Impure Faith - Interview 2026

 Impure Faith is a band that has that very specific sound of Colombian Brutal Death.  Relentless.  Oh, and THEY ARE BACK!!!

Catch up with the band below:

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Yo! how are you????

I'm doing great, thanks so much for the space in Cerebral Reviewment!

Who are you????

We are a Brutal Death Metal band from Armenia, Colombia, formed in 2006.

Who are all the members of the band?

We are four musicians from different parts of the country. We've all played in other bands, accumulating experience and history, and we came together in this project to build an incredible lineup:

Andres Zapata / Guitars (Impure Faith, Eternal Chaos, Infernaeum, Ex Inbreeding Sick)

Mario Franco / Bass (Impure Faith, Ex Decarabion)

Gerson Puello / Drums (Impure Faith, Cercenatory, Infernaeum, Amputated Genitals)

Ricardo Medina / Vocals (Impure Faith, Amputated Genitals, Ex Cercenatory)

It has been 8 years or so since "Revelation of Exodus". What has been going on since then and what has changed for Impure Faith?

Having a metal band in South America is quite complex, it's not comparable to Europe or the USA. Here people have to work twice as hard just to survive and still find the little time left to make music - and we do make fucking good music.

Andres Zapata, the founder of the band, has fought hard to keep the flame of Impure Faith alive.
With our first album, "Revelation of Exodus," we finally materialized songs we had been working on for many years. We had incredible musicians on that record and did an extensive tour across the country. Then the pandemic hit and everything stopped. Unfortunately, our drummer Mauro Mazuera, who was also the drummer for Goretrade, emigrated to Canada permanently, and vocalist Gerardo D' Paublus had to leave the band due to work commitments - the band was demanding more time for upcoming tours.

In the following years, drummer Gerson Puello and vocalist Ricardo Medina joined the band, while bassist Mario Franco and guitarist Andres Zapata remained from the previous lineup. With them, the band forged an even more compact and crushing sound, with killer performances at the most important underground festivals in the country, including our second tour in Ecuador with Unmerciful in 2022 and a tour in Mexico with Putrid Pile in 2024.

I know the new single is on New Standard Elite youtube page, and a full length is on the way!!! How did working with NSE happen?

Right after finishing our first album, we started working on our second. In 2019 we contacted NSE by email asking for a spot on the label. It wasn't easy to get a response - they needed new material to consider signing us, but then things got complicated worldwide with the pandemic and the departure of former members.

In 2024 we recorded the single "Infected by Evil Manifestations," which is the video on NSE's YouTube channel. With high expectations for our new sound, we emailed the label again. Daniel, the former owner of NSE, replied - he really liked the proposal for its organic sound and put us in contact with Ryan, the new owner. We continued talks with him until we reached an agreement and signed with the label. We are extremely proud to be part of one of the most brutal extreme metal labels.

I remember seeing teasers and recording footage in early 2024 of material for the new album. So has this been completely done for a while and just has taken longer than you'd like to get released?

As we mentioned before, we had only recorded a single in 2024. The initial plan was to have the album ready by 2025, but we had a lot of difficulties recording due to the distance between members - we live in different cities: Armenia, Bogotá, and Barranquilla. We were able to finish the recordings by the end of 2025, however, the mastering took us quite a long time until we found a sound we were truly satisfied with.

We finally delivered everything at the end of June 2026. Everything is absolutely ready. The official release will be on September 18th of this year. The album is titled "Infected by Evil Manifestation" - 8 sick tracks of pure Brutal Death Metal, with influences from Disgorge, Gorgasm, Putridity, Devourment, Defeated Sanity, and Internal Suffering.

Well we are very excited for September 18th!  New Standard Elite always does a good line of merch with their releases too so I will be ordering a shirt!   The album cover is beautiful!  Is that Jon Zig artwork?  Seems like you are sticking with the anti-religion, evil, impure themes that we are used to!  Crazy question, but are any of the band members religious in any way?

Excellent, and thanks for your support! Yes, the cover art was created by Jon Zig. We wanted to work with him because he captures ideas in such a brutal and visceral way. Having our art in his portfolio means a lot to us — he has created some of the most iconic covers in Brutal Death Metal history.

The concept was created by our guitarist Andrés Zapata. This album, "Infected by Evil Manifestation," is the direct continuation of our first album, "Revelation of Exodus."To give you some context: in "Revelation of Exodus," nothing was placed by chance. Every character and scene has a meaning. The central figure depicts the physical death of the being — flesh and bones decaying — while its essence transcends through the activation of the pineal gland chakra. The red planet in the background is Hercolubus, in its esoteric representation; its gravitational approach to Earth triggers an apocalypse, destroying the land and its structures. It also shows the fall of the Catholic Church — nothing but empty statues and temples that offer no real salvation for humanity. We see four nuns kneeling and weeping before the chaos, clinging to a failed faith even as they watch their own death approach. Finally, at the top, a few luminous people levitate — they represent those who have reached a higher state of consciousness and will be abducted at the end of times. That's why the title: Exodus is both the end and the beginning.

The aftermath begins with this new album, "Infected by Evil Manifestation." After the planet's destruction, evil takes over the Earth. We once again see a central figure, half-human and half-beast, representing duality as a universal principle. He sits upon his throne of thorns, his body fused with a serpent — metaphorically representing hidden wisdom, ascension, and the transformation into enlightenment — holding the symbol of the Hermetic principle in his hand. At his feet, four fallen demons levitate over piles of bodies — humanity — representing the four corrupted elements. In the upper left corner, there is an energy portal, the same portal the occultist enters at the end of our music video for "Morbid Creed." In short, the Earth no longer belongs to humans. It is completely possessed by evil.

