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The Profane existence of the horde BRUTAL
MORTICÍNIO - The Interview
NR - Ave, I would like you to introduce the profane existence of the Horde Brutal Morticínio to the readers of HeavyHardMetalmania, who you are, what you do in the band and which political, economical and social ideologies you stand for
BM - Greetings to all of you, readers
of HeavyHardMetalmania. The horde's lineup is composed by me (Tormento -
Guitars and Vocals) and Mielikki on the Bass Guitar. We are currently playing
concerts and recording our album with invited drummers.
From the political and ideological points of
view, we stand for the resurgence of the Latin American pride, the revival of our
ethnic culture and the integration of the peoples that descend from the indigenous
individuals scattered over the continent and an alternative to Capitalism based
on the ancient tribal communities. The Christian/white/European
"conquerors" tried to homogenize the cultures already settled here,
the natives and later the slaves brought to this place. They tried to submit
any kind of diversity to Christianity and erase traces of other customs,
cultures and beliefs, making use of this religion and its
political/social/"cultural" institution as a mean of control of the
peoples of the region.
We support Mexican chief Guaicaípuro Cuatemoc
when he claims the debt of blood and wealth which was taken from us during the historical
period of invasions known as "colonization". We defend the immediate
requital of the debt, as well as the expulsion/judgment of the defenders of the
interests of the white capitalists of our continent. We stand for the ethnical
integration of all the peoples that live here or have settled; we're against
any kind of ethnical discrimination; however we defend that the peoples who
chose to live in the native lands must follow the community traditions and the
organizational characteristics of our continent. We believe that Christianity is
a cultural aggression and must be immediately banned, staying in memory only to
remind us of the terrors and misery it has brought to us, so that nothing
similar repeats in history. We are contrary to any form of domination,
regardless of the boundaries. It is important to revive the Latin American
pride, because the continent bears a negative charge of stereotypes which are
not consistent with the true diversity and wealth of our peoples.
Obviously, we also stand for the integration of
the ethnic groups in general. As an example, here in Brazil we have a huge
diversity of immigrants (besides the Africans and the Portuguese, also
descendants of Germans, Italians, Japanese, Korean, Austrian, etc.), having
more or less concentration of certain ethnic groups depending on the region of
the country. We have the understanding that the human being is another animal
part of the nature. We repudiate any kind of ethnic discrimination. However we
know that in this territory there were thousands of native populations who were
killed in the process of colonization and taking of the lands. To the natives
settled here were imposed customs and culture which they were not familiar
with, when the opposite should have been done, in the sense of cultural
maintenance of what already existed here.
This is our greatest motivation, to remember
this historical Latin American resistance; we write the lyrics in memory of
those who fell in front of this culture of hypocrisy and greed, which persists
until nowadays, so as not to forget them. We also want to rekindle the feeling
related to this with matters still present today, trying to encourage a sense
of awareness towards the world we live in, the influence we still witness
today, due to all the slaughter caused by this dogmatic culture.
NR - Brutal
Morticínio started in 2006 with the devastation and the name was chosen based
on the deaths caused by the Christian invaders in America during the historical
period called "Discoveries - Great Navigations", as well all their
imposition of culture and beliefs!
Don't you think that
even today (although the crime is a white-collar one) the world works like
this? And I'm not talking only about Christianity... Also of other beliefs and
that the big economical groups and Capitalist countries defecate on the poor
worker. "Exploitation, hypocrisy and
profit - The blood of many for the power of few".
BM - We certainly agree with you. We
also believe that even today there is an attempt of imposition or
recolonization by the richer countries over the poor ones. It's interesting to
realize how many NGO's are operating in the Amazon Rainforest, it is very clear
that they are not interested in the welfare of the native communities and even
less in the preservation of the environment. They are usually linked to
Pharmaceutical companies or to anything which can be trademarked out of the
resources still unexplored of the forest. The rotten white man continues with
his charge for easy profits taking as much as possible from the native riches.
