Interview with Martin from Snuff Zine/Records and Intervalle Bizzare Management by Jen

Tell us about your magazine that is available. When do you have the next issue coming out?
Hi, to be honest the zine is not available yet. I am trying to do it with my friend Sepp (vocalist of a cool Czech death/grind machinery called IMPERIAL FOETICIDE (you can reach this band on imperial_foeticide@centrum.cz) - they are making really great musick with hellishly fast blasting parts at blasphemous speed). So me and Sepp decided to dedicate the whole thing to extreme metal thus we are spreading everywhere that we don't want to review/intie anything else than death/grind/thrash/hc musick. We really dislike black metal kids, heavy/doom gayness… (the truest doom ever were PROPHECY OF DOOM from U.K.). The reason why the zine is slowed down is really simple. We are both studying (both Chemical Institutes), work (Sepp occasionally and I have full time job), our bands are for us the main thing… We both have been totally busy with all this shit for more than half of the year… We have prepared most of the pages (total number will be about 50, format A4, pro-printed) but we don't have the time to meet each other and finish it. I know it suxxx, we are fucked up as well… but we really can't say when it will be out
Is there an English version available and if not, when will that be?
We decided to do only the English version. We want to press about 500 copies… Hope there will be soon the online version at least. It depends on that I have to buy a PC (it is really expensive over here) so then we can get these things moving.
Who are some of your favorite interviews?
I like all the inties we did. When I receive the answers it is always great time for me. We are trying support the bands we 100% dig. I think our best inties are with Flo/CRYPTOPSY, Chris/INTERNAL BLEEDING, Brian/CATASTROPHIC, Rikard/DERANGED, Puti/CONTRASTIC, Sebbb/SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION, Mithos/BLOODY GORE to name a few. We do the questions in narky/funny way, in order not to have the usual boring questions.
How is your distribution for the zine? Is it only over there, or has it made its way to the United States yet?
There's nothing to distribute yet as I said before. I hope the distribution will be o.k. as with my releases. But we are aware that zines are the less salable items in the whole world, doesn't matter too much, we will do it for metal!
Tell us about your Snuff Records label.
Snuff records lies on my shoulders only. It's a very small independent label/distro which can't afford the same as big labels. The dedication of the label is the same as for the zine. I am trying to do it profi (no xeroxed booklets/dubbed tapes/cd-r's) and promote every release of mine as much as I can. There is also one important aspect for me and this is that the bands I want to release must be cool guys and true metal warriors, of corpse…
What have you released so far?
I have released a split seven inch of Czech ALIENATION MENTAL and French INHUMATE(http://www.inhumate.maxximum.org) and a split tape of ALIENATION MENTAL and Czech GENETIC THREAT. It took me some time to release it because I was totally skinned off the money after two euro tours with our band. All the mentioned bands are big friends of mine. ALIENATION MENTAL, hailing from Praha, plays neurotic ultra-blasting brutal death/grind with massive sound attack. INHUMATE play catchy powerful old school death/grind (especially their live shows they are very intense & sick). GENETIC THREAT is another band of Radim (insane blastmaster of IMPERIAL FOETICIDE) formerly known as DEAF&DUMB. After DEAF&DUMB cut their carrier most members of this band founded GENETIC THREAT and recorded stuff, which appears on the tape I released. Then some line-up changes came (now the vocalist of INTERVALLE BIZZARE is singing there). Their first stuff is much more into death metal with some cyber elements, but they have developed into insane mixture of death/grind/hard core house/cyber sickening. The tape is available for $4,5, EP for $5 (overseas, ppd, for the Europe orders subtract $1).
Any releases coming out soon?
