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Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions! Who do we have the
pleasure of speaking with, and what is your role in the band?
media, recording and some other background stuff.
How did Pusboil come to be? Can you tell us about the other members of the band?
Remo, our guitarist/vocalist and I started Pusboil in march 2022 as a bedroom slam project with no intentions to play any live shows since we had no experience at all with making music.
Shortly after we asked Sandro if he wants to take over bass duty, since Remo knew him already from his other band, Goreshower and we released our first demo as a 3 piece.
After that we started to rehearse and write more music and we played our first 2 shows with backing drums.
In April 2023, shortly after we released our first album, Maxi joined us on drums and since then we play in this formation as a 4 piece
"Ancient Stories of Suffering and Disease" has an old-school BDM vibe mixed with
some slams and a crazy range of vocal sounds. Can you explain what sort
of influences bring this sound out? How would you describe your sound?
Like you already mentioned, we are all very much influenced by a lot of oldschool BDM/Slam and classic DM bands, even some grind and punk bands, so we always tried to incorporate that in our songwriting with our own twists and trademarks. Speaking for myself I don't really take a lot of influences from other vocalists, I always tried to do my own thing and being as unique and true to myself as possible. Same goes to Remos approach to write and create new riffs and I think in the end that makes us sound like Pusboil and not just a cheap clone of other bands.
Since the songwriting on Ancient wasn't that outstanding we tried to add a bit more depth with different vocal styles. A big influence on that record was definitely .357 Homicide.
Jake Gamble also recorded the drums for this album.
Rudi Yanto from Gorgingsuicide Art, he also did the artwork for our upcoming EP.
Shout out to him for being one of the best artists in the scene!
I know you guys have an EP coming soon. When can we expect "Indictment"?
The cover art and single are both amazing!
Thanks a lot for the nice words, we are also really happy and surprised with how good it came out, since we recorded everything on our own for the first time. The EP should drop around march 2025 via Pathologically Explicit Records.
"Indictment" marks a bit of a milestone in our musical career if you wanna say so lol. We evolved a lot in the short amount of time since we have been around. So it a great display of what we kinda always wanted to sound like as a band. Its way more BDM influenced with less slam parts and more memorable riffs/parts. Maxi also adds a lot to the songs with his outstanding and rather untypical drumming for a Slam/BDM band. We aimed for a classic oldschool BDM sound- production wise - and took influences from bands like Lividity, Digested Flesh, Eternal Suffering and Regurgitation mixed with our own Pusboil style of course.
What else can we expect in the near future? Live shows? New merch?
The next big thing is the release of our EP "Indictment" in March 2025. We also just got some new shirts with a new design, which was made by the super talented Eder Hernandez from Putrid Carcass Art. We also have a bunch of different live shows planned for next year like the first edition of Karlsruhe Deathfest in April, NTYE Deathfest and Berlin Desecration Fest both in may and some others I cant spoil on here, since they are not official yet, but its going to be a busy year for us!
How did you guys land on the name "Pusboil"?
Oh, thats a good question and most people get the meaning of our band name wrong. Remo and I wanted a short, concise name that also fits our lyrical themes, sticks easy and wasn't already taken by several other bands. So we came up with Pusboil, which has nothing to do with boiling pus like many think. It's an abscess thats filled with pus, a medical condition that people got from the bubonic plague.
Can you name 3 bands that you take influence from?
We have a lot of influences but I would say 3 big ones for us are Lividity, Beheaded and Digested Flesh.
Can you name a few upcoming bands from your area that we should check out?
Sadly, there aren't that many sick bands from Switzerland anymore, but first of all Goreshower, which is Remos other band. Now a bit shameless self promotion, Remo and I also have a Goregrind project which is about to release our first album under the name Septizin, so make sure to check that out.
Then not so new our brothers from Consumed by Vultures, if you dig a more modern approach to BDM/Slam. Our good friends in Rectal Depravity which probably is the most dumbest (in the most positive way) band we have in Switzerland. Last but not least the most sickest and underrated of them all: Kakothanasy – make sure to check them out!
Thanks again! Anything at all you would like to say to our readers?
Again thank you very much for having me/us and the support for Pusboil and like always: keep it sick in the dick and listen/support true underground sickness!
