A definitely fresh yet rather worth Death Metal horde rose from the Hungarian soils. Its name is KILL WITH HATE! Guitarist Ákos Olt was the one who transferred us the answers with the speed of light!
Hails! The name of KILL WITH HATE spins pretty often lately in the Death Metal underground scene. Is it due to some fortune or years of hard work involved into?
- It's hard work, conscious promotion, and the fact that we have and had underground veterans in the band with the right connections.
The band was formed back in 2003, but only from 2007 starts actively progressing and playing live everywhere where it is possible. Why took it so long to activate the band?
- The band was formed by Khrul (former drummer) and a guy named Feco (we don't even know his full name) as a hobby project. They first made a 4-song demo in 2006 (we still play one song from that material, “Family”). Khrul was always more into Black Metal, he had several active Black Metal bands and for some time he couldn't focus on KWH. Feco later immigrated to Germany to work. Our former bassist Tamás “Kocsonya” Meilinger basically reformed the band in 2007 with me and Marci on guitars. Khrul finally focused on us and we started composing new songs and performing live.
On the debut album "Voices of obliteration" we acknowledge a very strong musicianship. Tell us in short the band-members experience in other bands and how the actual line-up forged together.
- All of us have played in bands before KILL WITH HATE. Notably Krisztián, our singer, who's been doing this for decades, and was the singer of SIN OF KAIN. I played in the Thrash Metal band ARCHAIC from 2006 to 2008, Patrik (bass) played with Khrul and his band FUNEBRE, Turi (drums) and Marci played in LIMB FOR A LIMB. All this experience culminated in the writing and recording of "Voices of obliteration".
Canadian PRC Music was the label to release your debut CD. What kind of contract do you have with them and are you satisfied with the work done so far? Tell us more about this alliance.
- It's not a “real” contract, we only agreed in email. It's more of a collaboration than a contract. We help each other. Most minor independent labels want to rip you off (like paying for your own CDs or hundreds of Euros for promotion), but he was really helpful all the time. He basically paid us, in the form of CDs. He's got connections all around the world, and now our CD can be bought in distros in North America and Europe.
The year 2013 was very fruitful for the band: worldwide release of the debut album, lots of gigs, a European tour and last but not least playing at the mighty Wacken festival. Sum it up and reveal us what can we expect from KILL WITH HATE in 2014.
- We'll tour again in Europe for sure, and we'll play a few gigs at home, but our main focus is writing the new material. We're changing to sevenstrings which will give us new dimensions to explore. This spring/summer will be spent with composing, so we can record our new album in 2015.
The band owns some super killer merchandise. Who makes those sick t-shirt arts for you? Also tell us about the magic co-operation with Gyula Havancsák as for the cover art of "Voices of obliteration". Who came up with that cover idea?
- For T-shirts we worked with Robert Borbás (grindesign) and lately with Örs Bakonyi (Hartproject).
The cover was first visioned by Márton our guitarist who also writes all the lyrics. He's responsible for the concept. But we also gave all artistic freedom to Gyula. We sent him the concept in email and a few months later (he's very busy) he sent us the first draft (which was basically the final cover art without the blood). We were happy with it in the first place.
For the song "The beast within" you made a nice bloodsoaked video clip. Shall we expect another one in the near future?
- Definitely:) But next time we want the band to have more screen time in the video.
Being a 5-piece band you have a special 6th member, namely Szandra or as most of us know "The Catering Queen", whose work is simply vital for KILL WITH HATE. Be it about a regular show, a tour, the bandmerch, etc. she is always there and maximally support KILL WITH HATE. How it all began? Enlighten our readers more about Szandra and her interests.
- She's the fiancé of our singer Krisztián, and she's a good partner, so she supports his man:) They're together for 19 years now, she always helped and supported Krisztián in his music and she enjoys managing the band. I don't know where we'd be without her:)
Since the material for your debut album was written more than a year ago the question rises have you ready with some new songs and if so what direction they will follow?
- We have only one new song at the moment, but there are riffs in the works all the time. Even Turi, our drummer wrote riffs in guitar pro:)
The direction is not yet known. We all evolved as musicians, so we'll try to set the bar higher with the next record in every way.
Shortly the band will perform at the Death By Metal festival in Budapest with such monster Death Metal acts as KATAKLYSM, KRISIUN or FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE just to name a few. Do you plan some special set-list or live appearance for that event? What can expect a regular Death Metal fan on a show performed by KILL WITH HATE?
- We're planning something for that event, but it's a secret:)
But for a regular show, you can expect a tight performance, high speed, blast beats and arpeggios. We also have a few slow/mid-tempo riffs and songs to make the set easier to take.
So far you played quite a lot of shows. There were club shows and big stage appearances as well. You played with famous acts and less known too. What was the most memorable show for you and why? Which city or country impressed you by their metal maniacs the most?
- The last one or two years we had nothing but awesome shows. The band got tighter, and we built a little fan base.
One of our all time favorite show was the one with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. It was also the debut show for our bassist Patrik. It was a free party, 800 people saw us that day. A song from the show:
Since then we played with CANNIBAL CORPSE, ORIGIN, KRISIUN, LOCK UP to name a few. It's always a huge honor and an even bigger opportunity to support such great names.
And of course the performance in Wacken... Playing for more than a thousand people, fantastic experience.
And we recently had a tour in the region, including Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria. All shows were great, but the show in Klodzko, in Poland, was the greatest. The place was tiny but completely filled with people. They were moshing and screaming, and they didn't let us off the stage. We played 3 encore songs!
We also recently played in the Ukraine at the UzhGoreRot festival, thanks to you:)
It can be listed among one of the best shows we've ever played. We received a very warm welcome from the Hungarian members of the crowd and the Ukrainians were very nice to us as well. Constant moshing, circle pit and wall of death. We can't wait to come back!
Death Metal was never meant to be a style for survival. So what the band members do and work besides playing in KILL WITH HATE? You can share your hobbies here as well.
- Patrik works as a security guard, Márton is a financial advisor, Krisztián is an usher at one of the best venues in Budapest (and in Europe) the A38 ship.
Turi and I, are finishing school and we hope we'll get a job after that.
Our hobby is KILL WITH HATE.
Finally, send your killing regards to our readers and to all the Ukrainian KILL WITH HATE fans!
- Keep the metal faith alive in Ukraine! Thanks for the great experience you gave us, we are looking forward to return to you!
