Hell o King how was you "Supernatural addiction" Tour? how long were you on tour? and how many gigs did you play ?
WELL SADLY WE ONLY DID ABOUT 15 DATES! WITH WORK AND ALL IT CAN BE TOUGH! WE DID ALOT OF EAST COAST STUFF AS WELL AS ILLINOIS AND MILWAUKEE! IT WAS SO FUN TO BE OUT 'ON THE ROAD' AND DOING OUR THING. TOWN TO TOWN, METAL ON METAL!!! IT WAS A METAL FANTASTIC TIME!!!!!!
King, why did you finally decide to quit playing drums, to focus solely on vocals, what pushed into this desition ?
WELL I HAVE ACTUALLY STEPPED BACK ON! I HAVE A BAD SHOULDER FROM AN INJURY YEARS AGO I BELIEVE! IT IS A NIGHTMARE SOMETIMES TO PLAY! BUT I REALIZE IT IS MEANT TO BE SO I WILL KEEP ON DOING IT!!! I ALSO WANTED TO HELP THE LEVELS GET MORE 'ACROSS' LIVE!!!!

Who´s the new drummer? what band does he come from?
HE IS A GREAT FRIEND NAMED DAVID CASTILLO! HE PLAYED IN LOCAL VIRGINA BAND CALLED HATRED! VERY DEDICATED AND KILLER DRUMMER! FAST AND TIGHT AS HELL! HE WOULD OF BEEN A GOOD REPLACEMENT!
Do you think "Supernatural..." album has brought DECEASED the recognition you have deserved for so long ?
WELL PEOPLE SEEM TO LIKE IT AND THAT'S GOOD BUT AS FAR AS 'PRAISE' WE JUST TAKE IT LITTLE BY LITTLE! IT IS NICE TO BE REWARDED FOR YOUR WORK AND MUSIC AND WE THANK THOSE SUPPORTERS! BUT OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE DEDICATED AND FOCUSED DECEASED MUSIC! WHETHER WE ARE LOVED OR HATED WE WILL DO WHAT DECEASED LOVES AND THAT IS PLAY DEATH METAL FROM THE GRAVE!!!!!
Do you feel deceased has reached the "Cult status" achieved by old bands you might consider your heroes ?
I DO FEEL WE HAVE OUR SHARE OF DIE HARD SUPPORTERS AND THAT DECEASED IS A 'CULT' BAND IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALWAYS THERE AND RESPECTED BY METAL FANATICS! THAT FEELS NICE! I APPRECIATE ALL SUPPORT! WE JUST WANT TO PLAY METAL!!!
Your last two albums show more of a heavy metal influence. Is this becouse of instruments technical progress? or is it misical evolution?
BOTH AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT DEATH METAL 'TRADITIONAL' HAD LOST ITS COURSE! BECAME ABOUT NOISE AND DOWN TUNED! TALENT FACTOR WENT DOWN! NO SONGS ALL NOISE! IT TO US WAS NO LONGER METAL BUT NOISE! THAT IS SAD! WE LOVE HEAVY METLA AND THE SPIRIT OF THAT ERA OF METAL! WE LOVE HARMONY MELODY AS WELL AS AGGRESSION AND SPEED! WE WANT ALL OF IT! SURE WE CAN PLAY A BIT BETTER NOW, BUT WE JUST WANT GOOD SONGS WITH A 'BITE"!
It was very plesant to find E. A. Poe on the cover of "Supernatural..." do you consider Poe the greatest of horror-fantasy writers ? YES!
AND I DO BELIEVE HE IS A TRUE VITIM OF MENTAL ILLNESS! HIS VISIONS ON PAPER ARE SO MORBID YET FASCINATING!!!! I LOVE EDGAR A. POE!!!!
E. A. Poe and H. P. Lovecraft have been compared again and again. What´s your opinion on : "H.L. Lovecraft made a world of horror, E. A. Poe made a horror of this world"
NICE SAYING! LOVECRAFT WAS WAYYYY 'OUT THERE' AS WELL! HIS IDEAS WERE AND STILL ARE SO 'SCIENCE FICTION' AT TIMES AND YET I CAN SEE IT ALMOST ALL HAPPENING ONE DAY! HIS CREATIVITY WAS ENDLESS! HE REALLY SCULPTED ALOT OF ARTISTS INTO A 'WEIRD' SCENARIO!
