Teitanblood

Teitanblood is a death/black metal outfit from Madrid, Spain formed in 2003. Teitanblood’s music is an articulate blasphemy. Labyrinthine disorientation overcomes the listener at times, at other instants focused animosity. Every element is put into place with intent and the effect is an overwhelming cascade of death. Pools of blood boil as trumpets herald the return of the anti-christ.
Teitanblood logo was drawn by Scorn of Katharsis (Ger).

Teitanblood - Necrosemen
(from the Demo 'Genocide Chants to Apolokian Dawn' Self Released 2004)


Teitanblood
NSK - Vocals, bass, guitar (Proclamation, Ofermod)
J - Drums (Bloodoline)












(Past members)
Usurper of Eternal Condemnation and Inverted Crucifixion - Guitar (Proclamation)
Tyrant Spear Carrier of Barbaric Blood Sacrifice - Drums (Ragnarok (Esp), Uruk-Hai (Esp), Trasgo, Nazgul (Esp))

Discography
Genocide Chants to Apolokian Dawn Demo, 2004
Proclamation / Teitanblood Split, 2005
Teitanblood / Necros Christos Split, 2006
Black Putrescence of Evil Best of/Compilation, 2009
Seven Chalices Full-length, 2009

Teitanblood - Seven Chalices of Vomit and Blood
(from the album 'Seven Chalices' NED / Ajna / Dauthus 2009)


Teitanblood interview. Taken from Voices from The Darkness
(Questions by Jason Campbell, answers by TEITANBLOOD’s guitarist and vocalist Nsk).
Although I am quite sure you are tired of reciting these facts for various interviews, for the sake of those unfamiliar with your history can you describe the various forces and fates that led to the birth of TEITANBLOOD?
"There are no particular reasons for the creation of the band, rather than playing some morbid and downtuned Black / Death Metal primitivism back in 2003. We released one demo tape + 2 split EPs so far. Drummer position was replaced and we recorded our debut album: "Seven Chalices". Guitar player left and now the band stands as a duo."
Many still herald the demo as your finest work. I suspect that you may disagree with that assertion. What aspects of the demo do you think are meritorious and what elements did you consciously set out to improve in the releases that have followed? Was the demo recorded in a studio?
No, nothing has been recorded in a studio. I think the demo is more mediocre than the material that was produced afterwards, but it’s also easier to digest because of its simplicity and raw monotony, and perhaps that’s the reason why it has better acceptance by some people. It’s all about taste I guess. I think we achieved in providing the foundations of a pitch black atmosphere and transmitting rather demonic and sinister vibrations, but it lacked of the crushing, sadistic and oppressive intent that we developed throughout the next releases."
Even at the time that TEITANBLOOD released its demo, there was already speculation of TEITANBLOOD’s imminent impact on the underground Metal scene. What do you think set TEITANBLOOD apart from other bands even at the time when you had only released one demo?
"The scene back then (2002-2003) was rather crowded with bands trying to acquire the same great reputation as WATAIN deservedly gained (attaching themselves to the huge influence that Noevdia bands and first releases unleashed), and bands with rather pointless and frustrated perspectives with their depressed, misanthropic and antihuman “feelings”. In an underground and demo-tape context, I can remember very well that there were released on a reasonably similar timeline the Necros Christos, Goat Molestör and Proclamation demos alongside ours, which I objectively believe that raised back the interest to underground cruel, bestial and obscure Metal darkness. Not that we were the ultimate revelation, but we successfully appeared in the right moment at the right place and manage to create some attention."

Teitanblood - Leviathan Division
(from the Demo 'Genocide Chants to Apolokian Dawn' Self Released 2004)


