No Fashion Records is a label that could have done it very good if Tomas had put his soul into this. I´m not saying this is a bad company but it could have been far better. Releases to mention are Marduk and Dissection, two of Swedens best bands. I guess the interview will say the rest. Any bands you have signed recently, and what releases can we expect from you in the near future? - Yes, I have just signed Merciless from Sweden, and they will be out with their 3rd album in the middle of December, and it will be called "Unbound". Also I have signed Bay Laurel, a band that sounds like Fields of the Nephilim, they are a real killer band. Watch out for their coming album in 1994!! Then we have a band called Miscreant, who plays melodious Death Metal with a touch of some killer heavy Metal riff!! How is the distribution for No Fashion Records? - From now on, I shall have my own distribution, like: House of Kicks (Swe), Voices (Nor), Spinefarm (Fin), Apocalypse (Portugal), Semaphore (Germany, Austria) and so on!! It is better so!! Does house of Kicks pay all your expenses? - No!! What a rumour! It seems like you owe Fester quite a lot of money. Any comments? - The thing with Fester is quite tragic! The cd with Fester have sold soon 2000 copies, and when the cd came out, they were over here to get 150 copies to sell for them self! And that is around 15000 Skr, but they lost the cd´s to some fucking tax people, and now 100 cd´s lost, so I owe them 5000 Skr, and they will get their money when we have sold exactly 2000 copies, ok??!! Why was the Katatonia album postponed? - Because of trouble with money, but when you read this, the cd´s with both Dissection and Katatonia have been out for a while. You were supposed to release Satyricon´s LP/CD. What happened? - Yes, but it was problem with money, I couldn´t pay their studio cost, and now I don´t know what will happen. I will really release that lp/cd, but I think they have signed with another label, or?? How has your releases sold till now? Are you pleased with your debut release, Bestial Summoning´s "The Dark war has began"? - Marduk is the bestseller, that album has sold over 4000 copies now!! About the release with Bestial, I will forget it. It was a bloody mistake!! Only 750 copies of that one was sold!! When will the Dissection album, "The Somberlain", be out? Will you release anything by Throne of Ahaz or Lemegethon? - Dissection´s "The Somberlain" is out now when you guys read this! Order that one, ´cause it fucking rules!! Lemegethon will we not release something with! And the album with Throne of Ahaz will be out in December/January!! It´s been a long time since I´ve heard something about Putrefaction. What is happening with this mag? - Well, Putrefaction is still alive! The new issue, which will be my 8th, shall be out in March/April ´94. And it will be the best issue so far. Look out for it!! Last words? - Thanx for this great interview! I want to say hello to all Norwegian Black Metal maniacs, keep the true spirit alive! Cheers!! Legalize it!!! |