I have many plans… I think the next item will be split 7"EP DEEPRED/SLUGATHOR (both bands are Finish brutal acts) but I haven't received the packets yet (you know I have to be totally keen for the material) because post-assholes seem to have lost the packet twice. FUCK THEM! I plan the next items (doesn't matter when they come true - I only asked the bands and they agreed): !T.O.O.H! split 7"EP, GRIDE split 7"EP and a GENETIC THREAT CD. As for the inches I want to ask established great bands to share the split vinyls with my chosen acts in order to help them with spreading their high-quality musical enthusiasm. !T.O.O.H! are bizarre misanthropic grind with highly technical parts, GRIDE is extreme fast power violence. As for GENETIC THREAT… I have spoken to Radim and he agreed to participate in releasing this CD but he quit his job now so it will be also delayed (in addition the band has still line-up problems thus they don't have new sonxxx).
What is in store for 2002?
That's my laziness that I don't have distro list... But the reason is simple I run a very small distribution and I usually take up to 10 copies per item so there is no need to set up the list because I sell it out very quickly... But you can find the stuff from Relapse, Morbid... I am going to do something with Unique Leader, Hammerheart, Mighty to name a few big labels... I also support small bands with carrying their stuff. The only criteria for a title to appear in my distro is that I have to enjoy it.
Tell us about Intervalle Bizzare. Who are they? How long have they been together? How did they come together? What do you do for them?
As INTERVALLE BIZZARE are concerned…I am enclosing IB bio so you can check it out because it just follows: The band rose as grind-noise-rock project of two brothers (on guitar and drums) in January 1997. In April Tomáš Stulík and Ládis Eifler joined the band. First named person have enriched the music with his pseudoanimal growling and second with good bass links played on bestial Jolana instrument. In this line-up band performed on a few gigs. In October 1997 came a new drummer and the present one started to play the guitar. A few shows followed with a little different material in intense of fast melodic death metal. In September 1998 is the last performance with old line-up. Both guitarists left the band and Tomáš Fiala came into. The music began to be partial to brutal death metal. In December the band started again with gigs and in February 1999 they visited studio for the first time, where their 3 songs promo tape was recorded. This material has been encountered with great-unexpected reception. The band played many gigs with LIVIDITY, PESSIMIST, DAMNABLE, LKOST SOULS, DESECRATION, INHUMATE, GODLESS TRUTH, FLESHLESS, or cult Prague's festival Fekal Party and many other shows with allied bands from Czech and Slovakia. We were touring Europe with Californian SEPSISM and Slovak SANATORIUM in March 00. That was very successful tour. We were going on small Euro tour with American SKINLESS and Czech PERVERSIST in September 00 to become more known. We will visit countries like Germany, Holland, Belgium again. We planned to do a small exchange with Latvian death metal act BRUTE CHANT in October / November 00 but our guitarist Tom was injured, thus our friends IMPERIAL FOETICIDE played these shows instead of us. The band began to slowly rehearse in spring 01. The second guitarist Franta Šerák from GARBAGE DISPOSAL joined us in these times, thus INTERVALLE BIZZARE started to practice very hard to learn the newcomer the old stuff which was little bit rearranged. We booked our first shows after more than half a year break on May 01. There should be out very soon new stuff as the split CD with MALIGNANCY on Shindy productions (http://www.shindy.cz). We also should appear on prestigious comp CD named Czech Assault (on Relapse records - http://www.relapse.com) with FLESHLESS, IMPERIAL FOETICIDE, CONTRASTIC and NEGLIGENT COLLATERAL COLLAPSE. Who we are??? We are young faggots who dedicated our lives to technical brutal death/grind. The band has 5 members + me. We call my status as management, but it is too sublime. Only me and one of the guitarists take care of the management because the rest is not involved with such things and on the other side real problems would arise if everybody wanted do it, there would be many misunderstandings. Music is written by both guitarists and the drummer, vocalist is the only composer of lyrics, only bass-player is lazy stoned freak haha…
How many releases do they have available?
It's pretty funny. The composition process takes them too much time. Our guitarist Tom (before the second guitar player came) had problems with his hand (lacerated triple muscle head), then Franta (he used to be the leader of a Czech cult band GARBAGE DISPOSAL - R.I.P.) thus the process have been cut for the long time as he had to learn all the old stuff. Anyway, they are very lazy, on the second side very accurate…
Have they toured or played with any established bands?