And this is only the Amazon Rainforest example; of course it happens in other
parts of the globe. The "managers" and certain "governors"
pact with this kind of usurpation. The white Christian man (today wearing suits
and ties) doesn't do things on behalf of his white and punitive god, but
certainly because of the neoliberal revenues and his individualist/consumer way
of life. It's sad to see Headbangers who behave like this towards the most
elementary matters of life in society, reproducing the dictates of the moralist
and capitalist Christian order. Refusing this world imposed by theses blue-eyed-seniors
is a question of survival. Let's understand the following: these same old guys
try to confuse us with false nationalist/racist/xenophobic ideas, that is, this
is their desperate attempt to take advantage of our idiomatic or cultural
differences to get us distracted from their utter incompetence in the
management of the directions of our societies.
NR - "The hunger which strikes the peoples / The
war which feeds the ravens / Celebrate the supreme evil! / Light the black
candles, beg upon the empire! / Welcome to the final judgment / March of lead
and blood, trodden by greed / Disguised as a commercial / In the foul math of
profits, the logic is irrational"
The grave economical
crisis we're facing nowadays reminds me of the years prior to the World War II!
From a personal perspective I would exchange the "Final judgment" for
the 3rd World War!
This crisis was caused
by the greed of a few "capitalists" with their "macabre
avarice" and who is paying for this is the working people, "the
poor". Isn't it the irrational logic!!?
BM - In Capitalism the crises are cyclic and
will continue to happen as long as this system endures, which makes it
unsustainable from the social and ecological points of view; because it
excludes and tosses into barbarity even more human beings, increasingly
altering the environment day by day. There is nothing more irrational than Capitalism;
in this rhythm of accumulation we're digging our own graves. If everyone
consumed the same amount as the illuminate citizens from the USA or some of the
most developed countries in Europe, there would already be a lack of natural
resources in the planet.
We agree with you, there's nothing more current
than the hypocrite exploitations by the big capitalist companies! These finance
the suffering of thousands of people as an exchange for their profits. As an
example, we know that the German automaker Volkswagen aided directly and
indirectly the military dictatorship in Brazil and also in Argentina. Coca-Cola
indirectly invests in Neo-Nazi/Paramilitary groups in Colombia. The USA
government ("Europe Overseas" as I like calling it) interfered in all
countries in South America on behalf of "liberty",
"democracy" and Christianity. And this is only mentioning Latin
America, as well as we, the people, know. Of course things don't get stuck
here, the filth is even worse. We don't share the illusory ideology of reform
for Capitalism or a pacific co-existence with Christianity, our peremptory
ideal is their total annihilation. It isn't only a question of principles, but
of self-preservation, because at this pace we will be extinct as well as the
planet in little time. We defend the historical repayment and general revolt
against the dementia which is established at the managing layer of our
societies.
It's interesting to think about the current
economic crisis where countries like Brazil and India, which have always stood
in the periphery of the international capitalist system, are called forth today
to pay off the debts acquired by these same death merchants of peoples.
Sincerely, I agree with you once again. For instance, the Brazilian government,
instead of investing in Europe, where we've always been treated as human beings
of second class (concerning matters related to prejudice, stereotypes, or also
the very current xenophobia - bad treatment in airports), should invest in the
solving of grave social and ecological problem caused by the stupid Christians.
Although it would be only a kind of palliative, it would certainly be more
logical.
NR - We know that
today Brazil is facing an economical burst motivated by the World Cup in 2014
and the Olympic Games in 2016.
Just out of curiosity,
Portugal held the Eurocup back in 2004 and today we have empty stadiums which
are good for nothing neither anybody. Authentic white elephants that accumulate
loss of money!
What do you think
about a country organizing events of such proportion, while having millions
living in slums and where corruption is spread all around, at the same time
destroying the Earth's lung, "Amazônia"?
BM - Despite all the problems, the country has
developed economically in the last 5 or 7 years. It's a bit prior the World Cup
and the Olympic Games. Our educational system is getting better slowly, with
many people getting the chance to enter University, which used to be very
difficult before. But despite very little progress, Brazilian corruption is
unfortunately known worldwide. But we do have to point some important
exceptions out. Among the native Brazilian tribes was kept the perfect social
balance, in other words, there was the perfect share between the members of the
tribe of what had been hunted, the war spoils or the misery which could fall above
them. The tribe leaders didn't have the effective capability of interfering in
a considerable manner on the life of the other members of the tribe. Corruption
is a shameful trace of our colonial past. Corruption walks beside inequality.
