Busy as fuck in school.

 I just recently enrolled as a trainee at the Magsaysay Institute for Hospitality and Culinary Arts since I don't want to go to a proper 4-6 year college. The school's kickass, everyday we cook stuff and there isn't much of lecture type classroom discussions,  more of a hands-on,stand in a kitchen for 10 hours stuff.. It's only been 2 week of  being under some cool-ass chefs and we already got to learn how to make vinaigrettes,fresh pasta and tomato sauce from scratch and do stir fry and cut up random shit in different ways. awesome, for the first time in my life I actually would prefer to go to school than stay home haha. Fucking Christmas break till the 2nd of Jan. Stocks and Sauces next module. Hoping to finish the 2nd issue of the zine this Christmas break.

My camera's still broke pics stolen from coolass batchmates. 

Nov 19, Freedom Bar. The Return of Apoy ng Kamunduhan Gig Report.

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Gig Report: The Return of Apoy ng Kamunduhan 11/19/11
originally written for wtizine#2

This event was something I have been looking forward to for months. For those of you don't know who or what ANK is about, they set up shows(rarely) that mostly caters to old school fanatics and metal thrashing militants. The usual suspects that are behind ANK are of corpse Nonoy of Paganfire and his comrades. In an ANK show you will find most people who attend are really solid passionate individuals that do trades and practice the d.i.y. way that really makes up kind of a community of some sort, some maniacs from far off places like Baguio and Bicol go down as far as metro manila to thrash and trade with us sometimes. All of us get rowdy, beer soaked and intense when our favorite band starts playing, which is something I think is lacking in other metal shows where people prefer to just sit and watch a band weekly with the same set-list every night. So when Nonoy of Paganfire and I talked about setting up a show a few months back I took it as an honor as these guys are a huge influence on me and I then jumped at the opportunity and started putting things to action and the rest as they say is history. For those that were unlucky enough to not be present at this “metal assault on the ears” as Whiplash says it, well too bad!( READ ON!)

Well aside from being one-half of the bastards that was hands on-in charge of this shit, our unholy triumvirate, the speedmetal/punk band I play bass in called Göblïn Wärhëäd(GW) was set to play first so this was a crazy and hectic day for me(in a fun way). I got to our usual rendezvous place, a nearby 7/11 at exactly 5PM where I would meet up with my steel-brothers from melodic death/thrash metal band Demorgan.(also on the bill) I saw their drummer Ian behind the snacks isle, followed by Miguel(axe/vocals,drums/GW) but Raphael(lead axe) was nowhere to be found, at around 5:40 he arrived saying he fell asleep and apologized. Our alcoholic ally Jacob(GW axe/vox) wasn't from our city and decided to go to the bar on his own. We live in Las Pinas City and Freedom Bar was in Quezon City, about 2 - 3 hours away from us taking the Saturday evening rush hour traffic into account. 

We decided to just get on a bus to Baclaran(kind of like central hub/terminal thing) and then hail a taxi to the venue but the stupid fuck got us lost by taking too many shortcuts then his engine gave up on us at a shady red light district kind of place filled with sleazy motels. we grabbed all our gear from the trunk and just winged it. We were lost and taking directions from idle alcoholic town officials who instructed us to take a few more jeep rides and another taxi to get to the venue, this time we arrived late as fuck past 9PM, so unprofessional on my part but this is metal and raw not showbiz and glossy so who fucking cares? Certainly not my comrades as they really didn't mind haha! 

The cool bar owner was giving me some shit about not letting us play because punk & hardcore bands weren’t allowed because fans fuck up the place a lot. It took me 15 minutes to explain how punk/hardcore and old school metal are two very different sects of counter-culture. Nonoy and I paid off the bar for good and it was game on! Just waiting for more attendees and bands to show up.( Filipino's aren’t really known for their tardiness haha.) As I scout the area, I see and greet familiar faces all around and then I distributed some flyers from Brewery Distro and promo copies of Areks releases to zine guys as he instructed and also dropped some Riit shit for people to get. After chilling out a bit, distributing limited copies of our rehearsal shits and talked to the maniac forces some who traded stuff for it. The usual line-up arranger guy and also the best thrash drummers around Kuya Jay(paganfire) fixed up the line-up and we found out that 2 of the bands on the bill couldn’t play(Traces of War who plays crossover and Nephilim) I asked Manuel(vox) of TOW why they couldn’t play and he said Clark’s(drummer) whole hand/shoulder was so red and swollen due to some kind of nerve problem. GW couldn’t play first at the moment because Jacob was at home still stone drunk, I convinced him over the phone to just let his mom drive him, he agreed and I hanged up. The show started at last after all the fuck ups and delays we experienced at around IDFK. 

