with the final outcome? What would you say are the biggest differences when comparing it with your previous one ‘And So It Came to Pass’ from 2012? D- For us, With All Their Might is the pinnacle of our sound so far. We have always been known for our groovy style mixed with raw, brutal death metal, and on this record we decided to take that element of our sound and really run with it. And So It Came To Pass was a lot faster and blastier where this one is steeped in consistently hammering grooves, and reflects a far wider breadth of influence from all over the musical spectrum. We took a lot of care and time writing the record which I think is reflected in the outcome - there’s no fat on it at all as far as I’m concerned! MH- Was the writing of this new album much different of what you guys used to do or you maintained the same routines? Can you tell us lyrically what’s the main subject in ‘With All Their Might’? I read most of the lyrics from the album and must say that I found some of them very intriguing, can you enlighten me in just one: ‘Nothing Seems Right’? D- The writing on the new record was both different and similar to how we have worked in the past. For the first couple of records we all lived nearby and were able to meet up a couple of times a week to work on new music. These days Tom lives in Holland, Al’s in Shropshire, and I’m in Sussex, so we had to travel a lot to get our heads together. We’ve never written on our own and sent stuff across to each other. We love to get in a room together and bounce ideas around, and it was great for inspiration to be able to do this in some new places. The lyrical influence for With All Their Might was a bit more introspective this time - we wanted to maintain our mighty and epic style while trying some new things. A lot of the themes involved strength of mind or body, so the title was the perfect ‘shop window’ for us to lay out our wares in, while also reflecting the struggle and work-ethic required to make the
whole thing happen. ‘Nothing Seems Right’ has a very strong psychedelic influence. I had been reading a lot about vessels mysteriously lost at sea, and thought these tales made an interesting parallel to our perilous and often difficult journey through life. Certain lines in the song are inspired by sinister last-transmitted messages from lost ships and planes - I really wanted to convey that sense of overwhelming dread and disconnect from the ‘real world’ which I think everyone feels from time to time. MH – This is will be your second time playing at SWR after a successful passage in the XV edition, so what are your expectations for this XXI edition? Leave a final message to whoever is going to read this!! D- We absolutely loved playing SWR last time. We got to experience Portugal’s people, music, food, not to mention the weather (us British will always appreciate that)! We can’t wait to bring our new material over for the first time and see the insane Portuguese crowd we have come to expect! We’ll see you for the most violent pit of the festival, then let’s grab a fucking Superbock, eh?!
25 years rotting in the Underground is not for everyone and Portuguese Death Metal horde Dead Meat has been doing it steadily!! They finally have their debut album out and are ready to hit the stage!!!
MH: Hi guys, how's life? What have you been up to lately? Tell us who Dead Meat are and a bit about your
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story!! Dinis- Hey MH, we're dragging the corpses around here slowly. Dead Meat is a band that has practiced brutal death metal for some years now and we are from Castelo Branco. Current Line Up features: DinisVocalist; Josen-Guitarist; JacintoGuitarist; Rolando-Drummer. At this moment we have a new element (Rolando) on the drums that came to give more brutality to our tracks, we have had excellent reviews, being an added value for the band. MH: You're one of the most veteran bands (we're not going to use the word old eheh) of the national scene, how do you feel after 25 years charging? Do any of you still remember how this started? Dinis- Even though we've had a couple of years, we're still ready for brutality, we're already a bit corpse-like but we have the energy to show how much we like the music we play. It started by being friends and with identical musical tastes, one thing led to another and today we are here to continue for many more years. MH- Finally last year, your album 'Preachers of Gore' came out, what have been the reactions to the album? How did the recordings take place? Dinis- We've have had good reactions to the album, it has spread well and we have had enough sales. The recording could have been better, it took a little longer than we expected and besides one of the guitarists left at that time, which delayed everything a little longer, but even with all of these issues we managed to have it ready for release in Butchery at Christmas Time 2017 as it was a deal with our label - Vomit Your Shirt. MH- 3rd time playing in Barroselas, is it always a pleasure to return to the stages of this small town? The set will focus more on the new album, not forgetting some of the older ones (had to be, sorry)? Leave a final message to anyone reading this!! Dinis - Yes, it's the 3rd time we are going to play Barroselas, it will be a great pleasure to return to this stage of the best festival of this genre with 5 stars. As for our set, it will focus only on the album, because we only have 30 minutes of performance and cannot play older songs, even so many of the themes on this album are already themes