Analdicktion - Sluts - 2011 Scrotum Jus Records

Analdicktion is a four piece Singaporean band with many influences thrown in.

Ash Azman-Vocals

Andrew Ferris-Guitar,Vocals

Irwan Shah-Bass

Aidil Ismail-Drums

Possibly the most creative, brutal, entertaining, all around fun to listen to brutal death/Slam/Grind/Gore/PowerViolence/Whatever album of it's year, 2011.  So many different elements seem to effortlessly flow together for Analdicktion.  Oh and that name!

If I HAD to label them to some sub-genre, I would be tempted just to say Experimental Brutal Death.  Thankfully, everything that anyone ever says is an opinion that has been made up of countless other opinions.  They call call themselves Death Grinding Gore-Violence.  Sounds great to me!  I highly recommend buying this album!  If you are even a slight fan of any of the aforementioned types of music, this album is for you!  Every genre that people are calling this album, or want to call it, is flawlessly performed and unexpectedly flows to the next.



"Fingerbang Abortion" starts with an intro riff reminiscent of Short Bus Pile Up.  Then you hear the disgustingly powerful gutturals lead you into a groovy slamming riff punctuated my creative drum fills.  I particularly love the pinch harmonics around 1:10.  Short song, great album opener.

Then comes “Whoreaphobic”, which immediately slows down to a straightforward slam with everything coming together very nicely.  Fast part around 1:30 is a welcome and creative change leading right into the best part and closing riff of the song.  Vocalist Ash Azman does a beautiful job here of presenting vocals BEHIND the riff and not in front, thus only enhancing it’s clarity and fullness.

"Gagged and Grinded" is a nice mix of thrash and grind with some pretty straightforward shouting vocals.  I love it.  It reminds me that this genre is supposed to be fun and doesn’t always need to sound "brutal".  Actually, if done right like it is here, boundaries can be pushed rather far while still maintaining the same feeling and returning to the original brutality of Analdicktion, or whatever band.


"Phrenetic Impaled Vaginal Dissection" starts by grinding your face off while throwing a very awesome mix of vocals in and a slammy ending.  Another very fun and catchy short tune.
 "Quantity of a Human Defilement" starts out with a catchy riff and plays off of it until it slows down to an even catchier, simpler riff thirty seconds in.  Then the track gets peppered with harmonics and sliding, groovy guitar work only to lure you in to it’s sudden end.  This is also the longest track at 3:30, I love that this is full of short songs.  This genre can get boring, but not here.  Proof is evident that this band can grind out fast songs and longer ones, and never sacrifice good writing.

Next up is a cover of the Nirvana song “Anorexorscist” which I do not need to say anything else about.
The song “Semen Covered Butchered Whores” is rightly named and is over before you are done wrapping your brain around the words semen covered butchered whores.  It is relentlessly awesome and has some hardcore elements to it that leave the listener wanting more.

Currently my favorite track has to be “Too Kvlt To Fvck”.   Atmospheric climbing harmonic riffing leading up to….black metal?  Am I fvcking with you?  No, and just wait for the ending.
"Teenage Assault Bukkake Ceremony".  Super low goregrind vocals that I didn’t like as much at first but they don’t get boring and they grew on me.  Simple, short song.

"Campaign For Emo Destruction" is 38 seconds of exciting grindcore thrash with gutturals and gang vocals and a great sample at the end.  Ready or not, you are propelled directly into "Severed Scene Slut", a brutal, comfortable return to their specific brand of slamming brutal death, ending with their slowest slam yet.  Could have done without the sample at the end here.  I am over it though, great song.
"Genetically Abused Youth" keeps a steady pace and plays around one main riff until the 1:10 mark where it holds it’s pace but alters into a super groovy riff that I love!  Perfect way to end this album starting at 2:20.  Everything slows down to an energetic slam and then speeds back up, sending this album out with a bang.

