Desolate Anguish from Knoxville,Tennessee are a raw,dirty sounding noise machine combining styles from Doom to Thrash to Punk and making a enormous racket along the way.Needless to say i was instantly attracted to the raw energy the songs on their Myspace was giving off.Here i present a interview with Terrible Tim { Axe and Screams } and Kung Fu Bolt - { Skins and Bones }.
1.Hello,thanks for this opportunity to do this interview.The first thing i must ask how would you describe the bands sound.Its like Doom,Thrash and Hardcore all mixed together ?
First of all, I would like to thank you for the opportunity. As far as the way you describe our tunes, I think that you hit the nail on the head, great description! To me, it's a really sick doom style with upbeat thrash and heavy metal overtones. I basically just take elements of everything that I listen to and write the heaviest fuckin tunes that I can. Desolate Anguish is definitely a brutal doom band to me and Terrible Tim runs the asylum. Here is a interview with the man.
2.How long have been playing music ? Can you give us a bit of history ?
Terrible Tim:
I got my first bass in 1989. Grew up on 80's thrash metal and Black Sabbath! I had a death metal band called "Sawed Off Slut", that was my first real project. We had some rockin fuckin tunes, played in vein of those killer Swedish death metal bands of the day (ie. Dismember, Entombed, Grave...etc.) Such politically correct hits as "Toe Tagged and Tea Bagged" and "I Should Have Been That Cunt", just to name a couple. I was in another kick-ass band, around that time in 1999, called "Satan Manning", named of the Knoxville TN football great, Peyton Manning. We were raw-as-fuck black metal with some cool theatrics. About the same time, I started playing bass/guitar with "Your Kid's On Fire", sick, insane grindcore, in the vein of early Carcass or Napalm Death, which I was involved in for five years. I have even played in a couple of hardcore punk bands a few years ago, with Kung Fu Bolt. "Desolate Anguish" is the latest, and what I am most proud of. If you look at the all the insane bands that I have been in, it’s easy to see why our tunes are all over the place.
Kung Fu Bolt:
Been jamming in bands for the past 14 years. Started on guitar and moved to drums 10 years ago with the birth of hardcore punk band “U.S. Policestate”. Played bass in hardcore band “Sadville”. Currently frontman of crazy hardcore band “Cooter Punch”, as well as drummer of Desolate Anguish.
3.With a such un-defined style,what sort of listener do you think your tunes will attract ?
I would like to think that my tunes would attract anyone who is into any type of true heavy metal. I know that is probably not the case, there are too many dividing lines in the metal scene. Death metal fucks don't like black metal fucks or grindcore and so on and so forth....everyone has to be more brutal than the next guy. I never could figure it out, sure there is a lot of lame shit out there, but everyone in the scene is part of why there is a scene to start with. I think that my vocal style will definitely put the fuckin torque on all the trendy metal fucks, for sure!
4.You write on your Myspace page that you are going into the studio.Can you give us a update on that ?
We are definitely getting into the studio, ASAP. I had a temporary set back when my original drummer, Dirty Dan, done me dirty and queered out on me. Bolt is learning the tunes at a quick rate and doing a killer job, putting his own spin on them. We should be in there by the end of the year.
5.What music really influences you ? A bit of everything "Heavy" by the sound of things !
Your right again, everything that's truly heavy. Some of our all-time favorite bands, no particular order: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Danzig, Early Carcass, Napalm Death, Death, Macabre, Impetigo, Gut, Old Metallica, Slayer, Hirax, Sadus, Drark Angel, Kreator, Destruction, Bathory, Dark Throne, Immortal, Mayhem, Dissection, Eyehategod, Greif, Sleep, BuzzOven, Melvins, Misfits, Grimple, MDC, S.O.A., Minor Threat, Screw 32, Cause For Alarm, Shutdown, Chaos U.K., Rupture....list goes on and on.
6.I was checking out the video on your page,have you done many live shows ?
