BFM:Hi! I'm Zoham! you're with Beer Friendly Music from Thailand, could you say something to our readers?
Ricky: Hi Rezetbangers, heavy greetz to all of you in Thailand!
BFM:From the beginning, could you tell me about the feeling of the latest gig Rezet have been played?
Ricky: Sure, our latest gig was our 10th anniversary concert on December 13th. That was one of the best shows we've ever head, I believe. The house was packed with about 400 attending people that went totally crazy. Yes, it surely was one of our best nights ever, but also the one with the highes production costs, haha!
BFM:Did you ever get interviewed from the D.I.Y. Fan/blogzine like mine before?
Ricky: We get interviewed from everywhere. But I think you're probably one of the first from Thailand! Feel welcomed!
Thorben: Great to see that people like us from all over the world!
BFM:Now, could you tell us a bit of the band's history?
Ricky: Thorben and me started playing the guitar together in school when we were about 12 years old or so. That was in 2002/2003. When we discovered Metallica's "Master Of Puppets" it was over. We knew what we wanted exactly to do. Since then we've put a lot of work in Rezet, released many demos in the early days and two full length albums. We toured a lot of European countries and are going to release our third album in early/mid 2015!
BFM:What came to the name of 'Rezet'? Is it came from german spelling of the word 'Reset' or something behind that word?
Ricky: Rezet is just the english word "reset" with a z instead of an s. The German word is completely different. The meaning behind the band's name is that we wanted to "reset" everything Metal stood for in times of crappy pop-metal during the beginning of the 21st century.
BFM:How many people approximately attended to the shows in your Local area?
Ricky: That's different as with any underground Metal band. It can range from 50 to - as mentioned before - 400 or even more people. We don't mind.
BFM:I saw Ricky & Thorben playing with Lemmy of Violent Force. How did you contacted him in the first place?
Ricky: Jorgen of "Hellion Records" and "Headbangers Open Air" made this possible. He saw us covering "Dead City" several times and we even played it once with original Violent Force guitarist "Stachel". It was always Jorgen's dream to have Violent Force at the "Heabangers Open Air" so he told Lemmy that he'd have a great back-up band for him, which was us, Rezet.
BFM:How's the feedback since H.G.W.T. to Civic Nightmares?
Ricky: The feeback is mostly overwhelming, whether it's about our records or our live shows, so I think we've done everything right. Just wait for our next album, people will freak out, I promise!
Thorben: And this time we'll have a real caretaking label and not a bunch of dickheads trying to betray us!
BFM:If you can pick up the bands to be the Next Teutonic 4 of German Thrash Metal, which one will you pick?
Ricky: I don't know, and I don't respect those lists really.
BFM:What is the best and the worst thing that ever happened on Rezet's live shows?
Ricky: Girls throwing strings at us wasn't that bad. Playing Wacken Open Air, the Headbangers Open Air, several other festivals and European cities, that's always cool! I think there isn't one 100% perfect show. There's always something "bad" happening...
Thorben: I don't remember a really bad gig. Like Ricky said, there's always something like a broken string. Never mind, keep on playing, rock 'n' roll!
BFM:Did the members have a full-time job or still studying?
Ricky: We still have to work/study beside the band but hope that this will change with our next album!
BFM:Is it difficult for being a touring band, like being away from your parents, girlfriends or something else?
Ricky: It's the best thing you can get a free mind. To me there's nothing better than being in another place everyday! We've never toured that long to miss someone... our tours are usually just about 2 weeks long.
BFM:Which metal guitarists inspired you?
Ricky: Dave Mustaine and Chris Poland, the early Megadeth - lineup in general, so amazing! Besides that of course all the other great thrashers like Exodus, Slayer and so on. But also a lot of 70's Rock like Hendrix, Purple, Zeppelin etc.
BFM:Did your parents have any opinion about playing Thrash Music and touring?
Ricky: I think they like and respect what we do. My mum just thinks that I'd live under the bridge at some point if I don't start learning a "real job", haha!
Thorben: Our parents are very proud of us and have always been supporting us 100%. Since I'm an IT-technician who finished his apprenticeship, my parents don't worry about my future... yet!
