TEMPLE OF OMEGA - DECEASED Interview Dec 2011

Ok sometimes I don't hope for nothing then :) 3 years passed and with the crack (no pun intended) of the new millenium comes a new musical incarnation of DECEASED, that sees the band taking a more metallish and less death metal oriented direction with Supernatural Addiction, that captured me from the very cover that is like Deceased's take of Tales From The Crypt. So tell us about Supernatural Addiction and your addiction for the supernatural as well King

My fave deceased record to date. to me it all comes together very nicely and the songs/lyrics match up real well. some of our strongest material to me came out of this. alot of melody but still the hellbent ugly edge that we are part of too. i love horror tales and ghosts and things that creep around behind barely open doors. this was the record i really wanted and we did it real well. i'm very proud of this record! our next record is going to return to this idea and add to it.

And mine as well along your latest Surreal Overdose. Later on you have to tell me about the next record! (mental note) So how did your fasciantion with horror, ghost stories and all began? I guess it goes back to your childhood days, am I right?

My dad died when i was 5. i remember the funeral well. think it kind of put my min 'there' for a long time. my mom loved horror movies and took me to all of 'em. seen every horror movie that came to any theatre near or far growing up. that contributed. i think it all became its own one big entity and its just with me forever:

Indeed it makes total sense. Seems like we have much in common my brother. Now that we shifted a bit from the music side to films, apart the American Horros flilms I am sure you must also be a fan of the British Hammer Horrors (i so much love the Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing films!!!) and the Italian masters Lucio Fulci, Argento, Bava etc. Tell us a bit about your alltime favourite horror films, if you don't mind :)

I love horror! the cheap ones the expensive ones, as long as they are good. love everything from the well-known 'the exorcist' and 'dawn of the dead' to the lesser known 'burn offerings' and original 'black christmas'. a good horror film is like nothing else. puts you in a world outside of ours and you kind of voyeuristic-like watch it unfold.

What about the "recent" trend of remaking old classics? As far as I am concerned all the ones I watched so far are ok more flashy and all but do not have a bit of the magic and the genuine feel of suspence and gut feeling the old ones did. Have you watched any of these remakes that convinced you enough?

Most are lame! a few have been good.' hills have eyes' remake i like better, same with 'i spit on your grave'. but friday the 13th, halloween, etc re duds! a couple have good ideas but as name sake not the same.. stuff like dont be afraid of the dark, mothers day, etc. good films but call it something else

Oh yes! Now let us leave the world of tickertape alone for a while and go back to the Deceased's land of horrors. 2005 saw the release of The Weird Travel On, the album that is a perfect mixture of heavy, thrash and death metal, a true a work of masters of their trade if you ask me. But where were the weird travelling on to?

The weird have no home they keep moving and turning into all sorts of oddities. the real horror of the world!

In 1991 a certain Cross Turner Upside Downer and some other crazy guys called a band called Doomstone, what can you tell us about them? And how was it that a year later you had also joined Abominog on the second demo Dark Museum, how did that happen?

Doomstone formed out of deceased practices. me and les got to jam early wit friends and instead of sitting around waiting jammed this imaginary band DOOMSTONE. the songs got good and we went with it. mocked the rock star black metal jerks of the time. did a demo, played local live and it took off somehow. abominog are old friends and i did the record 'dark museum' with them playing drums. it only came out on cassette. did a few live shows too! good stuff

Awesome indeed. And what about that blast of a band called OCTOBER 31? I am a fan of OCTOBER 31 as much as DECEASED but this be a DECEASED interview so won't go to in deep about O31 but care to tell us a bit on how things started out and carry on to the present day as far as I know. Will there be a follow up to No \

A guy named brian williams called me out of the blue one day in late 94. he wanted to book shows with deceased. we got to talking about old metal bands etc and we hit it off. we got together and wrote some tunes. it became OCTOBER 31. it took off like doomstone. people dug it. we signed an album deal, even with metal blade and off we went. we've done it for 16 years now on/off when time permits. and yes the next record is approaching. and we will play keep it true fest in europe in 2013

