Interview with Milan and Venca of EPICARDIECTOMY


1. hey bro.thanks for the intie.im always pleased to see newer sick bands just like your band epicardiectomy.so first off tell us how did you form the band and the current line up.
Milan: Thanks for Support! I formed the band.I submited advertisement and Zelda called me so we started to compose and than Venca joined us.

2. what does the bands name mean for you guys.theres deep meaning in it? and whats the bands concept?
Milan:Epicardiectomy: Epicard is disease,when you have it your heart is growned-over by membrane which grow together with your chest.And tomy means to cut.

3. the band sounds heavy slamming and breakdowns.you guys are influenced by TXDM bands such as devourment,sect of execration and other countries sick ass bands like abominable putridity,disconformity right? describe the bands sound in your own words and tell us influence bands too.
Milan:I think we are something like Devourment,Cephalotripsy,Abominable Putridity, but I'm heavy influenced by Japan and Colombian brutal slam death metal like Disconformity, Glossectomy or Carnivore Diprosopus.

4. what do you care the most when you create slams and breakdowns?
Milan:I care about slam sound very heavy and and If nobody created similar before us.

5. describe your vocals.and what bands influence your vocals style? and you use pig squeals as well as waking the cadaver uses?
Venca:I listen lots of sick vocals for example:Devourment, Vomit Remnants, Disgorge, Brodequin a Condemned.I combine inhales in couple ways with low grunts.And about WTC, I like singers inhales and I use them.

6. what kind of gears do you use? and how does writting songs work?
Milan:TAMA Swingstar 2 bassdrum, atd, 14 cimbals Meinl, Axis, Drum module Alesis D4, drumsticks PellWood 9A.Zelda:quitar JACKSON, Laney amplifier + bassrepro.

Venca:Microphone only.And about songwriting we don't have any lyrics,they aren't wanting.

7. you are from czech repuplic right? hows scene over there? any more bands you just wanna recommend us to check out?
Milan:In czech rep. is played mostly grincore and death metal.I recommend you:Despise, Godless Truth, Smashed Face, Jig-ai, Pigsty, etc...

8. do you have upcoming releases and merch?
Venca:Of course we do.Until first gig merch will be out.We haven't any sponsor yet so it goes slow.About the cd,we will record the cd in summer and in the september we will release it.

9. how will the bands sound gonna be for near future? its gonna be more slamming and breakdowns haha?
Milan: I think the band will be more brutal with more slams + more slams :-D

10. you guys have side projects and is epicardiectomy is your first band?
Milan:I had band Penisyfilis and Zelda had one too.Venca is in the band Victims.

11. what bands have you been into now?
Milan:I'm into Cephalotripsy and Abominable Putridity.

Venca:Devourment, Abominable Putridity, Cephalotripsy, Disconformity, Carnivore Diprosopus, Corpse Carving, Disgorge, Abysmal Torment, Liturgy, Despondency, Godless Truth, Despise, Ifected Malignity, Vomit Remnants, The End, All Shall Perish, Sleep Terror, Norma Jean, Ephel Duath, Smashed Face, Putrid Pile, Beneath the Massacre, Mucopus

12. thanks for the intie bro.any last words you would like to add?
Milan:I thank you fo the support!You can look forward for megabrutal :D


Band related links: Myspace website


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