Interview with Toner Low “The plants are homegrown by one of the band members by the way.”

[:ja]

February 2014 Interviewer : Bonten Records
――Thank you for taking your time. How ‘ s going today?

Daan
Great, just had a bit of a cold for the last week feeling tired and wasted, but as usual during the days that it is starting to wear off i always feel very good.

――Could you tell us about the history of Toner Low?

Daan
Sure, we started in March 1998 with five band members and a somewhat different kind of musical approach, more like stoner rock mixed with some guitar rock, quite vocal-orientated and with three guitars. Late 1999 our bassplayer started playing with 7Zuma7 (cult Dutch retrorockers) and one of our guitarplayers switched to bass. Anyway, we lost two more members and our original bassplayer returned, but since December 2007 we have the same musicians. In the meantime we released three full-length albums, played many gigs and shared stages with amongst others Electric Wizard, Acid King and Boris.

――Where are you originally from?

Daan
We come from the area around the city of Leiden in the Netherlands, and we still live there.

――Which bands and artists influenced you as musicians?

Daan
As musicians it’s hard to say, but we all were teenage thrashers in the mid-80s. Personally i practiced a lot of Slayer “Show No Mercy”, “Hell Awaits” and Exodus “Bonded By Blood” in 1985-1986. Gary Holt, Jeff Hanneman and Mike Torrao (Possessed) were among my favourite guitarplayers back then. For Toner Low Sleep, Electric Wizard, Acid King and High on Fire became the main influences around 2001-2002.

――Which bands and artists are you currently enjoying?
Any recommendations you can give to our viewers for bands to check out.

Daan
I listen to all kinds of music, from 30s blues to extreme metal. I also enjoy listening to garage bands and instrumental surf music from the 60s. Furthermore, since some time i’m playing the A-sides of all my vinyl albums in backwards alphabetical order and i just finished listening to the first side of the album “Monument” by Hallows Eve. Great guitar sound and vocalist and the second album’s A-side is next, so that will be soon i guess. Of the modern-day metal bands i like the new albums by Darkthrone and Necrophagia. And then of course there are many great doom, sludge and stoner bands, like Conan, Pombagira, Suma, Rorcal and also don’t forget to check out Buried at Sea.

――Congrats on your album. Are you satisfied with the responses so far?

Daan
Thanks, we are very satisfied with the reactions in doom and stoner scene. They were better then we could have hoped for and in reviews our album “III”(※1) more than once was dubbed as ‘a landmark release’. But is was quite a job getting the album completed in time.

(※1) III Released in 2013.

――Where was the album recorded and how was the recording process?

Daan
In January 2013 we were for two days at Studio Moskou in Utrecht, Netherlands, recording the basic tracks. After that the songs were finished at Sissysound Studio in our hometown Leiden. This was done by our drummer Jack with on and off help of our former bassplayer/vocalist Deef and of our current live engineer-live sample man Dirk. This finishing process as usual took the longest, but was completed pretty quick in 6 weeks. We had to, ‘cause in April and May our first gigs were coming up and the pressing of the vinyls also would take four or five weeks. So Jack made long days working to finish the album, all in all 400-500 hours for the finishing process alone. This involved things such as selecting and mixing the different instrumental tracks and balance for each song, creating and adding samples and effects, making and recording numerous different studio mixes of those songs and of course listening to all those mixes and deciding on what’s the best one for each particular song.

――” III ” is great album, like psychedelic journey from earth to universe, universe to spiritual world … What is the albums overall themes. Or would you like the listeners to find this out for themselves.

Daan
Well, i think it’s our most divers album and it has a lot different aspects to it, but it is hard to tell what the overall theme is. I think this probably will differ with each listener or with the listener’s mood at the time.

――What can you say about the cover artwork? Is grass indispensable for Toner Low?

Daan
We have one song named “Grass(※2) on our first album, it is also known under its alternative title “Devilbots Designed To Assimilate”. Most of the band are smokers, some more than others, but we never showed it off as bluntly as with the cover artwork of “III”. The plants are homegrown by one of the band members by the way.

(※2) ”TONER LOW” Released in 2005.

――The albums vinyl edition includes Japanese styled obi, is this you idea?

Daan
It was Jack’s idea. He’s done it as a tribute to 80s hardrock bands from Japan such as Loudness (yes, we know they still exist). Those albums (or the import versions of them) were often presented at the music store with an obi. The one around our album has actual Japanese writing. The cd version includes this obi as well by the way.

