Damned freaks of Classic and true Heavy Metal, Cai Cai
Vilu opens the gates of the great snake for an interrogation. What is the
present of Witchcurse?
Hail! I am also ready to
begin the open ritual. Witchcurse at the moment record their second album. At
the moment we recorded the drums and this week I will record the bass.
Everything is going in a great way and we will try our best to have ready a dynamite
for all the metalheads all over the world.
In what moment did the demon of passion for true Heavy
Metal reach your veins?
I listened to metal music
first time in the age of 11. Someone make me a tape of Metallica and I still
remember the first time I listened it. For 3 months I had only this tape which
I listened every day. Sometimes twice. Haha! The years that came I discovered
tones of bands. First the classics as Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin,
Megadeth, Slayer etc and then I opened the gates of the underground world with
bands as Angelwitch, Shok Paris, Thor and many more.
What is Heavy Metal for you guys? From your
perspective, which would be the principles and the attitude to have a real
Heavy Metal band?
Heavy metal is a way to
live. You never have to surrender and you must be strong. Heavy metal means to
have some beliefs that you will never change for nothing. Heavy metal is
violence and strength. People that listen only the music and don’t live the
true way of metal are simple false one. Pathetic shitheads that leave metal for
a pussy must also die. Posers that think they are the bad guys because they
wear some metal t-shirts and some spikes but they will cry when the fist will
hit them are also a good example of false gays! If we have to speak for the
attitude of a true metal band we must speak about leather, patches and all the
“cliché” of this movement. These was the way from the beginning and this one
will be forever if we want to speak about metal.
In the beginnings you released a rehearsal and there
was a song named “Keepers of the N.W.O.B.H.M.”. Is this track a tribute to that
legion of hordes? Is it a duty to ennoble that old style?
I composed “Keepers” back in
2002. It was a period where the true metal had only few bands and most of them
was in a more epic way. I wanted to make a band in the NWOBHM style and in this
era was really crazy to make this thing. I felt really a keeper of the sound of
this movement. Long time before bands as Enforcer, White Wizard etc became the
new rock stars. That’s the reason I wrote this song and this is the meaning of
it.
What do you think about the covers that (old)
Metallica did, in their 1984 Ep, of bands like Diamond Head and Blitzkrieg? Do
you think that tribute made the N.W.O.B.H.M. more recognized?
For sure it made more
recognized the NWOBHM movement back in 80s in USA. And of course when Metallica
became to rock stars it made recognized some underground NWOBHM songs. The bad
thing is that many people know “Am I evil?” or “Blitzkrieg” but they don’t know
the original bands. But I really hail Metallica for this thing. They approved
that they are true metalheads although that they changed their style.
With what bands did you share the ritual of alcohol
and Heavy Metal in which “The Witch is Alive” was edited? What memories do you
have of that night?
This was the first live gig
of the band out of our city. The live gig took part in Athens. It was a thrash
metal festival with local bands and we were the only heavy metal band. That was
a bit bad because the most people of the gig was only into thrash metal. But we
didn’t care a lot and we gave our best as you can hear in the tape. Other bands
that we played together this night and I can remember were Crucifier, Revenge
and Benefactor Decease.
In relation to the previous question, I have seen some
posters in which you appear next to bands like Manilla Road and Grim Reaper.
How was that moment? What do you think of these Heavy Metal monsters?
It wasn’t as waited with all
the bands. Many of these bands aren’t the same as in the past. The classic
thing was one original member and new musicians to perform some old songs of
the bands. But they haven’t the same passion. For sure the band that I liked
more that we played together was Manilla road. They were great both on stage
and in life. All hail to them!
Usually in Heavy Metal there are those who create
lyrics about sex and you guys don’t fall behind, like for example in the song
named ‘Bed of fire’. Who are those lyrics dedicated to? What do you think about
Heavy Metal ballads?
This lyrics made by our
guitarist Necro. He dedicated this lyrics to the best girl that you can
imagine. For this girl for sure every man would gave a bed of fire. He could
break the bed to fuck till the end!!!!! Hahahaha! I like heavy metal ballads
and more I prefer these one who have long guitar solos. Who knows? Maybe in the
future will make a ballad.