To summarize, "SLUTS" is a must have album for you fans of extreme, brutal, grinding death and more importantly, unforgettably creative music.  Each member that makes up Analdicktion has mastered their craft.

"SLUTS" was released on the now defunct Scrotum Jus Records.  They are now signed to Solvent Abuse Records

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Interview with Josh Welshnam of Autonomy - 2011

I was very lucky to have Josh Welshnam, the man behind Rhode Island Brutal Death Metal project, Autonomy, sit down and answer a few questions.

Enjoy:

Cerebral Reviewment-  How old are you?


Josh Welshnam-  I’m 19 years old.


CR-  Why the name Autonomy?


J-  I chose the name Autonomy because it ties in with the idea of a one man band. Autonomy means independence and self-governing, which is how Autonomy is run, completely by me.


CR-  What first got you into this kind of music, have you always been into it?


J-  In my late High School years, I first started getting into slam bands like Devourment and Abominable Putridity.  I have been a huge metal fan basically since elementary school, and since then it has been my life.


CR-  I understand you go to school, how’s that going?

J-  Its going well man, studying Audio Production/Music Industry.  I definitely want a career in music, particularly in the metal industry.


CR-  You have said before that vocals are your passion in Autonomy, has this always been the case?

J-  Definitely. Prior to Autonomy I was the vocalist for an RI based deathcore band called “Death Haven” for about 5 years. Had a lot of good times in that band and it definitely fueled my passion for vocals.


CR-  You are not only an amazing vocalist, but your guitar/songwriting skills really stand out!  How long have you been playing?


J-  Haha I wouldn’t go that far, but I’ve been playing guitar since middle school, so approximately 6-7 years.  I’ve only been writing my own music since Autonomy came into existence.


CR-  Can you tell me about your relationship with Ossuary Industries and how it came about?



J-  I remember talking to BBB about Autonomy and sending him a demo with various tracks spanning from the debut EP “Dimensions of Mephitic Decay” to my more recent material.  He really dug it all and offered me a place in the Ossuary Industries family.  I couldn’t be happier to be a part of the label, and Brian has definitely welcomed me in and has put many great opportunities on the table for me already.


CR-  How is the search for band members going? 

J-  Terrible man haha.  Rhode Island is a baron wasteland as far as Brutal Death Metal goes.  I expect things to pick up soon though once some things fall into place for future plans.


CR-  How much time would you guess that you practice, whether it be vocals, guitar, programming, in a week?


J-  As of now I’m spending almost all of my free time writing for an upcoming split with Embalmer, Forged In Gore, and Extremely Rotten that will be released later in the Fall I believe.  So I’d say approximately anywhere between 6 and 10 hours a week depending on my schedule.


CR-  Can you tell me about what equipment you use?


J-  Since the start I’ve been using a Line 6 GX for all of my guitar tracking and Acoustica Beatcraft for all of my drum programming. Autonomy hasn’t had a live appearance yet, so no real live gear to speak of.

CR-  What are your lyrics usually about? What inspires you when writing them?


J-  My lyrics vary from song to song, but are mostly influenced by the human race and religion and how both suck haha.


“Post-Incubation Period”


Feasting on the limbs of the deceased body
Masticating on the fibers of the vital organs
I’ll devour the child inside the abdomen
Repugnant and decrepit
The mutilated remains lie in wait of further consumption
Vile surgery, invoke the darkest perversions of man
Incisions of wretched putrescence
Defiled in mind and body
Extirpation and ingestion of the viscera
Womb eviscerated
Blood congealing as the cavity is emptied
Incisions of wretched putrescence

CR-  Can you tell us any future Autonomy plans? 

J-  I’m making the transition to making Autonomy a fully functioning band as most people already know.  Definitely want to hit the stage in the New England area by next Summer, and even expand to other parts of the U.S.  I also have a full length album set for release in August 2012 through Ossuary Industries that I will start writing for later this year.  Just planning to take a short break for a month after the split CD to give my gears a rest and let the split and other releases spread around, and just do some promotion.