――Why all song title is numbers Since “ II ”(※3) ? And why does not exist song named “ IV ” ?

Daan
Basically when we lost our bassplayer/vocalist Deef in November 2007, we were in the middle of writing “II”. I am not sure why and when we decided to change the song titles into numbers, but it happened not long after Deef had left us and basically the change marks that we’d got a new band line up. We went through a few months without having an idea of whether or not to have vocals on “II”. In the end we chose to do vocals, but the numbers stayed. I wanted to change this for “III” because Karma to Burn had become active again (they use numbers for titles as well), so on the new album the word ‘Phase’ is added to each title. “IV” was a song that we’ve only played at our rehearsal room and the basic tracks were recorded at Studio Moskou in June 2008, on the final day of the “II”-session. It is a 6-minute song that was intended for a split 7-inch release, but in the end we weren’t satisfied with the rhythmic flow of the drums so we never finished it. Of those final-day recordings we still have 2 more unfinished songs (a rewritten 1998-song and an untitled jamlike song), as well as a cover version of Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs” that won’t be finished either.

(※3) II Released in 2008.

――Music industry has drastically changed, like social media, free legal download … etc.
Have you ever imagined when you started the band? And How it effected to Toner Low?

Daan

“Thanks to our former bassist/vocalist Deef who saw the potential of the internet, we’ve been having our official website at Roadkillrekordz.com since 2002 i think. Around that year he also had band info posted on some Dutch music websites. Back then it seemed to be all that you could do internet-wise. But in the Summer of 2006 Johan, the bassplayer for Swedish doom band Suma, pointed out to me that there was a website called MySpace. So in September 2006 Toner Low had two websites and up from that we only got more, haha. I think the internet has made it a lot easier for bands in general to spread their name and music, and for touring underground bands in particular to organize gigs outside of their country. At the time that our first album got released i must have send out several hundreds of emails to organizers and clubs (including BCC’s of course). Imagine if i would had to call all those people on the phone.

――what are your preferences for listening to music?
Cassette, CD, Digital Download or Vinyl? And why?

Daan
Bands like Slayer and Macabre i still buy on vinyl as much as possible, because i have all of their albums on vinyl. But CD’s are ok with me too. Jack is a real vinyl type of guy.

――Do you have any plans for 2014?

Daan
Yes, first we will release a reissue of our album “II” on vinyl, cd and audiocassette. It will be out in early Spring on our DIY label Roadkill Rekordz. Around the same time we will play in the Netherlands with amongst others Pombagira from the UK, and we have gigs coming up in Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

――Finally, Would you like to send a message to Japanese fans?

Daan
Thanks for reading, doom on!

この記事を日本語で読む。 Read this article in Japanese.[:en]

February 2014 Interviewer : Bonten Records
――Thank you for taking your time. How ‘ s going today?

Daan
Great, just had a bit of a cold for the last week feeling tired and wasted, but as usual during the days that it is starting to wear off i always feel very good.

――Could you tell us about the history of Toner Low?

Daan
Sure, we started in March 1998 with five band members and a somewhat different kind of musical approach, more like stoner rock mixed with some guitar rock, quite vocal-orientated and with three guitars. Late 1999 our bassplayer started playing with 7Zuma7 (cult Dutch retrorockers) and one of our guitarplayers switched to bass. Anyway, we lost two more members and our original bassplayer returned, but since December 2007 we have the same musicians. In the meantime we released three full-length albums, played many gigs and shared stages with amongst others Electric Wizard, Acid King and Boris.

――Where are you originally from?

Daan
We come from the area around the city of Leiden in the Netherlands, and we still live there.

――Which bands and artists influenced you as musicians?

Daan
As musicians it’s hard to say, but we all were teenage thrashers in the mid-80s. Personally i practiced a lot of Slayer “Show No Mercy”, “Hell Awaits” and Exodus “Bonded By Blood” in 1985-1986. Gary Holt, Jeff Hanneman and Mike Torrao (Possessed) were among my favourite guitarplayers back then. For Toner Low Sleep, Electric Wizard, Acid King and High on Fire became the main influences around 2001-2002.

――Which bands and artists are you currently enjoying?
Any recommendations you can give to our viewers for bands to check out.

