Whats up to Anthony
Biello and all in SEVERED REMAINS
Please inform us about the band current activities
and the line up…
This is
actually Pavel of Severed Remains. Well currently
we are writing new material for the next full
length and getting ready for a few big shows. One
of the shows is going to be in New York as a part
of the Bloodletting North America Tour 4 with
Pyaemia, Spawn of Possession, Severed Saviour, and
Deeds of Flesh, I think. The line up currently is
Anthony Biello on drums, Ben Rubin and Andrew
Marinowski on guitars, Al Soros on vocals, and
Pavel Puzerey on bass.
Could you
tell us some kind of the short biography about the
band ?
Severed
Remains was originally started by Anthony Biello
and Ben Rubin as a band that paid much tribute to
the old school gods such as Obituary. Shortly, Joe
Reed joined on vocals and with him came Tom
Terbanc on guitar who didn't stay in the band for
too long.. Kevin Trask played bass in the band but
he did not stay too long. There was some trouble
finding a bass player, but later on Pavel Puzerey
joined in the band and has been with them ever
since. Struggling to find another guitar player,
we stumbled upon Andrew Marinowski and definately
made the right choice pcking him up. In the end of
2002 Joe Reed parted ways with SR and joined the
band Gemisuadi. As his replacement, Al Soros took
the position for vocals. So far everything has
been going pretty well and the band is writing
newer, faster, and more insane music.
Why did you
guys formed the band ? is there any special reason
? What are your goals by forming Severed Remains ?
Well like I
said, the band was originally started as a jam
band for the summer and as it progressed, the
seriousness of the music definately took it to new
places. The goals for forming Severed Remains was
to have something to do over the summer, haha, and
then it became a way for a few guys to show their
creativity and talent in front of crowds and write
music that hopefully most people enjoyed.
There are a
lot of brutal bands using the word “severed” as
the part of their band’s name.
Can you explain why did you decide to use the name
Severed Remains ?
Who came up with the idea ? was there any
particular reason ?
I know
exactly what you mean about the bands that use the
word "severed" in it. Severed Savior, Severed
Head, etc. It's nothing that we are really fond
of, but the name was originally created by Tom
Terbanc, the former guitarist of the band, and I
guess we just stuck with it. There was no
particular reason for it, just sounded metal.
Can you
please inform us, did Station F records /
AngelGrave productions had really put out your
debut album ? please explain…
Station F records never put out our debut album.
They were supposed too but there was a great deal
of problems going on with the company they worked
with to make CD's and our patience ran short, so
we decided to leave them.
Please
explain how did you join the Steve Green’s (Lust
Of decay guitar player) brutal label, Comatose
Music ?
The album "A Display of those Defiled" was
recorded in October, 2003, and if you noticed, it
came out in October, 2004. We tried to find a
label to release our album and got screwed over a
lot and we decided to send a copy of the cd to
Comatose to see if they would be interested in
recording it. Steve liked the cd and helped us out
a great deal by releasing it.
So far, do
you satisfy with what Comatose have done for
Severed Remains ?
Can you please explain what are the actual matter
that Comatose have done to promote and supports
Severed Remains ?
We are very satisfied and greatful to Comatose
records and Steve for releasing our album. He
helped us out like no other could. Steve has been
putting many advertisements in catalogues and on
websites on the internet. He also promotes it a
lot on his own website. www.comatosemusic.com.
Steve is also currently in the progress of getting
shirts and hooded sweatshirts for the band.
Who’s in
charge in writing the songs lyrics ? What are
his/their main & most inspirations ?
The lyrics are currently a very important part of
our music writing. They are written by Anthony
Biello, Pavel Puzerey, and Al Soros. Each of who
have very different styles of writing songs. The
concept of the lyrics on newer material is a
psychological one and each song discusses
different aspects of the human psyche. About
inspirations, each one of us get inspiration from
differen bands, experiences, interests, etc. It's
kinda hard to get specific.
Who wrote
the materials ? Did you satisfy with recording
results ?
Can you inform us the equipment you guys used in
the recording process and inform us your personal
instruments that you guys use on your live
performances ?
The musical material on a Display of Those Defiled
was written by Ben Rubin, Anthony Biello, and
Pavel Puzerey. The vocal aspect of it was done by
Joe Reed. We were very satisfied with the
recording results. Our producer Brandon Young did
an incredible job on the mix. The equipment we
used were B.C. Rich Warlock and I am not sure what
the other guitar was, but it was actually the one
that the guitarist from Warrant used. Ibanez
Soundgear bass. I am not sure what kind of drums
Anthony has. The amps we used were Peavey 5150 and
Mesa Boogie guitar amps, and a Kustom bass amp.
Severed
remains music is a bit unique than most of brutal
death metal bands, you composed & mixed the
patterns & elements of brutal death, brutal old
school death metal and very catchy but yet brutal
slamming breakdowns. Can you tell us how can you
wrote such songs ?
This album
did not really have a direction of music. We were
struggling with trying to find the right sound,
and inevitably it lead to a mixture of all
different sorts of music. A lot of the riffs on
the cd are melodic riffs inspired by J.S. Bach,
punk riffs, brutal grind riffs, etc. We all just
looked at the bands who we were listening to
currently and got ideas from them. The bands
current direction is very definite :Technical
Death Metal.
