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Lucky bastards, this is the 3rd Archiv Hate anniversary .. let’s rise some bongs & drinks wherever you are ! Looking back to the things we’ve done – more than 2000 bands with some weird and loud stuff reached Archiv Hate page . Some great interviews with Beneath Oblivion, Monster Alphabet, Across Tundras, TESA, Monotonstudio Records label, Talbot & band from Japan – Withoutaname, Maxime Taccardi Artwork, Nomadic Rituals, Scott Massie from Storm King/Innervenus Music Collective, Gretchen Heinel Photography and more.. Magazine covers by great personalities : Liisi Püss, Mārtiņš Ābols, Jānis Burmeisters, Edvins Eisimonts . Exploring Latvian underground music scene with Inese Tone. Some crazy comments & reviews of releases by Jason Cantu and Danial Gambler . I had never imagined that interest in this project will be so difficult to hold, but we are receiving great feedback from you, brothers & sisters, and that means a world to us ! And finally we have results of TOP’13 readers poll . Yeah, and new stories are on the way! This is our world without celebrities - tales from the hood ! -ARCHIV HATE, February 2014

So last 11/29/2013 I had an amazing opportunity to see Samothrace play and speak with them for a little while at a show in Salt Lake City, Utah. Unfortunately I couldn't get the tape recorder I was trying to use at the time to work for me. And then I had some issues with my phone as well. So this interview was done via Email and back and forth talking on Facebook over the past few days. I was hoping to get most of the band but I understand that they're busy people with life and shit. Even if it was just Bryan Spinks it is better than none of them at all. Keep in mind on this interview, I'm not much of a “wordsmith”. So some of the questions I asked, you may have to bare with me a little. – Danial Gambler

I REMEMBER HEARING THE BAND VIA MYSPACE BACK IN 2007 OR SO AND THEN HEARING SAMOTHRACE MORE OFTEN SEVERAL YEARS LATER VIA A WEBSHOW, THE SOGGY BOG. SO FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T AWARE OF THE BAND, WHICH I'M ASSUMING ARE FEW ON THIS PAGE (ARCHIV HATE). GIVE US A HISTORY OF THE BAND. WHEN SPEAKING WITH YOU IN PERSON I REMEMBER YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE BAND STARTED BACK IN 2005. We started back in late 2005/early 2006 in Lawrence, KS. We conceptualized Samothrace out of the respect we had for one another from our various crust and stoner bands of the past, and the level of musicianship involved. We wanted to play heavy, heavy tunes for the times. We released our demo in 2007 and began touring immediately. We were picked up by 20 Buck Spin records and recorded our first fulllength, Life's Trade, in 2008. We did some extensive touring for the album, but slowed down for a couple years after due to life and personal reasons. It piles up

sometimes, ya know? In 2012 we were stoked to release our 2nd album, Reverence to Stone, and get back into the swing of things. Life is good. We are doing good.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT THE WRITING PROCESS? IS IT A GROUP THING? IF NOT WHO DOES THE MAIN WRITING? The writing process for us is a long one. I do most of the main writing and once I have a skeleton, so to speak, I bring it to the group and let everyone work out their parts. I generally write several different riffs based off a main riff to give us plenty of options for layering and evolving the sound. Often hinting at previous or yet to come parts of the song, we are a guitar-heavy band trying to make sure we are keeping the listeners attention by weaving the guitars in and out of each other. In the end every note and every beat are supposed to sort of compliment each other. THE SAMOTHRACE SOUND IS A CRUSHINGLY HEAVY

SOUND. IS IT THE SOUNDS THE WAY THE WORLD IS GOING? IS THERE A LOT OF PERSONAL STUFF FROM LIFE EXPERIENCES INVOLVED? Absolutely. Our music is completely in tune with life and the way of the world. There is a lot of personal feelings involved, but our songs lend themselves to the people. Anyone can take from one of our songs and apply it to their own life. All the lyrics are from experiences I have had and come from my personal existence, but many, many people have suffered as I and can relate. We basically promote light thru the dark. Things can get better, but never forgetting that they can get way worse. Really, I could write a book worth of an answer for this one. Yes and yes. I KNOW WHEN I WRITE MY OWN STUFF. A LOT OF THE STUFF I COME UP WITH IS MORE JUST EMOTION MAKING IT'S WAY OUT AND A LOT OF IT IS CHAOTIC SLOW HEAVY AND SADDENING DEPRESSION. HOW DOES SAMOTHRACE GET IT'S SOUND? Life, Man. It always could have been