Daan
I listen to all kinds of music, from 30s blues to extreme metal. I also enjoy listening to garage bands and instrumental surf music from the 60s. Furthermore, since some time i’m playing the A-sides of all my vinyl albums in backwards alphabetical order and i just finished listening to the first side of the album “Monument” by Hallows Eve. Great guitar sound and vocalist and the second album’s A-side is next, so that will be soon i guess. Of the modern-day metal bands i like the new albums by Darkthrone and Necrophagia. And then of course there are many great doom, sludge and stoner bands, like Conan, Pombagira, Suma, Rorcal and also don’t forget to check out Buried at Sea.

――Congrats on your album. Are you satisfied with the responses so far?

Daan
Thanks, we are very satisfied with the reactions in doom and stoner scene. They were better then we could have hoped for and in reviews our album “III”(※1) more than once was dubbed as ‘a landmark release’. But is was quite a job getting the album completed in time.

(※1) III Released in 2013.

――Where was the album recorded and how was the recording process?

Daan
In January 2013 we were for two days at Studio Moskou in Utrecht, Netherlands, recording the basic tracks. After that the songs were finished at Sissysound Studio in our hometown Leiden. This was done by our drummer Jack with on and off help of our former bassplayer/vocalist Deef and of our current live engineer-live sample man Dirk. This finishing process as usual took the longest, but was completed pretty quick in 6 weeks. We had to, ‘cause in April and May our first gigs were coming up and the pressing of the vinyls also would take four or five weeks. So Jack made long days working to finish the album, all in all 400-500 hours for the finishing process alone. This involved things such as selecting and mixing the different instrumental tracks and balance for each song, creating and adding samples and effects, making and recording numerous different studio mixes of those songs and of course listening to all those mixes and deciding on what’s the best one for each particular song.

――” III ” is great album, like psychedelic journey from earth to universe, universe to spiritual world … What is the albums overall themes. Or would you like the listeners to find this out for themselves.

Daan
Well, i think it’s our most divers album and it has a lot different aspects to it, but it is hard to tell what the overall theme is. I think this probably will differ with each listener or with the listener’s mood at the time.

――What can you say about the cover artwork? Is grass indispensable for Toner Low?

Daan
We have one song named “Grass(※2) on our first album, it is also known under its alternative title “Devilbots Designed To Assimilate”. Most of the band are smokers, some more than others, but we never showed it off as bluntly as with the cover artwork of “III”. The plants are homegrown by one of the band members by the way.

(※2) ”TONER LOW” Released in 2005.

――The albums vinyl edition includes Japanese styled obi, is this you idea?

Daan
It was Jack’s idea. He’s done it as a tribute to 80s hardrock bands from Japan such as Loudness (yes, we know they still exist). Those albums (or the import versions of them) were often presented at the music store with an obi. The one around our album has actual Japanese writing. The cd version includes this obi as well by the way.

――Why all song title is numbers Since “ II ”(※3) ? And why does not exist song named “ IV ” ?

Daan
Basically when we lost our bassplayer/vocalist Deef in November 2007, we were in the middle of writing “II”. I am not sure why and when we decided to change the song titles into numbers, but it happened not long after Deef had left us and basically the change marks that we’d got a new band line up. We went through a few months without having an idea of whether or not to have vocals on “II”. In the end we chose to do vocals, but the numbers stayed. I wanted to change this for “III” because Karma to Burn had become active again (they use numbers for titles as well), so on the new album the word ‘Phase’ is added to each title. “IV” was a song that we’ve only played at our rehearsal room and the basic tracks were recorded at Studio Moskou in June 2008, on the final day of the “II”-session. It is a 6-minute song that was intended for a split 7-inch release, but in the end we weren’t satisfied with the rhythmic flow of the drums so we never finished it. Of those final-day recordings we still have 2 more unfinished songs (a rewritten 1998-song and an untitled jamlike song), as well as a cover version of Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs” that won’t be finished either.

(※3) II Released in 2008.

――Music industry has drastically changed, like social media, free legal download … etc.
Have you ever imagined when you started the band? And How it effected to Toner Low?

