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Can you tell about your band? Slamophiliac has become more a psuedonym for myself when it comes to producing and making music among many projects such as one that shares the name Slamophiliac, others like Spilling Entrails, Necroexophilia, Hypogenital Reformectomy, Nervectomy, and some other stuff I do just for fun. As it is for Slamophiliac the band, its more or less a fun slamming death metal project. Nothing more, nothing less.

Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band? Since I am the only member of the band Slamophiliac, it is safe to say that I do everything for the band, and I am from San Antonio, Texas over in the USA.

What was the ambitions of the band when you started? When Slamophiliac started it was more a joke band. I and at the time good friend Todd Gore would write songs about ridiculous news stories we read. But when Todd decided to fund my first full-length (2013's Aborted Into Absolute Inexistence) I decided it was maybe time to take the band a bit more seriously.

Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you? If you're a fan of slamming death metal you know what Slamophiliac sounds like and what I bring to the table. I do occasionally dabble in downtempo deathcore elements, but as a whole, I am very much a slam man.

Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics? Being a one man band, I write and record everything myself. A few songs of mine do have lyrics written by others such as "Human Maggot Colony" from my demo written by Todd Gore.

What's good/bad with the band?/What genre do you feel you are? I am very much a slamming death metal guy, and that can be a downfall as slam is generally not a genre that allows for much innovation. I try my best with fusing in some of the deathcore elements, and some influences from standard brutal death metal.

Why did you pick that particular style?/What are your songs about? I play slam because I am a Slamophiliac. haha. Generally my songs are lyricless, but I generally base the songtitles on the most fucked up things I can come up with.

Do you write your own material or mainly covers? I have been called a machine many times for how many songs I can pump out one after the other. Across all of my projects, I've done 4 full-length records in less than a year. The only cover across those 4 full-length records is "Rancid Diarrhea Pussy" which was a song from an old project of mine that I wrote everything for as well so is that really a cover?

Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they? I've made many albums includeing 2 Slamophiliac full-lengths (2013's Aborted Into Absolute Inexistence and 2014's Slam Obsessed), as well as Spilling Entrails' "Slamosaurus Rex" and Necroexophilia's "Frantic Visions of a Xenogod". There is also a Slamophiliac split CD with a band I'm not at liberty to mention yet, and a Hypogenital Reformectomy full-length coming soon.

Do you have any clips on YouTube? As far as I know all of my records, save those that are not yet released, are on youtube in full.

How old are you?/What got you started in music? I turn 20 on July 29th, 2014. I started in music nearly a decade ago playing saxophone in school, but when it comes to making music on my own, I'm wasn't, and still aren't, a rich man so I couldn't buy music, so I tried to make my own. Its amazing that other people like it too.

At what age did you start playing? I was 15 when I started making my own music. But when I started playing music I was 10 or 11 back in school.

What year was the band started? Slamophiliac was started in October of 2013.

What are the plans for the rest of the year? Well, I have a few releases set to come out by the end of this year, including Necroexophilia's "Frantic Visions of a Xenogod" on Brutal Gear, as well as the Slamophiliac split CD I mentioned earlier also on Brutal Gear, and a re-release of my 1st record (2013's Aborted Into Absolute Inexistence) out on CDN Records later this year. Finishing the reocrding of Hypogenital Reformectomy's full-length, and maybe starting on a 2nd Spilling Entrails album. That is just what's planned. Its only July so more is bound to come up.

What are your goals with your music? My goal in life was to have an album put out on physical CD on a label. Now that I've done that many times over, I guess its about doing the same thing over and over again, but bigger and better every time.

When did you decide to go all in for the music? I really fell in love with playing music when I was back in school. You only had 3 options at the school I went to, band, orchestra and choir. Orchestra was too expensive and choir was gay so band it was. haha

Is it easier to get your inspiration from older bands or from bands more modern? With slamming death metal I feel we all copy each other now a days. That's certainly true of myself, I get inspiration by seeing my peers in slamming death metal making music of their own and I hope they get inspired by my music too.

What are your sources of inspiration? Like I said in the last question, my fellow slamming death metal bands. But I ocasionally get some inspiration from other sources. Before I got into metal I was a big fan of the 1900-1940's American big band music, sometimes I get ideas from that stuff.

