Blaspherian are a blasphemous Texan death cult who have gained quite a following in the underground in the last couple years. I had the opportunity to speak with guitarist Wes Weaver about the band's past, present, and future...
Sam:
Hey Wes, welcome to Witching Metal! First thing's first, tell us a little bit about Blaspherian. Who's in the band, what other bands have you guys been in, any other trivia you want to include.
Wes:
Hails! Thanks for the interview and the support!
Wes Infernal-guitars
Joe Necro-guitars
Matt Mayhem-drums
Death Dispencer-bass/vocals
We recently let our vocalist, Lord Apollyon go, he is no longer in the band.
As for former bands... Hahaha no comment! No need to promote them!!!!!!!!
Sam:
So, your debut full length, the virulently evil "Infernal Warriors of Death" dropped earlier this year. What kind of feedback are you getting? How do you feel about it? It seems like it was pretty hotly anticipated in underground circles after the stellar "Allegiance to the Will of Damnation EP". Do you think it lived up to the hype?
Wes:
Positive so far, in fact way more positive than I could have imagined or hoped for. Yes I do think it's lived up to the 'hype', I think its better than 'Allegiance...' for sure.
I think it all came together nicely... Good songs,killer labels [Deathgasm in the U.S. and Deathrune in Europe] as well as the maniacs at Clawhammer PR doing a great job, and the layout came out sick!!!!!!!! So yes so far it's been more than we could have asked for.
Sam:
Is there any concrete ideology behind Blaspherian, or do you simply find blasphemous themes suitable subject matter for death metal?
Wes:
Basically it's very simple: blasphemous satanic death metal.... There's no underlying clever hidden meanings etc... We're a very 'to the point' band! That's the way we started this band and that's the way it'll stay, as well as the music.... Very straight forward, no technical fake death metal.... Just old school evil and heaviness.....
Sam:
What does the name Blaspherian mean?
Wes:
The name Blaspherian is a combination of the words blasphemy and luciferian. In a previous band I had an idea for a song called 'Blaspheria', so when that band broke up it came up as a possible name for this band,f or whatever reason I decided to add the n at the end, and we came to the conclusion it sounded fairly original, and we liked the concept...... I looked it up on google and nothing came up so I was fairly certain it was unused.....
Sam:
What bands influence Blaspherian, and what are your favorite bands?
Wes:
Influences range from all old school killer heavy metal,thrash,death metal and even some black metal. I totally worship old Slayer, Possessed, Exodus, Venom, Mercyful Fate, even early Metallica.. Hahahaha, among many more. As well as a shitload of current 'old school' death metal bands.... That's a huge list as well.
As for pure death metal I think a few bands are obvious.... Incantation and of course Immolation, not forgetting Morpheus Descends... early Obituary, Death and of course old Morbid Angel. Let's not forget Necrovore, that band was sick!
Sam:
What are your thoughts on the death metal scene today? Particularly "new old school death metal" bands like Dead Congregation, Funebrarum, Disma, Ignivomous, Miasmal, etc.
Wes:
I think it's killer. A lot of really good music is being released, unlike 10 years ago. And, so far none of the killer bands have signed to a bigger label, that's a really good thing... I think this music needs to stay underground completely to keep some sort of honesty, and integrity for sure... Honestly with how things are going I thought for sure some bands would have been picked up, but as I write this it hasn't happened. Hopefully it won't .... so many killer bands.... I also like Poisonous [Brazil].... Grave Miasma, among many many more.....
Sam:
Are yourself and the other members of Blaspherian looking forward to playing Rites of Darkness III in December? Any bands you're particularly excited to see or play with? I know I'm fucking psyched for just about everyone on the lineup!
Wes:
Yes! Unholy Hell there's so many... Cianide, Ignivomous, Hour of 13, Sadistic Intent, Dead Congregation... and you're right, almost every band is killer.... It's the sickest fest in the U.S.fFor sure and an honor to share the stage with so many killer bands!!!!!!! Hail!
Sam:
Can you tell us what Blaspherian will be doing in the future? Any plans for another record?
Wes:
Our next release will be a split 7" with the mighty Imprecation, that will be released through Dark Descent Records... Also we are working on material as we speak for a split 12" with Chile's Godless..... As well as other split releases, and yes also we want to release another full length in 2012, we write very slow... So we'll see if it comes out by 2012, we hope so because we want to carry the momentum a little longer.....
Sam:
Thanks a ton for answering my questions Wes! Best of luck to Blaspherian and I'll see you in San Antonio this December! Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Wes:
Thanks again Sam for the support!!!!!!! We appreciate it! Looks for our C.D. Through Deathgasm Records or in Europe through Deathrune Records and also the vinyl is available now! Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl and 200 die hard red vinyl a shirt and a poster!!! Hails to the warriors of death worldwide!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wes:
Hails! Thanks for the interview and the support!