Daan

“Thanks to our former bassist/vocalist Deef who saw the potential of the internet, we’ve been having our official website at Roadkillrekordz.com since 2002 i think. Around that year he also had band info posted on some Dutch music websites. Back then it seemed to be all that you could do internet-wise. But in the Summer of 2006 Johan, the bassplayer for Swedish doom band Suma, pointed out to me that there was a website called MySpace. So in September 2006 Toner Low had two websites and up from that we only got more, haha. I think the internet has made it a lot easier for bands in general to spread their name and music, and for touring underground bands in particular to organize gigs outside of their country. At the time that our first album got released i must have send out several hundreds of emails to organizers and clubs (including BCC’s of course). Imagine if i would had to call all those people on the phone.

――what are your preferences for listening to music?
Cassette, CD, Digital Download or Vinyl? And why?

Daan
Bands like Slayer and Macabre i still buy on vinyl as much as possible, because i have all of their albums on vinyl. But CD’s are ok with me too. Jack is a real vinyl type of guy.

――Do you have any plans for 2014?

Daan
Yes, first we will release a reissue of our album “II” on vinyl, cd and audiocassette. It will be out in early Spring on our DIY label Roadkill Rekordz. Around the same time we will play in the Netherlands with amongst others Pombagira from the UK, and we have gigs coming up in Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

――Finally, Would you like to send a message to Japanese fans?

Daan
Thanks for reading, doom on!

この記事を日本語で読む。 Read this article in Japanese.[:]

Interview with Fister “Slow and heavy wins the race.”

[:ja]

February 2014 Interviewer : Bonten Records

――Firstly, Thank you for taking your time and welcome to Peckinpah mag!
Is this first interview for Japan?

Kenny SnarzykKS
Yeah man. It actually is.

――How did Fister become a band?

KS
Marcus Newstead and myself were roommates at the time. We were both in different bands, but had a lot of musical equipment at our apartment. (3424 Hartford Ave)
We mostly started the band as a recording project out of boredom. It was more tongue in cheek humor mixed with a lot of the doom and black metal worship. We really didn’t take it very seriously at first.

――What is Fister’s current lineup?

KS
Kirk Gatterer: Drums,
Marcus Newstead: Guitars and vocals,
Kenny Snarzyk: Bass and vocals.

――Are any of you in any other bands?

KS
Marcus plays guitar in Daybringer and he also has a solo project called Stomachacher. He really digs the “ER” suffix I guess. Both of his other bands are killer. Kill-ER.
I have a couple other projects Ssothm, Black Dwarf, Seahorse. I’d have to say Fister is my main band though. Kirk doesn’t have any other bands going at the moment.

――What does the name Fister mean or refer to?

KS
It’s exactly what it sounds like. We were originally going to call the band Fisted Sister, but thought that was a bit too ridiculous. We ended up using that as the title to our first demo.

――Can you describe Fister’s sound to our readers who haven’t heard you yet?

KS
Doom. There are definitely other metal genres that creep in to our sound. Namely black and death metal, but I’d have to say that doom metal is the primary sound. Slow and heavy wins the race.

――Which bands and artists influenced you as musicians?

KS
That’s a tough question. We all really dig a lot of stuff.
We listen to a lot of different things in the van, from Alannah Myles to Warren Zevon. We listen to a lot of Ozzy, Judas Priest, and Def Leppard in the van too. Fun stuff to keep the drives less boring, you know? But as far as the modern contemporaries go, I’d have to say that Yob, Craft, Deathspell Omega, Corrupted, Warning, Asunder (RIP) have all been huge influences on what we do now.

 

――Congrats on your album. Are you satisfied with the responses so far?

KS
Thanks a lot. I think I can safely say that we are all very pleased with how it turned out.
We spent a lot of time on Geminiand it couldn’t have turned out better. I don’t think we’ll ever be able to make another record like it. I had a lot of negative stuff going on in my life when we were writing and recording that record, and it came out in a big way.

 

Gemini

――If you had to pick one track from the album that people should definitely listen to, which would it be and why?

KS
I’d hope that they would listen to the whole thing! Gemini was written as an album. Every song on the record has a different thing that I like about it, and it’s all heavy.

――Fister’s sound is not only heavy. Also there is calm, peace and beauty. What do you think about that?

KS
It is intentional. You can’t just plod through the whole time. That’s boring. We want to write good songs.
Not just punish the listener. I think that’s a big part of doom. Minimalism helps create atmosphere, and it makes the heavy parts sound apocalyptic.

――I love the artworks of “Gemini”. It’s taken from David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers”. And it’s linked with the title. Do you like this film? It is one of my all time favorite!

