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- CEPHALIC CARNAGE INTERVIEW -

Live interview with Lenzig by Mark Howitt (2005)

Mark Howitt - So what do you think of Sudbury's metal scene?

Lenzig - Its alright...I mean its not the greatest weve played but it dont suck either you know..its a cool place to be.

M.H -Marijuana is one of your main influences and it seems to fuel you to write music, but musically, what influences Cephalic Carnage?

L -Like old Death Metal, new Death Metal, the weird experimental stuff like Mr. Bungle. Like Sublime, Sleep, Mastadon, High on Fire, Bob Marley. Stuff like that.

M.H - How has touring with Hardcore acts such as Hatebreed and Madball been? You guys are more of a Grind/Death Metal band.

L - It just exposes us to crowds that don't normally see us y'know, and hopefully that expands things for us down the road. Right now were just kind of eating shit but at the same time we're exposed to more people in a different scene and thats a challenge. You can only do a death metal tour for so long. Now were just trying to make an impact on a different level.

MH - That's good for a band though. Alot of bands are doing that now like Morbid Angel and Slayer, In Flames with Soulfly. Alot of shows are mixed genres of metal now it seems.

L - We just cant really be one dimensional, and you know...close minded. So we feel that we can appeal to Hatebreed and Madball fans as well. It's just like weed. Weeds not for everybody, and neither is Cephalic.

MH - What are your future plans for touring? Anything scheduled?

L - After this one we go home for a day, and then we'll go to Europe and tour with Exhumed for a month. Then go home for another 2 months, then were back to Europe with Macabre.

MH - That's awesome. Those are both good bands. So I'd imagine Cephalic is looking forward to the European tour?

L - Yeah. It'll be our first tour over in Europe, but we've only played a festival there once before. Were just looking forward to doing the same thing like we're doing here. None of those people have ever seen us, so we're gonna go there and play our hearts out.

- From what I understand your recent Halls of Amenti CD is the first offering of a trilogy you guys are working on?

L -Yeah, we're trying to do a three cd set, and some day when theyre all out you can put them all on seperate stereos and play them all together, and it will all be one song interacting with eachother.

MH - Hmm..I don't think I've heard of that being done before.

L - It'll just be weird. The cd's will back eachother up.

Edit: I open a bottle of Jaggermeister and offer it to Lenzig, along with more tokes and some Ciclone Rum/Tequilla

MH - You liking the Jagg?

L - Not really, but..(takes a sip of the Jagg)

M.H - I'm sure that you guys will be more known after this tour with Hatebreed.

L - Yeah exactly. And when we go to Europe, we've never had a chance to utilize record sales there. We can now go there and promote Cephalic really hard, plus at the same time put our hearts out and try to get some new fans. It should be fun.

MH - So where do you guys get your lyrical content from?

L - Well, there's a store in Colorado called K-Mart, and they have a used lyrics section. We just buy cheap lyrics, or at the flea market you can get them on clearance. I just bought 10 books for a dollar one time. Right now im at chapter Lucid Interval.

MH - Well, cheers to the road, cheers to the tour and i hope you guys had a good time here.

L - Yeah right on. Thanks for the party favors and shit. That's fuckin metal.