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HAIL!
02 – Contents
03 – News Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Even if
04 – Interview - you got no presents for Christmas, I trust that
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09 – Interview - for your chance to win a free copy of Cradle of
Filth's awesome new album, “Thornography”.
MOTORHEAD
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12 – Interview - this edition of Slaughterama. We talk to Deicide,
SEBASTIAN BACH who is touring NZ. See the ad on page 8 for
concert details, and go get your ticket today. We
15 – Movie Review also have interviews with Motorhead, Sebastian
16 – Interview - Bach, and Atrocity.
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 NEWS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
(news current at time of printing)
DEICIDE are playing 2
shows in New Zealand as
part of their Australasian
tour, on December 15 2006
at The Studio in Auckland,
and on December 16 at
The Civic in Wellington.
SUFFOCATION are playing a
show in New Zealand as part of
their Australasian tour on
February 17 2007 at The Studio
in Auckland.
Richmond Coliseum general
manager Dolly Vogt told the
Richmond Times-Dispatch that
a KISS/DEF LEPPARD tour is
being explored for early 2007.
There has been no official word
as to whether this trek will see
the light of day.
During SLAYER's
"Unholy Alliance"
tour stop in Finland,
their drummer Dave
Lombardo took part
in a recording
session with
APOCALYPTICA.
ARMORED SAINT/ex-
ANTHRAX singer John Bush is
currently doing voiceovers on
Burger King TV commercials in
the US.
A new book on Glam, "American
Hair Metal", is described as an
"extravagantly visual tribute to the
spandex, rouge and eyeliner days
of '80s glam rock glory."
Alice Cooper has just sold his
memoirs to Random House's
Crown Books imprint for an
estimated $500,000. The book,
"Alice Cooper, Golf Monster:
My 12 Steps to Becoming a
Golf Addict", is billed as a
candid look at his 35-year
career, his drinking and his recovery, which was
helped along by a new addiction to golf.
Despite GUNS N ROSES
frontman Axl Rose's insistence
that the band's long-awaited new
album, "Chinese Democracy",
will surface before the end of
2006, a Universal Music Canada
spokesperson told Jane
Stevenson of the Toronto Sun this week that "We
have no indication that a GUNS N' ROSES record
will be released this year."
METALLICA's "Master of
Puppets", AC/DC's "Back
in Black", BLACK
SABBATH's "Paranoid",
LED ZEPPELIN's "IV" and
NIRVANA's "Nevermind"
are among the "all-time 100
albums," according to the
editors of Time magazine.
REVEREND's upcoming CD will
include the last lyrics penned by
late REVEREND/METAL
CHURCH singer David Wayne,
titled "With This Needle I Thee
Wed".
DECREPIT BIRTH's Mike
Turner has been arrested.
Investigators said Turner
recorded himself on video
inappropriately touching at
least two children and
sexually touching an
unconscious adult. He is no
longer part of the band as a result of these
revelations. g
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 No, me and Steve still do all the writing. It's always
been me and Steve. But with Jack and Ralph we now
have much better leads than on previous albums.

There must be bands the world over that have a

Like him or not, Glen Benton is one of the most
famous (and controversial) characters in Death
Metal. His band Deicide will always stand among
the most legendary names in the genre, and his
antics always create heat, be it from religious
groups, past band members, or anything else
that moves him to action.
very strong Deicide influence in their sound. Is it
flattering to you or does that annoy you?
Nah, man, it's flattering. I've been doing it for a long
time, so something must come out of it, you know.
It's flattering to all of us.
Deicide has been going for a long time. How do
you think Death Metal changed in last 10 – 15
years?

With people who have been close to the man
himself (such as the Hoffman brothers) calling
Benton's anti-Christian acts a “show,” we were
interested in talking to Glen ourselves to see
what sort of person the man behind the music is.
And, before New Zealand tour dates were put
together, we had the chance to do just that.
I don't know, man, I can't really explain that. But as
far as what we're doing, we constantly strive to
update ourselves. And I think the new record, it's
“Deicide 2000,” you know what I mean? It's definitely
a lot more updated.
Do you still keep the track of the Death Metal
scene? Still listen to it?

I'm 39 years old, man. I have hard enough time

Hi Glen! How's things with you? You've got the keeping the track of my kids and my family and my
new album out, “Stench of Redemption”... everyday life...

