Yer Scene Vol. 15 by yerscene

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Yer Scene Zine v o l u me 15 editor in chief Kenneth Fury co-editors Brandon Nurick & Eileen Michelle Jones head of media & design Amelia Bailey cover design by Daniele Carerra alt. cover design by Rob Mattsson cover photo by Alex Hirsch

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contributing writers Kimi Smith Brandon Nurick Dylan Hewitson-Bevis

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Patrick Pearson

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Lochl รกinn Kelly

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Matias Ramirez-Bugueno Jeff Dunn

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contributing artists & photographers Alex Hirsch

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Gemma Cannavo

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Livvy Mitchell Matias Ramirez-Bugueno Daniele Carerra

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Clarice Tudor

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table of contents 1 - Letter From the Editor 3 - Supporting Your Scene by Kimi Smith 7 - Good Things Are Happening in Brisbane: A Review of Good Things Festival by Dylan Hewitson-Bevis 11 - Bitch Fits: A Review by Jeff Dunn 15 - An Interview with Neckbeard Deathcamp by Brandon Nurick 21 - 613 514 416 by Patrick Pearson 22 - Over The Border: Emo-tinged pop-punk from Pascalwillnotsurvivethis by LochlĂĄinn Kelly 25 - Entrevista a La Rude Jasha by Matias Ramirez-BugueĂąo 29 - Yer Scene's Backpages

l etter f r om the edi tor Bear with me for a minute. This is gonna be long.

The unexpected. Thank you to the readers and listeners of Yer Scene. Show your friends.Go to shows, see what's happening. We wanna know because we?re looking for our next favorite album. We want to see and represent those doing good for underground music.

I am often reflecting about this zine. How we got here and where we?re going are questions that jerk me upright at both 1pm and 4:37am. I am constantly blown away by the art we create as a team. I am thankful for it. To both my team and the universe itself, I think. I feel lucky to be here and do this with everyone. Without my team, this does not exist. Without these people who wanted to help their scene, do art for us, take photos at shows... Yer Scene is nothing. This month we feature a variety of work. I see all of it as important and hope you take time to chew it. Often times I know i?m the luckiest person in the world- I see it first. Getting to see my team develop and progress..nothing beats it. I love all of you.

Final thanks to Norah, Judy, Amelia, Plume, Paige for getting me through the worst. A special thanks to my Dad for letting me drive the truck sometimes. Jokes, he?s always the first to encourage me to try and do better for myself and the people around me. My mother for being the first to ask how I'm doing. To Brandon for seeing the best in me. To those who love and me and give me another chance no matter how dire my mental health is.

I love all of you.

I appreciate the nothing but kind words we get. I?d like to thank Axe to Grind for giving us the nod. Spell it out. Thank you to every band who shares us. We love working with you and want people to see your work. Yer Scene is about spreading what we see as the best. Our favorites. The new.

Let?s fucking do this. Read the damn zine.

-Kenneth Fury @kfurybud

Suppor t ing Your Scene by Kimi Smith So, you want to support your local music scene but aren't sure how? Maybe, like me, you have an anxiety disorder that keeps you from being able to go to shows, or maybe your work schedule doesn't line up with events. Maybe you've been sick every time your friends invite you out, or maybe the music isn't your personal listening choice but you still want to support locals. Whatever your reason, keep reading to learn some different ways you can support your local scene without necessarily needing to be an active part of it. There are three main types of support that I'm going to talk about in this article; Social, Online, and Financial, which can all be broken down into different forms of support. None are better or worse than the others! If you aren't able to socially contribute but can financially contribute, it makes you no better and no worse than someone who can't financially contribute but can socially contribute and so on. Everyone has their own limits and boundaries and you should only do what you can handle. We're all just music lovers trying to come together to keep our scenes alive and well. I know that in my city a lot of us are young and broke, especially students, so Socially supporting the scene can be the easier option for a lot of us. Social support can come in many forms, so let's discuss.

Wor d of Mout h For most people, and in the younger generations especially, word of mouth is how we decide whether something is worth doing or not. Rather than look at ratings or online reviews, we rely more on the opinions of our friends and other people that we know on whether something is worth eating, seeing, or listening to. With this in mind, it is so important to spread the word to your friends when you go to a show that you like. Tell people about the awesome band that you heard the other night! Recommend that cool venue that you were at last weekend to a local band. Let people know when shows are coming up that they might be interested in. Word of mouth is one of the most important ways to spread information around in this day and age so make full use of it whenever possible.

post er s Say a band that you like needs help spreading word for their upcoming show. A great way to help get the word around, besides speaking, is hanging show posters. Streetlight post looking a little bare? Slap a poster up on it! Local store has an opening in their window? Go get permission and post up one of those bad boys in it! Bulletin board at school seems empty? Cover up that blank space with a poster! Putting up posters doesn't take much time or effort so if you're looking for an easy way to help this is a good option for you.

pr omot ion Along the themes of poster hanging and word of mouth, another good way to support is to promote. There are a couple ways you can promote your local scene to others. Know a band selling merch? Buy some and wear it around. I've been complimented by members of bands at shows before for wearing merch that I've made myself, and whenever I wear official merch I'm always asked by at least one person about what I'm wearing. Wearing merch is probably one of the easiest forms of promotion, but if you don't want to commit to clothing then another good option is putting up Yer Scene stickers around your city. Yes, I know that is blatant and shameless self-promotion on my part as a writer for Yer Scene, but hey, it counts. Yer Scene is a great way to learn about local scenes and music from around that world, and it very well may be a way for you to get even more ideas on how to support or take part in your local scene!

