Interview with Thrash Or Die

MMP -At what age did you start playing music.

Thrash Or Die - Music?! What's that?! HAHA! 11 years old, I used to see this Death Metal band from Florida called Acrimonium rehearse and my only adult friend who I had back then (who played in the band) gave me a B.C. Rich guitar At the time I was really really into Death Metal (and still am) I was trying my hardest to play really fast and do crazy Kerry King/Rick Rozz/Trey/Hoffman brothers type solos. I've always worshiped the solos from the 1st Deicide album, Always!

MMP -How did you start out as a musician.
Thrash Or Die - I really never considered myself as a "musician" not back then and even less now. I never cared for learning Theory and being technical. I like speed and fast changes, I would consider myself a headbanger who plays guitar

MMP -What bands are you influenced by.
Thrash Or Die -SOOOOOOo Many! VENOM! CELTIC FROST! As Far as Thrash the European Stuff like Sodom, Destruction, etc. American: Atrophy, Devastation (from Illionis), HELLWITCH!!!!!!!!!! Megadeath, Carnivore, Slayer, Metallica (old of course)  I was really inspired by early Deicide, Impaled Nazarene is HUGE for me, Mercyful Fate, Morbid Angel, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath. In my 20s I really got into Eastern European bands, ALSO Polish bands like KAT, Dragon, also Czech, Ukraine, and Hungarian bands too! Pokolgep, Ossian HAHA! Good stuff! That's me, the other guys listen to different stuff, but we all pretty much like the same old school heavy metal bands, Priest, Sabbath, etc. Thrash etc. of course...

MMP -What year did the band start out.
Thrash Or Die - 2007, It was Ralph (Dr. Fukk) and I. I thought we were just joking around...and I think we were HAHA! We got together with some local musicians to record a demo for Wake up and smell the Thrash. I thought it was just going to be something to show our friends, but Ralph had a vision since day one to make a REAL crazy thrash band. 

MMP -How many albums do you have out & where can fans buy them.
Thrash Or Die - Only one, Poser Holocaust, it can be purchased on our facebook page, and really anywhere, Itunes, cd baby, etc. Its all over the place

MMP -Who all is in the band & plays what.
Thrash Or Die - I play guitar, Ralph (dr.fukk) vocals who is a true maniac, The other three current members are in Soltice, We have Ryan Talor (nightcrawler) on guitar who is the most insane teenager I've ever met, amazing guitar player, the Mighty Alex Marquez from Malevolent Creation, Soltice of course, Ex-Hellwitch, Ex-ressurrection, Ex-Demolition Hammer, Ex- everything the guy has been in 1,000 bands and was one of my favorite Death Metal Drummers of all time, and we have Josh (Mosh HAHA) Our new bass player who is really great at what he does!

MMP -Where is the band located.
Thrash Or Die -Miami, Florida

MMP -What bands would you like to tour with.
Thrash Or Die -Anyone cool!

MMP -Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans out there.
Thrash Or Die -YES! THEY ARE GODS AND THE REASON THIS BAND WILL NEVER DIE!!! Thanks for the support, and THRASH TIL DEATH!

MMP -Define your band in one tweet (140 characters)
Thrash Or Die -THRASH METAL FROM MIAMI FLORIDA, NO ADDED TECHNICAL OR MELODIC INFULENCES JUST 100% THRASH

MMP -Whats is the current status of the band from a musical standpoint and why the audiene should give a chance to listening to
Thrash Or Die -We Thrash, That's about it, IF audience doesn't want to thrash, They can DIE! THRASH OR DIE!

MMP -How important are the lyrics, tell us the lyrical concept behind the music
Thrash Or Die -Lyrics are always important in my opinion, with us we have like only 1 serious song "Fatal Fury which is about leading a reckless lifestyle. All of our other songs are about killing posers, fist fucking, Monsters, A shark, nothing that has to do with anything, but it's all written with a lot of humor and aggression. We stay FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR away from politics, people are way to sensitive for that, we agrred from the beginning that we would never do it, plus no one really cares what bands have to say anyway HAHAHA!

Interview With Aura Noir

MMP-At what age did you start playing music.
AuraNoir- I think I was around 11 years old or so when I started playing instruments. The first years I was practising on my fathers acoustic guitar, then after a while I got my first electric guitar and an amp. A close to legendary 10 watt BOSS amp that went from friend to friend back in the early 90s...


MMP- How did you start out as a musicia.
AuraNoir-Where I grew up, Fosser ( a small village 60 km from Oslo) it was a handful of people listening to metal. 1 of the guys there played drums in a local Heavy Metal band and over the course of time we started talking and he borrowed me a lot of music, mainly Speed & Thrash metal, something we both enjoyed. In between his sessions with his band we started playing together, mostly doing cover songs of diverse Thrash & Death metal bands until we gathered our own ideas for a band. So from there onb we formed a band called Testimony (from "Testimony Of The Ancients" by Pestilence) and started writing on doing small local shows around...that was the start. This could have been back in 1988 or so I guess.