Following upon the praise generated by the demo, TEITANBLOOD released two split EPs. One with Proclamation and the other with Necros Christos. Were there specific reasons TEITANBLOOD elected to work with these bands or was these collaborations merely a product of chance? Were the tracks recorded for the splits done at the same recording session?
"No, each recording happened in different sessions. Both splits were intended with those bands because of the close relation that I have with them, let alone the high praise and respect I profuse."
I mentioned Proclamation earlier which is another highly regarded band in the Spanish Metal scene and one which has been connected with TEITANBLOOD somewhat in the past. Are there other bands in Spain that you feel are following in the same spirit as TEITANBLOOD? Is there a scene worth mentioning in Spain at this time?
"I’ve not been aware of what’s going on in the local scene since years. I have a good relation to some guys that play in bands, but I don’t think they have much to do with Teitanblood in concept and style."
Has TEITANBLOOD performed live? If so, what do you try to evoke in your live performance beyond that which can be achieved through the recordings? If you have not performed live, is there a reason?
"We have never performed live and we won’t: there’s not a live line-up, I prefer to arrange new stuff and work on new ideas instead of playing the same stuff all the time, and basically, I already fulfill what I try to accomplish the way we do now."
The Greek label Nuclear Winter recently released a CD entitled “Black Putrescence Of Evil” that compiles the demo and all of the tracks released on the split EPs. What prompted you to reissue this material and what generated your association with Nuclear Winter Records?
Teitanblood became more and more known in underground circuits, and I had no more material to provide. Unlike some idiots have suggested, we’ve never intended to make our material limited. Upon the demand, I decided to send for free all the music material to whoever who would ask for it, by burning a CDR + photocopied cover + some flyers or stickers. I asked Anastasis to make those stickers, and when I told him about my intention about it he offered at once to do this release officially. I accepted under the condition of not limiting this release and putting it a convenient price, so, everyone who is interested in the music could have it accessible."
Many people describe TEITANBLOOD as bestial Black Death Metal. Others prefer to simply utilize the more general categorization of Death Metal. While we can probably all acknowledge the pointlessness of belaboring the nomenclature issue, can you describe at least the area of Metal to which you feel most closely akin?
"The point where Death Metal and Black Metal were not differenced."
One aspect of TEITANBLOOD that has always stood out for me is the archetypal elements present in TEITANBLOOD’s music. The most prominent influences on display in your music are those derived from the bands that established the foundations for Death and Black Metal. It seems that TEITANBLOOD prefers to draw on the well-established traditions within Metal and distill them into a pure and effective sound rather than generate a new sound altogether. IS this an accurate assessment?
"Yes it is." Still, there is something unique that one hears when exposed to the music of TEITANBLOOD.
Something emerges from this concoction of building blocks that sound unlike anything else. It is difficult to articulate it exactly, however. What, if anything, do you feel that TEITANBLOOD is contributing overall to the evolution of metal as a whole? Or are you simply making music and letting history decide what relevance TEITANBLOOD will ultimately have?
"I have not thought about such things. We’ve not evolved Metal, we just have just intentionally put some pieces together in a very gross and awry way."

Teitanblood - Infernal Dance of the Wicked
(from the album 'Seven Chalices' NED / Ajna / Dauthus 2009)


