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Vengeance Resides

Scream — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:48:23 +0000

Vengeance Resides is a Durban based metal band, consisting of four guys passionate about music.

The band formed early 2009 when Nic Hagan (Vocals, Guitars), Andrew De Croes (Guitars) and Leon Deyzel (Drums) started jamming together.
With Nic’s brutal low and screeching high vocals, Andy’s technical guitar riffs, and Leon’s solid double bass drenched drums, there was instant chemistry.
Gareth Fraser later joined and added a new dimension with his thrash/jazz bass playing.
Playing a mix of thrash/death they captivate the audience with an intense live experience.

In short, Vengeance Resides are:
Nic Hagan – Vocals & Guitar
Andrew de Croes – Guitar
Gareth Fraser – Bass
Leon Deyzel – Drums

Interview by the official voice of South African metal – Scream!

Headbang Today: Welcome to South Africa’s heavy metal portal! Let’s have a very swift round-up and get to know you dudes: Each member tell me, what influenced you and currently inspires you to do what you are doing in the band.

Vengeance Resides:

Leon

My musical influences started from an early age when I got hold of some of my brothers death metal tapes, such as Benediction, Malevolent Creation and Obituary to name a few. I was captivated with metal drumming, especially double bass drums, so I got myself a drumkit and started bashing away. Currently my musical influences include Strapping Young Lad, Behemoth, Therion, Testament, etc.

Gareth

When I was young some of my parent’s friends were muso’s and when I saw them on stage it always gave me the feeling of wishing to be on stage like them, just jamming to the masses. My inspiration comes from purely just hearing a metal riff on guitar with drums and just listening to the raw power and ferocity of it all. It makes me just wanna jam man!

Andy

Well I’ve always been drawn to the guitar. I knew I wanted to play from the age of like 8 but I only went and bought one about a year after I got into metal, which was when I was about 13. These days I listen to a lot of Lamb of God but I’d say I get inspiration from a lot of different bands and genres of metal.

Nic

Hearing heavy metal for the first time inspired me to want to play guitar and vocal in a band.

Headbang Today: Have you gigged anywhere else besides Durban? If not, are there any plans to do so in the near future?

Vengeance Resides:

Leon

We’ve played at Red Door in Pietermaritzburg for the From the Dark festival. We have also recently played at The Black Dahlia in Joburg and (believe it or not) Cool Runnings in Mellville. It was awesome to see Bile of Man rip up the stage with us at both these venues. We saw some amazed/scared faces at Cool Runnings which is always cool for us.

Gareth

Yeah, we’ve gigged in Joburg. It was awesome and truly an eye-opener for us and showed us how cool the music scene is over there. We hope to go back in August. Hopefully do a few gigs in Cape Town by the end of the year or beginning of next year.

Andy

We did our first Joburg tour at the beginning of March and really enjoyed it. We’ll definitely be going back later this year. There’s also a few shows lined up for the South Coast and in Pietermaritzburg so we’re looking forward to that.

Nic

Yes, we have played in Joburg and Pietermaritzburg and we would also like to go to Cape Town someday.

Headbang Today: Nic’s vocals are pretty awesome. How do you maintain your growling heaviness and how do you warm up before a show?

Vengeance Resides:

Nic

Lots of Beer and biltong!

Headbang Today: As for the outstanding guitar work and solid rhythmic drumming, tell us a bit more about the writing processes involved when coming up with new material.

Vengeance Resides:

Leon

There isn’t any formula set in stone that we use, however the basis usually starts with rhythm guitar and drums. Andy and Nick will have a couple of ideas for riffs, and then Leon will add lay down the options for the most suitable drum patterns. Gareth will add his flavor of mayhem to it all and the vocals follow last. When it comes to changeovers and songs structures the band will usually sit together and discuss some ideas and choose the best ones. Basically we all work together as a band for each song and there is no dictation from any band member.

Gareth

Well Andy and I often sit down and he plays a riff for me that he’s been fiddling with at home then I put a bit of input into it and we add whole new riffs eventually turning it into a song. Leon usually starts adding drums in the mid way of laying down the guitar work. After that Nic comes up with the vocals, and then we pretty much have a whole new song.

Andy

We have a few different methods. Sometimes one person will come in with a couple of riffs and we’ll make a song from it. Other times someone will bring in a song and the rest will add on their parts and some stuff we’ve come up with just by jamming and trying out ideas we might have had.

Nic

We get together and bring riffs and let the magic happen.

Headbang Today: When can we expect a full-length album from Vengeance Resides?