Thanks for checking out the video. That was from our first gig, it was a kick-ass Halloween party. We had a lot of great feedback that night. You could feel the thirst for blood and guts in the air that blasphemous evening! We have done a few, a couple of really cool parties and a few local gigs. We played one recently with "Waiting Mortuary" and "Call The Paramedics", that was a fun show. Done many shows with my past bands, unfortunately, never too far from home.
7.How is the Scene going where you live ? I have never been there but i want to check it out !
Save your time, Knoxville is deader than fucking dead, has been since the mid nineties. There are a few cool bands here and there, but they are definitely few and far between.
8.What have been listening to lately ? Has there been anything that really stands out in your opinion ?
Lately, a lot of cool doom and retro metal. Been jamming a lot of Witchfinder General and a lot of Cirith Ungol. Those bands are the shit!!! As far as new shit, I like The Sword pretty good, cool guys too! There is not a lot of new shit that catches my ear these days. I Iike Saviors too, Municipal Waste is pretty cool too.
9.I have thinking about buying a new guitar soon.What do you play and want is your favorite equipment to use ?
Go to your local pawn shops and find you an old B.C. Rich. I have a Mockingbird and a Warlock, both mid to late eighties, they are the shit for metal! I have an old Yamaha SBG200 that's killer too. New guitars suck, unless you wanna pay a shit load of money. I also have a Jackson and Ibanez that I rock out sometimes. To be honest, I grew up playing trash, so I like anything that gives me a nice raw heavy sound. Any Gibson is the shit, but a lot of Epihones are really nice too. Of course, vintage shit is best...if you can find it. I play Crate with an old Fender cabinet. Kung Fu Bolt plays a Tama 5pc. Rock Star w/ Pearl Hardware and Sabian AAX Cymbals. Vater sticks and Evans Heads. Sponsorship Anyone?!?!
10. What about the lyrics in the tunes,any stories about how they came together ?
Not really. I like to read and study a lot of different shit. "Kings" is about the exploitations of that zany King Soloman with his tons of bitches and witchcraft and all the good shit. "Inferno" is based on Dante's brilliant book about his vision of hell. "All That A Man Has He Will Give To Save His Own Life" is a quote from Satan in the book of Job. "Japanese Cunt Basher" is a true story about a teenage serial rapist/killer from Tokyo. "Traitor" is about the life and times of good old Judas Iscariot.
11.You have a new or newish drummer "KUNG FU BOLT ". How did you find him and hows that been going ?
Kung Fu Bolt, is one of the craziest fuckers that I have ever met, that’s for sure! Me and that fucker has been to Hell and back together. He has been a close friend of mine for years. Back in the day, Early 2000’s, our bands (Sawed Off Slut, Your Kid’s On Fire and U.S. Policestate) used to jam together in the same seedy Knoxville storage shed complex. We partied till we couldn't drive no more, then we partied more and jammed some more. The rest is a fuckin blur…. We have jammed together in a couple of bands in the past. We had a hardcore band, called "Christopher George", named from the killer cheese actor from the old gore flicks. I also jammed in U.S. Policestate for a short time. This is his first go at doom, and it is working out great.
12.Have you any long term ambitions in music or do you take it one day at a time ?
My biggest goal is actually record some shit, in the fucking studio. I have tons of jam tapes and CD's, but never really nothing "professional" to show for anything. I don't plan on being a rock star anytime soon...
13. So what is the plan for the rest of the year for "Desolate Anguish " ?
The studio is first on the list, for sure. We are working on some new material that's really cool. We still have 4 or 5 existing songs to get down, so we will definitely be very busy. I'm sure we will play some shows here and there too. We are really getting geared up and excited about it, feels fucking good too.
14.Any last words or thoughts ?
Just wanted to warn everyone to look the fuck out, Desolate Anguish is gonna fuckin tear it up with some brutal fuckin DOOM that’s gonna separate the weak from the strong!!!
http://www.myspace.com/4desolateanguish
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