Demorgan- The first band to assault the stage with a tight crushing set was a new-ish band, all the bangers here probably never heard of em before. Demorgan is composed of people I know outside metal shit and even back then as a little bastard, also Miguel doubles as GW’s drummer so I admit I’m biased when it comes to them. They used to have only 2 guitarists and a drum machine backing them up but now they have a real dude behind the kit. All three were classmates and it really shows in their playing that they’ve known each other for a while. They also have a self-released pro-cdr album “Human Incapacity” under their belt. Demorgan played a clean intro + three melodic death metal influenced Nuevo thrasher’s(Death Awakes,Deadlock,Forsaken),the riffage is creative and memorable and don’t sound tired or rehashed like most new wave thrash stuff at all, the leadwork exhibits cool Hamett pentatonic worship(also noticed by Noy hehe)with the Rhythm/Vox man just oozing bluesy rocking solos, the vocals are uncontrolled going from harsh grunts, raspy whispers to high pitched screeches although the PA system didn’t give the vokills justice.

Their unique brand and modern take on thrash metal although unappreciated by the crowd who was maybe expecting old school thrashing(or maybe just too sober to get up, front and center?) was well received by a couple of familiar bangers watching closely in the front. Also caught on tape recorder by Denver of Guerilla Zine so I hope he releases a bootleg of that or just trade me a copy haha. Cool reactions was passed on to me that I told the band. they ended their set with “The Lord of The Wasteland” a cover from Toxic Holocaust’s Overdose of Death.that made me laugh so hard haha. I was kind of glad they were more or less well received fucking A. more power and also more fucking beer all around after the first band is a must! Arrrgh. 

Karimlan was the second band to desecrate the night with hymns of negative force, like fellow blacksters Darkthrone, they too are a duo, the difference between them being that they relay their rituals live and do it well. Blaksaul: “May you all die before you see the light, We are Karimlan, fuck off and die!“ Having had watched these guys for a few times and even went with them on their 3-day provincial Bicol tour with Paganfire, I knew what to expect. I also carried their demo’s on distro in the past before running out. I had a lot of shit to sort out as the bar manager kept calling me and reminding me of useless shit I absolutely don’t care about so I couldn’t focus my undivided metal attention on Blaksaul and Morkt’s evocation of cold, raw and barren black metal. To the extent of my knowledge they haven’t released any lyrics of the tracks they execute but hints from song titles would suggest they set music to tales of the supernatural and Filipino/Visayan folklore deeply rooted in Darkthrone worship done right which I think is pretty cool, I’m not really well versed in the different sects of pure Black Metal so fuck, I wouldn’t know what these bands are all about, I only know that I enjoy their music along with a few select others. When I got to finally get in front of the stage I think they were playing “Asdang” as I remember the simplistic almost punk like drumming part that I was particularly fond of, makes me want to skank madly. Finally before Karimlan’s last song GW’s frontman Jacob finally made it to the venue with his friend Vin, high fives were shared and bottles of beer were swilled, finally we can fucking thrash the place. Karimlan had a circle of headbangers around them as they finished their uncompromising set. 

So now that our band Goblin Warhead is finally able to play, the problem was Miguel had to leave very early into the night as he had commitments in early dead morning that he had to be sober for (community service kind of stuff in Caloocan which was a bitch because he lived far away from there), another problem that we encountered was that Jacob was still very drunk so we needed time to lower his state a little haha. It was better to play than not to so I had to bump up our slot after Karimlan as opposed to being the last band to play due to being late in arriving. I talked to Karl(axe/vox) of three piece death/thrash maniacs Mass Hypnosia and asked him if it was okay to play before them, after explaining our impossible situation he agreed( so sorry and thanks a lot!), it was an asshole move on my part and an absolutely unforgivable act. So, a thousand apologies to them for disrupting the program. 

