CRUCIFIER interview

An interview with kickass thrash metal band from GREECE,
CRUCIFIER. They are playin' sort of a mix between canadian
and Bay-Area thrash metal schools. Thanatoid (singer)
was very kind and answered all questions in august 2008.
Myspace page is here: www.myspace.com/crucifiergreece

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1. P: Hi, Crucifier! Tell a little bit about yourself, where and when
the band have started?
T: ...Hi mate, there have been some changes in tha band's line up,
since last year, or more likely the end of 2006...we have new
material also,we just finished the recordings of a split 7" with the
classic thrash godz HIRAX (hail Katon) and we've recently signed
with Ibex moon records, a fact for which we 're very proud - and
we hope to see our new album on the shelves sometime in 2009.

2. P: You're from Greece, home for many great metal bands,
there's some black metal and other things.. so what'up with
thrash scene there?..
T: The black metal scene is really thriving - and truly guys like
Rotting christ and Septic Flesh have been very popular, but the
thrash scene is also very "happening" and there are tons of bands
that are really great there too...like benefactor dissease and mortal
thread, infest and braindead but the promotional aspect of most
of the companies involved and the underground status of most of
them doesn't help in spreading their name, outside the tight confines
of Greece.

3. P: Your sound is completely 'bay area thrash', with some influence
of Whiplash and other cult bands of 80s, maybe from german thrash
too in my opinion.. So can you name 3-5 of your main influences?
T: Vio-lence, Razor, Sacrifice, Dark Angel and Sacred Reich. We also
love the German Scene, but we think our sound is largely based in
mixing the elements of B.A and Canadian bands.

4. P: Do you have any contract with a label now? Are your albums
distibuted worldwide?..
T: Recently we signed with Ibex moon, so we 're hoping that the
new album will be availiable worldwide - and should be realtively
easy to obtain. Also "cursed cross" was released on vinyl format
by Anger of Metal (www. angerofmetal. de) so you could get it
from there....

5. P: Many people are against downloading music, but you guys are
sharing your albums yourselfes.. why have you decideto spread
your albums that way?..
T: We want to spread our name, so that's why we allow this.
So this is - a way to promote ourselves - to people that wouldn't get
to know us otherwise. We all grew up buying our records - and CDs
and it's a great compliment when somebody buys your actual
record.... it's such a bond ... so while we don't mind people listening
to our music in whichever possible way and through whatever
means and mediums, we love it when somebody buys the album
and it helps us to continue to grow - and invest the money on making
the next album better sounding etc... so it benefits the fan as well...
in the long term...

6. P: Your songs seems very aggressive. Who writes the lyrics
and what are they about in general?
T: The lyrics are written mainly by me and Nick who writes most
of the music as well, but we're all - like family we help out each
other.... and we work together as a unit...as for the aggression
- theres just too much Bullshit flying around - so it's an endless
source of inspiration - you just tune on the news on the TV
.... and it just comes naturally....

7. P: Have you made any tours lately? How was people's response?
T: We 've been largely doing local gigs - but in September we
intend to tour Holland and Belgium - and we're planning out a
bigger tour soon...

8. P: What bands of nowadays are the most interesting,
in your opinion?
T: Bonded by Blood, Fuelled by Fire, Hatchet, Mercyless Death,
Strikemaster, Violator, Municipal Waste, Legion of the Damned,
FKU, Gammabomb, Evile, Alcholizer, Executioner, Abuser,
Armored Assasin, Vexed, Witchburner and many more.

9. P: What other kinds of musik are also in your playlist,
besides metal?
T: We're addicted to THRASH metal ! Also old school Hardcore
and some nice tunes of electronic music.

10. P: Are you guys travelling a lot? Have you been to Russia?:)
T: Whenever we can ! We haven't been to Russia ! But we'd love
to come and drink all your vodka and thrash till DEATH !

11. P: Do you like to read and, if yes, what kinds of book
do you prefer?..
T: Lovecraft's stuff, SCI FI and fantasy and history books.

12. P: Tell me a couple of words about how metalheads are taking
a rest in your country, are there many gigs in your area?..
T: Gigs are many and frequent.... we simply don't rest - we go to
as many as our necks allow before giving up!!! haha

13. P: I cannot not to ask this: is ancient folklore of Greece
important to you in any way?..
T: We respect it - but it's something of the past....but most of the
modern day Greeks are a bit unworthy of it..... civilization is
decaying not only in Greece but globally - so..... it's nice to
reflect on it - and hope that things might actually get better....
although we don't hold our breath ...

14. P: Do you collect records and what do you prefer, vinyl i guess?
What's the most precious record in your collection?..
T: Yeah got a huge vinyl collection - love vinyl - but Cd is also ok.
I really love my Congumelo rarities....maybe ANTHARES and
Sepultura's split with Overdose.... just too many !!!

15. P: Okay feel free to say anything you want to my readers,
and huge thanx for the interview!!
T: WE SPIT ON THOSE WHO CHOSE TO POSE,
WE THRASH WITH ALL THE REST !!!!
Many Greeting to our fans in RUSSIA !!!!

Hlias Thanatoid - Crucifier !

p.s. originally printed in december '2008 on russian.