This is its latent hell. As you can see, our lyrics and concepts are quite far from the standard in BDM and even more so from Goregrind / Grindcore. However, we still keep some classic imagery of the genre. Lyrical content is fundamental for us.

What is something, OTHER than music, that inspires Impure Faith?

Nothing. Only music gives us a reason to keep existing in this putrid world.

What other releases are you excited for this year?

We have another music video ready with live footage that will premiere on the album release date. Later on, we will release the sequel to the "Morbid Creed" video, this time set in hell — we need to continue the storyline. In October, we will get together again to start the creative process for the next album. We will take the necessary time to produce even more powerful and sick music.

I love how seriously you guys take the music!  Does Impure Faith practice a lot?

Not as much as we would like, really. As we mentioned before, all the members live in different cities. What we do is rehearse hard individually at home. When we finally meet, we just put everything together, and it sounds really tight because everyone has already done their homework.

Do you guys all have families? kids?  

Yes. Our drummer Gerson has a wife and a young daughter. Our guitarist Andrés has a wife and an 18-year-old son. Mario, the bassist, has a girlfriend and a teenage daughter. As for Ricardo, the vocalist, he has no partner or kids, so he can still enjoy the crazy life, haha.

What about jobs?  What do you guys do to make your livings?

Mario is a graphic designer and also works in his family's restaurant chain. He is the one who gives the band its entire visual identity, which is a huge help. Andrés is a Social Communicator - Journalist and audiovisual producer. He is in charge of the music videos and handles the band's digital marketing. He owns his own company, Century Productions, which is an event promotion company and music studio. Ricardo is a cybersecurity expert working for a US company, and Gerson works in sales, also for a foreign company. Both are bilingual.

Well, thank you so much for answering some questions!!!  Any last words?

Once again, thank you for your interest in the band. We hope you enjoy our new album. It was several years of tenacity and dedication to deliver the best of Colombian Brutal Death Metal to the world.

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Cranial Disfigurement - Interview 2026

One of my favorite demos of this year!  13 minutes of creative brutality straight out of Finland!!!  Check out Cranial Disfigurement!  Here is a tiny chat:

Hello and thank you for answering some questions!  CHAMA!!!

First of all, how are you doing?

Hey! Thanks for having us, I’m doing good, thanks.

Who are the members of Cranial Disfigurement?

Right now it’s me (Oskari) on guitar and vocals and my good friend (Pyry) on bass. Our drummer left the band right after the release of ”Engulfed in Abominable Decomposition”.

How did Cranial Disfigurement get started?

Cranial started as a solo project by me in 2025 with programmed drums. In early 2026, I asked Elias to join as our drummer after our previous band split up.

"Engulfed In Abominable Decomposition" is easily one the year's best demos and grabbed my attention immediately! The drums are insane and groovy and creative and original.  How has the reception of the demo been for you guys?  Are you hearing good things?

Yes, thanks! I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback on our demo, and I appreciate everyone who’s been listening to it.

What is the band's writing process like?

Most of the songs are done by me with programmed drums in my bedroom. Our songs also don’t contain any actual lyrics.

What is the scene like in Lahti?

The scene is really small, but there are some good death metal bands in Lahti.

Lahti seems to be known for ski jumping and winter sports, are either of you into winter sports?

I am not originally from Lahti myself. Personally I despise winter sports.

What are some things you are into beside music?

Besides music, I like watching horror movies, hanging out with my friends and drinking alcohol.

Who or what inspires you?

Some of my biggest influences for Cranial are Devourment, Disgorge (California), Regurgitated Entrails, Torsofuck, Brodequin and Putridity.

What is one thing about you that might surprise us?

I also have a second band called Godless Bloom, a gothic death metal band, and we’re planning to start recording our debut release soon.

How soon can fans expect more music?!

I’ve been writing some new material for Cranial. Right now, I’m trying to find a new drummer so that we can start recording our next release and possibly play some gigs.

Anything else you would like to say?

I hope that everyone who’s been reading this will check out our demo, which is available on every streaming platform. Thanks!

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Vaginality - Interview 2026

Hey guys what up how's it going?!?!?

We're doing great, we've got an upcoming full length this month and maybe some more material coming soon.

Can you list all the members of Vaginality and what they do in the band?

David is the guitarist who writes songs along with our drummer Vibor, Marin is the vocalist who also writes the lyrics and Teo plays bass.

How did you guys land on the name Vaginality?

 We had an idea of making a band more extreme than any young local band here in Zagreb but we lacked inspiration. At the beginning of 2025. Putrid Pile, Disgorge and Defeated Sanity performed in Zagreb and that's when we decided we wanted to do what those guys were doing. The name Vaginality was decided by Marin and David inspired by juvenile Gorgasm song titles.

Your demo earlier this year grabbed my attention. I love the nasty title and song titles and layout on the cover!  

Now you have a full-length album coming out in a few days, will "Suffocating in Gastric Filth" follow a similar format with disgusting song titles?  How long is the album?  What is on the cover?  Is that a beautiful river of gastric filth I see?  Please tell us everything you can!!