Now, turning our attention to the new LP, how long did you work to create the excellent “Seven Chalices” LP?
"Earliest remembrance that I have are a couple of songs that were rehearsed with the old drummer in early 2006. Recordings started in November 2007, and the mixing and mastering was finished in March 2008. Artwork was finished in March 2009."
Do you feel that “Seven Chalices” is an extension of what you were working on with the demo and the split EPs? How do you see the album in the context of your earlier releases?
"Each release is a more evolved version of the previous one in all aspects. I think the album has its own context regardless own releases or any styles to fit."
Message boards and magazine reviewers have all taken stabs at trying to describe the content of “Seven Chalices”. Do you find that the majority of people weighing in on the impact of the album have properly understood it? (I know you even had some disagreements with my own assessment of “Seven Chalices” written for VFTD). What do you think makes “Seven Chalices” such a difficult record to accurately describe? Does it bother you when reviewers and fans seem to miss the point that you were striving for even if they still otherwise praise the recording overall?
“A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.” Umberto Eco -- Postscript to The Name of the Rose (1984). It’s impossible that I could make people to interpret the work the same way as I do, because my experience in creating it cannot be transmitted. I am none to judge other’s capacity to interpret or judge things, so, no, I’m not bothered at all for that. Difficult to describe? Mmmm, yeah well, there are some parts whose influences are incredibly evident, but then, if you try to strictly compare Teitanblood with that influence, or compare those influences among themselves, something weird comes out of that, and I think that’s really a good sign. Regardless of that, there’s a massive agreement in the filthy aura of sheer aggression and cruel darkness."
One line from the review written for the Left Hand Path zine struck me as particularly astute. The reviewer said that “Seven Chalices” was “devotional without pedantry”. Was this a conscious effort on your part to create an album that, while intended to be taken seriously, also strayed away from the often heavy-handed and overbearingly serious fixation on content that many of the other bands associated with labels like NoEvDia and Ajna may be accused of?
"This is a strange question to answer, because what the album features is something done intentionally, but no label deal was done when it was composed so, there were no bands to disassociate with. We just did our thing the way we knew we had to."
What prompted your decision to work with those labels? Musically it seems that TEITANBLOOD has little in common with the majority of bands on those labels’ rosters. What connection do you feel with those label and bands?
"Come on, look around other labels and establish a common musical or even ideological point between them… I see very few bands whom I feel I could have something in common with, but in this case, I’ve been in contact with the guys from Katharsis, Malign and Watain, for about a decade more or less, for example, let alone all the people in common we know. I’ve known C even from the EAL days in the late 90s, so I can tell you that I have quite a lengthy connection and good understanding with them. Regardless those personal connections, Dauthus, Noevdia and Ajna just offered me by far the best deal to release this record. As simple as that."
Have you been satisfied with the attention you have received from NoEvDia, Ajna, and Dauthus? Speaking of Dauthus, perhaps you can elaborate more about this mysterious label? What prompted him to emerge from a period of silence to help bring forth this LP?
"Dauthus didn’t just help to bring forth the LP, it’s all his initiative! About his reasons, you’d have to ask him… on the other hand Noevdia and Ajna’s attention has been more than excellent. I’m absolutely satisfied the way they’ve worked and got involved in this release."
One element of the release that has been consistently lauded is the artwork associated with it. What was your role in generating the art? How is it related to the music and how should one integrate the two?
"As I said, I’m not going to provide instructions about how to interpret the work… just get yourself into it. My role in the artwork has been conceptual, and each piece has been just like rehearsing each song… there’s a shitload of megabytes of correspondence and some good meetings around a beer throughout a handful of pubs across several places of Europe, discussing ideas, analyzing lyrics, and doing weird combinations. It’s really good to work with TK, not only he’s really sharp critic with what he does, but also because we lose control of our plans and something alien takes over all the place!"
Symbols abound within the music and artwork. What is the proper role of symbols in the music of TEITANBLOOD? How important is it for one to gain an understanding TEITANBLOOD’s placement and of symbols within its work? Is the mysteriousness surrounding the music part of the reason that many listeners seem to mischaracterize the album as a whole?
"Well, the music itself is another symbol too. I think that the understanding of some symbols in "Seven Chalices" does help to grow in the listener, but on the other hand, the discovering of all of them would make it to become more uninteresting, but I don’t expect anyone to become that obsessed, so I’m pretty sure that there’ll always remain some hidden and sinister limbs among the complexity and massive layers that built this colossus."
What decisions did you make to obtain the production sound you achieved on the LP? What did you do differently from the demo and the EP tracks to acquire this new sound?
"We just worked a bit more carefully rather than the old stuff, which basically were almost rehearsals, but the equipment used was the same."
You seem to have drawn upon a wide array of occult systems in the creation of “Seven Chalices”. Can you comment upon what role esoteric knowledge plays in the development of your music and lyrics?
"Well, the Occult became very convenient to deploy the concepts I wanted to put in the album due to its symbolism and ability of these to be incredibly open for interpretation, considering that I didn’t want to split lyrics and artwork yet include those on a single piece."
After such a grandiose debut, do you have any fear that future TEITANBLOOD releases will fail to live up to what you have already created?
"I am not afraid of that, but it’s true that the next release will be very demanding and exigent."
Are you personally satisfied with the musical results on “Seven Chalices"? Are you satisfied with the response you have received from the public?
"Yes. I admit that I expected a lesser reaction."
What is TEITANBLOOD currently working on? Do you anticipate any changes to the TEITANBLOOD sound on future releases?
"We have tried to give a different approach with each release, keeping the same solid and unique proposal. There are new songs already recorded, and I’m writing a MCD which will be a comeback to most atmospheric and ritual vibes of the demo days."
Do you have any final comments to make in order to close out this interview?
"Thanks for your interest. People are encouraged to get "Seven Chalices" from www.noevdia.com or www.theajnaoffensive.com or Black Putrescence… from www.myspace.com/nuclearwinterrecords."

Teitanblood
Website: www.teitanblood.com
Encyclopaedia Metallum: www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=20242

Horde of Hel

Horde of Hel was named in 2000, by 4 members who wanted to do the most hateful art this scene ever seen....

Horde of hel is a product of total madness and inhumanity, we have no respect for the weak of mind, the prophets of any religion. Horde of Hel support and hail the tyrants of the past and now! Massmurders and unhuman beings we find joyful and strong! Suicide and selfdestroying is the choice we..ll bring to get to you all!! Depression and self denying we..ll sympathize with!!

VANQUISH ALL RELIGIONS!!!! AND CROSS ALL MAN MADE BORDERS!!!! OVERTHROW ALL LAW..S OF MEN

HORDE OF HEL WANTS YOUR BLOOD !!

THIS IS IT, THE DOWNFALL OF MANKIND AND ALL LIFE!!!!!!!!

WE HAVE ALLWAYS BEEN HERE! WE WILL ALLWAYS BE HERE!!!!!!!!!!! HORDE OF HEL REPRESENT TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF LIFE,LOVE AND ALL THAT STAND FOR KINDNES AND CARE!!!! WE HATE EVERYTHING!!!!