Next up is Online Support, which beats out Financial and Social support as the easiest kind since most of us are online at some point every day. Online Support can come in the following forms:

shar ing Hitting the share button only takes a few seconds of your day people! If you see an event for a show, share it! If you see a post about it on twitter, retweet it. You never know when someone on your friends list might decide that it's something that they might want to do, and when a friend shares from a friend who shared from a friend, word can get around quickly. The same goes for releases of new music by locals, share it, retweet it, and spread it around.

invit es As well as sharing events, you can also invite friends directly to them through Facebook. If someone you know has expressed interest in wanting to go to shows, it never hurts to invite them! Invite anyone you know that could be interested in the genre, invite friends that you want to give new experiences to, hell, invite your significant other and make a date night out of it!

List en Are you a fan of background noise while you do pretty much anything, like I am? A good way to support locals while doing this is listen to their music! Most bands in your area will have some kind of recording available for you to listen to, whether it's an album on Spotify, a single on Youtube or even just a video from a show on someone's Facebook. Views and listens matter for algorithms as well as for personal satisfaction for the artists who get to see that people are in fact listening to their music! What easier way is there to support a band than simply clicking play?

Lastly, we have Financial Support. Financial support can be harder for people in local scenes to manage as again, a fair amount of us are broke, students, or both, but a little can go a long way to help regardless. Ways to help financially support the scene include:

donat ions A lot of shows that I've gone to around town have been Pay What You Can shows, meaning there is no set fee to get in as long as you give something. Setting it up this way increases accessibility to shows by a large amount, but doesn't necessarily mean the bands playing will make much off of it. With that in mind, if you have the money to it never hurts to donate a little extra to make up for people who might not have been in a position to give much.

Music If a band has their music for sale it goes without saying that a good way to support them would be to buy the music! If you already have it, buy it for a friend! Music sales and downloads are very important to bands trying to make a name for themselves, and throwing on their music in your car or your house will have your friends and family asking about it themselves. Platforms like Bandcamp and Soundcloud are a couple of easy sites to purchase music from, and bands will usually have links readily available to anyone who is interested! Sites like these provide accessibility to lesser known bands and locals who may not be able to get their music onto big name platforms, helping them expand their reach.

MERCH As mentioned previously under Social Support, wearing merch is a fantastic way to promote local bands and artists. But, of course, you have to buy the merch first! Buying merch lets artists know that people out there not only like their music, but are proud to advertise as much! You could even buy Yer Scene merch online (yes, more shameless self-promotion, sue me) to promote learning more about scenes around the world. Fashion is and always has been a way to catch peoples' eyes and get conversations flowing, so let's start more conversations about our scenes.

Now, this is certainly not the be all end all list of ways to support your local scene from afar. I suggest talking to friends you have in your scene to see what else you could do to help, there's always something that can be done! That being said, I hope that you'll find this list useful if you, like me, have a hard time being an active member of your local music scenes. Like I said before, we're all just music lovers trying to keep our local scenes alive and well, in any way we can.

Good ThingsAre Happening In Brisbane: AReviewof Good ThingsFestival by Dylan Hewitson-Bevis

If you were to ask any hundred random Brisbane locals what?s been the biggest tragedy to befall our glorious little city, you?d probably get hit with one of these few answers:

?Yeah that giant mango that got stolen from Bowen? ?When they took the Ute off the Ettamogah pub? ?When AJ Maddah didn?t pay Green Day and we lost Soundwave?

It?s that last one I wanna focus on today. Fortunately for Brisbane, and the rest of the east coast, this year we were blessed with good things. Good Things festival, in fact. Hyped up with mysterious posters from the beginning of 2018, none of us could have expected Soundwave to rise from the ashes under a new name with an absolute cracker of a line up to boot. Let me be your guide through Good Things 2018 and the day I had under the warm Australian sun. The day began as one would expect in Queensland, with me having to take a rail bus to connect to the city because Translink decided to shit itself again. After stepping over the bus connection, however, I entered the RNA Showgrounds with nothing short of a giant grin across my face. Surrounded by punters of all ages, I made my way through the crowds to the festival tent housing the third and fourth stages, desperate to get my day started proper with great music. I definitely wasn?t disappointed. For a solid few hours, I moshed, pitted, sweated and punk jumped to hits from Aussie locals WAAX and overseas legends Boston Manor and The Wonder Years. WAAX lit a fire under our feet with classics like Same Same and a cover of Violent Soho?s In the Aisle that would floor even the grumpiest of patrons. Boston Manor brought the house down fresh songs off their new album, like Stick Up and Hate You, proving that these UK upstarts were unforgettable. The Wonder Years proved their tenure as bleeding hearts from pop-punk beginnings to more dramatic alternative rockers, with Raining in Kyoto 8

