"...the confessions of a necrophile" - demo 1-92 "...the confessions continues" - 7" single 1-93 "Architects of perversions" - mini CD 1-93 "Upon the medical slab" - 7" single 2-94 "Sculpture of the dead" - mini CD 2-94 "Rated-X" - CD 1-95
"...the confessions of a necrophile"
- Our one and only demo tape!!! 4 songs was on it and it sure helped us to get the message out. We was never 100% satisfied with the recording but as it was the only recording we had at that time to promote us selves we spread it around like some fucking lunatics. Printed thousands of flyers and shit... It sold pretty good, about 700 copies during the 6 months we actuallay sold it. Full color cover, printed and pro-copied cassettes and so on...
"...the confessions continues"
- We was never fully satisfied with the versions of the songs featured on our demo and wanted to record them again to basically just give them a chance. We booked some studio time and should just record 3 of 4 songs once again... Maybe have them featured on some comp. tapes and so on... Anyway, a guy from Japan ordered our demo tape and really digged it! His brother (Naru Sekine) should at that time start up a label and wanted to release a 7" single wiht us and we totally agreed and thought it was a killer idea. They let us know about it like 2 weeks, 10 days or something before we should actually re-record 3 of the 4 songs that was on our demo so we just recorded them and had them released as an 7" single. The name of the label is by the way Obliteration rec. and the 7" single was limited to 1000 copies and sold out since ages ago... I guess!!! We also re-arranged and re-wrote some parts, all to make the whole shit better. "...the confessions continues" single caused some serious problems, both for us and Markus (M.M.I. Rec.). Markus should distribute a hundred copies of it and the package was searched at the german custom check point or what ever... I guess they didn´t like what they saw and most of all read (our lyrics) so they got in touch with the german police which banned that 7" single and searched Markus house and confiscated allmost every record he had for distribution and shit... The whole "affair" was really sick and ridiculous. They started to raise some serious hell ´coz of a 7" single limited to 1000 copies, released by a small jap. totally independent label, by a small death metal underground band... Anyway, they gave us some cool "promotion"... Still it sucks that people that are dealing with our records shall for example have their house searched and so on...
"Architects of perversions"
- To start with, this release fucking sucks! So, if you have ever heard it, forget about it! Get our full length CD and you´ll hear what we really sounds like! Anyway, this recording was first meant to be our 2´nd and 3´rd 7" single. M.M.I. rec. from Germany should release one of them, but at the time we should start the recording sessions he wasn´t sure about if he could continue with his label so... S.O.D. rec. was the second label... They basically just quit writing us, so... Anyway, we decided to record the songs anyway and try to have it released as an mini CD instead. We recorded the damn thing and sent it around to some labels and Drowned Prod. (nowadays Repulse rec.) really digged it and wanted to give it a try. It sold really good! The first pressing of 1000 copies was sold out during the first three weeks! Repulse rec. was the label to release it, not Drowned Prod., just to avoid missunderstandings here... They really did a great work with it, really helped us to spread the name and so on...
"Upon the medical slab"
- This was a very quick decision! I guess it was me that said one rehearsal, "Fuck, let´s record a new 7" single", and the other guys said; "Sure why not"? So we asked Markus M.M.I. rec. about it and he wanted to do it. Like just a few days later we found us self in the studio recording it! At the first we should also feature a Slayer cover, I guess it was "Necrophobic" but Markus (M.M.I. rec.) didn´t like the idea, due to copyright and shit you know, so we recorded just those two songs that are featured on it. The intro was kinda cool ´coz it´s the only release we have done the intro all by us selfs! Hahaha... Well, there are some kind of "screams" or whatever also featured in that intro and they are ripped from "Der Todesking" so... Just like with our first 7" single is this one also limited to 1000 copies.
"Sculpture of the dead"
- Don´t know where to start about this one... Well, to avoid alot of shit, let´s just say that this recording have caused us lots of problems More or less the most trouble filled "thing" we have ever had anything to do with when it comes to Deranged. And that includes our first 7" single being banned in Germany, near to get thrown out of our rehearsal place ´coz of our lyrics (!) and the way we looks like (?), allmost every CD pressing company here in Europe more or less refused to print our full length CD ´coz of the lyrics and the cover and so on... I guess you know what I mean? Anyway, let´s just say that we had signed to Invasion rec. to release it but all of a sudden he changed his mind and couldn´t release it!!! After that the shit really started... Well, it actually started even before we had recorded it!!! Anyway, it´s out now thanx to Repulse rec. as an bonus CD to the first 2000 copies of our full length CD and it´ll later on be (or probably is right now) released as an "own release" so to say. That´s really cool thinking about all the shit we went through with it!!!
"Rated-X"
- Our first full length CD!!! Well, we really wanted to record a full length CD and at that time Repulse rec. actually asked us if we wanted to do a full length CD and as the deal was cool and they did a really great work with our first mini CD, we accepted it at once! 10 songs are on it... All of the previusly unreleased. We really wanted to have at least one old song on the record, so we picked an old song called "Razor tongue" which we had actually one time before, like a year earlier to be released as an split 7" single but the whole thing fucked up and it was never released. It sure took some time before it was finally released ´coz the most pressing companies Repulse rec. contacted more or less refused to press it ´coz of the lyrics and the pictures in the booklet. Anyway, it´s out now, since little less then a year ago now I guess... delayed or not! Once again, this "boycott thing" against us, or what you would like to call it, once again gave us some cool publicity, so... THANK YOU SUCKER!!!! We also recorded a video clip to one of the songs, "Killing Spree" and it´s been on MTV, Z-tv, Yugoslavian national television, VIVA tv I guess and shit so it´s cool... Have sure helped us to spread the message in anycase!!! Check "Rated-X" out and KEEP SHOCKING AND STAY FUCKING DERANGED!!! G.G. Allin rules!!!!!
Copyright © 1996 Erik Andersson
Last updated 1997-02-02