CR-  Thanks a lot man, good luck with everything!

J-  Thanks for the interview man keep it sick! \m/


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Autonomy - Demo 2011

I was very pleased with Autonomy’s first release, “Dimensions of Mephitic Decay” (REVIEW) so I have been patiently waiting for anything new from Autonomy.  Well, here it is, a two-song demo.  I love it.
The first track on here, “Atrophic Indulgences”, contains everything I loved about DoMD but with faster, tighter riffs.  Still very catchy though.  Reminds me of older Decrepit Birth but with better vocals.   The drum programming shines through here to me as being creative and actually thought out.  Taking a simple, otherwise boring riff around 1:50, and complimenting it with a steady groove that effortlessly carries us through to the next section.  The vocals, to no surprise, are right on.  A step up from DoMD as far as the vocals themselves and mixed very well, the icing on the cake.

"Renounced Posterity" is a good reference as to why I say the songwriting continuously coming from Josh Welshnam is memorable, brutal, and altogether good.
In this super over saturated genre, and even one man bands, which have become extremely common, it becomes harder and harder to stand out.  Unless, of course, you write, record, mix, master, promote, sell, package, ship, and whatever else it takes, all while being humble and positive.  Not to mention finding time to support and promote other bands.  Although, everything stated above would most likely go unnoticed if you made shitty music.  So props to Josh Welshman for grabbing his passion by the balls!  It is also notable that he is not even old enough to drink a beer.

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Autonomy - Dimensions of Mephitic Decay - 2011 Sevared Records

I have not always been a fan of one man death metal bands, but this one is really good.  This is Autonomy’s first release, and it is a solid one.  It is not perfect, but it gives a glimpse of what is to come and it assures the listener that they are in good hands.  Josh Welshnam knows what he is doing.

Autonomy’s biography states that it was originally formed as a side project to practice using pro audio equipment.  Well all that practice is paying off!  This has some amazing production, decently programmed drums, and nicely recorded vocals.  Speaking of the vocals, they are very good!  You can really tell that Josh is very passionate about them and has spent tons of time practicing them.  His impressive range of low gutturals and different sounds and styles can be easily heard throughout, especially on the track "Emaciated".

My only complaint would be the drums.  When dealing with a drum machine, it takes a lot more effort and patience than one may think, especially in this genre, to keep it from going stale.  That being said, the drums here are on the verge.  This is 5 songs long and it wasn’t until near the end that the drums stood out.

Although there is always room for improvement in any band, this is exactly the kind of a debut I love hearing.  The kind that gets me excited for more and seems to foreshadow and promise a better, more precise release.  Doing so all while being a very solid and good debut for this one man Rhode Island project.  Since the release of this EP, Autonomy has released a two song demo.  The band is now signed to Ossuary Industries and a full length is in the works.

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Lack Of Truth - Under The Torn Flesh - 2013 Death Metal Industry

Lack Of Truth is a Brutal Death Metal band from Saint-Petersburg, Russia, pumping out straightforward BDM with an old school style that is infectious and addictive. Under The Torn Flesh is their first full length, following a 2010 demo release entitled Graveyard of Fools. Graveyard of Fools contains three songs that also appear here on the full length, so this is a fine place to start. It is about 30 minutes of original, creative Brutal Death Metal that most brings to mind Disgorge making slow, passionate love to Defeated Sanity.  Before even hearing this, I was excited by the cover art. It just has that original old school feel. The art is done by Regurgitated Arts, operating out of Murmansk, Russia.

