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| "Are you sure you want to block this user?In 1984 Mem Von Stein wanted to start a serious thrash metal band.They started talking and went on to form the band that would become Exumer, one of the most famous European thrash metal bands in the late 80's.They recorded one demo called "A Mortal In Black" where Mem actually did the vocals himself before signing a record deal with the SPV subsidiary Disaster Records.DIV td, li, p, div, textarea tablea.Sorry but a friend of mine wrote something really bad about u in their myspace blog, u need to see it.Hi guys, i got your "possessed..."Greetings from Colombia, thanx for the add!Heey guys,thanx for the friendship!It's a long fuckin'time ago right?!Rising from the sea is still my favorite..Fucking Cheers for New Year from Bulgaria!Click Here to check out my profile and xmas pics!Fund this weBbsiJte that shoHws who has a cruEsh on you and thDought you'd wPanna know that one of my frioends had ohne on you."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Id + " Link: " + targetLink.Id + " Text: " + targetLink.At least for more than ten years.Then
it came like a thunderbolt out of the blue.The news that good old EXUMER, and
that's exactly whom I've been talking about, is going to play this August in
Wacken made all their old fans reach out for their denim and leather uniform and
wait,
with their breath bated, for what it was going to be.Mem von Stein, one of EXUMER's forefathers, seemed to be the
best choice to talk to about all this, and he definetely equaled our hopes in
the end.First
of all, I'd like to ask you to clear up the matter that has recently excited all
the old fans of EXUMER: how much of EXUMER that's going to play this August at
Wacken Open Air has to do with the original one?While I
was there I was introduced to everyone as the old vocalist of EXUMER.Germany (place of vacation) I called Ray and Bernie and we decided
to do a one time reunion show at Wacken 2001.EXUMER
is
something from our past and that we are proud of our old band but we also know
that it can only be a one time shot in order to keep it special and to say thank
you to all our old friends and fans.Were
there any other attempts to rise EXUMER back from the ashes during all these
years?There
were no attempts to bring back EXUMER
because
we were never aware how much people still care for the band and me, Ray and
Bernie were involved in other projects, mostly together.Do
you believe that old EXUMER albums might be of much interest to anyone besides
those who used to enjoy them back when they were released?The fans from back then will expect something they are
familiar with and the younger crowd is not really used to that sound.So, how did the whole EXUMER story actually begin?The usual case:
a bunch of friends, all of them being the devoted fans of some musical genre,
decide to glorify their beloved music with their own masterpieces and form a
band, eh?Or anything more original?We talked for a while and then after we told each other which bands we like, we
decided to meet the following week for a rehearsal.It was just the two of us in
the beginning and then we both brought in the other musicians.The
demo times of EXUMER, what did they store in your memory with?We only did one demo: ''A Mortal In Black'' and that was a very rushed
job.My dad helped us to find this studio in the city where we practiced at and
we went in there for a whole night.Nevertheless it put us into the tape circuit of the time.Who
was it singing on that demo?The way
I left the band back then was not very nice.Let's hope this little chat of ours
will open some eyes and scour some brains at least...What do you think caused such a progress in
quite a short period of time then?Already
on the first LP EXUMER appeared as quite skilled musicians.Any experience in
the previous bands or just the natural talents?That
was something that came to us naturally.At the time though we thought that we were quite average.Only after the recording process of our first album we felt that we had grown as
musicians.How
did you imagine yourselves the future of EXUMER when making the first steps as a
band?We
were full of ambition but we also realized that we would not be able to live of
the music alone.High Vaultage Records which will have very nice artwork and
cool bonus material!!!No
connection, just something the guy who was hired from our record company came up
with.After that
he just stuck with the theme.There's
an opinion that the whole quintessence of any band is being laid in its very
first album, and any records following it are, in a varying degree, just the
variations of ideas found on the debut one.Do you think this applies to EXUMER
as well?Making
anything groundbreaking and revolutionary had never been on your agenda, had it?So what were the reasons, if you don't mind recalling the things like
that?My
uncle who is a painter (professional) operated like this for the longest time.The same with me, nowadays I
follow a thing through to the end and it works.It was a decision that I made
out of a motion not really thinking of the consequences and then it was too late
to go back.Were
any songs ready but left unrecorded and unreleased due to your departure from
EXUMER?Did
you continue watching the progress of EXUMER after leaving the band or your
interest to its deeds immediately fell down to zero level?How
did you appraise the work of your successor Paul Arakari on the second EXUMER
album?After Paul's dad was finished with his tour in Europe (his father was in the Air
Force), Paul decided to leave with his family back to the U.EXUMER
had one
more vocalist but that fell apart as well.Anyway, I must confess I've never heard the album, so
I wonder if it was more or less similar to what you had been doing in EXUMER or
anything of absolutely different nature?Metal, recorded one album that
was
never released), and the style of music was technical Hardcore stuff like NO
MEANS NO.Have
you heard anything about the band called HUMONGOUS FUNGUS which existed some
years ago and featured a couple of EXUMER members?Their music wasn't Thrash
though...HUMONGOUS
FUNGUS was me, Ray and Bernie plus three other guys and the music was Metal with
Rap vocals.This was due to my exposure to Hip Hop music in the late 80's and my
love for that art form.Then I suppose you don't care about such things at
all and believe that there should be no limits when it goes to art, even when
such traditional genre as Metal is concerned, right?Only if we try things out and experiment we can create things
with meaning and spirit.This also goes for playing old school Thrash Metal!!!In the end only real emotion counts and now I feel very strongly about Thrash Metal,
I believe I would not feel the same way about it without having experimented
with other styles of music in the past.Queens and currently in
the South Bronx.This growth process took me there.Well,
we feel that SUN DESCENDS as a band can easily stand on its own.We
do acknowledge that it is not the 80's anymore and so we only try to capture the
spirit of the music from then.There is no money to be made with this sound anyway so we can solely
concentrate on the music.Playing
this old school Thrash nowadays, do you want to revive this genre in general or
just to keep it alive in your hearts?Even
though the music of SUN DESCENDS appears to be in that old vein, your vocal
manners seem to change since EXUMER's days quite a bit.Would
you agree with the opinion (mine as well, I'm afraid) that Thrash Metal has come
to the end of its tether, all the great Thrash albums have already been recorded,
nothing new may be created within this genre and all more or less listenable
records of today are nothing more than simple rearrangings of the best elements
from Thrash classics of 80's?What
are your most remarkable recollections connected with EXUMER?Being
18 years old and seeing my first album in the window of the local record store
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