Ritual
Carnage
To be honest with you this
album is the first that I had the chance to hear from Ritual Carnage, the
thrash metal power from the Far East. If you like the old school thrash
metal, you can buy their album and of course read this interview.
1. First of all congratulations for your
latest album. Could you tell us your latest news?
Nothing really new to report on. I know that
the band and I are talking about the next release. We are planning to do
a "Best Of” with re-recorded songs from the early days. As well as release
a couple of new songs which didn't make it on this album, hopefully about
14 songs total if OSMOSE gives us the budget to do it!
2. Inform us by giving us some details concerning
the recording sessions of "I, Infidel"?
Well, we only had a 5,000$ budget to record
this album which really hurt the mix. We only had 2 days total to mix the
album due to the budget. I think the album still sounds great, but I would
have liked to focus the mix more on the leads and some of the drum levels.
This album was essentially recorded in a live environment which gave it
a little more rough-edge.
3. This is your fifth album; can we
hear some changes between your last one and the new?
Well, most definitely my vocals. I just kind
of got bored with the growling style vocals. We progressed quite greatly
with the instrumentals and song writing in respect to our previous releases,
but my vocals stayed the same for the most part on all our releases. On
this album I was hoping to appeal to a much larger audience. Plus, I think
we can establish our identity with these vocals.
4. If I am not mistaken all your albums have
been released through Osmose Productions. So, are you satisfied with their
help and the promotion they have offered to you so far?
Herve has always been cool to us and supportive.
He knows that we have always given our best to him, so he has been supportive.
He got us some real cool tours early on in our career and that was quite
memorable. Hopefully this album will be our best to date with sales and
we can bring everyone another release with a bigger budget!
5. Will you shoot a video clip for the
new album?
We have talked about that since our first
album, maybe we can arrange a shot when we go to tour Japan in September.
Maybe arrange live shots with rehearsed tuff....who knows.
6. Can you tell me some things about the lyrics?
Yes, I always consider the lyrics to be as
important as the music. I spent about 6 months writing those lyrics to
get them perfect....and intelligent. If you read my lyrics, I think you
will find them to be somewhat poetic and philosophical in nature. I am
influenced by Edgar Alan Poe, Max Stirner and Nietzsche. I hope that when
people read my lyrics that they can understand my mindset and imagine the
scenic and graphic nature of my expression. "Twilight Of The All Too Human"
is pure worship to Nietzsche. "I, Infidel" is about my view on mainstream
centralist thought and religion, it’s actually an onslaught on accepted
life.
7. Also please inform us on the artwork of
"I, Infidel"…
Well, there was not much thought behind it.
I think the art has quite an impact, but we had no decisions on the art.
Osmose said here is the art we want you to use and we said OK. Joe Petagno
is an awesome artist.
8. By the way why did you choose this title
for the album?
We actually had a different title we were
planning to us, "Do Not Resuscitate", but when Osmose delivered the artwork
to us, we knew that we had to change the title because it clashed with
the art. "I, Infidel" definitely fits the art by Joe.
9. Do you have any plans in order to support
your newest album?
We always have plans to tour, especially Europe,
but they always fall through. We have plans to tour JAPAN in September.
Hopefully we can tour Europe in the Fall/Winter....hopefully.
10. Thanks for your time and close the interview
as you want!
Thanks to everyone in Greece for there support
and if you don't have the album, but you love THRASH....GET THIS ALBUM,
Steal it....buy it! Cheers! Danny
Antonis Maglaras
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