It's not a coincidence that less corrupt nations have also a lower level of
social unbalance.
It's interesting to think about the destruction
of the Amazon rainforest, since great part of the timber extracted is exported.
This means that along with the forest also go away the profits from its
commercialization. The destroyers of the biggest environmental reserve of the
planet are in service for the international stock, which worries not about the
environment. The number of NGO's spread all over the forest is terrifying, as I
told you earlier, and their vast majority speaks English and almost nothing of
Portuguese. The biggest Brazilian waver concerning this matter is to turn a
blind eye regarding the extraction of these resources in a slowly but constant
manner.
The governments of the Latin American countries
have a great record of mistakes, and this is just another one. They're normally
induced into error because of the pressures from the big transnational
companies which profit with them. The misuse of funds is general for the
construction of stadiums and everything else related to the event. It's the old
"bread and circus politics". I believe it's a big mistake to finance
this kind of event; however Europe spares much more money in many useless and
destructive things. I don't want to justify anything, but when there's a huge
volume of richness involved in the white Christian coffers we feel the loss
too, because this same amount was taken from us in the period of the Christian
invasions.
NR - Black Metal
bands are usually born to preach a particular faith or ideology adjacent to
them. Brutal Morticínio can be defined, and this is my very own opinion, as
"Old School Black Metal" influenced by bands like Sarcófago,
Hellhammer and Darkthrone.
What is the reaction
of your fans like? Being a Black Metaller in a remarkably christianized country
like Brazil might impose its difficulties regarding "feedback",
right? In your opinion, which is more important in Black Metal: the music or
the message in the lyrics?
BM - We've chosen since the beginning
to do something turned to the Black Metal theme. It is also very common for us
here in our region to express ourselves in Portuguese when it comes to our
lyrics. Our sound wasn't something completely planned, we somehow followed some
directions, but it was natural for the music itself and for the lyrics to be
composed in Portuguese. Because it is our mother language, it becomes easier
for us to express in a clearer manner. I believe that concerning the lyrics and
songs the things are mixed up, because most of the time the sound ends up
reflecting the exact feeling the band is positioned on. I do believe there is a
supplement in this, because the sound part is important, it shows the kind of
feeling the horde is aiming with its lyrical contents: the message, the
foundations which the band was formed on. Unfortunately it was given us the
role of living in a society remarkably christianized, as you mentioned above,
and our fight is based on exploring its contradictions, their dogmas which are
good only for our tormentors and also building the destruction of this kind of hypocrite
organization that, once created, serves an elite. Despite the fact that today
we have many warriors identified with the obscure art of Black Metal in Brazil,
there are still few who clearly oppose themselves to the Christian faith and to
the Capitalist system, which is Christianity's armed sect.
NR - I will now
challenge you: explain in details the adjacent message in each theme off “Despertar Dos Chacais...O Outono Dos Povos”
("Rise of the Jackals... Autumn of the Peoples").
BM - 1) A Escuridão me Conforta
(Darkness Comforts Me): This song
is dedicated to all obscure souls, to all those who don't feel they belong to
this world of selfish scoundrels moved by money and power. To all those who
feel their hate gagged, but at the same time feel ready to burst into hatred.
That's why the song has nuances of aggressiveness, speed plus melancholic and
chilling parts. As this is a song which gives an overall idea about the
sonority of the work; with a cadence similar to the rest of the album, we
decided that it would be the best portrayal of the album's synthesis, thus
being chosen as the opening track for the disc.
2) Banho de Sangue (Bloodbath):
This song was written by Mielikki and has a more Thrash Metal approach. It was
also one of our first compositions. It was crafted in a very spontaneous way
and deals in a comprehensive manner with the manipulations and the game we're
subdued to given the big interests of the groups linked to the economic elite,
as well as the religious groups. Countless are the bloodbaths in our history
for the sake of progress and faith. Most unusual is the fact that it continues
to happen; it's our burden to denounce these nefarious beings.
