Interview for DEATHTHRASHER MAGAZINE by ARMANDO MUTILATOR : 

Hello,

Thanks for your interest, please find below the interview.

DT: Hello WOLFGANG, how are you?. 
CC: Dear ARMANDO. I have been better and I have been worse I suppose.
Who cares, anyway.

DT: Do you like the Old Heavy Metal?. 
CC: Nowadays I rarely listen to Metal at all anymore. I only enjoy playing it myself.
Of course I still like IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST and some more, but not many. I am not a fan of music genres, I always only like certain groups and not all groups that sound the same or imitate.
CELTIC FROST, BATHORY I enjoy, too, sometimes.
But generally I am into other types of music.

DT: Who designed the cover from your "In Melancholy" (CD 1993)?. 
CC: It is a picture taken from a movie, but it is up to you to find out from which.
A movie about fate, death, prophecies and mourning. Subjects that fit the CC ideology very well! I wouldn't take such a picture now for a cover but it seemed appropriate at that time. We can`t change our history anyway.

DT: What memories do you have about your "Eisbär 90210" (MCD 1995) ?. 
CC: Only good ones, though it is a rather strange record.
We toyed with electronics and maybe went too far. I still like the acoustic guitar based songs. So it was a sort of clash between Apocalyptic Death Folk and EBM/Techno, which of course was not very commercial. But we defined way back then that we do what WE want and not what is within the confines of general acceptability. It was the first weird project and some more were to follow...... I still embrace the "do it yourself" ethic of doing everything on your own (= releasing records on your own label etc.) and trying to formulate your various ideas under one banner and not diverge into sideprojects or shit like that.
One band, one vision!

DT: Do you consider "For Love" I Said (CD 1995) like a great sucess? 
CC: None of our records was a great success. Commercial-wise. And none will be I guess......
I still like some of the songs from that record but am not very fond of its production, the mix could have been far far better.
But it defines a certain period of my life, one that I never want to revisit again.
Turmoil and finding one's self.

DT: How did the idea of Split CD with TODD DILLINGHAM?. 
CC: I simply liked his material and we intended to indulge in some psychedelic orientated Death Metal music, so this strange collaboration came about. The whole record is weird (again) and quite Death "Rock", nothing I would want to do ahain now, but as everything else, it seemed fitting at the time and I still like it.
But it is over.

DT: Were you into Punk Rock? What do you think of the Punk Rock Scene of the Late 70’s?. 
CC: CC and certainly I like some Punk music, though I can hardly formulate any opinion about the Punk scene of the late 70ies, because I simply was way too young then. I like the SEX PISTOLS, although I more like the prsona of JOHN LYDON aka JOHNNY ROTTEN than their music. But his singing and the lyrics were brilliant.
Punk music I still like is THE EXPLOITED (especially their new "Metal"-like stuff is ultra brutal), BAD RELIGION (because GREG GRAFFIN is the best melodic Punk singer ever), THE MISFITS.

DT: What topics do you consider in your current lyrics?. 
CC: Getting away.
From everything. 

DT: Do you like PUNGENT STENCH?. 
CC: I don't listen to their music but it is a fine band and we are friends, so I like them!

DT: Do you remember your "Nostalgia" (Diary 1990 - 1999) (MC 2001) tell me about this gem?. 
CC: It was released only in Belarus and Russia etc. A compilation tape collecting our better songs from that period.
It is just obscure and we like obscure things!

DT: Tell us about your full length "The Lesser Travelled Seas" (CD 2001) 
CC: So far our best full length release and already old!
We are working on a new record now, but we work slow. Slow but deep.
"The Lesser Travelled Seas" is quite good realized though I would like to have some improvements in production and mix.
I still like the songs. It also was our critically most acclaimed work. We build on that one.

DT: Do you have the recordings from old times availables?. 
CC: You can see what is available direct from us here:
http://www.cadaverouscondition.com/merchandise.html
All our material is officially deleted so I don`t think you can get/order it through regular shops anymore. Of course you can find various releases of ours through the internet.
But due to the record labels we have been on going out of business and/or being unable to do a decent and good job, we are not widely known.

DT: What can you talk me about the CD-r LIVE 2002?. 
CC: It was just a very limited run of CDrs we sold at a few gigs to celebrate 10+ years of live performances.

