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Bagi saya pribadi, ini adalah suatu kebanggaan bisa mewawancarai salah satu band dari luar Indonesia. Mungkin bisa dibilang “kolot” banget bangga mewawancarai band luar negeri. Tapi itulah saya, sebuah pengalaman baru dan mendapatkan teman baru dari aktifitas ini :) dialah teman baru saya Andrew Ferris, yang dulunya merupakan personil dari band Symphony Blackened Metal asal Guam yaitu Hymn For The Torture. Memang bukan band ternama seperti Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir ataupun sekeren Chthonic. Tapi sangat senang dapat memperkenalkan music UG Indonesia kepada temanku ini :) sekarang Andrew Ferris aktif di band barunya Analdicktion (Goregrind) band asal Singapura. Semoga sukses kawan :)

Hello Hymn For The Tortured, I'm Matt Hammitius from Padang, Indonesia. How's the band now?
Hello! I think we are all good. I don't keep in contact with everyone as much anymore.

Did you ever know about Indonesia before??
Yes, of course! I am half-Singaporean, so I knew.

Is there any you know about metal music in Indonesia before?? and do you know Metal bands in Indonesia?
I know a lot, maybe too many. My favorite Indonesian bands are Proletar, Noxa, Jasad, Babi Liar, Revenge, Bleeding Corpse, Xenobiotic, Tenggorokan, Peace Or Annihilation.

Please introduce your band to the metalheads in Indonesia :)
We played from 2006-2008, and self-released two eps. Our music was mostly a mix of Symphonic Blackened Death, Melodic Death, Black Metal, non-trendy Metalcore with a few breakdowns here and there.

Frankly, I do not know anything about your band, I only ever saw your band in the Encyclopedia Metallum and download your songs
Because we never left Guam and toured. We all played this music when we were still in secondary school and this band only existed for 2 years.

If your band is still active?
No, we disbanded in 2008.

Metal is pretty exciting for the people in your country? what is the music that dominated there?
Reggae/Island and top-40 is the dominating music, there is no real interest in Metal besides a few people, maybe 20-40 or so people now haha!

If your band is still active, is interested in entertaining metalheads in Indonesia?
No, I don't think so. The band has been dead for a long time and I don't think most of the members would really care to save money and go tour Indonesia or even record a new album. We all live in different countries now too, so it would be impossible to get everyone together to tour. My main band is now Analdicktion (Brutal Death/Goregrind from Singapore) and we toured in Surabaya, Malang was the best place I've ever played in any band. Maybe we will be in Jakarta, Bandung next year.

Give a little Response for the webzine :)
Excellent site with many bands I have not heard before.

Tremendous appreciation for me to interview you, thank you very much. hopefully this can be memorable for you :) greetings from Indonesia :)
Thank you, hopefully I will see you in Indonesia in the future :)

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