worse, but we have all had hardships and hurdles to overcome in this life. I think we all became friends because of this commonality. Our music and lyrics promote the positive thru the negative. I write lyrics, albeit poetic, that are about real life and the strife and pain and depression of it all, but in the end it is ultimately about taking back one's own life and moving forward into the void. Times are tough but we are not alone. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BANDS MAIN INFLUENCES, MUSIC WISE? Man, there are a lot. We all met in the DIY/underground punk and metal community many years ago. That shaped us very much so. This is a hard question to answer on my own, though. For example, when I wrote Reverence to Stone I was listening pretty much to Pink Floyd and also The Band exclusively, no joke. Musically, it would take forever to type it out. This world, our place in it all also influences us. We

have said since day one, "heavy music for heavy times!" DO YOU THINK THAT MUSIC CAN GROW OLD AND HOW YOU THINK, WHAT WILL BE THE ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE TOWARDS YOUR MUSIC BEYOND THE COMING YEARS? Certainly. People come in and out of this "scene" every single day. All music can get old, but in a lot of cases I think it is less that and more musicians evolving as just that...musicians. I'm not sure how we will hold up to time. I like to think we have done a small part in helping to expand doom metal's breadth of riff and style. We certainly would not be considered traditional, but to be considered at all on any level is good enough for me. SO YOU HAVE ONE MORE SHOW THEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THIS TOUR. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AT THE END OF THE TOUR? JUST RELAX AND DO NOTHING OR MORE WRITING/RECORDING? I THINK A LOT OF US WOULD LOVE THE IDEA OF MORE WRITING AND RECORDING. BUT I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE

BEING ON THE ROAD FOR A WHILE THING. IT BEGINS TO WEAR ON A PERSON AND THEN THEY JUST WANT TO RELAX FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE BUG TO GET BACK OUT KICKS IN. Yeah, tour has ended and we have all gone back to the daily bullshit. Real artists generally starve, if that makes sense, or at least your average musician. We are definitely working on more touring and I am writing away at the next release. We tend to move about as fast as our music does. The speed of stoned... We took some time off of touring in 2010 and 2011 to deal with some personal issues and settle into Seattle. We all love the road. Really looking forward to getting back to it. WHAT OTHER BANDS IS EVERYONE INTO? We are all into so many different bands and styles of music. Let's just say we have things covered, ha! I KNOW JOE HAS SEVERAL OTHER BANDS HE'S INVOLVED IN. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER

BANDS/PROJECTS THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH AS WELL? Samothrace is currently my only band. I tend to favor when I try to balance more than one project and especially when they are similar in style or sound, so when I started Samothrace I figured I'd just stick with it and see it completely thru. I believe it is similar for Renata. Our new bassist Pete is a member of the Seattlebased bands Lesbian and Fugal Abyss.

BANDS, AND OTHER DOOM RELATED PAGES ON FACEBOOK WITH THE INFO OF WHAT HAPPENED AND POST THE LINK ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING PAGE.

AND JUST FOR PROMOTIONS SAKE. JOE, HOW MANY OTHER BANDS ARE YOU INVOLVED IN AND WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES? Joe is involved in Samothrace, the Seattle-based grind band Theories and long-time punk band Skarp.

Man, we were so bummed to hear about SubRosa being ripped off. That is a main fear of every touring musician. Obviously, we were saddened they had to cancel the leg of the tour together, but we all completely understand why. The out pour of support for them was really incredible to witness, however. I know they were able to raise enough to replace everything and for that we are all thankful. That is a little bit of the hope in this world that keeps us going. The positive thru the negative.

IT KIND OF TRIPPED ME OUT TO FIND OUT JOE WAS INVOLVED WITH SKARP. I USED TO LISTEN TO THEM QUITE A BIT BACK 2007 AS WELL. BUT SHOWS HOW MUCH I WAS PAYING ATTENTION BACK THEN..

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. No problem, Man. Everyone else is so busy in Seattle. I'm in Oklahoma City and got fuck all to do when not at work. No worries!!!

WHEN YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE INCIDENT WITH SUBROSA. WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT? I KNOW I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF A LITTLE HEART BROKEN SINCE I CONSIDER THEM WAY TOO NICE/GOOD OF PEOPLE FOR THAT TO HAVE HAPPENED TO. HOW DID IT AFFECT THE TOUR? I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT, TO HELP. MORE THAN JUST BOMB PEOPLE'S,

YEAH I KNOW HOW THAT NOT HAVING SHIT TO DO GOES. BUT CHEERS MAN! NEXT TIME YOU COM THROUGH SALT LAKE WE'LL GAVE TO RAISE A COUPLE DRINKS AGAIN. AND IF I HAVE SOME GREEN TO BLAZE, BLAZE A FEW BOWLS AS WELL! Shit yeah. Definitely!!! Sounds like a plan.

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PERCHTENMASKEN On perusing Stephen O'Malley's inspirational site, ideologic.org, I came across the incredible spectacle that is Perchtenlaufen.

