Decarnate - Interview 2025

Who is this?

This is Max

How are you doing?

Doin good

Who makes up Decarnate?

Decarnate is: Max on guitar, vocals and Paul on the drums

How did the band come into existence?

I go to Appalachian State and met Paul through a mutual friend down in Boone, NC. The first stuff we were writing was short, goregrind songs but after a couple months of practice and developing the "technique" we agreed to write longer, slower, and groovier songs. I learned to do proper gutturals and we eventually put out this demo. It took like 2 months to make the demo. The process was tedious but we agreed that everything we release has to be the absolute best shit we can do at that time, no fluff or filler.

Your "Engorged In Putrescence" demo is OOOOOZING with old school death metal vibes and tones.  What are some influences that lead you here?

Our biggest influences for this demo were Repudilation, Digested Flesh, and Devourment. We are hoping to take the project in a more technical direction with songs pushing 5-6 minutes on average, taking lots of inspiration from early Mortal Decay, early Internal Bleeding, Brodequin, and Cerebral Hemorrhage. Our upcoming album will have all these elements in addition to a wider range of vocals and cleaner production quality, so stay tuned.

I just ordered the Cassette from Embalmed Records!  How did you end up working with them and what is that relationship like?

 I run Embalmed Records and we make cassettes of our friends' music in addition to our own. For our upcoming release we also plan to make CD's.

When you say you learned to do "proper"gutturals, what do you mean?  Can you elaborate a little for people on what goes into learning and practicing these extreme vocal techniques?

When we were playing goregrind, I started off with lazy, croaking inhales that we pitched down -12 and it sounded awful. I since taught myself how to properly perform exhaled growls and then, by pushing that sound back down into my throat, I get the gross, "draining sink" sound. Don't cut corners, don't cup the mic, stand with good posture and growl loud.

Who is responsible for the artwork on "Engorged"?

We had a gallery of legit, forensic and morgue photos of decaying bodies and I selected one that fit the j-card format the best

What sorts of different vocals are you looking to add for the full-length?

We're going to have more articulated vocal lines as John Paoline does in Mortal Decay, more complicated lyrics and themes, as well as nasally, high-pitched screams as backing vocals. Paul is also going to contribute backing vocals.

More technical, more diversity in the vocals, slightly cleaner production?  I cannot fucking wait to here what is coming!!!  Thanks for answering some questions!  Any last words?

One, we must be brutal. Two, if you ain't ready to get brutal, then get out

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Volvulus - Interview 2025

Who will be answering the questions?  What is your name and what do you do in the band?

Hey this is Caleb from Volvulus. I do vocals for the band.

How did Volvulus start?

We formed Volvulus back in 2023. Brandon (our guitarist and other founding member) and I had been friends since middle school but had re connected thru Instagram that year. He had this band called Lambs to the Cosmic Slaughter a view years prior and I absolutely loved their shit. 

One of us hit the other up because we both kind of felt stuck musically. We got together and made a few shitty demo songs just to kind of screw around and experiment for the first year or so to seeing what worked. Come 2025, we finally started taking things seriously. We dropped like 2 songs and then finally decided to expand and bring on our close friend John as a second guitarist/bass player/back up vocalist, and we been going hard ever since.

How would you describe your music?

Relentless guttural slamming. Alien tech slam. Heavy as all hell but fun at the same time I guess. We wanted to make brutal music that people can have a good time to. Fuck shit up to. That kinda stuff. We also pride ourselves on keeping things fresh and unique especially in a genre like slam which seems to follow the same formula over and over again at times.

How did you guys come up with the name?

We knew straight from the get go it had to be something related to assholes. We had too much of a “butty” sound not to. So Brandon texted me the name “Volvulus” and I was like “what the fuck is that?” Long story short it’s when the tubes in your butt get tangled up and you can’t shit and then you fucking die. Pretty brutal.

What has been some pros and some cons of writing and recording the album?

As far as the pros I’d say we all definitely put in tremendous amounts of time and effort into this project and it’s honestly made all 3 of us better musicians as a result. Each one of us spent countless hours at night up late as fuck trying to perfect this shit. It’s honestly been a huge pleasure to not only release something this heavy but to do it with such good friends.  For the cons, we definitely ended up getting into it a few times and hit lots of roadblocks on the way. But hey, these things happen I guess.