being dedicated to lost loved ones and Devil in My Bloodstream receiving proper loving treatment with the crowd taking a seat and letting frontman Dan Campbell serenade us. You couldn?t ask for a better start to the day. The energy levels amongst everyone I was jumping around with was unmatched, as if it had been building up since the abrupt cancellation of Soundwave back in 2016. I was in there with the best of them too, making sure to join in the circle pits that formed during songs like Laika from the Boston Manor boys and so on. Sweat soaked and sore, I made my way over to the outdoor stages, keen to see what the bigger names had to offer. If there?s one thing Australia?s known for, it?s the harsh heat. Fortunately, the kind security guards watching over the artists at Good Things made the bright decision to attach up hoses and water down the crowds when the heat got too much. Wading through the sweat heat that had settled like a weighted blanket on RNA that day was nothing short of an Olympic level achievement, so getting doused by these hoses was beautiful to say the least. It was during La Dispute?s set at the outdoor stages that I got to experience these wonderful hoses, and I?m so thankful.The boys from La Dispute killed their set with classics like King Park and Such Small Hands, and their knack for the dramatic was punctuated by periodic blasts from gardening hoses, and I loved every minute of it. The rest of the day passed with equal levels of excitement and energy. Scarlxrd took the title of being the only hip hop artist on the lineup in his stride, and made sure everyone in the crowd knew his name by the end of his crazy and violent set. Mayday Parade played some sugary sweet classics for the crowd, with everyone swaying arm in arm to Miserable at Best and doing their best punk jumps during Jaime All Over. It was the Smith Street Band, down under legends who give their absolute all, who made my night. They took the Brisbane sky and carved their names into it, providing us with another set full of classics that made them famous. I cried during The Arrogance of the Drunk Pedestrian, I laughed and smiled during Song For You, and I sang my fucking heart out during Young Drunk. There?s nothing in this world quite like the humble feeling of being surrounded by equally passionate and equally enthralled festival goers who only want to experience music that shaped their weekends, their years or their entire lives. I spent the entire set in awe of the confidence and showmanship of the lads from the Smith Street Band, and came away with a heart full of passion and joy. 9

It wasn?t just the music that was the highlight of the festival for me, though. Getting an over-18s wristband and having my first ?legal? drink lead to some tipsy shenanigans, like playing Smash Ultimate on a borrowed Nintendo Switch under the shade of a big tree and being involved in a long line of fellow Brisbane-ites high kicking to The Dropkick Murphys. Good Things Festival reminds me of why I love my hometown. I?m the youngest I?ll ever be right now, and spending my Sundays surrounded by music and music fans alike is my idea of heaven. I won?t remember nights procrastinating homework or busy shifts at work, but rather Ii?ll remember that time I caught a fist in the gut during Burn You Up, or watching the folks from Babymetal thoroughly weirding out a crowd of confused westerners. Festivals can sometimes feel impersonal, or like you aren?t getting the same experience as a floor show. Good Things though? At Good Things I felt part of a community, led by musicians who want to share their talents with us as close as they can possibly get, keeping their setlists packed with classics that make crowds feel loved and appreciated. I can?t wait for Good Things 2019, because I know it?s going to be a good one!

Bit c h Fit s A r e v ie w b y J e f f Du n n I?ve never been to Idaho. Well, that?s not completely true. Once, in high school, a few friends and I way overshot our drive to Eastern Washington and ended up in Coeur d?Alene. But if Bitch Fits is to be believed, there?s not much I?m missing out there besides them.

emotion I don?t think anyone really handles well; Bitch Fits doesn?t just attempt to take on the loss of a grandparent, they chew it up, tie it into a cute little bow in their mouth, and spit it back out into your waiting palm. The track manages to feel joyous and mournful at the same time, capturing the contentment of Nel in the photograph, yet introspective when you realize that ?I?m sensitive and I miss you so hard?.

Bitch Fits is one of the Nice House House Bands, another exclusive club consisting of bands that only played here in my basement for several shows in their infancy (the other members being The Flowers and, well, my band Save Bandit).