Horror stories are an important influence on DECEASED´s lyrics (Very well writen, by the way) how do you feel about the lyrics of the bands you admire ?
THANK YOU MY FRIEND! LYRICS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME! IT IS THE BLOOD OF THE BODY! THE 'SETTING' SO TO SPEAK!!! LYRICS ARE TAKEN HOW THE LISTENER WOULD LIKE! I LOVE OLDER MAIDEN LYRICS AND VENOM ALWAYS WROTE SOME NICE 'EVIL' STUFF!!!! ALOT OF BANDS JUST PUT WORDS THAT RHYME TOGETHER, AND THAT'S FINE! BUT TO REALLY BE IMPRESSED AND THOUGHT PROVOKED BY A MUSICIANS WORDS IS GREAT! LEMMY WROTE SOME GREAT STUFF AND ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES IS VOIVOD!
Deceased´s logo is followed by suspension marks. Any special meaning ?
IT MEANS DEATH HAS COME

AND THEN LIFE AGAIN (A SECOND TIME!)! I THOUGHT IT WAS A BIT 'ODD' SO WE DID IT!!!!
Fearles undead... is based on stories about zombies. What do you think is so atractive abotu them? the way them break the natural laws by coming back from death?
I FIND FASCINATION IN DEATH. AND WISHING SOMEONE WOULD RETURN FROM DEATH AND TELL THE TALE OF WHAT WAITS BEYOND! EVERYONE OF US WILL DIE ONE DAY AND NO ONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS EXACTLY AND 100% WHERE OR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! NOTHING? HEAVEN/ HELL? RESSURECTION? REINCARNATION? IT IS VERY MYSTERIOUS TO ME! THE ZOMBIES KINDA LET YOU LIVE A FANTASY FOR AWHILE THAT DEATH BRINGS BACK DEATH! VERY MORBID TO ME!!!!
Going back in time, who came up with the name DECEASED ? have you known of other bands with the same name ?
I DID IN 1985! I HAVE HEARD A PUNK BAND CALLED THE DECEASED! LIKE MISFITS! AND I HEAR A EUROPEAN BAND DID AN ALBUM ALSO!!! I SAW THEY HAD AN UPSIDE DOWN CROSS IN THEIR LOGO! THAT WAS 'ODD'!
Was coming from Virginia, and not from Florida or new york (Areas where by the last 80´s, they have stronger scenes and standar sounds) a major fact on developing your own sound ?
I THINK SO! WE NEVER FOLLOW OTHER BANDS LEADS FOR 'DIRECTION' BUT I COULD SEE BEING IN TOWNS WITH TONS OF BANDS GETTING A BIT OF IDEAS RUBBING OFF! VIRGINA IS NOT KNOWN FOR IT'S METAL MUCH BACK IN THE 80'S!!! HELL, IT'S NOT KNOWN MUCH THESE DAYS EITHER! HAHAAHHAAHHA OUR SOUND CAME OUT OF US BEING INTO MUSIC AS ADVERSE AS SODOM, VOIVOD, WARLORD, BAD BRAINS, SABBATH, KISS, AC/DC, FATES WARNING, QUEENSRYCHE, SLAYER, FATE, ECT.!!!

King you know a great deal about metal from around the wolrd. what would you say is the key element wich defines death metal as what it is ?
THR 'VIBE' OF IT! ALOT OF PEOPLE LOVE THE BRUTALLITY OF IT! AND I CAN RESPECT THAT 'ANGLE'! BUT FOR ME I LIKE IT VERY MYSTICAL AND 'DARK'! I FIND IT HARD TO FEEL DREAD AND DEATH AMONGST DOWN TUNED OVER DISTORTED GUITARS AND IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOGNIZE VOCALS! I PREFER A GREAT OLD BAND LIKE CIRITH UNGOL 'KIG OF THE DEAD' L.P FOR 'DEATH METAL!'! VERY HAUNTING IS THAT ONE!
