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Portland, Oregon based brutal deathgore freaks Lord Gore recently brought yet another sick and defaced creation of theirs to life in shape of the new and second full-length album Resickened, an album that may not leave a whole lot to the imagination but it sure provide a nice trip into the repulsive and brutal. I recently spoke to vocalist and founding member Gurge about the new album as well as a few other things.
Where do you think the biggest improvement is on
Resickened compared to your debut The Autophagous
Orgy?
Song themes, songwriting, production, layout. I
think every aspect has been improved while remaining
faithful to the sound and foundation of our previous
effort. Basically the same beast, but it's evolved, or
mutated rather. It's got a few more balls, tentacles,
cysts and orifices now. We had better equipment to
record this time so you can really hear everything
crystal clear, I guess that's the biggest improvement.
Would it be completely wrong if I said you're somewhat
inspired by Carcass, Bolt Thrower and Houwitser?
Hmmm..., well I can see the Carcass and Bolt
Thrower, but not so much the Houwitser. I always saw
us as more of a mix of Autopsy/Impetigo/Pungent Stench
with modern gutturals.
The songs are pretty varied for this kinda brutal
stuff. You pretty much seem to cover the whole
spectrum. Was this something you had in mind when
writing the album?
We have more flavour this time around because
everyone wrote some songs and we all have different
styles. There's doom, death, goregrind, techy stuff,
punky riffs and more classic metal riffs. Definitely
more varied than The Autophagous Orgy. I think it sounds more
interesting as a result.
It sounds like you have effects [the gurgling sounds]
on the vocals. Are you able to reproduce them in a
live situation?
No effects on this or the previous album. On
one song i use liquid to achieve the sloppy bubble
effect for a certain passage, but that's about it.
The vocals you hear on the CD are the same live,
people who have seen our shows can attest to that.
Your lyrics and samples are pretty bizarre, grotesque
and sound like they are mainly inspired by low budget
movies! Please elaborate on what kinda stuff you're
inspired by!
Well this time around the samples were from a
broader source of films, television and documentaries.
In some cases, not even from horror or sci-fi movies.
We altered many of the samples for effect and we also
created a couple of the samples from scratch. I won't
say where the samples come from specifically, but they
are taken from various horror/sci-fi/exploitation and
documentary films and programs. Basically they were
chosen because they fit the theme of the songs and
added the desired mood or mindset.
The artwork is equally bizarre. Did you come up with
the idea or did you give Waita Uziga free hands to use
the imagination?
I had sketched the cover already and i sent it
to him so he knew exactly what to do. This was how the
first cover was conceived also because there is a bit
of a language barrier, so visuals were the key. He kept
the same general layout but made it his own in ways,
improving it and lending his own sick vision to it.
We're extremely happy with it, it basically contains
every song theme from the album in some way, just a
big disgusting yet erotic amalgam of flesh, science,
perversion of nature, erotica, violence, vermin and
just all out chaos.
I understand that you haven't recorded Resickened in a
"real" studio. Could you elaborate on the reasons for
this?
Studios are expensive and we are self funded.
Luckily in this day and age anyone with a computer and
the right programs/interface can record an album by
themselves so we chose this route and are pleased with
the results.
Also, in a studio you are constantly rushed and under
pressure because of time/money constraints and we took
our time and got everything just the way we wanted it,
having complete control over every aspect of our
individual performances and the sound.
I read on somewhere that you recorded 19 songs for
Resickened but there are "only" 13 on the album so
what happened to the remaining 6 songs?
We have 7 songs that we intend to release on
splits and other releases with Engorged, Biolich and a
three way with Blood Duster and Leng tch'e in the
future.
Are any of you currently involved in other bands
besides Lord Gore?
Yes, Neil, Colon and I are in Frightmare. We're
currently writing the follow-up to Midnight Murder Mania. Expect even more insane thrashing grindcore
with superior production this time around. Colon is
also in Engorged and Winter of Apokalypse. Neil was in
Whore, who's second CD Doing it for the Kids will be
out this year on Moribund cult.
Any thoughts on why the Portland deathgore scene has
become so strong in the recent years? There seems to
be a lot of bands there!
I think part of it is because a lot of the same
people are in various bands and a lot of the people in
the scene here are familiar with the same themes and
pop culture and have the same influences and goals.
Apparently Portland is just a breeding ground for
unruly perverts who worship gore, violence and happen
to play music.
Do you have any live activities coming up?
Yes, we're playing two short tours this year.
In April we're playing a handful of shows along the
west coast and will be playing the Arizona Death and
Grind Fest in Phoenix. In May we're doing a short slew
of shows on the East coast starting at the Maryland
Death Fest and playing a handful of cities in the area
afterward. I urge everyone to come check out the live
show and support 5 perverted gorehounds who enjoy
large, natural breasts and need a hug.
Have you found a bassist or are you able to play
without for the time being?
We've tried a few people and currently have
found someone to fulfil live duties for these tours.
Anything you wish to add to conclude this interview?
Thanks for the interview, to the people reading
this, buy the new CD Resickened, come to our shows
in your area, get off in whatever way you can as
frequently as you can and take it sleazy.
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