Interview with Canadian Thrashers Dark Messiah!

Again from the northern wasteland known as Canada, out of Winnipeg we meet Dark Messiah. These guys are up and coming thrashers who already have a lot of draw to their shows and down even have an official release yet! With an E.P. fundraiser (and the actual E.P.) coming, these guys of Dark Messiah took time from their busy schedule to talk to us and let us know about the music, the influences and the thoughts on MegaDave!

Hey, how are you guys doing today?

Great, thanks.

Tell us a bit about Dark Messiah and where you guys come from.

We are a local Winnipeg heavy metal band. We are trying to get back to the roots of metal but with a modern twist.

You guys play plenty of local shows and are building up to an E.P release fundraiser in February. What can fans expect at this show?

We are hosting this show to help us raise money to record and release our very first E.P. All of the money raised will go towards the studio costs of recording our songs. We'd like to say thank you to the other bands; Five Hundred Pound Furnace, White Trash Heavy Metal and Awaiting The Answer for playing for free and helping us along the way. Fans can expect a head banging party that will be a hell of a lot of fun.

For your fans too far away to come to the show will you have a way for them to support the release?

Fans will be able to access our music online. Copies of the E.P will also be available for purchase that can be mailed anywhere around the world. 

How many songs can we expect on this E.P? "Dark Messiah" which you've shown off live alright will make it on I assume?

We will have about 5 or 6 songs on the E.P, and yes "Dark Messiah" will make it on there.

What's the chance at your first release having "Dark Messiah" off of "Dark Messiah" by "Dark Messiah"?

We haven't discussed the title of the E.P yet. Only time will tell. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Live you also generally play Metallica covers. Will this continue after the release of the E.P and possibly become a live staple?

We will always honor metal that came before us in our live shows but covers will slowly be withdrawn from our set as we create more original music. For the time being I would say that "The Four Horsemen" is definitely a live staple.

What are you looking into for tours? Will you guys try to get out and around Canada soon or is it too early to tell?

After the E.P is released we are aiming for a tour of western Canada. An east coast tour will happen at some point after that we're just not sure when at the moment.

How many songs will be on the E.P? Will there be a studio version of a Metallica song on it?

We'll have about 5 or 6 songs. When it comes to recordings we are going to stick to original material.

So clearly you are on the side of Megadave in the Megadeth vs. Metallica debate right?

Let's just say that Dave didn't get kicked out of Metallica. Metallica got kicked out of Dave.

Tell us a bit about your inspirations. Metallica doesn't count anymore. Who inspires you as a musician and what bands inspire your sound?

Well our singer Steve gets lyrical inspiration from Corey Taylor and Dave Grohl to name a few. Our bassist Jared is influenced alot by Judas Priest and Zakk Wylde. I myself am a huge Pantera fan and Dimebag will always be someone I idolize. Our new guitarist Lawrence likes anything fast that feels like you're about to get kicked in the teeth. As a whole we don't try to really sound like anyone else. When we make songs we just collaborate with each other and see what happens.

Last but not least, where can fans keep up with you and find your music(as it's released)?

When our E.P is released we will have a website. In the meantime you can follow us at.....

www.facebook.com/DarkMessiahWpg

On twitter @DarkMessiah204 and, our Youtube channel

www.youtube.com/channel/UCB_7W0hSWjumImFiIhvcO8w?view_as=public

Thank you guys very much for your time, best of luck with your E.P. and everything to come.

Interview with Firecult

As a Black Metal band hailing from British Columbia, the land of the newly wed and the nearly dead, Firecult make some of the most consistent, evil, devastating Metal in the province. Below you'll find all the secrets to their madness, between the ritual that leads to the creation of each new song and the idea of live shows. It's something worth checking out!

Greetings, hopefully the great white north is treating you guys alright, but I guess the bitter winters help pave the way for solid Black Metal, eh?

Yes, the grim winter landscapes of the Pacific Northwest definitely inspires us to create Black Metal music.

So far since 2012 you’ve released a new EP or album each year, will this trend continue in 2016?

As an independent band we will continue to release EPs every 6 to 8 months. A full length LP is in our future as well.

It’s been a rather busy year for Firecult, you released “Lord of the Eternal Fire” in March, as well as your recently released split with another B.C. based Black Metal band Finite. Do you finally follow this up with a cross Canada tour?

Touring is something we look forward to doing and we will plan one when the opportunity arises.

From my understanding your guitarist Noose is also in Finite, will any future shows see him doing double duty with Firecult and Finite playing back to back or has this yet to be determined?

Yes absolutely. Carnem is also playing in Finite as a bassist and backing vocalist, and we look forward to performing multiple sets between the two bands.

If we can talk a bit about writing and recording, nothing Firecult has released sounds forced yet you release new music more consistently than most bands out there. What do you go through when writing new songs and how do you decide what works and what doesn’t?

The music and lyrics of Firecult are composed in solitude by Carnem, then brought to the altar to be further molded by intricate and relentless war tempos, obsidian bass vibrations, enchanting melodies and meditative battle cries.

Your last couple releases have been recorded at Hora Morior Studios and sound more professional than your first couple of releases, do you think you will continue at this studio in the future?

Our most recent release “Void Cult Conspiracy” was recorded, mixed and mastered by our friend Niko BW. Eternal Hails to Hora Morior and Bullys Studios who have produced our previous releases.

Firecult recently opened for heavy weights Wolvhammer, not to mention the Nothing is Heavy show earlier this year and everything else you guys have done. What is a live Firecult show like and how are you looking to evolve your live performances?

Firecult performances are a channelling of adversarial energy, and an intense expression of those energies. It is very meditative in nature as the voices of the nightside possess and speak through the musicians. Our performances are always evolving and growing stronger.

With the Black Metal underground being saturated with so many bands wanting to be “more evil than the last” how do you suggest people weed through the BS of wannabe bands to find the true gems of the underground?

The imitators and posers weed themselves out eventually. All things are subject to decay, but those with true conviction and spirit shall keep the flame burning strong.

Can you talk a bit about what Firecult has planned for the future? Whether its rough ideas that you hope come to fruition or things like tours that you’re just waiting for dates on?

Our main goal is to bring forth even more sinister evocations. There will be another release in 2016, and we will continue to perform in BC. We will tour if the opportunity arises.

Last but not least, do you have anything to say to your legion, the dedicated fans that went out of their way to check this out?

Hails to those who support underground music, and all who choose to walk the lonely path.

Thank you very much for your time, it means a lot to me. Hails from Ontario!

Hails!

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