I have listened to this album many, many times and every time it seems to shine in different ways. I really like how it is recorded and mixed, particularly the bass. Valentin Khramtsov does an amazing job filling out the low end here with a super thick, shaky bass tone that can be perfectly heard without being overbearing. Guitarist Sergey Minaev shows his diverse riffing abilities with flawless transitions from fast, all over the neck riffs to slower, chugging, slams with pinch harmonics. The drums get a little tiring and at a couple specific times feel like they are struggling to keep up. Alexey Grigoriev is the man behind the set, and he can definitely drum. He has some creative fills and shows some subtle intricate blast and double bass work, not to mention that snare tone. Vocally, Under The Torn Flesh is a display of all natural, deep gutturals mixed with mid range squeals and a few chorus-esque parts where you can absolutely make out what is being said. What really stands out though are the vocal patterns. Vocalist Alexey Remizov is obviously passionate about what he is doing here. It is always nice to hear original and creative vocals and vocal patterns in a genre where that sort of thing is so overlooked. Everything's really tight and I like the raw production, specifically the raw drum sound.

Only complaint is the quickly fading endings to each song. For an album with such well written songs, it's a shame to break the flow of the whole thing with such a small mistake. The mistake is exactly that though, small. Definitely pick this up. It is really well put together with good song writing that will keep any BDM fan entertained. Any doubts I had about certain parts of the album upon first listens were shortly thereafter falsified.   After a few listens, every thing just falls into place and becomes very catchy. Brutal Death Metal needs more bands like this that are original and work hard in the riff department without just slamming your face off all the time. That's another story for another time, if you want only slams, it's out there in disgusting abundance. This is rare, innovate Brutal Death that will remind you of why you fell in love with it in the first place.

Derogation- Revival Of A Nest Ignorant - 2013 Permeated Records

Art by Regurgitated Arts

On September 30th, 2013, Derogation's "Revival Of A Nest Ignorant" will be unleashed upon the world.  For a release this short, it is really full of awesome and memorable parts.  I am a huge fan already.

Kiev, Ukraine's Derogation come at you with a riffing style similar to Defeated Sanity and a technical prowess that begs many listens; super technical sweeping and tapping parts that teeter on the edge of too much.  It's just really just good writing though.
Some of the all over the place riffs, the beginning of "Abhorrent Fornication" for example, takes me back to the old days when Decrepit Birth were still awesome and original.

Ex Defeated Sanity vocalist Jens Cannibaloki Staschel has found a wonderful new home in Derogation.  His familiar vocals do a really nice job of keeping things creative and disgusting.  The god behind the guitar is Vlad Melnik (Neurogenic, Back Door To Asylum), perfectly partnered up with bassist Alexander Chub (Hedonistic Exility).  The bass tone is wonderfully warm throughout and this guy can really play.  Lev Kurgansky (Ezophagothomia) hold things down behind the drums with blasts and tight fills that ensure to keep your attention.  

You get 5 tracks in total.  The last song is a cover and the second to last is just atmospheric noise.  When all is said and done you end up with around 10 minutes of original material from Derogation, but it's the most technically proficient brutal death metal I've heard in a very long time.

My only complaint is the length of this album.  We can only hope there is much more of this on the way, and soon!

For fans of Defeated Sanity, Decrepit Birth, or Disgorge

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Weakness - Demo 2009 - R.I.P.

This Russian slam outfit released a very promising demo, were immediately signed to Pathologically Explicit records, and then disappeared.





This is an incredibly impressive and well written DEMO and I am saddened this group came to a sudden end!  I am not really going to write about it.  Take 6 minutes and check it out.

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Created From Pig's Mutilation- Inception of Abhorrent Creation - 2011 Demo

I first learned about this band from this video of them in their rehearsal room.  I was immediately impressed by the feeling and writing of the track.  Also, it looks like they have a really great rehearsal room!  I was left wanting more and thinking to myself, “how does one pronounce CxFxPxMx?”

After some research into the matter I discovered the band’s full name,

COPROEXHUMOCOATHGASM

FISTOLECTONYCHOMICOSIS 

PARACOCCIGASTROVOMIT 

MUCOSPERMOSUBUNGUAL.

I was left thinking to myself “what the fuck?”



