Clotting - Interview 2026

The last half of 2025 seemed to be proof of the BDM/Slam scene being handed down to the new generation, as bands full of teenagers have surfaced in beautifully large numbers.  Thing is, these kids are actually pumping out some really, really good stuff.  Enter New Jersey's Clotting, a very young band blending old school sounds with some slams and raw production and awesome vocals.

Read up below:

Who are you and what do you do in Clotting?

My name’s Josh and I am the Vocalist/Lyricist for Clotting

I’m Adam, and I play bass in Clotting.

I’m Bennett I play guitar 

Hey, I'm Piotr and recently joined Clotting on the drums. 

How did the band first come together?

Josh - I met our old drummer at a show my hardcore band was performing at, we got to talking and he invited me to do vocals with a brutal death metal band he had. 

Adam - Ben and I were always into brutal death metal. We had been jamming together for a while, and we even tried to start a hardcore band out of a storage unit before they cut the power off and we couldn’t practice there anymore haha. Then we switched to working on some BDM and Ben was coming up with most of the riffs, we’d sit there in his apartment while practicing the songs and brainstorming. Eventually we found a drummer, who we actually recorded the demo with, and through him we found our vocalist Josh. Shortly after, we had to find a different drummer due to some issues that happened. Following a short hiatus we met Piotr through Angel the vocalist for Scasm and we were back into the swing of things. SHOUTOUT TO SCASM!!

Bennett - I met Adam off craigslist a few years prior and we were jamming together but I suck at drums so I switched to guitar and then met the previous drummer off Facebook and then met Josh through him. 

How did you guys decide on the name Clotting?

Adam - I came up with it. It just sounded sick and had a nice ring to it. It was in between that and Clotted, but Clotting was the one we stuck with.

Who are some of your influences?  

Josh - I take a lot of influence lyrically and vocally to deathcore and hardcore. they’re the two subgenres that got me into metal so they’ve always stuck with me the most. I’d say the bands Acrania and Dying Fetus hold the biggest influence in my lyrics, whereas vocally i draw more inspiration from old chelsea grin/thy art is murder, as well as internal bleeding and devourment. 

Adam - Too many bands to list. Regurgitation, Suffo, Disgorge, Cryptopsy, Entorturement, Dying Fetus, Defeated Sanity as well as some heavy hardcore thrown in there like One Second Thought and Swear to God.

Bennett - Anything 90s NYC bdm/hardcore and dying fetus 

Piotr - Some of my personal influences include Lille Gruber, Mike Heller, John Merryman, Tony Laureano, Dave Lombardo, and many more. 

What is the bands song-writing process like? Who brings the initial ideas; lyrics, riffs, drum structures?

Josh - Ben does most of the work musically, but while at practices we all pitch in ideas for small adjustments to keep everyone involved. i usually just show up and come up with lyrics as we go. 

Adam - Ben is behind most of the riffs for the songs, which sets the basis for every single one of them. I’ve helped with some of the riffs that he makes, or added some to songs, but for the most part, Ben is the riff powerhouse. Piotr jams along to Ben’s riffs, and he’s able to come up with a good beat pretty fast. Josh comes up with the lyrics and various cadences for the songs, when to use different kinds of gutturals or screams etc. As a band, we’ll all communicate while we’re together and writing to provide input that’ll help us create some brutal shit.

Bennett - I usually come up with most of the riffs and I try to structure that as best I can before bringing it in but things usually change. unless I have an idea for something in my head drum wise I let the drummer do his thing. Josh comes up with most of the lyrics. 

We absolutely LOVE Destruction of Thought!!  What is your favorite song to play?

Josh - "Brutality in a Theocracy" is my favorite to do vocals on, mainly for the breakdown at the end. but the groovier slam part towards the end is a lot of fun to play around with vocally 

Adam - Thanks! My favorite song to play on the demo is "Destruction of Thought". It’s the first one that was ever written by us in Clotting.

Bennett - "There is No Mercy" is probably my favorite, the 2nd verse in that one is a fun groove. 

How has the demo been received so far, are you guys on a label?

Adam - So far we’ve had nothing but positivity since the demo was released! We are not on a label currently, though.

Bennett - I’ve gotten a few compliments on it which I appreciate a lot, no label right now

Who did the bands logo and the demo cover art?

Adam - We have a new logo now, but our older logo as seen on the demo was done by Ronaldo Black. Also know as xDiary Designsx. Our new logo was done by groteskxlogos. And as for the cover art, Ben did all of that.

Bennett - Ronaldo black ig (xxroxldoxx) did the logo on the demo. I made the cover. 

Piotr - The new logo was done by the homie @groteskxlogos, who does killer work. 

Who are some artists, metal or not, that you are listening to right now?

Josh - I've been getting more into black metal, specifically the bands Old Man’s Child and Forgotten Tomb, but the consistent hits on my playlist would be Waking the Cadaver, Mindforce, and Infant Annihilator. 

Adam - I can’t go a day without listening to Crowbar. I’m actually listening to them as we speak. I also love Godflesh as well. Death Metal is a given, I’ll usually be listening to Dehumanized, Scattered Remnants, or Broken Hope all that good stuff. I’m a fan of rap as well, especially horrorcore. Three six Mafia, DJKillaC, MF Doom, Chase Shakur. I like everything.

Bennett - Steely Dan, Defeated Sanity, Suffocation 

Piotr - A couple newer bands I'm loving are Sanguinary Consummation, Gibbeting, and Necrotic Defilement. 