3) A Eterna Marcha da
Devastação (The Eternal March of
Devastation):
This song is about America's slavery and all suffering to which the populations
that were at the mercy of the white Christians in our continent were subdued.
The paradox of this, in my point of view, is that the people who suffer the
most terrible prejudice (African descendants, Indians, Latin Americans, etc.)
are in reality the biggest creditors of this world. In other words, all the
wealth accumulated by the core economies of the world was built upon the sweat
and the blood of those people. What the song proposes is very clear: that this
debt must be paid at any price and immediately.
4) Estúpido e Podre
Homem Branco Cristão (Stupid and Rotten
White Christian):
This song precedes the horde's very creation. It was written even before the
minting of the name Brutal Morticínio. We can say this song is the essence of
the band. The lyrics are much more poetic than necessarily engaged and is based
on the speech of Guaicaípuro Cuatemoc. I believe it exposes our feelings and
ideals in a very clear and direct way. I've noticed during the years after the
release of the song that Christians, Fascists and the like started to hate us
even more, which was very rewarding, because even these fool beings were able
understand the meaning of the lyrics and thus the ideals of the band. When
referring to the rotten white Christian we aren't only criticizing the catholic
institution and Christianity in general. We're also depreciating what has been
imposed as a standard, the ideal/model of western society.
5) Embarcações da Morte
(Death Vessels): It's an instrumental track, where
we try to depict all the agony and distress of those who came to our continent
unwillingly. The slave ships (Translator's
Note: also known in Portuguese as "Tumbeiros", something similar to
"Tomb Ships") represented the
vilest form of colonization of our country and continent; we should have the
revolt in our genetic code. The crossing of the Atlantic Ocean done with those
floating infernos was without any doubt the major crime committed by the
refined white lords for the sake of profit.
6) E a Morte
Triunfa... (And Death Triumphs...): It's a pretty direct song, too. We
tried to reflect and expose the contradictions that were imposed to us. The
irrationality of a system that clearly keeps in power an
incompetent/individualistic gang which has its back turned to the native
populations and to the cohabiting with the environment. We've been
apathetically conducted through a life of burden and grief, without the need to
even consider the magnitude of this, while the illustrious citizen at the core
of this decayed and rotten economy lives a life of luxury, as his wealth hadn't
been forged from the blood and labor of hundreds of thousands of people, like
us in the periphery of the world.
7) Batalhão de
Extermínio (Killing Battalion): This is our point of view about the
recolonization of our continent planned by the Yankees. The free area of the Gueros would be restricted to their
goods, that is, it would be a free pass to barbarity in our continent, becoming
the killing battalion of our environment and culture. It may look like
conspiracy theory, but American imperialism tries at any cost to transform
America in a big Puerto Rico, just look at the experiences in Paraguay and
Colombia. An interesting fact to reinforce this is that, at the exception of
Canada, the Yankees interfered in all the countries of our continent, and
that's why resisting the death platoon which comes with the label “Free Area”
is so important.
8) A Longa Noite dos
Corvos [Civilização Cristã] (Long Night
of the Crows - Christian Civilization): In this song we try to depict what was left of
Civilization and barbarity in our America. The long night of the crows that
await patiently for everyone to die and rot so that they can feast on our
corpses. It's our present and the crows are inside the churches, as well as in
all levels of representation of the state.
NR - Brutal
Morticínio is currently preparing their second work named "Espíritos
Obsessores das Florestas Austrais" (Obsessing
Spirits of the Austral Forests), which will be released in November.
Diverse meanings can
be found in this evocation of the "Obsessing spirits of the Austral
Forests", although all of these meanings aim a sense of diabolical
persecution, an enduring harassment, a continual preoccupation and the fixed
idea of fighting the "flock" hypocrisy!
What can we expect
from it?
