MASTURBATOR INTERVIEW:
For many who do not know about of the glorious past of DEATH METAL in the 80's, without new trends and additions that have nothing of the true sound of death metal here is MASTURBATOR to give you a lesson in true essence of DEATH metal. This powerful band was born from the ashes of BESTIAL WAR, who together with other great band called NECROFAGO, wrote one of the glorious pages of the death metal Brazilian. Their former guitarist SIDINEI founded this great Horde at the middle of 1987 and has continued on the way left by BESTIAL WAR, being a band that has managed to remain faithful to the UNDERGROUND, and is time having a space and a real tribute to the true DEATH BANGERS in the world. It is why MASTURBATOR is in our pages to you speak to us a bit of the past, present and future of them and the real scene death metal underground. I leave you with this interview with a living legend SIDINEI and MASTURBATOR.
1.-You have almost 26 years of career silent, but always respecting the true way of the underground. What keeps the flame burning within to follows playing DEATH METAL?
Well, 26 years representing the death metal we see as something natural in our lives, we actually stopped a few years due to various factors, plus the love of metal is something undeniable he is in our soul is part of our real life and this has made us to come back playing again after a few years off. We stopped more than a decade, most were very excited to know that when the guys did not forget the many people and always charged around us and there we are again in full force with more life experience and more clear how important the metal our lives.
2.-In all these years that you have experimented into your career. How often change DEATH METAL as opposed to when you started the band?
Yes, today is very different from when we started everything was more difficult in terms of equipment and usually bands do not have much technical and productions were quite poor. When we started playing we had no base, had never seen a show or if you want to test other bands, because the big bands of the style we know today as Death, Possessed, Morbid Angel, Sepultura, .... Were also beginning their activities. Today there are large productions and renowned musical talent representing this glorious style around the world, plus the underground essence is the same for anyone who loves this style of truth.
3.-MASTURBATOR is basically a ROTTEN DEATH METAL band old school. It is a band that not seduced by new trends. Because us and adapted to the changes?
MASTURBATOR, Basically is a old school ROTTEN DEATH METAL band. Is a band that do not left seduce to new trends. Why did you appreciate the changes or new trends?
Well, we have always been fascinated by the old death metal roots, when we got back some people do not quite believe it would work playing the same old footprint. Other people have thought differently because I always saw us as a band different from the other, since the beginning of our ideal band was and still is doing something completely different, so we adopt sexual themes in death metal, then nobody explored something about it . At the start until the name came to shock a little more today is all normal is a strong name. We have no intention of changing our style or to match the new trends are so happy and true to our roots and are respected for it.
4.-Before to speak of MASTURBATOR, to specifically mention should go to the past, in the days of BESTIAL WAR. What memories Do you have of those years and the first battles?
The band Bestial war was a great school for all of us, everything was very poor we had virtually no experience ideal was always to make the sound more brutal world, satanic, dirty, fucking finally straight .... I have many memories good and bad, and all made ??us grow too. A great memory was our first live performance was a party despite the nervousness, it was a struggle to make the event more our union overcame everything was too much. Now a bad memory was our first show outside of our city, we sacaneados by the event producer that did not honor the deal and did not pay our expenses and we were on the road with no money to get home. Result had to borrow money to people back home, it was sad ...
5.- What did not BESTIAL WAR or Leave a side to have followed on the road until today?
I also really miss up because it was our base, most unfortunately it was not possible to move forward with the band due to various factors, we were so poor at the time and lacked everything, so we have no record of well recorded Bestialwar . More so I can say thanks, miss ....
6.-BESTIAL WAR after a short time the band changes the name to MISANTHROPIC CHRIST. Why did the band change the name? Did you had some tracks created of this time? there some tracks with that band creation? Do you play some tracks of both bands alive?
After the band ended Bestial war activities, there was an attempt to continue the work of Bestial war, with the name of Misanthropic Christ. During this period I was no longer in the band, the themes was the same theme of Bestial war.
