Obscene Extreme Festival- 20th Anniversary- raport by Andrzej Dumala.

      On Tuesday afternoon, my friends from Chełm picked me up from in front of my home in a BMW, which had been GPS- guided through countless fields and forests. What a beginning to this year’s edition of the Obscene Extreme Festival! We know how to get to Trutnov eyes closed. On Wednesday morning, in one of the Trutnov's supermarkets, I was looking for a banana outfit, and ended up with 4kg of real, super-yellow bananas to eat during the festival. When we showed up at the main entrance to the battlefield, the battle had already begun. I officiated my arrival with a Kozel Svetly beer, and took my new tent, suitcase, sleeping bag, and mat to the campsite where I would be staying for the next few days. As usual, it then started raining softly and pleasantly. I knew that I only had a few minutes to set up the tent before the storm. How can tents be sold without instructions in the 21st century?! I had a groundsheet, a waterproof cover, three folding plastic frames, stakes, and rope. Of course, I put the wrong frame into the wrong hole and was standing in the rain looking at it. But fortunately, I was able to sort it out in a minute or two. The best welcome I could imagine: watching the storm from the tent. The next surprise was that there were no people in the showers, so I had them all to myself. When I was drinking La mejor yerbamate for a breakfast, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of relaxation, a feeling that I could just be myself. I had no expectations, plans, thoughts, or needs. I went for a walk to Trutnov's city center postcards to send, but I ended up with rain boots, a raincoat, and postcards to send because the municipal information center was closed.

EXHUMED. Photo by courtesy of Urban Skytt.

Interview with Alex/ Axia!

      Portugese grinders Axia are a new band featuring members of The Ominous Circle, Holocausto Canibal, Heavenwood and Colosso. Noted Grindcore label Selfmadegod released their debut album Pulverized in April. I was really impressed with their blistering sound and bleak outlook. I spoke to vocalist Alex Vale about the origins of the band, their debut album Pulverized and more. Peter 'Trendcrusher' K.

       The band features members of The Ominous Circle, Holocausto Canibal, Heavenwood and Colosso. How did you get together to form the band?
      We basically do a lot of touring with some of the bands you've mentioned, in fact we share a few members in studio as well as on the road. The idea to create a new band was quite clear and intuitive.

Interview with Miłosz/ Abhorrent Funeral!

       Ghouls dug them out of graves and crypts. They eat brains, rotten flesh and drink blood, abhorrent beings. Their hunger is satisfied only by playing Troglodytic Horror Metal and watching horrors. Beware, they're coming for you. Andrzej Dumała.

      Looks like the necropolises, cemeteries, crypts and caves is your natural environment. How do you assess the contact of primitivism with civilization in the 21st century?
      UGH! Primitivism in the 21th centure is doing well. You know, I think, that at the moment there is somehow a million degrees of warmth outside and I’m dream about hidding in cold cave or crypt in the midlle of stormy night. Just lying on a couch in arctic cold darkess, playing video games and watching horrors and bite everyone, who want enything from me.
      Yep, primitivism is fantastic thing, I love prehistoria,I love primitivism in music... but for god sake, I will never wont go to the wood worship some trees or squirrels, or playing in some caveman survival. There is no chance to me, to leave 21th century and my electronic toys.;)

Interview with Ryan/ Meth Leppard and PowerXchuck!

      Meth Leppard is a 2-piece Grindcore band, hailing from Australia. They are about to embark a Europen tour this summer, so I contacted Ryan to discuss about the tour, about Meth Leppard, and about his other band, PowerXchuck. Enjoy! Zsiga Zoltán.

      Hello Ryan, thank you for the possibility to doing this chat with you. Actually, you are about to embark a long tour in Europe this summer, including the legendary Czech Obscene Extreme festival. Are you excited about this tour? Can you tell us, how many dates are planned in the touring schedule?
      Hi mate, first of all thank you very much the interview, yes we are all extremely excited for this tour, it is always great to meet new people. We plan to do roughly 17 dates on this tour.
      What are your plans and expectations from this tour? What cities or countries are you looking forward to the most?
      If our livers hold up we will be playing 8 countries, we can't wait to play with European Grindcore and Powerviolence bands.

Meth Leppard US tour 2017.

Interview with Arif/ Faizal/ Vijesh/ Code Error!

      As a grind aficionado, I am constantly on the lookout for new acts around the world. One band that has got my attention recently is, Code Error. It features members from 2 of the best grindcore acts from South East Asia, Wormrot and Tools of the Trade. The band released a self titled EP a couple months ago. The 7 track release is a grindfreaks delights. I spoke to the band about their self titled release, recent shows with Rotten Sound and more. Peter 'Trendcrusher' K.

      Peter: The band features members of Wormrot and Tools of the Trade. How did you get together?
      Arif: We are friends for the longest time. So why not. It is a for fun side project for now. Who knows what’s in store for us in the future.
      Andy: People avoid code errors, they usually erase them. Do you have plan to survive in cyberspace?
      Faizal: Haha! No. Code Error is just a name for the band that we want to interpret as what currently happen in entire world and focusing all the good and bad things happen in our daily life.

Interview with Paul/ Christcrusher and co-funder of Melbourne Grind Syndicate.

      The conversation with Paul motivated me to uncompromising, deliberate action. Everything has a beginning, firstly I owe you an explanation of changing the blog name. My family is involved in the whole process. My sister Heather visited me during one of the journeys around Europe, as always, she brought me various gifts, one of them was t-shirt, I have all of them to this day, but one has a special value for me. It was Brutal Truth- Grindcore For Life T-shirt. This slogan stuck in my brain. For long, too long. The following interview is a trigger. I decided it would be the pleasant way to thank my older brother for constant inspiration and to start a new chapter together with Christ Crusher/ Melbourne Grind Syndicate.

       Paul, as a co-funder of Melbourne Grind Syndicate, please explain to us what we are dealing with.
      The whole thing came together around 1997 when Roby (BlastasFuk/ The Kill etc) were making stickers for our old band Open Wound. At the time, Sydney Hate Core was a thing, and we were touring there a lot. We felt a need to represent where we were from and what we were about because you have to understand, back then, we were playing with a bunch of Straight Edge and HC bands, and we were blasting our asses off-playing as fast as shit, so, we just wanted to attach an image to our little crew, and Syndicate was it. In the following years it came to encompass our friends from the area; Stand Against, Disgorge, The Kill, Fuck, I’m Dead, Vaginal Carnage etc. and obviously continues today with Christcrusher.
      What should I do to join the Syndicate?
      Haha! Someone from Sydney seriously asked that a while back!
      Move to Melbourne and hang out with us? Haha!

Interview with Pibe/ Whoresnation!

      Whoresnation what it means to you?
      It means that all nations are shit oppressive apparatus, a scum system serving Capital. This name has also sometimes become a burden, it's been discussed and we understand why, however after talks we decided to go on with it. It has to be seen in an anarchist perspective, not mysoginistic.
      People are so superficial, they lie in the name of power and money. Did the methods you use to show the truth give you satisfaction?
      I don't think we are showing some truth, at best we may raise questions on some point but we´ve always been blurry in our lyrics. All the topics we bring up are usual routine discussion within the punk scene, hopefully it touches some people who hadn't think of those before. Last album isn't political perse, of course it is still loaded with intentions but lyrics are more personal, a pessimistic view on humanity in general. What mostly make us a political band is the scene we evolve in, the places where we play, the causes we support.
      And yes we are fully satisfied being part of this, and we´re gratefull toward all actor of the anarchist, diy scene. Even if we re heading toward new networks as well.

Whoresnation 2018. Shot by Floriane Miny.