Since, they have changed their name to Created From Pigs Mutilation and they have put out a demo titled “Inception of Abhorrent Creation”




Overall, this demo feels like a rather well thought out and executed first take of a young bands attempt of an album.  Instead of pumping out a demo that feels like pieces to a few different puzzles, Inception Of Abhorrent Creation feels like the whole puzzle.  While it may still be missing a few corner pieces, it is proof that there are great things to come from this Italian three piece of self proclaimed ‘diseaseful slamming brutality’.
     

The first track, “Starting To Devour Human Entrails” starts with an intro of what sounds like the slaughter of pigs.  This intro was created by IntroMania, a production company that creates intros and soundtracks for bands or movies.  Then we have a pretty basic brutal death guitar, drum, vocal part that leads into a build-up that seems to promise a much harder hitting slam than it delivers.  This is fitting though, it feels like a warm up to the oncoming insanity.  This track really explores a lot of territory with tempo changes but not overwhelmingly so.  I really like when a band can do a lot with simplicity.  The drums for example, are simple in the most complex, precise meaning of the word.  It has become so easy and common to bypass the human drummer.  This of course has it’s pros and cons but that is a different discussion entirely.  Nonetheless, Alessandro Garofalo, CxFxPxMx guitarist and drum programmer, is a master at staying simple, tasteful, consistent, and just really good.  All of the above actually cancels out the word simple, but it was a necessary adjective in this case.  I really like the vocals also, at times reminding me of Martin from Kraanium.

“Purulent Sodomy Of Putrid Streetwalker’s Flesh” is definitely the best song name I’ve heard in awhile.  The song is very good as well and sort of reminds me of the Italian scene all together, with it’s great vocals and bass parts.   It is catchy, fun and relentlessly blasts forward with thick and slimy guitar riffs and a groovy bass line that sets you up for a sort of marching section where everything blends beautifully.  This song is complete with simple parts, complex parts in every instrument, and variety in vocals.

Italy seems to be a simmering crock pot full of brutal death/slam bands, be it one man or not, human drummer or not, they are almost always decent and seem to consistently pump out new music.  They also, like any region with a growing scene, have similarities.  This could be largely due to Mario Di Giambattista and his million or so projects.  Alessandro Garofalo also has more bands than one hand can count.  I am happy to see people being this active in their scene and showing such blunt passion for the music!
     

Sometimes it can be very difficult to include a track less than 30 seconds long on your demo when you are not a grindcore outfit.  Well they’ve done it here with “Precocious Dismemberment”, 14 seconds, actually, and it is still creative and has a lot within!  Then “Human Stew” comes charging at you with a brutal assault of guitar and bass slams.  The band again uses a simple concept often forgot about, dynamics.  The guitar gets more technical here but everything still blends into one huge groove!

“Fucked, Suffocated and Mutilated” starts off with a short sample of a woman who is probably being fucked, suffocated and then mutilated.  Then this song goes a few different places, all places we’ve been before but are happy to revisit one last time.  The bass is again really awesome throughout this closing track.  Especially when it has it’s jazzy solo right before our epic outro, where the vocalist pretty much goes crazy.  Everything fades out enough for us to hear more mutilation and moaning in displeasure.  Then I moan in pleasure at this demo and patiently await a full length release, out later this year on Ghastly Music.

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Pathology- Awaken To The Suffering - 2011 Victory Records

Considering the constant evolving state of electronics and what some would call increasing success of modern day audio engineering, it has become rare to hear bands come out with raw, unique sounding records that are packed with feeling and the flaws are audible and appreciated.  It is far more common to have a band go into a studio and have the engineer clean everything up and make them sound like the perfect musicians they are not.  Here, however, Pathology manage to get a clean, crisp sound while still having their passion and talent shine through.  The best of both worlds?  Maybe.

