01. TELL US THE HISTORY OF INVERTICRUX? 

Well, for its short existence , it certainly has walked a long twisted road. It began in 2005 as a psychobilly/Metal band consisting of my white ass and two Mexicans from Texas US. They moved to Massachusetts seeking a new life and to reform their band there. I met them the same day i answered the flier looking for a drummer. Influences were Alice Cooper, W.A.S.P. and the Misfits among others. i was in! They knew nobody in the area. They had no choice but to hire me.  No one else answered the fliers.I had no drum set and have never played drums professionally . But i knew i could do it with some faith. We opened for Michael Graves (MISFITS) on our first live show in Lowell MA. made one album with them and they disbanded. The bassist moved back to Texas and i turned the guitarist onto Black and dark Metal. He took to it naturally and i suggested we reform as a Black Metal band. We formed VintageFlesh. suicidal Horror Black Doom Metal. INVERTICRUX would follow after two releases as V.F..


02. WHERE DID THE BAND NAME COME FROM? 

It began as Vintage Flesh. A name i had unused since the eighties. Flesh to a necrophiliac is like wine all necro's have a personal preference as to when they would like to sexually defile the dead flesh. Like what vintage they prefer.
As for INVERTICRUX, I wanted to make up a word so there would be no chance of another band with the same name. IT means Inverted Cross. but the cross has acted as a CRUX to human civilization.  holding back our evolution and development into civil society as is the fault of most religions. 


03. WHICH IS THE IDEOLOGY OF INVERTICRUX?

We have none. We have no real political message other then perhaps, anti religion. but we are more about horror story telling. Much like King Diamond songs.  

04. INTRODUCE THE BAND MEMBERS AND WHAT THEY DO IN THE BAND?

James-Hellkhunt on rhythm riffage & bass bellowing bottom, Michael-CoffinRage on destructive drums of desolation, Matt Gemini on all laser precision leads and profound  production, Raypissed on Vox from the coffin box and VooDoo bongos on "Loretta's lost leg". 


05.  TELL US MORE ABOUT:¨VIRGIN REAPER ÄLBUM?

VirginReaper was an attempt to move away from the deadly seriousness of our first Metal band Vintage Flesh. Virgin Reaper was the debut release as INVERTICRUX.  VintageFlesh basically imploded after two albums with all the dark negativity we harvested to create that Hellish music. We decided to create something more old school and traditional in the way of Metal. Not having to always be so serious with each song. At that point we were made up of members from many different Metal backgrounds. The album is a result of every influence we ever had rather then a pin point direction that we wanted to go.
The product of mass consumption of much weed , alcohol , and psychedelics. As is all our output.

06. COMMENT ABOUT: ¨MALCONTENT MANIFESTATION MONITORING PROGRAM? 

Again we experienced a loss of band members. With the decimation of Vintage Flesh, we lost Rev.John Hex. Founding member. Terry Savastano of  Boston's sludge doom band GRIEF & Disrupt replaced Hex after doing a guest spot on the last V.F. release.
I can only guess, but i think he had a problem with my extreme on & off stage behavior at live shows. Terry was then replaced with our roadie James at the time. He was well versed in all things Death and Doom Metal. This was his first band opportunity but we had faith in him. He knew the direction we started with and he just gave us his interpretation of it as the new guitarist. We think both VirginReaper & M.M.M.P. sound very similar in style while only the drummer and singer remained in the band by the second release. 

07. PLEASE. TELL US MORE ABOUT VIRGIN REAPER MUSIC?

We plan on always staying with one continuous theme on all our work past and future. We write our lyrics around dark New England folk lore. some stories we write into music may be of factual origin or possibly made up by me but always the story is based in New England. We feel we have the best haunted history of all the American states and we wish to shed light on that to the rest of the world. Not many, if any New Metal bands have that as its focus here in N.E... None that i know of. 
So both albums are based on a number of factual or fictional tales based around New England folklore.