How do you feel that the album has been received?

I think it’s been received pretty well so far. We have a couple thousand streams at this point and it’s growing steady everyday. We hope to be making some CDs very soon too so I’m sure that will help.

You guys recently played your first show!  Congrats!  How did booking that go for you, and how did the show go!

Thank you man we appreciate that. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be. I just DM’d the guys from this other local band called Smog Breath. I really liked their music and I knew they had just recently opened their own venue like an hour away from our city. So needless to say , I made my move on that.  The show went really well and we actually got asked to jump on a couple more!

Who did the album artwork?

Brandon had to go digging to find a good artist with decent prices. He finally found this guy on insta: @naufalalwy__ .  He goes by Sadgrind Art but his name is Zahid and his art work is killer!

Who are some of Volvulus' biggest influences?

We pull from a wide range of sources as far as our inspiration goes. I know for me vocally I’m heavily inspired by Hugo Ojeda of Esophagus as well as Don Campan of Waking the Cadaver, Matti Way, Clay Lamanske of Cemetery Rapist, and of course my good friend Azerate from Ungraceful. He is a great guy and has taught me a lot about doing vocals over the past year or two. As far as our instrumentals go, we listen to a lot of Dying Fetus, Kraanium, cattle decap, peelingflesh, Wormhole, and Snuffed on Sight, so we take a lot of inspiration from those bands musically, but we also like to add techniques from other music genres and incorporate them into our songs however we can.

Anything new in the works yet?

Yeah we got some stuff we are working on. Concepts for now but we will start recording again very soon. Volvulus ain’t going no where. We love doing this shit and we are very committed to our craft.

Thanks a lot again!  Any last words? 

Of course! We appreciate this opportunity from you. As far as last words, I don’t really have much, but stay tuned for new music and hopefully merch soon. We aren’t signed to a label so we gotta do all this shit by ourselves. Everything we have done we built from the ground up so we greatly appreciate all our listeners and supporters. Thank you to everyone who’s helped us get this far. Peace !!

Neuropsychosis - Interview 2025

Who are you and what do you do in Neuropsychosis?

Hey, I’m Emerson, the guitarist of Neuropsychosis.

I'm Kyle Gast and I play drums for Neuropsychosis.

I'm Colby. Musically I do bass, vocals, lyrics in Neuropsychosis.  Outside this, I do editing and coloring of our releases, shirt designs and promotional content.

How did the band start?

EMERSON - I originally came with the concept for Neuropsychosis back in August 2022 with my drummer Kyle, who thought of the band name. 

Coming off of my previous work, I wanted to go in a bit of a different approach with the sound. Having inspiration from the more technical side of BDM myself, I wanted to include elements of that style while still keeping things riff focused, memorable, and fresh, as well as being able to experiment with touches of dissonance, and having the freedom to push the genre to places unseen before. Me and Kyle worked really well together since the beginning and us having all sorts of influences from bdm as well as some more experimental and atmospheric music we wanted to create a unique sound that didn’t strictly copy the same formula of other bands. 

Roughly 6 months later we found our vocalist Colby, who was not only a very unique vocalist and just an awesome dude to be working and spending time with, but he also had a very original and sick bass playing ability and the riffs he came up with added another layer of depth to our demo Indulging the Depraved.

KYLE - Neuropsychosis started when Emerson and I started jamming after meeting through mutual friends. I happened to be jamming on my kit when we met each other, we discussed a few bands of mutual interest and decided to start making music. I wasn't in any bands at the time, and I was playing drum set just for fun to old school death metal and thrash. Once we had a few songs together, Colby saw a rehearsal video of ours and very quickly proved himself as a hardworking and sick musician, and we released the demo soon after he joined.

COLBY - I joined the band late after the demo was fully written. I was supposed to just be the bassist and ended up becoming the vocalist as well. After that, we found our sound and have been evolving it ever since.

How was your experience at NSE fest?

EMERSON - NSE Fest was an incredible showing of how New Standard Elite is the best label in the business. The whole fest was run exceptionally smoothly, and both Ryan and Danial were on top of their game. Every single band killed it, and we are honored to have been a part of the fest. It was awesome being able to meet all of these sick people in person and to see some incredible musicianship. Some people I had the pleasure to talk with - the Torsofuck dudes, as well as our brothers in Embodied Torment, Trichiomoniosis, Anal Stabwound, Desecation, and Justin from Scatology Secretion. 