Yeah I do... (laughs) It's the best record we've done The band originated in Florida...
in years, I'm very happy with it.
I'm from New York. Yeah, we all met here in Florida,
You've got new members in Deicide; guitarists but Steve's from New Jersey; I'm from New York.
Jack Owen [ex-Cannibal Corpse] and
Ralph Santolla. How are they working out
for you?

They're great, man! They bring new

elements into the band.

Would you say that Cannibal Corpse

elements are coming into Deicide's
music?

Not at all. Jack is able to do a lot more in

Deicide than he used to be able to do with
Cannibal. He's able to display his guitar
playing talent a lot more.

So has the song writing scheme changed

now with the arrival of the new
members?
Glen Benton live

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So did you all shift down to Florida when you needed a singer, Tony asked me if I'd make a guest
started? appearance on one of the songs and then it turned
out to become a whole record. And right now we're
Nah, man. We were kids and you know how it negotiating with the record company to do the next
happens, we all were kidnapped by our parents and album. They'll probably start recording soon.
brought here. Back in those days there were a lot of
bands coming out from here like Savatage, Nasty That doesn't interfere with your plans with
Savage, stuff like that, and then Death Metal came Deicide?
about and everyone fell into it.
Nah, man, 'cause all I recall have to do is show up
and lend my voice. I don't have to do any writing or
With Florida being such a sun-shining place, why anything.
do you think it produces so many Death Metal
bands? Now, is there any bad blood between you and the
Hoffman brothers? You still talking?
I really don't know, man. There's a
big music scene here and it's
really easy to get a lot of exposure
here real quick showcasing your
band. Maybe that's the reason.
There's always been a lot of Metal
bands in Florida. It's a Metal state.
It's like California, you know, Los
Angeles. Florida is turning into the
next California.

But then California have always

been “sex-drugs-rock'n'roll”
and Florida bands are all heavy-
heavy.

Yeah well there's a lot of angry

people here in Florida, man!
(laughs) It gets really hot here.

What are they all angry about? “There's a lot of angry people here in Florida”
The heat?
Yeah, the heat.... Florida is a weird place, man!
You get a lot of traffic jams there?
I live out in the swamps, man! So I don't see much
traffic jams around here! (laughs) I see alligators in
my lake behind my house – that's about it.
Ok, back to the music. You also recorded with
Vital Remains in 2003 on the “Dechristianize”
album. How did that come about and are you
planning to work with them again?
Me and Tony been friends for years. So when they
Steve and I have nothing to do with them. It's a better
band without them. It's got to the point where it was
just horrible on stage and it was affecting
everybody's performance. It was all about the money
for them. They quit and left me and Steve high and
dry. They tried to destroy the band before they left
with canceling the tours and all the other bullshit they
did. And then when the publishing deal changed they
only got paid for the songs they wrote. And they
wanted to be paid for the songs they didn't write. It
was all about the money for those two. When they
left they said all sort of negative shit about us. They
later called Steve and begged to get back in the
band, but that's never gonna happen, man! They
burned the bridges, man!