Our demo came out shortly after our debut gig in Zagreb when our buddy Fran gave us the opportunity to record at his home studio. That tremendously helped us get some recognition which we otherwise wouldn't get since people here barely know what brutal death metal is. Even though we're not happy with how sloppy some of the songs on the demo were played, it opened some big doors for us, for example our signing to Reality Fade Records under which we did our upcoming album.

Our demo was more groove based but we decided we wanted to do something more technical and play some of the demo songs the way we imagined them on the album. The cover was done by Reality Fade and it came out very old school looking which fits our old school influence. It pictures thorns coming out from the ground puncturing diced up human remains with a river of viscera flowing in-between them. The album is on the shorter side only being 20 minutes long with more technical material than on the demo and even sicker slams.

How did your relationship with Reality Fade begin and how is it going?

Reality Fade was our main merch store because they're one of the best ones here in Europe so all of us kept up with their announcements on social media. One day they announced that they were signing young bands on Instagram and with our recently recorded demo we took the chance to present our material and maybe get a signing opportunity. They said they'd gladly help us out and that they liked the material we sent. They helped us record our album, mix it and soon publish it.

Who made the Vaginality logo?

All the versions of our logo were made by our vocalist Marin with the current one being the one we stuck with. It was inspired by the Matti Way and Diego Sanchez side project Obscured Secretions logo.

Who are some of your favorite bands and inspirations?

As I said, we're heavily inspired by Disorge and Defeated Sanity. The lyrics are mostly similar in style to the lyrics from MTD by Devourment and the vocals (at least on the album) are inspired by Angel from Cephalotripsy and Wayne from Devourment. Some other bands we look up to and enjoy are Putridity, Orchidectomy, Heinous Killings, Digested Flesh and even some of the newer bands like Virologist and Submerged.

Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions!!!!!  We cannot wait for September 12th!!!!!

Anything else you’d like to say???

Thank you for this interview and thanks to all the people who helped us up to this point, especially Fran from Gutswamp, the Reality Fade team, our friends from Eeyore and, of course, all the people who've been listening to the music we put out. We're also very stoked about the album and truly hope people will enjoy it! Thanks again for the interview and listening to Vaginality!

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Derealized - Interview 2026

Derealized have a demo out right now, "Inception of Unreality".  It is about 12 minutes long and full of original ideas and raw brutality!!!  I am loving this young band!  Learn more below!

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 Hello!  How are you?

(R) Hey man, doing great. We are very appreciative to have the opportunity of you chatting with us

How are you? 

I'm great!!!!  Who are you? what do you do in Derealized?

Well the whole band is here so we can go around the horn and introduce ourselves

(R) I’m River and I handle all the vox

(O) I’m Oscar and I play drums in Derealized

(B) My name is Ben and I play the bass for the band

(N) I’m Nevyn on half the guitars section

(G) I’m Gabriel on the other half of the guitars 

Can you talk a bit about how the band started and how everything has been up until now?

(N) Sure thing, well the Toronto music scene is very fragmented and not very large. So based on our music interest alone we already knew about each other just through being at the same shows. 

(R) Yea, I mean the way this band formed was literally just through me posting an instagram story saying I want to start a band and these are the yutes that responded.

How did you name the band

(R) For a while I really wanted to start a trippy bdm band, and thought derealized was a great name especially after seeing newer bands like dissonance. The name hadn't been taken yet so I stuck with it, although the original name I had come up with was Delirious Circumvention. Not a very good name.

(O) When River told me about his idea for the band I really loved the name. The idea of Derealization is something I can understand and express much better than something based around gore, physical violence, or sexual assault. It feels like there is a greater depth of emotions to explore within a theme of mental illness and drug induced psychosis. I hope it will help set us apart from other bands in the genre.

(G) We all thought that was a sick idea and felt it was a unique direction for a bdm band to go in, so we were immediately on board with it. 

(N) I also find the whole realm of mental illness and the concept of the horrors of the mind to be a topic that death metal doesn't really delve into; or when it does, it’s not dealt with in the way we think it should. The idea of fully disconnecting from reality and losing your mind to your own thoughts along with how consciousness and mental illness alter perceptions and cause untold horror and carnage to be truly scary. That sort of plane of thinking is where we as a brutal death metal band want to direct our attention upon.

(B) Importantly, we want to sort of bring light upon these issues while not coming off as a stupid anti-drug band. We want to represent this as grimly and as fucked up as we can. 

What is the band's writing and recording process like?

(N) Well for writing we sort of have two avenues we do down. We usually write the riffs first then throw the drums, vocal patterns and bass on top. So firstly what happens is I come to a jam with a full song that I sent to Gabriel to learn. Then us and Oscar will sort of move things around and lengthen or shorten parts until we have the guitar and drums set for a song. The other way we do it is Gabriel will come with some riffs and then we will all hash them over in the jam space. After this we usually play it over and over and let oscar fuck around on the kit to get that sort of “constantly folding in on itself”  or rollercoaster feel that we aim for with our songs. 

(O) True. Personally, I try to first synchronize my drums to the riff to internalize the rhythm. Then I start deciding on the type of beat that best fits the riff. Put the blast over the tremolo or half time over the slam. Then I start adding diversity in sections where my parts diverge from the riff. With this type of band I try to make simple changes in the beat that shift the song in the emotional direction I am looking for. For my fills, I want them to sound chaotic and a bit sloppy so I just improvise them unless we are transitioning parts because that is the only fill that might feel distinct to the listener. The last and hardest part of writing I do is adding some atmosphere and build to the guitar only parts. Honestly Nevyn and Gabe write the songs, I’m just trying to make their riffs hit right.

