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BACK
 HATE
– Keeping the Dogma’s at Bay
By Adrian ‘The Energizer’ Bromley
Even though violent Polish death metal act Hate have just released
their debut for WWIII records, Holy Dead Trinity (a collection of
their older material), vocalist/guitarist Adam The First Sinner
tells UNRESTRAINED! the band is hard at work assembling the next
record as we speak.
A busy Adam fills us in: "Our third album, Cain’s Way,
has just been finished. It’s definitely the strongest and the
fastest material we’ve ever made. The new album is in vein
of the previous ones, but it’s much better produced. We spent
several months at Serakos Studio in Warsaw working with producer
Robert Srzednicki. He managed to bring out all the power and the
evil from the record. I think the new album sounds killer.
"The new album is a concept album of sorts," he explains.
"It contains nine new tracks and two intros. Lyrically I picked
out some well-known ‘truths’ from the Bible and looked
at them from my point of view. Each track considers one issue taken
from the Bible. For example: ‘Shame Of The Creator’ is
about the act of creation, while ‘The Sin Becomes’ considers
the situation between human and God in the Garden of Eden. Another
song, titled ‘Sectarian Murder,’ is about the process
of evangelization. The list goes on…"
On the topic of studio work he says, "We attach great importance
to sound and realization, but we never enter the studio until all
the material is written. We usually know what sound we want to achieve
before the recording starts. During sessions we are focused on reaching
a climate within the music and then we try to intensify it. That’s
all. Our studio work is real simple."
Even though these Polish lads (rounded out by guitarist Kaos, bassist
Cyprian and drummer Mittloff) have been involved in the scene for
a while, Sinner and his bandmates have followed the evolution of
metal music even longer.
He accounts, "When we started the band in the beginning of
’90s, death metal was on the offensive. Music of that period
has definitely influenced us, and it still does. I’m talking
about Terrorrizer’s World Downfall, early Morbid Angel, Deicide,
Death, Suffocation. However, it wasn’t death metal that compelled
us to start to play. In the mid-’80s, as teenagers, we were
fascinated by the music of Slayer, Kreator, Venom, Destruction,
Possessed, Dark Angel, Celtic Frost and all good shit like that.
"You know, 15 years ago under a communist regime that music
was a salvation to us," he states. "I remember the moment
I first heard Kreator’s Pleasure To Kill -- that was like an
awakening."
Listening to the music of Holy Dead Trinity, a release consisting
of material from the band’s second disc Lord Is Avenger (1998)
and mini-album Victims (1999), there seems to be a lot of anger
and resentment in the music. Are the members of Hate inspired by
the way they were raised in Polish society? Though Sinner claims
there is a concept of sorts, there must be other themes and ideas
running throughout the disc.
Adam The First Sinner elaborates: "When listening to Holy Dead
Trinity or Cain’s Way, you can hear all our hatred, anger,
resentment and fury captured on record. The music we make reflects
our characters, emotions and thoughts. We fully identify with what
we do in Hate. As for the message, it’s always been totally
anti-religion. The essence of it is a warning against religions
of all kind, especially Christianity -- that is the most lethal,
dogmatic, superstitious and intolerant religion on earth. We try
to make our message as clear and straight as possible. We consciously
don’t use complex symbolism, Sumerian language, fetishes, make-up,
et cetera, to get our message across. We try to be as genuine and
as Satanic of a band as we can be, you know? We’ve learned
that some ideas cannot be expressed in a straight way, but we believe
people are smart enough to read between the lines.
"As for Satanism, we don’t consider it a religion in strict
sense," the guitarist continues. "Unlike other religious
systems, Satanism has no dogmas or authorities. It’s more like
a spiritual movement of those who want to be free of dogmas and
leaders telling you what to believe in. We understand there is no
universal truth about God, salvation, life after death, et cetera.
To us Christianity is the most deceitful religion because it’s
the most dogmatic one. And what are Christian dogmas? They’re
simple lies. One of the most essential is the Holy Trinity dogma.
Most Christians believe in it without any reservation. They’re
not aware of the fact that the dogma was created by Saint Thomas
in the Middle Ages. Even at that time only several men were able
to understand that ridiculous idea. Later the dogma was included
in Christian beliefs. Some people still think t he idea of Holy
Trinity derives from God. That’s how myths come into being.
I’m against religious myths even if they’re Satanic."
With the success of several other Polish acts like Vader and Decapitated
in recent times, has that compelled Hate to strive for success and
get the band’s name out? What is the Polish metal scene like?
What bands should we watch out for?
"There is a lot of good bands in Poland," Adam states.
"Lately I’ve read in Western magazines about how big the
Polish death metal phenomenon is getting. Poland is a specific place.
It’s the last bastion of Catholicism in Europe. I think such
a big number of bands are a reaction against this old discredited
religion and the way it influences the society. Young people are
pissed with the ridiculous Catholic rules the society and clergy
inculcate into them. That’s how hatred begins! What you have
over there in [North] America is mostly a gentle form of Christianity.
You don’t experience this fucking old-fashioned, fundamental
Catholicism we see every day. Christian fundamentalists who’ve
come into power in recent years are changing this country for the
worse. That calls for reaction, and people react. As you mentioned,
several Polish bands made their way through to Western markets.
We are following them, in a sense. Aside from successful acts like
Vader and Decapitated, there are some other acts worth listening
to -- Behemoth, Yattering, Domain, Dies Irae, Lux Occulta."
Death metal seems to be making a comeback -- are you excited?
"We’re a part of the scene whether we like it or not.
Death metal is rising and we perceive it as a great opportunity.
I know people who claimed that this kind of music was something
of the past. Apparently they were wrong. I think death metal is
a musical phenomenon, which is still developing. It’s a new
style that gives completely to new forms of expression. Some journalists/idiots
still consider this music a straight heritage of Herbie Hancock
and Jimi Hendrix. They don’t understand that death metal is
a reaction to fucking blues and rock ’n’ roll. It’s
something opposite. We are taking part in developing death metal,
and that’s great.
"Every one of us has his own motivation on why he does this.
I think we all enjoy what we do and draw a lot of satisfaction from
it," he quips about their inspiration to continue with Hate.
"The main source is this fucked-up world. As I observe what’s
happening I think revolution is needed. We’re going to unleash
the war against this fucking dismal world. America is a good place
to begin."
In closing I ask Adam what would make 2001 a good year for Hate?
What needs to happen?
"The church would collapse and the Pope would die (laughs).
No, seriously speaking, we never plan ahead. We just want to be
make sure that we do everything to get our band name out there,
and we’ll see where it takes us."
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