- INTERVIEWS -

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- KRONOSFEAR INTERVIEW -

Live interview with Kevin by Mark Howitt (2005)

Mark Howitt - What is the current status of Kronosfear?

Kevin - Well, Senior Smick is currently out West right now, he’s laying down the ground roots. Hes coming back in August to the hammertown. He's gonna do a few shows and then after that Im going to go out there and we'll be moving our base of operations out to the West Coast (edit: of Canada)

M - So Kronosfear is going to move from Hamilton to British Columbia?

K - I think it's just going to be Mic and I. Chris is playing in a bunch of different bands, he's playing in Reich of the Dead, Glimpse of Hell among others.

M - Do you also play in any other bands?

K - I also play in Gnarly Skull right now. Its like hardcore/punk and then there is Rigorous Obliteration is always on the back burner. Not really allowed to do that now but I cant talk about that.

M - So what has Mic been up to out West?

K - He is playing in a Black Metal band out there…Uh, hold on a sec. I gotta take a toke here…

M - You always gotta get the tokes in the interview. I'm telling you, it makes the interview.

K - Exactly, exactly. But Mic is playing out West, he is playing guitar and singing but I really can't remember what the name of the band is.

M - So how is Kronosfear doing lately anyhow? Any new albums coming out?

K - Well, our new album is all recorded but we are all broke fucks and were trying to get a label to put it out for us, so I think we are just going to end up putting it ourselves and making that once we go out west. Weve got in the works, our last show in Hamilton. We recorded that, it’s a nice sound recording which was recorded by Colin from Will of the Ancients so we are planning to do the live DVD type thing hopefully. Should be pretty bad ass.

- So you said you are playing some shows then in August?

K - Yeah, hopefully. Nothings confirmed yet but for sure we're gonna try and get at least one in the Hammer, maybe one in Toronto and with some luck hopefully a couple more so it will probably be the last shows with Chris on drums.

M - Well, we look forward to the shows and thanks for doing this interview. Horns High! Got any last words?

K - Hang loose, and you know…ass!! ASS!!!

- KRISIUN INTERVIEW -

Live interview with Max Kolesne by Mark Howitt (2005)

Mark Howitt - Could you tell me a bit about the formation of Krisiun?

Max Kolesne - Well, we started out at the beginning of the 90's and we released our first demo tape called Evil Wage in 1990. Then in 92 we did our second demo, which is called The Plague.

MHI have'nt heard those yet.

MK - It's older material. It's very hard to find, and I think in Brazil is one of the only places you'll find it, but even now it's hard to find that stuff. In 93 we then released our first mini-cd called Merciful Order. We finally released our first full album in 95 called Black Force Domain, which was the album which opened alot of doors for us. We got to play Europe for the first time, and got a contract with a German label. We started playing Europe, and then we released Apocolyptic Revelation in 97, and we came to the U.S for the first tour over here in 99. We toured with Angel Corpse and Incantation, and we got really good responses. The guys from Century Media really wanted to help us out with our bill and shit. After that they released Conquerors of Armageddon. Since then we've just kept ourselves going, lots of tours, lots of shows. We released Ageless Venemous, and now we've just released Works of Carnage about a month ago. It's still a pretty new release.

MH - Yeah. Works of Carnage is a brutal album indeed. From what I've heard it's one of your strongest efforts to date.

MK - Thanks man, we appreciate that. It's a pretty straight forward, aggressive album. We have alot of influences from older bands like Dark Angel, Slayer, and straight forward bands from the 80's, so we're really inspired by those bands like Venom and Morbid Angel. I think this really shows on Works of Carnage, the older style we have. We play like real fast blast beats and shit, but we try to have our own personality for Krisiun. But I thin it shows that we have influences from those older bands.

MH - Have you guys always been called Krisiun?

MK - Yeah. We started as Krisiun, and we still have the same line up. We did have a rhythm guitarist at the beginning, but he quit for personal reasons. We decided to keep the band as a three piece. Alex has a really heavy sound with his bass, and it really fits in well with our music. When Moyses is doing the solos and leads it really fits well with the bass, so we decided to stay as a three piece.

MH - Does it simplify things while writing?

MK - Yeah man. We feel comfortable playing like that. It just came as a very natural thing. We like practicing and jamming. That's the way we write all of our music. Just practicing and jamming out. It's a very natural thing.

MH - Can you explain what the metal community is like over in Brazil?

MK - I'd say it is a very strong metal scene. There is alot of bands with different styles like melodic metal, black and death metal. It's a very old and strong scene in a way. We had bands from the early 80's playing some cool shit. Some bands are as old as Slayer, but they did'nt have the chance to show their music to the rest of the world. Alot of people go to our shows down there. There's alot of metal maniacs.

MH - How has your reaction been so far in Canada and the U.S?

MK - It's been good man. It's always a great pleasure and honour for us to play up here, and tour the U.S. We play everywhere up here and we fuckin' love it. Sometimes we play for only a few people, but sometimes when we play smaller shows it's more intense than playing in festivals like when we played the Wacken Metal Fest in Germany in front of 40,000 people. Sometimes we feel more comfortable playing small shows, and seeing the metal heads there.

MH - That's awesome. Do you have a favourite album?

MK - It's hard to tell just one band. I grew up listening to all the old metal like Motorhead and Judas Priest. We're kind of older guys, we're around 30 and shit, but for albums we listened to Reign in Blood, Altars of Madness, Darkness Descends, Welcome to Hell and Black Metal by Venom.

MH - Are those what inspired you to play and write brutal music?

MK - Oh yeah. The old Slayer, Morbid Angel, and Venom albums are probably the strongest influences we have.

MH - When do you think you'll be playing in Ontario again?

MK - I am really hoping that next year we will be around here again. We are already planning to come back here in the U.S and Canada sometime in the summer.

MH - Have you ever played in Montreal, or Ottawa?

MK - Yes. We actually played Montreal yesterday. It was a really good show for us. Everytime we come to Canada though we only play Toronto and Montreal. That's it. It's pretty fucked up.

MH - Fuck, we gotta get you some gigs in Ottawa, Sudbury, and other places around here. (Edit: Krisiun came back a few years later and played mentioned cities)

MKYeah, that'd be great for sure man. It would be a great pleasure to play those places.

MH - Well, you guys fuckin' rule for sure. Do you have any last comments for our readers?

MK - Yes. We thank you very much for giving us this opportunity to spread our word and music, and it's been great here in Canada. I also want to tell our fans that we will never wimp out. We will always keep true to the roots, and we'll always keep true to our roots. We're always going to play fast and extreme forever, until the day that we die.