A few questions – TERRÖRHAMMER
Ave,
can you introduce your band to our readers? – When was it founded and what style of music do you play , etc. ?
Hails! I am Pentagramator
the Helltyrant, vocalist and guitarist of TERRORHAMMER, Serbian necro speed
horde officially founded in 2010. We deliver our own brand of necro speed metal
a kin to the proto black metal and unholy thrash cults of the 80's!
Where
and under what conditions were you recording the new album? Who was in charge
of sound, production and mastering?
„Under the Unholy Command“
was recorded on several different places with me taking care of the overall
production, mixing and mastering in Wormhole Studios. This kind of situation
was mainly caused by the fact that our guest drummer Honza „BUTCHER“ Kapak
(Avenger, ex-Master's Hammer) was recording in his own Hellsound Studio located
in Czech Republic and the rest of us doing our parts in Serbia.
How
many copies were released and which
medium was used for this new edition (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette)?
Deathrune Records first
released the album digitaly through bandcamp then followed by the print of 1000
Cds. Vinyl version is currently in the works with a first press of 500 copies.
Who
is the author of the lyrics and how were they created and about what do the
lyrics deal with ?
I myself am the composer of
all music and lyrics on „Under the Unholy Command“. Our lyrics are primarily
based upon themes of witchcraft, grave desecration, supermacy of evil,
necromancy, worship of the dark side and more, all centered around the cult of
Devil.
Who
created the logo of the band, and who took care of the graphics and the
website? What about you and social networks? Do you consider these things
important?
Logo was done by our
previous vocalist WarBeast Holocausto and the for website none since we don't
have or use one. Our activities are being published through social networks
which we find as an important and useful tool if used correctly, but the way we
see it, many people make mistakes by limiting and making themselves dependent
exclusively upon media.
Which
label did you choose for releasing your album and why this label? Are you
satisfied by how your label represents you and takés care about you?
We came in contact with
Deathrune Records back in time when I was still a member of KAWIR from Greece.
This connection was established upon the fact that Deathrune released the
latest Kawir album and were interested in a possible future cooperation with
Terrorhammer. After some minor negotiations both parties agreed to do a
full–lenght album and so the deal was made. As well as our overall impression
we still can't say a lot, since the album went out pretty much recently, but we
are surely satisfied with the present situation's development.
Which
bands do you idolise and where do you get your inspiration?
We are mostly inspired by
the proto black metal and thrash cults of the 80's such as early works of
Sepultura, Bathory, Kreator, Sodom, Mayhem etc. Apart from this we get a lot of
inspiration from crustpunk and classical heavy metal scene which we are
personally very fond of!
Did
you send your record to some Labels - which are the labels? How was the
response?
No, we didn't send our
record to labels.
How
many gigs have you played? Which type of gigs do you prefer, whether it's
(clubs or festivals) and which of your performances would you consider as the
best?
Terrorhammer is still young
act despite the fact that we, it's members have been active on the scene much
before it's concepcion and therefore the band didn't have such impressive
numbers of live shows so far. Yet, we managed to play more abroad than in our
native Serbia with Romanian Thrash Metal Fest in 2013 being one of the most
memorable live performances so far.
What
about your plans for the future? What do you want to achieve with the band?
We are in talks for some
live shows in Europe and Russia durring 2016 where we could present our
material in it's real form which is live, raw and mean! Beside that we are
already working on some of the next materials which we might be recording quite
soon.
How
and where can your fans contact you? Can you provide some contact information?
Majority of news regarding
Terrorhammer's activities are publicated through our facebook page –
facebook.com/Terrorhammer , everyone interested can follow it from there,
others can write on – pentagramator@gmail.com.
Thanx
for the interview
