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There are many metal bands that have
composed great songs, there are also many bands with great musicians,
but there are few bands that all their life is dedicated to PURE HEAVY
METAL. One of them are OCTOBER 31 and i had the honor to talk with them.
Check out the interview!!!
1.HELLO TELL US A FEW THINKS ABOUT
THE HISTORY OF THE BAND?
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well we started this band to play some
old fashioned in your face heavy metal with power and force! the 'new school'
was too 'light' and poppy for us! we wanted something with melody yet intense!
we started in 96 for fun. somehow we got signed to a little label called
rip records by luck!and then metal blade decided they liked us and now
we are signed there. We have 3 records out... 'the fire awaits you', 'visions
of the end' and 'meet thy maker'!!!
2.HOW DID YOU CHOOSE THE NAME
OF THE BAND? IS THERE ANY STORY BEHIND THE NAME?
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OCTOBER 31 is the day of halloween!
the day the souls of the dead walk the earth haunting and stalkig! it fit
nice with our themes!
3.WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DREAM YOU
'D LIKE TO COME TRUE REGARDING THE MUSIC?
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Just to play to all the
metal fanatics and have a few laughs and a few sluts!!!! metal is so much
to me and the band! a way of life! it would be nice to make money at it,
but it is not important at all!!!
4.WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MUSIC? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSICAL STYLE?
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we all write the songs! we all
contribute however each person feels song to song!!!!! it is a team effort!!!
that is the best way to be a band in my opinion!!!! our style is
simply HEAVY FUCKING METAL!!!!
5.WHO WRITES THE LYRICS? WHICH
WOULD YOU SAY IS THE FORCE THAT LEADS YOU TO WRITE? DO YOU THINK
THAT METALHEADS ARE INTERESTED IN LYRICS AS WELL AS THE MUSIC?
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well in the past i have written
all lyrics as i was 'singing' them! it is something i have always done!
i write from experiences or dreams or things i see or read about! my 'angles'
on things!!!!! lyrics are important to me! the music has to have a 'focal'
point and for me song title and lyrics are right there musically!!!
6.YOU BELONG TO THE DYNAMIC OF
METAL BLADE, WHICH HAS RELEASED MANY CLASSIC ALBUMS IN THE AMERICAN
POWER METAL GENRE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS?
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We are proud! my childhood was
growing up on bitch, warlord, thrust, tyrant, demon flight,witchkiller,fates
warning, slayer, trouble, etc. and it feels so weird and quite the honor
to now be on this very same label!!!!! we are proud!!!!
7.HAVE YOU WRITTEN ANY NEW SONGS?
WHEN WE WOULD EXPECT YOUR NEW ALBUM?
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We are playing out a bunch now
and have worked in a new singer and rhythm guitar player so we are just
now 'clicking'!!! we will record this winter our new album for metal blade
'no survivors!'!!!it will be 100% pure metal!!!!!
8.WHICH BANDS ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES?
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old 'cult' stuff! ostrogoth,acid,cirith
ungol, blessed death, iron angel, darkness, whiplash, witchkiller,tyrant,
bitch, wildfire, blacklace, cities, exciter, fates warning,griffin,helstar,
early jag panzer, early manowar, as well as maiden, priest,sabbath, ac/dc
ect. we love good metal and hard rock!
9.THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN GREECE
THAT REALLY LOVE YOUR MUSICAL STYLE. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED OF COMING
FOR A LIVE SHOW IN GREECE? WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE GREEK
METALHEADS?
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Greece lives! we love the people
of greece! i have good friends in manos steel conjuring, kostas steel gallery,
and more!!!! we would love to play shows in greece. if you are reading
and want to help us please get in touch!!!!! Greece lives! dark nova, piranha,
molon lave hahahahahaha
10.CAN YOU TELL ME SOME LYRICS
OF WHICHEVER BAND THAT EXPRESS YOUR PERSONALITY?
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'i want to rock and roll all
night and party every day' kiss!!!! life is fun! have fun all the time!!!!
11.IF YOU HAVE NEVER RELEASED
AN ALBUM AND YOUR MUSIC WASN'T FAMOUS AT ALL, WHICH SONG OF YOURS
WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE THE BAND KNOWN IN PUBLIC?
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my favorite 5 songs are 'the
chosen one', 'visions of the end', 'salems curse', 'just an illusion',and
'voyage to infinity'!!! i think they all sum us up! heavy, melodic,faster,slower,dark,light,
whatever!!!!!
12.HAVE YOU LISTENED TO ANY NEW
BANDS THAT YOU REALLY LIKED?IF YES, WHICH?
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premonition from florida! 'e
are metal' record kills! skullview, twisted tower dire are a few!!! most
'new' metal is to wimpy though!!! no 'balls' to it!!!!
13.CAN YOU TELL ME A REASON THAT
WOULD MAKE YOU STOP PLAYING HEAVY METAL?
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death! but that might still not
stop me!
14.WHICH ARE YOUR 5 MOST BELOVED
ALBUMS?
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for music metal records i cherish...
jag panzer 'ample destruction', acid 'maniac', warlord 'deliver us', griffin
'flight of the griffin', and raven 'wiped out'!!!! but i love stuff like
manowar 'battle hymns', y&t 'mean streak', msg 'msg', triumph 'never
surrender', blacklace 'unlaced', cirith ungol 'king of the dead', tyrant
'legions of the dead', venom 'black metal', slayer 'show no mercy' and
fates warning 'the spectre within' too! there is zillions!!!!
15.WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE PART
IN A MOVIE SOUNDTRACK?IF YES FOR WHICH MOVIE?
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a movie about metalheads burning
down mtv and corporate posers! we could call the movie 'greed dies'!!!!!
it would be a very violent and bloody film i assure you!
16.DO YOU READ BOOKS?WHICH IS
YOUR FAVORITE BOOK AND AUTHOR?WHICH CHARACTER WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE?
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i read books from time to time.
mostly biograpy types on rock n rollers like bon scott or aerosmith ect....
nothing 'set' for one author! love horror film mags and stuff like that!!!!
17.THANKS A LOT! END THE INTERVIEW
AS YOU LIKE! AND KEEP OUR HEADS BANGING
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thank you a zillion for your
support! we hope one day to play your great land of headbangers! keep the
metal HEAVY and never let it lose the 'edge' again!!!!! your
friend always king fowley and october 31
| NIKOS "WILLIAM_KIDD" PARASTATIDIS |