Castrator. Interview with Carolina Perez

Interview by Andrew Stanton

Castrator are a great new Death Metal band from New York. Andrew Stanton talked to drummer Carolina Perez about their debut album.

- Can you tell our readers a bit about your history, please?

“We are an old school Death Metal band. Robin Mazen and Carolina Perez are the founders, we have been active since 2013 and have been through some lineup changes but we are very happy with our current line up.”

- What bands did you like growing up?

“I can only answer for myself. (Carolina Perez). I live a very wide range of music, I am an avid classical music listener as well but when it comes to metal i like old school Death Metal like Deicide, Obituary, Cannibal corpse, Suffocation, Solstice, Retribution, Malevolent Creation, Dismember, Entombed Etc.”

- What are your lyrics about?

“We have very globalized lyrics. They all come from a woman’s perspective since we are all women but still gore, social issues and injustices.”

- Do you write these lyrics from a personal experience?

“Some of them, yes, like ‘Tyrant’s Verdict’. They all have different subjects.”

- When I see your album covers, they make you look like a Satanic band. Is it intentional?

“There is nothing Satanic about our covers, I don’t know where you get that idea. Lol It is dark, almost alien background with a deformed deity. for it to be Satanic wouldn’t it need like upside down crosses or pentagrams? Just kidding.”

- Your themes seem to be very opposite to Cannibal Corpse. Do they have no influence on you at all?

“Yes, they are a huge influence for us.”

- According to Metal Archives, you write songs about feminism. The word feminism seems to mean different things to different people these days. What does it mean to you personally?

“The definition of feminism is equality, I know, people confuse the meaning of the word. A lot of people think that it means hate for men but it’s not.”

- Do you have a message for our readers?

“We want to thank our fans for the support and stay tuned for some awesome news coming up about more shows!”