MMP- What bands are you influenced by.
AuraNoir- In the early beginning it was all about Metallica, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Slayer etc.


MMP- What year did the band start out.
AuraNoir-  Aura Noir started out in 1992 or 1993 I guess.


MMP- How many albums do you have out & where can fans buy them.
AuraNoir-  We have about 5 full lenght albums and 1 EP. These can be purchased anywhere online and at proper record shops worldwide.


 MMP-Who all is in the band & plays what. 
AuraNoir-   Aggressor: Guitars & Vocals, Apollyon: Bass & Vocals, Blasphemer: Guitars, Tank: Drums


MMP-Where is the band located.
AuraNoir-   The band is located in Oslo, although I am living in Portugal


MMP-What bands would you like to tour with.
AuraNoir-  Venom, Slayer, Exodus and the likes...


MMP-Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans out there.
AuraNoir-   New album coming out next year! Die Hard!

Interview With Voodoopriest

MMP-At what age did you start playing music.
VoodoPriest-I started at 15 years-old to listen Metal music.


MMP- How did you start out as a musician
VoodoPriest- At 18 years-old I'd begin to sing some songs with my first band, RTH. 
 

MMP- What bands are you influenced by.
VoodoPriest-  I have a lot of bands that influenced me, but I remember when I saw Max Cavalera singing. For me it was amazing. Sepultura, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest.. and a lot of another ones forged my life.


 MMP- What year did the band start out.
VoodoPriest- Sincerely, at age 17.


 MMP- How many albums do you have out & where can fans buy them.
VoodoPriest- I'd sing in Torture Squad for 19 years and I sung in 6 albums. Right now I have another band, Voodoopriest and we are releasing our first full length called Mandu.


MMP-Who all is in the band & plays what.
VoodoPriest-  The Line-up is: Vitor Rodrigures (vocals) Covero (guitar) Renato De Luccas (guitar) Bruno Pompeo (bass) Edu Nicolini (drums).


MMP-Where is the band located.
VoodoPriest- The Voodoopriest is located in São Paulo, Brasil.


 MMP-What bands would you like to tour with.
VoodoPriest- With lots of band hehehe but Testament and Carcass would be great.



MMP-Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans out there.
VoodoPriest- I would like to thank you and your support. Spread the voodoo word over the world headbangers.
 
VITOR RODRIGUES Voodoopriest - https://www.facebook.com/voodoopriest.metal
 Thanks a lot! Greetings from Brazil...





 

Interview With Heavy Metal Band Lonewolf

MMP-At what age did you start playing music?
Rikki LoneWolf-(Jens Börner, Vocals & Rythm guitar) : I started to play guitar around 17

MMP-How did you start out as a musician ?
Rikki LoneWolf-Simply listening to my favorite bands and playing air guitar in front of the mirror;) I wanted to learn to play my heroes' songs and wanted to create own songs – so it all began:)

MMP-What bands are you influenced by?
Rikki LoneWolf-The whole german scene : Running wild, Paragon, Stormwitch, old-Helloween etc....of course the Nwobhm and also some epic stuff like Manilla Road.

MMP-What year did the band start out?  
Rikki LoneWolf-We started back in 1991 as « Walpurgis night » before changing the name into « Lonewolf » in 1992. We split up in 1996 and came back in 2000.

MMP-How many albums do you have out & where can fans buy them?  
Rikki LoneWolf-We juste released our seventh album, called « Cult of steel ». Fans can find it in some local stores and via internet on the « usual » sites, like Massacre records Nuclear Blast, Emp or E-Bay etc

MMP-Who all is in the band & plays what?
Rikki LoneWolf-Bubu : Drums, Rikki : Bass, Alex : Lead guitar and Jens : Lead vocals & rythm guitar

MMP-Where is the band located?
Rikki LoneWolf-Two of us (Alex and I) are located in Grenoble (South-east of France) and the two other (Bubu and Rikki) are located around Strasbourg (North-east of France).

MMP-What bands would you like to tour with?  
Rikki LoneWolf-Running Wild, Doro or U.D.O. for example. Or playing again with Grave Digger, Manilla Road or Powerwolf for example.

MMP-Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans out there? 
Rikki LoneWolf-I know that we have support from Russia, so I want to hail all those metalheads around ! It's hard to come to Russia, but one day who knows ? I'd love to !

