Here we go guys with an interview with Jim Satanic, frontman of the satanic thrash/death metal act Spawn Of Satan. Now, if You though You knew it all... check this out... I was a bit afraid that I'd get an evil psycho to respond my questions and... well, I just wish I could go through many more of suck interviews in future time:

1. Hello Jim and Spawn Of Satan! Would You tell us more how it all begun? What pushed You to form a band aside from NunSlaughter?
     JS - Well hello to you and thanks for the chance to talk to you. I must first inform you that Spawns inception and my involvement with NunSlaughter have nothing to do with one another. I started SOS long before I even met Don. SOS was a satanic envisionment of mine since the year 1989. I was trying to assemble a demonic death-thrash outfit with a couple of guys from a local crossover band. We wrote and haphazardly recorded some material. But as time passed, our ties grew weak as members went off to school and moved away. I have been chasing this dream for 13 years! I followed the lead guitarist out to a college town and began writing and rehearsing again in late 1993. This would continue for about a year until I graduated from the university in the town known as Kent, Ohio. While I lived out there I met Wayne Richards, an enthusiastic aspiring metal guitarist. He is with the band today and is the force behind the music. The recording that is featured on the split CD is our first actual recording. Chris Dora and Wayne collaborated with me and wrote 5 thrash tunes. I felt that it was only fair to have them be involved in some writing. The older material took a seat in the back of the bus, so to speak. I do this band and a few others aside from NS to broaden my creative horizons and to express my love and adoration to the very best thing about this world: METAL. I joined NS in 1995. I was an instant fan of the bands primitive and raw approach to death metal. It was about the same time SOS began (which was then called Spawn - but because of all the others that have used it we have added "of Satan") that I first heard NS first demo.

2. Your split with with Bloodsick is a real killer! Where did come the idea of releasing a split CD with a band that, well... doesn't exist anymore - not under the name of Bloodsick anyway? Wasn't that a bit risky?
     JS - thanks a lot for your compliments about the split!! I chose to add the Bloodsick program because they already had released a split with NS from that session and I thought the world needed to hear the rest of the songs. I do not feel that there is at all any risk in releasing something that you believe in. Bloodsick was good fuckin metal. It was a transitional period for some of the members of the now mighty Soulless. It shouldn't matter if they are a band anymore or not. I just wanted their metal to be heard. That's the real beauty of doing a split release... wherever the release goes, so goes both bands that appear on it, and if someone doesn't like them, then they dont have to listen to it.

3. Spawn Of Satan reminds me very much of the earliest releases of Entombed & Dismember with much more power and fury... how would You describe Your music?
     JS- Again, thanks a lot for the compliments! EARLY Dismember and Entombed have brought a lot f joy to my metal listening binges. That whole movement was very special to me, but I think that SOS draws more influence from the thrash era, particularly the American stuff. The fury that you hear is my persona as a metallist. I have a certain standard that I hold myself to every time I write death metal songs, and when I play them live, its a diabolical experience. I try to allow the Hells to speak threw me. I am glad that you have felt this angst - it means that I have done my job. Thanks.

4. On the material released on the split CD with Bloodsick You showed so much aggression and good quality, old school death/thrash metal, what would be the bands that have mostly influenced You through the years?
     JS - My main influences, be it metal or rock, have been the bands that have made music that you can feel or get lost in so you can become one with the songs. Some of my alltime favorites include: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Venom, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Dio, Mercyful Fate, Metallica, Celtic Frost, any old 80's thrash or death metal - there's too many to name. These are bands that will remain forever dear to me. They have traced the outlines of my life.

5. We well know You all, meaning Spawn Of Satan members, have contributed or still are part of other bands. Would You tell us something about those?
     JS - Chris and Wayne play in the magnificant band called Soulless. they have done other bands including one which I also sing for. It is called All That is Evil. the approach is little different from SOS. There is more story telling stuff and a different vocal range being deployed. We have a split CD out as well. It is with another Cleveland band called Descend. It was released in 1999 on Cutting Edge Records. Chris has played with Ringworm (hc) and Holy Ghost (crossover). Wayne does some other noise projects on the side. Wayne and Chris were also in a melodic death-thrash band called Dead of Night last year. They are looking to start jamming again. I am involved with a few others as well. They are: Minch (noise), Schnauzer (crazy metal), Scarvers Calling (murder grind), All That Is Evil (as mentioned), Nine Shocks Terror (fast crusty hc) and as you already know NunSlaughter.