LMOTG is a song about sending letters away to your friends and expressing yourself better in every way but in-person. You can hear the punctuation in the first verse; the exclamation at the UPS man?s hairy legs, the smile after ?whatta guy?; it?s all so sweet. Not to mention, the delivery of ?and I love to fly!? with the change-up on Steptoe Edwall gives me an adrenaline rush. But it?s so fleeting, not even a minute later we?re swept back into those clean, sweeping chords, and bass run of a lifetime (seriously, give the whole EP one listen through and check out every single one of those bass riffs). Here,

On December 13, Bitch Fits had their baby; a five song EP about sending mail, being sensitive, mourning loved ones and lasting trauma. A careful mix of indie and emo, with just a dash of punk, xoxo already feels like a classic DIY release. I?ve been catching fragments of Frances?lyrics through our blown monitors for what feels like a lifetime now, and I feel like I?m finally seeing the whole portrait after just catching glimpses. GO NELLIE!! tackles an 11

Bitch Fits follows that old tried and true rule of writing punk: bring the nasty riff back, but slower. And slower they do, blowing that track to bits before putting it back together for one last verse in the last 40 seconds. And so we come to Gums, a song I?ve been watching Frances perform pretty much since I met them a year and a half ago. Gums is tough. A haunting first-person ballad replete with all the violent imagery you could ask for, Gums is the empty triumph over an abuser, the residual emotional damage that floats above you for the rest of your life, and the two stab wounds you?ll remember forever.

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AT WAR WI TH BLACK METAL: An I nt erview w it h Neckbeard Deat hcamp by Brandon Nurick They may not have come rolling in on tanks, but make no mistake Neckbeard Deathcamp are here to wage war. Formed this year yet gaining near instant notoriety with the release of their first album White Nationalism is for Basement Dwelling Losers, they are black metal's latest controversy and one its most important. The generals in a growing movement to obliterate the genre's most repugnant fringe, National Socialist Black Metal, Neckbeard Deathcamp have seized the momentum of their debut, signed with the respected metal label Prosthetic Records, and are ready and more armed than ever to wipe Nazism, racism, and sexism, off the board of black metal forever. We at Yer Scene were lucky enough to catch up with them during this very exciting time.

Q: Can you describe what 2018 has felt like for you guys? You formed, your first album White Nationalism Is for Basement Dwelling Losers was the best-selling album on Bandcamp for a spell, and you were signed a label with a great standing in the metal community, Prosthetic Records. Was the year as exciting as it sounds? HAI LZ KOMRADEZ: MUSI CALLY, ESPECI ALLY WI TH NBDC, 2018 HAS BEEN NONSTOP EXCI TEMENT. AS SOON AS WE RELEASED WHI TE NATI ONALI SM, THE ALBUM TOOK OFF. THEN NEXT THI NG WE KNOW WE'RE TALKI NG WI TH THE GUYS FROM MARYLAND DEATHFEST. THEN WE'RE TALKI NG WI TH PROSTHETI C. NOW WE'RE PLANNI NG A TON OF TOURS. 2018 HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZI NG. KRI EGMASTER HATESTURM: THE YEAR HAS ABSOLUTELY BEEN AS EXCI TI NG AS I T SOUNDS. BUT FURI OUSLY BUSY. WE APPRECI ATE 15

EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT UP WI TH THE FUCKUPS ALONG THE WAY. AS NOTHI NG REALLY WENT 100% ACCORDI NG TO PLAN. BUT I T'S BEEN A FUN RI DE.

WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG. YOU DON'T FEEL LI KE YOU NEED TO CHARGE YOURSELF WI TH FI GHTI NG EVERY SI NGLE BATTLE. AND DOUBLE ESPECI ALLY I N BLACK METAL WHERE LI TERALLY EVERYONE HAS STUPI D EDGY POLI TI CS. I T WAS EASY TO ALWAYS J UST WAVE A HAND AT SOME DROOLI NG EDGE LORD, OR BE PERMI SSI VE OF STUPI D POLI TI CS I N YOUR FRI ENDS, OR EVEN HAVE STUPI D POLI TI CS YOURSELF. YOU GET NOSEBLI ND TO WHAT A DUMMY EVERYONE I S UNTI L I T REALLY HI TS YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF PRI VI LEGE I N THOSE WORDS. BUT I T I S WHAT I T I S.

Q: There seems to be some kind of zeitgeist happening in underground black metal right now, where acts like Gaylord, Feminazgul, yourselves and many others are very openly mocking and challenging more ?traditional? black metal culture, and particularly the values of NSBM. How does that feel, and why do you think that this movement has been picking up so much steam over the course of the last year?

BUT NOW THAT I T'S DEATH OR FI GHT. WE HAVE THE EASI EST BATCH OF WHI TE NATI ONALI STS TO DESTROY. AND WHEN WE'RE DONE WI TH THEM WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SHI TTY FACTI ON.