Interview with metal band Proliferhate

MMP - At what age did you start playing music.
ProlifierHate - I've been playing the electric guitar since I was 14 (Now I’m 22) .



MMP - How did you start out as a musician.
ProlifierHate - I really wanted to play that instrument when I saw for the first time a live video of Iron Maiden on Youtube: the song was “Fear of The Dark”. I literally fell in love with that strong,heavy and melodic sound.


MMP - What bands are you influenced by.
ProlifierHate - I’m influenced by a lot of different genres: Joe Satriani,Steve Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Pantera, Opeth, Iron Maiden, Between The Buried And Me and a lot of other bands.


MMP -What year did the band start out.
ProlifierHate -The band started out in 2012!



MMP -How many albums do you have out & where can fans buy them.
ProlifierHate -Our EP will be released in early 2015. By now, we've only released a single, that you can find anywhere on Youtube,Soundcloud,ReverbNation etc…



MMP -Who all is in the band & plays what.
ProlifierHate - The band is made up of four people: Omar Durante (vocals and guitar), Andrea Simioni (bass), Daniele Varlonga (drums) and Lorenzo Moffa (guitar).

MMP -Where is the band located.
ProlifierHate -The band is located in Turin in Italy.


MMP -What bands would you like to tour with. 
ProlifierHate - Obviously with Opeth ,Between The Buried And Me And Septicflesh.

MMP -Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans out there.
ProlifierHate - Yes! Watch our Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4uOxjE8MMI&s

And Follow us on every possible social network:
Instagram: http://instagram.com/proliferhateband
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/proliferhate
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Proliferhate
Reverbnation:http://www.reverbnation.com/proliferhate
Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/proliferhate
Bandpage: https://www.bandpage.com/edit/239836420070461440/profile/about
Thank You ProliferHate


 

Interview with Legendary Band Master

 

MMP-At what age did you start playing music. 

Paul Speckmann -  I began as a singer at the age of 14 in a local band called Whitecross! 

 MMP-How did you start out as a musician. 

 Paul Speckmann -  picked up a bass at 17 years old and taught myself how to play!  

MMP-What bands are you influenced by.

Paul Speckmann -  Black Sabbath, GBH, Motorhead and Iron Maiden, Di'anno era! 

MMP-What year did the band start out.  

Paul Speckmann -  Master began in 1983.

MMP-How many albums do you have out & where can fans buy them.

Paul Speckmann -  over 30, master-speckmetal.net  

MMP-Who all is in the band & plays what. 

Paul Speckmann -  Speckmann- bass and vocals, Pradlovsky -drums, Nejezchleba-guitars  

MMP-Where is the band located. 

Paul Speckmann -  Czech Rep 

MMP-What bands would you like to tour with. 

Paul Speckmann -  We tour with different bands every year.  

MMP-Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans out there.

Paul Speckmann -  Sure, support the underground.

MMP - Thank You Paul Speckmann

Interview With Bloodsoaked

I Had Pleasure to talk with Peter Hasselbrack from Bloodsoaked.

MMP-At what age did you start playing music?

Peter - I started playing guitar at the age of 15-16 I think.  I had always been into heavier music and wanted to play guitar.  My first guitar was a shitty little Kramer but to me it was the best ever.

MMP-How did you start out as a musician?

Peter- After getting my first guitar and trying to learn songs from Metallica and others I had the chance to join a Thrash band called Deslok.  I played guitar and sang back-up vocals.  I was very excited to join Deslok and to be playing in a real band.

 

MMP- What bands are you influenced by.

Peter-Mostly old school Death Metal bands such as Obituary, Deicide, Pestilence, Sepultura and Malevolent Creation.  I like the simple bands playing simple songs with good chorus.

MMP- What year did the band start out.

Peter- Bloodsoaked the band start in 2006 with just me.  I added a second guitarist for a few months, it didn't work out so I went back to having only me in the band.

MMP- How many albums do you have out & where can fans buy them.

Peter- Bloodsoaked has 4 albums out now and they can all be bought from Comatose Music, iTunes and many other online places.

MMP- Who all is in the band & plays what.

Peter-At this time it's only me again.  For the past 2 years I had Joseph Darling on second guitar but he recently left the band.  I play the guitars, bass and vocals on the albums and the drums are programmed by Shane McFee.  Shane also mixed and mastered the last few Bloodsoaked albums

MMP-Where is the band located?

Peter-Raleigh, NC (USA)

MMP - What bands would you like to tour with?

Peter- I would love the chance to tour with any of the big Death Metal Bands (Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Behemoth) so more fans can hear and see Bloodsoaked.

 

MMP - Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans out there.

Peter- Thank you for all the Death Metal fans around the world, without you we are nothing.

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MMP - Thank You Peter Hasselbrack For This Interview Cheers.