Do you still hold your positionagainst black metal of the 90's specially the scandinavian trend ?
YES! BLACK METAL STILL LEAVES ME DISSAPOINTED AND NOT INTO IT! I TRY ALL THE TIME BUT MOST BANDS JUST FOR ME ARE WITHOUT SONGS TO CARRY THEM! TOO MANY STUDIO TRICKS AND TOO LITTLE REAL 'SUBSTANCE'!!!!
Does the fact that so many old bands are getting back together mean musical quality of the new ones is not good enough ? HAAHA MAYBE A LITTLE! TALENT IS SO DOWN THESE DAYS IN METAL! YOUNGER AND YOUNGER PEOPLE PLAYING AND JUST THROWING BANDS TOGETHER AND MAKING C.D'S! NO 'EARNING THEIR WINGS' ANYMORE! RECORDING RECORDS 3 MONTHS AFTER BEING A BAND IS NOT GOOD FOR ANY MUSIC LET ALONE METAL! HEAVY METAL IS ALL ABOUT DEPTH, GOOD ATTITUDE, AND SONGS TO ME!!!!
Going back in time again, I understand you are one of the biggest VOIVOvoivod´s fans. You´re even on the dimenssion hatross thanks list. How was your relation with voivod back them ? what do you think of voivod´s musical period nowadays ?
VOIOVOD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE 'WAR AND PAIN' I WOULD WRITE THEM, PHONE ALL THE TIME, BLAH BLAH WE MADE A GREAT RELATION! I LOVE VOIVOD SO MUCH! I LOVE THEM FOR THEIR UNIQUE SOUND AND SONGS! THEY ARE SO GENUINE NICE AND DOWN TO EARTH (FUNNY FOR VOIVOD HUH? HAHA) AND ALSO DEDICATED TO THEIR CRAFT! AS FOR VOIVOD WITHOUT SNAKE IT IS STILL GREAT STUFF THOUGH I WOULD LIE IF I SAID I DON'T MISS SNAKE!
SNAKE WAS 'THE VOICE' FOR THEM! BUT VOIVOD DESERVES EVERY PRAISE THAT COMES TO THEM! THEY ARE TRUE INNOVATORS OF CRAZY METAL!!!!
Seeing all these trends, and all the shit in the modern scene don´t you feel you are fighting a battle all alone ?
IT IS O.K! NOT MANY WILL STAND UP AND 'BAD MOUTH' THE TRENDS! I DO GET 'SHIT' FROM PEOPLE WHO REALY DON'T UNDERSTAND ME AND MY WHOLE HEARTED STANCE ON KEEPING METAL FAITH AND NOT FOLLOWING DOLLARS OR EGO! IT IS O.K THOUGH. I WILL NEVER END MY FIGHT! I GIVEN MY LIFE TO METAL!!!! Deceased´s guitar work show a heavy influence by Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, what do you think of their current musical performance ?
MAIDEN IS LORD WITHOUT DOUBT! THE

EPITOME OF ALL METAL! PRIEST HAS SERVED MANY GOOD YEARS A LONGGGGGGG TIME AGO! THEY HAVE LOST FOCUS AND DIRECTION AND ARE 'SELLOUTS' THESE DAYS! THE NEW RECORD HAS RAP PARTS ETC. AND THIS IS DISGUSTING AS A LONG FAN OF THEIRS!!! MAIDEN 'BRAVE NEW WORLD' WAS AND OK COMEBACK WITH BRUCE/ADRIAN BUT IT NEEDS TIME FOR THIS LINE UP TO GEL PROPERLY. I THINK THEIR NEXT RECORD WILL BE EXCELLENT AND MORE 'FOCUSED'!!!!
Knowing your interest in horror films, have you thought about directing some dark movie, or writing a script for a movie ? AT TIMES YES! I HAVE THIS BLUEPRINT IN MY MIND FOR A MOVIE CALLED 'FEAR ITSELF' WHICH DEALS WITH THE MIND AND ALL THE CHEMISTRY THAT COMBINES TO MAKE FEAR. I HAVE THOUGHT AT TIMES TO TRY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT! SADLY $ AND A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE FOR FILM MAKING LEAVES ME A BIT SHORT!!!! MAYBE ONE DAY!!!!
