Interview
with Toxik Death 2012
By
Bradley Smith
Your
new
Demo has been unleashed and garnered some pretty big impressions. Do you feel it is leaps
better than the first
EP? And if so, why? What did you do
differently this time around
that you learned from when you recorded and released your previous demo?
A: Well,
the first EP didn`t turned out how I wanted it to be exactly. The new demo is not new
songs, but a new
line up (just me on guitar left), and it turned out good.
And
since
we are on that topic, your demo is already sold out.
I take it there are plans to repress it.
You must be pretty pleased to see your demo
already sold out like that, correct?
How
many copies did you press? Has
it
generated any interest in an album deal yet?
A:
We
made 100 tapes, and not ALL of them were sold, but we don’t have any
left. Yeah
many have showed interest in the demo, so that’s cool. Ormeyngel Records are
printing 100 new tapes
right now. We got
some labels
interested, but we haven`t decided just yet.
Based
on
the pics I have seen of you I have determined that you have played at
least 4
different guitars. So
how many guitars
have you owned? And
what are you looking
for when you pick up a guitar? What
makes a metal guitar in regards to both sound and design? I love the flying V!!! heh heh.
A:
I have
a Gibson Flying V, and a Gibson SG. So
my choice is easy when it comes to guitars: Only
Gibson is real. I
had some other guitars before, but I sold
them. I had a BC
Rich beast, and an ESP
KH2, but I sold them.
Toxik
Death
was recently named Fenriz’s band of the week.
How does that make you feel?
Do
you feel like you have earned that right?
And what do you think about your music appealed to his
ears? Has this
affected Toxik Death at all?
A:
He
seems like a cool guy with a good taste in music, so it’s cool I guess.
It
doesn`t make me feel any different than
before, but it may have given us some good promotion.
There
is a
certain bond between thrash metal and alcohol.
Do you feel that you represent that connection well? Would you consider Toxik
Death bordering on
drunken thrash or do you leave that sort of thing to the likes of
Tankard? Could you
drink the guys in Deathhammer under
the table?
A: Haha,
I don’t think anyone can survive the same amount of alcohol that
Salsten of
Deathhammer can. We
can drink like the
maniacs we are for sure yes, but I think all of us would die before
Deathhammer
in a drinking battle till death!
You
were in
the USA not too long ago and drove the famous Route 66.
What made you want to drive it?
Did you drive the whole length of it?
What were some of the most interesting things
you saw along the route? Did
you get a
new impression on how big the USA is?
The reason I ask is because a lot of people I meet who
don’t like there
just don’t really get the idea of how big the USA is until they have
spent some
time there. Did you
feel like a true
Highway Warrior? Heh
heh
A: Yeah
me (Anders) and my girlfriend drove the route 66, and went to Maryland
Deathfest 2011. It
was a great trip we
both always wanted to do. We
drove the
whole fukking length, but not all the length on Route 66, since that’s
not
possible anymore. USA is really big.
Of
course I’m a Highway warrior. I
drive a fukking Renault Kangoo at home that
looks like it’s been to a fight or 50 haha.
I
remember
seeing a message from you that stated “Keep It True.”
What exactly is “true” to you and how does
one keep it that way? On
the reverse
side of that, what is the ultimate “UNTRUE?”
A: Hehe
Keep It True is a Metal festival in Germany, and the reason why I
posted it, is
that I’m going next year hehe.
KEEP
IT TRUE XVI 2013
WARLORD
(USA)
LIEGE
LORD (USA)
POSSESSED
(USA)
MEDIEVAL
STEEL (USA)
HOLOCAUST
(UK)
JACK
STARR’s BURNING STARR (USA)
STEEL
PROPHET (USA)
QUARTZ
(UK)
MORBID
SAINT (USA)
LEGEND
(UK)
OCTOBER
31 (USA)
MIDNIGHT
(USA)
HIGH
SPIRITS (USA)
TORANAGA
(UK)
RAZORWYRE
(NZL)
AIR
RAID (SWE)
BORROWED
TIME (USA)
ELIMINATOR
(UK)
ATTIC
(GER)
What
a line-up!
And
while
we are on that topic, based on your song Metal Possessed, how does one
know
when they are metal possessed and what are symptoms of being metal
possessed? I mean
how does a person
behave when I am possessed by metal?
A: Hehe
it sounds cool. I guess when you’re Metal possessed, you Hail Satan,
Listening
to Metal and get drunk! The
meaning of
life in other words.
A
post you
made seemed to be taking aim at Norway’s justice system. What do you think of how
Norway treats its
criminals and do you agree with which crimes seem to merit harsher
penalties
than others? Why do
you think Norway
does this?
A:
Norway
and its Justice System sucks. End of story.
So
what are
the upcoming plans for Toxik Death?
When
can we expect a full length album and will you be destroying Norway or
any other
place with any live onslaughts?
A: Expect
a Full-length and some other cool stuff, and Töxik Death will do some
live devastations
soon!!!
Thanks
again for the interview. I’ll
leave you
some bonus space to summon the Thrashforces of Evil!
Thrash hard brother!!!
No
Problem!!