DT: What do you think about the Norwegian Black Metal Scene and about Anton Szandor La Vey? 
CC: I used to be very interested in LaVey and the Church of Satan once, but nearly all my interest has gone.
The first backlash I got was when I sent money to them to subscribe to the Cloven Hoof magazine, but NEVER got a single copy!
And no replies after I had enquired etc. They got the money for sure.
Then years and years later after LaVey died, I got a letter requesting money donations for the Black House which was on the verge of getting destroyed etc.
This was a fuck up.
Anyway, I have friends that are into the Church Of Satan but it is nothing for me. Like everything else it is only about money and after haveing lost LaVey it seems that the whole things drifts into obscurity.
To link this with the Norwegian Black Metal scene. I think Varg Vikernes did the same as I, he sent money to the CoS but got nothing what he ordered, at least that was what I read once.
So I am not alone.
I don`t really listen to Black Metal, but CC are surely much closer to Black Metal (music and ideology wise) than to the ususal Heavy / Death Metal cliches. Nevertheless I dislike keyboards in nearly every kind of Metal, especially if it sounds like orchestras and shit. Rondo Veneziano Metal I call it and hate it.
Pure riffs and heaviness is what we long for. Brutal simplicity. So Black Metal in that vein is fine to me. But no opera singers please!
I sang backing vocals on a song for FESTER once, the year that the killing took place in Norway.

DT: How do you describe your "What the Waves Were Always Saying" (CD 2003)?. 
CC: It was a special one off CD to celebrate the partial solar eclipse in Iceland and our 2 concerts there at the "Solmyrkvi" Festival. We gave it away for free and it was only available at those gigs in Reykjavik, Iceland. It came with a special booklet by Bill Drummond (KLF) who is one of the greatest artists and writers in the world.
Some songs from that CD will reappear in fresher versions on our next album.

DT: WOLFGANG talk me about your "The Pas Is ANother Country" (CD 2004). 
CC: This was a compilation CD originally done for Turkey, since our albums are not available there (like everywhere.....) and the regular albums would be far too expensive for the people there. Everything gets copied and bootlegged there, so we decided to make our own cheap version of a "Best Of" CD. And as a special present to all the Turkish people who have been so very kind to us.

DT: What do you know about Peruvian and South American Scene?. 
CC: Next to nothing.
I think you have a still very thriving and healhy underground movement and still enthusiasm and spirit.
We would LOVE to play live in your area, so if anyone is interested in booking some gigs with us, please get in touch immediately! ( starry@chello.at )

DT: What can you tell me about your Split 10" with CHANGES?. 
CC: Here is the promotional text for it:
Folk Noir band CHANGES and Death Metal individualists CADAVEROUS
CONDITION have collaborated on this strange and unique Split 10" vinyl.
CHANGES, forefathers of Apocalyptic Folk music fill one side with their beautiful ballads and poems and deliver their first new material in many years, sounding as strong as on their superb "Fire Of Life" album.
CADAVEROUS CONDITION on the other side offer a style that could be described as Death Folk, acoustic guitar songs with extreme vocals delivered with an equal passion.
At the heart of this collaboration is the song "Time": the singers of both bands joined together, performing a haunting Neofolk piece, perfectly melting their styles together. All this encircled by the violin of MATT HOWDEN (SIEBEN, SOL INVICTUS).
Another guest on one of the CC songs is RICHARD LEVIATHAN (OSTARA).
Now available from Eis & Licht Records ( http://www.eislicht.de )

DT: Your opinion about ALEISTER CROWLEY?. 
CC: I am still fascinated by him.
I like reading biographies about him more than his magickal works.
He is an interesting character and it is great that his ideas and his life are still known and widely spread today. His "Confessions" I treasure a lot, too.
I went to see his houses in Scotland and on Sicily which was great.

DT: Your fave European bands?. 
CC: Too many to mention, far too many, it would be a list of maybe about 30-50 bands.

DT: Which is the best Austrian band from ever?. 
CC: There is none.

DT: Which one do you think is the best CADAVEROUS CONDITION album?. 
CC: Always the next one

DT: Of all your productions, which one has given you the most satisfaction?. 
CC: Always the next one
so far: What The Waves Were Always Saying

DT: Your last growl for DEATHTHRASHER's Readers?. 
CC: Thank you for your interest.
Visit us at http://www.cadaverouscondition.com and listen to MP3s etc. etc.
Invite us to play in your country.

I must see Easter Island once! I will go there once, I know.

So why not Peru, too?