KYLE - We had a great time at NSE fest! It was very inspiring to meet so many other extreme musicians and to hear that much live brutal death metal all at once. Every performance I saw there made me proud to have Neuropsychosis on the NSE roster.

COLBY - Easily one of the best experiences of my life, Everyone in Texas was very welcoming and respectful. Other than playing the fest, my highlights were hanging out with homies and labelmates such as torsofuck trichomaniasis embodied torment, scatology secretion and excrescence. These guys really made the experience whole for me but I would like to give special thanks to Ryan and Dan the owners of NSE for being the sickest. From talking to Dan about black metal and the older NSE roster bands to talking with ryan about Black Death bands old school deathfests and future NSE plans. The next group I'd like to thank for their time in Texas is Seven Sins. Adrian and Shadow are very nice and gave me a free shirt and wall banner and had some great talks about the music and the festival itself and future plans for Seven Sins. My last major thanks go to the security guards at Halatom Theater and Kevin Clark/Brian Wynn for coming out and having some sick talks with me about the history of devourment and sintury as well TXDM history and gifted brass knuckles by brian, Thanks to ruben from devourment as well for the small talk It was very cool to meet some of my idols

Scourging Homicidal Premonitions absolutely blew me away when I first heard it, and it is still in my constant rotation!  Can you tell us what the writing and recording process was like?  And was that your NSE debut?

EMERSON - Thanks for the kind words on Scourging Homicidal Premonitions. This was our first
professional recording we had done at Filthlab Studios in Tacoma WA. 

For the writing process I would write riffs down sometimes separate from the rehearsal space, and then bring them to Kyle who had no problem understanding and writing drum parts to all of my weird timing and technical tracks. On other occasions all three of us would write riffs together since we have the flexibility to jam in person.  The recording process went very smooth working with Rich at Filthlab. Recording took about a week, and we received our mix from him shortly after. 

Yes, Scourging was our NSE debut and Indulging the Depraved was re-released on NSE. 

KYLE - Thanks for the kind words! Our album wasn't truly our NSE debut because our demo came out on the label as well. Honestly, the writing process was pretty tough. I'm learning to play drum set as I go, and I'm always pushing my maximum speeds. Emerson starts with guitar riffs, usually transcribed into digital sheets. From there we just jam on the guitar ideas until I have something together that sounds good. It took a lot of reps to memorize all the crazy time changes. The recording days for the LP were brutal. I remember an 8+ hour day of drumming nonstop in Effluvia's studio. I feel like the 3 of us worked extremely hard on that release. We all agree on what sounds good pretty quickly so scrapping ideas and re-writing rarely happens, and I like that about our process

COLBY - Scourging Homicidal Premonitions was an interesting process. Most of it was just writing and rehearsing songs, then spending a few days at Rich’s studio recording them. What I recall is the name of the album came towards the end of finishing most of the songwriting and a little Easter egg about the title is “Homicidal Premonitions”, a reference to Beyond the Cemetery’s lyrics by cannibal corpse as Tomb of the mutilated is one of my favorite albums of all time. 

The artwork for the album was done by Rudi Yanto / Gorging Suicide and I went back and recolored the album art and edited it for final release. What’s special about the artwork is it's supposed to represent the PNW and the general terrain of where we live, it's mainly forest and mountains. We took pics for this album at Mt Rainer next to a shed that replicates the shed in the album art. Overall, it's a very special debut album for us. This album was our NSE debut as our demo Indulging The Depraved was a reissue. 

We have an EP coming out soon titled “Doctrine Of Damnation” that completely changes the atmosphere of our songwriting sound and style. It’s a completely different beast from Scourging Homicidal Premonitions, so keep your eyes open for that and check out the single “Callously Extinguished”!

Could each of you say a little bit about your musical interests?  Outside of extreme music too, what are you into?

EMERSON - Musically I enjoy listening to bands like the essentials - Defeated Sanity, Disgorge (U.S), Putridity, Deeds of Flesh, and so on. Having good riffs is important to me when checking out new music, although I am of course drawn to the technicality and unpredictability in bands, as well as the more blasting stuff like Enmity, Orchidectomy, Excoriation such. Outside of Brutal Death, I listen to more atmospheric stuff like Portal/Impetuous Ritual, and some Blackened Death, I enjoyed the new Teitanblood album from this year as well. I could go on, but a couple others I want to share are Anima Damnata, and Internacine Excoriation.