Horde of Hel - Leave Life Behind
(from the album 'Blodskam' Moribund Records 2009)

HORDE OF HEL..S MEMBERS IS A LEGION OF TRUE SUPREME MEMBERS OF DIFFRENT DEATH AND BLACK/TERROR BANDS AND THE MEMBERS WANT THE MUSIC THE ATMOSPHERE THE HATE.... TO SPEAK FOR IT..S SELF... THEREFOR THE LACK OF INFO ABOUT THE MEMBERS

::: HORDE OF HEL WILL FUCK YOUR MIND UP!! AND WITH SOME LUCK WE..LL DESTROY YOUR LIFE FOREVER!!!!!!!! THE ONLY TRUE FEELING IS HATE AND DESPAIR!!!! WE ARE THE COMPLETE ABCENCE OF HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE MUSIC OF THE TRUE ELITE!!!!!!!!

We support the downfall of mankind!!

We support HIV!!!!

We support Drugs!!

We support Death!

We support Hate!! WE WANT TO GIVE YOU PAIN!!!!!

WE DONT WISH ANYBODY WELL!!!!!!

WE GIVE YOU HELL!!!!!!

We want to glorify war - the only cure for the world - militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of the anarchists, the beautiful ideas which kill, and contempt for woman. We want to demolish museums and libraries, fight morality, feminism and all opportunist and utilitarian cowardice. We will sing of the great crowds agitated by work, pleasure and revolt; the multi-colored and polyphonic surf of revolutions in modern capitals: the nocturnal vibration of the arsenals and the workshops beneath their violent electric moons: the gluttonous railway stations devouring smoking serpents; factories suspended from the clouds by the thread of their smoke; bridges with the leap of gymnasts flung across the diabolic cutlery of sunny rivers: adventurous steamers sniffing the horizon; great-breasted locomotives, puffing on the rails like enormous steel horses with long tubes for bridle, and the gliding flight of aeroplanes whose propeller sounds like the flapping of a flag and the applause of enthusiastic crowds. (Text taken from from Horde of Hel Myspace).

Horde of Hel - Visdomen Kallas Döden
(from the album 'Blodskam' Moribund Records 2009)


Horde of Hel is:
Stefan Kihlgren - Bass (My Own Grave, Depraved (Swe), Cerecloth (Swe))
John Odhinn Sandin - Vocals (Valkyria (Swe), Abyssos (Guest), Norrsken, In Battle)
Hasse Karlsson - Guitar (In Battle, Diabolical (Swe), Valkyria (Swe), Odhinn)

Discography:

Blodskam

Full-length, 2009

Blodskam is a violent collision of brutal, raw, straight ahead, layered riffs coupled with sinister industrial undertones. Opening with the evil sounding spoken word track, recited in their native tongue, is a great way to prep you for the unrelenting mayhem that ensures with the mid-tempo venom of "Leave Life Behind." While the instrumental track "Hail Chaos" is a perfect example of how well the band weaves their dark, ambient atmospherics into their compositions. Relying on just a brief, simple acoustic guitar passage, eerie synth washes, sampled dialogue and blasts of static, the track sounds like a ghostly transmission from the other side. Another intriguing instrumental track is "Blott Tvivel & Skam, which once again see's them painting an ominous, industrial landscape which includes a black, choir-like symphonic arrangement. All the vocals on Blodskam which are as equally as harsh and grating as the music are delivered in a mixture of English and Swedish. (Reviewer: Ryan Sparks, taken from Sea of Tranquility).

Horde of Hel - Blodskam 'promo video' 2009


Horde of Hel
Myspace: www.myspace.com/heldivine
Youtube: http://youtube.com/hordeofhel
Encyclopaedia Metallum: www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540273441

Can someone be loyal, if he is disloyal to himself?Can someone be mighty, if he longs to return to earth? Can someone be strong, who loves the weakness? Can someone be proud, if he wanders around in self-abasement? Can someone be clean, if he considers himself to be born in sin? Can anyone be happy in this world, who see the world with contempt? And can someone only be created in his soul, if he despises the divine creation?

Black Curse Over Helsinki II 09 - 10.04.2010

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SSORC

SSORC was formed in 2000. The drummer, Ironfist from Inferno was looking for the members to start black metal band. First, the vocalist Mutilation Under The Moonlight who was the vocalist of Japanese BM band called Magane (凶音) joined the project, and then the bassist Exekutioner 13(ex-Magane) and the guitarist Hnickkar joined. Up to now the band changed some bassists or played with support bassists, but in 2008 Mayo Odium joined SSORC as a permanent member.

