Respiratory Secretion - Interview 2025

Whether you are a young BDM fan who hates on what you don't understand, or an old head who hates pretty much everything, you may have been aware of the recent daze/nse/brutaldeath/hardcore/brutalhardcore/revival drama shit.  Well, I'm here to say who fucking cares, if you like the music, hit play!  I don't see anything wrong with occasional cross-over attempts and the inclusion of young AND old people in local scenes.  Haters will always be there, but let's not give them too much merit. rant over.....

New Standard Elite just keeps signing young "brutal slamming blasting grinding pinging- whatever we are calling it" bands.  I urge you to give them all an equal listen.  More than that, I urge you to get familiar with Respiratory Secretion.  Hit play on their new single below and let that shit rip you apart as you read the interview!

CEREBRALREVIEWMENT - Who are you?  What is your role in Respiratory Secretion?

WILL - My name’s Will, I do all the toilet noises and such for Respiratory.

Can you tell us everyone in the band and their ages?

I’m 19 which makes me the youngest in the band, Jordan our guitarist is 20, Danny our bassist is 22, and Joey our drummer is 22 as well

How did Respiratory Secretion form, and how was the name chosen?

Respiratory was formed in mid 2023 by Jordan and our old bassist/vocalist as kind of a side project. It was actually Jordan’s wife who came up with the band name. From what I’ve been told they were trying to brainstorm names for a while, she suggested Respiratory Secretion, and they knew right away that was the one

Jordan's wife!  That's awesome!  Is he the only one married? Can you share a little about the bands members personal lives; jobs, school, families?

Yeah Jordan’s the only one of us that’s married haha. None of us are in school, just working and grinding for the band really. I do landscaping, Joey works as a valet, Danny is kinda like a beer delivery man pretty much, and Jordan does welding and mechanic stuff.

I fell in love with "Post Necromantic Sadomasochistic Satisfaction" when it was released!  What was the writing process like back then and what have you guys learned to help you evolve?

WILL - (Since I wasn’t in the band for post necromantic I had Jordan answer this one)

JORDAN - “Before we were kind of writing riffs on our own and it was more close minded because it was a two piece, whereas now we have a more full group with different members and a lot more bdm knowledge so we get a lot more ideas from different directions.

Your newest single, "Forced Hysterectomy" sounds like a step up.  All instruments are cooking something delicious, and I love the production!  Congrats on the New Standard Elite signing!  How did that door open up for you guys?

Thank you thank you we appreciate the kind words, we’re pretty happy with how it came out. Shoutout to Sam from roots of deception (Infernal Crypt) for recording, mixing, and mastering us, he did an amazing job. For our NSE singing we owe a huge thanks to Marc from Desecation. 

Back in April I’d gone out on the spring break bludgeoning tour with Roots of Deception, Scasm, and Desecation where I was filling in on vocals for Roots.

Will rehearsing for tour with Roots Of Deception

I met Marc on that tour and since they’re already on NSE, I hit him up once our demo was recorded trying to figure out how to go about it, he helped get a good word in for us and got me in contact, then it just went from there

Will, do you write the lyrics?  you are a sick maniac!  Where do you get influences from?

Since I wasn’t in the band yet at the time, our old vocalist wrote all the lyrics for post necromantic. On the new demo coming out soon I wrote almost all the lyrics with Jordan helping write the lyrics for forced hysterectomy

My main influences for writing lyrics are probably Gorgasm and Devourment, I’ve spent lots of time reading lyrics and picking up lots of disgusting vocabulary haha. Also lots of horror movies.

Oh man sorry I keep doing that!  I truly had not realized the member switch had happened!  So the vocals on "Forced Hysterectomy" are you?  Like I said, that track already rips and I can't wait for more!

All good haha. Yeah the vocals on forced hysterectomy are me, this demo will be my first release with Respiratory

Ok, so we know that the new single comes off of your upcoming demo, to be released by NSE.  We also know that the date for that release is not decided yet.  So here is what I am wondering:  How many more songs will be on it?  What will the artwork be like?  Will it have a title other than "Demo"?  ANYTHING you guys can tell us about it?!?!?!

There will be three songs in total on the demo including Forced Hysterectomy. The cover for the demo will just be what you saw on the YouTube advanced track and it’ll just be Demo 2025. Simple y’know!

Can you tell us 3 albums that really inspire you, in anyway?

3 albums that inspire me are 

Masticate to Dominate by Gorgasm 

Instruments of Torture by Brodequin

Impulsive Psychopathic Acts by Cerebral Effusion

Well that's it for now Will!  Thank you so much for doing this and I look forward to more tunes and I'm betting we will talk again in the future!!  Farewell, anything you'd like to say to fans/readers?

Thank YOU for doing this, we greatly appreciate it! For anyone reading thank you if you support us and keep your eyes peeled for our demo cd’s coming soon!