KYLE - I am basically interested in any music that I consider creative and not obnoxious. As far as death metal goes I've been listening to Severed Savior lately, as well as Cenotaph (both of them), Guttural Secrete, and Prophecy. When I'm not making or listening to metal it's usually jungle/D&B stuff like Jojo Mayer, Data, or Coco Bryce. Outside of music stuff I am into fitness, growing my garden, and hanging out with my family

COLBY - Outside extreme metal, I really enjoy doom metal, trad metal and avant-garde blends of metal like Ulcerate and Deathspell Omega, but that's still technically extreme. Outside of metal, I really enjoy goth music and death rock.

Can you name 3 metal albums that you cannot go without?

EMERSON - Three metal albums is very hard, but I’d say Psalms of the Moribund, Path of the Weakening, and Tomb of the Mutilated. 

KYLE - I could not go without Wormed- Planesphærum, Dying Fetus- Killing on Adrenaline, or Guttural Secrete- Reek of Pubescent Dispoilment

COLBY - Infester - To The Depths (In Dedgration)

Demoncy - Joined In Darkness

Occultation - Silence In The Ancestral House

Can you name 3 non-metal albums that you cannot go without?

EMERSON - Call me close minded but I don’t listen to anything outside of metal, haha. 

KYLE - I could also not go without Ween- The Mollusk, Jojo Mayer- Prohibited Beats, or Deltron- Deltron 3030

COLBY - Ace Of Base - The Sign

Twelfth Of Never - Blowing Bubbles Through Broken Windows

Scorpions - Love At First Sting

Any new music in the works yet?

As far as new music goes, we’re always cooking up new riffs and thinking of the next release. I can’t share anything specific yet, but we are currently in the process of writing drums for the first track on an upcoming release.

KYLE - We do have some new material in the works, still in the rough draft phase though.

COLBY - We’re working on a NSE split can't really say the other bands, but it’s going to be one of the most brutal splits ever put together. After that, it's most likely album 2.

What are your favorite foods?

EMERSON - I like most food but would have to go for burritos on this one.

KYLE - My favorite meals are spaghetti and bean burritos

COLBY - Mainly Thai food and Teriyaki

Favorite thing to drink?

EMERSON - A Modelo sounds pretty good at the moment.

KYLE - Water

COLBY - Brisk blueberry and sweet thai ice tea

Thanks a lot guys!  Any last words??

EMERSON - Thank you for the interview! Look out for our new EP ‘Doctrine of Damnation’ releasing soon on New Standard Elite!

KYLE - No problem! Thanks for having us on!

COLBY - Support the real Washington Death Metal, listen to our new EP Doctrine of Damnation when it comes out and support new standard elite greatest BDM label of our generation.

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Inverecund - Interview 2025

Italian BDM juggernaut Inverecund are back with an amazing new demo!  Read interview below to learn more!

Can you introduce yourself to our readers, and talk about who is all in the band?

MARCELLO: Hi everyone, we are Inverecund from Reggio Emilia (Italy) and I’m Marcello, one of the two guitarists.

The other guys from the current line up are Morgan on lead guitar, Michele on vocals, Luca on bass and Alessandro on drums.

What is the story of how Inverecund got started?

MARCELLO: Everything dates back to 2019 when me and Morgan decided to form a band together.  Initially we started playing death metal but it was strongly influenced by bands like Deicide and early Morbid Angel so it was a totally different thing compared to what we are doing at the moment.  

After writing a couple of songs, we began to look for other people to share the project with and did a couple of rehearsals but thinking back at that time, I don’t think we were 100% sure about what we were doing musically.  So we thought “you know what, let’s speed up everything and do some heavier, faster and more brutal stuff” so that’s when the real concept of Inverecund was born.

The first tracks were then abandoned and we started writing new songs that would later end up on the band’s first release;  After this change of style all the guys left so me and Morgan remained on our own but then we asked Michele from Unbirth to join on vocals so the official line up was then complete.  We adjusted the remaining details on the tracks and then started recording the debut EP “Engrossed in Horripilation” that came out for New Standard Elite in 2023.

How did you come up with the band name?  What does it mean?