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Well, it's great to see Deicide with such a strong
line-up again!
Listen man... With the Hoffman brothers we used to
do 35-40 minute sets. Now with Ralph and Jack
we're going for an hour and thirty minutes. It's a
better show, better guitar playing and a lot more
energy on stage.
Glen, here's a question: if music is a tool of
communication between the musician and the
audience, what message
does Deicide bring?
Aggression. Violence. Letting
your aggression out and then
just enjoying it. Enjoying Metal,
the power it brings.
You are also known for your
outspoken beliefs. You are,
of course, still a satanist?
Absolutely, man. I'm still the
same person and I don't plan
on changing.
Do you get any problems
touring because of that?
Well, we get shows canceled
once in a while because of the
local community churches...
But not often. (laughs)
How did you actually get into
it?
Oh well, you know... It just happened at an early age.
Where I lived it was really catholic and I couldn't
stand it. So it was my way of rebelling.
Do you practice any satanic rituals?
You know, satanism is a philosophy. There's a lot of
people who think that satanism is about burning
black candles, barbecuing babies n'shit, but it's not
like that. That's Hollywood.
What do you think about the Church of Satan?
Those are Hollywood satanists. To be satanist
means to be a complete opposite of a Christian.
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Here's an example: about five minutes before you
called my house my doorbell rang. And I opened the
door and there were two women standing there with
briefcases. And I go: “Jehovah's Witnesses?” and
they go: “Yeeeeeeees”. And I slammed the door in
their face. But you know what? They'll be back.
They're like cockroaches, man.
Glen, how did you come to burn an inverted
cross into your forehead? What made you do it?
When I was younger, I used
this special effects makeup
that created an inverted cross
scarred into
my forehead. And one of those
days I said, “You know what?
It's fake and I really, sincerely
am who I am and believe in
what I believe.” And one
morning I woke up and I
burned it into my forehead.
Did it hurt?
Like hell.
Did you do it again or is it the
first imprint?
I did it several times to make it
stick.
So now it's there for good?
Yeah but it only comes out at night! (laughs)
In your career, is there anything you always
wanted to achieve and yet haven't?
Man, being 20 years into this shit – I think it's enough
of an achievement.
So what's next for Deicide?
Well, we're gonna do a lot of touring this year and
then go to the studio and hammer the next record
out.
Thanks a lot for the interview, Glen.
Thanks, guys. g
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 ZOMBIE INVASION

ZOMBIE INVASION

By Stubbs

There was a pleasant chill in the night air as I strolled

towards the bottom of Queen Street. The sky was
splattered with cloud that was lit by the city's lights. It
was perfect weather for Halloween night. As I drew
closer to the Britomart a faint mumbling filled the air.
I turned the corner and jumped back in fright! A pale
bloodied figure loomed out of the darkness
mumbling, 'brains……BRAINS!'

Oriental flavor

I waited for their attack…but nothing happened.

Nasty fucker.
'Ahhh!' I croaked; 'a zombie!' Within seconds the
figure was joined by more, all dripping with blood and
stumbling forward like drunken gimps. NO! I thought,
not my brains! I need them….NEEEED! I held up my
arms to prevent the zombies feasting on my skull.
Peeking under my arm I saw the crowd of zombies
had stopped at a pedestrian crossing. How weird, I
murmured, that's not normal behavior for zombies.
Then I noticed that one had a megaphone and was
commanding the legion to look less animated! Even
stranger things began to happen; I saw children
running and skipping in amongst them! What?!? I
thought zombies loved to eat children! Why weren't
they attacking them and devouring their flesh?

Out for blood

I inadvertently glanced into a store window. Blood

was dripping down my pale face. I was one of them. I
remember screaming “WHY?!?” But the answer
never came. g
Living dead girls

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 Movie: Dunno " Casino," "Lord Of The Rings," “A
Night To Remember”
TV Show : "Soap"

Is there something in your career that you always

wanted to achieve and still haven't?

Lemmy doesn't muck around. We've missed out
on interviews with the man in the past. So when
we were told to shoot some questions through,
NOW, we did, and he quickly answered and shot
'em back to us. So we thought we'd include the
quick-fire Q&A here for those of you missing
Motorhead since their concert here.
What can we expect from the new album, "Kiss
Of Death"?
# 1 in the US. # 1 in Australia! # 1 in NZ!
When you hear about New Zealand, what's the
first thing that comes into your head?
1984
Your last second message for New Zealand fans
of Motorhead?
Watch Out. We're coming back! g

You can expect Motörhead playing lots of new

songs

You've been on stage for over 30 years

now. How do you think the Rock music is
different today? Does it still have the
revolutionary value and the impact as 30
years ago?

Depends

Out of entire Motorhead catalogue, which

album is your personal favorite?

I like all of them, or you wouldn't have heard

them!

Is it true that Lemmy used to work as a

guitar tech for Jimmi Hendrix?

Yes

What do the members of the band do in

their spare time?

Well, I do a bit of gardening. Phil does the

vacuuming, and Mikkey drives a Ferrari!