(N) Awesome, aside from the writing process our recording for Inception Of Unreality was pretty straightforward. I'm working on another bdm band that's like a broken torso worship project called Ligature. The other guitar player Alex in that band has a proper studio setup. I asked him if Derealized could record with him and he said yes. Then like two weeks later we popped in to the studio set up and banged out the ep in 3 hours on a worknight. We didn't use a metronome and all played together in the room because we were a bit lazy, gung-ho about getting some music out, and also Oscar is our time-wizard. Tried to keep the music with a proper underground demo feel but with a nice enough sound of a studio so you can at least pick apart the instruments and hear what we are playing for the most part. 

I think playing all together and not nit-picking every little sound worked perfectly for "Inception" and I hope you never go too polished.  The emotions come through nicely!

What bands inspire you

(G) My main inspirations for riff / songwriting come from Cerebral Hemorrhage, Incantation, and Deaden, which is a big inspiration for the whole band. I also enjoy gutrot and try to emulate some of their riffs in my writing. I'm also a big fan of some slam bands like Infertile Surrogacy which I've been listening to a lot along with Cephalotripsy. I've been listening to bands such as Jenovavirus and bound and gagged, trying to take inspiration from them and incorporate a weird edge to our future music.

(B) As for my inspirations, I would say bands in the style of Ton or Dehumanized are where my main influences for a BDM sound. Aside from that I'm a huge fan of early Pyrexia and I want to integrate that dirty old-schoolness into this band more. I haven't gotten much of an opportunity to write for Derealized yet but I am excited to integrate my inspirations into our sound more. 

(O) Before joining Derealized I only regularly listened to Molesting the Decapitated. But I have been listening to a wider range of BDM like Eternal Suffering and Artery Eruption to develop my drum sound. 

(R) Well as for myself I have already discussed my love of the trippy sounding bdm stuff, im a big dripping fan and want to take the band in that sort of direction thematically. Additionally and more importantly is orchidectomy which is probably my main inspiration. I Gotta represents the best bdm thats from our home city. Additionally im really inspired by this bdm band called bubba *BUBBA INTERVIEW HERE* which are super trippy with their melodies but are brutal asf. Their vocals utilize a lot of almost singing with the pig squeals that's unlike other bands. Last but not least I gotta shout delusional parasitosis as those vo-kills are still some of the nastiest pipes ever laid down to this day, my predator vocals were inspired by them.

(N) Lastly for myself. I'm not gonna lie, especially at the time of writing the songs on Inception of Unreality I wasn’t listening to alot to bdm (still dont listen to a whole lot of it anymore) I kinda moved past it. Bestial black / war metal is what I usually jam to. For writing the derealized riffs my biggest inspirations are the first two immolation albums, their influence on bdm is undeniable to me. The weirdness of the riffs on both the albums (especially Here in After which is the best album ever made) is a principle element I wish to carry into this band. In that same vein I am really influenced by the first Sacramentary Abolishment album as the whirlwind of riff changes is a huge part of my playing style. Aside from these two bands I am inspired by the war metal band Proclamation as that is the most fundamental influence in how I write songs, also I really dig early Lividity and Deaden stuff for their songwriting and riffs as well as Cerebral Effusion which is a band I think is really underappreciated   *C.E. INTERVIEW HERE*, I use them as an inspiration for a lot of the more faster parts and slam parts I write. 

So Oscar spoke a little about how the band name could hopefully set you guys apart.  How cool!  It does, and I agree that it will keep opening more opportunities for actual relatable themes and material.  That brings me to lyrics.  River, do you write lyrics?  Just go with an emotion?  How does the band think about each song in regards to its title -wand possible lyrics?

R - I do, although they are not all finished. I try to reflect my own experiences in the lyrics as well as the overall theme of the band. To me it sort of serves as an outlet to express feelings I wouldn't normally. The name Inception of Unreality comes from the idea that the EP is like a bad trip, Unreality being the altered state and the Inception being the ingestion of a substance.

What music other than heavy stuff are you guys into?

O: My Grandpa had “Songs of a Russian Gypsy” by Theodore Bikel on vinyl. That's a record I have always loved and made me search for more folk music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Now I have found contemporary bands creating a really interesting fusion between the traditional sound and modern western rock/punk. The Bands that I think pull this off the best are: Kultur Shock, Besh o Drom, Rotfront, Russkaja, and the Anakronic Electrico Orchestra. 

G: On the occasion that I’m not listening to heavier music, I really enjoy 2nd wave emo and various other forms of alternative rock. Some bands I’m really into are: Everyone Asked About You, Eldritch Anisette, Cap’n Jazz, susquatch, and Plumtree.

R: Aside from metal I'm really big on techno and electronic music. I spend a lot of time listening to schranz and jungle, but I also really like underground alternative metal and metalcore bands 

Some of my favourite artists include Speedy J, embodyment (both eras but I love their alt metal), frisbee aerobics, strain theory and bladee 😬

B: Hard question for me to answer. I don’t really know what the genre’s would be but I listen to a lot of Vietnamese music and artists considering I grew up there. I do like a lot of Japanese rock and a bit of Japanese pop as that's a genre I am aware of. Some of my favourite artists are Táo, Yoasobi, and Den Vau

N: Nothing, if it aint bestial black metal its wimp shit. On a real note however I dig a lot of ambient music, Scottish folk songs, and Japanese funk guitar. I also have a soft spot for midwest-emo and shoegaze adjacent things. My favourite non metal bands would probably be Duster, Rush, Casiopea, The Corries, and obviously Masayoshi Takanaka.

