inner self transmutations

Have you changed during all the years you have been into Death Metal, or has the music changed you?

Well, weve always tried to go further and further into darkness and evil and we get inspiration for this by listening to all the ancient Black Metal bands, and to a lot of the new ones. Its important to get the right atmosphere from the music to become more evil and to power to do satanic actions. During the last year we have tried to become darker by oppressing human feelings, by trying not to laugh or smile, to have no feelings for girls except for exploitation, and to become more manipulating and egoistic. Death to love, peace and fun! Hate, War and Sodomy!

How was it to start up a band like MAYHEM? Have you had any problems?

MAYHEM has had problems all the time since the beginning in 84. The most difficult thing has been (the lack of) money. But in the beginning we didnt have any really serious problems. Of course people didnt take us very seriously, but who gives a fuck about people.

How are you distributing your releases?

So far weve been doing it very underground, but well start getting bigger distribution through labels like SPV from now on and it will all be done more professionally. We need it in order to survive, so do the bands, and its just to bad to be sitting there and seeing shit bands like OBITUARY earning all the money and getting all the publicity. They dont deserve it and we have started a war against bands like that. In the future well start up a lot of actions. Youll see.

I know youre interested in communism. Have you been to any communist countries, if yes, what have been your emotions about it?

Ive been very interested in communism for a while, especially the extreme countries like Albania, Kampuchea, North Korea and so on. I have to say that I have studied so much that I know that real communism would be the best possible system, BUT as I HATE people I dont want them to have a good time, Id like to see them rot under communist dictatorship. Ceausescu was great, we need more people like him, Stalin Pol Pot too. Ive been to Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia in the (good) old days, and was about to go to Albania, although it didnt turn out. Poland was quite all right, but it could have been even MORE grey and depressing. I like secret police, cold war and worshipping of dictators. I like bugging and spying on people, torture chambers in police stations and that people suddenly disappear.

Is the life you are living OK for you? If you could change something what would it be?

Yeah, its quite OK. Id just like to have extremely much money. Then DSP would be a big company, we would all have the POWER in this part of the music business, and I would live in luxury with a harem and watch the children in Africa starve to death on video.

What is the ultimate goal for you with your band/label?

I dont think we have any real definite goal, we started to play the music that was right for us, and we have done it for 8 years now. If we can spread terror, fright and hate in the world, and if we can manipulate lots of children into Satans arms, and if we could become rich and have lots of power over others, it would be quite perfect, though as for the label, it was started because all other labels we shit and released mostly idiotic music. So we wanted to see to it that the greatest bands in the world got out on vinyl. And to create a Black Metal cult label with evil music by evil people for evil people released by evil people. I hate to see normal idiots thinking this is FUN and interfering in OUR world. Look at all the HC labels that are releasing Death Metal now, it sucks! Its important that WE are in control, we who belong here, we should kick the punks back to where they came from so they can chew their carrots in the gutter where they belong.

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