Now SSORC is:
Ironfist from Inferno - Drums (G.I.S.M., Crow, Die You Bastard!)
Mutilation Under the Moonlight - Vocals (aka Dr. Hatred in Zombie Ritual)
Hnickkar - Guitar (Session Mïsogi)
Mayo Odium - Bass

SSORC plays fast, violent and noisy BM with a bit scandinavian style. Their 1st full album 'Infidel Eternal', released in 2005, consists of cruel guitar sound, evil distorted bass, terrific fast blast and brutal vocals. This album represents SSORC's first step.
What has influenced on the band is not only BM or other metal stuff, but 80's Japanese hardcore too. SSORC's terroristic attitude has some elements, and two of them are ground of 80's Japan hardcore violation and BM terror.


SSORC - Fury of the Mountains
(from the album 'Infidel Eternal'Armageddon / Obliteration Records)


SSORC writes their songs with inspiration from anti-christianity, satanism or paganism as those western bands. As you know these topics are most terrible for the western Christian society, but actuary it is not in Japan. People don't fear Satan or blasphemy against god. So Japanese (old) ghost or horror stories or legends are important image for SSORC. It is linked with band's principle.








And as the guitarist/main songwriter Hnickkar has Norwegian blood, SSORC has respect for Scandinavian myths, and that influences on their songs too.

Now band is just about to work on their 2nd full album, and they are reaching out new steps. The sound of 'Infidel Eternal' was fast and violent straight BM, but new SSORC sound can't be described by only those words that were used for 'Infidel Eternal'. (Text taken from SSORC Myspace by 'none').

SSORC - Bury my Coffin by my own Hands
(from the album 'Infidel Eternal'Armageddon / Obliteration Records)


SSORC
Myspace: www.myspace.com/ssorcjp
Encyclopaedia Metallum: www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=25164

Discography
* Black Metal Terrorism Demo, 2004
* Infidel Eternal Full-length, 2005

SSORC - live at Tokyo Dark Castle, September 6th 2008

Celestial Bloodshed

Hailing from Trondheim, Norway. Celestial Bloodshed are one of the old school style of raw primitive aural bombardment. There are no keyboards to temper the rabid jaws of the satanic hunger, no palette of colour, just black and white, flesh crawling BM. The guitars rip into the air like sharpened battle horns impaling the splintered shields of angels. The sound has a thicker core than the more fuzzy Darkthrone primitivisms, and yet both caustic styles share the same corpse painted, forest dwelling panoramic visions. The music is a journey into Hell with fast and slow songs, both merging to form a chilling aural plague.

Celestial Bloodshed - Cursed, Scarred And Forever Possessed
(from the album 'Cursed, Scarred and Forever Possessed' Debemur-Morti 2008)


Celestial Bloodshed
Vocals: Steingrim Torson (R.I.P. 1983-2009) (Grenjar, Miseria X, Selvhat, Jammerskrik, Unbeing, Kaosritual, One tail, One Head)
Guitar: Danilex Hegror, Sarath (live)
Bass: Azazil (live) (Kaosritual, Mørkekunst, Mare (Nor), Grenjar, Black Majesty)

Discography
- Mitt Rike (Demo), self-financed 2001
- Celestial Bloodshed EP, Apocalyptic Empire Records 2006
- Cursed, Scarred and Forever Possessed, Debemur-Morti 2008

Celestial Bloodshed - Live, Holland
(Willemeen, 16.01.2009 Arnhem, Holland)


Celestial Bloodshed interview (taken from Ravishing Grimness Blog).

- Can you give some band history for those who haven't yet heard of Celestial Bloodshsed - when and where was the band formed, who are the members, and why was this band brought into being?

W: The shadows called out and Celestial Bloodshed was spawned at the dawn of the new millennium with the aim to perform the dark arts of Black Metal. After the recording of the demo in 01' we went through different problems such as dealing with undedicated people, imprisonment, finding a steady vocalist/rehearsal place, etc. The usual shit. In year four, we found a worthy throat to handle the vocals and around the same time a founding member decided to escape into the world of humanity as we continued to go deeper into darkness. That darkness that manifested itself in the form of a 7" EP in year six, and now in the form of a full-length album on Debemur-Morti Productions .

The cursed are: S.v.F: Serpent's tongue, W: Strings, T: Hellhammers and K: strings.

- You hail from Norway, black metal's storied homeland. What is it about the place that conjures up so many black metal, and extreme metal in general, bands? Is it the society, the natural world, or some unknown factor?

W: I have no idea. Bad taste maybe, because 98% of the bands from Norway are shit nowadays.

- How did you first come upon the perfect musical formula for this band - the one that made you say, "Yes, THIS is Celestial Bloodshed"?

