### Hatesphere - Jacob Bredahl

#### 07/08/06 || Lord K Philipson

Hatesphere’s been on this site since the beginning, pretty much. They always sent us their albums and we always kinda praised them. The time has now come to return the favour and make sure they get some real recognition, hence this interview. Vocalist Jacob Bredahl sure took his 2-3 months to complete this one, and I thought I was being lazy with conducting it in the first place. Fucken Danes… By the way, we stole all the photos in here from their site and seriously don’t give a fuck about crediting the one(s) who took them. How’s that for a “fuck you and yer friends”?

Global Domination: So, it took me some time to complete this interview. What are you going to do? Sue me?

Jacob Penisdahl: Hey! So it took a while for me to answer this interview. What are you gonna do? Shoot me?

The thought has crossed my mind for the past months… But seriously, why is it that The Haunted gets more exposure than you guys seing you are right up there with the best of them when it comes to this brand of thrash? I’d even go as far as to say that I prefer you fucko’s over them, or most thrash-bands of today.

Well, I guess we started doing this a bit too late. And at that point we had trouble coming out to people coz we are from this small country called Denmark. No one gave a shit about Danish bands back then. Things luckily changed a lot since that time. The Haunted already had a name because of the Björler Brothers – At The Gates, you know. One of the best bands ever. Don´t get me wrong, The Haunted is a great band for sure! Great guys too. Thanks for the kind words, I think we are great too! Ha ha!

And while we are at the subject of bands who get more exposure and recognition than you lot, not knowing if it’s fully deserved in my book, how much does it irritate you that Danish fellas Illdisposed also gets more attention than Hatesphere?

I´m not sure that Illdisposed gets more attention than we do, but I really don´t give a fuck about who gets the most attention. Not just talking about Bo and his crew versus us, but more in general. We play this music because we think it is fun. If we can continue releasing albums, do good tours and get retarded and wasted, it is all good. By the way, those who are into Illdisposed’s new stuff should spend their money on these 2 albums instead of their new crap: “Four Depressive Seasons” and “Submit”. That is the shit!

Isn’t “Hatesphere” a pretty crappy fucken name? Did you ever have any other monikers in mind before going for this particular one? There are so many bands around with “hate” in their name, most of them sucky too. I think you guys gets away with being called something with “hate” together with my own The Project Hate. But you do know we have more Satan in us than you guys?

Yes, it is a crappy name. But now we’ve released 4 albums and 2 EP´s under that name, so it would be stupid to change it now… right? Back then, when we changed the name from Necrosis (which sucked bigtime too), we came up with different ideas, but I guess they all sucked. Yeah, you guys can carry that name – I know that – and yes, you are way more Satan than us. But at least we try…

The guys of 2 Ton Predator always rants about you guys being a killer live-band, would you agree? I can’t imagine anything that would seperate you fuckers from the rest of the bands playing live. It’s not like you put on a spectacular show, now is it? Bring it home, you just stand there headbanging and lets the music do the talking, right?

The 2 Ton Predator guys are absolutely right! What is going on with these guys by the way? Great band. Well, you should see our live show for yourself. But everytime I fuckin´ invite you for a show you don´t show up.

It’s becoz you never play close to me and won’t pay my trip to the gig, I have told you that before. Oh, and the 2 Ton guys are pretty much the same as always, only lessa ctive. Not that it says much. But hey… While on the subject of playing live… What’s the biggest crowd you had so far?

6000.

And the smallest?

12.

And what’s the weirdest shit that ever happened while being on stage?

Hhhhmmmmm… Me making out with Scott (Dawn of Demise, ex-Infernal Torment) on stage.

I have reviewed pretty much all of yer albums here at GD and they always scored somewhat the same with me. Then yer latest effort dropped in and you guys stepped up a notch. Do you see yerself improving with every record? I mean, how many different thrashy riffs can one actually write? All riffs are already made, you know.

Yeah, every damn riff has already been made, just not ours.

Do you guys actually sell any albums? Be honest with this: How many albums have you sold combined and individually? Did you ever see any royalties? If so, what did you blow it on? Coke and whores? Please?

No, not really. We’ve started get royalties from our old Scarlet releases though. We used the dollars on male strippers.