Are all of your families supportive of the band?

G: My parents are super hyped about it and think what we’re doing is really cool, and my mom makes me compile all the videos and photos taken during our shows so that I can send them to her.

O: I'm very lucky that my parents have always been supportive of my bands regardless of the genre. But when I've asked if they like Derealized they just say “atleast it's better than Slam”

R: My parents think it's cool but they aren't really involved.

N: Yea my family has come out to shows to support. My parents also genuinely dig the music. 

B: Yeah they seem pretty cool with it. No reactions to write home about really.

How often is practice, and what is the jam space like?

O: We practice once every one or two weeks at my parents house in the basement. I've got my drumkit down there and over time me and my friends have been able to build up a pretty great set of equipment for us to use.

N: Yea the jam space is very spacious and pretty well equipped. Pretty much consumes the whole basement. Its hot as fuck though sometimes. 

What is coming next?!

G: U.S shows!

N: Yea seconding Gabriel's point, we’d like to try to get some shows outside of Ontario and explore north america while delivering the hallucinogenic riffage of Derealized. Additionally we have a whole new EP's worth of tracks that we have been working on. As the principal riff writer I have been trying to push my songwriting on these tracks into an even weirder BDM context while still holding onto the sound we’ve already carved out in Inception of Unreality. I would like to maybe shop around for a band to do a split with. 

Thank you all so much for taking the time to answer these questions!

Any last words?

N: Keep it underground… and death to hardcore!

G: Thank you for having us. You’re doing something amazing for the death metal community!

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Vertiginous - Interview 2026

 Ever since I heard 2023's single "Relentless Chaotic", I knew that anything this Indonesian duo put out I would want to hear.  That was only further confirmed by the band's full-length "Reek of Putrefaction on Excruciating Lust".  Vertiginous continue to churn out faced paced brutal death metal complimented impeccably by Jossi Bima's nasty guttural vocals.  The new album is entitled "Incessant Affliction" and is out now on Comatose Music!  Read a small update/interview below and then go order the cd!

Hello!  Hope you are well!  Who are you and what do you do in Vertiginous?

Hello, I am Jossi Bima, vocalist of Vertiginous.

Who else is in the band?

Hendika is responsible for all instruments and song composition.

What is the whole story of Vertiginous so far?

To date, Vertiginous has continued to strive to deliver the best possible presentation of every release to the public, with the hope that our music can be embraced by listeners around the world.

"Reek of Putrefaction" was amazing!!  How is Incessant Affliction different from that album?

Thank you for your appreciation. The most notable difference is likely in the album’s theme. However, in terms of musicianship, we always strive to bring something fresh and incorporate catchy elements into each piece of material.

So are you and Hendika long time friends? and how old are you guys?

Yes, we have been friends for quite a long time. We eventually decided to form Vertiginous and several other projects outside of our main bands, to explore ideas and compositions that may not be suitable for our respective primary bands. I am 31 years old ( Jossi Bima ) and Hendika is 31 years old.

How did the deal with Comatose happen and how is it going?

We are truly honored to be working with Comatose Music for the release of this album. Boss Steve has been an exceptionally kind and supportive individual throughout this project. Thank you very much, Boss Steve.

What bands are you most inspired by?

In terms of musical references, we share similarities with several bands worldwide. Our sound contains elements of Disgorge, Deeds Of Flesh, Indecent Excision, and other brutal death metal bands.

Who did the artwork for the new album?

The artwork for this album was created by Mas Timbul Cahyono of Bvll Metal Art. He is already well-known within the global underground art scene, and his work is consistently outstanding and brutal.

Will the United States ever get to see you guys play?

Maybe yes, maybe no haha. if we are given the opportunity to perform there, we would not decline the offer, provided that the terms and agreements are acceptable.

Anything else you’d like to say to the fans??

To all bands around the world: thank you for persevering and for consistently releasing your best work.

To metalheads worldwide: please continue to support the bands you love by purchasing their physical releases and merchandise.

To all record labels worldwide: thank you for providing a platform for bands that remain active in creating music, and thank you for releasing and distributing their work.

To all zines and promotional media worldwide: thank you for conducting interviews and serving as a promotional platform for bands that are promoting their work, so that it can be read, heard, and allow people to gain a deeper understanding of the band’s work.

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Incremation - Interview 2026

Who are you?  How are you doing?

Hello i'm Meigo, Nice too meet you

Who are all the members of Incremation?

Now Incremation is two man project Brutal Death Metal

the member is :

Meigo Badio / Guitar Vocal

Danang Agus / Drum

Please tell us how the band began!

The band was formed in 2016; initially, it consisted of four members: Sofyan on vocals, Meigo on guitar, Frando on bass, and Jovi on drums. Although he is no longer part of the band, the group continues to perform and write new material.

"Dilapidated Psyche" blew my mind!  I really listen to it all of the time, how was the writing and recording process for the album?  Any stories from that time?