W: It was a feeling, the surroundings got darker and we just knew...

- How did your recent partnership with Moribund come about?

W: Debemur-Morti Productions who released our album here in Europe set it up.

- Tell me about Cursed, Scarred, and Forever Possessed, your new album.

W: Cursed, Scarred and Forever Possessed contains 7 hymns that deals with Darkness, Death, Hate, Blasphemy, depression, madness, pain and worship. This is presented in the form of mostly cold and aggressive songs, but with some slower parts to bring forth the madness and frustration that surrounds us at times.

- What is your writing/recording process like? Who handled production duties on the record?

W: Ideas are born through experiences and thoughts and brought forth before the band and then we work from that in different ways, not very interesting to read about anyway. Same goes for the recording process. H.Dalen from Brygga studios helped us with the recording and Tore Stjerna mastered it.

- Production on Cursed... is definitely very raw and "orthodox"-sounding, by black metal standards at least. Why do you choose to record your music in such a manner when there are a variety of modern techniques available that some say render low-fi recording more or less obsolete? I personally prefer the more DIY approach, as do many fans of this style, but I'm curious as to your reasoning behind using it.

W: We wanted a sound that suited the songs and feelings behind them, to create a atmosphere of....darkness.

- What sort of topics do you discuss in your lyrics? What is the underlying shared philosophy of the band, be it Satanic, pagan, atheistic, or something else?

W: The lyrics deals with subjects as: Death, Hate, Blasphemy, depression, madness, pain and worship. We have chosen the left hand path and struggle onwards. Vi är en manifestasjon mot det kristna samhället och männskligheten i sin helhet!!

- With a name like 'Celestial Bloodshed, 'one would not be hesitant to assume that the band is anti-Christian. What turned you against Christianity and organized religion? If you could send one message to the "believers" of the world, what would it be?

W: Where to start…their lies and false morals? They make weak sheep out of proud lions? Slaves out of kings? They are blind people who refuse to seek further than to their "god", refuse to look into the abyss. They hide behind their "god", book and holiness! And I can see traces of them everywhere and it disgusts me! The message? "No matter how your paradise is shaped, there will always be a certain snake" (not my words but the best I could think of right now that didn't involve Fuck, Kill, Die, Perish, Flames, Hate or off.)

- Without whom would Celestial Bloodshed not exist i.e. which bands, artists, and elements have influenced you in terms of this project?

W: Us and the call to do this.

- Who would you consider to be your musical peers? Do you follow the modern black metal scene at all? If so, what are your thoughts on its progression and adaptation of other musical styles over the past few years?

W: I don't spend my time thinking about such things. The only scene I follow closely is within our own Nidrosian circle, as there are too many bands and releases nowadays and very few good ones.

- What's next for the band after the release of Cursed...?

W: We will release a 7"ep called The Serpent's Kiss through Apocalyptic Empire Records and Terratur Possessions in near future and we are now working on a mini lp that will be out when the time is right. Also we hope to do more live rituals in the future.

Celestial Bloodshed - Truth Is Truth, Beyond God
(from the album 'Cursed, Scarred and Forever Possessed' Debemur-Morti 2008)


CELESTIAL BLOODSHED Frontman Shot To Death
Steingrim Torson, the 25-year-old vocalist of the Norwegian black metal band Celestial Bloodshed, died late Thursday night (April 30-May 1) of a shotgun wound to the stomach. A 20-year-old male, who has been described by the Norwegian media as Torson's "best friend," has been indicted for murder but reportedly maintains that the shooting was an accident.
The 20-year-old suspect "has no explanation of how the gun went off," his attorney, Morten Aalberg, told VG Nett. He told the police that the shot was fired at close range and that Torson fell backwards, but he can't recall any other details of the fatal episode, which happened in the suspect's apartment in Byåsen, a district in the city of Trondheim, Norway.
The news of Torson's death has shocked black metal scene in Trondheim, where the singer also resided. Adresseavisen on Saturday described Torson as a talented vocalist — and a warm and loyal friend.

Celestial Bloodshed
Homepage: http://home.no/mittrike
Myspace (fan page): www.myspace.com/celestialbloodshed
Encyclopaedia Metallum: www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=8904

Satanic Black Vomit Lust

All you vomit & goat worshipper who enjoy Death/Black Metal, for example Sarcófago, Black Witchery, Morbosidad, Order From Chaos, Revenge, Abominator, Impiety, Archgoat and Angelcorpse. I think (i'm sure) you will enjoy these as well.

Goatlord - Unholy Black Slut
(from the 'Demo'87' Self Released 1987)

One of the members of Goatlord, is the administrator of BloodShows, A Snuff internet website. Featuring members from Spun In Darkness. More info about Goatlord.