6. What kind of bands do You usually listen to, would that be mostly metal of any kind or do You seek influences or maybe other stuff You'd like to mention?
     JS - Lately, I have regressed back to lite rock and classic rock. Before I was into metal, I loved rock-n-roll. I have even ventured back to 80's pop. Metal, in general, the older stuff - is really what I am into. It is very rare nowadays that I hear a band that is playing real metal and playing metal that I like. That’s probably where that fury that you mentioned earlier comes from. I get tired of hearing crap being labeled as metal. It makes me mad.

7. What made You sort of go back in time and uncover all that Hell buried years ago as the music scene evolved...?
     JS - I was trained in hades to deliver the words of evil to the metal hordes. For years, society and the weak minded religious zealots have attempted to cleanse the earth of our sinister stain. But of course they have failed, hahaha. This bloodred stain is the mark of metal. It is forged in fire and reborn through hate. How's that for some old metal honor? The netherworld roars like a scorching blaze that smothers the voice of harmony and makes true this fire that burns in the church of horror. The demonic dead fall in line and lead the miscreants of false faith into infernal oblivion. I am the crooked shepherd of the herd of bastard goats.

8. What's Your opinion on today's metal scene? Where is it going do you think? What trends should we be aware of in the future?
     JS - The best metal has already been made. There has already been the fastest, the sickest, the slowest, the heaviest and so on. Make your metal with fury and spite. Channel your inner demonspirit and procreate a scornful source of deathlike metal. These trends are hollow and senseless. They are a poison that will eventually kill us all. Metal can still exist. It must be true however to survive. You can tell what is real. Like the Pyres of Hell that warm your heart - so shall true metal reign.

9. How's Your material being accepted through Europe? Any chances of seeing in the future your releases on the shop shelves among the greatest of the genre?
     JS - Hells Headbangers is doing a good job getting our music to the people. The only interviews that we received were from Europeans! I have to say that you guys are REAL metalheads. After NS played over there, I have never been the same. I only hope that SOS will be somewhat known everywhere. I am not interested in stardom, just some recognition from metals elite - whomever that may be. The greatest of the genre have long since passed my friend. I do not think that I will ever reach that status and I am not too concerned about it either way. Afterall, it is not for me to decide...

10. How're Spawn Of Satan's live performances going? Have You gotten any troubles from the local authorities because of the Hell You give out to the public through Your music?
     JS - We had a show here in Cleveland back in the summer. Jim from Soulless and myself sent out the message to our metal brethren and they came to celebrate in our festival of death. I know the local authorities are probably glad that it was just a how and not some cult meeting held in the woods by which I could fuck the pure daughters of people in a pentagram made of dogskin. They are relieved to know it is winter and the beast will rest until the spring solstice.

11. Have You ever had any weird/funny/unpleasant things happen to You as a person and as a band because of Your image, believes, way of live?
     JS - My entire life has been corrupted by metal and its demons. I do not think in rational patterns. When I talk to priests, I see their faces turn into those of pigs and frogs. I laugh when I think about death. I look forward to misfortune and grief. I wish I was an animal that could tear up a church. Every place I visit becomes haunted. My grandmother vomits when she sees me. My own dog killed my baby because he was dressed like christ.

12. Name the things You hate most within our society...
     JS - I dont hate things because that implies that it has a certain power over me. I resist the feelings of helplessness that sometimes is created by hate. I do not give bullshit the time of day. I do not communicate thru the same channels that assholes do. I more or less avoid anything or person that represents societal scriptures. Some may contend that this also requires energy similar to having hatred, but I avoid only with the slightest of efforts. When I am confronted with stupidity and rhetoric that I deem foolish, I just listen to metal and it goes away.

13. What would You say have been the worst days in the metal scene, looking back in time?
     JS - It would have to say from 1996 to the present. I would have to say that the movement really doesn’t even exist anymore. It is all fodder. In a parodoxical sense, however, it is becoming more like the old underground in a way that you have to look deeper and harder to find good bands. You have to dig to discover the gold. Most people want their shit just handed to them and all spelled out. Well, fuck that, I 'll wait around for something worth waiting for: 80's Thrash!!

