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LATEX CULT is the title of the new IMPALED NAZARENE album.
After the release of SUOMI FINLAND PERKELE a lot of fans thought that it might
[be] over, but they're back. Back like never before !!
LATEX CULT is quite different
from your earlier work. Are you content with it ?
We are most certainly ! If you compare it with SUOMI FINLAND PERKELE, this
album is an absolute masterpiece ! But then again, SUOMI FINLAND PERKELE sucks
big time.
LATEX CULT is a bit more groovy
than your earlier work. Why have you chosen for this ?
Well, it's not groovy. It might be a bit more catchy, but not groovy. For all
ideas we went back to the time of UGRA KARMA. No bullshit, no compromise, just
fucking ag[g]ressive !
For the first time IMPALED
NAZARENE has done promo video's. How was it making them and how did they turn
out ?
That was absolutely SHIT ! The main problem was, that we didn't have anything
to say about it. Some producer asshole told us what to do all the time. The
result is also SHIT !
On the single MOTORPENIS there are 3
covertracks featured. What's the reason for using covertracks ?
We've always done that. We just love fucking up other peoples' songs. But that
wasn't the reason this time. The bands from which the songs came, are close
friends of ours and we love their music. We hope that those bands get a little
more atten- tion this way because the really deserve it !
You're currently on the longest tour you've
ever done. How do you like it so far?
Really great ! This is one of the highlights of our career. The guys of
IMMOLATION and CANNIBAL CORPSE were just fucking great! I still can't
believe how professionally everyting worked with those guys. The audience has
also been great! Death metal fans make a hell of a crowd. Black metal fans
don't need us and we don't need them!
Tanele Jarva left the band for
SENTENCED. He's replaced by Jani Lehtosaari. Where did you get him?
Tanele has spoken with him before he left IMPALED NAZARENE. We knew Jani very
well so the deal wasn't hard to make. I think we couldn't have made a better
choice.
In the past you've done some
songs in Finnish. Why was this?
Well, we haven't done too many songs in Finnish. The song ZUM KOTZEN [LATEX
CULT] is in German. Why I do this? Well, someti- mes when I have to come up
with lyrics to a song, English just doesn't work and then I'll try another
language, like German.
What's your opinion about the
current black metal scene?
Nothing. I have nothing to say about black metal. If I have to decide between
touring with a death or a black metal band, I choose a death metal band.
So there is some rivalry between
death and black metal?
I don't know. The only [thing] I know is that in the black metal scene there's
always something going on. I don't see IMPALED NAZARENE as a black metal band.
The music and my vocals are influenced by old KREATOR and has nothing to do
with black metal.
Typed up by Emiel
[son_of_odin@hotmail.com]. [] are his comments.
Coffin: True Metal Magazine
Issue 1 Summer 97