Conqueror - Bloodhammer
(from the 'Annihilate' Demo N/A 1998)

Raw and fast blasting aggression covers the area in black metal between Blasphemy, Destroyer 666 and Angelcorpse. Featuring members from Blasphemy, Domini Inferi, Revenge, Cremation etc. "Conqueror (R.I.P) does not and will never have any "Official Website" or a "Myspace" page; any websites concerning Conqueror are not condoned by the band members in anyway and would be better off removed from the internet" [Ryan Förster]. More info about Conqueror.

Sadogoat - Female Goat Perversion
(from the 'Demo' Unknown 1999)

The band changed its name to Sadomator in 2005. Though they will still make a few more releases under the Sadogoat moniker. Featuring members from Hellhaunted and Black Goat Attack. More info about Sadogoat.

Anal Vomit - Alcoholocausto
(from the 'From Peruvian Hell' EP Legion of Death 2002)

Band name was taken from Sarcofago's song "Anal Vomit" from the album "Hate". Featuring members from Saram, Necrofucker, Sarcoma etc. More info about Anal Vomit.

Goat Molestör - Waste Of Holy Lands
(from 'Ancient Barbaric Assault' Demo Self Released 2003)

Changed their name to Grave Miasma. Featuring members from Cruciamentum, Grave Miasma, The One etc. More info about Grave Molestör.

Blasphemophagher - Altar of Quantum Immortality
(from the album '…For Chaos, Obscurity and Desolation…' Nuclear War Now! 2010)

Atomic Incinerator and Necrovomiterror used to play in a band called Sanguinem Mortem, in the vein of old Dissection and Satanized but never released anything. Featuring members from Baphomet's Blood, Funeral Bitch, Caladbolg etc. More info about Blasphemophagher.

Nuclear Desecration - Nuclearwhore
(from the album 'Desecrated Temple Of Impurity' Gasmask Productions 2008)

Split-up in Dec 2008.Featuring members from Street Force, Nocturnal Blood and Hate Kommand. More info about Nuclear Desecration.

Grave Desecrator - Christ's Blood
(from the album 'Sign of Doom' Ketzer Records 2008)

Featuring members from The Endoparasites and Diabolic Force. More info about Grave Desecrator.

Axis of Advance - Curtailing Factors of Interference
(from the 'Landline' EP Catharsis 1999)

Formerly known as Sacramentary Abolishment, but changed their name to Axis of Advance when Paulus Kressman left. 'Axis of Advance' would have been the title for the third Sacrementary Abolishment album had it been released. Featuring members from Conqueror, Sacramentary Abolishment, Revenge, Cremation etc. More info about Axis of Advance.

Goatvomit - Goatlord Of Unholy Sodomy
(from the 'Chapel of the Winds of Belial' EP Nuclear War Now! 2002)

Goatvomit was anoimed by the Church of the Goat Baphomet in the impious year XXXIV A.S. and the demo tape called Carnal Blasphemy was unleashed at once. Featuring members from Goathrone, Crucifiction, Tatir etc. More info about Goatvomit.

Sadomator - Baphomet's Vomit
(from the 'Infinite Goatsower' EP Iron Bonehead Productions 2009)

Formerly known as Sadogoat. They changed their name to Sadomator in 2005 but a few more releases under the name Sadogoat came out after the name change. Featuring members from Hellhaunted and Black Goat Attack. More info about Sadomator.

Kerasphorus - Swarm Intelligentsia
(from the 'Cloven Hooves at the Holocaust Dawn' EP Nuclear War Now! 2010)

Featuring members from Order From Chaos, Revenge, Conqueror, Feldgrau etc. More info about Kerasphorus.

Apocalypse Command - Evil Necromancy
(from the 'Abyss Fiend of Darkness' Demo Self Released 2007)

Side project of Gene Palubicki from Angelcorpse. Featuring members from Impiety (USA), Blasphemic Cruelty, Naxul, Slaughter Lord etc. More info about Apocalypse Command.

Embrace of Thorns - Tyrant Goat (Crowned in Glory)
(from the album '...For I See Death In Their Eyes...' Sodomistic Rituals Productions 2007)

Archfiend DevilPig runs Chantos of Atomic Genoicide mini-zine and Kill Yourself Productions. Featuring members from Necrovorous, Nuclear Winter, Dead Congregation and Wargoat. More info about Embrace of Thorns.

Arkhon Infaustus - The Black Succubus Whores
(from the 'In Sperma Infernum' EP Mordgrimm 1998)

The word Satan is written in Hebrew on the I of Infaustus in the band's logo. Featruing members from Osculum Infame, Rites of thy Degringolade, Necrosleezer, Corpus Christii etc. More info about Arkhon Infaustus.