Your favorite movie, book and TV show of

all time? Guitar tech for Jimmi Hendrix.
Book: “Bomber” by Len Deighton

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 MUSIC REVIEWS
SONATA
ARCTICA
For The Sake Of
Revenge
Nuclear Blast
2006, DVD/CD
A great live collection of Finland's premier melodic
Metal band. They say that to appreciate a band's
technical abilities in full, you've got to see them live.
“Revenge” is a good example of that. Besides the
fact that the DVD/CD is beautifully packaged, it
presents Sonata in all its glory. Tony Kakko pulls it
off without running out of breath or taking shortcuts
to make the performance easier, like many other
singers. The rest of the band backs him up without
the slightest mistakes. There are sing-alongs, mind-
blowing solos, backdrops and all the stuff that makes
an outstanding live gig. There's only one thing that
this concert lacks, and that is pyrotechnics. Add
some explosions and fireworks here and it would be
up there together with Maiden and Priest gigs. But
then, hey, nobody's perfect.
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Review by Max Thrasher
MANOWAR
The Sons Of Odin
Magic Circle / SPV
2006, EP
The Kings Of Metal are back with an EP that is every
bit as awesome as Manowar fans could expect. The
new studio tracks presented are just fantastic, epic
Heavy Metal songs that are immediate classics. The
only problem with this disc is that it leaves you
wanting more songs!. There is nothing else to be
said except that this EP is a must for any fan of True
Metal, just like any other Manowar release.
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Review by Brendon Williams
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QUEENSRYCHE
Operation:
Mindcrime II
Tri Rhyche / Rhino
2006, CD
These Seattle prog-metallers have always been
unique. The sound, the composition, the
performance – they're one of those bands you can't
confuse with anyone. And the original “Operation:
Mindcrime,” released 18 years ago really was their
milestone; the album they'll be remembered for. The
second part of this Metal opera won't be the revival
album. But it will certainly bring back the magic. It's
faster, heavier and less depressing than
Queensryche's last few records. It's still different
enough to remember that the genius songwriter Chris
DeGarmo isn't there anymore, but the guys make up
for it with the return of Pamela Moor (the original
“Sister Mary”) and guest appearance by Ronnie
James Dio. It might take a little while to grow on you,
but when it does...
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Review by Max Thrasher
TWISTED SISTER
A Twisted
Christmas
Razor & Tie
2006, CD
Dee Snider made the definitive soundtrack to
Halloween when he released created Van Helsing's
Curse. So I guess it's no surprise that Twisted
Sister's last release is the basis for the ultimate
Heavy Metal Christmas record; and it works! After all,
carols are drummed into our heads every single year,
and to have kick ass versions is refreshing. The
tracks are based instrumentally around Twisted
Sister classics also, so each song is like 2 in 1! I
would've liked a full-length of new originals before TS
retired, but regardless, this CD is perfect for any
Metalhead who is laid back enough to still get into
the Christmas spirit! Play it loud, mutha!
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Review by Brendon Williams
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JESU
Silver
Hydra Head
2006, EP
This band was founded by the mastermind of
legendary British band Godflesh, Justin Broadrick,
and if you're familiar with his work, Jesu is the next
logical step. The opener “Silver” and the third track
“Wolves” are extremely slow and crushingly heavy,
like an 8-meter wave. The second song is a little
faster and the closing track is an instrumental.
Altogether it's very much excellent funeral Doom, a-
la old Anathema and Paradise Lost. By that I mean,
distinguished melodies, melancholic sound, delay on
the vocals – all that stuff. It reminds in parts of Isis,
which is not too surprising, considering Jesu are on
Aaron Turner's (Isis guitarist/vocalist) record label.
All in all – very nice music, perfectly suited for a
warm summer night and long walks in the fog.
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Review by Max Thrasher
PAUL STANLEY
Live To Win
New Door Records
2006, CD
Paul Stanley releases his second ever solo effort, not
long after Gene Simmons' “Asshole” record. The
good news is that “Live To Win” is a superior album
to that crap in every way. Very listenable from the
first spin, and modern without losing a retro Hard
Rock undercurrent, Mr. Stanley proves that he would
still have gone far regardless of if he had ever been
part of Kiss. This album is proof of the dedication
that Paul has always had towards excellent music,
and points the finger of blame in the direction of
Gene Simmons for the chain of lack-luster albums
that Kiss released in the 80's. A word of warning for
“Metal only” fans; don't bother with this album! But if
you can appreciate good modern rock (albeit poppy
in places), then it doesn't get much better than this!
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Review by Brendon Williams
CRUCIFIED
BARBARA
Play Me Hard
GMR / Black Egg
2006, EP
Apparently the Glam/Metal scene still blossoms up
there in Sweden. Besides Hardcore Superstar and
Babylon Bombs now we've got another kicking
addition – the all-girl Crucified Barbara. This is a
follow-up EP to the last year's debut album “In
Distortion We Trust,” and just like the full-length, it
should be a nice treat to the fans of Motorhead-like
demolishing rock'n'roll. Here you got lots of
distortion, fast riffs and a pretty cool vocalist, Mia
Coldheart, who I swear sounds exactly like Lita Ford!
The rest of the girls – Ida Evileye (bass), Klara Force
(guitar) and Nicki Wicked (drums) – are not any less
of musicians and together the ladies are a force to be
reckoned with. As Borat would put it – Niiiiiice.
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Review by Max Thrasher
SKID ROW
Revolutions Per
Minute
Steamhammer / SPV
2006, CD
This album chugs along quite nicely. On the first
spin, I found it to be a pleasant listen; nothing
spectacular really jumped out at me for the first
couple of tracks, until “Strength” - which is an
awesome song; great melodies, nice breakdown,
good tempo and beat... and the bar stays raised for
the remainder of the album. Skid Row's second
studio effort since Sebastian Bach left the group, and
although I still think that the band will never be
anywhere near as good without him vocals, they're
doing as good as they can... which is all you can ask,
really.
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Review by Brendon Williams
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 SEBASTIAN BACH
SEBASTIAN BACH
It's been a long, long time since Skid Row's
debut self titled album came out, and they were
at the top of the NZ charts. But songs like 'Youth
Gone Wild', '18 and Life' and 'I Remember You'
can still be heard on radio stations like The Rock
FM (and, more importantly on radio shows like
House Of Noizz!)
Vintersorg, Quo Vadis] on bass... He's a total fucking
hero, man! When we played in Europe we got so
many of his fans coming to the show! And another
guy named Johnny Chromatic from Tampa, Florida.
He was introduced to me by Ralph Santolla from
Iced Earth, he's now playing in Deicide. Which is
crazy! I never thought there'd be a connection
between Sebastian Bach and Deicide! But now
Ralph, the guitar player for Deicide has a song on the
new Sebastian Bach record! (laughs) It doesn't
sound anything like Deicide though! (laughs)

