PANZERFAUST

 PANZERFAUST  Date: October 28th, 2009Band Member Interviewed: Kaizer - Deathspell and PerditionInterviewed By: Caroline RestiauxXM: Can you start off by giving our readers the scoop on how you guys got together and how you came up with the name Panzerfaust?KAIZER: We originated back in the fall of 05’ with Lord Baphomet and myself (Kaizer). We both shared a lot of the same views and appreciation for black metal. We were both young and aspiring musicians with a fundamentalist approach on creating unconventional music. As for the name – Panzerfaust was a reflection of the deep-rooted interest we both had in WW2 history and the havoc it engendered. From there, the name Panzerfaust deemed an appropriate choice.XM: What was the recording process like for your first cd?KAIZER: Well, the recording was done like most black metal bands first albums were done: A self-produced basement recording with limited production. (Not to say that there is anything wrong with that.) Although, there was an overwhelming desire to release the album, which subsequently amounted to us not being able to pan out some of the rough edges that were still included in the recordings. I’d say “The Winds Will Lead Us…” was a collective learning experience playing as a unit.XM: When writing a song where do you gather up most of your inspiration?KAIZER: It has varied throughout the past 4 years; the integral aspect of war has always been an ongoing topic; as well as a firm stance on anti-religion; which essentially goes hand in hand with the visions of war. Our constant advertisement of the Vinlandic black metal always plays a role as well. As for recently, the ideas have taken a more under the skin approach. I’ve been very much influenced by various pieces of literature and artwork: like Pieter Bruegel’s “The Triumph of Death” or Hans Memling’s “The Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation” for example. Not to give too much away, but the new material is taking a more orthodox approach at the ideas. The new album in creation; “Alpha / Omega: The Mirror of Mirrors” will entail. More information about the upcoming album will be released within the near future.XM: The band has had the opportunity to open up for some pretty big bands. Which has been your favorite show up to date?KAIZER: I think everyone would have to agree that to date, playing with Mayhem has been our favorite show; Mainly, because they have been a band that we’ve looked up to since the very beginning of Panzerfaust. To play with a band that has influenced us so much was quite the experience.XM: Who has been your biggest influence in metal?KAIZER: I wouldn’t say there has been any one sole influence that overrides all the others. As well, the influences have gradually changed throughout the course of our existence. We’ve always been inspired by bands from the Germanic-Scandinavian pool of bands. Although, at the same time we have been influenced by many of the Slavic black metal bands.  On top, we have been influenced by many non-black metal elements.XM: Who came up with the designs for the bands corpse paint and is there a specific meaning behind any of them?KAIZER: We did. The look of the corpse paint is very much an anti-look to many of these bands that sit backstage doing their paint for 25 minutes. The idea is not to make yourself look like someone just sat down and painted an elaborate piece of art on your face with a fine tipped brush. The look should be messy; distorted and death-ridden. I find this look amplifies the characteristics that Panzerfaust inhabits.                   XM: Great video on your myspace! What was that process like?KAIZER: Thanks.. Well, the video was for the greater part done in improvisation. To be honest, I was not particularly fond with the finished product. It didn’t follow the idea or general guidelines that I had planned – but there’s not much we can do now.  Other than that, the place where the video was shot was the best place we could have done it. The location was literally around the corner from where Panzerfaust all began; and ultimately illuminated a lot of inspiration from our very roots. If there was one entirely good thing about the video – it was that.XM: What is Panzerfaust’s ideology? Most Black Metal bands are big on promoting individualism and are anti-christianity. Where do you guys stem most of your beliefs from?KAIZER: Our beliefs stem from merely existing. Nietzsche said it best, “Fear is the mother of morality” and we channel that deranged moral dogma that has been parented by Christianity, Islam and Judaism (among others) and surface the innate evil and darkness that fuels their institution’s very core. We use many biblical passages in this regard. “The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name.” for example, we use to harness the anti-morals that these religious institutions engender – and thus inverting the values within the very text which they find homage in. XM: What are your views on Christian Black Metal?KAIZER: The name in itself is a contradiction of terms, and I don’t think anyone needs me to tell them that. It has come to my attention that this particular genre is referred to ‘Holy Unblack’ or something along those lines. My point is that there is more than just a musical affiliation when it comes to the term ‘black metal.’ Black metal is a sentiment in itself – dependant on both the musical and lyrical conceptualization. Christian black metal is a cancer; a diminutive one, yet a cancer at that. Same applies for Muslim or Jewish black metal. None of the three have any business in black metal, and zealous ultra-liberal black metal fans need to stop pretending like they do. I do, admittedly use many biblical references in my music, although for an entirely different reason, as explained before.             XM: What would be your dream show line up? (5 bands only)KAIZER: Mayhem, Marduk, Funeral Mist, Inquisition and Bathory. (This could be subject to change.)XM: If you could have been involved in the writing, recording or production of any album which would it be and why?KAIZER: Funeral Mist’s ‘Salvation’: Simply because this album (in my opinion) is the best black metal album to ever be released. This was like an album I had never heard before: The mind-blowing vocal performance from Arioch (or now Mortuus in Marduk) was something that easily had topped any other vocal performance I had heard before. Along with the colossal sounding drums and culmination of the album with the obscure integration of sound clips and effects created a dominant black metal masterpiece.XM: If you could give the world an enema in which country would you stick the hose and why?KAIZER: Probably the Vatican: Give the pope a heart attack. Let his ass die; deservingly get arrested. And then piss on his grave.XM: If you could be reincarnated what would you come back as?KAIZER: I think I may have come to a dead end with this one..XM: I will leave the last bit up to you?KAIZER: Stay posted, as within the near future we shall be doing a vast news release regarding the new and upcoming album “ALPHA / OMEGA: The Mirror of Mirrors”. I promise this album will be a landmark in Canadian black metal. More time and concentration has been put into this opus then ever before. Stay tuned…“And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.”                                                                                                   Rev.16.8  Links: www.myspace.com/panzerfaust666  

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