You´re a beliver of metal as a life style, what do you think of certain bands or music styles (Like modern power metal) which move more towards the superficial aspects of modern pop culture ?
I TRY TO LOOK BEYOND IT, BUT IT REALLY IS ASHAME TO SEE METAL SO 'WATERED DOWN' AND POP ANYMORE! THE POPULARITY SHOULD NOT MATTER! THE MUSIC IS THE SAME WITHOUT! THE ATTEMPTS TO 'LIVE' OFF METAL ARE VERY, VERY, VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE AND REALLY IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE NOW! THE WORLD IS A TREND MACHINE THAT SPINS FOR NEW STUFF OVER AND OVER! METAL IS NOT 'NEW' IT IS WHAT IT IS! I HATE PEOPLE THAT KEEP TRYING TO CHANGE IT! WHY WOULD YA???????????????
Could you tell us which label re released Deceased´s old demos on cd or lp ?
WELL 'LAST WORLD' A NOW DEFUNCT LABEL DID SOME EARLY DECEASED MATERIAL! AS FOR 'DEATH METAL FROM THE GRAVE 2' IT WAS TO COME ON STILL DEAD RECORDS OF POLAND! SADLY 3 YEARS LATER IT IS STILL NOT OUT! I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED! IT IS SAD! MAYBE THRASH CORNER OF P. RICO WILL HELP OUT WITH US ON THIS SOON!
What can you tell us about DOOMSTONE's new album?
IT IS DARK, WEIRD, FREAKY, DIFFERENT, AND EVIL FOR EVIL!!!! I LIKE IT VERY MUCH! IT IS RAW AND OLDER SOUNDING. IT ALSO INCLUDES A CUTTY SARK COVER OF 'DIE TONIGHT'! > TIRADE RECORDS OF VIRGINIA HAS PUT IT OUT!
What about the next ep under relapse, and the compilation with Pavement ?
THE E.P IS OUT JULY 24TH! 'BEHIND THE MOURNERS VEIL' IS THE TITLE! 3 NEW DECEASED TUNES 'ITS ALIVE!', 'THE MAUSOLEUM', AND 'VICTIMS OF THE MASTERPLAN'! IT IS MORE RAW AND AGGRESSIVE AND SOUNDS MORE LIKE DECEASED LIVE! WE ALSO DO A FEW OLDER COVERS FOR FUN... DRI, TANKARD, ANTHRAX, WARFARE! ALSO IS A CDROM OF 'ELLYS DEMENTIA' VIDEO FROM 'SUPERNATURAL ADDICTION' ON IT! AS FOR PAVEMENT I KNOW THEY WILL PUT OUT OUR LIVE RECORD I BELIEVE! THRASH CORNER I THINK HAS LICENSED IT! 'UP THE TOMSTONES' LIVE 2000!!!
What are your thoughts about the following subjects
-The exorcist with never seen before footage.
INCREDIBLE! THEY MADE THE MOVIE EVEN BETTER! SADLY STUNK IN THE THEATRE CUZ KIDS HAD TO LAUGH AND TALK JOKES THE WHOLE TIME! AMAZING FILM THOUGH!
- Baron Rojo
VOLUMEN BRUTAL IS LORD! I LOVE THIS SPANISH ROCK/METAL UNIT! SEND SHIRTS, FLAGS, POSTERS, C.D'S TO ME!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
-Bush leading the
USA I DON'T BOTHER LOOKING AT HIM!
-South American rare metal bands
RULES! YOU MUST LOVE OBUS! HAHAHAHAHA ALL OBSCURE HONEST METAL RULES!!!
-Sex with dead peolpe
BORING! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Parting words....any special message for your fans in Latin america.
THNAKS FOR READING. DECEASED ARE 4 GUYS PLAYING METAL WITHOUT THE EGO OR GREED FACTOR! WE WANT TO COME AND HEADBANG WTH ALL OF YOU AND SHARE IN YOUR STORIES OF LOVE FOR THE BANDS YOU CHERISH AND LOVE! WE LIVE FOR METAL AS WELL!