While Heaven Wept: The H.o.S. Interview
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UD: Any chance WHW shirts will be available in the US sometime soon?
Tom Phillips: We've been planning on bringing over a large quantity of the shirts our German merchandising company (Rock Bottom) produced, but we needed to take care of the rest of this studio time first. More than likely we will also produce a new design ourselves at some point in the near future, but in the meantime you can order the German designs at www.metalmerchant.com. Keep checking out the WHW website for updates on merchandise and forthcoming releases.
UD: Are there any plans for WHW live shows or tours in the immediate future?
TP: We've already done a couple gigs recently with the current line-up, including one with our brothers Twisted Tower Dire, as well as the first all-doom festival in the US, the Born Too Late festival. We're taking the summer off while our sister bands Brave and Twisted Tower Dire do some touring, then we'll probably have a few isolated shows starting in September. The next big plan is for the Spring of 2004, when we will be doing some festivals and a short tour in Europe, which is long overdue.
UD: Any cool bands you've heard or done shows with people might not know about but should?
TP: There are tons of new bands that I would recommend from both the burgeoning doom scene as well as the true metal world: I think Orodruin will be one of the bands to watch in the doom scene, for sure; what a great live band. Then there are also plenty of new European bands at the demo stage right now like Forewarned from Ireland, Doomshine and Well Of Souls from Germany, The Doomsday Cult from Sweden just to name a few of the doom bands. I'd also recommend some of the true metal bands out there like Battleroar and Raging Storm from Greece. And for anyone who has not checked out Thunderstorm and Doomsword from Italy should get their albums immediately.
UD: Before we wrap, let me say what a thrill it has been to conduct this interview. It has been great, and often extremely moving, listening to the progression of your musical vision over the years, Tom. I really feel WHW is the best thing going in doom metal right now and that Of Empires Forlorn is one of the best albums ever. Keep doing what you do--nobody conveys passion and emotion through their music in this genre like WHW does. Any final words for the WHW faithful?
TP: First of all, thanks for the interview Dan; I appreciate the interesting questions and unwavering support. Thanks also to all of our fans all over the world for the emails, letters, and support in general; you are priceless to us. For more information on WHW please check out www.whileheavenwept.net as well as www.rageofachilles.com and www.eibonrecords.com. You can contact us directly via [email protected] or snail mail While Heaven Wept, c/o Tom Phillips, 4809 Lockwood Lane, Dale City, VA. 22193 USA. Doom forever onward!
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