BM-This album
will bear a more melancholic sonority, and it might be more aggressive and at
the same time colder than "Rise of the Jackals... Autumn of the
Peoples". This reflects our more actual Depressive Black Metal influences
and also shows a sound identity which is very akin to our recent lyrical
themes.
NR - What's the crucial
theme of the album?
The album is inspired in the destruction of the Amerindian world and the locus
of resistance that haunts the continent since the past. However it was and
still is systematically gagged in History. The preparation of this second album
had a little bigger research regarding the lyrics, especially when related to
the mythology of the native peoples of Latin America. We had the option talk
only about the tribes who lived in the Southern portion of Brazil, but we
decided to talk about all these peoples because we believe in the identity of a
strong a united Latin America, sharing the common aspects of our culture.
With the cover picture we tried to
depict the idea of melancholy of our Austral forests, which are increasingly
less dense by the way. The aforementioned picture was taken by us, members of
the band; however there will be other elements which will be highlighted by the
artist. The final art will be in charge of our friend André Rodrigues who also
participates as the drummer of the band in our celebrations, besides being one
of the drummers to record some of the songs in the album.
We’ve had some setbacks during the
recording of the album, because we had changes in the lineup. We had to readapt
some of the songs to our new/old style of the band again as a trio; new
arrangements to make things sound really true, but also that reflected the real
feelings of the horde. Everything requires time, but we believe we'll be able
to release the album within the planned schedule.
There is the opportunity of a re-release of the
album "Rise of the Jackals... Autumn of the Peoples", with two new
songs as bonus tracks. I still can't assure you 100%, but this re-release is
very likely to happen very soon or maybe at the same time as the new album.
NR - Knowing that
you'll soon be in many concerts, and also for those who don't know the band,
what can a fan expect from a live act of Brutal Morticínio?
BM - During our live sets we try to
show all our aggressiveness, hatred and melancholy towards a world that is so
unfair, hypocrite and controlled by the capitalist Christian vipers. The ones
who watch the show can certainly expect a lot of sincerity in what we do, for
we sing and play only what is absolutely true for us. The crowd can be sure
they'll not be facing a theatre, because there aren't interpretations on our
stage, they'll just witness the desperate howls of somebody who misses an
unknown past of rites for so long forgotten, but which endures in our
resistance.
NR - A last
opportunity to preach your words... Feel free to express in the following lines
everything which fulfills your "soul"!
BM - Firstly we want to thank, in
Brutal Morticínio's sake, everybody in HeavyHardMetalMania, especially Nuno for
the opportunity given to the horde. We hope to have clarified the max out of
our points of view about our black art.
When we deal with such a delicate subject like
the affirmation of Latin America, it doesn't mean our fight against any kind of
imposition or domination of people over others is restricted to here, but
indeed in any part of the world! The affirmation of Latin America, in this
case, but also of any marginalized culture, is necessary for the destruction of
the opinions forged by the elites of yesterday and today. Theses incoherencies
always end up being widespread by common sense. We take the historical
responsibility of not shutting up, let alone bowing, but yes to make questions
and destroy the idea that the natives weren't numerous and that there wasn't
any resistance; ideas that have long been diffused by the history of
heroes/positivists and erased by the so called revisionist history (new
cultural history/post-modernism).
Brutal Morticínio believes that Metal, especially
Extreme Metal, is transgressor by nature (since its ancestors like Blues and
Rock). It must keep on transgressing, crossing boundaries, criticizing not only
religious dogmas, but also cultural and social ones. Besides that, it must
continue to deal with forgotten subjects, be it by society, or be it even by
some Headbangers!
It's always a pleasure to answer/talk to
zines/blogs/websites which really respect the Underground scene, or that really
try to get further information and consequently extract the max of the essence
and what the horde represents and is proposed to do, and this is the case. We
also want to wish strength to all collaborators at HHM, as well as we wish that
you keep following this way of quality and honor. HHM is certainly for all
bangers, not only for Portugal and Europe!
NR - I can only thank
for thy answers and wait for another devastating work to be released in
November, "Obsessing Spirits of the Austral Forests". See you, then!
Thank`s to Daniel Seimetz by Translation