About royalties… Do you guys split everything in 5, no matter who writes what? I know people think this is how it should be done, but not always is. Personally, I don’t think it’s wrong that the guy(s) writing most of the shit gets more cash, then again, the material wouldn’t be recorded if the rest of the band didn’t participate. It feels like I’m drifting here, but I’m sure you follow. Do you even write any music for the band or is lyrics your thing completely?

We split the shit in 5, yes. It´s because we are a bunch of damn hippies. I write some riffs, yes, not many though and most of them get sacked by Pepe. But “Only the Strongest” is kind of my song. And “Seeds of shame” too. Pepe is the main riff/song writer. The lyrics are coming from some of us.

As I’m typing this interview up, Killswitch Engage comes on Winamp and I had to look if it was you guys. Is that a good or a bad thing? This nu-metal shit with clean vocals in the choruses and all, isn’t that like the fucken plague of the musical millenium?

What!? Fuck you too! Ha ha! Yes it is, some people would say that we have clean parts too, but how many do we have? Not many, and the ones we have suck. There is not gonna be any on the next album.

You bitches are Danish, so comment about these Danish bands and rate them from 1-10 where 10 is the top-score:

Illdisposed: In the 90´s I would give them 9. Nowadays: 0.

Konkrah: For the “Sexual Affective Disorder” album: 8. The rest: 1.

Sacrificial: 6.

Die Hard Records: 5.

Leif Edling: Who? ( Note by The Lord: What the fuck is it with you guys not knowing who Leif is? Jesus… )

Panzerchrist: I produced the new Panzerchrist so of course it´s a 10! Haha…

Geronimo: 5.

So, Lordi wins the Eurovision Song Contest… Admit it, you watched the show… Is hardrock accepted by the large masses now? I mean, what are the odds of a bunch of make-up’d idiots from Finland taking this home? Exactly how gay is this contest, in yer book?

I did not watch it… but I wish I did. Well, the reason why the won is that Lordi was the only band that the jury could remember at the end of the evening. You know, all the other bands were probably all about the same shit. So they were like: “hhhmmmm… this band I remember…. they are the winners… goodnight”. Gay? Yeah, I guess. Don´t care about it at all.

Then naturally, another really serious matter is the World Championship of Hockey… Do you have any idea whatsoever why Denmark sucks so fantastically when it comes to this sport? Were you guys ever good in anything sports-wise? Is sports metal?

Hockey? That´s gay. You know, grown-up men swinging their stick… Mein Got… I think we all used to play football and whatsoever… Pepe still does… Sports is metal when Reno is behind the kit!

Hatesphere is a full-on thrash metal attack, I think we all can agree on that fact. But do you guys seriously have anything new or “fresh” to offer to the scene? Make someone who never heard you interested in what you create, without using the words “The Haunted”, “penis” or “metal” in the promotional campaign.

Yeah we can agree on that. Ha… No. We did not invent anything, but we are good at what we do. That´s what is important, at least for us. There is sooooo many bands out there that don´t know how to do a decent metal song. At least we do.

Why is it that Hatesphere is not having your official forum over at GD? You are good enough and have internet-access, which is something we crave. Would you be interested in joining us or do you already have yer forum with 20 registered users?

Well, personally I am not a forum fan. I asked the other guys to do it. I´m a busy man, life is too short for forums.

There we go, question 21… Is there any chance you could name a NHL-player with that number on his jersey? And isn’t this year’s playoffs ultimately boring? For the love of cock, tell me yer into this fine sport… What’s yer team of choice, who’s the best fucken player around? If you had to replace on of the members in Hatesphere with a hockey-player, who would it be and who would be replaced?

I think I already answered that… haha…

Man, yer such a penis. Anypoo… Being in a band can be tricky at times. Alot of different opinions and so on… Have any of you guys ever fought each other, like with fists and shit? Who’s yer target of choice when it comes to a good beating in the band? And if you ever fought someone of Hatesphere, did you fucken win?

Oh yes, being in a band can be a living hell. Sometimes it´s like being fucken married. Yeah, Pepe and I have had a few fights. And also Mikael and I had a serious fistfight when we played on Island. Puhhh… bad one… I always lose…

What’s the best track you guys ever wrote and recorded? “Murderous intent” has to be high up the list, right?