In 2010 you edit the full length ‘Heavy Metal Poison’,
and one of its remarkable songs was ‘Drinkers from Hell’, a hymn that defines
the concept of Witchcurse, professing their musical tastes for Iron Maiden,
Angel Witch, Clooven Hoof, etc. At the moment of creating that tribute, was
there an inspiring flow of beer running through your veins? What Lp have you
been listening to lately?
This is again a song of our
guitarist Necro. But as I know him for sure he was drunk or he remembered a
drunk night to make this song! Hahahaha
From the beginnings of Heavy Metal Satanism has been
present, if not the entity named Satan. I’m speaking of bands such as Black
Sabbath (Old), Mercyful Fates (Old), Iron Maiden (Old), W.A.S.P., Venom, etc.
How is the image of Satan symbolized in the Heavy Metal of Witchcurse?
We are Satanists! We believe
in Satan as the wills that the fucking Christian church wants to stop their
existence! We want to fuck, drink and have hatred in our mind. All hail
Satan!!!!
What do you think today about the bands mentioned in
the previous question? Iron Maiden or
W.A.S.P., for example. At first they had interesting, historic and sometimes
satanic lyrics. Do you still respect the lyrics of these bands latest records?
Sorry but I don’t hear the
new albums of the old bands. I prefer to listen the classic one!
The colombian label BloodLust Records (Colombia)
re-edited your demos in a tape called ‘Heavy Metal Poison’. How did the contact
with the label come up? Are you satisfied with the distribution of the tape?
The owner of the label came
in contact with me through email. Perhaps he found my email from a previous
release/flyer or interview. I really don’t know what happen with this tape. The
man back from the label has some economic problems these months so I don’t know
if he distribute the tapes. We still wait our copies of the release.
Do you know the real Heavy Metal of South America? For
example Retrosatan, V8, RIFF, Cronos, Battlerage, Axe Battler, Acero Letal,
Motosierra, among many others.
I know the most bands that
you mentioned and I believe that the best of the newcomers are Axe battler. You
have really good bands although is difficult to find their releases here in
Europe. But as I am an underground freak I try to find them through underground
distros and trades.
The economic situation of Greece has deeply and
entirely affected Europe. How does this crisis affect or affected Witchcurse?
It’s a real problem for us
at the moment. Back in time was quite easy for us to find money for recordings
or to book a live gig in abroad. At the moment is something really difficult.
Many times we thought to go to another country. Time will tell… for sure we
will not fall and we will never surrender!!!!
What can you
tell us about the Heavy Metal of your country? Should any band in particular be
mentioned in these pages?
Yes only one! Dark
nightmare! Check this band! Against modern metals, against posers into metal
with a great underground ideology. All the others are fucking posers!
Tell us a definition of each one of these vocalists:
Bruce Dickinson, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, Tony Martin and
Blackie Lawless.
All of them had something
characteristic in their voice that made them what they are now! Lemmy haven’t
the best voice of the world but it is a voice that you will never forget!
Halford is my best singer. He can sing everything! Raw or melodic in all the
tones of voice!
The way I see it, the songs of the EP ‘Still evil’ are
even more classic, I mean, they come closer to the sounds of the NWOBHM. Was
this born spontaneously? What can you tell us about this EP?
You are right! We tried to
make a step higher. We listened a lot of old stuff and we tried to catch this
feeling and I think we made it well. We will continue in this way and the new
album will be more NWOBHM with some more 70s parts. But of course it will be
raw heavy metal as always!
Do you trade your material or do you leave that to
labels?
We trade it and we are proud
because we are a band that is part of the true underground! If you want to make
something is this music is better for you to make some moves by yourself!
When will we be
having new spells from the witch? Which will be the label? How is the new stuff
from Witchcurse coming?
At the moment we record our
second album. As I told before it will be total NWOBHM madness and it will
includes 12 songs. The big news is that we will have a new singer and I will
only play the bass. The problem is that we still search for this singer. We
have one way of voice and we will not make back for some losers that we already
try to include to our coven. The new singer must be first of all man and
metalhead!
Damn Heavy Metal insane, this is all for now. Rise
true Heavy Metal fire even higher!! Cheers!!
Cheers stay forever metal!
Heavy metal till the end and thank you for the interview!i really enjoyed it! contact
us here: Dimitris Papachristos, I.Goura 9, 54352 Thessaloniki, Greece or in
this email: possessed666ia@hotmail.com
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