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Interview with Sin Quirin of 3 Headed Snake and Ministry

Published

5 years ago

November 2, 2018

Ron

3 Headed Snake is a new band that Sin Quirin from Ministry started. Adding Johnny Ray at vocals, Cesar Soto on guitars, DV Karloff on bass and Derek Abrahams on Drums.

Empire Extreme got to talk to Sin about the project and talk about the upcoming Ministry tour and more.

EE: So let’s talk about 3 Headed Snake. How did that project come together?

Sin: It started a little over two years ago, I written a hand full of songs with the specific style in mind. I set out to find that type of singer and took to the internet and found Johnny in Florida. I sent him out a couple of tracks and the first one was Wisdom Screams which we did a video for and put out a single for. It took a while because of touring with Ministry and only having small breaks.

EE: So you were always thinking about that vocal style from the beginning?

Sin: Yes, pretty much so. The reason I wrote songs like that was I reconnected with one of my old singers and he was the catalyst to start this. We wanted to do some old school type of stuff. He had some health issues and couldn’t sing anymore so I was left with the music and started looking for a singer.

EE: Yeah when I watched the video I wasn’t prepared at all for those vocals. (Both laugh) I loved it but was way different from what I was expecting the vocals for your band to be.

Sin: For the most part that’s been the response we have gotten. People hear about and I’m associated with it they think of Ministry and that industrial vocals and I understand it. That’s the type of reply we have been getting. Overall it’s be a positive response.

EE: You guys released an EP for it?

Sin: Yeah we just released it a few weeks ago, and we did a run of 100 copies and sold out already. They were signed by me and Johnny and came with a 3 headed snake guitar pick, we sold out of them in a week which we weren’t expecting at all. I thought maybe we would sell 20. We still have the 5$ digital download on our bandcamp and the single Wisdom Screams is available on iTunes and Spotify.

EE: Any plans on doing a full album?

Sin: The goal is to do a full album by 2019 and do some shows and possible touring. I’ve talked to some people about doing some stuff in Europe for the festivals in the summer. We have worked on some material and want to release a full length album.

EE: Are you planning on doing Europe first because of the style of music and how Europeans love them some power metal?

Sin: I agree, whether we do it in the states before but we are focusing on Europe they love this type of metal and have festivals designed just for it. In the past I would overlook the Europe stuff but I want to hit that up.

EE: How was it like making the video for Wisdom Screams? It’s a very visual video

Sin: Thank you, I reached out to my friend Matt Zane from Society 1. He knocked it out of the park. I wanted it to be a performance video to introduce the band and add some people head banging and some fire performers. Wanted it to remind of the old videos from HeadBangers Ball.

EE: Are you all excited and ready for the second leg of the Ministry tour?

Sin: Yeah man, we start rehearsals in about 2 weeks and start first show on November 21st through Dec 21st. I’m looking forward to it.

EE: Have you had any backlash from the Trump Supporters from the latest album?

Sin: Not Anything our of ordinary, we get a lot of keyboard warriors who talk shit online. We always release an album and get shit for it.

EE: Yeah I talked to Tony Campos about it before and we are like have you listened to Ministry before ? (Both laugh)

Sin: They act like it’s a new thing that Ministry is political.

EE: Any plans on a follow-up album?

Sin: That’s what Al keeps saying that he wants to make a new album. I don’t have any word yet if that’s true, but he’s been doing interviews that he wants to.

EE: What’s your favorite song on that album?

Sin: Probably the first one that I wrote turned into Twilight Zone.

EE: How was it like working with Society 1?

Sin: I was with them for 6 years, the first band I got my record deal with. We were on HeadBangers Ball and all the metal magazines. We had a crazy time with the band.

EE: Yeah I got to see a few shows and they were always so much fun and entertaining.

Sin: Awesome man, thank you. We loved to push buttons on stage and the kind of band we were.

EE: Yeah I was talking to someone the other day about singers with crazy mic stands nowadays and remember that Matt Zane’s Cock stand was one of the first and craziest ones I’ve seen.

Sin: I thought that was pretty original for back then. It was very controversial.

EE: If you could bring back one dead musician who would it be?

Sin: I would say Jimmy Hendrix. I never got to see him.

EE: If he was alive how do u think he would have went through his career?

Sin: I think he would have went into different styles of playing. He was headed towards jazz and had such artistic abilities that he would have pushed his boundaries of music.

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INTERVIEW WITH MERCURY OF PRIEST

Published

1 week ago

April 23, 2024

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Empire Extreme got to sit down and talk to Mercury of Priest when the band came into PA at LoveDrafts.

The show was amazing all the bands that we seen put on a great show for the fans. Vampires Everywhere killed it once again. Last time we seen Priest we only got to see them open for Powerman5000 and got like 6 songs, this time Priest was headlining and we got to see much more which I was excited to see.