BFM:Before the show. Do you have any exercise and warm-up your body?
Ricky: We stopped partying like madmen before the shows and even in general. No more drugs and only a few beers here and there. You see, we usually didn't have some gymnastics or sports as warm-ups, haha! I just try to relax and stay backstage as long as I can before a show. I love the fans but need time for myself before the shows, like inner meditation if you want. Like half an hour before the show I start playing some of our songs to warm up my fingers, that's it!
Thorben: In my opinion it always depends on the venue where we are playing. Like Ricky said, the days of drinking oceans of alcohol before the gigs are over. If there are cool bands playing that day, I, or rather we, like to watch them play of course, but we always need time for ourselves. Warming up before the show is really important, we play unplugged backstage together, mostly.
BFM:This Question has nothing todo with the rest but where is the nicest place for visiting in Schleswig Area? I ask because I'm not familiar with this name haha.
Ricky: It's really boring in the North of Germany although I love the landscape of the sea, that's definetaly something worth visiting where we live, the sea. Just come visiting us in Schleswig and we'll show you around...
BFM:Name the 5 best albums that you loved most!
Ricky: That's too hard to choose, sorry! There's so much Metal, punk and rock music and even some blues and jazz and classical music I love.
Thorben: Same here, it's too hard to decide. As Ricky said, we're not only focussing on thrash metal, but also on punk, rock, jazz, blues, other types of metal in general and everything that sounds good and is handmade with love.
BFM:As we are Beer Friendly Music Group. so I have to ask which is the most delicious beer you have tasted?
Ricky: I like Heineken and Veltins the most. Astra is a good option as well.
Thorben: I'm with Ricky but I like many German beers. Heineken, Astra, Veltins and Krombacher are my favorites.
BFM:How's the Progress of the 3rd Album? What can we expect from it?
Ricky: The production is almost done, we've spent half a year on it to get the perfect album. You guys will be blown away, trust me. It combines everything Metal should be! It's hard, fast, melodic, sometimes slow but still pounding, amazing guitar solos, great hooks... I can't wait to hold the final pressing in my hands!
BFM:We're almost done. Did you have any plans to bring Rezet to play in South East Asian area and Thailand?
Ricky: Yes, we were actually supposed to play in Singapore in 2013 but it didn't work for some reason...
BFM:Last and but least, give some strong words for those who about to Thrash (And those did it half-assedly)
Ricky: Thailand Rezetbangers! Stay tuned for upcoming Rezet news! Our new album will be out soon and we've planned a (almost) worldwide tour! Metal on!
BFM:Ciao! How about the touring after released the Debut last year?
Vender: Hi everybody, here’s Game Over! Touring goes very well and we are very happy because the album received a lot of great reviews all around the world hitting the “Top 10 Albums of the year” in many magazines and webzines and, sincerely, we did not expected it!!! We played in a lot of shows here in Italy with great names of the Italian and international Heavy Metal scene as for example Vicious Rumors, Warbringer, Raw Power, Master, Death Mechanism, etc. We also played around Europe in a tour with our friends Asgard. This summer we will play at the Headbangers Open Air in Germany and more shows are going to be confirmed also outside Italy for this year, so… stay tuned!
BFM:Can you tell me about the band's releases that came out before this Debut?
Ziro: We recorded a zero-budget-3-tracks demo at the beginning of 2009 in fact we’ve been “guinea pigs” for a friend who bought a recording set and he wanted to test it on us!!! Then, few months later, we recorded other songs that have been part of our EP called “Heavy Damage” that, fortunately, received good reviews all around the world! In 2011 someone believed that we released two Split-Albums with two Italian bands but this is not the truth. Or better, we should have release these two splits but they never came out because we entered the studio to record “For Humanity” that was, clearly, our priority.
BFM:How about the Experience in working "For Humanity" did it have any seriousness on recording session?