Perchtenlaufen is a festival in which young people of the Tyrol region of Eastern Europe dress in elaborately carved masks and furs, representing Perchte, good and evil spirits from their folklore. The two groups rampage through the streets at night during the twelve nights of Yule, 'battling' each other with wooden canes and staffs. One group wear ugly or bad masks, the other beautiful or good masks. Another part of the tradition is that any devils in the immediate area would think twice about troubling the villagers, as it seems that the devils are already there. The energy, creativity and enthusiasm displayed through these events are incredible. The masks can be exquisite works of art, some carved from wood. Costumes vary from rough, primitive furs to extravagant affairs more suited to the silver screen. This whole tradition, the folklore and imagery fits heavy music like a glove. If you can, get over to O’Malley’s site and check out the sights and sounds of the festival. You won’t be disappointed. It’s the inspiration behind the prints contained in these pages, which are carved and printed by hand, in keeping with the traditions of the festival. The devils are on the march... Morgan Gleave

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BENEATH THE STORM “TEMPLES OF DOOM” 2013 I forgot how I came across it but I'm quite happy that I did. While looking up info on the band I came across some reviews for this. Some good, some not so good, some people even think it's complete shit. So I decided check it out to see what all the hub-bub was about and if it is complete shit. In my opinion, no this is one fucking hell of a release. Nothing but awesomeness. Especially if you're sick off all the bands these days using mid-tonal grunt growl screams or whatever. I'm trying to think of how to describe Isis's vocal sounds and failing horribly. Oh well, fuck it. Anyway, I think this is one of the better releases that I've heard so far this year. If you're into funeral/death doom. This is one that needs to be checked out and given a thorough listening to. One of those things to listen to when all you're doing is nothing. Or while attempting to write a review of an awesome album. Good stuff I tells you.

UNRU “DEMO MMXIII” 2013 HOLY BAT SHIT CRAZINESS! God damn this is fucking amazing! From start to finish, hardcore

grinding insanity with brief moments of noisy experimental ambience. God damn this is a fucking awesome album. I hope these gentlemen from Germany can find a place in the hardcore/ grind/ punk scene sometime and somewhere soon. They fucking need it. I at first checked this out just on a whim. It's December 3rd, 2013 right now. (just in case anyone is interested in the date) But I've been seeing this album posted on various sites for a little while now and decided to check it out. Holy shit! I was blown away. By the time this album review comes out, this demo will be a little over a year old and who knows what the band will have going on for them by then. But this demo destroys anything I've heard come out of the hardcore/ grind scene for a while now. Granted I haven't paid much attention for a while now besides random albums off and on, but still.. Anyway, check this out if I you like fucking awesome and noisy grinding hardcore insanity. You won't be disappointed.

OCCULTIST “DEATH SIGILS” 2013 Time to grab some 40's it's time for some rip roarin' thrashin crusty fun! Haha, that's what I would say if I had just turned 21. It's a fucking great album. No time for lookin' pretty with them. What you see is what you get and if you don't like Thrash you can fuck off! Haha, check it out if you like D-beat, Crust, and Thrash. Although there isn't much D-Beat. More just on the straight up thrash tip. You can find the vinyl on the Primitive

Ways Records web store. Just follow the links on the record label website, you'll find it. If you can't find the website go to Occultist's facebook page and click on their about section then there is a link for the page there. So order yourself a copy and get your thrash on!

THE PILE “DEMO TAPE” 2013 So for some reason I've been finding a lot of experimental/ drone/ noise stuff lately. Where was all this stuff when I was in high school and didn't have to go to record stores up in Salt Lake, back in 1993 - '96? I know it was out there. There was a radio show I would listen to and they would play nothing but noise/ experimental and a little bit of punk. But anyway, I was looking at my messages on Facebook when I noticed I had a message in my "Other" box. So I decided to check it out and it was this band or project or what ever you prefer to call this type of noisy not music crap. Haha, I still consider it music regardless. I actually like this release a lot. It's more to my liking than say Merzbow or Bastard Noise or some of the other harsh noise projects out there. Not that harsh noise is bad. I'm just not always in the mood for it. But anyway, the band is from Berlin more on the experimental side I guess. Definitely another something worth checking out if you're into expirimental/ drone/ noise. The cassette you can buy through them on bandcamp. I can't find any CD's or Vinyl or any full length releases yet. Find them on Facebook and like their page as well.

heard Bloodlet you're in for a great listen. so be sure to check it out.

hiss from a tape deck (I had to stream it off the web). Released to a limited edition amount of cassettes (13 when I last checked) it may not be available by the time this review comes out.