Hahaha, we actually wrote this album two years after the release of our first demo. At the time, we received an offer from Dismember Records to join their roster. There were plenty of challenges and new experiences during this production process. Back then, each member’s musical background was quite different, but what gives the album *Dilapidated Psyche* such a strong character is the drumming. We did feel a bit disheartened at the time, as the Covid-19 pandemic also posed a hurdle during the recording process, given that Meigo was living in a different city. Although it took three years to complete this album, the result has largely met our expectations.

Ah yes, Covid 19.  I think we are all glad to be done with that!  So Incremation will keep moving forward as a two-piece?  Is there new music being written for another release?

Yes, that’s right, we’ll continue to use a two-piece line-up for the band, but during the live season we’ll bring in some session musicians. In the near future, we’ll be releasing a new demo and writing material for our second album. A new chapter is about to begin.

What bands or artists inspire you?

This band draws much of its inspiration from Gorgasm, Suffocation, Prophecy and Deicide

What music, other than metal, do you guys enjoy listening to?

Hmmm, Perunggu, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, and many more haha

Miego, how are your vocals so disgusting?  Who are some of your favorite vocalists?

On the first album, it wasn’t actually me singing the vocals, haha, but we’ll be releasing new material soon where I’ll be the lead vocalist. My favourite vocalist is Glenn Benton, haha I love Deicide.

Who did the artwork for DP?

The artwork for the first album was created by Rio from Oscaryzm Art

Thank you so much!  Anything else you'd like to add?

I think that’s enough; thanks for the quick chat, hehe. Look out for our latest work coming soon.

INCREMATION

RIO OSCARYZM ART

Suspectum - Interview 2026

Hello!  How are you?

Yooo what's up brother!! We're feeling pretty good with newly released music and happy to be featured on Cerebral Reviewment.

Who are you? what do you do in Suspectum?

This is Ryder speaking, I've played drums in Suspectum for over 6 years, all the way back since middle school

Can you tell us all the members?

The current lineup is Bobby Snyder on guitar/vocals, Hunter Kaeff on guitar/vocals, Ethan Kaeff on bass, and me, Ryder Kaeff on drums.

Can you talk a little bit about how the band started and how everything has been up until now?

Well, Back in 2020 when we started the band we knew very little about playing music, local scenes, or metal in general. The first couple of years really was just a learning phase for us, once we had a setlist of about 8 songs we decided to start playing local shows in Cincinnati. It wasn't until 2023 we decided to delve completely into a death metal sound, and start taking the band in a serious direction. We wrote an entirely new list of songs which eventually became Cull of the Weak. The years following we have been actively playing shows around the Midwest and continuing to define our brutal sound. 

How did you name the band?

Suspectum is the scientific name for a gila monster, and that's what we thought was badass when we were 13/14. We had discussed changing the name a few times but we never did, we had been rolling with it for too long, and we enjoy its uniqueness. We actually had a terrible run of people misspelling our name on band fliers and online, and it always gets a laugh out of us. Even though it's not as brutal as many of our death metal brothers' bands, we still love using it after 6 years.

I just recently discovered Suspectum, so I still have to familiarize myself with your full-length from 2024.  I started with the recently released ep, "The Piercing Thorn of Hatred" and I was blown away.  Is the bands previous work similar?  How was the recording process for Piercing?  How has reception seemed so far?

In 2024 we released Cull of the Weak, which is much less brutal and more OSDM. A couple of
those songs were written a year or two apart from the others, and not the whole album flows together perfectly, but we have a rerelease of it coming very soon, which will be a much more refined album. The Piercing Thorn of Hatred was much different in that we completely recorded it by ourselves, and not in a studio. It took us a while because of gear and scheduling issues, we had to re-track drums at least 2 times, haha. But we're very happy with how it turned out. So far the reception has been great, and we are very thankful for our fans who have stuck around long enough to see us evolve, and those who are just discovering us with our new sound. 

What bands inspire you?

One thing I enjoy about TPTOH is that you can hear the influences pretty clearly in the music. We're heavily inspired by bands like Cryptopsy, Deeds of Flesh, Mortal Decay, Defeated Sanity, and even though the influences are there, it still sounds like its own thing. Pretty much all we do is listen to death metal, black metal, and discover new bands, so our influences are always fluctuating and very vast.  

It's really cool that you guys took your time to evolve naturally, and it comes across in your playing.  Also recording the ep on your own must've had a litany of challenges!  I do hear the influences AND the originality, you've got an amazing EP on your hands!  Now what's next?  Touring? New music?

Well so far we have just been riding the wave of our EP, but we don't plan on slowing down. We have been actively booking more shows in new locations around the midwest for the last half of the year. We are also beginning the writing process for our new release, which will be much more in-depth with the themes and lyrics, as well as the brutality. We plan to make an announcement some time before the end of 2026. 

Ohio seems to always have a growing scene, and a strong death metal history.  Who are some other bands from your area that we should look out for?

Absolutely, there is a lot of variety when it comes to the extreme music scenes in Ohio. I would definitely take the time to check out Ovenhead, Coagulation, Church, Dissected, and Soul Realignment, all are great bands for their respective reasons 

Thank you guys for taking the time!  Any last words???

Yes of course bro thank you for having us on! We just wanna say thank you to all of those who have supported us through the years, there will be much more to come in the future!!! 

SUSPECTUM

OVENHEAD

COAGULATION

CHURCH

DISSECTED

SOUL REALIGNMENT

Beckett Fountain - Interview 2026

Yo!  How are you doing??