Vengeance Resides:

Leon

Well, we are looking at recording a couple more songs before August 2010. We would say early 2011 for a full length album. If we had the money we would do it now as we already have an established repertoire of songs, more than enough for a full length album. Any sponsors out there?

Gareth

I really hope it’s soon as we have enough songs to create a full length album.

Andy

Realistically we’ll probably start putting together an album at the beginning of next year. In the meantime we’ll hopefully have an EP together by the second half of this year. Our main focus is that it comes out sounding awesome so we’ll probably have to be a bit patient with it.

Headbang Today: Which moral boundaries would each individual band member be willing to cross in order to share a stage with Lamb of God one day?

Vengeance Resides:

Leon,

None. I can’t give two shits about jamming with them. My moral beliefs are too important.

Gareth

As for Nic, Andy and Leon I cannot answer but as for myself I’d suck Robert Mugabe’s cock for a chance on stage with L.O.G!!

Andy

Fuckin’ name one dude!! Haha yeah not too many ey. They are my favorite band ever. Leon likes to give me a bit of stick about it but yeah, you know drummers, that’s what they do.

Nic

I would sell Andy’s BMW

Headbang Today: The turritopsis nutricula jellyfish is able to cycle from a mature adult back to an immature polyp stage a limitless number of times meaning that it appears to be impossible for it to die of old age. Would you be willing to pose as guinea pigs for an experiment that’ll involve you being injected with this jellyfish’s substances in the attempt to become immortal?

Vengeance Resides:

Leon,

We are already immortal. Ever watched Highlander? Well, we are from the clan “ Metal up your ass”

Gareth

Yes I would as the jellyfish can still turn old if it wants to therefore I could turn old when I want to after being injected, so I can be alive as long as I want and accomplish all my goals. Once I’m done with my goals I can be old then die.

Andy

Depends, would I have to go live in the ocean after that? I’m not a bit fan of the beach. Besides everyone already knows to become immortal all you have to do is kill the Highlander…

Nic

Oooo, yeah!

Headbang Today: We’ve asked ‘The Hollow’ this question before and due to a slight disbelief on our sides, we need to ask this again: Are Durbanite headbangers the most ferocious breed of metal heads in the country and why?

Vengeance Resides:

Leon

No they are not, they prefer to drink beer and smoke weed outside the venues than rather than supporting the local bands. Are you listening Durban? Get your fucking asses to the mosh pit next time.

Gareth

I can’t say. I’ve seen crazy motherfuckers in the crowd before yet I also see calm and collected metalheads that love listening to the music.

I think there’s a crazy bunch of metalheads everywhere you go in SA.

Andy

A few weeks ago I probably would have said yes, but since Joburg I’m not so sure. Let’s just say I came back with a few bumps. It’s hard to say for sure where the craziest mofo’s are, but a pit in Durban is by no means a safe place to be.

Nic

It’s 50/50. Metalheads are metalheads, it doesn’t matter where you go.

Headbang Today: When can we expect Vengeance Resides to perform down here in the most beautiful country in the world… Cape Town?

Vengeance Resides:

Gareth

I personally hope by the end of this year, beginning of next year.

Andy

Haha Well I spose we’ll have to see if our passports are up to date. We’re really keen to come to Cape Town, mostly likely when we do come it’ll be for a festival.

Headbang Today: Your sickest gig ever was when…

Vengeance Resides:

Gareth

Man there’s so many but probably Metal4Africa with mind assault. That gig was insane!

Andy

For me it would defiantly be the Metal 4 Africa gig at Burn. We even had the dudes from Mind Assault moshing to us. Was an awesome show!!

Nic

Metal 4 Africa

Headbang Today: You’ve recently jammed with Jo’burg death metallers Bile of Man. How did that go down?

Vengeance Resides:

Leon

Bile of Man is one intense brutal/extreme metal band. Their style is a bit different than ours (understatement), but it was awesome jamming with them. They are fucking nice guys and we will definitely be collaborating with them in the future.

Gareth

They scare the shit outta me but they’re an awesome band. Probably one of the best death metal acts to ever come out of SA.

Andy

Was great! I hadn’t seen them before so I was just happy to finally watch them. They’re a really cool band but also cool dudes to hang out with. Rehan the vocalist was the first person to buy a Vengeance shirt so we were stoked!

Nic

It was fucking awesome and I hope to do it again

Headbang Today: Any final words?

Vengeance Resides:

Gareth

Stay in school kids haha! If life’s ever getting you down, put on your favorite metal bands cd, have a smoke and a beer and let the good times roll!!

