Sauron stands in opposition to "clean" and "professional." Thrash metal is, was, and always will be dirty, violent, and evil. If we wanted to be professional musicians, we would be playing shitty covers of crappy blues and classic rock songs in bars full of idiots who know nothing about music. Or we'd be trying to make it big playing catchy pop music of some sort.
Our shows are intended to be fast and loose. Attitude and energy matter a lot more than tightness. We strictly tune to "good enough for thrash." We're usually drunk when we play, and our fans wouldn't have it any other way. If you have a problem with this, go fuck yourself. If you don't like our music, go fuck yourself. If you don't like the fact that we have songs about Satan and the Lord of the Rings, go fuck yourself.
Our releases come out when they are ready to. They take forever because a) we have other shit to do, b) we want them to be as good as they can be, and c) we're busy drinking. Deal with it. To this point we have several demos (mostly rehearsals recorded on a hand held tape recorder) and one full length (Almost half an hour long, good enough for thrash. Anyway, it was going to be longer but we ran out of time/money. If you want more, go ahead and throw some more cash our way.) on Blackened Moon Productions.
We're broke, so we don't have the best gear. In fact, it's all pretty much crap that we bought on the cheap or were given. At least we are better off than the old days, when we had our own guitars and drums and just borrowed everything else. Again, deal with it.
We came here to thrash. Fuck off and die!
Ok, I might be mistaken. I spoke with Sean on the phone a couple of years ago when he released their demo and he said something about Chris might be playing drums for him, but again I might have misunderstood him. Have you heard Chris's power metal band, Pharaoh, with Tim Aymar of Control Denied? Good stuff.
I read your Metal Maniacs interview. U did that with Chris Black, right? He was doing shit with Wastelander for a while. Is he playing with them still?
Also, Matt Coe at Blistering (one of the sites I write for) reviewed the new Nocturnal Fear. That's awesome that Mike's on that. I need to check that out. I don't have their last couple records.
Ok, so the show's at Woodchucks? I have been there, it's downtown on some corner where there's nothing else but the bar itself and a huge parking lot. It's a decent place that can accommodate a good turnout.