Sacramentary Abolishment - Enigmatic Predetermination
(from the 'Misanthropy' Demo Sel Released 1994)

Changed their name to Axis of Advance (which would have been the title of the third SA album) after Paulus left the band in 1998. As Paulus came up with the band name, they felt it should be changed when he left. Songs from the unreleased third S.A. album were re-worked and used for the first AoA release. Featuring members from Revenge, Witchblade, Ouroboros, Weapon etc. More info about Sacramentary Abolishment.

Finnish BM

You already know Archgoat, Baptism, Barathrum, Beherit, Behexen, Clandestine Blaze, Enochian Crescent, Horna, Sargeist, Satanic Warmaster, Urn etc. etc. Well, this is for those of you who would like to learn MORE about Finnish BM. I know there's more bands and more links to put out and blaah blaah...but here's a couple i salute...

True Black Dawn- Blood for Satan
(from the album ' Blood for Satan' Necropolis Records 2001)

Black Metal. Formed in 1992. Formerly known as Nocturnal Feast. Now known as True Black Dawn due to legal issues with another band from the US with the same name. Featuring members from Enochian Crescent, ex-Havoc Unit, O, Rotten Sound, Mortyfear, Trollheim's Grott, Turmion Kätilöt, ...And Oceans [rip] etc. More info about True Black Dawn.

Anal Blasphemy - Satan Rapes God
(from the album 'Bestila Black Metal Filth' Hammer of Hate 2009)

Black/Death Metal. Formed in 1992. Molestor Kadotus plays all Instruments and does vocals. Molester Kadotus is also know from Calvarium, Musta Surma, Black Pries of Satan etc. Molester Kasotus runs the label Hammer of Hate with MisanthrOpium. More info about Anal Blashphemy.

Förgjord - Suohauta
(from the album 'Ajasta Ikuisuuteen' Hammer of Hate 2009)

Black Metal. Formed in 1995. The band started under the name 'Brightness of Darkness', but then soon the name changed to 'Winterflesh', then to 'Iceage' and finally in 1999 the name 'Förgjord' (Swedish for Destroyed) was chosen. Featuring members from Njafrar, Bestial Devastation etc. More info about Förgjord.

Calvarium - Jumalviha
(from the album 'The skull of Golgotha' Dynamic Arts Records 2003)

Black Metal. Formed in 2001. Featuring members from Baptism, Anal Blashphemy, Behexen, Alghazanth, Satanic Warmaster etc. More info about Calvarium.

Flame - Arts of the Black Wisdome
(from the album 'Into The Age Of Fire' Iron Pegasus Records 2005)

Black/Thrash Metal. Formed in 1998. Flame was formed by Blackvenom and Pimeä from Urn as a side-project but became later main band. Featuring members from Barathrum, Urn, Adorior etc. More info about Flame.

Sacrilegious Impalement - Baptism by Blood
(from the album 'Cultus Nex' Hammer of Hate 2009)

Black Metal. Formed in 2006. Featuring members from Urn, Neutron Hammer, Uncretions Dawn, Evil Angel etc. More info about Sacrilegious Impalement.

Jumalhämärä - The Swing
(from the album 'Slaughter the Messenger' Hammer of Hate 2007)

Experimental Black Metal. Formed in 1996. Jumalhämärä is Finnish for "Twilight of the Gods". Featuring members from Sink, Fleshpress etc. More info about Jumalhämärä.

Azazel - The Glow of Golden Fullmoon
(from the 'The Night of Satanachia' EP Miscarriage / Holocaust 1996)

Black Metal. Formed in 1992. Formerly known as Behemoth. Featuring members from Wakboth, Utgard, Charnel Winds etc. More info about Azazel.

Nocturnal Feast - Hymn to Darkness Demo Self released 1992

Black/Death Metal. The band changed their name to Black Dawn in the beginning of 1993. Featuring members from Enochian Crescent, True Black Dawn, ...And Oceans [rip] etc. More info about Nocturnal Feast.

Nekrokrist SS - Itsemurha
(from the album 'Suicide' Primitive Reaction 2007)

Black Metal. Formed in 2000. Band includes two members Nekroführer and Nekrokommando. More info about Nekrokrist SS.

Black Death Ritual
(No music can be found on YouTube or MySpace. Buy the fucking album).
Black Metal. Formed in 2003. Recorded one demo, one split LP and one full-lenght called 'Profound Echoes Of The End' Hammer of Hate 2005. Featruing members from Baptism, Deathchain, IC Rex, Demilich, Behexen etc. More info about Black Death Ritual.