What’s up Ant!!! Just ate a hot pocket on my lunch break I’m phenomenal, I apologize for any bad grammar or spelling I’m lowkey stupid 

Please state your name and few things about yourself that might surprise us!

I’m Beckett fountain I’m currently 20 years old I woke up with an erection this morning! Fun fact I ate 4 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in one day when I was about 7 or 8

What bands are you in and what do you do in them?

Okay time to be serious, I do vocals in 3 bands, divulsive, coagulated and hydrocephalic excavation. I play drums in 2 others intestinal sodomy and a goregrind band called scxmfxck that is soon to be renamed, and possibly a revival of an old heavy hitting band. I do not wish to spoil the surprise if it dose end up happening 

I was lucky enough to ask Intestinal Sodomy a few questions a couple of years ago. Then more recently Divulsive.  Now here we are with both groups about to release new material.  Will there also be a Coagulated full-length to look forward to?

So currently we are sitting on the intestinal album and divulsive album the divulsive album drops this Friday. The coagulated full length is in its very early stages of the writing process. It’s been a pretty slow process due to everyone starting there adult lives, me Issac, Cameron and Townsend all work so it’s going I little slow but I promise the full length won’t disappoint!!!

Can you talk a little about the differences in the projects and the pros and cons of having so much cooking at one time?

So right now it’s honestly not too much on my plate now that we have 2 albums done but there definitely was a point in time where I was extremely overwhelmed with all the projects. Pros I would say it really helps getting your name out there I honestly don’t really care about stuff like that cause at the end of the day I’m a normal ass dude that’s going to clock in to work in the morning, it definitely really pushes your creativity making you form different styles for each project and I think that’s a huge pro, vocals are pretty easy to me and not very time consuming so it helps balance all the projects . Cons I would say the biggest one is no matter how hard you try your going to neglect a band or 2 I consider all my bandmates brothers but it’s impossible to work a full time job and balance all those bands that being said I still try my very hardest to keep up with everyone and stay up to date with everything but I wouldn’t trade it for anything I’d do anything for those guys we were all friends before we were bandmates 

What else, other than heavy music, inspires you as an artist?

That’s a good question! For vocals Houston and Memphis rap really inspire me such as dj screw, lil keke, beltway 8, botany boys, Tommy wright and shawty pimp when I go play shows and I’m doing vocals that night it really gets me into the mood for drums I really enjoy some Japanese artists such as casiopea and masayoshi takanaka.

Can you remember a crazy story from a recent live gig that you could share?

Dude not going to lie there’s always some shit when we play shows but the craziest thing was back when I lived in Houston intestinal played a show and these guys came to the show in shiestys and
they didn’t seem like they were there for the music. Houston is an extremely hardcore oriented city so even at death metal shows it’s not uncommon to see someone doing karate in the pit. Some kid maybe 15-16 kicked one of the guys in a shiesty in the face and they weren’t happy after the band was done playing they were talking shit back and forth outside and the kid ended up getting a gun pulled on him after they pulled the gun on him they just started jumping him and then when his girlfriend tried to intervene his girlfriend got jumped aswell. Very bad night I got many other crazy story’s I will forever love Houston but fuck that shit 

Who are some vocalists that you really look up to?

I definitely have a big 4 for vocalist and that’s Ruben rosas of Devourment, angel ochoa from cephalotripsy, Justin boehm from orchidectomy and rob webber from enmity. Crazy thing is I feel like I don’t sound like any of them except angel lol 

Drummers?

I’ll try and keep this short lol my all time favorite drummer has to be Jon engman of brodequin,
foetospy, liturgy and many more sick projects no questions asked he’s my absolute favorite drummer I’m extremely grateful to consider Jon a friend I talk to him pretty frequently on Facebook extremely humble and down to earth guy he’s always sharing story’s about brodequin, foe and liturgy I also look up to many other drummers such as the homie Nate Gonzales, Townsend Humphrey, alfie vienneau of orchidectomy is a big one, Lille gruber, Brennan from fake dust, max McMullen, Giovanni from corporal raid is sick too. Man I know I’m leaving out so many more sick drummers I could name sick drummers for days man 

When I was at NSE fest, Ryan was so pumped to have Coagulated playing and was telling me how awesome you were and warned me to watch for big things from you.

Really made me tune-in to that coagulated set and then check out all of your projects even deeper than I already had!  

Shout out to Ryan Baker and New Standard Elite!  Can you talk a little bit about that relationship, how you first started working with NSE, and then also how it's been having Divulsive sign to Comatose?

It’s kind of a funny story how intestinal got on NSE back when we did our first 2024 demo we sent it to ryan, that demo was decent but it was when I first started really trying to blast, we sent it to ryan and he hated it lol then later on we wrote erotic and we sent it to him and he loved it, 

as time goes on I’ve gotten closer with ryan he’s a very respectable dude who really takes care of our bands intestinal would definitely not be where it is today without ryan or Sam. Working with Steve green from comatose has been great aswell I have zero complaints about both labels!!!

**********************1 WEEK PASSES**********************

Bro, the Divulsive album is so so good, and your vocals are unique and inspiring!  Can you tell us more about your journey doing vocals?  Is it something you practice?

