Ave fucking Manticore!!! What is the
band doing currently?
Hails!!
Right now we are writing songs for the new LP.
Your last Lp was “For Rats and
Plague” under the label of Deathsgasm Records in 2006, which I consider a cult
within the Death Black Metal, what was the recording ambience of that plague?
Recording
that LP was definitely an enjoyable time. we used Dimm studios, who we have
always used which makes it real easy. We just set up and play and Mike takes
good care of us. He has always captured the true sound of Manticore.
How was the promotion of “For Rats
and Plague”? According to my inquiries you gave many rituals in the US and
Mexico, how was the tour? What bands did you play with? Tell us details.
The
promotion for Rats has been great, Deathgasm (CDs) and Hells Headbangers
(Vinyls) have both pushed the LP immensely. We did the Sangre de la Bestia tour
with Morbosidad, Obeisance and Thornspawn in Mexico last year and it was
insane!!! The Mexican fukkers were complete deviants!! It was great to play
with the other bands on the tour as well as Hacavitz(GODS!!!!!!!) Black
Torment, Raped God666(RIP Goat Destroyer) and many others.
The live desecrations of Manticore
are plague and metal, what does represent the crucified rat you show in your
rituals? Only rats?
The rats
are symbolic of the album title, the music is for rats and plague--all carriers
of disease. Extermination of all!!! Depending on the show, we have also used
skinned goat heads on upside down crosses, barbed wire, fire, massive amounts
of blood, all of the things one would expect to see at a ritual such as ours.
What happened with Satanael?
He left due
to other things he wanted to pursue, he was going back to school, and had no
time to continue with Manticore. He is still a good friend, and we wish him well
in all that he does.
The art of Manticore’s covers are blasphemies,
sick and with total annihilation of Christianity, are you going to keep using
the same art? Who is the creator of such aberrations?
We have
talked to a couple of different artists about doing the new covers we will need
this year. So right now nothing is set in stone. Eric from HH did the cover of Rats, and
Infaustus of Supremacy did the Bowels
cover, but we will always keep the same theme of Xtian annihilation.
Talking about Manticore’s art, in
your Ep “Ritual Cleansing of the Whore” appear some warrior monks, crusaders or
templars, what is the thematic you wanted to give? Do you think those monks
were against such doctrines?
That is a
cover that Akhenaten from Breath of Night came up with, he had gotten a tape
copy of Ritual Cleansing of the Whore and asked to release it on LP and CD. We
let him design everything for these versions.
I am quite sure the Templars were against the basics of Xtianity, they
knew the truth, but also realised the truth would make man free, and able to
think for himself, therefore much harder to control. So, they helped push a
false doctrine just to make the sheep fall in line.
In three of your productions you made
tributes to Samael, Beherit and Archgoat, is it a way to show respect to those
influences? What do you think about the current Samael?
Manticore was created to play the music that
influenced us, the bands that had ceased to exist that created true chaos and
hate. We have much respect to the early bands that created such hate. The
current Samael is not Samael, sadly they have strayed, and lost the feeling the
early rituals contained.
You edited a split with Morbosidad,
it was an idea of both bands or the label Hells Headbangers? What’s your
opinion about Morbosidad?
HH came to
us with the idea for this split and being big fans of Morbosidad, we were
extremely into the idea. I am an extreme
supporter of Morbosidad, they put out some very hate-filled, anti-Xtian
violence that attacks the very core of morality.
When is completed the new
annihilation? Will it be more brutal and darkest?
New
material is being written right now, we have 2 new songs up on our band page
that were recorded in November. We are working on getting a new LP out this
year sometime, as well as a couple of split releases. It will follow in the
vein of all of our releases, a little bit of everything--just pure satanic
darkness.
What happened with the split you were
going to make with Nocturnal Blood?
We have put
it on hold for a while, Nick was concentrating on the Nocturnal Blood full
length, so we decided it would be better to wait. We are still hoping to do
something with NB later on though.
Manticore is a mythological being,
what represents for you? Why did you choose that name?
The name
was chosen to represent the filthy sound we create. The manticore shows the
true side of man with the venomous tail and that it something that we represent.
What experiences do you highlight
about Somnus (Black Gothic Metal)? What made you to create Manticore?
Satanel and
I had talked about doing Manticore since 96, but never had the time, late 2000
saw everything fall together finally.
Somnus was a great time, but this is now.
The inspiration is an essential part
when creating, what are your inspirations? Any special cursed literature?
Everyday
living is a major inspiration, just looking around, you can easily find the
dark in people and draw from that. Evil is alive and well in this world, it
just needs brought out. I read tons of
stuff, mostly true crime and occult/ritualistic books, I am sure that these
influences are brought forth in our lyrics.
Your pseudonym is Ixitichitl, what is
the meaning of that? Is it related to
the Aztec or Mayas?
Ixitichitl
is a fictional race of sea dwelling demons, though it sounds related to the
ancient cultures.
How do you see the current metal
scene in your city, any bar with negative atmosphere where drink and sodomize
in the name of Satan? Any band you can recommend us?
There is
really nothing left in Cleveland anymore, there are a couple of small clubs
that play underground metal, but for the most part this town is dying!!! The
scene here in the 90's was great, but has steadily gone downhill in the last
few years. The bands around here that I would recommend
are Crucified Mortals(old school thrash), Nunslaughter, Midnight other than
that, there aren't too many left.
Do you know something about Chile and
South America?
Atomic
Aggressor!!!!! Other than that, not too
much, all I know is that the maniacs in South America are said to be some of
the craziest on earth. I know that we have talked to some people, and are
looking forward to getting to South America once the new LP is recorded and
released.
Do you think it’s an honor that
Manticore be compared with Blasphemy or Bestial Warlust?
Yes, it is
great honor to be compared with those bands. The energy that those bands
created is the reason that Manticore was created, to bring that rawness and
dark vibe back into metal.
Comrade, what are the five essential
discs of Black Death Metal?
It is hard
to pick just 5 but I will give it a try:
Archgoat-Angelcunt, Impaled
Nazarene- Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz,
Samael- Blood Ritual, Incantation- Mortal Throne of Nazarene,
Beherit-The Oath of Black Blood
Comrade I appreciate the time you
devoted to Cai Cai Vilu Zine, anything to add?
I
appreciate your patience in waiting for the answers, sorry for the long delay.
Thank you for your time and we thank you for your support in the war against
Xtianity!!! Hope to see you maniacs sometime in the next year or so.
END
For Black Serpentor
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