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Subterranean Disposition interview with Alarm 666 'zine

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:48:24 +0100

Subterranean Disposition interview with Alarm 666 'zine

March 29, 2013

*Google translated version of Danish interview

The fact that Australia is home to much more than kangaroos, aborigines and Cocodile Dundee is of course no doubt but that the world's smallest continent also had a doom scene was certainly not something I immediately had put so much attention to. This fact was, however, earlier this year turned on when Hypnotic Dirge Records sent Subterranean Outline's debut album for review on alarm666.dk. I was not familiar with the band or the main man behind, Terry Vainoras, who evidently had a time in a number of projects through the years. His debut album, named simply "Subterranean Disposition", is certainly an exciting release, and has since first playing on undertegnets plants found their way a few times since. Alarm666.dk thought it was appropriate to make contact with the band to give the Danish doom fans a little presentation of and insight into this interesting Australian spots on the metal scene down there down under. Mastermind Terry was fortunately ready for our questions.

Hi Terry, how are you?

"Hello! It's going well. "

Good to hear. Tell us a bit about how the band started?

"It all started really for the reason that I had already written material for the debut album of a previous band I was in, Insomnius Dei, but then it fell apart, I decided instead to give the songs their proper home and name. That was my main mission to begin with. "

What was the musical direction you had in mind?

"The plan was to go through the songs, get them recorded and released. Actually music was inspired by what Mark Kelson had written to one Insomnius Dei album that we did together, "Illusions of Silence", which was elongated travel through different sonic landscapes. I was inspired to put my songwriting into the template and see what would show up. "

Where else did and you get inspiration from?

"Inspirations come from all sorts of places. Books, music, movies, overheard conversations, life stories and the subconscious. "

Terry has since its inception been running Subterranean Disposition as a one-man band, but for some time it has been in the top banner of the band's facebook profile to see a picture of three people out of Terry himself. I ask just a little into how the line-up situation seems at the moment.

What is the line-up at the moment? Who are the people you see on your page? Some permanent members?

"I have gathered some friends to form a live composition, in order to be able to come out and play the album live for people, and it's the guys who appear on the facebook page.

Retch Bile on bass, Christophe Delcourt on drums and Shaun Bryndzia on guitar.Vi play some shows around Australia at the moment, hopefully the same line up also touring abroad. "

Subterranean Disposition published as mentioned debut album not so long ago, and the conversation falls naturally into the release and the circumstances surrounding it.

His debut was thrown on the street a short time ago. Tell about the process - from songwriting to recording sessions?

"Songwriting began in 2008 and, as I recall, it took about a year, after which I decided to do it all as a solo project. I sat for a long time with demos, listened to them from time to time and made appropriate changes. Then, in 2010, I started finally on recording sessions, and took in Toyland Studios a few days here and there spread over the twelve months to complete them. Possibly a long process, but it was necessary and probably most likely also the way I will work around the next album. I think a lot of time and part reflection really works to full when you want the best in the songs. "

It was the recorded back in 2010. Why did it take so long before it was released?

"The delays of the completion of the album to the release of this actually very naturally with how long it took to find the right record label that would release the disc. So we came Hypnotic Dirge Records, a company that thinks ahead, and offers a fine selection of bands in their fold, and I am proud to call 'Subterranean Disposition's home'. "

It is recorded in something called Toyland Studios with a certain Adam Calaitzis as a producer. Why did you choose this particular studio to record the album in?

" I have long worked with Adam and Toyland Studios. It is shown around thirteen years back in time through many of my other previous projects, which are also recorded there. So I trust Adam and his approach to things as a producer. We had a good time together in the studio while we were working on this album, searched for the right tones and experimented with different recording methods. "

Subterranean Disposition "is undoubtedly a doom album, but certainly also a versatile one of its kind that comes much about the genre universe. We experiment with a variety of tools to get the message through to the listener. It would be interesting to know whether it was important to Terry, to create a more varied album.

"To be frank, I never had plans to make doom with saxophone, female vocals or ambient samples! But as the writing process progressed and when you listened through it, I could suddenly find that music on a deep level, just shrieked at no extra charge. It recognized me, and therefore sought for the missing elements. It was important to follow my gut, and have people to work around the ideas that I personally could transfer. I am certainly glad that I did it, when you listen to the result. "

Except for the aforementioned woman vocals and saxophone You now have recorded it all yourself. Was it difficult?