MICHELE: To be honest, Inverecund wasn't the band's first name; we had another one temporarily...then we opted for a composite name: two words fused together. In the end, we settled on a single word and, among the various possibilities, we chose Inverecund, which means "lack of shame"...I think it's a perfect moniker to describe our sound and convey our musical formula.

What can fans expect with the new demo?

MICHELE: This new demo further highlights our affiliation with an old-school school of death metal - nothing overly complicated or technical, but with the intention of being catchy and engaging. The Slayer cover is simply a tribute to a great band that inspired us so much from a guitar perspective, as well as a salute to the unforgettable Jeff Hanneman.

The artwork has a similar vibe to the full length.  Is it Jon Zig again?  How do you guys come up with the visions for the art?

MICHELE: Absolutely. Zig has the ability to capture in a very clear and incisive way what any death metal band wants to express; he's an artist who needs no introduction. Honestly, the album cover was among his "for sale" works; after looking at it carefully, we decided almost immediately that it would be ours... visually, this artwork conveys the unease and frenzy that the lyrics and music create when combined.

Speaking of lyrics, who writes them and how does the band come up with their themes?

MICHELE: I write and set to music all the lyrics, as far as the EP is concerned we opted for a more "classic" composition of the lyrics, while for the new demo and we believe also for the full length that will follow, we will tackle more specific themes without however incurring in the gore-splatter universe so as to be less obvious.

How many tracks will be on the demo, and when can fans expect it?

MICHELE: The new demo will have 2 new songs and a cover of fucking Slayer, so 3 songs in total.

What is different from the ep to the new demo?

MICHELE: Greater maturity in the compositional field, a more inclined attitude towards being not only fast but engaging and disturbing, expect the unexpected.

Can you tell us some of your biggest influences?

MICHELE: Deaden, Deeds of Flesh, Disgorge, Decrepit Birth...other bands that start with "D"?

MARCELLO: I would say old school brutal death metal bands from the early 2000s like Gorgasm, Severed Savior, Inveracity and so on.

As far as Italian BDM, What bands are at the top?

MICHELE: Honestly, I think the Italian scene has lost its luster lately... the old glories have more or less lived up to expectations, but I don't see a generational change worthy of what the scene was during the early 2000s, and the names at the top today are, in my opinion, very disappointing.

What is something about Inverecund that would surprise your fans?

MICHELE: Do you want to be surprised? Check out all of our side projects.

HERE'S ONE

HERE'S ANOTHER

Thanks a lot! Can't wait for more music!! Anything else you'd like to say?

MICHELE: Thanx for your consideration dude...KEEP FUKKIN SUPPORT DEATH METAL!!!

MARCELLO: Thank you very much for having us for this interview!

Support Inverecund through various links HERE and check out the new single HERE

Flaying - Interview 2025

Flaying, for those who may not know, is just one person, correct?  Can you tell us about yourself; How you got into this kind of music, how Flaying came to fruition, and anything else you'd like to share?

Yes! It is just me, J.M. I’m 20 years old from Las Vegas, Nevada. I’ve always been wanting to make music and the last year or so I’ve finally had the ability to do so and being able to make a project like this, it has made me super proud and I’m super thankful for everyone who has supported me so far. 

I’ve always had a sweet tooth for anything death metal related, and I really got a hold onto brutal death metal as time went on and it’s been a huge inspiration since artistically. I would listen to some brutal death metal here and there, some Skinless, some Devourment, but I remember listening to Tales of Necrophilia, Fetish For The Sick, and Brutalizing Creations and it made me want to discover more of what specifically brutal death metal had to offer. I mainly always love bands like Grave, Lucifixion, Excruciate, Gorguts, Crematory, etc but brutal death metal has this more exuberant sound and more extreme lyrical content that it made me latch onto it so fast when I discovered it, as compared to a lot more old school death metal that fixates on this dark brooding sound that kicks so much ass as well, if that makes sense!! 

Flaying came to fruition though mainly from a thought I had, I just had saved up enough money to get my first guitar and wanted to learn brutal death metal, death metal, thrash, all kinds of stuff. But I’ve been always obsessed with a band that themed itself around like degloving, decomposition, and all those nice things. Just some super brutal concepts that I feel like I was good at writing and describing and that’s when I decided I wanted to name this band Flaying. I was already writing some stuff for the first demo before this decision but when I thought of flaying it all like clicked to me. I remember when I was working this shitty job, I drew a really rough logo on a piece of paper then went home and started seriously trying to write. 