Finally able to play we set up and I borrowed a jack from M.A., thanks man.(PF guitarist), first, a little info about Goblin Warhead. We are heavily influenced by bands like Motorhead, N.M.E. and Amebix. Also by what I think represents “black metal” Sodom,Venom and Hellhammer. The band is fairly new and was formed 2 months ago on September 8. I was really fucking nervous to play as the crowd were filled with people who’s opinions I respect highly. we rushed through our set with as little stage banter and pauses between songs as possible and played four originals(Motorwitch, Ritual Night, Prole and Citizen O) and covered Iron Fist, Protest and Survive and Outbreak of Evil I think we played the covers faster than ever haha. It was important to let the music do the talking for our first ANK show, I felt we played an uncoordinated set and could’ve done heaps better with a rehearsal the day before the show, hell it would’ve been better if we rehearsed 2 weeks before the show. Our first song Citizen O(about the murderous rampage of Anatoly Onoprienko) we only practiced once before playing it live, there is no excuse for a half-assed set so I’ll leave it at that. Ian from Baguio told me we sounded like a Satanic version of Motorhead, so that was cool, our first compliment haha. He also traded his band, “Cryptic Terror’s” 09 demo for our rehearsal demo so check his stuff out. Our live assault was fucking fun for us personally even if it didn’t go as planned but hell. it’s stupid to write and hype my own band, I fukking hate to do that so fuck this.

The next band that went after us was Mass Hypnosia, Karl told us that they would be playing mostly new songs from the upcoming second album and this is the gig where most of us would see their new drummer Kenneth in action, I looked forward to all of this as the rehearsal tracks I heard were promising shit in the vein of Sadus, the demo level brutal thrash band Deranged and Morbid Saint. I went outside to try and find some hard liquor to down from friends who’s mission every gig is just hangout outside to get ridiculously drunk, Janjan a toxic charge accomplice gave me a free handdrawn Inepsy patch, thanks brother! I went back inside to watch M.H. in action. They played at neckbreaking tempo and exhibited some serious fucking thrashing that got my blood pumping. this new sound they are AIMing(see what I did thar? Herp.) towards are closer to the old school heart of the aforementioned bands indeed they played new songs “Aim”, “Here’s The Knife” were the ones I caught but I’m sure they played “Blood Spotted Bullet Face” too. It was a shame that I missed some songs due to helping the Demorgan guys to catch a ride home. I really like Emman’s basslines on Traumatic Violence, they say repetition is the key to catchy-ness, in Traumatic Violence’s case it sure fucking is.. I had my doubts about their new drummer cause mass hypnosia for me is Emman,Glenn and Karl but after seeing them in action I’m fucking sold.

Corrupt Insanity is a fan favorite around these parts and why not? They fucking rule so much! As they set up, the sit-bangers stood up and C.I.’s sound-check was like a call to arms. People are always energetic when it comes to thrashing and banging their heads to Corrupt Insanity’s trademark metal assault. I pointed out to Jacob that one of the reasons I picked up the bass was because of Edward(Bass/Vox) and his awesomeness. Being the only remaining original member in the band, he has struggled with some serious line up problems in the past but this time he has another new guitarist on the line-up alongside Paul Buot making his band for the first time in a long time a 4-piece unit, here’s to hoping that this version stays stable for good! They rained down on us new songs along with an old fan favorite, the mid paced title cut of their upcoming album “Human Mania” as the crowd sang along to the lyrics “Humanity Endures, You have no choice, the art of submission” before speeding up after the verse. At the start of their set the mic stand got fucked up and the mic fell to the ground each time we tried to fix it. I always have duct tape on my belt bag cause its one of the best things ever so that fixed it up momentarily. Mid-set all the instruments dropped leaving only Edward “speedo Dildo” Santos and his mesmerizing, almost self-indulgent bass solo. They also did a Metallica cover of Damage Inc. as the crowd sang along to the words. I was hoping they play all the songs in their discography hahaha. Words that could sum up the experience of watching these guys in action are technical bass prowess, energetic,epic, quality, short and sharp catchy songwriting.