Yes, we toured Europe twice in 2000. The first time with SEPSISM and SANATORIUM (for 1 month) and the second time with SKINLESS and PERVERSIST. After the second tour the problems with our guitarist's hand came up, so we had to take a break. We played also with INHUMATE, LIVIDITY, DAMNABLE, LOST SOUL, PESSIMIST, DESECRATION, SEVERE TORTURE. We have appeared at the Fuck the commerce festival in 2001 (CRYPTOPSY, EXHUMED…) and Czech festivals in 2000 - Obscene Extreme, Brutal Assault (2000+2001), Nuclear Storm. At the moment we are trying to set up 10-days tour in March (from 7th to 17th) with German NECROPHAGIST (confirmed) but we are still searching for the headliner.
How did you first get involved with the music scene?
My brother is the guilty one! We both studied the same high school and he had a class mate who was into metal. That guy lend me some tapes (I was about 11 or 12 years old) and I was surprised - that musick satisfied my needs (it was first albums from PESTILENCE, SEPULTURA, KREATOR, DEICIDE…) Since then I have been drowning into metal more and more so I can say now that my dream came true. I like it very much, metal is the most important thing for me-this can't my parents nor ex-girlfriends understand, but I don't give a fuck. Support Satan or die!
What are some of your favorite CD's of 2001?
Favorite albums: FLESHTIZED, DIABOLIC, ABHORRENCE, NEPHASTH, MONSTROSITY 2CD, REBEALLIUN, GORGASM, HATE PLOW, SUBLIEM CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION, PYAEMIA, DISAWOVED, PHOBIA, GORGUTS, SKINLESS, INTENSE HAMMER RAGE, !T.O.O.H!, all time faves: MORBID ANGEL, SUFFOCATION, CRYPTOPSY, IMMOLATION, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, NASUM, REGURGITATE, SLIPKNOT, DAHMER, HEMDALE, SQUASH BOWELS, MORTAL DECAY, NILE, CONTRACTIC, GRIDE, ALIENATION MENTAL, GENETIC THREAT, IMPERIAL FOETICIDE, SEPSISM, BRUTAL TRUTH, PUNGENT STENCH… Some of the albums I am disappointed by are the latest efforts from INCANTATION, DEEDS OF FLESH, DYING FETUS, DAMNABLE…
What was the first "Metal" album you bought?
I am not sure, but I think it was METALLICA "Creeping Death/Jump In The Fire"… now they play total gayness, which I hate… I won't talk about the napster thing… they are laughable!
Out of your three major projects, the label, zine and the band management, which is your favorite to do and why?
Most significant is the band for me, then label and zine (respectively). I like the traveling, hanging out, meeting people at the shows and, of corpse, that horrible humming live noise…
Is there anything else you are currently working on, or is everything else enough?
I think that's too much as the ug activities of mine are concerned. I am also studying and work in pharmaceutical factory so believe me there is not a minute of free time because the rest I invest into metal… I am also a mad player of PC games such QUAKE (Arena rulessssssss!!!!), Half Life, Sin, Unreal, Doom, Wolfenstein, Operation Flashpoint, Max Payne... sometimes I can't help feeling like killing some bastards!
Is there any web sites available for any of your projects?
Yes, I have the web site but it is just provisional. I didn't have the time to work on it but some Russian zine editor offered it to me so he is building an easy page for me. I can't disturb him with something extra, but I am glad for it because it helps for sure. Check it out at: http://dwz.narod.ru/snuff.html
Anything else you would like to add?
Really thanx for your support! Hope it wasn't too boring for you and your readers. If somebody wants to write, don't waste a minute. Keep the Christ h(a)unting till your death. Stay sick enough.
Snuff Zine/ Intervalle Bizzare - http://dwz.narod.ru/snuff.html
Deadwebzine - http://www.dwz.narod.ru/
Shiny Productions - http://www.shindy.cz/