I immediately thought of the lyrics and how the songs were gonna be, I just had so many ideas that eventually led to the first demo. 

How would you describe your sound?

For what is released right now, I would describe as super fast groovy brutal death metal heavily inspired by Cerebral Hemorrhage, Disfigured, Dehumanized, Disciples of Berkowitz with maybe splices of bands like Gaffed, Mortal Decay, Limb From Limb, and Damonacy. 

Just very heavy early New York / New Jersey brutal death metal influence. On my first demo, “Unrecognizable Waste” there’s a bit more of that Texas sound vocally I feel like that I tried to do trying to be like Devourment, Sintury, Infernal Dominion. Just so many bands help me piece together my own sort of sound and influence as I feel like it is with a lot of bands. I like to think of the music I make at times as being like a fusion of the influences with my own sort of songwriting, etc. 

What are some pros and cons that you have found doing the one man band thing?

OK THE HUGESTTT CON, has to be the fact live shows are pretty hard for me to figure out. I honestly don’t like how drum machines or just drum backing tracks are in a live setting. Huge power to one man bands like Syphilic, Insidious Decrepancy, and more that do this. They’re amazing, but I don’t think I can pull it off as well as they do. I’ve rehearsed my songs but it is pretty hard to get the vocals to match up perfectly in time sometimes. Especially with new stuff I’m working on, I have huge trouble keeping the vocals in time haha. But the HUGEST PRO, is the fact everything within the band is basically my idea. My lyrics, my riff ideas, my own imagery and themes. Everything I can basically keep and don’t have to worry about someone telling me to change it. I’ve never been in a band with other people myself, but from those who I know that are they have told me that it has been creatively a bit restricting and frankly, I would really hate to have that be the case. I like to just have any idea I have be able to be incorporated into what I make. But I hope in time, I really REALLYY can get a live lineup set up at least and be able to cooperate with other people in another way that isn’t the songwriting and creative aspect of it. Overall it is a very double edged sword with some smaller cons and smaller pros but overall I’m super thankful that it seems to be doing well so far. 

2 Demos, 6 songs in.  Everything seems well received.  I heard a full-length may be on the way?  Please tell us more! 

Yes, a full length is currently being recorded and I can’t be more excited. This feels like a rebirth for the band since the sound is very drastically different I feel like, but it still has those songwriting elements and riffs that make you think of those old demos. It is very different lyrically too and it mainly discusses death itself. People dying of course!! But more so the concept of the death and how the mind perceives the acknowledgment of it. The whole thing I feel like is very dark, gloomy, and I hope it truly swallows the listener in the ambience of it and incites those feelings of mourning, brooding darkness, and hopelessness. I’m really looking for a super early 2026 release, but there is still a lot of work to be done. 

I'd like to ask about the art.  Who did your logo?  and the two demos, different artists correct? 

 My logo was done by this awesome artist “Eko Fitriyanto” also known by eckorandy on his online profiles. And yes, two different artist did the demos and I feel like they are super representative of the feeling of both and I’m forever happy how both came out. 

Unrecognizable was done by the great “Lucas V.” also known by lucasvaltenbergsart / rustedwinds. 

The great “PilewormArt” did Arousals. Both demos I feel like had this different theme attached to them. Unrecognizable I was going for this more worn, dull decaying sort of sound and theme. Arousal is a more grisly and intensive  sound and theme that fixates on perversion. I'm forever thankful for those artist and their art will forever live with me.

What are 3 albums you can't live without, can be any genre.

This is a SUPERRR HARD ONE!! But if I were to really pinpoint to 3 albums I absolutely need (in no particular order) I would say the first one I would name would be honestly be a general mix of albums I guess you could say. Mostly when sonic games went 3D, any of their soundtracks really I just absolutely love and adore but to choose only one selection of music from sonic, I’d have to choose:

Crush 40 - Super Sonic Songs

This album, these songs have literally made me get into music as a whole in general growing up. I have loved crush 40 for so long and all their songs are what made me love the sonic franchise even more as a whole. It’s been the reason why sonic has always been able to stomp out Mario soundtrack wise. (But I mean the paper mario games osts are absolutely beautiful) 

Prophecy - “Foretold…Foreseen”

This album is what I want to hear with death metal. It is one of my biggest inspirations for Flaying. Prophecy’s entire discography is super great, but this album right here… it’s just perfect. It screams these deep feelings of hopelessness and sorrow through the clean parts and brutally bludgeons with its scooped slams and thrashy riffs. The drumming is precise and sharp. It’s just perfect. 