PAGANFIRE?! PAGANFIRE! PAGANFIRE! PGNFIRE! PGNFR! Fuck. Now I don’t need to get into how much I am a fan of Paganfire because well…I’m their #1 Fan! Haha. A lot of people have been urging and pressuring Paganfire to fucking play one of their old technical songs from the era where Nonoy Sodom used to do vocals, the Glorious Arson days, it has been going on for years where people request that each time. The reason they don’t play it is because Rowell’s(old era guitarist) replacement M.A. doesn’t know how so I just make fun of him a lot for it hahaha.. Anyways, finally after all this time they announced they will be playing the song dubbed as the “Forbidden Song” due to it being stripped away from the setlist for satan knows how long now. So this was the highlight of the gig for me! Aarghhh. Alcoholic maniacs all around the stage beer in hand and some people including me stepping on the stage as I wanna fucking see, feel and hear it at maximum capacity. Exchanged the usual almost ritualistic fuck you’s and middle fingers to M.A. as they finish setting up. This is the first time I don’t remember their setlist as I had a weird kind of buzz come Paganfire’s set but I think it goes like this in no order(Untitled,Terminator,Lust Possessed,Durugin..Obscure Syndrome,Glorious Arson) “Untitled” was a new one that’s really fucking great with a catchy as fuck chorus(grip on hilt! Do what thou wilt!) Noys amp was being a shithead but Akelle from The Anti fiddled with the knobs a bit and it helped.
They played Glorious Arson as their 2nd or 3rd song IIRC and we went absolutely insane and you can cut the tension with a knife as people were anticipating the Arson, it was surprising that a lot of people knew the words to it, everybody grabbed the mics and sang along! TORMENTED FOLLOWERS! FOLLOWING DEMENTED PREACHERS! TORMENTED FOLLOWERS!!! BLIND LEADING THE BLIND! You can almost hear a chorus of people going BURN! FOREVER BURN! Haha. It got pretty fucking crazy and extreme as it should be, it was a great sight to see real good friendly violent fun and nonstop headbanging and just fun behavior like jumping around shouting and shit hahaha, the bar manager told us if we moshed they would stop the show but it didn’t stop us from banging our heads and be driven insane by the sheer ferocity, extreme passion, vehemence and aggression Paganfire delivers. Fuck it. If you get it you get it and if you don’t well you probably never will.. why the hell are you even reading this?

Officially the last band of the night was Incarion, an old ANK comrade who have up until recently faded into obscurity have finally decided to conquer the stage once more Louie told me a lot about them and telling me stuff about how much they rule. I was pumped to finally get to see them rip it up since first reading about them in a bootleg copy of Rat Roach zine #1(or something called like that). I was getting like 5 text messages from the bar saying we have to end the night already because its only open up to 2AM talk about a killjoy.. then I got more messages from them about Incarion taking too long to set up. I ignored all of these calls and texts and tried to get drunk with what little cash I had left for a smooth ride home. I tried getting drunk on other people’s alcohol and conversed with friends outside while Incarion was still setting up. When they started playing some dudes were still outside much to my dismay, to think these guys formed on the year I was born(1994) they should’ve at least checked them out. When I got in I was treated to a familiar track from their 7” from Legion of Death(fra) I got to hear on youtube earlier called “Conquer The Throne”. Their set was pretty decent and a bit refreshing to hear black metal that wasn’t overtly melodic and boring from the local scene. I’m generally not into 90’s black metal at all unless its thrashing shit like Absu or something I would be lying to myself and others if I say something like “this shit is super fucking kickass to the maximum level!!” Incarion’s last song for the night was a Mayhem cover, don’t know which track though but it was pretty cool so I should listen to that asap. 
After Incarion’s underappreciated set most of the unknowing people thought the night was over but an awesome surprise was still to be unleashed upon the metal masses, an amalgamation of different thrashing metal compounds was formed on this night that will be referred from here on in as “the supergroup”(haha) composed of Alvaro of Paganfire on Vokills and also random people from the crowd grabbing the mic ,Edward on subsonic duties,Mac of Internment and Paul of Corrupt Insanity on dual axes and another guy who’s name escapes me. These guys played a bunch of covers from Metallica(Creeping Death, Enter Sandman, Four Horsemen) and Slayer (Angel Of Death, Raining Blood) that was such an awesome fit for the end of the night so that everybody went home completely satisfied and fucking happy, their metal fix treated and alcohol addiction sated. 
This event was a fuckking blast! 
The crowd actually actively participated and got involved! FUCK YEAH! This resulted in a real old school spirited metal bash. The night was fun,interactive and was insanely energetic all night round, no assholes in sight. Alcoholic Cheer or something else was in the air haha. Everyone got up, front and centre and got drunk and went insane down to the last band. Not just sitting around talking and texting with their friends and their little gay ass cliques and making a wimpy social gathering out of this shit we call Metal. To sum it all up, everybody who went fucking enjoyed it for sure and that’s all that fucking matters in the end! 
Cheers to everyone who supported ANK and In turn also Toxic-Charge(hahaha.) See you all at the next ANK/TC night! Here’s to hoping for another one soon! This time maybe more coordinated on my part aargh! Now I’m out of beer and so sleepy it took me a while to write this all down in one sitting another step forward in completing this issue, so that’s the cue where I stop typing useless shit and start cooking some more adobo. Fuck its morning already. /endtransmission