BLOODLET “ENTHEOGEN” REMASTERED 2013 Well it's back. Re-released and remastered on A389 Records. A label worth giving a shit about. I don't know what happened to the label that this was originally released on, it just went to shit. "They fucking sold out", said Gentry Densley (Iceburn, Eagle Twin, I think others, I forget) one night when I was talking to him at a show here in Salt Lake. But if you missed this when it was originally released on Victory Records back in the day. You missed out on one fuck of an album. God damn this was a monster of a release back in the 96. At least for the hardcore world it was. I know there were crushing and heavier releases from Relapse and Earache Records with Godflesh and other labels at that time. But they weren't the same as Bloodlet at the time. And here I am trying to relive old high school days that have came and went. Anyway, It's been remasted, re-released, and new printings of the vinyl once again. It's nothing like their later releases. It helps show the world how hardcore, metal, and other genres kind of started melding together and people started caring less about saying, "Oh that's hardcore" or, "Oh, that's metal" or whatever. Not to take anything away from other bands that were around at the time doing what they were doing either. There was a lot of really great stuff released about that time. Buy do yourself a favor and buy this if you haven't yet. If you haven't

COLTBLOOD / CRYPT LURKER, SPLIT CASSETTE 2013 So I was digging around looking for something to listen to earlier today that was more in the Cianide vein of doom/ death. Then somehow I came across this monster of a release and I decided to check it out. With a band names like Coltsblood and Crypt Lurker? How could a person not listen to something with band names like that? I sure as hell can't. Released to a limited amount of cassettes (13 when I last checked) it may not be available by the time this review comes out. The Coltsblood side had everything I was looking for. Crushing riffs, low guttural growls, and a song length that drags on for 9 or so minutes. They even have a cover of Celtic Frost's Procreation (Of The Wicked). I'm not much of a Celtic Frost fan and I prefer Mortician's cover of it more. But it's still not bad though either. The Crypt Lurker side was more brutal, darker, and distant from the rest of the world than any black or death metal band could ever think of being. They offered up a cover of Beherit's The Gate of Nanna on their side of the tape. I'm not entirely familiar with Beherit. So I don't entirely know how to give a good critique or whatever of the Crypt Lurker version of their song. But holy fuck this is tape to check out. If you can find it. Buy it!! The only thing that was missing when I listened to it was the

S C A P E G O A T “V”2013 Hmm, what to say about this other than this shit is cool. Especially if you like dark ambient type stuff. I want to compare them to Lull but there is a little bit more different sounds on this release than a person would hear on a Lull album. Not much more, but a little bit more. "Cosmic and dark ritual ambient for the novice or experienced magician." is how Slaughterhouse Records describes it. And since I'm lacking in ways to describe things today. That's about the best way to describe this album. It's a really great release to listen to if you're up at 4 or 5 AM, can't sleep, and staring at the ceiling. It's something you might be able to listen to while staring at the stars looking for flying saucers or space ships or what ever you prefer to call them also. But if you are interested in hearing something slightly quite, mysterious, and dark. Oh also I think about the only way you will find this is if you go to the Slaughterhouse Records bandcamp page. I can't seem to find any other info on this otherwise I would include it. But check it out, you might like it. I know I'll be enjoying it over the days to come.

by Danial Gambler

ADMC07 ARTWAR Inspired by society's actual face, human behaviours, negativity & powers of Nature. Drawings, illustrations, album covers ,gig posters, layout and more.

+ JONATHAN SWIFT (SATIRIST, ESSAYIST, POLITICAL PAMPHLETEER, 1667 –1745) ONCE SAID: “VISION IS THE ART OF SEEING WHAT IS INVISIBLE TO OTHERS”. DESCRIBE THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN. Patras in Greece... The scenery to where I stand is urbanly decayed, depressive and grey, aggressive due to economic crisis. Fake smiles, religious hypocrites, a diffused social awareness from stillborn minds and all-knowing middle-class townfolks, a shitty town in a far more shittier country. Immigration to a more natural environment and spiritual alienation are top priorities in my needs at the time, although things move slow and I'm mastering patience. Dreams die constantly, meanings fade out and needs are increasingly diminishing to the basics... and that's my overall stimulus cause the world I live in has the artistic expression as priority, inks lyrics and music, and it's grim and mostly based on realism rather than fantasy and optimistic concepts. + WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU WERE THE CREATOR? Take a walk at some forest, what you see there is the world I would create. All devouring green, abstract nature and vastness, elements and animals in their steady ongoing lifecircle, and make sure you choose a remote place, far from cityscapes or country villages, cause my world would have no sign of man in it. That's what it would be like, chaotic and humanless, and even if I veinly had to do it as the only human, I would put myself down right after the very last instant of it's completion, cause humanity's cancer and every trace of it's atrocious society should be erased as soon as possible and the planets balance should be restored. + CREATION PROCESS OF YOUR ART – THE BEGINNING AND THE END.

I firstly do the pencil lines from scratch or based on some digital presketch, then I do the ink-lines and the heavy shading on A4 paper and afterwards it's dotting time with thin black ink pens. When all handwork is done, it's scanning time and digital process it on the computer. Other times I do the layout digitally or I do the lettering at hand from the beginning, depends on the mood and the aesthetics of each work. It usually takes from one week to a months time to prepare a fully detailed piece in dots.