Priest played a good mix of old and new and even a few songs off the album “Dark Pulse” which is out in May. We got to see 13 songs played and even Mercury come out into the crowd a few times and when they played “Obey” even blessed some of the crowd. It was great hearing songs like “BlackListed”, “Signal in the Noise”, “History in Black” and “Vaudeville”. It was such a great night of music and a great conversation with Mercury. If you get a chance to see this band play in ur town, it’s a must

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INTERVIEW WITH OF VIRTUE

Published

2 months ago

March 4, 2024

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Where does the band name come from? Wanting to be the best version of yourself at all times. The name is a reminder to hold ourselves accountable.

How is the music scene in Michigan? The Michigan music scene has always been vibrant and in my opinion, important. Do we get the credit we deserve? Absolutely not. But for the state that brought you Motown, Eminem, Lizzo, The White Stripes, I Prevail and so many other incredible artists – it’s kind of hard to believe that Michigan remains a hidden gem.

How’s the reception from the fans of the latest album “Omen”? It’s been incredible. From seeing people singing along at shows to us seeing new supporters of all different ages, colors, and creeds joining the journey. Omen has been a pivotal album in our career and we’re proud of it!

If you could tour with 2 bands, which bands would you want to tour with? Spiritbox and Bad Omens. They’re both making waves, changing who the metal audience is, and surely they’d be fun to hang around with.

Where do you draw inspiration for the lyrics? Honestly, the lyrics are our stories. The stories of our struggles, our trials and our tribulations.

What’s been your favorite tour or show? We just got off of a tour with our labelmates, Any Given Day. They treated us to a handful of sold out shows over in Europe, which at this point we call our second home. Those were great shows, but any show we’ve done in Europe is typically one for the books!

If you could bring back a dead musician, who would it be? Prince for sure. An incredible musician I would love an opportunity to chat or make music with!

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INTERVIEW WITH TWIN TEMPLE

Published

3 months ago

February 16, 2024

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Being Married and being in a band together. Do you feel that makes it easier or harder?

We love to do the Devil’s work together so for us its a match made in hell.

What’s your favorite horror movie?

That’s hard to narrow down but the first few that come to mind are Rosemary’s Baby, The Devil Rides Out, Wickerman, The Devils Reign featuring Anton Lavey, Mario Bava’s Black Sunday, anything starring Vincent Price. We also got to see an advance screen of “Late Night with the Devil” featuring a very evil performance from our friend Dave Dastmalchian. We’re also looking forward to Bryan Fuller’s “Dust Bunny” and are positive it will be a new favorite. The list goes on…..we are huge horror fans.

Favorite Non Horror Movie?

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (which is horror/noir adjacent) and The Burbs (also horror adjacent…haha.)

All of Quentin Tarantino’s films- our latest favorite is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, because 1960’s LA…

What misconception of Satanists would you like to educate people on?

We’re not here to proselytize, force our beliefs on people, or educate people on them Selves, Satanism or anything else. If people are interested in exploring Satanism, we encourage them to do their research and question everything.

If you could bring back any dead musician, who would you pick and why?

We would have loved to do a song with Ronnie Spector who recently passed. Also would have been amazing to collaborate with Jack Nitzsche who arranged so many amazing songs.

If you could tour with any 2 bands, who would you want to tour with?

The Ronnettes & The Shangri-Las.

What has been your Favorite Tour so far?

The God is Dead Tour that we’re currently on is definitely the most evil and blasphemous tour yet. We find it very pleasurable to be able to continue expanding the rituals and seeing our nightmares come true on stage.

You were on “Dragula” with the Boulet Brothers, how was that experience?

It was a fiendish delight to collaborate with some of our fav monsters.

What was it like Touring with Danzig?

Another nightmare come true! We’ve both been fans for a long time and we’re obviously inspired by the wicked world Glenn has conjured. So to get to spend time with him and watch him live every night and to now call him a friend is completely surreal. He’s a legend— but was also one of the coolest, kindest, most unholy people we’ve had the carnal pleasure of touring with.

How’s the reception of the last album “God is Dead”?

Personally, we love the record and are very proud of what we’ve accomplished. As far as other peoples’ reactions…. we don’t know and don’t care! We pleasured ourselves and that’s what matters most.

What got you interested in the style of music you play? And how would describe your music?

We’ve always loved classic American music from jazz to blues to country to rock and roll and so on. We also love the pageantry of heavy metal and theatre. So for us it was a very organic culmination of our obsessions. Rock and roll has always been the devils music.

Have you visited the Satanic Temple in Massachusetts?

No we have not but Lucien did attend one of our rituals so we had a chance to share where we get our babies blood and all things Satan.

Have you had any bad encounters at shows because of the misconception of satanism?

No! We purposefully foster a live show environment where all are welcome, all should come being the most important person in the world which is themselves, whatever that may be. Even Christians! We believe music is meant to bring joy, transcendence… We just want to share the things we love; pink, rhinestones, big hair, great rock ’n’ roll, Satanic ritual, you know… but we have had churches assemble outside our shows, screaming through distorted PA speakers that God is not dead & wishing us all a “terrible time”. Why would their God not want us to have fun? This kind of behavior is only makes us more proud to be who we are and do what we love.