If we could summarize our philosophy it would be something like metal, that is, music as a crea ve and ludic experience, where there’ s a transforma on of a narrowminded and homogenizing society. Nonetheless, there are compelling facets of the human being that drag us into raising our voice; that’ s why the underlying ac on principle of the band has the tendency to be wider than our individual interests and posi ons. As to the transna onal companies, it nothing but shocking their an ‐human and an ‐planet behavior, I mean, their corporate interests end up being above life itself. Keeping a profit rate and exercising control over precise economic issues leads them to wipe out everything around them. The issues around the pharmaceu cal transna onal companies inves ng in pallia ves rather than definite cures, and Monsanto homogenizing the edible seeds, and others priva zing the sources of water in the planet are very well acknowledged.
4. Can you tell us about your par cipa on in the Bogota Grind Death Fest with Massacre and Dehumanized, and your presence in the Death Fest in Armenia?
They’ re great shows. We had the possibility to meet great amazing people, and as a fan, it was a pre y good chance to interact with first‐class acts. Here it is very important to highlight the work of the people who keep the scene alive; and even though it can be said that it is s ll lacking many things and there has to be a change of a tude, it s ll lives despite the difficul es and promotes bands with be er level. It’ s also worth saying that the organiza on of these fes vals has been excellent, the sound quality, the logis cs are very good, and the bands are really great!
5. Tell us about the process to create the band logo.
It was a very interes ng process, finding an image that helps to iden fy us and keep consistency with the band, which is not an easy thing to achieve. Luckily, we found Ricardo Montenegro in our way, so we sat down, we shared some of our ideas and some elements we wanted the logo to have, and a couple of days later the result you know was just there.
6. What is the crea ng process of the band?
So far, we have walked two paths. Edward Barrera creates a riff, writes a song, and shares it with the others. Upon revision, and the feelings that it can generate we write the lyrics and then work on the arranging of the whole thing. The second one is the growing of an idea out of jamming.
7. Do you have plans to record a video?
Sure. There are plenty of plans this year. One of them is to record a video out of a live gig before releasing our record. Whatever is going on, we will keep you posted.
8. Tell us about the lyrics of‘ TV and Cannibal Killer.’
It was one of our first songs. The idea came from the aggressiveness of the riff, so we had to deal with an equally blunt topic that had to do with the current state of affairs in our country and what the band wanted to say. I started to revise a couple of things about that and a piece of news from the year before that, more or less four years ago, came to mind. It was about cellphone‐recorded video of some paramilitary soldiers drinking human blood from their vic ms, the impact it had on me when I saw it, and the country’ s indifference in front of it. So I kept digging for informa on on the case and bumped into an interview with a former paramilitary soldier made by Hollman Morris, where a similar case was discussed( the behavior was reiterated). There came the story described in the song, in contrast with the common reac on of the society together with the mass media, that is, a total sense of passiveness and lack of reflec on in front of a huge amount of informa on passing in front of our eyes.
9. Is there a record company interested in Round Up Ultra?
We’ ve had the chance to start contact with a few record companies; however we haven’ t reached a deal. On our behalf we want to focus on the pre‐produc on of our record to be able to se le something at the end of the process, but if anyone’ s interested we remain ourselves open to any proposals that may come.
10. And when do you plan to release the record?
The idea is to have it ready by early 2015. The sooner the be er!
11. Any final comments? Anything to add?
Thanking Scum Zine for the chance to share some of the band’ s points of view.