Dying Fetus - Killing On Adrenaline 

This album is what I think groovy brutal death metal sounds like perfected. The technical playing on this always just sparks my mind with ideas and the drumming is straight lunacy. That part like 2 and a half / 3 minutes into the song is one of the best things ever. The end of we are your enemy is one of the best things ever. The entirety of procreate the malformed is one of the best things ever. Fuck it, this whole album is one of the best things ever. The lyrics continue to stay relevant, which most of their political lyrics do. The playing and songwriting has influenced me and many others. Just amazing.

Thanks for your time J.M.

Thank you!!! I’m gonna first say I’m super thankful for you guys reaching out to me to speak to me, I’m truly thankful to have the opportunity to share some words with anybody about Flaying. Ive done smaller projects within the realms of game development and what not that haven’t done so well, and seeing people pay attention to flaying even the smallest bit means the absolute world to me. I’m super hopeful for the future and I’m super hopeful for the best future for you guys as well! , but I would like to also add thank you guys so much for your consideration of interviewing me. I’m super happy!!  We only have to see what is to come. Thank you Cerebral Reviewment!!

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Despoilment - Interview 2025

Tomonori, thank you for taking the time to answer some questions!  Who are all members of Despoilment and their roles in the band?

Hi, thank you for the interview!

I'm Tomonori, guitars and side vocals.

And Tomohisa does the main vocals, Konashi plays the drums.

What is the story of how the band started?

Tomohisa and I were in the same university back in 2016 and he invited me to start a new band. I also played in Strangulation at that time, so Despoilment started as my 2nd band.

After writing 2 songs for the first demo, I talked to Konashi who was also in Hostile Eyes to join the band as drummer.

It has been nearly 6 years since the demo.  Now we get to hear this new single and see that an album is on the way!!!!  Was the band on a break from 2019 - 2025? 

Yes it's been long since the demo indeed, glad we can finally get this out.

We had been very quiet in that period but not on a break actually, I was writing songs and done writing almost everything in 2022.

We're just living in different cities and taking time to get ourselves prepared for recording.

Damn!!!  So these new songs have been marinating and are most certainly ready!!!  The artwork is already mindblowing!  How was it working with Guang Yang?

It was very nice to work with him! I have been a huge fan of his artwork and when I came up with the idea, I thought he was the best choice. I love how he draws buildings or statues in his work, especially with those oriental taste.

Album theme is punishment, to make people suffer in retaliation for their wrong-doings. And I wanted to add some Japanese traditional atmosphere to it, then chose one of the Japanese deities Fudo Myo-o which represent wrath against evil as main character of the artwork.

He understood the concept very well and the process had been flawless.

Guang Yang -  "The painting shows the scene where the god is the immobilized king using his power to destroy struggling humans in front of the iconic Japanese building Aviu and Shrine. The scene vibes are violent and brutal, twisted body and face, full of epic effects. Favorite background depicts the blue face of the Impossible King illuminated by the bottom light and the burning background transitioning to the sky."

How has the scene in Japan changed since 2019?  Are there more bands?

In terms of BDM, there are not so many bands coming out, especially new bands.

But I think the whole scene is getting better compared to COVID era, with more shows and more active bands playing. I hope for even better in future!

Living away from each other, what is the band's writing process?

I always write riffs first, then I make a demo track with guitars and programmed drums on my PC to share with the guys.

Tomohisa mainly writes lyrics and makes vocal patterns including my part, Konashi also learns to play with the demo but I let him do it with his own arrangement.

Sometimes we got together to rehearse. Other than that, we used virtual meeting and online jamming app to make progress on that.

Yea, this is how the writing process went.

Anything else you can tell the fans about" Vindicated Retaliation"?

To me, the most important thing in this genre is RIFF. So since the beginning of the band I had been trying to make something riff-oriented, aggressive, straightforward and addictive.

I put a lot of effort into it, so I'm very excited to share this with everyone. Hope you will like the whole album will be released early 2026!

How has your relationship with New Standard Elite been?