The Slaughterama team have had the privilege to So Roy Z produced and he's famous for making
interview the frontman from the band's glory that chunky sound...
days, Sebastian Bach, twice now. The first time
around, the interview was presented as a special Yeah, he's got his own band though, called Tribe Of
Gypsies, which is definitely not like chug-chug-
show on House Of Noizz, complete with songs
chug... I think Roy is famous for producing albums by
from Skid Row and Mr. Bach's back catalog.
frontmen who got kicked out of their bands. (laughs)
So that's perfect for me.
This time around we present the latest Sebastian
Bach interview here, exclusively in
Slaughterama.

Welcome back, Sebastian, good to talk to you

again! So what's new, what's happening in your
life?

I just got off the European Guns N' Roses tour and
that was insane! We finished with two nights at
Wembley in London, the whole tour was completely
sold out, you couldn't get a ticket for it, and I'm just
having fun going to U2, but watching it now. (laughs)

Are Guns N' Roses playing “Chinese Democracy”

material?

Yeah, absolutely. There's one song called “IRS”, it's

really heavy... I really love the new stuff that they're
doing. For me it's even more fun than the old stuff,
'cuz it's like... I wanna hear new shit! I love the old
Guns N' Roses, but I've been listening to it for almost
20 years now. It's good to hear new stuff! It was
really cool for them to take us on tour. This is by far
the biggest thing my solo band has done, opening up
for Guns N' Roses. We're doing a lot of new songs,
we've got the new CD coming out in January, called
“Angel Down” and we recorded it in Hollywood in
June with Roy Z producing. I got two guys from the
Sebastian Bach live
Halford band and Steve DiGiorgio [ex-Autopsy,
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 SEBASTIAN BACH
So the album is coming out in January? I saw too many videos on TV of that fucking thing
breaking or the guys missing this or that, so fuck
Yeah. I've got a new manager who's got this big plan that! (laughs)
for putting out this new record. I also got the new
record label too, so it's gonna be one worldwide How big were the shows you played here?
release, not like my other solo record, “Bring 'Em
Bach Alive” which came out in different countries at It was the biggest stadium you've got there, so it was
different times. It's gonna be like a one shot some 40 – 50,000 people there. So I'd definitely
motherfucker! count that as successful
and the show we
Are we gonna see you in headlined... oh fuck... I
New Zealand? can't remember the name
of that place. But there
Yeah... I guess so. My were at least a few
manager tells me that my thousand people there. It
new answer to all those was in 1990.
questions is “I don't know!”
(laughs) So that's your Maybe you should go that
answer from now on dude. extra step and come to
New Zealand. We'll show
We've got amazon.com you good times!
and all that...
I'm surprised I'm not
Yeah that's the good thing coming down there right
about the Internet, 'cuz you now dude! I'd come down
can order it online n' all. As right now, fuck! Call
well as everything that I do, somebody or something!
so that's great! (laughs) I don't know dude.
My manager says, “I don't
So you also went to know!”
Australia... When was the
last time you've been Some big names came up
there? during this interview, like
Iced Earth and Deicide...
Last time it was 1993 with What music are you
Guns N' Roses, funnily listening to these days,
enough. We did three shows Sebastian?
with Rose Tattoo opening
for Skid Row, opening for I listening to a lot of stuff on
Guns N' Roses. It was like a my Ipod, you know... With
100,000 people a night so it's like the best memories Ipod it's just limitless what I listen to! But I don't
touring down under. Also New Zealand... I remember always listen to Heavy Metal either. I listen to
playing in Auckland twice – once we headlined and different kinds of music for different reasons. I listen
once we opened for Guns N' Roses in Auckland, and to a lot of stuff because of the singing, like Journey,