KS
Dead Ringers is absolutely my favorite film. I worship David Cronenberg and will follow anything that he does. This movie had a big impact on me personally. The concept is there. We wanted to make an album that leaves the listener with the same sense of unease that I get when I watch the movie. It’s dark, sad, and just absolutely perfect.

 

――What is your favorite film? Have you influenced by particular films or TV shows?

KS
I think I just answered that question, but I must say that Brain Candy (Kids In The Hall) is my favorite comedy of all time!

 

――Could you tell us about the song called “Bronsonic”? What a great title!

KS
heh… when we started out, we were doing a lot of weird stuff. We came up with this story that Charles Bronson became the devil when he died. The song/album “Bronsonic” was kind of a play on that, and our love for the band Bathory. That was still when we weren’t 100% sure on what we wanted Fister to be as a band. A couple years later we named a song “Deaf Wish” solely because we couldn’t believe that we didn’t come up with the title sooner.

BRONSONIC

――Which bands and musicians albums are you currently enjoying?
Any recommendations you can give to our readers for band to check it out.

KS
As far as heavy stuff goes, lately I’ve been really digging Primitive Man, Pallbearer, Ulcerate, Skelptarsis, Indian, Conan, Rwake, Seahag, Failed, In The Company Of Serpents, and The Lion’s Daughter is still one of my all time favorite bands around. They are some of our best friends and I would like to tour with them once a year for the rest of our lives.

――How would you describe the local music scene there?

KS
In St. Louis? It’s pretty great.
The bands are killer. The metal scene is still kind of budding but people are starting to take it seriously.

――In your dreams. Who are you on tour with?

KS
I’d love to tour with Yob. We had the pleasure of playing with them and Norska about a year and a half ago. And I’ll have fond memories of that show for the rest of my life. We made new friends that day, and we are actually doing a split 7” with Norska now because of it.

(※10) Equinoctial

――In 5 words or less, Could you describe the motivation for keep making music?

KS
Life without music is boring.

――Do you know any Japanese Doom/Stoner/Sludge band? If so what do you feel about them?

KS
Dude. Yes.
Corrupted, Gallhammer, Boris, Church Of Misery, Coffins, Eternal Elisium, Dot. All great bands. I’m a huge fan.

――Where’s the best place for our readers to keep up with the latest news like upcoming shows and album releases at?

KS
http://fisterdoom.com and probably our facebook page http://facebook.com/fisterdoom .

――Finally, Please send a message to Japanese doom-mongers!

KS
My primary bass that I record and perform with is a Japanese made 1976 Greco SB-850.
I wish I could find another one. I love this thing. Also, when my son was born, I was wearing a Corrupted t shirt.
I think they should tour the US with Coffins. That would be the heaviest thing ever.

この記事を日本語で読む。 Read this article in Japanese.

 [:en]

February 2014 Interviewer : Bonten Records

――Firstly, Thank you for taking your time and welcome to Peckinpah mag!
Is this first interview for Japan?

Kenny SnarzykKS
Yeah man. It actually is.

――How did Fister become a band?

KS
Marcus Newstead and myself were roommates at the time. We were both in different bands, but had a lot of musical equipment at our apartment. (3424 Hartford Ave)
We mostly started the band as a recording project out of boredom. It was more tongue in cheek humor mixed with a lot of the doom and black metal worship. We really didn’t take it very seriously at first.

――What is Fister’s current lineup?

KS
Kirk Gatterer: Drums,
Marcus Newstead: Guitars and vocals,
Kenny Snarzyk: Bass and vocals.

――Are any of you in any other bands?

KS
Marcus plays guitar in Daybringer and he also has a solo project called Stomachacher. He really digs the “ER” suffix I guess. Both of his other bands are killer. Kill-ER.
I have a couple other projects Ssothm, Black Dwarf, Seahorse. I’d have to say Fister is my main band though. Kirk doesn’t have any other bands going at the moment.

――What does the name Fister mean or refer to?

KS
It’s exactly what it sounds like. We were originally going to call the band Fisted Sister, but thought that was a bit too ridiculous. We ended up using that as the title to our first demo.

――Can you describe Fister’s sound to our readers who haven’t heard you yet?

KS
Doom. There are definitely other metal genres that creep in to our sound. Namely black and death metal, but I’d have to say that doom metal is the primary sound. Slow and heavy wins the race.

