRICS?

We get a lot of inspiration from

stuff like the medieval times,

inquisition, plagues, the

apocalypse, insanity and other

dark stuff. So these lyrics are, as

one can easily guess, about the

end of the world and humanity. I

think they are pretty clear and

leave little space for

interpretation. The end of days

will come and nature as well as all

people will demise. Hahaha...sounds as if we're some

cheap TV-preachers.

WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM

DEPRAVATION AND DARK OMEN

RECORDS IN NEAR FUTURE?

We're planning on recording tracks for

a full length with Depravation this

October. There might be news on our

demo as well in a few days or weeks,

but nothing worth speaking of just yet.

If you want to stay up to date like us

on facebook.com/depravationkills and

read the newest gossip. Also we hope

to play as much live as possible. So if

you have a gig for us just hit us up.

We'll play for a little gasmoney, food,

booze and a place to sleep.

As for Dark Omen Records, I will help

out Von Drakus

(www.vondrakus.bandcamp.com)

distributing and promoting their new

vinyl. You should definitely check these

guys out if you're into agressive

Hardcore/Punk. Besides that, there are

no concrete plans for now. But

everyone should keep their eyes open

for news. The best way to do this is to

follow the DOR blog or give the

Facebookpage a like.

www.darkomenrecords.wordpress.com

www.facebook.com/darkomenrecords

CHEERS, JONAS.

DARK OMEN RECORDS

http://www.facebook.com/darkomenrecords

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DEPRAVATION

http://www.facebook.com/depravationkills

http://depravation.bandcamp.com/

VON DRAKUS IS WELCOME TO

SHARE THOUGHTS AND VISIONS

ABOUT THE MUSIC! PLEASE

INTRODUCE TO YOURSELF FOR THE

PEOPLE WHO MIGHT ARE NOT

FAMILIAR WITH VON DRAKUS.

We are four friends from Gießen,

Germany and we play hardcore

punk together since 2009. We've so

far released a DIY-tape in 2011 called

"The Mirror", as well as now a one-

sided 12", "The End", with the help of

Dark Omen and Dingleberry

Records. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE

SOUND OF VON DRAKUS? IS

THERE SOMETHING WHAT YOU ARE

TRYING TO DEVELOP, SOMETHING

WHAT MAKES YOUR OWN

SOUNDING? Although we are

influenced by a lot of great bands,

we don't strive to sound like any one

of them. We also don't care about

what sounds hip in today's or

tomorrow's hardcore music. We just

play music and try to express our

feelings... anxiety, rage, despair... this

is what comes out of it.

VON DRAKUS LATEST RECORD IS

“THE END”, RELEASED IN AUGUST,

2012. AVAILABLE DIGITALLY, ALSO

THIS RELEASE IS IMPORTANT

BECAUSE IT’S YOUR FIRST VINYL,

RECORDED ON 12”. WHAT DOES

THE VINYL MEANS TO YOU? We

always wanted to release our music

on vinyl, it's great. You get a nice

large artwork and lyricsheet, and the

vinyl itself of course: every piece is

unique, it sounds raw, better, and it's

overall a much more conscious way

of listening to the music. If one

insists on a CD, there are 50

handnumbered pieces out there

since March, find one, otherwise

download it for free and burn it

yourself. If one pays for our music,

he/she should get something

valuable. That's why we chose vinyl

and that's why the basic design and

artwork was very important to us. Q.

THIS IS SOMETHING WHAT YOU

WOULD LIKE TO HOLD IN YOUR

HANDS FOR DAYS - THE ARTWORK

FOR “THE END” IS A MASTERPIECE.

Thanks, we're also really happy with

it. We had of course a basic idea of

how it should look like, but when

Sara and Sam showed us their work,

this was something we haven't even

dreamt of. The result is amazing and

we thank both of them.

INTERVIEW WITH A HARDCORE/PUNK BAND VON DRAKUS

Q. I’M NOT FAMILIAR WITH OTHER

SARA WINKLE & SAM WORKS, BUT

IT LOOKS LIKE VON DRAKUS “THE

MIRROR” (RELEASED IN JULY, 2011)

CASSETTE ARTWORK IS DONE BY

THE SARA & SAM TOO, RIGHT? No,

the tape design and artwork was

made by our guitarist Julian. Since

Sara and Sam knew this design, and

since we did the basic concept for

the LP, it shares some similarities with

the tape. If you want to see more of

Sara's and Sam's work, visit:

www.sarawinkle.com/d-e-s-i-g-n

bloodbankdesign.tumblr.com

And of course, if you don't already

know Sam's band GLASSES, you

should listen to them:

glasseshc.bandcamp.com.

BY THE WAY, VON DRAKUS “THE

END” IS RELEASED VIA EXCLUSIVE

GERMAN RECORD LABEL - DARK

OMEN RECORDS. Yes, we're very

grateful for Jonas' help. With all his

energy, he got Dark Omen Records

going in such a short time, releasing

quality music. Jonas really puts his

heart and soul into DOR, the music

and the scene. And so does Tim

from Dingleberry Records, who too

helps us with the release and

distribution. Like Jonas, Tim is from

Gießen and a good friend of us, and

he's supporting us since the

beginning in 2009. Many thanks to

both of them! CAN YOU DESCRIBE

THE PROCESS OF THE LYRICS

WRITING? I MUST SAY THAT TOTAL

DURATION OF THE SONGS FROM

BOTH RELEASES “THE MIRROR” &

“THE END” DO NOT EXCEED HALF

AN HOUR PLAY, BUT SONG LYRICS

ARE REALLY LONG ONES. WHAT

INSPIRES YOU TO THIS? We play

fast, and because we don't want to

repeat ourselves over and over

again, the lyrics are pretty long.

That's basically it. Or André doesn't

know when to stop. WHAT IS THE

VISION OF VON DRAKUS IN NEAR

FUTURE?

Right now we concentrate on

playing more shows -- having fun,

getting to know new bands, people

and places. That's always exciting. Of

course we keep writing new songs,

and if all goes well we will record

another release in the coming year.

VON DRAKUS

http://www.facebook.com/vondrakus

http://vondrakus.bandcamp.com/

JASON CANTU (US) JANIS BURMEISTERS (LV) EDGARS FREIMANIS (LV)

DACE LACE (LV) JURIS LACIS (LV)

JARMO NUUTRE (EE) JONAS HERDEJOST (GER)

LINA (RU)

Special thanks to team LIISI PUSS (EE)

DAVIS BURMEISTERS (LV)

And supporting people

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