I remember bungee jumping. It's like the best or Judas Priest because of Rob Halford's voice.
memories of the old days; me and Snake [Dave Because it's like a fucking machine! I like Hatebreed.
“Snake” Sabo, Skid Row guitarist] jumping off the “Rise Of Brutality” is the best Heavy Metal album I've
bridge with a bungee cord... That was 1990. That heard in a long time!
was cool dude! I don't do that shit anymore.
OK, let's talk about television, because you're on
Why not? TV quite a lot lately. Tell us about “Gilmore
Girls.” How did that come about?

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 SEBASTIAN BACH
It came out of my Broadway stuff and also the stuff I
did on VH1... That's actually where it really come
from – VH1. I was on the show called “I Love the
70s,” I don't know if you get it there in New Zealand.
And the casting agent of “Gilmore Girls” was looking
for a cool rock star and they said, “That's the guy we
want.” So they got a hold of my agent and I'd like
never even seen that show! (laughs) But it's cool to
create a character and act it out because most of the
shows now are like reality shows. I'm actually on
“Gilmore Girls” tonight and there's
like 5 million people watching that
show! It's fucking crazy man! You
have it in New Zealand?
Yeah we saw it just a few months
back... It was like “Fuck, turn the
TV on, man, it's Sebastian Bach!”
(laughs) That's funny! Do you guys
get “Supergroup” down there?
Hmm.. no we don't... [Actually, we
do. The show premiered on
Thursday, 16 November on Prime
at 9:30 PM, but at the time of the
interview we had no idea about it]
Yeah, that's me and Ted Nugent,
and Scott Ian from Anthrax, and
Evan [Seinfeld] from Biohazard, and
Jason Bonham [son of John
Bonham from Led Zeppelin; you
could see him in the movie “Rock Star”]. So we're all
in there [Las Vegas] for 14 days, recording some
songs and then we did some shows. Hopefully you'll
see it down there in New Zealand as well. That's a
crazy fucking show.
What do you think about “Rockstar Supernova”?
I only watched it once and that was enough for me,
'cuz I sort of had enough of the reality shows with the
word “Super” in it. Fucking Supernova, superboy,
supergirl, I had enough of it right now.
You wanna play a little game with us? We give
you a name and you say the first thing that
comes into your head.
Ok!
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Well, we got the picture about Tommy Lee and
Supernova. What about Alice Cooper?
The originator. Many people copied him for years
and years, from Kiss to Marilyn Manson and Rob
Zombie. I actually think that someone like Marilyn
Manson is exactly like Alice Cooper. Even the name,
it's like, holy fuck dude!
Twisted Sister?
One of my favorite bands of all
time! My favorite album is “You
Can't Stop Rock N' Roll.” I love
that band!
Manowar?
Eric Adams is one of the greatest
singers in Heavy Metal history.
Nobody gets to scream like that.
And they look great in loin cloths!
(laughs)
Judas Priest?
Oh... I mean... it's the ultimate
Heavy Metal band with the
ultimate rock n' roll singer. I won't
even say that Rob Halford is the
best Heavy Metal singer of all
time, I think he's the best singer of
all time! I never heard a voice do
what Rob Halford can do. It's like, holy fuck, man!
Can that guy fucking scream or what?!
Well, so what's next for Sebastian Bach?
We're looking at some tour dates to happen over the
next couple of months. We're looking forward to
putting the new record out in the new year and
touring 'til we fucking can't even stand up! (laughs)
Seems like you lead a pretty active lifestyle.
Yeah. I'm in a position where I do what I wanna do
and that's pretty fucking cool!
Forever wild?
Yeah, right on, dude!g
 MOVIE REVIEW
The idea of a Santa slasher flick was awesome,
although not original, as the killer Santa idea had
already been done, but nowhere near as well as this.
And, lucky me, this film was made in the 80's while I
was growing up, which made it all the more desirable
to watch. I try to get round to viewing this movie
every year as part of my own Christmas tradition (just
like watching Halloween movies on Halloween, and
Friday the 13th movies on Friday the 13th).