+ YOUR LIFE AS MUSICIAN?

Beercan throwers and d-beats, noise and filth, underground squats and futureless punx, basement studios and godzilasized roaches, sweaty instruments and broken drumsticks, smelly vans and lots of carrying, soy foods and endless miles, wet moshpits and sprained ankles, rehearshing, recording, releasing, touring, rawk! + DECORATION OF MUSIC. COOPERATION WITH UNDERGROUND BANDS, EVENTS AND COLLECTIVITIES. Yeah, they hit me up or I get to them when I'm interested in their music, approach or event. They usually give me something along the lines of a concept or an idea that they would like to see illustrated, and I combine it with their lyrics and my approach on this certain idea to start composing it in lines. I would be up to decorate any kind of good noisy music, regarding black metal, crust hardcore, sludge doom stoner and more. I prefer underground bands and events mostly, not to have so many commercial factors involved like sponsors and stuff. + CREATIVITY IS QUALITY. DOES AGE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE? Age sure has it's advantages, getting older you gain more incentives regarding experiences and general environment perception, so it's a much more focused and targeted effort when you get down to depicting an idea, concept etc. To me creativity has to do with inner expression, so the quality part is not so objective as something very spectacular or detailed, but rather than to the one's perspective and aesthetics on the specific idea, so yeah you got to have something to express in order to create. + CAN THE ARTWORK SAVE THE BAND? I'm afraid not, an eye-catching artwork sure has some advantages regarding the promotion of a record or a concert, but it's actually up to the band to save itself. Music, production and live performance will prevail for what they stand for, and all these combined with a good artistic decoration will provide to whoever onlooker/listener, a dignified result.

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SOUNDARCADE «White winter skies on your skin Dead mirrors in your eyes Don't wait for me to come and crawl Don't wait just take these pills And make it all better And make it all go away..»

SOUNDARCADE HAS WITNESSED THE GROWTH OF LATVIAN HEAVY MUSIC SCENE. HOW HAS IT CHANGED THROUGH TIME? WHAT'S MISSING, WHAT’S DISAPPOINTING? We’ll, as of being a part of it, we can speak only about the last 10 years, but as individuals, I guess a bit more. So 10 years ago if you went to an underground festival, there would be a great mixture of different bands starting from grunge, death metal, to punk and some indie stuff and people were very united. Nowdays, it seems that events are more separated by specific genres. Hard to say if it’s good, or bad, but certainly that means more enclosed circle. Though, we have always looked up for heavy music that pushes the envelope and thus takes it away from headbangers who crush beer cans at their foreheads and curse about organized religion without any deeper knowledge. So if speaking for Baltic’s, then Latvia has some division to that direction. And we guess that someday Archive Hate will shed some light on those bands. SOUNDARCADE IS A DARK AND MYTHICAL EPISTLE SURROUNDED BY ELEMENTS OF PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC;

Illustrations by Edgars Folks, each referring to a song from the band third album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moving The Great Hadronâ&#x20AC;?

THE INTEGRAL PART OF THE BAND ARE THE VISUAL ASPECTS REFLECTED IN THE ARTWORK, MUSIC VIDEOS AND PROJECTION DURING THE SHOWS. THE AESTHETICS OF THE PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC: HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE LYRICAL CONTENT OF SONGS? We’ll, psychedelic for us means freedom. It means we can do anything if we want and our only boarders are creative and technical limitations. Of course altered consciousness palyed a certain role for all of us, more or less. So psychedelic means to confront new things, to reflect on new expierence for us as individuals, and hopefully for audience. Though, we are not saying we always sucseed in that, there’s a very tiny boarder between art and „just entertainment” and it always shiffts so artists must be very careful regarding themselves and their importance. "MOVING THE GREAT HADRON" IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LATVIAN HEAVY MUSIC IN 2012, EVIDENCED BY NUMEROUS AWARDS. DO ANY COMMENTS OF THE WORLD MUSIC CRITICS REMAIN IN YOUR MEMORY? We heard a lot of good words, more than bad, sold some CD copies as well as on bandcamp, but guess the best compliments are those when people post your music in blogs, torrents and stuff and

it goes around on it’s own. HOW SIGNIFICANTLY DO YOU THINK SOUNDARCADE HAS IMPACTED ON LATVIAN UNDERGROUND MUSIC? It’s really not for us to say. We can just hope we have inspired someone. DID THE GIG WITH THE MASTODON HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOU? No. It was just a cool gig. STRAVOKLIS: LATVIAN INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN VERSIONS OF RAINIS POETRY. SOUNDARCADE VISION ENTITLED “SENA AUKLES DZIESMA/ AN OLD SITTER SONG”, YOU SEEM VERY CONFIDENT WITH THE DIRECTION OF YOUR SOUND IN THIS PROJECT. We tried some new things as Martins started to use keyboard and we did it in Latvian so it was exciting for us. That poem is very strange as it’s sung from a point of a man but the title suggests that it will be from a point of a woman. We wanted to make it dreamy and strange, like, for example, the moments before you fall asleep during some interesting film. SOUNDARCADE HAS BECOME QUITE SILENT, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BAND BASEMENT? WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM YOU IN 2014? Before we felt that we can bring something our own and fresh to this so called table of progressive rock, metal scene. But nowdays this genre is so full of bands and many of them just uses readymade forms and rearranges them.

