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ler online: http://issuu.com/againstmag/docs/against_02The year is almost over and the amount of quality releases continues to surprise us all. October has been utterly amazing and a hive of activity too! We were blessed and honoured to have our faces and ears melt before Brazilian legends SEPULTURA, as our writer Luís Alves spoke with both Andreas Kisser and Derrick Green about the band’s career and their latest effort “The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart”. This is the thirteenth release from the architects of the death/thrash genre and the seventh with Derrick Green on vocals. Contrary to what some may say, I believe SEPULTURA have recorded some great stuff since SOULFLY’s frontman Max Cavalera jumped off in 1996, however nothing that can really be compared to the monstrous records that are “Chaos A.D.”, “Arise”, “Beneath the Remains” or even “Schizophrenia”. Nevertheless, I believe this time SEPULTURA have managed to create something powerful, capable of breaking the curse that Cavalera left upon his departure… well, maybe 13 is not an unlucky number after all!
Of course this is nothing but my opinion, but the truth is “The Mediator” was good enough to make some of us revisit SEPULTURA’s entire discography, not forgetting about their first full-length “Morbid Visions” and even the “Bestial Devastation” EP, originally released in 1985!
We’ve also had the opportunity to talk with Maurizio Iacono from Canada’s most vicious Melodic Death Metal outfit KATAKLYSM; Tim Yatras, the mastermind behind contemporary post-black metal band GERM; and RED FANG’s singer/bassist Aaron Beam, in a less promotionally driven interview where I swear no drugs were used.
Who doesn’t love Classic Rock? Yeah, I know, and that’s why this time we have decided to feature not one but three bands, namely San Francisco classic rock superstars ORCHID, Umeå-based rockers OLD MAN’S WILL, who have released a brilliant debut, and Portuguese rockers THE RISING SUN EXPERIENCE, a band that blends the spirit of the ‘70s with the atmosphere of the ‘60s. There was also room for some Black Metal, this time with Dark Essence Records’ newest weapons SARKOM and SLEGEST, and we also took some time to talk with Swedish sludge monsters MONACHUS, UK orchestral Funeral Doom merchants EYE OF SOLITUDE, Dutch Death Metal giants HAIL OF BULLETS, the one-of-a-kind artistic project MONOLITHE and Finnish cosmic black metal collective ORANSSI PAZUZU.
You can’t miss this one!
See you next month!