"After having recorded demos at home, I knew the material quite well, and it was easy to do it all over again in the studio, so no, it was not difficult. It was more pure pleasure to track all the instruments and see all the parts build together piece by piece. "

The singer Pheobe Pinnock involved in two of the songs. Tell a little about how she became involved in the project?

"Pheobe is a friend of mine, and she is in Heaven The Axe, a band from Melbourne. I asked if she would sing the female vocals on 'XR This Agony', since the texts protræterer a woman and man's vision of a dysfunctional relationship. Her vocals along with the quiet acoustic part and my over the heavy riffs. I knew her vocals are not the typical Gothic style of doom metal usually has, but thought it might be cool to see how she would interpret it. I thought it was damn good. When she came into the studio, I had just completed a clean vocal passage on the 'Wailing My Keen', and when she heard it, she would immediately create a harmony to it, and the rest is history he he. "

When you have been so involved in an album, and you have worked with it for so long you are usually a fairly close relationship with it. It becomes your baby. Mon Terry has a favorite among the six works on 'Subterranean Disposition'?

What is your favorite song from the album and why?

"I would find it very difficult to have to choose one favorite number! Sometimes I as well have something to one of the numbers and vice versa, but when the day is over, I now always album as a continuous piece from start to finish. This is also the reason why we play the whole album through concerts. It has lots of different sonic landscapes, and I would feel something was missing if any of the songs were not played. "

Now you mention concerts - I've just played your debut show. How did it go?

"Our first show was really a good experience! The guys in the band have all played music and been in bands for a long time, so I trusted them. I was more nervous for myself, and if I should play something wrong. All in all a cannon introduction to our audience in his home town, and something I will never forget. "

Have other concert plans currently? Some tours in connection with the album?

"We have a few other shows here in Australia as part of an album-tour with our friends in Lycanthia that are on the same record label. It will run for a time over in April. In addition we hope to be able to plan some concerts in Europe later this year. So we cross fingers that it can be done! "

It would be cool for Terry and the rest of the team if they could get out and present and promote Subterranean Disposition of European doom fans. Let's hope they might be able to break through some of the festivals.

Besides little tuner, it would be interesting to know what other plans the band has otherwise for the future. According to Terry is already well established in the stove for more, but it will be at their own pace.

The future looks good. Album number two has already been recorded in a demo version, and will hopefully be recorded correctly this year or early next year. But since I have been family man, the activities of both tours and recording become shorter and drawn out over time, but it was also how I started the band, and it works fine for me. As long as I have the ability to do things when I can, I'm happy.

As mentioned earlier doom metal from Australia not something I personally have much knowledge. I therefore ask the same speed into whether there are some other interesting names, we should check out.

"There is really a doom scene in Australia, although it is quite small. Some cool bands you should check out is Lycanthia, Mournful Congregation, Okera and many others. "

Then there are some names that start with if you want to delve into the country's heavy scene. Sorry, we're reaching the end of the road, Terry. You must thank you for the interview, and we hope to see you play here in these latitudes one day. Do you have any last words to alarm666's readers?

"Although thanks for the interview. I have played in many countries, with some of the other bands that I've toured with, but have never been to Denmark. So it's certainly on the list of places to visit! Can hopefully get up there with Subterranean Outlining a day and play some doom for you. For you who love the doom of death, sludge and ambient pieces and experiments Check out us out. Horn! "

Subterranean Disposition/Lycanthia Dual Album Launch Tour 2013

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:07:09 +0100

Hypnotic Dirge Records, Metalobsession.net and MMK promotions proudly presents a dual album launch for two of Australia's best Doom exports, Lycanthia and Subterranean Disposition, on their Australian east coast tour this February, March and April.