14. How do You see the possibilities for new comers into the scene/new bands to break through?
     JS - I really have no idea how to answer this one. I don't think that we need any newcomers to breakthrough anything. We need old metal prophets to go to the people and spread the words and teachings of metallic forefathers. The ones that carried the torches of flickering flames and blazed trails through the thickets of ridicule and mockery towards the art that we love - metal. My advice to any newcomers - Don't bother. Put down your 8 string guitar and put on a Mercyful Fate record.

15. Blood, Evil, Terror, Black Arts... even though these topics have been sung about for years You still managed to give them a fresh Hellish power, strength, fury... What do Your lyrics mean to You and the band as a whole?
     JS - Thank you yet again for these kind words. I feel that you can make metal music within the parameters of the artform and still add your touch of creativity. The devil has long been a topic of many metal conversations, but it boils down to who is doing the talking. I have researched the occult and teachings of witchcraft. I have applied my knowledge to my lyric writing. I also have an addiction for just a pinch of fiction. It is always cool to have the best of both worlds when you construct a songbase. The lyrics to me, paint such a vivid picture of unspeakable horrors. They describe something that may have already taken place or perhaps something that is lurking around the next corner.

16. What's Your vision on Satanism?
     JS - The devotion to any religious enomination or set of theologies to me is bewildering. I have never been one to put much stock in any type of deity. Though my lyrics may prove contrary, I have no real need for that idea in my life right now. Satanism would fall under this shroud of unimportance to me. I have read the satanic bible and enjoy a good portion of its rhetoric. However, I am not ready to discipline myself in order to focus on its principles on a spiritual level. It is not a game. I need to be sure that I could seek and find fulfillment in it. Religion is not the key to my lifes successes and pleasures.

17. What would You do if somehow got to stand in front of Heaven's Doors... if there is something like it in the first place... but if..
     JS - I would ask St Peter how it felt to hang upside down. I would probably curl up and go to sleep for a while. Nobody would care that I was there! They would be too excited about getting into heaven.

18. What would be the most stupid thing You ever done in Your private life, if I may ask...
     JS - in all honesty, asking my doctor if he could surgically implant horns on my head. I really don't know. I do stupid shit every hour of the day. The nice thing about this is I don't remember any of it because it happens so frequently.

19. Do you have new material waiting to be released? When can we expect a full length album of Spawn Of Satan? Can You give us any details on that matter?
     JS - We have just recorded 3 of the old songs from the 1989 era for a split 12" picture disc with NunSlaughter. The Headbangers are releasing it sometime this spring. The tunes are little slower in parts but they reflect the sounds of yesteryear for sure. There will be a full-length LP/CD to follow with one old song and 9 new ones. I plan to release a 7" with 2 old songs as well. Most of these recordings will in all likelyhood be put out by Hells Headbangers. After the completion of these efforts, the dream will be fulfilled. It may continue then or it may become a distant memory. Only time will tell...

20. If You were to mention 3 signed / 3 unsigned bands worth checking out... what would those be?
     JS - There really isn't any band that comes to mind. What is the glory of being signed anyways? The unsigned bands seem to want to get signed and the signed bands want to get huge. Usually, the pattern I have witnessed is that after a band gets signed to a major label, the decline begins. That's why I don't know shit about any signed bands right now. Who cares what I think anyways. I am just another metallist, whose opinion we could all do without.

21. What Are Your plans for the nearest future?
     JS - I am going to go to sleep in about 20 minutes. Then I must awaken and report to work. As far as the future goes, I plan to make the harshest and heaviest metal I can make. I want to leave my black mark on your soul. SOS will offer some more metallic wares. I only hope that they will annoint you with the fury within.

Thank You Very much for the interview! Wish You lots of luck with Spawn Of Satan, that's certainly a band that should kick some christian faces really hard'n soon! Would You like to add anything here?
     Thanks to you Lord Darnok and Diabolous.com, it has been a pleasure doing this interview with you. On behalf of Spawn of Satan, I would like to thank you for your support and interest. we are glad that you have heard our metal and are even more thankful that you have given us this chance to be heard - Thank You. and for the rest of you freaks... go out and make some METAL...WWW.SCHNAUZERFU.COM

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