The first track on this album, "Dissected by Righteousness" wastes no time at all.  It immediately goes right into a very groovy, brutal, blasting riff.  Next we are lead to the first of this album’s brutally catchy slams in which we find proof of Jonathan Huber’s super-human, or super-something, guttural abilities.  Don’t worry, don’t rewind, these are showcased throughout Awaken To The Suffering’s entirety.
A creative but repetitive riff with a harmonic struck over and over again seems to go on forever and then stop briefly and return.  Then my favorite part of this song, a super awesome and surprising melodic riff is repeated, creating an amazingly haunting atmosphere, ending just in time for a perfectly placed and beautifully played guitar solo.

Now, if you are following along with the correct album and song, the last twenty seconds of this song, you know, the part right after you thought it was ending, will blow your mind, and crush your skull.  All while perfectly wrapping things up.



"Ingestion of Creation" plays back and forth with brutal ‘marching’ riffs.  Reminds me a lot of Visceral Disgorge.  Hopefully though it will remind the Slam/Brutal Death community that it is possible, and very rewarding, to insert insanely creative guitar parts to this genre.   Very refreshing.
At about one minute in, the reality of intense and fun songwriting is slammed back into the listener.  Everything about this is made much more disgusting and fun by the vocals.

"Hostility Towards Conformity" starts with more of what I am really loving about this record, huge, melodic riffs that create so much atmosphere and feeling.  Only a few key notes are changed to switch this up to something that sounds so different but really is not before it all returns to that main atmospheric riff that this track is built around.  Time signatures are played with and all instruments are very nicely balanced and blended together.  This is also one of the few instances in life that a fade out seems fitting.
"Media Consumption" is a short straightforward track where the drums keeps things pounding forward and the vocals get creative and crazy.   Then we have guitar solo number two which is, yet again, great.  Following that is this "breakdown" that has everyone up in arms.  It is really not that hard to enjoy, and if you are one of many people saying how much it sucks, I bet you are bobbing your head to it at the same time.  Loosen up and enjoy yourself.
"Society’s Desolation" starts with precise hammer-on pull-off guitar work and a stop and go pounding feel that begs to be resolved.  I wouldn’t really say that it ever is resolved, it just flows so nicely into the next blasting sections that you forget about it.  Due to the truly amazing song writing though, it will be back.

Obie Flett graces this track with his literally monster-sounding gutturals and it is nice that you can actually tell when it is him.  The most impressive part though, vocally, is Huber’s incredible lung capacity displayed at the end of this track.
Following a short, simple instrumental track is “A Perverse Existence” which has my favorite intro thus far.   Fast, blasting buildup with Dave Astor once again showing his creative excellence on the drums.  More time changes will have your head spinning before a slower slam ended by Huber’s reoccurring mid-range “bla”, which I absolutely love.  There is also a really cool sliding riff to end this track.

"Humanity’s Cesspool" Will force you to bob your head along with its chuggy, groovy parts.   Some far-in-the-distance yells are heard and this track starts having a weird, dark, almost black metal feel.   It’s awesome.  Another guitar solo and we are off and running with more melodic, full of emotion riffing, only to end with slammier versions of the same riffs.  This track does an awesome job of repeating all the right things in all the right ways.
"Festering in Filth" starts very fast and does not slow down until A.J. Magana says so.  Possibly my favorite part of this album starts at 1:15 and changes the whole mood of the track.
Then a solo that makes you feel like you are riding a horse brings in “Opposing Globalization”.  This intro seems very out of place until, of course, it’s return at the end of the song.

Pathology rerecorded the song “Emesis”, previously on their 2009 album “Age of Onset”.  This is proof that this band makes great songwriting sound easy.  Amazing, flowing transitions from every instrument.

"Awaken To The Suffering" ends beautifully with"Revocation of Earth", a soft, pretty display of Kevin Schwartz’s guitar mastery.  As if the solos were not enough.  Kevin Schwartz and Tim Tiszczenko both do an amazing job on this whole album.  Oscar Ramirez also puts out his share of brutal riffs and Dave Astor is his usual amazing self.  Jonathan Huber has impressive range, several different vocal styles and can hold a note/gurgle/burp longer than most.

