FOR THE LOVE OF METAL
By Gruesome Greg
Ten minutes of Arizona sludge brought to you by the fine folks at The Compound. Godhunter kicks things off with “Vulture’s Wake,” a rough, ragged basement-quality recording that sounds very much in the NOLA vein, complete with Kirk Windstein tough-guy vocals. Anakim airs things out a little with “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs” showcasing some pretty menacing instrumental post-sludge with shades of Isis. Who knew there was sludge in the desert, anyways?
(The Compound/Battleground)
“Our band’s name has closed many doors for bigger success,” admit Sakis. “Some of our shows have been canceled, some of the distributors didn’t accept our albums due to our name, we’ve even received death threats…but we keep on rocking with this song. We keep on punching conservative ideas and opening new paths in the name of freedom. And do you know something? I think that it’s better that we didn’t get more success and become commercial! That would mean that we would have betrayed our roots and betrayed ourselves…and this is a vanity.”
Metal George Pacheco in conversation with Rotting Christ frontman Sakis Tolis about their first twenty years as Greece’s most well-known black metal band.