The 4th studio album from Black Metallers Artisian is now available. The album is titled “A Plague On All Your Houses” and a track from it, “Orion”, is available to listen to on the band’s MySpace.

Copies are extremely limited and are available for £6.50 (including postage) directly from the band. Payment is accepted through PayPal (please send any payments to iainmiro@hotmail.com). Please see Artisian’s MySpace for further details.

myspace.com/artisianmetal

Moloch: Black chains photography black_chains1985@myspace.com

Lou: Hails! Thank you for answering my questions again! By the time this goes to press (as it were) you will be on tour with Marduk. What do you have in store for the crowds this time around?

Moloch: brutal, extreme, minimalist black metal

Lou: The line-up on this tour looks superb! How was the tour put together? I was especially excited with seeing Zebediah Crowe on the bill as well.

Moloch: the booker does all that, they call us up, and ask if we want on the bill, if I think we fit, I accept it, its as simple as that.

Lou: What is the title of the new album and when will it be made available to buy?

Moloch: A plague on all your houses, it will be released in September this year.

Lou: How would you describe the music on the record?

Moloch: brutal, extreme, minimalist black metal

Lou: Would you ever go down the route of releasing a ‘download only’ album? (Please don’t, I love CDs too much… although, some vinyl would be nice!) What is your view (if any) on bands releasing download only albums?

Moloch: No, we will always have the cd/vinyl and or tape option. Bands need to move with the times, unfortunately the mainstream has butt fucked the underground, smashed small labels and given rip off bastards the opportunity to take a musicians music and upload it and let it go for free, so bands cant beat them they have to join them, its a fucking mess. thus, Artisian has very reluctantly got some music for sale via download.

when a band sets up they have drums, bass, guitars and vocals, all those people buy equipment, spend time on writing, practicing and learning their instrument, then spend on rehearsal fees, recording, mixing, mastering, pressing, artwork, getting too and from gigs, self promotion etc and then some prick comes along and expects their work for free, or some scum magazine charges them money to appear on a cover mount, when the magazine legally is supposed to PAY THEM for the use of their music and intillectual property, its another sign of the plague ridden wankers in our society, they should all be burnt publically.

Lou: Will you mainly be playing a lot of the new album on the upcoming tour? Or, will you include a lot of your older stuff as well?

Moloch: its a mix of all 4 albums

Lou: On your MySpace you’ve described Artisian as being your “outlet” and “response”. Is there anything in particular that you are responding to on the new album?

Moloch: Lots of things.

Lou: What else inspired you during the writing of this new record?

Moloch: idiots, bullies, fakers, wankers, free loading cunts in the so called metal press, some political stuff, some religious and some cultural.

Lou: Are there any lyrics and/or musical passages on the new album that you’re particularly proud of? If so, could you tell us a little bit about them?

Moloch: Nothing I would share publically, not on this album.

Lou: What draws you to extreme metal in general?

Moloch: Serious misanthropy, real deep rooted hatred of people and a real desire to hurt every fucking last one of them.

Lou: Since we’ve recently waved goodbye to the last decade (aka “the noughties” – I’m not sure if that phrase annoys me or not!) I thought I’d ask which albums would you class as being the best from the last ten years?

Moloch: Deed of flesh – Path of the weakening – unique leader 2000 ( I use this to train for my fights )
-Phobia – destroying the masses – pessimiser records 2000
-Immolation – shadows in the light – 2007
-Insision -revealed and worshipped – 2004
-Gorgasm – masticate to dominate – unique leader 2003
-Xasthur – Xasthur -moribund cult 2006
-Neurosis – not sure what they released in that era, but whatever they did would have been awesome.

Lou: Do you feel that Black Metal is making more of an impact now, compared to 10 years ago? Or, do you feel that it is gone further underground?

Moloch: Definelty not, people are still acting like wankers, so it will never move forward.

Lou: Which bands, other than yourselves, are making the biggest impact on Black Metal at the moment?

Moloch: Zeb Crowe are doing ok, the rest? dont know them, dont want to either, fuck em. I only meet these bands if they are on tour with us, and I very seldom have any interest what so ever, even in the headliner.

Lou: Other than the album and this current tour, what else is in store for Artisian in 2010?

Moloch: I am half way through my selection for the Para’s, so perhaps I’ll play too some Taliban before I blow there brains out.

thanks for giving Artisian your time and ongoing support

Pray Satan Father

Moloch