Are there any non-musical passions in your life that you also consider to be an influence for Clotting?

Josh - I've always been a big into story writing and acting, so both the performative aspects of playing as well as the lyrics are very much influenced by that. 

Adam - I just want to be able to be apart of something that’s sick. New experiences and all that.

Bennett - Yeah I’m into electronics, making guitar amps and glitchy video gear 

What is up next?  Are you guys working on new music?

Adam - Yes. We’re currently jamming and writing some new songs for our full length.

Bennett - We’re in the process of writing a few more songs and then we will tie everything into a full length

Have you guys played live?  Planning more live shows?

Adam - Nope, we haven’t played live yet, but we plan to soon! We’re hoping to get the songs we have as tight as possible before we go out and start playing.

Bennett - Dying to play our first show, hopefully soon though

What is your favorite movie?

Josh-It's hard to pick just one to put above others, but my main 3 will always be Revenge of the sith, Return of the king, and hereditary 

Adam - The Thing 1982.

Bennett - Surfs Up

What is your favorite snack?

Adam - Beef jerky.

Bennett - Those tortillas chips they sell at chipotle.

Do you have any pets?

Josh - I've got four cats and one dog

Adam-I have two dogs! A dachshund/chihuahua mix named Nemo, and a Golden Retriever/Lab mix her name is Daisy.

Bennett - Got two little pups but they stay with my parents 

What is your favorite drink?

Josh - Absolutely nothing comes above Barq’s Root Beer

Adam - Monster Energy Zero Ultra.

Bennett - Water or white monster haha 

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Disfigurement - Interview 2025

Who are you and what is your role in Disfigurement?

I’m Maynard and I play guitar in Disfigurement 

Who are the other members?  Do you all live in Columbus?

It’s me, Davis (drums), Anthony (vox), and Oji (bass). We’re all in Columbus except for Oji who’s up in Toledo.

Can you tell us the origin of the band?

It started with me and Davis, we’ve known each other for a long time and we both wanted to start a death metal band so we made 4 songs and got Anthony and Oji on board in July and that’s basically it.

Columbus has a reputation for hardcore and death metal crossover, (says the internet) do you agree and how did your local scene help shape your sound?

For the most part yeah I’d agree. I feel like it’s mostly hardcore here so when death metal bands play it just happens to be with hardcore bands and to a hardcore audience. I think it’s cool since I’m also into hardcore and being able to bridge multiple genres is cool.

Who are some big influences for Disfigurement?

In no particular order: Disconformity, Digested Flesh, Pustulated, Dehumanized, Devourment, Eternal Suffering, Disgorge, Defeated Sanity, Pustulated, Prophecy, GoreTrade, and more. We also take influence from hardcore bands like Swear to God, Six Ft Ditch, Shattered Realm, Hatebreed, etc.

Is Disfigurement signed to a label?

Yes, at the moment Truth in Action, the homies here in Columbus.

How do you describe your sound?

Slammy

What separates your music from other brutal death metal bands right now?

I think a lot of new bands are taking influence from the NY death metal and hardcore sound from the 90s which is super sick but a lot of these bands kind of shy away from blast beats and more “brutal” stuff like that. As much as we like hardcore, we try to keep our sound rooted in death metal with hardcore influence rather than the other way around.

Are there any non-metal influences that creep into the writing process? 

For sure, primarily hardcore like mentioned before. We also listen to plenty of other music although I don’t think that really makes an impression on our sound.

What are your songs about?  Who writes the lyrics?

Honestly nothing, Conquering Through Defiance is lyricless, but the new single has written lyrics. What it’s about is a secret..

I saw your music being described on youtube as "FUCKING BRUTAL".  Would you agree?

I hope so.

Have you guys been enjoying playing the songs live?

For sure. It’s one thing to see positive reception online but seeing people mosh and talking to people in real life means a lot.

How has reception been for "Conquering Through Defiance" ?

Way better than I expected. I just thought it would be a small project we started for fun but it’s gotten more attention than I thought it would for sure.

Can you tell us about the artwork switch?

It was too similar to Asphyxiated’s artwork which we only really noticed after putting it out, so we changed it to avoid any beef or whatever. Plus the first cover was kind of eh. I make the artwork for the band and I’m lowkey just dicking around in photoshop.

How do you see the current brutal death metal scene in Ohio, or the Midwest as a whole?

Small but growing for sure.

How do you guys go about writing a song?  Who records them?

Drums first then guitar then everything else. It usually just starts with me and Davis jamming together and recording whatever clicks. I record and mix the music.

Are there any tones or production choices you’re obsessed with getting “just right”?

For Conquering Through Defiance I wanted it to sound like Devourment with the roomy guitar tone and popcorn type of snare. The new single I didn’t have any sound in mind when going in really. For guitar on the EP I used an SNK VH300 line out into an IR I made of my Marshall 1960a with t75s. The new single I used a Crate GT1200H with my 1960a mic'd up with an SM58

What is next for Disfigurement?

Hopefully more shows, music, and merch!

Well we love what Disfigurement is doing and are very excited for what comes next!

Thanks again, Maynard, for answering some questions!!!  Any last words or shout-outs?

Thanks so much for hitting us up, all of us are in other bands too: Push Your Luck, Our Love Lies Buried, Southover, Blunt Impact, etc. Shoutout TIA for putting us out. Support local music!

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Truth In Action

Push Your Luck

Our Love Lies Buried

Southover

Blunt Impact

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

LINKS

Decarnate

Embalmed Records

DEMO

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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New Single off of upcoming EP

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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