Andy

Rhubarb

Nic

K-k-k-k-k yeah! (In the words of Dr. Rockso, the rock and roll clown)

Bile Of Man

Scream — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:35:34 +0000

Bile Of Man

A great beast laid in wake of the Earth’s mind. A dark conscience within all mankind called … Bile Of Man. erm… maybe that’s not quite it… oh well, we got hold of Bile Of Man anyway and asked these South African Death metallers a couple of questions about their brutally driven metal awesomeness and the real meaning behind their delicious band name!

Puure ‘Suid Afrikaanse Brutale Vrekyster!’

BILE OF MAN ARE: VOCALS: Rehan De Kock GUITARS: Bennie Burger

GUITARS: Nicolas Sothmann DRUMS: Riaan Els BASS: Choroz Bileous

Collaborated Interview By: Scream and MDF

Headbang Today: Welcome to the family of Headbang Today! There is but one house rule and it’s no cannibalism! Everything else goes while constant headbanging is compulsory! We suppose that’s no problem for the members of Bile Of Man, right?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: We got the headbanging down, but whats this about house rules and you leave out an important one: One should always try and be offensive. Unless you make me some coffee. Right now!!

Headbang Today: If you had to cover a Cannibal Corpse song, which would it be?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: It would have to be Stripped, Raped and Strangled! Such a Brutal song!!

Headbang Today: If Bile Of Man could work with any other artist in a big event, who would it be and where would the event be held?

Bile Of Man: Riaan: For me it would have to be Morbid Angel and it could be anywhere. They are the Kings of Death Metal!!!

Headbang Today: You’ll be coming down to Cape Town for your Stages of Brutality gigs on the 26th of March this year. Are you excited about rocking the shit out of capetonian headbangers?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Oh yes!! We can’t wait to spill some new blood, we want to see the old school moshing, headbanging, heavy drinking crazy motherfuckers to come and show us what the Cape Town scene is made of and that they CAN mosh and keep the pits going!

Riaan: I think we are all very excited, we have never played Cape Town and I hear it’s great down there.

Headbang Today: You’ll also be performing at MotherFudd 2010 where they will also be attempting to break the Guiness world record for ‘MOST HEADBANGING SIMULTANEOUSLY!’ How much headbanging are you planning on for that? (make us proud!)

Bile Of Man: Bennie: For the World Record attempt (Which is great for international exposure), I guess it will be for the duration of whichever song it is that they choose to have us headbang on. But as for the other bands playing, I am sure there will be much more extensive headbanging to take place while watching other bands as well.

Headbang Today: What inspired you guys to become musicians in this genre?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: There is no money. Huge inspiration. No actually since the garage days of covering Sepultura, Slayer and MetallicA, I had listened to Nile and Morbid Angel, but never attempted to learn any of their songs. And when I started realizing what music is, it became clear to me that the three most challenging genre’s to play are Jazz, Classical and Death Metal. And this is purely an opinion driven statement, because apparently it’s very hard to produce dance music and any variation thereof. Personally, with my untrained ear, I can’t hear the significant difference between “House” “Rave” and/or “EBM”. But that’s just me, it might be all the years of death metal and noise that destroyed my ears.

Headbang Today: Tell us more about your actual band name, how did it originate?

Bile Of Man: Riaan: I will give you the short version. I came up with the name so that there’s an array of subjects to write about. Just so that we aren’t nailed down to one subject. So our lyrical themes are mostly about mankind and the bad side of the world, of the reality we live in. We like to keep things really brutal, so the name “Bile of Man” suites our theme and style quite well. Plus it sounds really cool.

Headbang Today: We would like to hear about what went down at your craziest gig ever!

Bile Of Man: Bennie: I would actually say that it must have been one of our best gigs ever!! We were playing alongside Tranquil and The Dead Will Tell at the Black Dahlia in Boksburg. When we hit the stage after TDWT, the crowd was so hyped up because of shit that happened in the middel of TDWT’s set, between slamdancers and moshers. It was honestly some of the most brutal pits I have ever seen. It was pure hate and aggression in that pit. It got so bad in there that the bouncer came up to the stage and threw everyone out the club. We were literally playing in front of 5 or 6 people for more than half our set.

Headbang Today: When can we expect an EP or better yet, a full track album from Bile Of Man?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: We will be hitting the studio in April and then we will set a release date as soon as we have gone through all the motions of shouting at each other in the vocal booth, messing around on Vuvuzela’s and drinking copious amounts of Monster

Headbang Today: With the launch of your official website BileOfMan.com being imminent, give us an inside scoop on what we can expect on it.