New Paganfire recording kicks ass.

So I just got back from listening repeatedly to what has become the highlight of my week. A studio track of a song that first appeared on Paganfire's recent rough promo tape "Lust Possessed" and the work put into it is just insane that its as if its not the same beast anymore. Its heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavy as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I hate to admit it being a super fan of the songs from Paganfire's Roel -Era  but it tops every other studio track done in the past so far.

 The purpose of PF recording these stuffs on a more professional level is as of now undisclosed. What do you think eh? Full length? 7"? 12"? more cassette madness? slab of heavy wax? whatever the fuck happens you heard it here first paganmaniaxx!

Rabies - apocalypse agenda ep

I just got a copy of one of my favorite zines I Remember Halloween and read it from front to back like 5 times or something haha. It was so awesome that it jumpstarted my drive in finishing my second issue before the end of the month or something eh, I like rushing things and the game is on. only the reviews are needed to be started on plus what I think of this and that bullshit. I'm thinking of a critical  Punk scene in contrast to the metal scene in the point of view of an outsider article thing, should be fun.


here's the 2nd review I wrote for the issue.


Rabies - Apocalypse Agenda EP
CD-R self-released
(tape available through Hellhouse666 MAL and Metal Throne GRE)

This is the best local release of the year for me bar none, I critiqued their last demo for being badly and thinly produced & not having an edge, well guess what? the production this time around has finally done justice to their live energetic force AND THEN SOME. I cannot stop playing this on a constant state of repeat. Tracks are short, lightning fast and unrelenting, instruments now heard with such clarity while retaining that raw feeling, this is what violence & adrenaline would sound like if captured on audio. What this EP essentially is, are 5 tracks of barbaric, harsh and rough bursts of punk fueled death thrashing frenzy that will wear you down and beat you senseless. I definitely won’t be surprised if crusties and skanking crossover maniacs will like this alot, I know I do.
Its brutal in the same way “Endless Pain” or “The Upcoming Terror” is
and the vocals, the vocals fucking rule man. I mean seriously. fuck. check this out.
5/5

Goblin Warhead rehearsal shit.

Even though we've only been around for a month and a week, more or less.
We tried recording this week's rehearsal using Miguel's laptop since I was forced to return the tape recorder I borrowed a tad bit earlier than expected. So after recording the rehearsal Miguel edited it out and saved it from the huge amount of dirt, noise and feedback on it by mixing the hell out of it. when we first heard it the bass and cymbals was the only thing you could hear, that guy is awesome at balancing stuff out.

This at the moment are the only song's on our constantly expanding setlist. We were so fucking surprised it only clocks in at around 12 minutes and for some strange reason, we played the covers too damn fast hahaha. Goblin Warhead is trying to get a full 45 minute setlist down before the end of the year.

The new songs we're working on have amebix and hellhammer touches on them.

http://soundcloud.com/goblinwarhead/sets/demo

I'll file this one on the shameless self promotion tag. lol

Jacob - Guitars/Vocals
Miguel - Drums/Vocals
Carlos - Bass/Vocals

p.s.
The wimpy high pitched screams on the recordings are mine :P

The Return of ANK

www.paganfire13.proboards.com

It'll be the greatest honor to play a show with my most favorite local metal band ever, Paganfire.
Without them there wouldn't be no WTI zine, no Goblin Warhead, no nothin.
This'll be the highlight of the year for me for obvious reasons.

p.s.
Slaughter Messiah a one man black metal project from Bicol, the guy also runs Anura Recs, so you better watch that shit as it really is indefinite when or if he'll ever come back this part of town again.

p.p.s.

This is also a Toxic Charge gig btw, forgot to put in the logo.