Expierencing art that just confirms one’s feelings is a waste of time. We don’t want to be like that, so we have to dig within ourselves to make something original for ourselves. It doesn’t mean doing something groundbreaking or 10 hour noise, just some little light that inspires. So we just jam. I KNOW YOU’LL ARE CRITICAL TO THE MUSIC YOU’RE LISTENING TO DAILY. WHAT ARE YOUR PERSONAL FAVORITE RECORDS FOR 2013? Hard to say, really. From music that touches metal (or have at some point) it could be: Burzum “Sôl austan, Mâni vestan”, Wolvserpent „Perigea Antahkarana” Subrosa „More Constant than the Gods”, Nadja „Flipper”, Wardruna „Yggdrasil”, Bölzer „Aura” and it seems that Twilight’s „III: Beneath Trident's Tomb” will be a killer album this year. ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? Thank you Archive Hate for having us and doing a great job. And hope next time we will be here regarding possible new material.

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LATVIAN UNDERGROUND

CULTURE

EVENTS BY INESE TONE

The 8th series will conclude the topic of underground culture pathways in the Latvian 90's. This article will discuss events and their location, as well as mail. GIGS, FESTIVALS AND LOCATIONS The most typical way of a person could engage in an underground culture, was to read the press, talking amongst their circle of friends and going to gigs. In the early 90’s concerts and festivals were held less frequently, the same for now. They were events that brought together representatives of all the underground culture regardless of whether they were punks, metal-heads, hardcore youth or something else - Raimond Lagimovs: "Back then, the people involved were less and all were together. All were less – bands, shows. Gigs were held, well if every two months. The festival feeling. Now, when concerts are held several times a week, it is already a routine." The main concert venue was Club Mad Mix, where performances provided a wide range bands of different styles where gigs were held regularly. Ķīpsalas Robinsonā held larger events such as Festival Mēnessbērns (*Moonchild), but only a few times a year. At Dzelzceļnieku Club (*Railwaymen) it was mainly metal-music events. Journalist Uldis Rudaks remembers festivals - "all sorts took place. A Decadent Era that once held at operetta -

now there's a nightclub La Rocca. Atdod Galus (*Give Up The Ends), Durvis (*The Doors).. Māris Žigats of Pienvedēju Piedzīvojumi in 1994 arranged a festival Zem Tilta (*Under the Bridge) at the Sabile. Extra Survival festival was organized by Argots from Liepaja. This was at old Spīķeri and Pūt Vējini stage.“ A legendary place was cellar at Krāmu street 4, called Krāmene. "Krāmene had gathered a lot of people in the evening of December 23, frankly so many people I had not seen at any Latvian underground event in the past. Krāmene was too small really to accommodate all who wanted to get into it! This was a pure hc / punk event that is worthy of attention. Tickets cost 1.50 Ls ($3USD) (in my opinion, too high). Hands were stamped with the inscription - next -. It all started around pl. 18:00 "- it is one of the gigs that took place at Krāmene that was described in zine titled SOS in BIG. Often, someone was able to hold a concert for the reason that an underground subculture activist or supporter worked at a particular location. Sometimes, vice versa - subculture representatives chose to work in a place associated with the underground music subcultures - such as

Jānis Vanags from band Nejautā (*Do Not Ask) (now in Gelousy) who worked at Mad Mix Club as a bartender. Viesturs Grīnbergs, Sanctimony guitarist, also worked there as a doorman. Sometimes underground subculture supporters managed to organize a gig in some quite unusual places - as remembered by Uldis Rudaks: "Occasionally concerts took place in all kinds of awkward places such as Palasta Pica (*Palasta pizza) - as pizzeria owners were convinced that if there would be allowed to hold a gig, then surely all would buy pizza. Pizzas were baked, but people did not buy them they just drank beer. A couple of concerts were held in the Huanhe restaurant, near the Daugava Sports House. " Talking about gig and festival venues I need to mention the Faculty of Chemistry, Riga Building College, Club Slepenais Eksperiments (*Secret Experiment). In the second half of the 90’s the Club Metro opened. There was also a club Panna (*Pan), which were at Teika (a neighborhood of Riga), but the concerts did not take place there, it was mostly just DJs. Festivals and concerts were held outside Riga – Liepaja, Sabile, Kuldīga, Valmiera, Smiltene, Cēsis and elsewhere. In terms of what was happening outside of

