Who are your heroes in the death metal scene from the
past, can you name 8 bands?
Max "Aside from Slayer that is something peerless and without any comparison
Morbid Angel, Entombed, Necrodeath, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Massacre, Pestilence,
Death and Obituary obviously of the early days!".
Tiziano "Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Asphyx, Autopsy, Bolt Thrower, Bloodbath
and Unleashed".
What are your favourite music styles besides death metal? You
listen traditional stuff too?
Tiziano "I use to listen a good amount of doom metal, a bit of black metal
and other genres quite far from metal like post punk and stuff like that. So
I don’t define myself a traditional one, at least much less than others".
Max "Iron Maiden is the top for heavy metal with early Queensryche, Dream
Theater, Fates Warning of "Parallels", Led Zeppelin, Alice In Chains,
Misfits, Danzig, Annihilator, Ten Years After led by one the fastest guitarist
ever Alvin Lee (R.I.P.). Then we have Queen, Genesis, all the 70's/80's pop
from Tears For Fears to Duran Duran, disco and dance as Donna Summers and Michael
Jackson with many original soundtracks too like Platoon, Apocalypse Now and
Top Gun".
Has Kaivs ever played live? If yes, can we find some
footage on YouTube maybe?
Max "Maybe there're some clips here and there on the web!".
Tiziano "Yes we got some live performances in February and November 2023,
there is nothing but few pictures, no footage unfortunately".
Max "Something like that is on our social medias!"
What do you think of Italian bands like Bulldozer and
Death SS, you know and like them?
Max "They fucking rule! "Heavy Demons" is one of my favourite
ever, surely Bulldozer too with "The Day Of Wrath" and "Alive...
In Poland"! I suggest you also Extrema with a record named "Tension
At The Seams" great thrash from early 90's! There're a lot of Italian undiscovered
talents, who maybe had great songs and unfortunately never recorded into demos!
Lost and found... oh shit!".
Tiziano "I like Death SS a lot, a band that should be an inspiration for
us all".
I saw your band has a Bigcartel shop for merch, you
sold a good amount of cds to fans already? What about shirts?
Max "Normal numbers I think, as we're not Metallica hahahh!".
Is there a good metal scene in Rome? Any interesting
record shops tourists can visit?
Max "Transmission, Radiation Records Pink Moon and Ace Records are the
best and well supplied even with good rarities without, sometimes, expensive
prices!".
In a review I compared your band to Malevolent Creation,
do you like them?
Max "Shit! What an honor! One of the best bands ever who made "Retribution"
absolutely monstrous, even for "The Ten Commandments" too! Both have
suggestive artworks from mighty Dan Seagrave! Anyway, we're Stockholm death
metal, with the exactly guitarsound like early Entombed and Dismember only and
nothing to to with the American side! But thanks anyway!".
Tiziano "Quite much and I thank you for the comparison with them, it’s
very satisfying for a still not well known band like we are!".
Have you ever experimented with psychedelics? Smoked
weed maybe?
Tiziano "I do not smoke weed or just simple cigarettes but I have any kind
of prejudice about that, I’m ok with people who embraces this kind of
fun and I’m glad they can do it freely. After all, I’ve been into
stoner/doom music for many years in the past and I always respected and approved
the free weed legalization message carried forward by bands like Sleep or Bongzilla.
Maybe I will give it a shot when I will find myself out of inspiration to make
new songs!".
Max "Oh yes, so many years ago! At school or in the park! Useless shit
anyway, I consume adrenaline by now not fucking Ganja!".
What are the future plans for Kaivs, will you start
recording again soon?
Max "No! We've to release "After The Flesh" and to rehearse for
playing live! The rest is only in store! Present day, no future or past!".
Tiziano "Our next plans are concerning about live activity following our
first LP release, we worked hard to make it real and we are still doing all
the best for that, so we are not gonna stop for any reason".
Who made your logo? It looks good.
Tiziano "A very skilled Indonesian artist".
Max "Harrizz Ullian, isn't it?".
Have you ever been in trouble with the law or police? What happened?
Tiziano "Not at all".
Max "I killed thousand christians in one day! I have a very clean criminal
record, as you can see, ya know! Hahahhh!".
What is your top 3 bands that impressed you live in concert
the most? You can name more than 3 if you like and finish the interview with
some promo and links to social media for your band.
Max "I remeber only gigs of the golden age of these bands: Slayer, Helloween,
Carcass (seen with Ken Owen and Daniel Erlandsson on the drums in two different
tours!), Paradise Lost, Ancient Rites, Napalm Death, Vomitory, Prostitute Disfigurement,
Cradle Of Filth, Defiled, Mayhem, Entombed, Grave, Unleashed, Dismember, Obituary,
Malevolent Creation, Rotting Christ, Labyrinth, Hour Of Penance, Sodom, Testament,
Morbid Angel, Sadus, Cannibal Corpse, Immolation, Horrid, Vader, Arch Enemy
(with Johan Liiva on vocals!), Krisiun, Type O Negative, Misfits, Agent Steel,
Hate Eternal, Iron Maiden and Megadeth".
Tiziano "Actually, the most impressive liveshows I saw that come to my
mind are only Cathedral and Possessed, but I surely forget others!".
LINKS
www.kaivs.bigcartel.com
www.instagram.com/kaivsband
www.youtube.com/@kaivs
www.facebook.com/kaivsofficial
www.kaivs.bandcamp.com
LINE-UP
Max Foam: vocals
Tiziano Mortician: guitar
Jacopo Simonelli: bass
Leonardo Sastro: drums
DISCOGRAPHY
Horrend (2023)
After The Fesh (2024)