Bile Of Man: Bennie: We will have a forum where fans can register and interact with the band and each other. We want to put up a “Hall of Blood” which would be a gallery with photo’s of fans’ injuries as a result of Bileous Mosh Pits, the injured will get the option of getting their own personalized bileofman.com email addresses. There will be a gallery of downloads, songs, pics, and video eventually. We will establish a news blog to keep fans updated to what the latest news is in the band, what we are doing and what we want to do. But this is all still in the mix. We will also be launching an sms hotline for gigs and updates. Still some work to be done and brainstorming to be taken with some vodka, or Bile Drops… (ask us).

Headbang Today: With influences like Morbid Angel, Behemoth, Origin, Nile and Cannibal Corpse on your card, which band would you say was and currently still is the most influencial for Bile Of Man as a whole and what about them is it that fuels you to do what you do?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: To choose one band as the most influential band for Bile of Man as a five piece band, is kind of hard. I think each member draws influences from different bands. For me it would have to be Dying Fetus. I think Dying Fetus is the best death metal act ever!

Headbang Today: You’re known to have “very intimidating means of Brutal Death Vocals”… What would you say your lyrics cover in general?

Bile Of Man: Riaan: We write about what humans have done throughout the ages that are basically, inhumane. Serial killers, torture, war and occasionally religion. But with religion, we do not promote or denounce religion. We write about the factual things in the history, like the witch hunts and burnings, people joining cults and worshiping the devil. We also like to write about our deeper, darker inner feelings which would be Murder, Death and Destruction.

Headbang Today: Tell us about what a typical Bile Of Man Jam session consists out of.

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Ranting at each other mostly. Then we cover our whole set, work out some kinks, and then we would start working on new material. We are currently rehearsing Hotbox Studios in Hatfield, so we try to use our time in the studio as efficiently as possible.

Headbang Today: A sheep in Turkey has just recently given birth to a dead lamb with a human-like face thought to be the result of a rare mutation. What the hell do you think went wrong there? Your opinion on this disturbing matter?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Woah. Cool song title. HUMAN-FACE-DEATH-LAMB. Brutal. Well who knows, maybe it was an “accident”. Some Turk who just lost his job, his girlfriend who is also his nephew, got drunk at the local, drinking the product of the fermentation/distillation of various insects and human limbs, got lonely and saw a sheep, by itself, in the cold. And well. Let’s just say no one would really know where the Turk is.

Headbang Today: Give us your thoughts on the South African metal scene… room for improvement, or do you think the room has already improved?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Since we started in April 2007, the scene has changed quite a bit, regained some of it’s roots, fell apart and more generics came along that don’t last very long. So in quite a short period of time a lot has happened. I hope to be bashed for this, so, there is just a lack of consistency in our scene. You get bands that gather a name for themselves and then they claim the title of “Greatest-band-in-the-universe” without considering the fact that half of them are still at school and they are still in South Africa. But with that said, there are still some brilliant acts in this country like Architecture of Aggression, Deane Crescent, Azrail (RIP), Pledge Defiance, Contrast the Water, The WarInsane, Theatre Runs Red, Erebus, Selfmoord, Reverend Henry Kane and some more. But between these bands there is no time for such infantile rabble-rabble bullshit and politics. REAL Metal. But with that said, the same applies for fans. People only support the band if they know the members or if they gain free access somehow. It’s not like people go out just to support metal bands anymore. So there is a lot of improvement to be done there.

Headbang Today: Have any of you headbanged today?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Is this a question? Have you had your morning coffee yet, Headbangtoday.com?

Headbang Today: Have you ever given touring and gigging internationally a thought? If so, which country would be your first stop and why?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Yes we have been discussing it quite extensively the last while. But we are stuck in a rut where finances always comes in to play. But when the opportunity comes along, most EU countries is a given for Death Metal, Poland, Germany, Holland and then also DEFINITELY the U.S. Everybody knows that some of the best Brutal Intense Death Fucking Metal is spawned in the states. Morbid Angel, Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, you know, that kind of thing. It’s a dream to tour the states. You could pretty much tour the entire US, play a different state every week and it will take you a year. Thats BRUTAL!!!

Headbang Today: If you were allowed to say but only ONE word to your fans? what would it be?

Bile Of Man: SupercalifragilisticexpialiBILE.

Headbang Today: What can we expect from Bile Of Man during 2010?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Festivals, Vodka, Energy drinks and a 5 track EP. Look out for it online and check out our gigs, we are to debut new songs very soon.

Headbang Today: So now that Bile Of Man will be performing at MotherFUDD 2010, which song out of your set do you think is bound to get the masses headbanging simultaneously like ravenous beasts at the event?

