Summon: How did the band get started?
Cesar: Me and Diego Jimenez were discussing about music in College, and I asked him to start a band, and he said ‘Why not?’ We started it at 2008 in Palmira, but now we are placed in Bogotá Colombia. I remember that we didn’t have a drum set, so he played in something like an electronic drum, but without sound/patches.
Summon: What kind of music do you play?
Cesar: Thrash metal, I hope some day Technical Thrash Metal.
Summon: How has the fan response been?
Cesar: Pretty insane, in our first gig the crowd was to loud even knowing that we just were starting our career, I remember that in one of our gigs a guy came near to me and showed me his blood, He was pretty proud about that, the mosh-pit was insane, that’s nuts as hell!
Summon: Where did the band name come from?
Cesar: War, consequences of it, but we are against of all the things that makes mankind injury, like beliefs, ideologies, movements, groups, sects, etc.
Summon: Introduce the band members and what they do in the band.
Cesar: Okay, right now this members are new in the band Freddy Beltrán, he is the drummer, and he also plays in a band called Dullpain – Technical Death metal Jon Gomez, Our bass player, he is the newest one Sebastián Cajamarca was joined to the band to play bass, but he has to leave for personal issues, so that’s the reason why Jon has been joined to the band.
Summon: Who writes the music? Lyrics?
Cesar: Me, but Gustavo and Daniel made some arrangements to a few songs, everyone can participate you know, they are the former members.
Summon: And where do the lyric ideas come from?
Cesar: Criticism, you know, war, injustice, mankind stupidity/stupidness.
Summon: What is your view in Satanism and Occultism?
Cesar: We are Skeptic, no God, no Satan, but everybody’s free to worship what they want.
Summon: How many albums/CD’s have you released?
Cesar: 1 Demo (Worst than ever) and a Single (Infierno), also we will start recording this year our first full length (Planeta guerra), it is like a sarcastic way to see our world full of war, Mother war instead of Mother earth.
Summon: Tell me about some the songs on the latest CD?
Cesar:
Infierno
For us, society is the hell you know, and this song refers to society in that way, we are being consumed, we betray ourselves to be part of it.
Holocausto Nuclear
Could be translated like ‘Nuclear holocaust’ is a song about a man who struggle to live after a nuclear infestation, the problem is that… he created his own executioner you know. Like I said, we are against of all the things that makes mankind injury.
Absurda Religion
Absurd religion, This song was written against the people who use the fear to death and give a false hope to sell religion. This song was taken from our 1st demo (Worst than ever).
Summon: Do you have any side projects?
Cesar: No right now, but I will.
Summon: Who are some of your musical influences?
Cesar: Okay. classic Thrash metal bands like: Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, Slayer, Megadeth and Acutor from Colombia. But right now we prefer: Coroner, Toxik, Poltergeist, Hexenhaus, Watchtower, Aspid, Realm.
Summon: Which current bands?
Cesar: Vektor, Hexen, Bonded by blood, Hypnosia and Dekapitator.
Summon: What is the band like when you play live?
Cesar: Total chaos and insanity, is all about the energy and craziness, also we are enjoying doing what we like the most.
Summon: Have you guys ever played in another country?
Cesar: No, but we want it for sure.
Summon: How big of crowd shows up at shows usually?
Cesar: No that big, the biggest one was like 500 people, but usually 100 people.
Summon: How is the crowd response when you play?
Cesar: Yelling, screaming, moshing, having fun, is Total chaos and insanity!
Summon: What do you think of the US Black Metal/Death Metal scene?
Cesar: I do prefer Death metal scene rather than black, there are some bands like Possessed, Deicide and Death that I really like a lot, Possessed was a huge influence to the genre, also Death, and I love the technical era of them. Also is Obituary, Terrorizer and Cannibal Corpse, by the way Cannibal Corpse is going to play on Rock al parque, that is a big free festival in Bogotá Colombia. Another band is Nunslaughter, I am a huge fan of them, they were playing in Colombia a few weeks ago, that music came from the devil you know.
Summon: What do you think of the Overseas scenes?
Cesar: I also like bands from another countries like Entombed, Gorefest. And Black metal I do prefer Black/Thrash or Blackened thrash: Nocturnal breed, Bewitched. You know, there are no countries where the metal doesn’t exist, even in the most unknown ones, and those bands are keeping alive our vocation and in some cases, our way of life.
Summon: What are some of new favorite black metal/death metal bands?
Cesar: Nocturnal breed, Bewitched, in Colombia we have Morbid macabre, Under threat, Goretrade, Inner betrayer.
Summon: When do you guys plan on writing any new material?
Cesar: We are on it, we have like 8 songs finished, and another 2 songs almost done.
Summon: What does the future hold for the band?
Cesar: There are some festivals coming up, the recording of our first album Planeta guerra.
Thanks a lot!
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