As you'd probably guess, the film is really cheesy,

and follows a rather unbelievable storyline, but all of
that adds to the enjoyment. Seeing the demented
Santa (Billy) go on his killing spree is great
entertainment.

This movie has 4 shoddy sequels; part 2 is pretty

much just a rehash of the first movie, full of
'flashbacks' which are cuts from the first film. Haha!
Way to make easy money there.

It's pretty easy to see why SNDN was so

controversial in its time. It really pushed the
boundaries of what ideas were socially acceptable to
dramatize at the time, and for that reason will remain
a piece of movie history. The movie itself is rather
timid compared to some horror movies around these
days, but the bans it received give it a reputation that
precedes it.
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT

“You've made it through Halloween, now try and RATING: nnnnnnnnnn

survive Christmas”

Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Starring Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer
McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian
Wilson, Britt Leach

Summary by Ed Sutton

A young boy watches his parents killed by a

thief in a Santa suit. He spends his youth in
an orphanage, staying quietly to his self, but
his mind is further bent by an ironhanded
Mother Superior. He finally gets a job at a
local store, where he finally snaps when he
is required to wear a Santa suit, and goes on
a killing spree that leads him slowly back to
the orphanage.

Review by Brendon Williams Don't fuck with Santa. Or he'll kill you.

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Atrocity is one of the oldest German Death Metal
bands. Well, to tell the truth, the band's sound
has changed drastically over the years, but the
first two albums definitely contained some of the
most innovative, technical and somewhat twisted
Death. The further discography presented an
amazing variety of sounds from a collaboration
with the German new wave duo Das Ich, to an
album of 80's pop covers, “Werk 80,” which
simply has to be heard.
We talked with Atrocity's guitarist and the
founding member Matthias Roderer, who
definitely had some interesting stories to tell!
years also became vegetarian. It's not a rule of
course, it just happens.
Atrocity has been going for quite some time and
the band has changed a lot from the first
albums...
Yes of course. We've been playing music for over 20
years and if you change the line-up it's clear that the
music can't stay the same. In 20 years your
personality, your influences and music that you like
change a lot. And so does the music, of course.
Do you remember how Atrocity started?

We started as a school band. Alex [Krull; vocalist]

Let's start with the new album...
Yes, we are currently working on the new record,
“Werk 80 II.” It's the follow up to our 1997 album,
“Werk 80.”
and I were Death Metal fans and back in those days
there weren't too many. We decided to form the band
so we could play the same music we were listening
to.
So why Death Metal?

That was a very cool album of the '80s covers! So We were trying to make the most extreme music
what's gonna be in there was and we wanted to test our limits and see
the second part?