Bile Of Man: Bennie: Amidst the Chaos is a new contender and I think that it is going to break some necks at this MotherFudd. We are stoked about it and we want our fans to be as well. Headbang. Or DIE. You filthy Bile.

Headbang Today:

Last but not least! Answer these short questions:

Shaken or stirred? Shaken.

Black or white? Black. Unless it’s lingerie, then it’s definitely white!

Leather or lace? Leather

Backhand or bitch slap? RLTPK (reeks lae trajek poes klappe)

Headbang Today: Any last words?

Bile Of man: Thanx to Headbangtoday.com for this interview, it was awesome doing it. Come and check us out at Motherfudd 2010 at 22h00 on Saturday 13th March.

We would like to extend thanx to Nescafe, Russian Bear and Monster for supplying us with eternal drinking pleasure, Yvonne from MotherFudd for organizing such a Brutal festival, Marshall Music for your recent hospitality. And lastly but most importantly the Bile Horde for spilling blood in pure hatred for the human race, passion for metal and self loathing purposes. We hate you.

It’s been a feast having you on Headbang Today! Goodluck with all your up and coming shows and we look forward to having you back here again soon!

MotherFUDD 2010 Official and final press release.

Scream — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:16:29 +0000

HEADBANG TODAY WILL BE FEATURING AND CHATTING TO ALL THE BANDS THAT WILL BE PERFORMING AT MOTHERFUDD 2010! WATCH THIS SPACE!

INSTRAMETAL INTERVIEWED

MotherFUDD 2010 Official and final press release.

MotherFUDD, South Africa’s renowned metal festival is proud to announce that they will be hosting the first ever Official Guinness World Record for the “Most People Headbanging Simultaneously” at the seventh annual MotherFUDD – The Gathering 2010 on 13 March 2010.

Motherfudd is extremely proud to fly this exciting and unusual flag as it will not only spotlight the massive following metal music and has in this country but also that this epic event will take place on South African soil.

The bands under Mother’s care this year are: Agro, All Forlorn, Architecture of Aggression, Bile of Man, Chromium, Emperium, Erebus, Fragmented Children, H aggis & Bong, Instrametal, Juggernaught, Loathe, Mazaru, Nighthawk, Reverend Henry Kane, Red Helen, Riddare av Koden, Rhütz, Sacrifist, Sathern and Stigmata Dawn.

Tickets are R220 for the entire weekend and are available from www.webtickets.co.za.

This includes weekend-long parking, camping, lots of drunken arm-in-arm metal camaraderie, the best South African metal bands and your name down in the history books!

For added mojo there are game drives, Bubble-ball, skating and bmxing, swimming, lots of food and flea stalls, a tuck shop and a huge, well-priced bar with DJs that will be satisfying FUDDers’ metal appetites well into the early hours.

On a serious note:

Because of the heightened media interest this year we had to put certain criteria in place and thus have RESTRICTED ENTRY to 1500 tickets only. NO GATE SALES and NO EXCEPTIONS. It’s best to avoid disappointment, a copious amount of egg on your face and your buddies’ endless ragging by buying your tickets through Webtickets early, as they will also close automatically as soon as the limit is reached.

MotherFUDD would not be possible without our like-minded partners in crime: Monster Energy Drink, Aqua Seltzer, Headbang Today, Revolution, Killer Truck Co, Locally Whipped Magazine, Midrand Stereo, Maganstarr Productions, EA Games, Star Gazers Extra Mural Centre, The Cameraman, Viking Records, Sound Decision, Synergy Productions, Music Connection and Schecter Guitar Research.

MotherFUDD – The Gathering is the brainchild of Yvonne Pennicott, long-time band manager and festival extraordinaire who inspired a gathering of the best musical talent in the country to bring about a 2-day camp-over festival showcasing the pick of the crop. 2010 sees MotherFUDD hosted from 12 – 14 March 2010 at the acclaimed Malonjeni Guest Resort just south of Johannesburg.

For enquiries please go to www.motherfudd.com or visit us at Facebook, Myspace or Reverbnation.

For line-up, logistic and festival liaisons please contact:

Yvonne Pennicott

Cell: 082 441 1256

Email: motherfudd@iburst.co.za

For press, media and advertising opportunities please contact:

Trudy Currie

Cell: 079 752 0159

Email: fuddpromo@gmail.com

Very quick drive, if it takes you longer than half-an-hour from Alberton, call us…

you’re lost.

Coordinates: S26, 36’ 24.07”

E28, 10’ 41.58”

PLEASE NOTE: The off-ramp called “Randvaal Road” on the map is actually the

“Randvaal/Walkerville” off-ramp off the R59. (the one AFTER the Engen Blockhouse!!!)