HAI LZ: I T FEELS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO LI STEN TO BLACK METAL THAT THI NK NAZI S ARE SHI T. I THI NK THE ANTI FASCI ST BM MOVEMENT HAS GROWN SO MUCH BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FI NALLY GETTI NG FED UP WI TH NAZI S POLLUTI NG WHAT CAN BE A BEAUTI FUL ART FORM.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences from black metal? HAI LZ: WOODS OF YPRES, WOE, DAWN RAY'D, SARGEI ST, BLASPHEMY, ARCHGOAT, ANI CON, YELLOW EYES, SPEKTRAL HATCHERY.

KRI EGMASTER: I THI NK THE TRUMP ADMI NI STRATI ON, AND THE RI SE OF LI KE- MI NDED MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN WHAT POWERED THI S. BREXI T, LE PEN, BOLSONARO, POLI SH AND UKRANI AN WHI TE HATE MOVEMENTS HAVE COME TO FRUI T. AND WE CAN MEASURE THE BRANCHES AND SEE WHERE THEY STARTED.

Q- Did you guys have any other ideas of what you?d call yourselves before Neckbeard Deathcamp? KRI EGMASTER: NO LI TERALLY THE NAME, THE ALBUM COVER, THE SONG TI TLES, AND THE RI CK ROSS STI CKER ALL HAPPENED I N 45 MI NUTES.

BECAUSE THE NAZI BULLSHI T HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER. BUT I T DI DN'T FEEL QUI TE SO RI GHT HERE RI GHT NOW. ESPECI ALLY 16

KRI EGMASTER: ACTUALLY HERE'S A GREAT STORY. SO FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE ARE J UST REGULAR SHI TTY TO HAI LZ. BUT ONE TI ME I HAD THI S PERSON SEND ME THI S LI KE 40 PAGE UNABOMBER MANI FESTO OF AN EMAI L THAT CONTAI NS WORDS I WI LL LI TERALLY NEVER REPEAT. AND WE J OKED ABOUT USI NG I T AS LI KE. LYRI CS OR SOMETHI NG. I T WAS J UST SO CRI NGEY AND EDGY.

Q: Do you ever see yourselves moving away from your current lyrical themes with NBDC, or would you just start a different project for that? KRI EGMASTER: WE WOULD PREFER TO KEEP NECKBEARD A SHARP AND DELI CI OUS ARTI STI C WORK. HAI LS AND I CERTAI NLY WON'T STOP MAKI NG POLI TI CAL ART ANY TI ME I N THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAI NT GUERNI CA FI FTEEN TI MES TO GET THE POI NT ACROSS.

BUT I F YOU DON'T KNOW. NOW YOU KNOW. WHEN YOU SEND ME AN EMAI L VI A THE BANDCAMP TO CALL ME A LI BERAL SJ W CUCK OR WHATEVER. I T GI VES ME YOUR I P ADDRESS. WI TH YOUR I P ADDRESS AND A LI TTLE MAGI C I T'LL GI VE ME A LOT OF I NFORMATI ON. I NCLUDI NG YOUR HOME ADDRESS. WHI CH I N THI S CASE WAS SUBURBAN MI LWAUKEE. I HAVE A LOT OF FRI ENDS I N MI LWAUKEE WHO AREN'T VERY NI CE AND I WAS TALKI NG TO SOME PEOPLE ABOUT ARRANGI NG AN I N PERSON I NTERACTI ON. WHEN ONE OF MY FRI ENDS SAI D "THAT'S A RI CH FOLKS NEI GHBORHOOD, YOU GOT SOME BOUGI E NAZI S ON YOUR ASS FAM".

WE WI LL DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WI TH THE PROJ ECT. BUT WI LL DO OUR BEST TO AVOI D WRI NGI NG THE J OKE OUT. Q : As with most things in black metal, new projects and fresh ideals can breed a lot of contempt with genre purists. What are some of the craziest responses you?ve gotten regarding NBDC and how do you handle the criticism thrown your way from these traditionalists?

WHI CH MADE SOMETHI NG QUI TE OBVI OUS TO ME. I CALLED OFF THE PARTY FOR A REASON THAT WI LL SOON BECOME OBVI OUS TO YOU AND CALLED THE LAND LI NE LI STED I N THE WHI TE PAGES. A OLDER WOMAN'S VOI CE PI CKED UP AND I OPENED AS BEST I COULD. WI TH "HEY THI S I S GONNA BE A WEI RD ASS CONVERSATI ON, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SON THAT LI KES HEAVY METAL"

HAI LZ: MOST OF THE TI ME I T'S J UST PEOPLE CALLI NG US SLURS, SOMETI MES ON THE BANDS FACEBOOK PAGE, SOMETI MES THEY DM ME. EI THER WAY I J UST BLOCK THEM AND MOVE ON. I FI GURED WHEN NECKBEARD BLEW UP WE'D GET SOME PEOPLE LI KE THAT

THI S LADY BECOMES I RATE AFTER I EXPLAI NED TO HER THE SI TUATI ON, AND MAKES THI S LI KE HI GH SCHOOL AGE KI D APOLOGI ZE TO ME ON THE PHONE. WHI CH DI DN'T ACTUALLY FEEL GOOD. I T KI NDA J UST MADE ME MAD THAT THI S KI D HAD LI KE A NUCLEAR WAR NOW! ACCOUNT AND A BUNCH OF FUCKI NG LOSERS ON THE I NTERNET WERE PROBABLY THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT TOOK HI M SERI OUSLY AND HAD SUCCESSFULLY RECRUI TED THI S HI GH SCHOOL AGE KI D I NTO DUMB NAZI BLACK METAL SHI T.

