Interview with Inculter 2013
By Bradley Smith
Can you tell me a little History in regards to
Inculter?
What are your inspirations both musically and lyrically? Who designed your logo and
what are you goals
for Inculter?
Me(Remi) and
Even(drummer) had played together for a long time in a band called
Excavator,
but after several years of laziness, me and Even started to practice
for
ourselves a couple of times and made a few songs. So we decided to
start a new
band called Inculter. We recorded two songs and put them on the
internet and
people seemed to like it. And during the recording of Stygian deluge
Cato from
Reptilian, Cockroach Agenda and Slumber Lord joined the band! Our biggest inspirations
musically are bands like Sepultura, Dark Angel, Nekromantheon,
Deathhammer,
Destruction, Nuclear Assault, Obliteration, Slayer, Darkthrone, Bathory
and
many more. Lyrically our inspirations are pretty much the same. The logo was made
by a guy from Germany called Luigi Luisi aka. FOK13. Our goals are to
make some
kickass Thrash and spread the evil music around the world to keep the
underground up and going for hundreds of years!
Your debut EP, Stygian Deluge, has finally hit
the
underground and I can see it is already generating a positive buzz. Can you tell me about its
creation? Why did
you decide to add an extra song to
the tape version of the EP?
Most of the songs
were made in the first half of 2013 and they were recorded in july this
summer
at our rehearsal place. We recorded it in july and it was released one
month
later by Edged Circle Productions, the label of Iscariah. The reason
why there
is three songs on the 7'' and four on the tape is simply because there
wasn't
enough space for all four songs on the 7inch. That is also the main
reason why
we decided to release the tape too.
You also have a split 7" with Reptilian. Can you tell me about how
that came
about? Why did you
guys choose
Reptilian, or was it the other way around?
Was the song you used recorded and written at the same
time as the
Stygian Deluge material?
How did you
grab the attention of Unborn/Duplicate Productions?
We got attention
from Unborn and Duplicate through a norwegian metal forum called
screammagazine. Reptilian also got attention through screammagazine so
we were
asked to release a split because we both were new bands and both came
from
Fusa. Cato from
Reptilian is also our
new bass player. The plan was to release the split in late 2012 or
early 2013,
so the song were finished in the late 2012 but weren't released before
september this year because the pressing of the vinyls took way too
long time.
Right now, I don't think there is anything
hotter in the
underground than Norwegian thrash!
There
are so many great bands and Inculter is among them.
How do you feel that Inculter fits in with
the rest of the bands from Norway?
And
how do you think Inculter is different from the rest of the bands in
the
Norwegian underground? What
are your
favorite Nordic thrash bands?
The norwegian
metal underground are extremely good, and we think that musically we
pretty
much fit in. The only problem is that most of the good bands come from
eastern
norway and are much older than us. Our favorite thrash bands are
Deathhammer,
Nekromantheon, Antichrist, Condor, Audiopain, Aura Noir and Infant
Death!
I saw the pictures of the outside of your
recording studio
and they seemed pretty gloomy and atmospheric.
That got me wondering what you thought is the perfect
atmosphere for thrash
metal is? I mean
what imagery do you get
in your head when you listen to thrash and where is the perfect
environment to
experience thrash, especially INCULTER!
As long as we can
listen to the music without any idiots interrupting us, we don't really
care
where we are! But the perfect place has to be on the top of
''Fusafjellet''
(Mount Fusa) which is 666 meters over sea level. UGH!
Tell me about your home, Fusa Norway. As I understand it, Fusa
is famous for
several important potholes. Can
you describe
them? How do you
think that growing up
in Fusa influenced your artistic endeavors?
From the pics I have seen, Fusa seems very scenic but also
a bit
desolate. Is that
accurate?
There is actually
a pothole here in fusa that is called ''Helvete'' (Hell). But we have
no idea
where it is. There are also two other potholes, but we don't know what
they are
called. We don' t think that growing up in Fusa is what got us into
metal, it
is just 6 people who started playing music several years ago, who after
a long
time noticed some kickass bands! Fusa does not have a big metal scene,
it's
just 6 youths and Iscariah who really care. And probably some other
people we
don't know about.
Norway uses a conscript military. Are the members of
Inculter facing a term in
the military? If
so, when? If not,
why?
And what are your thoughts on Norwegian military service?
It's a long time
until we have to go to the military , so we haven't started thinking
about it
yet.
So what are some of your upcoming plans for Inculter?
When can we expect a full length album?
Any important shows coming up for
Inculter? Also, how
was your performance
at Beyond The Gates?
We have started
making material for a full length album, and we hope to release it
somewhere in
the first half of 2014. Other than that we hope to get a few gigs soon!
Beyond
the Gates was exceptional, lots of great people in the crowd and the
atmosphere
was great!
Thanks again for the interview, Please leave
us with a few
statements of Demonic Might and make sure there is No Silence in your
final
thoughts!!!!
Thanks to you, and
remember to stay tuned for updates from Sepulcher and Reptilian.