Game Over: For sure. During the recording sessions everyone tried to do them best. Fortunately Simone Mularoni, the guy who recorded, mixed and mastered our debut, is very expert and professional in this sector, he catched what sound we were looking for and he extrapolated the best from everyone of ourselves. Clearly, there have been also funny moments during the recording session days. For example, we were in a house rented in San Marino near where we recorded the album. During the evening the owner entered the house and he saw a real terrible scene… Sanso was combing Ziro’s hair!!! Then Ziro urged the poor owner to open the door of the bathroom… a voice that was coming out from the bathroom was saying “come in, come in!” … he did it… he opened the door… yeah, the situation was very frightening… then, when the door was opened, he saw Reno completely naked under the shower making love with the near sink!!! Ahahahahah! It was a comic situation! We laughed until we cried!! But not the poor owner…
BFM:Which brand of Instruments that Each members are used and endorsed?
Game Over: Reno uses an Ltd and Rickenbaker 4003 bass, a Peavey amplifier and his fingers;
Ziro uses an american Jackson RR5 and an Ibanez RG series guitar with a Peavey 5150 guitar head, Wah-Wah “Cry Baby” guitar effect;
Sanso uses a LTD and a Washburn guitar;
Vender uses Tama Rockstar drums and Paiste Cymbals. But anybody has an endorsement contract with a Brand.
BFM:Did the band members have another Band or Project up to GAME OVER?
Ziro: Yeah, Reno plays also in a great Heavy/Speed Metal band called Asgard, they are the pride of New Italian Heavy Metal! Vender played in many other bands of his region as for example Violence Spread (Thrash Metal). Sanso played in another Italian thrash band for few months (Sacrificator) and Ziro in some local bands. Actually Ziro and Sanso plays in an Hardcore Punk project for fun.
BFM:Who did the artwork on this Material? ,I think was raw ,straight-forward for Thrash!
Ziro: I drawed the artwork after we had the idea. Then we gave the proof to a friend who re-drawed it and coloured it because I suck! We take the chance to thank this friend!
BFM:What's the main lyric theme of this album?
Ziro: have two main lyrical themes: stupid and serious. For example, in Another Dose Of Thrash or Tupa Tupa Or Die we speak about what’s being metalheads, to make party and other bullshits like these. Evil Clutch is about the best-worst Italian Horror film of the whole cinema history and then there’s the serious current. In Bleeding Green we tell on the environmental devastation and exploitation, War Of Nations tells about the control of the masses by the media and Abyss of a Needle is the story of a drug addicted.
BFM:What is the reason that you've Named the band "GAME OVER"? have you got this name from VDO Games or something else?
Ziro: Strike, man! Ahahahah! Yeah, our name reflects our passion for vintage videogames, but it reflects also our devotion for the first album of one of the greatest Thrash bands of the world, a masterpiece!
BFM:Who did the solo in this Album? ,I heard many solos in "Mountains Of Madness"
Ziro: Solos are played by both guitarists but in mountains of Madness there is a guest. The third solo is played by Simone Mularoni.
BFM:In your childhood ,who is your Idols that made you come to listen and play metal?
Game Over:
Ziro: A lot of bands! Thanks to my father's rock albums I discovered many Hard Rock, Heavy Metal and Punk bands. So my first idols were Led zeppelin, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Stranglers, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Dire Straits, Jimi Hendrix, Luciano Ligabue (an Italian songwriter). Then I discovered by myself many other bands -Heavy Metal and not- who became my idols… but EDDIE VAN HALEN is the best guitarist of all time in my opinion!
Vender: Obviously we are inspired by all the main metal bands in the world. Metallica, Megadeth and so on are masters for everybody. Personally Dave Lombardo, Charlie Benante and Mike Portnoy taught me how to play drums but I think that everybody takes something from every good musician.
BFM:Did your Parent have any opinion about playing Thrash Music and touring?
Game Over:
Vender: Personally my parents don’t like Metal and they don’t like that I’m a drummer of a thrash metal band. So last year, when I joined to Game Over, I killed them after I turned in a werewolf. Now they can’t tell me nothing!