Yeah, “Murderous Intent” fuckin kills! Well, “Only the strongest” is a winner, but most of our songs are.

And the worst one?

Must be “Picture this”.

I take it you have been touring, at least a little. What was the coolest bunch of guys you ever had the pleasure of meeting? I mean a band now. And what about the most stupid ones? We love a good shit-talking here at GD so spill the beans. Is there any particular band you’d like to go out with for a month, only touring Bosnia.

We toured a lot last year, and we toured with all these cool bands and people. Morbid Angel were cool. Soilwork too. Chimaira as well. Well, they were all good people. We had some trouble with Ektomorf when we did the Kreator tour. Well, just one of the guys. Acting like a rockstar you know… Fuck it, doesn´t matter. Bosnia tour with Entombed! Well, we want to tour with them everywhere! One of the best bands ever! We only played single shows and festivals with them. We want more!!!

Ektomorf can go fuck themselves, just for the record. Washed up second-hand Sepultura ripoff’s can suck my ass. Ass pours out shit, which leads me to: What’s the sickest shit you guys ever did on tour? I know this can be tricky, but there must be a single thing that stands out and it’s always fun to read some inside-info you know. Who’s generally the most fucked up individual on tour? My money is on you for some weird reason. After all, you are the vocalist.

The only sick thing is not really sick but just being drunk for 5 weeks in a row. And I mean drunk! Not healthy in the long run, but fun. Well, I did some stupid stuff, but we all did. Most of the stuff I did I can´t even remember, I was always told the day after, you know.

“Yes” or “no” questions… Have you:

Ever touched another man’s penis?

Jacob: Yes.

Did you just lie?

Jacob: No.

Ended up on stage, completely pissdrunk, fucking up the lyrics for a song?

Jacob: Oh yes… More than one song…

Seen eel-porn?

Jacob: No.

Did you just lie?

Jacob: Yes.

Listened to The Haunted while saying to yourself, “Damn, we blow these guys away”?

Jacob: Yes, when I first heard their debut album.

Enjoyed an interview as much as this one?

Jacob: No.

I know very little about yer taste in music but I take it you dig metal. What’s yer take on death metal? Black metal? Nu metal? Heavy metal? Leif Edling? Name some of yer fave-bands in those genres so people know what to expect if they drop by yer house for a beer or 5.

Black metal: Marduk, Dark Funeral, Cradle of Filth, The Horned Almighty. Death metal: Suffocation!!!! Resurrection, Morbid Angel, Entombed, Carcass, Pestilence, Defleshed, Edge of Sanity, Massacra and many others. Nu metal: ? Heavy metal: Rob Halford, Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Dio, Hellfueled, Ozzy. Who the fuck is Leif Edling??!!

Would you agree with me about the reviews I have made on yer albums or would you like to smack me in the mouth for not praising it as much as I praised Evanscence, for instance? But you have to understand, you are no Amy Lee to me, even if you have a nice hysteric scream… Forgive me.

I agree on whatever the mighty Lord K says! All bow!

You are not a penis anymore, I love you. Who would you say is the best individual musician in the band? Who would you say would be completely impossible to replace if one decided to quit? The last part of the question is not referring to skills, have that in mind.

Pepe. If he quits there is no more HateSphere. On all fronts.

I need to pee-pee. Tell Pepe that. That was good. Rate yer albums on a scale from 1-10. 10 is naturally Teh Shit.

“HateSphere”: 8 “Bloodred Hatred”: 9 “Something bla bla” EP: 7 “Ballet of the Brute”: 10 “Killing” EP: 6 “The Sickness Within”: 9

We are getting really fucken close to ending this fantastic interview. How much time did you spend on this, and more importantly, was it worth it?

Couple of hours maybe… did it in rounds. Fuckin busy here. But sure it was worth it. Funny as hell.

And the last words are yours. Don’t forget to thank me for the interview. Thanx for your time, brother.

Entombed: Take us on tour! Was the fuckin best to see you again on Hellfest! Lord K, my man: Thanks a lot, you old fart!

Skål for Satan! / Jacob

www.hatesphere.com