[INTERVIEWS]

My first introduction to Last Days of Humanity was through their godly song "Intoxicated" on the second Razorback Records compilation. I quickly purchased the Hymns of Indigestible Suppuration CD from Billy at Razorback and was promptly and utterly blown away by the sheer brutality of the album! It's by far one of the best goregrind/grindcore releases this year and of all fucking time! Erwin de Wit (bass/vox) was kind enough to answer a set of questions I posed upon him. . .

Eternal Frost: Okay, why don't we start off with a simple background on LDOH. You guys have released a lot of stuff - how about giving a run-down of the band's discography?
Erwin: I'll keep this answer short because it's a fuckin' bore anyway. For now, we've done two CDs on Bones Brigade (The Sound of Rancid Juices Sloshing around Your Coffin and Hymns of Indigestible Suppuration). We've also done five split sevens on different labels. Our latest release is a split with Morgue on Evil Biker Records and our split with Cock and Ball Torture on Fleshfeast Productions. In a few months, our split with Sanity's Dawn will be released on Bones Brigade. There is also a split 7" with Holland's masters in hatred and gore, Stoma, planned early January 2001. Our line-up at the moment is Erwin (bass), William (guitar/vocals) and Marc (drums/vocals).

Where did you find all the sick-ass pictures that adorn the CD's booklet?? Who's responsible for the layout and stuff for the CD?
We've taken most of the pictures from the internet, like everyone else I guess. Sometimes we find some shit in some magazines, but most of the time the internet will work out just fine. For our split CD with Sanity's Dawn, lord porno Herr Sascha Pahlke of CBT will do the layout and the pictures will be from the internet again, but they will be a little sicker this time.

You achieved a fucking godly production/sound on the new CD! Did it take long to get everything set up and to record the album? Was the entire record recorded in one day??
Uh. . .we aren't very happy with the sound [Blasphemy!!! --goden], but we are never pleased with our sound after all is done. We always have a problem with mixing and everything, so we have asked around for letting someone else do this part for us. The set-up for the recording was done in no time. The recordings were done in two days. Mixing also took two days due to some problems.

"Defleshed by Flies" is one of the coolest goregrind songs EVER!! What are your favorite songs from the new album? What are your favorites to play live?
Dead Infection's Chapter of Accidents - all songs are my favorites ever. None from us, but I for live [shows], I think "The Ecstasy of Swallowing Torso Feces" would be my favorite (This song is on our split 7" with Morgue). Also the songs on our split with Sanity's DAwn are all in the vein of "Defleshed by Flies" split 7". The best song from our latest record is "Reeking Mush beneath Each Cavity" (I think!!).

To what bands would you credit the creation of goregrind? Who are your current faves? The latest Reinfection and Sanity's Dawn CDs are bad-ass!
At this moment, I think Hippie Blood Bastards are god and Neuropathia also kicks ass. I do like Sanity's Dawn a lot - you should hear their new stuff. Reinfection's CD isn't my kind of music, but their demo fuckin' kills!!! Machetazo is also god!!

LDOH has appeared on both of Razorback Records' compilation CDs. How did you meet Billy Nocera? Has LDOH participated in a lot of comps? What do you think of Razorback Records? It's one of my favorite labels right now!
For both of Razorback Records' comp CDs, Nicolas (Bones Brigade) did all the stuff for us. I've been in contact with Billy since we've done an interview for his magazine [I Spit on Your Grave]. We also appear on the Wizards of Gore: A Tribute to Impetigo CD on Razorback. We covered "Revenge of the Scabbyman" in our own sickening way. And, yes, Razorback is releasing a lot of sickness these days. Hail to him and his girl!!

I was wondering what movies the samples on the CD are from? It sounds like a couple are from Fulci's Zombie and Gates of Hell and another is from Dr. Butcher, but I can't place the others. What are some of your favorite gore/splatter flicks? Are there a lot of video stores that rent out that stuff in your city?
Some intros are from Traces of Death and some other movies - I can't remember them at this moment. There aren't many video stores in my town where you can rent these movies (Fulci's and Argento's stuff are easy to get). For more brutal stuff, you can go to bigger cities; there you will find more stuff like Necromantik, Aftermath and other stuff. But more sicker stuff I always buy in Germany. My favorite videos are The Blood and the Blossom (Guinea Pig series), Faces of Gore and Aftermath.

What can you tell me about where you live? Do you enjoy living in The Netherlands? I wish America would adopt the drug laws you guys have. Do you visit the "red light" districts? Have you ever been to America?
Legalize dope and there will be less problems. I've visited the red light district in Amsterdam once, I think, but that was a long time ago. Every city is a red light district. As long as there are bitches enough, why pay for them? The place I live isn't big, but it isn't too bad to live here. There are places enough to go out at night as long as you don't mind the shitty music they play there. For the rest, it's okay.

Is the metal scene strong in your area? I know Rotterdamn, Holland has a huge scene. Do you get many tours through your area? How often does LDOH play live? How do the crowds respond? Do your shows get really crazy?
There are many shows in Holland, but in my area, there are only a few places where metal bands can play once a year. In holland there aren't many grindcore bands. The only ones I can mention are Stoma, My Mind's Mine, Hippie Blood Bastards, Suppository and that's about it, I think. There are also some death metal bands, but I ain't much into that shit. There are a lot of hardcore bands and they fulfill almost all the shows around here. In Rotterdam they have a place called "De Baroeg" and this is one of the most famous places to play in Holland. LDOH plays about twice a month, mostly in Holland, Belgium and Germany and about once a year in France.

Hymns. . . is your second CD for Bones Brigade. How did you hook up with them? Have they treated the band well? Are they promoting LDOH heavily? Are there any plans to release either of your full-lengths on vinyl? A gatefold LP version of Hymns. . . would be totally putrid!!
We met Nicolas some years ago. Because Moonlight Records wasn't able to release our first CD, Nicolas offered to do it. He has done a lot for us over the years. He's been treating us really great - nothing but compliments for what he's been doing for us. He's been very busy promoting LDOH, like for the stuff on Razorback Records and some other compilation stuff he did for us. He's been doing some French interviews for us. The only shitty thing about this is that we can't read French, so we don't know what the fuck he's been telling about us. We've been talking about putting the Hymns. . . CD on vinyl but it's very expensive to release vinyl, so it will take some more time before it will be out.

On the new release front, you're rumored to be doing a split CD with Germany's goregrind gods Sanity's Dawn! Tell me about this? Who approached whom about doing it? What label will be releasing it?
I met Christoph [guitarist of Sanity's Dawn] at a festival and we were still looking for a band to do our split CD with. He told me that he had some recordings that he could use, so we were very pleased to do this split with them. Both bands are very pleased. Bones Brigade will release it (as usual - this little scary alien is working his little butt off for us. . . hahaha!!).

Why don't you wrap this up by telling people what all merchandise you have available and what's in the works for LDOH in the coming months? When can a third LP be expected? Thanks so much for doing this interview! Keep on grinding!!
Well, here's a little list of shit we've got for sale:
The Sound of Rancid Juices. . . CD Hymns of Indigestible. . . CD Hymns of Indigestible. . . t-shirts $16ppd

For upcoming releases, just write or send me an email. Some stuff that will be out soon is LDOH/CBT split 7", LDOH/Sanity's Dawn split CD, LDOH/Stoma split 7". Watch out for our upcoming record on Bones Brigade sometime next year and our split CD with NVE [??] also sometime next year. Thanks a million times to you!

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