Biocystic - Interview 2026

 Who are we talking to and what do you do in Biocystic?

Hello brother, I am Domingo and I play guitar in Biocystic and I also do the vocals. 

Can you tell us the whole story of the band, from the very beginning?

My cousin Victor had relocated to Lima from Bogota and we reconnected over our love of brutal music. As kids we listened to lots of American brutal death such as disgorge. When we started jamming again he had shown me lots of brutal colombian bands and that is where we take our blasting fucking inspiration from. After our time in the military we decided to take our music more serious and made our first released demo. 

What are the members names and their ages?

 I (Domingo) am 29 and Victor is 31. 

Have you guys always been into this type of music?

When we were small children we were both exposed to metal classics and soon after death metal legends like Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel. Victor came over one day and let me borrow Consume The Forsaken, and not long after we were trying to make our own brutal death metal. 

I hear a lot of California bdm influence in the demo, Who are some bands that you guys are influenced by?

Our California brothers make some of the most brutal music in the states. We grew up on Disgorge, Condemned, Cephalotripsy… and we love the current scene with bands like Regurgitated Entrails, Submerged, Intestinal Sodomy, Divulsive…

How did you come up with the name Biocystic?

Biocystic is a name we came up with long ago, the original name being Biocystic Expulsion. We ended up scrapping our initial demo under this name after we were enlisted and had years to sit on the demo. 

I lived in Peru for awhile, but in Cuzco.  I do not remember much of a brutal death scene.  How is the music scene in Lima?

 Fucking right on brother, Peru respect. Unfortunately we have no scene. While we don’t get to play shows, we are perfectly happy in our basement writing brutal slamming music. 

How did you guys start working with DeadEndMerch?

We were approached by the Dead End Merch to have shirts created for our demo. We were very happy to work with them as they represent many bands we consider very brutal. 

When can we expect more music from Biocystic?

Very soon we have single dropping from our upcoming debut album “Sanctum Of Accursed Mausoleums” 

Does the band have any specific dreams or goals?

We only want to stay brutal and stay a part of an inspiring community of talented brutal death metal artists. 

Thank you so much!  Any last words??

We want to say thank you Ant for approaching to interview us, Thank you Zakk from Eminent Sounds for picking us up and helping us release our music and thank you to our fans who support slamming blasting brutality. 

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Biocystic

Enzo Jacobsen (Misanthrope, Chewed To Stubs, Mourning Sickness) - Interview 2025

C.R. - Hello!!! Thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions! Can you state your name, age, and some things about you?

ENZO - Hey man thanks so much for reaching out! I'm Enzo, 18 years old, and I'm from San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara, California. I have played a pretty decent amount of shows around California, released an EP called Psychosis, and a Christmas themed split called Seasons Beatings with my buddy in Convulsed. In my free time I mostly ride motocross, play some video games (right now I'm hooked on Fallout 4) and I also train in a martial art called Krav Maga.

I mostly know of you from Misanthrope, but what else do you have going on?

Misanthrope is definitely my most well known project, but recently I have shifted my focus towards a new Post Hardcore/Screamo project called Mourning Sickness. I would guess about 85% of the music I listen to is anything emo adjacent, so I decided to finally make some music under that genre. The first EP will be out very soon, with a session drummer to start then I will find a live lineup soon after. You can follow the insta for it under @mourningxsickness. I also am currently in a broken hope worship band called Chewed to Stubs and a punk band called War Tomorrow.

PS. If you want some new screamo to check out, listen to a band called Sigh & Explode, they're one of my biggest influences and insanely underrated.

How did you get so into music at such a young age? and how did you find yourself interested in extreme music?

I wrote the first Misanthrope song when I was like 16 years old, but I only really decided to make it a project when I turned 17. It mostly just came out of my parents exposing me to badass bands when I was like an infant, like Black Sabbath, Metallica, Megadeth, Korn, all of which I still listen to to this day. Then when I was in elementary school I found out about some of the more popular punk stuff, then eventually I found out about Death, and from there it just got heavier and heavier. Music has always been a really big part of my life, and I've played guitar longer than I remember. I'm only just now getting "good" though haha. I'll only make better music with time. 

How did you come up with the name Misanthrope?

With most the bands I start, I just use a song name from one of my big inspirations. And I love Death, and Misanthrope has one of the sickest riffs ever made. So, I named my band after it. Same thing with Mourning Sickness, I love Hail the Sun so I named the band after one of their songs.

Could you name 3 brutal death metal albums that you love and then 3 albums of any OTHER genre that you love?

Man that's tricky. For BDM I'd have to pick Destroy the Opposition by Dying Fetus, because it's the riffiest album ever. Bleeding Profusely by Gorgasm, because of the way the band mixes melody and insanely tight riffs with fast blasting drums. And Tomb of the Mutilated by Cannibal Corpse because it's just unbelievably heavy and catchy. When it comes to other kinds of music the 3 I would pick are 1. All We Know is Falling by Paramore, which might be my favorite album ever made. Miasma by The Black Dahlia Murder, which is just full of good riffs, and 3. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge by MCR (the original, NOT the remixed version). I also have to mention Doppelganger by the Fall Of Troy, which is also one of my favorites but I just couldn't fit it in that list.

What sort of equipment and software are you using? Or are those well kept secrets?

They aren't secrets at all haha. For guitar tones, I always use Neural Nameless, as the tones from it are just killer. For drums, I use superior drummer 3, with the death and darkness expansion. And bass tones I use the Neural Darkglass plugin. And my DAW is reaper. I have a pretty good workflow now to where I can get stuff done really quickly and have it sound pretty good considering that it's just a bedroom demo. I've just been doing this stuff for so long now that these softwares have become second nature haha.

Am I correct in assuming your parents are supportive of your music endeavors? Any family members thrown off by the music or gory art/imagery?

Yup they're the best! Everything I have done wouldn't be possible without their support. They aren't too pleased with the gorey imagery, but I've been a good kid for my whole life, and I've never gotten in trouble, so they know it's just my weird version of storytelling and not me being an insane weirdo (despite how I might seem when I'm wearing Devourment merch). They might not be the biggest fan of the gurgly blasty slam stuff but they still support it and they love my punk band so that makes it all work out well.

How did you start working with Eminent Sounds?

I sent Zakk a dm before my first EP was finished, and he seemed to be into it and we have been working together since! He was the first label I ever reached out to, and honestly the best label I could ask for. He is a super down to earth guy, and is super helpful to me and is always down to support my music, no matter how shitty it is haha.

So I think I've got them all;

Misanthrope

Mourning Sickness

Slam Andreas

Chewed To Stubs

War Tomorrow

am I missing any?

Nope! Those are all the ones that actually had stuff come out of them. I have a few other projects but nothing has come out of them yet.

Which are you most active with currently? What is up next?

Right now, Mourning Sickness is my biggest focus. I'll have my debut EP out soon, in the vein of City Of Caterpillar, Funeral Diner, Love Lost but Not Forgotten, and Saosin, which I'm really looking forward to. And Misanthrope has an entire full length written and part of a split written, but I just need to put the work in to get them out soon. You should hear a Misanthrope single soon!

Thank you for the great music and inspiration! Any last words?

Thanks so much to all my homies from Mohler, Impalement, Fleshmangled, Gorilla Bomb, Eminent Sounds, my family, and all my personal friends for supporting me. Thanks to Cerebral Reviewment for interviewing me!

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Misanthrope

Mourning Sickness

Slam Andreas

Chewed To Stubs

War Tomorrow

Eminent Sounds

Convulsed

Sigh & Explode