Q - What?s with the ski masks? Is this purely another aspect of your NSBM parody, or a legit effort to maintain some kind of mystique. Maybe both? Perhaps protection from any basement dwelling neckbeards who have escaped their parent?s basement, and are looking for revenge? HAI LZ: ORI GI NALLY I T WAS A LI TTLE BI T OF BOTH. YOU SEE NAZI BANDS WEAR SKI MASKS ALL THE TI ME. PLUS WE (OR AT LEAST I ) THOUGHT I T WOULD BE COOL FOR PEOPLE TO NOT KNOW WHAT OUR FACES LOOK LI KE, ALTHOUGH THAT'S KI NDA GONE DOWN THE SHI TTER NOW.

Q - The last year has seen a lot of controversy regarding the subject of whether art should be separated from the artist. Your stance on the matter seems very clear-cut, but given black metal?s history of violence and racism, what are your feelings on listening to genre classics like Burzum, Dissection, Emperor, all of whom have had troubled histories in this regard?

KRI EGMASTER: THE SKI MASKS ARE A J OKE. ALL THESE FUCKI NG DORKS COVER THEI R FACES TO SEEM SPOOKI ER THAN THEY ARE, AND TO AVOI D THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEI R SHI TTY ASS POLI TI CS. LOOK UP LI KE KOMMANDO PAGANO, OR I NTOLI TARI AN, OR HELLVETRON.

HAI LZ: I 'VE NEVER REALLY GOTTEN I NTO DI SSECTI ON OR EMPEROR, ALTHOUGH I 'M NOT GONNA LI E, I LI STENED TO BURZUM ON OCCASI ON WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. WI TH THAT SAI D, AS I 'VE GROWN UP AND MATURED, I 'VE COME TO REALI ZE THE PROBLEM WI TH SEPARATI NG THE ART FROM THE ARTI ST. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT A SKETCHY ARTI ST "HAS RI FFS" OR WHATEVER, THEY STI LL HAVE I NHERENTLY BAD BELI EFS, AND LI STENI NG TO THEI R MUSI C J UST GI VES THEM A PLATFORM TO SPREAD THOSE BELI EFS.

I T DI D WORK THOUGH, TO EVERYONE WHO WASN'T ONE OF HAI LZ, SUPERKOMMANDOS, OR MY COMBI NED TOTAL 12000 FACEBOOK FRI ENDS FI NDI NG OUT WHO WE WERE SEEMED REALLY EXCI TI NG. I T STI LL SEEMS EXCI TI NG TO THE FASH, WHO ROUTI NELY POST PI CTURES OF US LI KE I T'S SOME BI G MYSTERY. I T'S A J OKE BOYS.

FOR THE RECORD. I 'M ACTUALLY NOT I NTO WEARI NG A MASK AT PROTESTS OR ACTI ONS. WHO I AM AND WHAT I 'M ABOUT I S NOT A SECRET. Q: Black metal is known for its gnarly production, but White Nationalism is for Basement Dwelling Losers is particularly dirty ? how did you achieve such a claustrophobic and rotten sound? KRI EGMASTER: THE POI NT I S THAT WE'RE EMULATI NG A BUNCH OF DUDES WHO DO THI S I N THEI R GARAGES WI TH SHI TTY RECORDI NG EQUI PMENT. WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD RECORDI NG EQUI PMENT AND UNDERSTANDI NG. YOU CAN MAKE I T SOUND LI KE A GARAGE. BUT YOU CAN CONTROL FOR THE SHI T THAT THE OTHER GUYS CAN'T. THE NEW RECORD I S EVEN MORE RELENTLESS. AS WE'RE J UST WYLI N NOW. I PUT 12 VERBS ON A SAMPLE I N ONE OF THE TRACKS.

Q: If you could write a song with any musician ? black metal performer, or otherwise ? who would you pick? What kind of song do you think you two would write? HAI LZ: I T'S REALLY HARD TO PI CK J UST ONE, BUT RI GHT NOW I THI NK I 'D GO WI TH PAUL FROM BLOOD I NCANTATI ON AND SPECTRAL VOI CE. I THI NK THOSE ARE THE BEST TWO BANDS I N DEATH AND DOOM RI GHT NOW. I 'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE SO PERFECTLY

CAPTURE THE SOUND OF DARKNESS. I THI NK WE COULD CREATE SOMETHI NG TRULY DARK AND ROTTEN.

