Interview: Hatespawn (Germany)

This is the Interview with Blasphemous and Unholy Hatespawn!

Okay, here is A.O.D. Let's start a war !!!

1.- Hails dudes! Could you talk a little bit about the formation of Hatespawn?
- The main inspiration of HATESPAWN reaches until the middle of the nineties. I started collecting riffs and ideas that not compare to other bands and projects I played at this time. Some tracks were recorded by myself as demo versions and I saved all the stuff, recorded on rehearsal tapes, in a dusty box.
After the split of IMPENDING DOOM in 2003 I found a tape including two songs we wrote short before we buried the band. I recorded all instruments and asked Andy (the singer of IMPENDING DOOM) about a short studio session. We finished the entire recordings in 3 or 4 hours and it became released on a split-7", together with another project of me, SIGNUM DIABOLIS, through OBSCURE ABHORRENCE PRODUCTIONS.
Two years later, Raelin joined the band and we started rehearsals to record a demo tape. It worked very good and in september we recorded "Ascent From The Kingdom Below". This sessions became released in a limited edition of 100 tapes only. We started working on new tracks after the recordings, but Raelin is involved in other projects since more than one year and after the split-7" with DEAD CONGREGATION in 2008 HATESPAWN laid on ice.
In december 2009 HATESPAWN decided to continue as a two peace and Raelin left the band. In spring / summer 2010, A. Deathmonger and me will return to the studio to record new tracks and we are thinking about a LP release.

2.- At this moment you are a two piece band, for you this is the best way in the creative aspect?
- At the time there is no other solution, cause you can't find a good drummer out there who feel the same spirit as we...

3.- "Ascent from the Kingdom below" is a real masterpiece of Death Metal, how much time did you took have ready the songs and recording?
- The first rehearsal we made was in february 2007, the recordings were made in september same year!!!
As I told, I had tons of riffs and ideas, collected since the middle of the nineties and it worked fast to work out the final tracks.



4.- You recorded a Acheron (Legends) cover, they are one of your most important influences or who are?
- We have a lot of influences, but ACHERON is of course one of our absolutely faves!

5.- In the lyrics what is your main influence?
- Occultism, hate, blood, fire, death...

6.- In 2008 you make a split with Dead Congregation, how was the contact to do this split?
- Raelin was responsible for the contact to the guys. I really like that split-7" !!!

7.- Can you say about this song "...Of Unspeakable Cults...(Invocations from the Wasteland of Misanthropic Bloodshed)"?
- In my opinion, this song captures all the ingrediences of the typical HATESPAWN sound. If you like that tune, you will also like our other songs !!!



8.- For you what is the meaning of Hatespawn as a band?
- HATESPAWN started as a project...and will ever be one. Maybe we will find a drummer sometimes, otherwise we will continue our path as a two piece with studio recordings only.

9.- Why Raelin left the band?
- Personal reasons, but he will ever be a good comrade for us. HAIL TO YOU !!!

10.- How was the contact for work with Fog Of The Apocalypse Records?
- The owner is a good friend of A. Deathmonger and me and he was interested to give us a contract, so we signed !!!



11.- Now are you working in new stuff? Maybe a Full Lenght album?
- We will see, what happens. First we have to work out the riffs and new songs and then we will record new material.

12.- How can we stay underground with fashions which kill genres like Thrash Metal, Death Metal and Black Metal?
- No trend or stupid kind of scene or music can't kill the real underground spirit! Never!!!



13.- Besides music, what jobs or activities do you have?
- I work as a sound engineer in a well-known studio in Thuringia.

14.- Plans for this 2010?
- New songs, new recordings!!!

15.- Anything to add or ask?
Thank you very much for the interview!!! All the best with your zine!!!
A.O.D.

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