What's the first step when making a new song? Drums. I always program drums first unless I have a badass riff in mind then I'll try to work that in, but I always start with the drums because they are the foundation of rock music. If you have solid drum parts, guitar riffs will come easy.

How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums? Finacially it is actually better for people do download my music legally. Because that money goes right to me without having to account for shipping costs and production costs. When it comes to illegal downloading, that doesn't bother me because up until December of 2013 everything I put out was for free download anyway.

What would be your dreams for the band? Honestly, I'd like for my music to get more widely known to where I can live solely off my music, but seeing as I play more undergound music and I'm not a touring act, I don't see that happening.

Besides your own music, what genres and bands do you listen to? I am a huge fan of other people that write and record their own music. Not just in death metal, but in all music. I'm also big fan of the 1900's-1940's American big band music. I often go to jazz festivals, since there is one just about every weekend in San Antonio, Texas.

What would be your greatest fears for the future? Losing an arm and not being able to make this stuff anymore. haha.

Have you been part of any other projects? I've mentioned all the active ones by now, but some of my past projects have been Perverse Imagery, Anal Bush, Slam Induced Groove, etc.

What do you work with outside of the band and the music? The job market in America is shit right now as it is in most of the world I'm sure. So as it is right now the money I make from my music is the only income I have so I don't do much else than make music.

What would you do if there was no music? If I didn't make music or if music didn't exist? I suppose either way I'd probably be a bum living of my grandparents dime.

How important are your fans? Oh man, the fans are so important to me. The fans literally feed me. Like I said before my only income is my music.

What's the funniest/most memorable thing a fan has done for you? The most memorable thing is Todd Gore releasing my first album on Brutal Gear. Without that, I'd still be giving away my music for free to 15 people that didn't want to hear it anyway. haha

Name 2 of your own songs you like at the moment? It is a curse of being an artist, you very rarely like your own work because all you see are the things that are wrong with your work. But in terms of my favorites right now, probably a song off Necroexophilia's "Frantic Visions of a Xenogod" called "Insanity Caused by an Extraterrestrial Bacterium". It has such groove. And one of my oldest songs "Rancid Diarrhea Pussy". It was the first song I wrote that I felt was actually good.

What do you feel is the best live band you've seen? Cemetery Rapist by far. Clay is the reason Slamophiliac exists. After discovering him I saw that you can actually make your own music by yourself. The dude was also really cool to hang with.

What drives a band that isn't all that famous and renowned to try to make a living on their music and to keep playing? Very little if you ask me. It kind of sucks to work very hard on your music just to see very few people dig it or to see labels making money off your back. Thankfully for me, I haven't seen many people hating on my music and all the labels I've worked with so far have been realy good to me.

Do you have any webpages? Yes, you can find me on Facebook, Bandcamp, and Bigcartel. Links below

Any pearls of wisdom for all other bands out there? Just make the music you want to. Don't think that being on a label is the end all be all for a band. Don't think that you absolutely have to tour, and don't think that you absolutely have to make merch. In the end a band with 10 shirt designs on a label with no music is still a band with no music.

How do you view the musicindurty of today? From what I've seen with the music industry is that when you are on a label, the label doesn't give you money but will give you a portion of whatever product they create for you to sell on your own. For me, it would be cool if the labels lower the amount of the product in exchange for covering costs such as artwork, studio costs and such.

What are the biggest obstacles for a band? A big obstacle for me is that I produce everything myself. I'm pretty good after 4 years at producing but in the end I'm still an amateur.

What is your favorite crappy instrument? By far a First Act brand guitar. I had one for a bit and the pinch harmonics on it sounded so good haha.

What was one of the most quarrelsome times for you in the band? Every moment is a struggle with myself. Am I doing the right thing? Am I making the right music for my fans? All sorts of things. Really I am my own worst enemy, and I think that is true of a lot of my fellow artists out there.

Do you have anything to add? If I as an artist interest you (the reader of this interview) feel free to check out any of the projects I'm involved in they've all been mentioned throughout the interview. Keep it chill.