08. DID YOU HAVE PLAYED MANY GIGS?

We have only played five gigs over one summer in 2011 as INVERTICRUX. Around  Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The band dressed in typical Metal head wear, while I dressed sort of like a monk with spike leather arm bands and corpse paint. I would go to the local Salvation Army for cheap used items to use as props. it was never the same show twice. We liked to trample rap, disco and country albums, rip them up, and throw them at the audience to shred them some more. Always over the top and outlandish behavior on stage. 


09. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE USA BLACK METAL?

I am not a purest. So I dont think any one country owns Black Metal. I think all parts of the world have contributed worthy adaptions to the genre. All Metal genres for that matter. The American scene has given a lot to the suicidal B.M. scene in particular. I love it all, where ever it is from. if it is true and from the heart it has worth. 

10. WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?

I am not sure. I almost found out late last year when i put a bullet in my head in an suicide attempt. some how i survived. After one month in Boston general hospital and a bullet lodged in my brain for life. But i think i would have had a horrible after life had i succeeded in killing myself last November on my birth date. So i was given a second chance to complete my life properly and possibly have a better outcome in the worlds beyond. As long as i dont have to relive life in this imperfect world,
 I do not really care what the after life has waiting for me. Anything is better then the uncertainties and threats of physical pain this world has to offer.


11. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF INVERTICRUX?

So far yes. IT is important we continue to grow and evolve while maintaining our identity as an extreme Horror Metal band. For the first time i am the only member left in INVERTICRUX. Though I am a founding member. The Vocalist is all that remains. but it has always been my band more so then anyone else's. Nobody yet has claimed equal ownership. But its open to the next members who want to make it their own. Its a matter of dedication.  I may return to drums and vocals on the next release and just hire one other member to perform guitars as we did with the second Vintage Flesh release. Remaining only as a studio band via Dark Throne style. Expect even greater things with the next release. we have a few years yet to map that one out . 


12. WHAT`S THE BLACK METAL FOR YOU?

Black Metal in its purest form, which we are no longer, is an attempt to draw musical influence from the deepest darkest well of our minds and souls. An attempt to create the harshest and bleakest sounds and feelings possible.  We have done that with Vintage Flesh and we witnessed two deaths and one suicide attempt, multiple demonic haunting's among people related to the band, and other tragedies surrounding band members over the process. When you here of bands having faced dark adversities during the making of certain albums, that is a direct result of attracting dark forces to your music and those who create it. That's true Black Metal.

13. ARE YOU A MYSTICAL PERSON? SATANICS? SADO?

I am simply an Agnostic. So yes, i am a spiritual person. More concerned in my after life rather then this one. But i know this life has a direct effect on how i will spend eternity. I anticipate an after life of my own dark sadistic creation. I have tried to experience everything good and bad that this life has to offer. All in the hopes of graduating from this into something far superior then human existence. 


14. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

EXALTEDWOE.com There you can order our latest release M.M.M.P. and the latest Exalted Woe compilation with us included. Satanica Records (New Zealand) has a new compilation coming out called "Most unholy convergence" with one contribution from us. I sang and wrote lyrics for the latest Mystic Forest (France) album "In THE END". out now on DRAKKAR Productions.  Other then that ,no. No stickers or t-shirts left. But we hope to have some available in the future. 
A Japanese label is negotiating a deal with me now, to re-release the two Vintage Flesh c.d.'s so who knows.


15. FUTURE PLANS...

To stay out of jail and stay alive long enough to create more soul shattering Metal. To continue my twenty year career as a Tattooist/HorrorMetal illustrator. 

16. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS? 

LETS GET INVERTED!!!! Thanks for your interest in INVERTICRUX. We are glad to be within your Hallowed Halls of Metal...

nobody wants me hangin' around unless it's from a tree in the nobody wants me hangin' around unless it's from a tree in the middle of town...