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Gencuy Brutal Art Interview

Gencuy Brutal Art creates art for brutal death metal and black metal bands and does a very good job at it.  He operates out of Indonesia, a place with a constantly expanding and somewhat controversial brutal death metal scene.  I was happy to find out that there is also an incredibly supportive community for this kind of art in Indonesia.

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Cerebral Reviewment-  Hello and thank you for answering some questions! Could you let everyone know a little about yourself and how long you have been drawing?

Gencuy-  Hello, Gencuy is my nickname, not my real name. I am 21 years old now and living in Bandung, a city in Indonesia, I make the design work for the underground community. Mainly death metal bands and also black metal bands all over the world. I’ve been drawing since childhood. I learned to draw on my own and I never followed a special way or went to art school.




CR-  How long have you been into brutal art? What got you started?

G-  I started BrutalArt a few years ago, around 2007. So to say I have 5 years working on BrutalArt. I really like extreme music, especially DEATHMETAL and BLACKMETAL, but I am not proficient in music. So I wanted to do something, so I can get involved in this music community. BrutalArt makes me a part of the community and music that I love.




CR-  In your opinion, can brutal art ever take things too far by being too gross or obscene?

G-  What I’m expressing in BrutalArt is something unusual for the artist. The other side of life… murder, prostitution, death, deception, and other things that people think should not be talked about. Such things are discussed in the songs of Black Metal Death metal. I also always have a theme I wish to convey in my brutal art.




CR-  I always love when you post pictures of your sketches before they are finished. Can you describe your process a little bit from start to finish? How long do you usually take on a project?

G-  The process I go through to make BrutalArt is; begin by thinking of a theme that will be created, then create a sketch on paper using a pencil, and then proceed to use the inking pen, and after finishing with the image on paper, I input the image into the computer using a scanner, to subsequently be edited and the last process is in the Photoshop program. Time it takes to make a work can be varied according to mood, but I always try to be professional, doing a work within 1 week. If I’m not busy it could be faster, and may take longer if I am busy.








CR-  Do most bands tell you exactly what they want or do they give you a lot of freedom to draw what you want?

G-  Clients and bands are free to give the concept of what they want. I’ll try to make a work like what they want. I usually ask for tracks and lyrics of their songs, it really helps me to understand the character of the band who I am working with.




CR-  What or who are some of your biggest influences?

G-  The Death metal community, and love of music is the most influential for me. Surely the people who always support me and love brutal art!

CR-  Being from Indonesia, you probably do not have a lack of bands wanting to work with you. What is the art scene like there? Is there a lot of other brutal art? What is mainstream art like there?

G-  Yes there is a wonderful art community in my city of Bandung. Its name is Illuminator. There are many talented artists, each with a different style, and I know them. You need to know there is a shortage in my country people and bands who understand the artwork. They can not appreciate a work, and there is still a lot of piracy with the artwork here.



The Illuminator is an underground community that organizes events and exhibitions for artists.




CR-  Who are your favorite artists?

G-  Some of my favorite artists are Mark Riddick, Mike Majewski, Daniel Corcuera, Matt daughter, Christophe Moyen, Bin Bautista, Jeff Zornow, Nat Jones and my friends Derby, Candra (monmonart). I really like the artwork in black and white style, and they do it very well. That’s the reason I idolize them.

CR-  Do you have a favorite piece you’ve done?

G-  I love all my works. But, I’ve made a work that I love very much, and I will not sell it … I gave it the title “GOD BETRAYER”


CR-  Anything thing else you’d like to say to fans or aspiring artists?

G-  Do something that you like, because that would be something you are proud of yourself for doing.

Keep it Brutal \ m /

CR-  Thanks a lot!

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