It's been great! I'm still a big fan of the label and roster. Actually my relationship with NSE started when Strangulation got signed under Daniel back in 2019. And soon after that Despoilment also got signed, with the first demo release.

We got signed under Daniel too but Ryan has been also very patient and supportive for this release. I'm grateful to both of them and honored to get 2 of my bands signed to the best BDM label around.

What are 3 albums that you cannot live without?

Well it's very hard to choose only 3 but,

Gorgasm - Masticate to Dominate

Pyaemia - Cerebral Cereal

Inveracity - Circle of Perversion

Thanks again!  Anything else you'd like to say?

Again, thank you for the interview. It was very fun to answer those questions.

And thanks to everyone who support us!

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Arterial Vivisection - 2025 Interview

Who do we have, and what do you do in the band?

Hi this is Ryan Tays (guitars, bass, vocals) and Ian Zapata (drums) from Arterial Vivisection 

Can you tell us a little about yourself?

We're a new brutal death metal band from San Antonio, Texas and for this project we really wanted to focus on dialing in that 90s brutal death sound we heard in bands like Pyaemia, Severe Torture, Gorgasm, and Mortal Decay. We were also inspired by a lot of the newer technical brutal death stuff coming out from bands like Nuclear Remains and Regurgitated Entrails to not compromise on sounds/riffs until we got the sound we were going for. 

What is the story of how Arterial Vivisection came to be?

The band was something I had in mind for a while and I had been wanting to do some real brutal death stuff, so I started writing songs in my free time late last year. Writing the songs was great because I was able to my time writing them and got the parts down exactly how I wanted them. I wasn't planning on releasing the songs at first but after working on them for so long I figured it would be cool to put them out under a new name, and I asked Ian if he would be down to seriously jam in a bdm band. We had the idea going for a while but finally started rehearsing songs earlier this summer, and after grinding them out we got them down exactly how we wanted. 

Arterial Vivisection is dripping in Texas grime and old school death influence.  What Texas acts inspire you guys?

We're heavily inspired by a lot of Texas bands, namely Putrilage, Prophecy, Sintury, Devourment, Exulcerate, Flesh Hoarder, Horrific Visions, Viral Load/Insidious Decrepancy/Shawn Whitaker, Stabbing, Putrid Womb, Unnecessary Surgery, Necrogilistic Anomaly, Intestinal Sodomy, Defiled Crypt, Coprolalia, and any other ones we forgot that someone will probably end up poser checking us over

How did you guys land on the name?

I wanted something that was unique and not just a movie quote or song title, so I originally had the word 'vivisected' in mind because of the Mortal Decay song "Monkey Cage." The phrasings and lyrics on that album get stuck in my head all the time since they're so creative, but vivisect sounded good for a band name. Then 'Arterial' was inspired by Artery Eruption, and putting two together for Arterial Vivisection made sense as it basically means surgery on a live subject’s arteries. We wanted a pathology-related name to relate to the sound of the music, and I think it works  

Well we really love the sound and feel of the project!!!  What does the future of AV look like?

Hell yea man glad you guys are enjoying the demo so far! Our next step definitely starts with playing shows, so we've been in talks with a few people about booking a debut show with some other brutal Texas acts, so that will hopefully be soon and we'll announce it on our IG page. We've also begun writing for our next release, we were originally thinking about putting out a new promo this Winter, but might hold off until we have another EP-length release to put out in Spring/Summer next year. We also plan to make merch for the 'Shrouded' demo in the next few weeks, including demo art shirts so keep an eye out for that!

What can you tell us about Human Blister Records?

Human Blister Records is a DIY label ran by my homie Eddie based out of California. I met Eddie in January last year when both of our bands did a two-day run out there. He started up the label in May of last year, and I  got in contact with him about releasing Arterial stuff earlier this year. He was down to release it based off the early demos, and was originally down to mix and master the release too until my homie Seb said he could do it. Now that it's out we're proud to have such a sick label helping push our stuff, so go check em out and get a CD while you can!

Thanks again guys!  Any last words??

Ryan and Ian - Thanks again for putting us on man, we appreciate the opportunity! We just want to say keep supporting real brutal death and all extreme music no matter where you are! Stay true and support all forms of sick shit whether it's music, art, movies/shows, games, etc and keep 'em alive! And listen to Mortal Decay !!!

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