Honestly I don’t really practice vocals too much I do them here and there walking around the crib but typically I only practice before shows, I’ve been doing vocals almost as long as I’ve been playing drums it started with osdm vocals and grind highs then one day it just clicked I could do inhale gutturals then and little after I learned exhales and now that’s all I do for all the bands. Thank you man I’m extremely stoked on the divulsive album!!

Also how did you get into hip hop?

It was kind of a long journey getting into niche rap when I was super young my stepbrother would play rap while playing video games so I found some songs from that. My ex had shown me dj screw and I kinda went on my own journey finding a bunch of Houston artists I used to go to car meets In Houston and Houston rap is played pretty often at those meets. All the Memphis shit came from Emrys from necrotic and virologist he kinda put the whole crew onto Memphis shit like blackout and Tommy wright III and a super underrated artist called lil yo who actually is yo gotti when he was a kid. 

Do you have any goals for yourself or for any of the bands?

My life goals right now is to just continuing to persue a career in automotive I decided to goof off in high school so I’m stuck doing this lol, for all the bands I just want to keep trying to push the boundaries and produce a sound people haven’t heard. We try and just make music we would want to hear. My biggest goal is for us to stay in our own lane and do our own thing too many guys are caught up worrying about the next band and too worried about being better than someone else 

What is something about you that no one would guess?

I really enjoy nature and long drives 

What would be your last meal?

Seafood boil all the way or any Cajun food dude that’s the best shit ever my dads side of the family is from Louisiana and my favorite thing about visiting them was the food they’d make and the hospitality. Huge shoutout to mikes seafood off hwy 6 and bissonet 

What are 3 movies that you love?

Who killed captain Alex(terrible Nigerian movie but it’s so fucking good). Star Wars attack of the clones. The good the bad and the ugly. If anyone reading this is actually going to watch one of these movies please watch who killed captain Alex 

Who are 3 bands or musical artists you are into that would surprise us?

I mentioned them earlier but Casiopea is fucking great. Flats and Scruggs is amazing bluegrass. Marty Robbin’s is amazing aswell.

What sort of automotive work do you do?  Do you have a dream car?

I’m currently at a Toyota dealership working on gas cars I’ve been thinking about getting into diesel work. My dream car is really anything Datsun made from the 60s to 70s

What celebrity do you have a crush on?

Fleece Johnson 😂

Do you use drugs and/or alcohol?

Unfortunately I have a terrible addiction to gas station boner pills I don’t even take them for sex I just take them and go run hard as fuck dawg, on a real note I’ve been clean for 6 years off all the hard shit

Do you have any pets?

I dont have any pets of my own at the moment but growing up I’ve had a lot of pit bulls very sweet dogs 

I dont play drums. Never have. but I know rhythm and beats.  Fire beats. 

If I dedicated myself, how long would I need to practice to be a proficient drummer, but for bdm, complete with wrist-killing blasts?

I think if you seriously gave it your all you could be blasting in 2 years. My good friend Sam little is a prime example of it I wanna say Sam’s been playing for 2 and a half years and now he plays submerged shit, Sam’s a great drummer. I’ve been playing for about 4 and a half years, if you want to get into blasting then learn the flying fingers technique and never neglect one of your hands that’s one of my biggest regrets. My left hand can play 285 bpms max when my right hand can play 320+

Also, if I had the songs written, would you be my drummer for a country western project?

haha bro hell yeah I’d be down 

Did you do any sports in school?

I actually used to play football from 10-13 I lost interest cause they Texans suck, last season I played football every Sunday we’d get our asses handed to then I’d go home and watch the Texans game and the same would happen to them Lmaooo

Explain what a date with Beckett would be like.  Where would you take me?  What would you say? Would we kiss? more?

the perfect date for me would involve us smoking meth and stealing catalytic converters 

What is your favorite color?

it was yellow when I was a kid but I think I just said that to be different I grew up and realized yellow fucking sucks fuck that color yo!

What kind of gifts would you want for your birthday?

firearms. I want to obtain a grenade launcher with a switch on it for home defense

What is 1 smell you hate and 1 smell you love?

The smell of Cajun food is the best. I hate the smell of the bathroom after my coworker blows that shit up, like bro it’s so bad these dudes diets are terrible 

What would you do with a day off?

Since we finished the intestinal album I don’t do much on my off days but relax around the house and watch dumb shows and play drums here and there 

What is next, musically?

I definitely have a lot of plans musically right now I’m taking a small break because I spent the last year writing the intestinal album with the guys. Next on the list is learning some songs for an old band that I might be joining soon and also writing new content for that project there really no rush on things for that. We’re going for a full length for the next coagulated release hopefully by around December July we’ll have that done and recorded we’ve been talking about possibly doing a split for intestinal, we’ve talked about doing that for awhile I just would like to get some really brutal bands together for that. I believe a split is next for divulsive aswell. Me and one of my best friends from Texas are going to revive our old goregrind band and rename it. Hydrocephalic is kind of a joke band to us we just kinda do it when we’re in the mood to do it so I have no clue what’s next for that 

Thanks for gettin weird with me!  Last words?  See you in November bro!

Just wanna give you a huge shoutout man, you’ve shown nothing but amazing support with all my projects your the fucking man! It was a pleasure getting to answer all these questions, catch you in November bro!!

Support:

INTESTINAL SODOMY

DIVULSIVE

HYDROCEPHALIC EXCAVATION

COAGULATED

SCXMFXCK

NEW STANDARD ELITE

COMATOSE