Tom: Hello! The reception of our new record has been very positive even though I think it's quite different from the previous works. It's the first album that includes me and Adam who also composed majority of the new songs. In my opinion "Chasms" is way more aggressive, atmospheric and less old school. To be honest, we expected to lose some old school fans with this one but fortunately it seems like it's not the case. You can also hear some underlying black metal influences since me, Adam and Marek used to collaborate on a black metal project called Somniate.

Michal: In 2019 we released a split with the Polish blasphemous band Embrional called "Scornful Death Trail", so it's been 5 years since the last record. The main reason why it took us so long to put together new material this time was undoubtedly the personnel changes in the band. As a first we had to practice songs for the concert performance with new members and then we started working on new compositions.

The new songs for our fourth full-length album "Chasms" were composed between the beginning of 2020 and October 2023. Most of the songs on "Chasms" were composed by Adam this time, because Marek was very busy with his Somniate project and I have to admit that recording process in the Davos Studio was definitely not a regular routine. This time it was a demanding process caused by the high technical level and speed of the new material.

Michal: Maciej Kamuda, who was recommended to us by our friend Marcin Sienkiel from Embrional on our tour, did a perfect job and created a beautiful artwork, for which he deserves huge respect and recognition. It needs to be said that Maciej is not only the author of the front cover of the new "Chasms" album, but he made the entire layout including the booklet. He is a really great painter, a professional and it was a great pleasure to work with him. All the lyrics for the new album were prepared by the guitarist Marek and they go hand in hand with our music, so there is a shift from old school into significantly darker waters with light touch of black metal.

Michal: Our long time cooperation with Lukas and Doomentia Records is simply great and easy. We agree on everything very quickly and what we say always applies. Thanks to 100% mutual trust is our contract imaginary as usual and we don't really need it at all. The record was released as a limited 6-panel digipak and on digital platforms in June 2024. As for other formats, "Chasms" should be also released on vinyl next year on Doomentia Records.

Michal: There have been a lot of personnel changes in the band over the years, but the most fundamental one came five years ago. In the middle of 2019, 2 founding members of the band left us – drummer Štefy and guitarist Tomáš, who were replaced by drummer Tomáš Marík from Mallephyr and guitarist Adam Kulich from Feeble Minded.

We meet in the rehearsal room as needed, but as a standard we try to meet there at least once a month. In our personal life, we are all good friends and spend time together outside the band with our families.

Tom: We've been playing several songs from the new album live for some time, even before the album was officially released. However, our guitarist Marek has decided to leave the band in August, so now we are working hard on preparing a new setlist with a new guitarist. First show with him will take place in Pilsen in January. Besides that, many interesting gigs are planned for next year including a few summer festivals. Stay tuned!

Michal: I've been playing in Shampoon Killer a few months longer than Brutally Deceased. We are currently working hard on a new album, that I would like to record within the next year. The new songs will continuously follow the album "Mankind Depravity", which was released four years ago on Bizarre Leprous, and it can be assumed that it will be a bit faster and more technical. Shampoon Killer crushes such an extreme crossover and I think it works great. In addition to death metal, our music includes a lot of thrash, grind and hardcore ideas, it has a groovy feeling and most of all live it's a ride as fuck. If you are interested, the current recording can be listened to and purchased on bandcamp, or it can be ordered directly from us.

Tom: Unfortunately, it seems like death metal is a dying genre and not only here in Prague. Young guys are way more interested in old school thrash metal or other genres, which is perfectly fine, but I'm not aware of any new Czech death metal bands worth mentioning. Maybe we could mention Snet that has made quite an impact in a short period of time. But again, although the band is relatively new, the guys from Snet have been a part of this game for years.

Tom: I'm not the right person to answer this question, because recently I've been listening exclusively to dissonant black metal, rap or dream pop.

Michal: Just last night I went to see the Immolation concert in Prague and it was great as usual. They are currently on tour with Cannibal Corpse, Municipal Waste and Schizophrenia and they played great show as usual. The playlist was built on newer songs from the last 2 albums "Acts of God" and "Atonement" and at the end there were also classic hits like "Into Everlasting Fire" or "Father, You're Not a Father". Immolation confirmed their position on the death metal throne and delivered a perfect experience.

Thank you very much for giving us a platform and thanks to those who have tried our new record. Support underground music, attend concerts and keep the spirit alive!