Riga, I must say a few words about fairy houses Undīne located in Jurmala, Dubulti, Parka Street 1. It has its roots in 1995, the official founding date is August 8, 1997. The house regularly hosted poetry and literature evenings, theatrical improvisation performances, exhibitions, lectures on various topics as well as concerts. Mostly singers or bards, as well as various folk performers, they also held louder music events, such as the All-Latvia punk gathering Pankroks Pret Meliem (*Punk Against The Lies), Reivs Bez Narkotikām (*Drug-free Rave), as well as the performance of certain bands, such as Sirke, Ex Anima, All Day Long, Cita Attieksme (*Other Attitude), Baložu Pilni Pagalmi (*Pigeon Full Yards) and many other bands. Concerts and festivals played an important role in the circulation of information, because the concert was a way for supporters to get acquainted with other like-minded people, establish contacts and create new bands. One thing is to read the press or listen to the poor quality recording of the band, but quite another to see the live performance of it.

MAIL Mail and other forms of written literature played an important role in the 90’s, particularly outside Riga. These items were the only way of getting information through but were often slow and inefficient. A good example is the case when the underground subculture representatives at Smiltene did not know for a long time that there was in nearby Valmiera, a Russian punk-rock band called Ņeļuģi (*Non-humans). When the activists became aware of the news from zine Torņa Orgāns (*Tower Organ), they, full of excitement went to Valmiera to visit the band. However, it turned out that in the meantime,

while information of the existence of a band came to Riga and from Riga back to Smiltene, the group had split up. Similarly, the case of Cita Attieksme (*The Other Attitude) got a message, only the evening before a gig, that they were required to appear at a concert in Riga, and they did not have time to properly prepare for performance. The correspondence information was taken from overseas by NEKAD and Tornis, whose active correspondence with foreign bands and informal culture activists, by mail, was sent to both - magazines and music recordings.

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Fuck yeah! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done with the ARCHIV HATE Readers Poll and have the results. 13 of 80 records got the nod and were nominated as top releases of 2013. We are truly excited that 17 bands reached the finale! Readers Poll results feature special guests and lists of their most significant releases of 2013. Releases in guest lists are ranked according to personal preference (except one). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a cool looking list from some cool people for some cool readers. Welcome to the III YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE. Thank you haters! - Sir Arturs "Villainous" Vilmanis III

“HOLY GIANTS”, NOMADIC RITUALS One of the last year heaviest creations. A mixture of folklore & mythology absorbing an inexhaustible thirst of DOOM madness. Destroy your dreams and feed your abandoned soul with filthy doom of Nomadic Rituals.

STAVROS GIANNOPOULOS : THE ATLAS MOTH / CHROME WAVES

1. Bad Rabbits – American Love 2. Altar Of Plagues – Teethed Glory & Injury 3. Vaura – The Missing 4. My Bloody Valentine – m b v 5. Run the Jewels – Run The Jewels

SPLIT, SLAVES BC / COUSIN SLEAZE Rare & limited edition of 7”, 300 total were pressed, each band having 150. Some of you were lucky enough to get some of this reign and dominance union, esoteric life-giving piece.Substantial existence as existential substance.

6. Nails – Abandon All Life 7. Intronaut – Habitual Levitations 8. Author & Punsiher – Women & Children 9. Chelsea Wolfe – Pain Is Beauty 10. VHÖL - VHÖL

“II:MALEDICTVM”, DEPRAVATION This is a central piece! Young German band with tons of ambitions. Not the ambitions set by a band but the music they create. Blackened hardcore from the deepest chambers of the German youth souls. The end of the world & humanity. The apocalypse!

SCOTT THOMAS SIMPSON : BENEATH OBLIVION

1. Sea of Bones - The Earth Wants us Dead 2. Before the Eyewall - S/T 3. Usnea - S/T 4. Bloodmoon - Voidbound 5. Grey Host - Dawn for Vultures

“TALES OF BLOOD & FIRE”, UZALA ..thanks to the Creator for the female voice in to the DOOM world. Divine voice, five filthy & lengthy tracks unleashing cosmic destruction. This thing will carry you into the stratosphere.

6. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (reissue) 7. Dead Can Dance - In Concert 8. Goblin - Tour 2013 EP 9. Church of Misery - Thy Kingdom Scum 10. Biipiigwan - Something for Everyone, Nothing for Anyone ..Spoiler for 2014... Thee Silver Mt Zion (new record unreleased.. to be released on Jan 21, 2014)

SPLIT, CONAN / BONGRIPPER Bongripper is a ruthless as usual, I can only imagine how they are live. But Conan is still just as cogent as always. I've heard rumours that they are loud as f*ck live.