It's still a secret! We

can't tell you before it's
released. (laughs) But it
will of course be top 10
titles from the 80s.

So now you're on
tour?

Yes, for the last 3

months we were touring
Europe and did some
shows in Australia and
America.

Liv [Kristine, Leaves'

Eyes] told us that
you're all vegetarian
and do sports n' all...
Yeah, that's right! I'm not that much into sports
myself, I'm rather a couch potato! (laughs) I'm the
black sheep of the band. I drink, I smoke, but I'm
also a vegetarian. It's interesting, because all the
new members who came into the band in the last few
Atrocity
what we could do. And it really sounded fresh back
then, because it's not like today we have 2 million
Death Metal bands. We were the first wave of
German Death, because before that there only were
Thrash Metal bands like Destruction, Kreator, and
Sodom. And we wanted to go a step further.

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What were your influences when you started?
Mostly bands like Carcass and Morbid Angel. Also
different stuff like Watchtower and Nasty Savage.
Especially if you listen closely to some of our early
stuff you can really hear some Nasty Savage in it.
You were never afraid to explore new musical
grounds. So what made you record stuff like
“Werk 80” with all those pop covers?
This idea was actually really old. Since we started
the band we always felt like those were good pop
songs that everybody listened to, but they still
missed something, like heavy guitar. For example we
always wanted to cover “Shout” [originally by Tears
For Fears] and then we thought, if we do this cover,
why not make a whole album of cover versions?
Nobody did that before and we really felt like it was
an original idea.
So what do you listen to these days?
There's a lot of variety in what I listen to. I still like
Death and Black Metal, but I also always liked
classical music. That's why when you listen to our
last album “Atlantis,” all the dark classical stuff is
mostly composed by me.
Now, the last album was “Atlantis,” the next one
will be an album of cover material... Do you have
any new original songs written, or is it too early
to think about next record?
We don't have any new songs at the moment, but of
course I play guitar and I collect my riffs and I've got
a few ideas already. After “Werk 80 II” we want to do
a trilogy – a three CD concept album.
What about???
I can't tell you! (laughs) We are really a band full of
secrets. But we were thinking of what would be next
for Atrocity and we would really like to do a trilogy
album. It won't just be a concept. We want to have a
melody line, a motive, which would go through all
three CDs, like an opera or a symphony.
So what do you do for fun?
Well, besides playing with
my kids, I also do the
usual stuff, like going out,
having a drink. I'm also a
big PC gamer. I love “Call
Of Duty,” “Return To
Castle Wolfenstein,”
“Medal Of Honor,” “Rome:
Total War” and those sorts
of games. I go online and
play with other people.
What about the other
guys?
Well, we own a studio here
in Germany, so we also do production for other
bands. I record guitars, the other guys record bass
and drums, Alex does the mixing... some kind of job
sharing. And our bassist Chris [Christian Lukhaup] is
a world-wide expert on crayfish. He's already
published two books about it and he's getting
hundreds of e-mails from all over the world.
What can you write in a book about crayfish?
Like how to cook it?
I have no idea. (laughs) I don't know anything about
this subject. But those books are great. They're really
scientific and so different from the things we're doing
here.
You've given away your secret. We know what
the concept is gonna be about! Crayfish!
Yeah the three-part concept of evil crayfish! We got
enough information here to put three albums
together! g
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 COMPETITION

Recorded at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire,

England, with renowned metallic production genius
Rob Caggiano (Anthrax, Bleeding Through) and
mixed by Andy Sneap (Killswitch Engage, Arch
Enemy, Trivium) at Backstage Studios, Derbyshire,
Thornography is Cradle of Filth's seventh full-length
studio album and their second for Roadrunner. The
follow-up to 2004's widely acclaimed and Grammy
Nominated meisterwerk Nymphetamine it's a
scintillating and terrifying collision between the
familiar and the unexpected. It's the dark, destructive
and unsettling sound of a globe-conquering heavy
metal band at the height of their sick, twisted powers,
and the continuation of a proud, priapic and unhinged
legacy that stretches back nigh on 15 years.

Thanks to Roadrunner Records, you

can be in to win a copy of this
exceptional album by simply e-mailing
us at slaughteramaster@gmail.com,
with the subject “THORNOGRAPHY” -
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Merry Christmas!
Cradle of Filth

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