――Which bands and artists influenced you as musicians?

KS
That’s a tough question. We all really dig a lot of stuff.
We listen to a lot of different things in the van, from Alannah Myles to Warren Zevon. We listen to a lot of Ozzy, Judas Priest, and Def Leppard in the van too. Fun stuff to keep the drives less boring, you know? But as far as the modern contemporaries go, I’d have to say that Yob, Craft, Deathspell Omega, Corrupted, Warning, Asunder (RIP) have all been huge influences on what we do now.

 

――Congrats on your album. Are you satisfied with the responses so far?

KS
Thanks a lot. I think I can safely say that we are all very pleased with how it turned out.
We spent a lot of time on Geminiand it couldn’t have turned out better. I don’t think we’ll ever be able to make another record like it. I had a lot of negative stuff going on in my life when we were writing and recording that record, and it came out in a big way.

 

Gemini

――If you had to pick one track from the album that people should definitely listen to, which would it be and why?

KS
I’d hope that they would listen to the whole thing! Gemini was written as an album. Every song on the record has a different thing that I like about it, and it’s all heavy.

――Fister’s sound is not only heavy. Also there is calm, peace and beauty. What do you think about that?

KS
It is intentional. You can’t just plod through the whole time. That’s boring. We want to write good songs.
Not just punish the listener. I think that’s a big part of doom. Minimalism helps create atmosphere, and it makes the heavy parts sound apocalyptic.

――I love the artworks of “Gemini”. It’s taken from David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers”. And it’s linked with the title. Do you like this film? It is one of my all time favorite!

KS
Dead Ringers is absolutely my favorite film. I worship David Cronenberg and will follow anything that he does. This movie had a big impact on me personally. The concept is there. We wanted to make an album that leaves the listener with the same sense of unease that I get when I watch the movie. It’s dark, sad, and just absolutely perfect.

 

――What is your favorite film? Have you influenced by particular films or TV shows?

KS
I think I just answered that question, but I must say that Brain Candy (Kids In The Hall) is my favorite comedy of all time!

 

――Could you tell us about the song called “Bronsonic”? What a great title!

KS
heh… when we started out, we were doing a lot of weird stuff. We came up with this story that Charles Bronson became the devil when he died. The song/album “Bronsonic” was kind of a play on that, and our love for the band Bathory. That was still when we weren’t 100% sure on what we wanted Fister to be as a band. A couple years later we named a song “Deaf Wish” solely because we couldn’t believe that we didn’t come up with the title sooner.

BRONSONIC

――Which bands and musicians albums are you currently enjoying?
Any recommendations you can give to our readers for band to check it out.

KS
As far as heavy stuff goes, lately I’ve been really digging Primitive Man, Pallbearer, Ulcerate, Skelptarsis, Indian, Conan, Rwake, Seahag, Failed, In The Company Of Serpents, and The Lion’s Daughter is still one of my all time favorite bands around. They are some of our best friends and I would like to tour with them once a year for the rest of our lives.

――How would you describe the local music scene there?

KS
In St. Louis? It’s pretty great.
The bands are killer. The metal scene is still kind of budding but people are starting to take it seriously.

――In your dreams. Who are you on tour with?

KS
I’d love to tour with Yob. We had the pleasure of playing with them and Norska about a year and a half ago. And I’ll have fond memories of that show for the rest of my life. We made new friends that day, and we are actually doing a split 7” with Norska now because of it.

(※10) Equinoctial

――In 5 words or less, Could you describe the motivation for keep making music?

KS
Life without music is boring.

――Do you know any Japanese Doom/Stoner/Sludge band? If so what do you feel about them?

KS
Dude. Yes.
Corrupted, Gallhammer, Boris, Church Of Misery, Coffins, Eternal Elisium, Dot. All great bands. I’m a huge fan.

――Where’s the best place for our readers to keep up with the latest news like upcoming shows and album releases at?

KS
http://fisterdoom.com and probably our facebook page http://facebook.com/fisterdoom .

――Finally, Please send a message to Japanese doom-mongers!

KS
My primary bass that I record and perform with is a Japanese made 1976 Greco SB-850.
I wish I could find another one. I love this thing. Also, when my son was born, I was wearing a Corrupted t shirt.
I think they should tour the US with Coffins. That would be the heaviest thing ever.

この記事を日本語で読む。 Read this article in Japanese.

 [:]