MIKE MCCLATCHEY: DIPPED IN GOLD / THE CONCEAL / LAMENT CITYSCAPE

1. Motรถrhead - Aftershock 2. C R O W N - Psychurgy 3. Sea of Bones - The Earth Wants Us Dead 4. Jesu - Everyday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came 5. Celeste - Animale(s)

â&#x20AC;&#x153;ALL THE ILLS OF MANKINDâ&#x20AC;?, BLOOD RED WATER Inspired by heavy, slow and obscured sounds and playing the stuff they like, exploring their personal interests, Venice based quartet Blood Red Water generates simple and straight vision of the music they create: "for this EP we wanted to strengthen and evolve ourselves.. No duty, no strategy: just us in our smoky room."

6. Year of No Light - Vampyr 7. Kylesa - Ultraviolet 8. Throat - Manhole 9. Depeche Mode - Delta Machine 10. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

SPLIT, VESTIGES / PANOPTICON Both bands are creative and I encourage all bands to push themselves to their limits. Put on headphones and prepare to have your mind blown up, then pick up the pieces of your brain and play the other half.

DANIAL GAMBLER : ARCHIV HATE CREW

1. Royal Thunder - CVI: 2. A Licrest - Devoid of Meaning 3. Lethe – Λήθη 4. Beneath The Storm - Temples Of Doom 5. Great Falls - Accident Grotesque

“THE CALENDARICAL CYCLE–PROLOGUE: THE HEALER”, OPIUM LORD Long titles worn only by kings! Exactly a year ago this long name record became a messenger and hope for 2013 - it will be a concrete and heavy record rich. Like a lightning at pitch black night, this record is full of the darkness of a savage world. Step into the darkness of Opium Lord.

6. Statiqbloom - Mask Visions Poison 7. Alda – Tahoma 8. Mephorash - Chalice of Thagirion 9. Wolvserpent - Perigaea Antahkarana 10. Unru - Demo MMXIII

“GEMINI”, FISTER Fister is balancing between the living and the dead world. It’s messing up your mind by creating a feeling that you are reading your own obituary, where your name is mentioned seven times. Each song refers to your death alcohol poisoning, suicide by gunshot, being hanged, motorcycle accident, drown, drug overdose or murdered.

JASON CANTU : SLAVES BC / ARCHIV HATE CREW Fister - Gemini Eibon - II Bolzer - Aura Carcass - Surgical Steel Gorguts – Colored Sands Portal - Vexovoid

PRIMITIVE MAN - Scorn CELESTE – Animale (S) KATECHON - Man, God, Giant ORANSSI PAZUZU - Valonielu NAILS - Abandon All Life ARCKANUM - Fenris Kindir

“ABANDON ALL LIFE”, NAILS ..NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS! NAILS!..

Inquisition - OBSCURE VERSES FOR THE MULTIVERSE Prosanctus Inferni - NOCTAMBULOUS JAWS WITHIN SEMPITERNAL NIGHT

Inferno - OMNIABSENCE FILLED BY HIS GREATNESS Carpe Noctem - IN TERRA PROFUGUS Grave Miasma - ODORI SEPULCRORUM

"A BLACK SEA" SPLIT, THE LION'S DAUGHTER / INDIAN BLANKET Outstanding co-operation and it will inevitably determine the trend and the impact for 2014. I want more similar stuff - Across Tundras w/ Rorcal? Why not?! Only a few had the chance to listen to this masterpiece in its entirety. I can go and hang myself with my three track experience, but thanks to the readers - "A Black Sea" has become one of the most popular records of 2013. ARTURS VILMANIS : ARCHIV HATE CREW

1. Depravation – II : MALEDICTVM 2. uboa - Jouissance 3. Stomach earth – ST 4. Aosoth – IV : Arrow In Heart 5. Rorcal - Vilagvege

“ENTRENCH”, KEN mode Canada's loudest act KEN mode do not skimp with the amount of songs and experiments in their records - no exception is "Entrench". Piano, violin, cello and guest artists in the person of Adam Dyson (Withdrawal), Dave Verellen (Botch/ Narrows) and Tim Singer (former Deadguy/ Kiss It Goodbye) in addition to compliment this record. “Entrench”, a hate from f*king guts!

6. Subrosa – More Constant Than The Gods 7. Across Tundras – Electric Relics 8. Kongh – SOLE CREATION 9. Death Engine – AMEN 10. Serpent Eater - Hyena

“MASS & VOLUME”, PIG DESTROYER “Mass and Volume” was written and recorded during the Phantom Limb sessions, but was never released. A tribute, two song digital EP, is dedicated to Pat Egan, a director of Retail Sales at Relapse Records who passed away after a struggle with Pneumonia and related complications in early 2013. “Mass and Volume” is dedicated to the memory of Pat and to the loving family he left behind..

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