Another fucking article about Paganfire, because they rule and you guys who play thrash metal are lame-asses who don't even have a demo out despite being 

around for 100000000000 years.

/truth.

None of these so called “Filipino Metal “bands can hold a candle to the amount of hard work, time and dedication Paganfire has put into every aspect of their band.


 Out of necessity and as a direct backlash of being part of a stagnant local scene they despised for being comprised more or less of wimps and poseurs they broke away with a couple of like minded individuals and decided to set up their own shows and practice total DIY punk attitude, Releasing tape recorded rehearsal demo’s and doing it the old school way by circulating paper-flyers through contacts and fanzines, hell their name is known as far as Macedonia and Africa that It’s so surprising to me how local people don’t know or don’t wanna know about them.  IMO They single handedly represent authentic Tagalog Thrash Metal and have put Philippines on the map raising the flag of hate by spreading the madness overseas while on the other hand Cult of personalities who have absolutely done nothing in the past few years but still get a lot of praise in the mediocre metal scene over here seem to talk shit about their militant point of views every chance they get and the sheep’s believe em and think of em as the real deal, by doing so them fuckers have successfully lowered the standards,quality and watered down everything this sub-culture is about. I find it extremely amusing that these celebs bitch about something that in one way or another was spawned due to their ignorance and fukkin falseness.

But enough about them faggot suck ups, shit is AIDS and Cancer. This is why I’ve grown to fukkin hate half of the metal gigs bills that I see, I used to like everybody but now I’m forced to turn to such an asshole.  I prefer going to punk and even *gasp* Hipster ones than to be subjected to shite shite shite shite dishonest music. 


I hope my blackened rocking crust punk band G.W. can play more meaningful punk shows than routine metal ones in the hopefully near future.

As I was saying, PF have released so much stuff on different formats that it’s challenging to keep up or hunt for past releases, just this year alone they self released a promo tape of new songs, Paganfire/Moder Split on Terror Blast, Long Live Metal LP on Emanes Records, Thrash Metal Superstar’s 3 Way split w/ Abigail and Black Sister a t-shirt on Funeral Moon Clothing, a patch on Hungarian distro Neverheard and a local version of it on Anura Recs + some more stuff that I probably missed.

It’s been three years since  the last metallic inquisition that Nonoy and I did and that’s when I learned of his interesting point of view about the local metal scene with their misguided angst and mainstream consumerist ideals hidden under the guise of “underground”  or “D.I.Y.” which I have come to disappointingly see is real for myself.

I tagged along with Paganfire and Karimlan on their recent Bicol 3 Day Tour thing and will publish a Tour Diary-esque half-sized A4 thing limited only to very few copies for the people that was there. I’ve decided to publish this interview on the second issue of my zine as well because it would be such a waste if the people who read it already know everything about PF. So without further fucking around, here’s a short one:

Paganfire Interview v.2

I’ve gotta get this question out of the way first. While on the PF & Karimlan Tour I learned from Sir Jay that the band was formerly called Age of Distrust and it was formed in 1999 and not 2003 accdg To some people spreading false info. Can you tell us more in-depth information about the AoD phase? Is the name by any chance taken from the song "South Of Heaven"? What was the set list like? Is there any record of this era like Pics or live stuffs inside your forbidden chest? And lastly why did you decide to change the name to the now notorious Paganfire?  Thanks heaps for answering this as I would really like to know.

N: Carlos, I am deeply surprised by your all out enthusiasm with PAGANFIRE eh, may your brood multiply!! To address your queries, here we fucking go,yes it is correct AGE OF DISTRUST was the name of the pre-Paganfire quartet, obviously taken from the Slayer song you have mentioned, it was indeed 1999 when we started thrashing about, the set list consists mainly of Sodom, Slayer, Kreator and Exodus covers, we never had the chance to do originals because when we planned to do it, the other members of this time decided to or were asked to leave, The people involved were Jay, Krist and Jerald of Indivinity, then later on when Krist left, Dennis of Himera and some other black metal bands came into the fold and did bass/vocals, I have no pics or other documentation of this era except for some rehearsals on tape, but they are all covers and shitty, but still proof of this era’s existence, I hope someday some people will come up to me with the pics, hahaha and I will trade a copy of the rehearsal hahaha the name PAGANFIRE was from the mind of Dennis, he was responsible for that, but later on we decided to keep it and the rest is obviously history.  