7.-After came another change of name to INFANTRICIDE, even you have released a Split with MASTURBATOR, both were founded in the 1980's and shared same members... Basically, What differences and approaches between both bands and BESTIAL WAR?
The Infantricide born along with Masturbator, we rehearsed together and shared the same members, we are brothers. Each band followed his line always striving to do something different from other bands. The split was a tribute both bands sisters, we were always united in pro of the underground scene.
8.-Something characteristic in MASTURBATOR and the other bands that you played, is the deep love for pornography, beer and anything else rot. Basically you have a large collection of XXX and GORE films. It is the source of inspiration for your songs? Which are your favorite films that you would have liked to put background music?
The Masturbator began exploring themes pornographic, why we wanted to do something dirty and violent that no one did, ie real situations sadistic about sex. I think we were the first to address issues like this, it was quite controversial at the time so many themes and the name of the band, plus we always wanted it even something fucked up and despicable. Due to be very comical name, the name of the band has expanded rapidly yielding several magazine articles, zines and newspapers. As for films pornos not keep names, tenhos many favorite actresses Brazilian and other nationalities, Lorena Aquino (BR), Vivi Fernandes (BR), Natalia Lemos (BR), Cinthia Santos (BR) are all beautiful ....... and sexy.
9.-Who is your best ideal to make your thoughts more morbid? (Speaking, strictly of porn maidens)
The inspiration to make the letters at the beginning we tried to base in real themes about sex brutality putting the subject type "Sadic Manifestation of Pleasure." Lorena Aquino (BR), Vivi Fernandes (BR), Natalia Lemos (BR), Cinthia Santos (BR).
10.-What is your favorite beer? (the mine is HEINEKEN and SKOL)
Like several Brazilian beers and other nationalities, for me the best beer in the world is Antarctica Original I'm number one fan.
11-Speaking of beer and sex, The first demo is called 'BEER AND ROTTEN PUSSY', What reviews did you have receive of this work and your obsession for rotten sex?
Well, this was our first demo recording in K7 we put that name into something inspiring that we really like ie sex, beer and fucking death metal.
12.-I Still remember much the past, How if it were yesterday and the sound of the band was a mix of NAUSEA/TERRORIZER/AZAGTOTH/MORBID ANGEL/O.L.D. How often of these bands are still in the minds of the members of the band to create the tracks? Are you according to this perception about the sound of the band?
All these bands mentioned are part of our life, I've always been a fan of the old Morbid Angel Trey exchanged letters for many years. I think a little more difficult to define an influence agree with you more despite not playing well we know was obsessed in making a sound always quite different from other bands.
13.-'PORNOGRAPHIC horror', the second demo of the 92 was released in EP version + live. How many changed this work as concept and music to your first work? Why did you decide then released with a bonus live?
The second demo Pornographic Terror, was a work done at home, actually a demo test at the time due to lack of resources was normal underground bands doing demos as well. This demo was important to the band, we became known through this work, it was a natural evolution that the band spent. The bonus live ep came out in 94, put the music Pleasure of the Bitch, we wanted to assess the brethren that came with this music work musically different with more guitar solos.
14.-Something I did not understand is the fact to having to BESTIAL WAR & MASTURBATOR simultaneously on the scene in 1987 with the same members. What was the principal band when both were created?
Well, it was not simultaneous, the Bestialwar ended activities in late 1987, shortly after I started work with Masturbator at the end of 87/88. As Bestialwar actually formed in the ideal 85 to make the sound more brutal planet.
15.-MASTURBATOR is an explicit name. Did you have had some problems with censorship by name? What think the female bangers of the name?
At first many did not believe that we have the courage to put that name, the more we wanted to shock even type something for people to hate. Never had problems with censorship even because our country had already left military domain. Even today some people strange name a little more we do not care because most of them have no link with the metal underground, who really enjoyed metal actually very fond of the name and respect. We are welcomed by nuito bangers men and women, especially the girls they love the band and the name, they are much more buy band t-shirts.
