Showing posts with label Cathedral. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 25, 2021

INTERVIEW CALL FROM SUBCONSCIOUS


Call From Subconscious were a band from the beautiful Franconian city of Nuremberg, Germany that existed in the period 1990-1997. Post mortem, the recordings of the band that never made it out of demo status are now officially released on a discography CD (and tape) called "Sorrow and avidity" by the Greek label Repulsive Echo Records, more than two decades after the demise of this formation. However, this is completely justified, because even if no technical masterpieces or sound fiddles are to be expected here, the album is more convincing with what really matters, the music and its charisma. So if you like old, melancholic and sometimes extravagant, but never cheesy death and doom metal, you will definitely find what you are looking for here. In addition, the CD convinces with a really beautiful artwork. Listen to the band and buy the CD if you want to acquire a small piece of German metal underground culture. Looking at the photos, you can almost feel the breath of time and nostalgic memories of the golden era of death and doom metal spread. But now read for yourself. I talked to ex-guitarist Stephan, who makes a strong plea for uploading old demo recordings on YouTube before they are forgotten and decay. And: Where is Herbert ?

So after the interviews with Ulcerous Phlegm (read HERE and HERE) and Mangled Torsos (read HERE), this is the third part of the interview series with long faded German underground acts to preserve the past.

Hey, first of all it's nice that your works are officially released on CD after all these years. How does it feel and how did it come about ? By the way, isn´t it nice that a fanzine called "Systematic Desensitization" interviews a band called "Call of  Subconscious"?

Hi. Thanks also to you for your interest. Systematic desensitization works only and exclusively through the call from the subconscious, that's correct. But now to the interview questions, hopefully with full consciousness.

Yes, it is amazing when suddenly, after such a long time, a label takes notice of you and wants to release something. At first you think it's a misunderstanding and ask again if you're really meant. 

Saturday, January 30, 2021

REVIEW IAN CUSHING-DIE TRÄNE DER ZAUERSCHEN

Von Ian Cushing stellte ich ja bereits vor geraumer Zeit "In Ewigkeit" vor, ein Werk, das mir sehr gefiel. (Besprechung hier). Auch nach dieser Veröffentlichung war der niedersächsische Autor nicht passiv, sondern schrieb mit "Die Träne der Zauberschen" nun seinen ersten Roman. Das sehr passende Artwork des Buchcovers stammt wie bereits bei der vorherigen Veröffentlichung von Karmazid.

"Die Träne der Zauberschen" lässt sich nicht einfach in ein bestimmtes Genre einordnen, vielmehr ist es eine Mischung aus Horror und Historienroman. Die Handlung des Romans verläuft auf zwei verschiedenen (Zeit-)Ebenen. Zum einen ein der Gegenwart des sehr ländlich gelegenen Dorfes Pfuhlenbeck, in dem drei mittlerweile in den besten Jahren angekommene Freunde (also Mitdreißiger) mit Ihren Familien ihr mehr oder weniger angenehmes Leben führen. Die andere Ebene deckt sieben Jahre in der Neuzeit, genauer die Jahre 1604 -1611 ab. Dort lebt die Bäckerin Barbara im Dorf Pfüeln ein anfänglich glückliches Leben mit Mann und Tochter, bis sie aufgrund Eifersucht und Neid einer Bekannten der Hexerei beschuldigt wird.