Wes Infernal-guitars
Joe Necro-guitars
Matt Mayhem-drums
Death Dispencer-bass/vocals
We recently let our vocalist, Lord Apollyon go, he is no longer in the band.
As for former bands... Hahaha no comment! No need to promote them!!!!!!!!
Sam:
So, your debut full length, the virulently evil "Infernal Warriors of Death" dropped earlier this year. What kind of feedback are you getting? How do you feel about it? It seems like it was pretty hotly anticipated in underground circles after the stellar "Allegiance to the Will of Damnation EP". Do you think it lived up to the hype?
Wes:
Positive so far, in fact way more positive than I could have imagined or hoped for. Yes I do think it's lived up to the 'hype', I think its better than 'Allegiance...' for sure.
I think it all came together nicely... Good songs,killer labels [Deathgasm in the U.S. and Deathrune in Europe] as well as the maniacs at Clawhammer PR doing a great job, and the layout came out sick!!!!!!!! So yes so far it's been more than we could have asked for.
Sam:
Is there any concrete ideology behind Blaspherian, or do you simply find blasphemous themes suitable subject matter for death metal?
Wes:
Basically it's very simple: blasphemous satanic death metal.... There's no underlying clever hidden meanings etc... We're a very 'to the point' band! That's the way we started this band and that's the way it'll stay, as well as the music.... Very straight forward, no technical fake death metal.... Just old school evil and heaviness.....
Sam:
What does the name Blaspherian mean?
Wes:
The name Blaspherian is a combination of the words blasphemy and luciferian. In a previous band I had an idea for a song called 'Blaspheria', so when that band broke up it came up as a possible name for this band,f or whatever reason I decided to add the n at the end, and we came to the conclusion it sounded fairly original, and we liked the concept...... I looked it up on google and nothing came up so I was fairly certain it was unused.....
Sam:
What bands influence Blaspherian, and what are your favorite bands?
Wes:
Influences range from all old school killer heavy metal,thrash,death metal and even some black metal. I totally worship old Slayer, Possessed, Exodus, Venom, Mercyful Fate, even early Metallica.. Hahahaha, among many more. As well as a shitload of current 'old school' death metal bands.... That's a huge list as well.
As for pure death metal I think a few bands are obvious.... Incantation and of course Immolation, not forgetting Morpheus Descends... early Obituary, Death and of course old Morbid Angel. Let's not forget Necrovore, that band was sick!
Sam:
What are your thoughts on the death metal scene today? Particularly "new old school death metal" bands like Dead Congregation, Funebrarum, Disma, Ignivomous, Miasmal, etc.
Wes:
I think it's killer. A lot of really good music is being released, unlike 10 years ago. And, so far none of the killer bands have signed to a bigger label, that's a really good thing... I think this music needs to stay underground completely to keep some sort of honesty, and integrity for sure... Honestly with how things are going I thought for sure some bands would have been picked up, but as I write this it hasn't happened. Hopefully it won't .... so many killer bands.... I also like Poisonous [Brazil].... Grave Miasma, among many many more.....
Sam:
Are yourself and the other members of Blaspherian looking forward to playing Rites of Darkness III in December? Any bands you're particularly excited to see or play with? I know I'm fucking psyched for just about everyone on the lineup!
Wes:
Yes! Unholy Hell there's so many... Cianide, Ignivomous, Hour of 13, Sadistic Intent, Dead Congregation... and you're right, almost every band is killer.... It's the sickest fest in the U.S.fFor sure and an honor to share the stage with so many killer bands!!!!!!! Hail!
Sam:
Can you tell us what Blaspherian will be doing in the future? Any plans for another record?
Wes:
Our next release will be a split 7" with the mighty Imprecation, that will be released through Dark Descent Records... Also we are working on material as we speak for a split 12" with Chile's Godless..... As well as other split releases, and yes also we want to release another full length in 2012, we write very slow... So we'll see if it comes out by 2012, we hope so because we want to carry the momentum a little longer.....
Sam:
Thanks a ton for answering my questions Wes! Best of luck to Blaspherian and I'll see you in San Antonio this December! Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Wes:
Thanks again Sam for the support!!!!!!! We appreciate it! Looks for our C.D. Through Deathgasm Records or in Europe through Deathrune Records and also the vinyl is available now! Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl and 200 die hard red vinyl a shirt and a poster!!! Hails to the warriors of death worldwide!!!!!!!!!!!!
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