16. Over 6 years ago was released a split with INFANTRICIDE, for lovers of underground PORN / GORE / DEATH METAL .This work was great. How was received this work by the media from BRAZIL? What satisfaction has given you this work?
It was really quite satisfying, because after all we are sisters bands, bangers welcomed despite the disclosure not be very large.
17. -'VAGINAL MASTURBATION' is your last work of the band. How many has changed this work in sound speaking compared to previous work?
This work is something memorable, a union of Brazil and Uruguay, the songs are the same and the ones.
18.-Something that I thought was weird is the fact of being a band from the golden age of death Brazilian metal did not have signed with any record label. The releases were made independent. Why didn’t have signed with a official record label until now?
We had some opportunities in the past, most unfortunately they appeared at times are so difficult really, this time we would have to move to St. Paul the capital, all the bands at that time did this course because it was there that things happened. Another problem was our family, we always helped with expenses for our family, we source from a humble family and our workforce at home was important. The fact that we live inside also very difficult, so we had just signed a contract for a compilation album called Wind of the millenium released by Demise record, the remaining studies were all independent.
19.-You are from FRANCA, a city of interior of same Sao Paulo. It is fact has an impact on the disclosure of the band and also to be of the interior has been more difficult or hardest to get signed of record labels from the capital?
Yes it is true, in the past very difficult in the disclosure of the fact we live band inside. Our strength has always been inside, here we are closer to our people underground death metal rules.
20.-Over 25 years of career, The band has played in many shows. What is the most remembered and why?
There were many memorable shows have always been very well received wherever we play, it is even difficult to speak what was the best. I'll talk about some pieces from our trajectory: Piracicaba-SP 1995 was a landmark concert, with a wild audience was really unforgettable, another show at Bar Lustrada fucking happened in Campinas-SP was a show that was in our memory and many headbangers there present. Most believe that the most important was in Passos-MG 21/07/2012 day since the first show back after the band was a show full of energy, and the crowd was delirious and it was exciting encouraging us to continue this battle.
21.-If a record label would like to sign with yours, what would be the terms of the contract?
Maybe it is not to impose our way of composing, type free to let us always do the old death metal without imposition.
22.-How do you can see the current death metal movement compared to the past? In your point of view the technology helped or affection to the disclosure to the actual sound of death metal?
The death metal movement today I see that the staff is much more musically perfected and headbangers were more picky about it, the technology surely helps a lot. In the past it was much more difficult, so it had to be all in the same race, summarizing over time did not interfere in those terms because I see death metal as the metal shed far more solid there. The truth is that death metal 80s is full of energy and brutality making their mark eternal soul that enjoyed death metal, the metal does not accept radical changes. The release today is far more practical and fast, the more I see that people are a bit saturated with information and not so much with so many good bands on the scene emerges not.
23.-Lately, What news is working MASTURBATOR, speaking strictly musical side?
Well I see that our new songs they come with more weight and musically was a natural evolution despite ever situate as musicians just headbangers doing something you love heart which is playing death metal.
24.-I know that the band is preparing their first SOUTH AMERICAN assault. How is going this project?
A tour through South America is something that would fill us with joy because it would be an opportunity to show our death metal for siblings who do not know our music. As this proposal we have in progress, hope it goes well and we can visit our brothers in south america.
25.-Any last message for the death bangers?
Rafael, thank you for your support, we are very grateful to you readers who had the patience to read this interview thank you for your attention, if possible get in touch with us. We always count on the support of real brothers headbangers of all south america We always put the people who like the band as something important to the band's existence, we are not professionals, we have an account of equality, so does being on stage or in the audience, the important thing is that we are headbangers. Thanks!! Sincerely and death metal forever.