REALLY FUNNY PARODY PROJ ECT WI TH A 20 YEAR REVEAL. Q - 2019 is set to be a big year for you two. What can we look forward to in this upcoming year from Neckbeard Deathcamp?

KRI EGMASTER: I T SHOULD BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR AT THI S POI NT THAT HAI LS KNOWS 10000% MORE ABOUT MUSI C THEORY THAN ME. SO MY PI CKS WOULD BE I N THE PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES AND CHARACTERS I WOULD LI KE TO ATTACH TO THE PROJ ECT. WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE REALLY I MPORTANT TO ME FEATURED ON THE NEXT RECORD. ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT YOU ARE KESHA AND YOU'RE READI NG THI S ARTI CLE. PLEASE SEND US AN EMAI L.

HAI LZ: WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW ALBUM OUT LATE SPRI NG/ EARLY SUMMER, WE'RE WORKI NG ON A COUPLE SPLI TS THAT SHOULD BE REALLY FUN, WE HAVE SOME AWESOME LI VE STUFF TO ANNOUNCE SOON. KRI EGMASTER: EAGER TO FUCKI NG DESTROY YOUR HOMETOWNS ON THE TOUR.

Q: Politics removed ? what are you favorite and least favorite things happening in black metal right now?

Q - Closing words? Any shouts you?d like to give out?

HAI LZ: LEAST FAVORI TE: THE HELLVETRON THI NG & THE PESTE NOI RE ALBUM. FAVORI TE: THE WOMAN I I COMP & FI NI SHI NG THE SECOND NBDC ALBUM.

HAI LZ: I WANNA THANK NOAH, STEVE, EJ , ALL OF OUR FANS, THE RABM/ ANTI FASCI ST BM MOVEMENT, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO MADE THI S ALL POSSI BLE. I T WAS A PLEASURE DOI NG THE I NTERVI EW.

KRI EGMASTER: I 'M WI TH HAI LS ON THI S ONE. I REALLY J UST CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW FUCKI NG EMBARRASSI NG THAT NEW PESTE NOI RE ALBUM I S. LI KE HOLY FUCK WHAT A SHI T SHOW. NOT ONLY I S CAPTAI N GENI US MORON BABY GOI NG TO GET ALL OF HI S SOCI AL MEDI A ACCOUNTS BANNED FOR PUTTI NG BLACKFACE ON HI S ALBUM COVER. WATCHI NG THE TRVEKVLT FANBOYS J UMP THROUGH HOOPS TRYI NG TO DEFEND I T LI TERALLY MAKES ME THI NK FAMI NE I S EI THER A COMPLETE I MBECI LE, OR LI KE A REALLY,

KRI EGMASTER: CLOSI NG WORDS. SHOUTOUT TO PAT SCHNEI WEI SS FOR RUI NI NG MY LI FE LMAO. I NEVER WOULD HAVE GOT I NTO MUSI C WI THOUT THAT GUY. SHOUTOUT TO HAI LS. SHOUTOUT TO THE PROSTHETI C TEAM. SHOUTOUT TO BI G BEAR MALT LI QUOR. SHOUTOUT TO BESTI AL WAR RI FFS. COME TO BLACK FLAGS OVER BROOKLYN. 20

Ov Er The bOr Der Emo - t in g e d p o p - p u n k f r o m Pa s c a l w il l n o t s u r v iv e t h is by Lochl รกinn Kelly the 40,000-capacity Ward Park in Bangor, Co. Down, which includes an excellent lineup of nine homegrown acts, one of these being recent Atlantic Records signees Jealous Of The Birds. Originally the solo project of Armagh native Naomi Hamilton, if you take a look at the expanded line-up for the band, you?ll notice a guitarist clad with a handlebar mustache, who happens to be Danny McClelland, the main topic of this piece. Hailing from the North Coast, McClelland has definitely placed himself as a name you?d be mad not to know about. Whenever he?s not touring the UK/USA with Jealous Of The Birds, you may also know of him through his involvement with Belfast-based record label/music collective ?Zool Records?, home to heavy-hitting rockers Mosmo Strange and Ferals to a name few. The DIY label has also became an avenue for McClelland to release and promote his own projects too,

Growing up as a young person with interests much different than others, I never felt I had found proper comfort living in my hometown in the North-West of Ireland. While other teens my age were focused on things like sports and clubbing, one of the biggest things that got me through life was music. With nobody to talk about new types of genres with such enthusiasm as me, I thought I?d never find people I could relate to. This however is what I thought before being introduced to the Northern Ireland music scene. Talent isn?t rare here, with countless of the island?s greatest exports in music hailing from Northern Ireland, being home to acts such as Snow Patrol, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Undertones and Van Morrison to name a few. Being a close area, the scene here feels more like a family, especially with the announcement of Snow Patrol?s one-day event in 22

