Metal News for May 7, 2018
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Interview
Ten Questions for Rockabul's Travis Beard
During Inferno Metal Festival Norway 2018, Metalunderground.com’s own Greekbastard interviewed Travis Beard, the director of the documentary, Rockabul. Check out what he had to say about Afghanistan’s first and only heavy metal band and the making of the film.
Greekbastard: In a nutshell, can you tell our readers the basic storyline behind Rockabul?
Travis Beard: Yeah, in a nutshell I was living in Afghanistan working as a journalist. I sort of stumbled on this music scene which is very, very small, but it was growing and one day, four young Afghan teenagers walked into my house and wanted a place to practice playing metal music. I had a practice room so I let them use it and at the same time, this is quite interesting, they’re playing metal in an Islamic republic. So, I just pressed record on my camera. I had no idea what I was doing and this is funny because, you know, it was recording and there we documented the birth, the rise to the peak, and the death of Afghanistan's only metal band, District Unknown.
Greekbastard: Rockabul is currently being screened at different venues around the world. When and how is the movie going to be released for public consumption?
Travis Beard: So we have a one-year festival circuit, which we're doing now and it'll include the U.S. Once it goes public our strategy, or our plan, is to go online. Probably something like Netflix or Amazon or one of these online platforms…you have iTunes and so forth. That's the reason for that because we're really interested in pushing this film as far as possible in regards to it's not so much about making money. You don’t make money on a documentary. And so by putting on one of these online platforms you can get a film, you know, put out across the world and we'll just do one global sale. There is a chance of a theatrical release as well. We're planning to maybe do a later-in-the-year one-day cinema release globally. That would mean that we'd have cinemas all around the world playing the film on one day and then kind of like an event in the sense throughout different countries and different cities.
Greekbastard: How long did it take to make the movie? Was there a time at any point that you felt not going through with it?
Travis Beard: Ah, that's a good question. The film took eight years make and that was directly because of money. I had some money in the start, but when I first started going, I didn't know what I was doing. I was very inexperienced. Um, but I had the subject matter so I just kept filming. Then of course, the money ran out and there was a good five years in between where I kept editing and I kept putting my own money into the film and I kept getting more and different producers and, you know, especially my, uh, my fist on the wall of people’s doors trying to get attention. There was a good five-year lull where I almost threw the towel in a half a dozen, a dozen times. My girlfriend at the time bore the brunt of all my frustrations.It really got to a point where I thought I didn't have a good story. I thought that something was missing from my film. I questioned my own filmmaking skills and then I was very lucky that I met up with Brooke in Australia and she had some street credibility in regards to the film industry. She got the money for us through the Australian government and we got the money to finish the film.
And so what it proved in the long run was the film did have the capacity and it did have the quality it just needed to be seen by the right people. And now it's doing what it’s doing traveling around the world doing festivals. So yes, the answer is there was many a time when I thought I would never finish this film. I said to all my friends and different colleagues, if the film is not successful, I will never make another one. This will be my first and last film. Unfortunately, it is successful so now I'm going to make another film.
First Bands Announced Inferno Metal Festival 2019
The first bands announced to play Inferno Metal Festival 2019 are: Taake, Vomitory, Gaahls Wyrd, Batushka, Archgoat, The Ruins of Beverast, Der Weg Einer Freiheit and Avast.
The 2019 edition early bird packages are now available. The early bird packages are available in a limited amount.
Funeratus Premiere New Music Video
Brazil's death metal bands FUNERATUS have posted a new music video for "Accept The Death", the title track off their latest album released earlier this year.
Watch it now streaming below:
Watch: Ghost Premiere Another Two New Tracks Live
After a special intimate show the night prior at The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA, Ghost officially kicked off their North American tour for their new effort “Prequelle” on May 05th in Riverside, CA. That show saw the premiere of two more new tracks from the upcoming release: “Miasma” (feat. a guest sax solo from Papa Nihil) and “Pro Memoria“.
Fan-filmed clips of both songs are available for streaming below. Ghost‘s new album “Prequelle” will hit stores on June 01st.
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Thorium Premiere New Song "Penance"
Danish death dealers Thorium premiere a new song titled "Penance", taken from their upcoming new album "Blasphemy Awakes", which will hit stores June 1 through Mighty Music.
Check out now "Penance" below.
Temple Desecration Premiere New Track
Polish black metal band Temple Desecration premiere a new track titled "Blood Offering", taken from their upcoming debut album "Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos", which will be released on CD and LP by Iron Bonehead Productions on July 13th.
Check out now "Blood Offering" below.
Ritual Premiere New Song "Abandoned Forgotten"
L.A.-based black metal band Ritual premiere a new song called "Abandoned Forgotten", taken from their upcoming new album "Epic Sagas", which is set for release on July 7.
Check out now "Abandoned Forgotten" below.
Imperial Triumphant Debut New Song
New York’s avant-garde black metal outfit Imperial Triumphant debut premiere a new song titled "Swarming Opulence", taken from their upcoming new album "Vile Luxury", which will be jointly released by Gilead Media and Throatruiner Records on July 13th.
It includes guest vocal appearances by Will Smith, Yoshiko Ohara, Andromeda Anarchia, and Sarai Chrzanowski, as well as guest performers on the trombone, trumpet, and tuba. It was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Colin Marston, with art and design by Andrey Tremblay.
Check out now "Swarming Opulence" below.
Urfaust Premiere Full-Album Stream Of New Album
Dutch band Urfaust premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new album "The Constellatory Practice", which is out in stores now via Bandcamp.
Check out now "The Constellatory Practice" in its entirety below.
Absolvtion Premiere New Song "The Lion’s Face"
French black/death metal band Absolvtion premiere a new song entitled "The Lion’s Face", taken from their upcoming new album "Gallow’s Destiny", which will be released on July 31st by Atavism Records.
Check out now "The Lion’s Face" below.
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