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Respiratory Secretion Bandcamp

Gutworm Productions

Respiratory Secretion Spotify

Respiratory Secretion Instagram

New Standard Elite

The Infernal Crypt

Desecation EP review

Desecation Full Length review

Roots Of Deception

Scasm

Desecation

Excruciations Interview 2024

Cerebral Reviewment long-time readers will know, old school style BDM, like the latest from Kansas City one-man Brodequin worship project, Excruciations, is right up my alley.  The riffs, the vocals, the imagery.  Hell yes.  Thank you Simon!

Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions!  Can you start by telling us your age and a little background about yourself?

Thanks for hitting me up for an interview!! I'm Simon, 20 years old and lived in Kansas city damn near my entire life. been obsessed with this whole realm of disgusting music since high school and its been uphill (or downhill, depending on how you look at it) ever since.

You have two projects that are just you, Defaced and Excruciations, correct?  Have you always enjoyed working alone?  have you played with a full band before?

I've actually got a pretty ridiculous amount of projects haha, but defaced and excruciations are definitely my favorites. some others of mine are lymphoblast, pig stomper, ejaculation, scum, and my most recent musical endeavors , Butcher (ultra raw brutal death with all real instruments) and Portrait of God (which is a real deal band I play drums for , really really fun stuff).

but yeah I love working alone! sometimes working with other people on music can be really frustrating so I've always loved being able to just be like "well yall ain't workin out too well so I'll just prolly go do something on my own" without really having to sweat it lol.

This EP has a raw, unpolished feel.  Real old school feel right down to the pacing of the riffs and the wonderful gutturals.  You call this project "Brodequin worship" and I also see a Disgorge cover on here.  What other influences, music or otherwise, do you have?

oh man, there's such an endless amount of things I've drawn inspiration from for music , I'll try my best to break it down so this isn't a 40 paragraph answer haha.

the biggest ones for Excruciations are most definitely Brodequin and Disgorge, the upcoming EP is TO THE BONE Brodequin worship especially, someone described the debut as "if brodequin
moved to Kansas city" and just imagine that but cranked past 10. shit, imagine the knob broke.

I'm also endlessly inspired by my friends and loved ones who all pursue their own passions, seeing someone else thrive with what they love doing is an incredible driving force for me.

I love the classic medieval artwork!  Who did it? 

I won't lie, I'm one of those nerds who obsesses over medieval torture art and the like, so when it came time to release the EP, it was just the one I gravitated toward.

Looks like you have a debut full-length album coming soon!!!!  What can you tell us about "Putrification Through Torture"?  Same style?  Same production?

its definitely a big step up in my eyes! everything i loved while making the EP is all present in PTT, while honing it all to a massive extent. some of the absolute nastiest riffs I've ever written are on here , alongside some of my best vocals. there's actually a couple spots where I had to vomit after a vocal take because I biffed something, but ended up loving how it sounded haha.

What else can we expect in the near future?  Live shows?  New merch?

merch for sure !!! I would absolutely love to do shows someday, and even had a conversation with a couple people in KC who offered to play as Excruciations, but it unfortunately never came to fruition. but someday ! there will be at least ONE Excruciations show.

How did you pick the name "Excruciations"?

it's just a badass sounding word! very intense and ugly.

Can you name 3 bands that you take influence from?

I think the 3 bands who influenced me the most overall are probably Circle of Dead Children, with their extremely frenetic energy throughout their music, esoteric feeling passages where they show they're not afraid to use harsh noise or create an intense soundscape, just everything about them!

next would definitely be Suffocation, I've always been utterly infatuated by Terrance Hobbs'
playing, and how the tabs themselves are almost an art form when you really look at them.

finally, without any shadow of a doubt is Mortal Decay. the demos,  sickening erotic fanaticism, forensic and everything after really made me push my songwriting to its limits, especially when I was starting out. groovy, gory mayhem with melodies strewn throughout and horrifying frog vocals, they've just always checked every box for me.

Can you name a few upcoming bands from your area that we should check out?

BILLY!! 100% BILLY. some of the sickest and coolest dudes I've ever met, and they just dropped their second EP, Control Burn, which is a MUST LISTEN if you can get down with hardcore and hammer swinging riffs.

Strzyyga is also very very good, I've had the honor of ripping with these dudes and they're no fuckin joke. grinding, war-like absolute mayhem. they're about to drop their first EP too!

lastly I wanna mention Tombseeker. holy shit Tombseeker. they're some straight up, no bullshit death metal, and everytime I've seen them they've had such a control over the entire room it's impossible to ignore.

Thanks again!  Anything at all you would like to say to our readers?

KEEP MAKING MUSIC. Don't let yourself get bogged down by not being big on what you write. the first 5 or 6 months I was writing my solo stuff, it was all TERRIBLE! I'd be ashamed to hear it now. Keep on grinding that axe and before you know it you'll be pumping out some seriously sick shit.

Links:

EXCRUCIATIONS INSTAGRAM

EXCRUCIATIONS BANDCAMP

SPOTIFY

APPLE

VILE TAPES

BILLY

DEFACED

STRZYYGA

TOMBSEEKER