 

Hails sir Nonoy! how are you guys holding up?!

Thanks for agreeing to do this for the second time! its has been almost three years since our last interview how did you feel the last one went? Haha

N: No Carlos, thanks goes out to you, for doing this again!! Is it already 3 years? Fuck, how fast time flies, the last one was a bit OK, although I find the way you posted/did the layout pretty rushed and chaotic, some Q and A’s went missing, not bad for a first time though, there’s a lot of room for improvement, and I think you should also be asked, how did you find my replies?? (Your replies were mind-altering, it changed my ideology and how I look at bands completely! – Carlos)

So when in your mind did you think of arranging this 3 day trip/tour to your province and how did you go on planning it? How'd you get in contact w/ Anura Recs?What thoughts went into choosing a black metal band,Karimlan as the co-headliner for the show?

N: I have always dreamed of bringing the band over for some shows at my hometown practically since I got involved in a band!! When I was in my teens, the planning was relatively easy, I had an almost perfect scenario in my mind, but so much for that as the fucking weather was not on our side, but then again, true metal never bends!! And we shall return to give ‘em Albayanos more true fucking metal! Kharl/Anura Recs has been in touch with me since 2004  and we have talked about the Legazpi gig as early as 2009, I have no problems with him as he has proven himself to be true to his word and a true ANK comrade, and that’s what fucking counts most, only faggots mince their own words! As for Karimlan, I have never thought of them as co-headliner or support band, we dragged them into this mess as ANK brothers, no more, no less, all feedbacks both good and bad should be shared by both bands, no one is bigger than the other, the whole experience was something I will never forget ,and I am glad you came along also, it is a landmark in ANK and Albay’s metal history, all those that will come to Albay’s shores next will turn white in comparison!

Did it all go as planned and did the tour meet your expectations?What was the highlight of the trip for you? fucking awesome food for me.Do you plan on doing more out of town shows outside your comfort zones in the near future?

and will I be invited to any more of them or are you guys sick of my silly juvenile shit? Haha

N: As mentioned, the fucking rains on the first day of our arrival was terrible, I planned for us to visit some natural springs and some parks and bars, but alas, then again the whole day we spent drinking beer and eating bicolano dishes under the shade of  the hut was worth the trip !! I pity those who weren’t there! With the fact that all went smooth and the gig was enjoyed by true metal brethren is a success in itself, the highlight of course is  that we, true ANK brethren went all the way to Albay, to drink beers,  to meet other metalheads and to play and spread our metal to them. I do not plan of going anywhere else, what I plan is to bring us all back to Albay, Bicolust 2012 must commence!! You should be with us when this happens, and you must bring more clothes you silly knucklehead! No I am not sick of your Silly Juvenile shit, strange as it may sound I enjoy it, hahaha next time Carlos we’ll visit the cemetery of suicides and let’s see if you can do your authentic Chilean poses there!!

Since we have covered all those usual boring interview questions last intie Lets move on to current much more awesome events that have unfolded since! 

First off Lets debunk the guessing and reach an officialnumber. How many cases of beer did the PF/Karimlan early morning drinking session on Day 1 amount to by your count?

N: Wow that’s a hard one, it’s been a few months since this happened, if memory serves me right, it will be close to 20 bottles of San Miguel Beer Grande, how about your count?? I was too busy enjoying and laughing my brain out, so I never did a count, and aside from that the overflowing food and the spice it brings still haunts me!! hahaha 

Tell us about the crazy Infernal Curse leg and how it came to existence.Did the attendance rate meet/exceed your expectations? Will IC be returning to Filipino Shores anytime soon?

N: It all started when I wrote a letter to the crazy bastard Eric/Nocturnal, I was oblivious that they were planning a SEA tour, thus the Manila Leg was fucking made, The details need not be discussed here, all is fucking fair in motherfucking war anyway, let’s just say that if weren’t for the trust and cooperation of all the bands and the other co-producers involved, this brouhaha of an event would have never happened, it was history we made and we are proud of it, kudos goes to all involved!! The attendance went wildly beyond my expectations, it was true chaos, fuck that, and too stressful!! It is not important if IC will be back, only time will tell what will happen then!!

Atomgevitter toured SEA last month and we drank alot and I made a fool of myself fuck! How did Roddy get in touch with you to arrange the show and fitted PF on the bill? He also got PF on the three way split "Thrash Metal Superstars" w/ Abigail and Black Sister how'd that  happen and what's the full details on the release?(copies pressed,formats,availability,etc.etc.)