Ziro: At the beginning of this “adventure” my parents were a bit “studded” because in my family no one ever played in a band, especially in an Heavy Metal band that plays the blasphemic and satanic music of hell! … Ahahaha! Said that, they understood that playing in Game Over is one of the coolest things in the world and it’s an opportunity to visit places of the world playing our music… but it's also a chance to impregnate as many girls as I can and spread my breed. That's the real reason I play in Game Over and it's the same for the other guys
BFM:Where is your most favorite show that you have played on GAME OVER
Vender: I think that a good show depends by the city where we play. We love to play and we played in many cities in the North of Italy. But probably our favourite event was the European tour with our friends Asgard!
BFM:Can you Introduction me the great Italian metal bands that you met on the tour? (not just Thrash bands)
Vender: Italy has a lot of great bands. This last years some italian metal bands began to play around theEurope and this is great because there are a lot of killer bands here. I can name Asgard, Final Fright, Ruler, Walpurgis Night, National Suicide, Sign of the Jackal, Endovein, and a lot of bands of the “My Graveyard Productions” family.
BFM:Before the show. Do you have any exercise and warm-up your body?
Vender: Yeah, of course. We usually unite our naked bodies and sing together “Macho Man” of Village people. I know that Ziro does footing all around the Live Club, than he eats 6 eggs and finally he makes stretching exercises. Than we are ready to play! No serious we can’t tell you what we do before the show or I have to kill you!
BFM:How about the Metal Scene on Italty since 2000 'til now?
Ziro: we were born in 2008, so about the italian thrash metal scene of the early years of 21st century we can’t tell you too much. But we can say that around 2005 the scene took life with bands such as National Suicide, Warmonger, Insane, and many others. Now the scene is still alive with and I think it could rival with the other European scenes, but the Italian one needs more aggregation. In fact here in Italy there’s a scene in Turin, there is a scene inMilan, there is a scene in Genoa, in Padua, in Venice and in other Italian regions and cities with a lot of heavy metal fans. But there isn’t a “National Scene”. So our scene isn’t compact. Yeah, sometimes someone of the Milan’s scene goes to a concert in Venice, but these are rare cases. But don’t misunderstand me, we play in Italy since 4 years and this scene is our family… but it’s getting tight and we feel the needing to play outside our nation
BFM:Your 5 Best fucking Metal albums of all time
Ziro: These are mine: Rust In Peace, 1984, Ride the Lightning, Heaven and Hell, Operation Mindcrime and Empire (they are both awesome, I cannot choose!)… and, obviously, Game Over!!!
BFM:As we are Beer Friendly Music Group So I have to ask this question ,What's the best delicious Beer in Italy?
Vender: Brirra Moretti is the best Italian beer, there’s no doubts. But there’s a lot of other beers as Nastro Azzurro, Forst, Kiefer, Peroni and many more underground beers! So you can choose what you prefer!
BFM:Almost done ,and this is from my own mind ,What is the nice places for visiting in Italy?
Game Over: Oh our drummer works in an hotel in Alba di Canazei near Trento so if you like the mountains (of madness) you can go there. Special price for every reader of Beer Friendly Music! There aren’t better places to visit inItaly so come on people the phone is already hot! But also the most famous Italian city Rome is beautiful, and our homecity Ferrara, a 1300-years old beautiful medieval city!
BFM:Now This is the last question, give some shouts,introduce some touring info ,promote your Album.
Vender: So, we are preparing the shows for this year. As I told before this summer we will play at the Headbangers Open Air in Germany. We will play also at Sun Valley Metal fest in june and more shows will be announced soon. We are also finishing to write the songs for the new album and we think that we will enter in studio this summer. It will be killer!! Anyway just take a look to our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/#!/GameOverThrashMetal) for more details and infos about our shows and everything else. Thank you very much to everybody and we hope to see you on the road, upon the stage headbanging with us!!!
Stay tuned guys, and keep on thrashin’!!!
BFM:Hi Cederick! ,I want you to greeting our fans and readers of this interview here.
Ced: Hello everybody!
BFM:How's feel after the Rocka Rolla's first rehearsal?
Ced: If we're talking about the first rehearsal as a "full band" it was a big relief for me to see that this can actually work out for real, at last!