Please tell
us your all time fav old school metal bands. And
what bands inspires you a lot ? Do you always
listen to the heavy and brutal stuff ?
Well, out of the entire band, Anthony Biello is
the biggest old school fan. From what I know his
favorite old school bands were such as Obituary,
Sepultura, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, Entombed,
Slayer, etc. The bands that inspire us A LOT are
Disavowed, Severed Savior, Severe Torture, Spawn
of Possession, Psycroptic, Cryptopsy, Pyaemia,
Cephalic Carnage, J.S. Bach (not a band, but the
greatest composer of all time), Hate Eternal,
Origin, Nile, Krisiun, etc. We all have very
different musical tastes and we don't always
listen to heavy and brutal music. We could be
listening to the new Decrepit Birth cd and then
after put on Sara Macloughlin.
Tell us what
have been you listening to lately ? Bought any cds
in the last couple of years ?
Personally, my current playlist is Heaven Shall
Burn, Daughters, Slayer, Disavowed, Nile,
Dillinger Escape Plan, Uphill Battle, Severe
Torture, Cephalic Carnage, Vile, and Kalmah.
Haven't bought much lately but heard a lot of new
good stuff. The new Decrepit Birth cd kills,
Psycroptic is incredible, the new Krisiun and
such.
Please tell
us what are your opinion about the Nu metal trends
nowadays ? Do you think / consider its really
metal ?
We don't really think highly of nu-metal, if they
are making money doing it, then they're obviously
doing something right, but no, we don't consider
them metal. Just some guys who wear make up and
make a shit load of money for doing it.
Personally, I think nu-metal bands are what people
who don't know about metal look at and consider it
metal which really does not bother me, but i know
it irritates other people.
How about
bands like Slipknot, Soulfly, Mudvayne, Korn, Limp
Bizkit, Static X, Coal Chamber, Deftones , etc ?
do you consider they’re metal ? do you listen to
those bands ?
I do not consider any of those bands metal
although the drummer of slipknot used to be in
Anal Blast. I just think that that
guitarist/vocalist of static-x should get a hair
cut and they should all stop whining about their
"depressing" lifes cuz they are making millions of
dollars.
Tell us
about your local scene ? Is it big extreme metal
scene ? Are there any bands in your local scene
that you think are potential enough to be check to
gain more recognition ?
Do you play often in your local scene ?
The local scene here is pretty horrible, there is
only about 4 metal/grind bands. Gemisuadi is a
great grind band who deserve an incredible amount
of recognition. Dislimb play brutal metal.
Phronesis/Rabid Impulse are friends of ours who
played a show with us, and of course us.
Please tell
me your opinion about the words “Posers” and the
phrase “Death To False Metal”
Honestly, I dont give a shit about the word Poser
or any stupid shit like that, I believe that if
someone wants to be what you would consider a
poser, let them do it, if they can take the
criticism for doing it, more power to them. One
should be able to express themselves in any way
possible, I wouldn't say i have much respect for
posers, but it's just an immature thing to make a
big deal about people being posers. Death to false
metal is just i guess what it is.... i have no
opinion on it.
It seems you
guys are very young & talented extreme metal
musicians. Did you guys ever took some musical
lessons ? What do you guys do beside the band ?
hobbies ?
Andrew currently takes musical lessons and is in 8
musical projects. Ben took lessons as well. Pavel
was self-taught, and same with anthony.
Have you
ever heard about the Indonesian extreme metal
scene ? bands maybe ? labels ?
Nope, sorry.
(Ed.: willing to
explore ? contact me. hahaha..)
What do you
think of the European brutal death metal scene ?
they seems have a very huge brutal scene with
bands like Insision, Spawn Of Possession, Severe
Torture, Pyaemia, Visceral Bleeding, Disavowed,
Tears Of Decay, etc. Do you like their “European
brutal death styles” ?
What is you like from the European brutal death
bands ?
Can you inform us a bit differences about the US
brutal death and European brutal death bands ?
Wow,
European brutal death metal scene is what we live
for. They are some of the greatest bands ever.
Mostly every brutal metal band that comes out of
europe is ranked highly on our lsit. We like
Disavowed, Pyaemia, Severe Torture, Spawn of
Possession,Brutus, Insision... just about every
god damned thing they put out.
Do you have
any merchandise to sell ? like what ? How can the
people have’em ?
yes we have cd's to sell and in about two weeks we
will have shirts and stickers. You can contact
anthony biello or steve green about merchandise.
Last
question, any short or long plans activities for
Severed Remains ?
We just want to write music as long as we can
together and hope to put out the greatest musical
material that we possibly can.
Ok then,
last words, any messages for the extreme metal
people ? anything else you want to say or add…
I dont want
to say STAY SICK cuz that's too typical, i just
want everyone to enjoy metal music, keep it going
alive by buying cd's and not downloading them off
the internet. Be open minded to music, there are
so many great musicians that don't get much
recognition just because they are a different
style of music. Ignorance will not expand your
knowledge