N: Roddy and I began exchanging letters some years back, we contacted each other via snail mail, I had no hand on the ATOMGEVITTER show, I just contacted the organizers and asked them if we can be on the line up as we are friends with Roddy and I told them too that we were in a 3 way split with Roddy’s other band Black Sister and the rest as they always say is fucking history, that 3 way split is released by Roddy on 100 red pro tapes with Xeroxed covers on his label Problem? Records, the pro CDR version is put out by Neverheard Distro, Hungary by our comrade Kager, as far as I know both formats are long sold out, maybe because of Abigail hahahaha

The 2010 Promo! IT RULES! It was very much unlike Paganfire  to release stuff on something like downloadable mp3's. who came up with the idea and why go w/ it? But you guys released it officially on tape, thank you for my copy. How many have you circulated so farand how was it received locally and overseas? What can you tell us about the three new songs on the promo? Durugin at kayoy sumpain is such an awesome anthem!!!!!! 

N: Vro came up with the idea, I got surprised like you when I saw it hahaha, as we speak I told Vro to delete the DL link, besides no one is expressing anything about it anyway, it went unnoticed argh! So fucking what!! I made  200 copies of that promo tape, and is spread to loyal and valuable contacts, those who have it must fucking play it loud! I am still waiting for some reviews of it and still will be sending out some more copies, all who heard it think it is good, some shit on the cover tracks, some puke on the sound, but then again, should I care?? I’ll just keep on dubbing copies of it as long as there are worthy people to review or have it! The 3 songs on that promo will be all featured on our upcoming album if and when we finish it, beware! I can say that the songs are nothing like we have ever done before, and all metal to the core, no sugar coated trendy shit!! Yes, I hope in the next live shows some of you maniacs will have the guts to sing along to this anthem you speak of!! 

You guys also played 2 new songs as instrumentals at a past gig but later on the Atomgevitter/Family man show

it had vocals in it, it was classic paganfire. do you guys have names for the new songs yet? how did the riffs and lyrics come to you guys?

N: The songs you mentioned have only working titles yet, thus it is not merited to be mentioned yet, only Alvaro will decide on how they will be called, and he also takes killer care of the vocal arrangements/patterns in case you are wondering, and in those song’s cases, the music came first before the lyrics and titles. The riffs come to me as naturally as they can be, no forced shit nor schooled riffing exists in my world.

There's also the patches on two different labels( I prefer the anura recs one) and a shirt on funeralmoon.there's alot of new stuff to cover about PF these past 2 years, Why is it that you have been so active and productive recently?its crazy!

N: Why not Carlos? What is a supposed D.I.Y. underground metal band like us supposed to be?? The merchandise you mentioned are all killer!! You  missed out on the 3^rd patch, the white one put out by Neverheard Hungary, hahaha there is no other way in the true underground, this is not a place for lazy bastard motherfuckers who are afraid to work their asses off.

I guess that brings us up to the date sir noy! unless I missed something new, if so just refresh our infekted minds! hahaha.

N: The PAGANFIRE/MODER split tape and the 12” comp on Emanes, France is what you missed out, but then again I know before you drafted this interview there were no news yet on them, so now, all interested parties can hunt this pieces of metal malignancy down!!contact the labels, support the true underground!! Everyone be warned, we are working on our possible debut album and it will once again kick the ass of this so called scene here in Manila, fuck you!! BOYCOTT THE DAVAO RIP-OFF SCENE!! NEVER SUPPORT THEM!!

Thanks again for the repeat opportunity with this 2nd interview. huge fanatic of Paganfire and will always fucking be. Will continue to follow you guys around like a creepy motherfucker. hahahaha.. 

N: You know where to find us. So I guess you won’t get tired of following us around, hahaha I am proud of your interest and for being a self confessed fan, just play our stuff loud and always support the true underground, stay away from pretending cockstar shitheads who in the end, have nothing to say and prove!!  Walk your own path Carlos and those who will not tread with you will be trampled!!!  Now I have preached, fuck, where’s my beer????

Tuloy ang laban at walang atrasan! yan ang sigaw nang apoy ng kamunduhan

N: TAYO ANG LUPON NG APOY NG KAMUNDUHAN!!!

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