BFM:How's the feedback from the media on various albums of your bands?
Ced: It's generally quite good and that's cool. I do however tend to think some reviews are overrating the two first albums, especially the first one. They are fun and quite good but I know we have so much more to offer than just being some other "retro band" like the rest of the recent bands. We will have the influences from the 80s but try to evolve our sound a lot more so we don't sound like another Riot or Judas Priest copy band.
BFM:Is it difficult to record every instruments by yourself?
Ced: Sometimes, since I don't practice drums regularly. Guitar is easy for me, but I wanna live in a house so I can practice and record everything at home and not having to go to rehearsal room to do that. It's not a big deal but I wanna record as much as I can and cannot do that with this situation haha.
BFM:Which Programs, Guitar & Bass Brand? and the Drums are programmed or actually Acoustic Drums?
Ced: Drums are real for sure! I do some "light trigging" tho. I always record real drums but have about 50% triggers on kicks and snare, sometimes toms. Sometimes no triggers at all, it depends on the sound I'm after. I only have one guitar at the moment and it's a custom ordered Warmoth guitar, which I only use for solos. I have another guitar I have borrowed from my dad that is perfect for rhythm recording, it's an old modded Fender Musicmaster with a humbucker in the bridge. I'm going to order a new Warmoth build as soon as I can so he can get his guitar back hahaha! My bass is an Ibanez Roadbass which is quite rare.
BFM:If someone asks you what the difference between the Blazon Stone, Mortyr Rocka Rollas. How can you explain to them?
Ced: Well Rocka Rollas is my main band, that's for sure. Blazon Stone is a 90s Running Wild worship project and nothing more than that really.
BFM:How did you discovered Heavy Metal?
Ced: Well, I think it may have been when I was 10 and watched MTV and they played Iron Maidens video to the song Out Of The Silent Planet, and then I actually got the Brave New World CD for christmas that year and it's STILL my favorite album! I still listen to it a lot, almost 14 years later. That album will follow me to the grave for sure!
BFM:Have a Parent on the Background?
Ced: None of my parents are really into metal.
BFM:Can you give a name of swedish fine Beer?
Ced: Acually I quitted alcohol drinking a long time ago, and back then I didn't care what brand it was as long as I got drunk as fuck. Haha!
BFM:Ok! My Question's up now, is your turn to make shout,
promote your bands and so on!
Ced: Well thanks for the interview! Right now I'm off to mix some drums for the upcoming split EP with Rocka Rollas and Blazon Stone, haha! It's going to be a hell of a record. Totally awesome from start to finish!
BFM:Hi Julz! would you like to greeting to our readers.
Julz: Hello all! Thanks for reading my interview and hopefully you have a tasty alcoholic beverage in your hands as you do!
BFM:How was the show in 2010s decade, Is it different from 2000s? (Thrash is Back era)
Julz: Well it depends on how you look at it. If you mean from a fan perspective I think yes the shows are better attended and overall there is a more 'proud to be metal' vibe around. I remember going to see bands like Megadeth and Slayer in the early 2000's and I think those bands still had about the same amount of attendance and didn't have much to worry about being at their caliber. Bands even a step down below that I think it is a notable difference in better crowds now though.
BFM:After the album release of "Awaiting Evil" you band looks to be silenced back then. could you tell me what is happen in between 2009 - 2011, And what are you doing at that time?
Julz: Hatchet has gone through a few major transformations in terms of members. The time between 2009 - 2011 we actually were quite busy but just not in terms of an album or much advertised publicity. We actually did 2 US tours in that time on a smaller scale and booking our shows for that. Once mid 2011 hit we finally had a solid and proper lineup and that's when things started to really take shape again and an album and more started to become a reality again.
BFM:As I can remember, you have got another Bassist in Band, Right?
Julz: Since Dawn of the End was released yes we lost the bass player that recorded and toured with us after that. Currently we have a friend filling in for us and that may become permanent. We just have to see how it works mutually after these 2 current tours we are on.
BFM:How about the Experience in working "Dawn of the End"? I think the sounds in that album is very similiar to "Awaiting Evil".
