We're not expecting anything. We're just hoping that people like it - and then we're hoping that Autohate will gain some live-jobs for us - that's what it's all about. The reviews so far look pretty good - most people really like it - or maybe they have to, as Mighty Music are bying space in their zines for PR J.
I like this album a lot more than "E:E:E" - I was very satisfied with "E:E:E", but looking back I think there were 1 or 2 "fillers" that really weren't supposed to be on that album - I think that all songs on "Autohate" are worth listening to - that is, if you like the style. The production is better this time - not to say, that the production was bad on "E:E:E", cause it definately wasn't - I just like our new sound much better. The songs are shorter, more aggressive, a tad more melodic - but still heavy as fuck. The artwork is once again somewhat special - we hate gore/splatter covers and we hate logos that noone can read - actually we were discussing if we should return to the old logo from our first cd - luckily our coverartist persuaded us not to do that. All in all - "Autohate" is simply put a more "complete" record.
Yes, I think it's our most brutal release (besides from the first demotape, which was extremely brutal and raw). Sure, the sound has a lot to say, but aggressiveness and brutality mainly comes from the songs.
Well, Trechoma Productions, who released "Forever Entangled" went broke, so for a couple of years we just released some demotapes, and in '96 Sacrificial split up. In '98 we met again, just for the fun of it, and played some of the old tracks. That was pretty funny and soon we had written a few new tunes - just for fun. We NEVER intended to release a new cd. Then the local audience craved a reunion concert, we thought "What the heck - let's do it" - as it turned out, Mighty Music was present at that concert and liked our stuff, so they offered a record deal, we signed that - and in 2000 we released "E:E:E" - that's why it took almost 7 years.
There is no meaning at all - it's just a birds corpse that our layouter found in his garden, threw on his scanner and twisted it upside down. There is also no deeper meaning behind the title of the album. We wanted something simple and different - something to catch peoples attention.
My first thought was that things were perhaps more fun then. Perhaps I'm just too old to judge - but things weren't that complicated and we just played. The underground scene was fantastic - it was so much fun reading those crappy underground zines - nowadays I hardly see any of those anymore, sadly. To concerts, we banged, thrashed jumped, drank - nowadays people stand as far away from the stage as possible, with their arms crossed. What the fuck is going on?
I can remember many parties with excessive drinking and wild parties in town - now we get tired somewhere past midnight and just want to sleep (allthough we still manage to party through till morning and on - but it's a rare intervals) - man, do I sound selfpitying. But then again, what used to be always seems better from the distance - in 10 years I'll look back and say: "Man, in 2002 we really knew how to party and make music".
Pretty lousy compared to Sweden - and I just don't get it. Sure, we have very good bands here in Denmark, but even the best of them are just mediocre compared to the ones in Sweden, and I don't know why! I think the swedes are more dedicated to what they do, and there is a big "metal" culture in Sweden, which draws many new members - but they're definately not better musicians or anything. They succeed - we don't - end of story. The danish musicians are too lousy, they don't promote their bands enough, they want too much money when playing - get a life. Just plug it in and play!!!! Have fun, don't care about the money, spread your name - work your asses off, or get lost.
The technical skills are very important, because we're playing very fast at times with very strange patterns on the guitars (to me that is - I always find it hard learning our songs). Sacrificial wouldn't be Sacrificial without the outstanding technical abilities of Lukas, our drummer.
Thank you very much for this interview. Check out our website at
www.sacrificial.dk and check out "Autohate" if you're into thrashmetal.
Intereviewed by Federico Marongiu