SERIAL
BUTCHER
SERIAL BUTCHER IS A BAND
FROM BELGIUM. THEIR STYLE IS DEATH METAL MOSTLY INFLUENCED BY THE U,S.
DEATH METAL SCHOOL. RECENTLY HAVE RELEASED THEIR SECOND SELF-FINANCED MINI
CD (INCLUDES 6 TRACKS) AND CAUSE OF THAT BEHIND THE VEIL GRAB THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESENT YOU THIS VERY PROMISSING BAND. READ THE INTERVIEW THAT NICOLAS
THEIR GUITARIST GAVE TO US...
1.FIRST OF ALL GIVE US A SHORT
BAND BIO AND PRESENT THE BAND.
Serial Butcher was started in 1995
by Nico (drums) and Hendrik (guitar). Steven joined later on vocals together
with Bob on bass and they released two demo tapes before recording their
debut cd "Exhumed Rotting" in 1998. The response was great and they played
shows all over the Benelux. In 2000 Steven left for personal reasons, followed
by Bob a little later so they split up. The next year Nico bought a drum
computer and started writing songs again. Soon they were rejoined by Steven
and started performing again with both Nico and Hendrik on guitars. The
drum computer experiment didn't work out however so they got Nicolas on
guitar so Nico could return to the drumset. In 2002 they recorded 6 songs
at CCR studio which is currently getting rave reviews from all over the
world.
2.WHY HAVE YOU NAMED THE BAND SERIAL
BUTCHER? HOW GAVE THIS NAME TO THE BAND?
The name was chosen before I joined
the band so I'm afraid I can't help you with that. I think it pretty much
speaks for itself though.
3.HOW MANY RELEASES DO YOU HAVE (DEMO
AND CDS)? TELL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THEM. IN WHICH FIELDS
HAVE YOU PROGRESSED?
We recorded 1 cd before this one
in 1998 called "exhumed rotting". We definitely progressed a lot in the
songwriting department I would say. The newer songs are catchier, have
more melody yet are extremely brutal at the same time.
4.YOU RELEASED YOUR NEW CD. GIVE US
SOME INFO ABOUT IT. WHEN WAS IT RECORDED, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU, WHERE
WAS IT RECORDED AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION? ARE YOU STILL
SATISFIED WITH IT OR IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIEK TO CHANGE?
We recorded it in April 2002 in
just 3 days at CCR studios. Thanks to the producer (kris) we managed to
finish recording and mixing 6 songs in such a short timespan. If we had
more time we would've of course spent more time tuning and twisting the
knobs but like I said, we did it all in 3 days. I'm very happy with the
result.
5.TELL ME ABOUT YOUR LYRICS. WHAT ATTRACTS
YOU IN WRITING GORE LYRICS? WHAT DO YOU FIND APPEALING IN IT?
It's just a humour factor, the
lyrics are definitely gory but they're not supposed to be taken seriously.
I think you can figure that one out yourself pretty easily just by reading
the song titles. We all love silly horror movies (who doesn't) so that's
where we draw our influences. that and nico's sick and disturbed childhood.
6.WILL YOUR CD BE RELEASED FROM ANY
LABEL OR WILL IT BE SELF FINANCED AND SELF DISTRIBUTED? HAVE YOU SENT IT
TO ANY LABELS TILL NOW?
After sending promo pakcs to about
800 labels the past few months we finally got offered a deal from a label
which I cannot name yet. Once it's official it will be announced on our
website so keep an eye open for that.
7.WHY DO YOU THINK THERE ARE MANY GUYS
PLAYING EXTREME METAL WHO HAVE A VERY SERIOUS AND SEVERE APPEARANCE AND
ATTITUDE? THEY SEEM TO TAKE EVERYTHING TO SERIOUSLY AND THE SAY THAT THERE
IS NO SPACE FOR FUN IN HEAVY METAL AND EXTREME METAL MUSIC IN SPECIFIC.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I think they're idiots. One should
approach metal seriously as a musician but not as a person. Obviously the
whole metal attitude is very much tongue-in-cheek. If you're too dumb to
get that, that's pretty sad. It's the same with hiphop, only retards take
that shit seriously. I love playing and listening to deathmetal but you'll
never see me wearing spikes and not taking a shower for 2 weeks.
8.YOU HAVE PERFORMED LIVE IN THE PAST.
CAN YOU REMEMBER YOUR FEELING DURING YOUR FIRST LIVE APPEARANCE? DO YOU
REMEMBER ANY FUNNY INCIDENTS?
Apart from forgetting riffs and
breaking strings not much no. Oh a part of the crowd started chanting my
name during my first gig, that was pretty funny. I myself got used to it
pretty quickly and love performing now. Personally I can't stand bands
that just stand there looking at each other. If you're not gonna perform
I'll just stay at home and listen to the fucking cd.
9.HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO PROMOTE YOUR
NEW WORK? DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS MADE THIS FAR, ANY SHOWS BOOKED?
We have plenty of shows planned,
in Belgium as well as the rest of Europe. I'm sending out shitloads of
cd's to zines and radioshows so we're hoping that will pay off in the long
run. So far we've only gotten positive reviews so that's good.
10.WHICH IS THE BIGGEST DREAM YOU WANT
TO ACHIEVE WITH YOUR MUSIC?
Be respected as a deathmetal musician,
release better cd's and maybe tour a little. I just wanna keep producing
music that I can be proud of myself. I don't see the point in continueing
when that's not the case anymore.
11.WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO A FAN TO CONVINCE
HIM LISTEN TO YOUR ALBUM? WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR MUSIC THAT CAN ATTRACT
THE METALLERS?
It's got everything: raging blastbeats,
thrashy riffs, catchy melodies, chilling solo's and grunts you will feel
down in your stomache. Seriously, just listen to the samples on our website
and you'll get an idea of what the album sounds like.
12.IF YOU DIDN'T PLAY DEATH METAL,
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY WITHIN THE METAL GENRE OF COURSE ALWAYS?
Besides deathmetal I don't listen
to many other styles. I like some of the newer crossover styles like candiria,
mastodon etc. usually I listen to older bands: death, suffocation, slayer,
etc. I enjoy the musicianship of some of those prog/heavy bands but they're
so fucking cheesy most of the time. I want a band to kick my ass on stage.
If I want to relax I'll go to a jazz gig.
13.IF YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO CHANGE
SOMETHING IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
14.IF YOU WERE TRANSFERED IN THE PAST,
WHAT WOULD YOU MISS THE MOST FROM OUR TIMES AND WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULDN'T
MISS AT ALL?
I'd miss metal of course! What
I definitely wouldn't miss is the closeminded materialistic attitude people
have nowadays, it makes me fucking sick. Then again, people have been retards
for thousands of years so I don't think I'd feel much better in a different
era. Just try to make the best of what you got and don't live in the past.
15.WHAT TITLE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW
TO HAVE?
Interview with a metal god.
16.THANK YOU! LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE...
Okay thanks for the interview Christine
and everybody go to our website : http://www.serialbutcher.com/,
check out the sound samples and pictures and hope to see you on the road
soon!
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