Julz: Well I hope you mean in the good ways not the latter. Haha. Yes there are similarities but you are actually one of the few people to not tell me that it sounds completely different. In my opinion everything about Dawn of The End crushes Awaiting Evil. The recording experience was way better and I think the bands musicians are way better as well. It did take much longer than I wanted to get the album done and out but that was due to lineup changes and then the waiting you have to do once it's recorded and then goes to the label for all that they have to do.
BFM:Is it difficult to work with the new Line-up? Because you are the Only one original member of the Band.
Julz: Actually no, as I mentioned earlier the musicians we have now are much better, more creative and much more dedicated to the band than any members before. It is very difficult to be a touring musician these days and I give much credit to these guys I have with me now. It takes a lot of work and little pay off in the end.
BFM:At that time, you are the sole lead guitar, but now you shared it with Clark Webb, how was it feel?
Julz: The feeling is great! Having 2 guitars that solo and can share harmony leads is great! It opens up a whole other playing field to work with. Currently we are in the early stages of writing our third album and he has been contributing a lot of material which is great and a load off of me! I love it!
BFM:What is the Concept of "Dawn of the End"?
Julz: No specific concept. Basically kind of an 'end of the world feel'. I always like dark and catastrophic themes for metal. I feel that is the mental image of metal and that's just basically where I went with it. In the song Dawn of the End it basically paints that picture. Like the end of all things mankind. You can hear it in the lyrics. All mankind who did not fear will all die, troops lining the streets to kill all human kind. METAL!
BFM:Which is your favorite songs?
Julz: I'd have to say the title track is probably my favorite because it is the first song that has a slower feel and more of a Megadeth kind of vibe. I have never written anything like that before and I really like it. It leaves a lot of room to just rock out, especially live. Vanishing Point is probably my second favorite.
BFM:What is the Best & Worst things that happen on you Live show?
Julz: Best thing is when we open to a crowd who really has not heard us much before and we totally win them over. At the beginning they're standing with their arms crossed. The. They start nodding, the. Head banging and then full on pitting or just going nuts! We had a lot of that happen last year on our Soilwork tour.
Worst thing is doing something onstage and it messes you up or you trip onstage or do something stupid when you don't intend it. A couple examples would be head banding next to Clark and my hair gets caught in his guitar headstock. Being so drenched in sweat and not having time to wipe it off and it gets in my eyes mouth etc. also when I'm going nuts and head banging and i come up to the mic to sing and a big chunk of hair gets sucked into my mouth. That is probably the worst.
BFM:When did you get into Metal Music?
Julz: Probably when I was around 9 or 10. I remember buying the Black Album from Metallica and I really liked it. I thought that was as heavy as it gets. Then I remember being dragged to a thrift store with my grandparents a couple years later. I was looking a bin of old cassette tapes. I saw one labeled Metallica so I bought it. It ended up being Master of Puppets. The opening song Battery came on and that was the fist thrash metal song I heard. I was hooked from there on. Then came Slayer, Megadeth etc....
BFM:Who is your Heroes in Thrash Metal?
Julz: I'd probably have to say Testament. They are probably my favorite in Thrash and they are from the Bay Area as we'll so it's kind of a cool thing. They have a lot of influence on my writing style and Alex Scholnick is just amazing!
BFM:List your 5 best albums of all time.
Julz: I'd probably take another 5 months to get you this answer so I will just list 5 albums that were critical to me in my development in metal.
-Metallica- Master of Puppets
-Slayer- Reign in Blood
-Testament- The Legacy
-Arch Enemy- Stigmata
-Skid Row- Slave to the Grind
BFM:As we are Beer Friendly Music Group So I have to ask this question ,What's the best delicious Beer in Bay Area?
Julz: Wowwwww that would be another question that I can spend all day answering. We'll for me I like Great White from Lost Coast Brewery. It's not really in the Bay Area but close.
BFM:Okay! this is our last question, is there any chance to play in South East Asia?
Julz: Yes there is a chance. We just secured a USA booking agency for us so hopefully the rest of the world is next....!
Thanks for the interview. Cheers and Beers to all!
-Julz
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