That's an awesome story indeed man. And it's great news you give me about a new album and a European show! The interview comes close to colculusion but not before you tell us a bit about your latest killer album Surreal Overdose, for me one of the metal highlights of this year, I can never tire of listening to this album, it is heavy, it is fast, aggressive and melofic, fusing elements of traditional Heavy Metal with American and Swedish death metal riffs, it has the punch and adrenaline and a killer sound. Tell us about the writing and recording of Surreal Overdose, cause it's as tight as hell (or heaven, dunno where's tightest haha)

It's 6 years in the making. we wrote and deranged songs forever. we went back to assembly line studios where we did 'weird' cuz sound and owner kick ass. we wanted to put our new material out and busted our ass to make it great as we could. first record with new guitarist shane fuegal who kicked ass and was right there with us. we're very happy with how it came out.

I'm really happy too man and thousands of other Deceased fans alike, trust me King! It has been a true honour having you with us today King Fowley. I hope the pleasure was yours as well. Last works are yours! If there is anything you think Deceased fans should know the stage is yours sir! :)

Thanks for the support brother! i wish you well! to all reading stay wild and crazy. up the fucking tombstones!!!

Cheers brother! Thanks to you King! UP THE FUCKING TOMBSTONES!!!!

In the meantime I will sit down in peace and drill my ears to some more of DECEASED's finest.

Our guest today is none less than KINGSLEY KING FOWLEY himself, frontman of Virginian Heavy Death Thrash Metallers DECEASED. A versatile musician and skilled vocalist King Fowley takes us with him to a journey through the land of the dead and horrors.

You guys formed the band in 1985 and a year later the very first DECEASED demo "The Evil Side of Religion" emerged, which bands inspired you in those early days and how was this demo and the 4 that followed recieved by the public?

We just went and wrote what we could. songs about 'typical' stuff like grave robbing, nuclear war and mental illness. common place at time and simple but early attempts at creating our sound and style. demos were all recieved pretty good. caught on and people respected us for having our own way to us.

Very true, and I must say you suceeded well since Deceased became a cult band among lovers of the genre. Following the demos an EP and than the legendary debut LUCK OF THE CORPSE, which I consider to be a milestrone in the genre! How was it to jump from demo tapes to vinyl and then a full length? I know I am taking you way back in time but can you comment of this?

We approached our debut very professional. we had done a few demos and it was honestly time. looknig back at the luck record now its a bit too fast for its own good and the mix could of been better. but for 20 year old kids its not bad for a debut!

Not baaaaaaad at all indeed....13 Frightened Souls and The Blueprints Of Madness followed in the following years, marking a very clear more skilled song writing and performance, Thematically there was also an evolution. The Blueprints Of Madness remains for many Deceased fans their favourite release, perhaps since not many welcomed the more melodic approach you took afterwards (personally I looooooooove it). your thoughts?

This band has always put every influence into our sound in some way. our first demo had melody, listen to 'march of the cadavers'. we love everything from early queensryche to repulsion. we got better as players and the riffs expanded.

Indeed the melodic element was always present to so some degree but as time went by it grew bigger without the aggressive element ever toning down according to me. To continue our chronological journey through DECEASED's albums we now go to Fearless Undead Machines. We all knew already your fondness for horror films but his album couldn't make it more clear you are very much into it. How much do (or did) these films influence you when writing music and lyrics for DECEASED?

This idea was with me since birth by radiation and nuclear exorcist demos. we had wanted to take the band album to album through this storyline i created but over time i figured the storyline would taper down so i put it on hold for a few years. it resurface din its entirety with fearless. all horror films, thoughts, real life situations crept into the lyrics. this story is based on fiction as well as how i feel it would 'play out' if this could ever happen.

I really love how that turned out because it indeed has also a feel of personal experiences (or projections of these feelings in such scenario). The whole album is as solid as a heavy cargo train that drives to a grand finale with Pshycic and Destiny, 2 tracks that send shivers down my spine when I listen to them, I guess by now I are gathering how much I love this album,

Yes you are. i too really think the record came out good and the horror did make it to capture on tape.

It did indeed, if you had to change anything DECEASED have done musically what would it be? I hope you say NOTHING, but hopes opten sink down the drain....

Nothing is answer. it all happens and we live and learn :)