whether it being working alongside drummer Charlie Cairns on the explosive math-punk duo WASPS or fronting the anthemic post-rock quartet Born Only Yesterday. With all this said, the musician has only went and added another new project to his ever-growing profile of musical endeavours, introducing us to ?Pascalwillnotsurvivethis?. Released 28th December 2018 via Zool, the track ?Hey, Bud? gives listeners a taste of what to expect of McClelland?s writing talents, tackling an emo-inspired pop-punk approach to the music that we had already seen a bit of with Born Only Yesterday. The single?s sound has me hearing hints of TWIABP with its anthemic guitar riffs and feint synths, complemented by the energetic and technically-pleasing drums played on this track by Ashley Hamilton. Tied along with the timid but anthemic vocals of McClelland, I wouldn?t be surprised if this had been an early cut from the Promise Ring or Mineral, making me love the delivery on this song even more. With this being said, if you?re looking for something new to listen to and are into 90s emo or pop-punk, I highly recommend checking this single out, along with any of the other projects that

McClelland is involved in, as in my personal opinion, every single bit of his past work has been nothing but gold. I?m excited to write more pieces for you guys on something that?s passionate to me, my local scene.

Ent r ev ist a a La Rude Jasha by Matias Ramirez-Bugueñ o Dentro de la escena regional de Valparaíso existe una gran diversidad de géneros musicales. Sin embargo, el ska es algo que jamás ha desaparecido. Uno de sus representantes, en relación con este género, es la banda nogalina LA RUDE JASHA. En esta entrevista hablamos con Patricio, Vocal y guitarra de La Rude, quien nos cuenta cosas curiosas sobre la banda , proyectos futuros y más.

alemanes sosteniendo una conversación. Nos pareció muy divertido que comenzamos a imitarlos. De ahí nace ?jashmia? , ?jashaja? , etc . También para todo era decir ?jasha jasha?; y decidimos unir el Rude con Jasha. Básicamente fue un juego de niños que al final se transformo en nuestro sello y por cariño decidimos dejarlo para siempre.

Por que la decisión de tocar SKA y no otro género?

Patricio algo curioso y que debe ser pregunta frecuente al momento de hablar de LA RUDE JASHA. ¿Por Que este nombre?

Pat r icio: El nombre de la banda se origina en un momento en que nos cautiva el SKA y en cierta medida ?rallamos la papa? con el estilo. Sin saber mucho tampoco sobre esta cultura, adoptamos el ?RUDE? por la denominación al que era parte de este genero y estilo musical. Y ?JASHA?, fue una joda que partió cuando escuchamos a un par de

Pat r ico: La decisión de tocar ska fue por lo mismo, partimos tocando punk rock y conocimos este ritmo que nos cautivo y que nos divertía mucho. Hoy en día aprendimos a mezclar ambos estilos, cosa que nos acomoda mucho y creemos que es lo mejor.

En relación con lo anterior ¿Cómo ves la movida del ska nacional?,¿Crees tú que se deberían dar mas espacios o armar fechas?

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Pat r icio: vemos la movida del ska muy entretenida, hartas bandas que están haciendo muy buena música, pero creemos que esta un poco segregado. Aun no se logra trabajar en conjunto para ?tirar ? para arriba el movimiento.

aportar de forma concreta a nuestro amado estilo.

El tema de los espacios creo que ahora se esta abriendo más, algunos locales han mejorado los tratos y se puede gestionar mucho más fácil. Es difícil lograr la masividad, pero creemos que la gente esta participando activamente en las tocatas. También se menos regateo en el precio de la entrada. Es buen momento que puede ir mejorando de a poco aún más.

Pat r icio: Unirse, compartir, apoyarse, tocando bien, nunca rendirse y siendo fieles y honestos a nuestras convicciones. Simples actos nos van a ayudar a crecer entre todos.

De que forma crees tú que se podría potenciar la escena musical?

Que se viene para la banda en un futuro próximo?

Pat r icio: Tenemos muchos planes para el próximo año. Sacar nuevo material audiovisual, nuevos temas, una gira al sur de Chile y también retomar el viaje que no pudimos hacer este año a Perú. Además de seguir fomentando el catálogo.

Hace poco creaste DIVIDIR ES DEBILITAR. Cuéntanos el por qué de esta plataforma?

Pat r icio: Si , esto nos tiene muy contentos, hace mucho tiempo queríamos aportar con un grano de arena para unir bandas de diversos estilos musicales. Ahora tenemos también el primer festival del catalogo y queremos seguir haciendo cosas para aportar a la escena. Y principalmente nace por eso, para unir, para trabajar en conjunto, para que nos conozcamos como bandas y como personas. Creemos que es la mejor manera de abrir espacios y de

Algún mensaje para los lectores de YER SCENE?

Queremos agradecer este espacio y larga vida a los amigos de Yer Scene. Este tipo de cosas aportan mucho a la escena, como dije anteriormente, con simples actos concretos, entre todos vamos a crecer. Abrazo de parte de La Rude Jasha. 27

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