Longstanding Australian Death-Doom/Gothic Metal band Lycanthia are due to release their latest Album 'Oligarchy' in a digi-pak format, through Hypnotic Dirge Records. Their music is described as dark, aggressive and emotional sound scapes fused with classical elements. This sound is created with the use of Grim Male Vocals, mixed with Dual Female harmonies, Violins, Twin-Guitars, Bass, Drums and Keyboards/Piano. 'Oligarchy' has been described as "Pure gloom metal with emphasis on atmosphere, melody and captivating vocals" by doommantia website.

Mastered by Jens Bogren of Fascination Street Studios, Oligarchy is the perfect successor to their momentous EP 'Within The Walls', and see's Lycanthia develop their musical style with greater maturity and creativity. Bassist and Vocalist, Lee Tassaker, said "we are over the moon about being signed to Hypnotic Dirge Records and cannot wait to share the stage with fellow label-mates Subterranean Disposition. It's going to be great to share the music of our new album 'Oligarchy' with everyone, at our up and coming shows in VIC, NSW and QLD, over the next few months."

Starting life as the solo recording project of Melbourne metal veteran Terry Vainoras
(Order of Chaos, Damaged, Insomnius Dei, Earth, Hellspawn, The Eternal) with a sound entrenched in a mixture of equal parts Doom, Death and Sludge with hints of the Experimental, Subterranean Disposition released it’s debut album through Hypnotic Dirge Records on the 27th of October in 2012, receiving critical praise through the worldwide metal media.

Terry has recruited a stellar line up of his favourite musicians to recreate the album as a live band: Christophe Delcourt on Drums (Away the Cinders), Shaun Bryndzia on Guitar (Canyonaero) and Retch Bile on Bass (Broozer). The touring group will also feature Phoebe Pinnock (Heaven the Axe) performing her vocal contributions in Melbourne and Megan Tassaker (Lycanthia) performing the female parts in Sydney, Brisbane and Gold coast, with a guest saxophonist at each show.

Terry has said “The guys in the band have worked incredibly hard at interpreting the recorded work, teaching me a lot about these songs in the process. We are really excited to get out and perform this material live for the first time, and to do so with such a great touring partner in Lycanthia. See you all at the shows”

Saturday February 23 – Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne
Saturday March 16 – Bald faced stag, Sydney
Friday April 5 – Prince of Wales, Brisbane
Saturday April 6 – Miami shark bar, Gold Coast

www.lycanthia.com
www.subterraneandisposition.com

Subterranean Disposition interview w. Metal Soundscapes [Nov 12, 2012]

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:50:11 +0100

Subterranean Disposition interview with Metal Soundscapes

November 12, 2012

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Subterranean Disposition is a new doom/death metal band from Australia. It’s the solo project of Terry Vainoras, who is an active member of the Melbourne metal community since 1995. He has also performed and recorded with bands like Order of Chaos, Damaged, Earth, Hellspawn, Cryptal Darkness, The Eternal and Insomnius Dei. His main instruments are Vocals, Guitar, Bass and Keyboards. Let’s see what he has to say for his wonderful new band, Subterranean Disposition.

So Terry, first of all, let me thank you for this interview! Can you please tell us about you and your band? What led you to the inspiration of the band’s name and music style?

Thank you very much for this opportunity. I am primarily a metal musician from Melbourne, Australia. I have been recording and performing music since 1993. Subterranean Disposition came to be in 2008 after I left another projectI was in that had a similar style, Insomnius Dei. The songs were written to be the second Insomnius album, and when I left I decided to record them by myself. The name just literally popped into my head one day ! I think it describes the band’s sound quite well. The inspiration for the music was simply take all I had learned from my previous bands and channel it through the loose amalgamated styles of doom, death, sludge and some clean atmospheres.

You have been very active in the past. What can you tell us of your other / previous bands? How it all started?

I have been very fortunate over the years to be able to be apart of some great bands in very different styles of extreme metal, everything from black, death, doom, grind, metallic hardcore and so on… I am humbled to have learned from and shared ideas with many great musicians. There is a comprehensive list of bands at www.terryvainoras.com. For me all this started back in the day at high school when I started to learn guitar and formed my first band, good times!

Can you describe your music? You used some experimental parts that make Subterranean Disposition differ from other doom/death metal bands. Can you tell us how you came up with all these original ideas?

Like I said earlier I think it is a mix of Doom and Death metal with tinges of other styles, some sludge and post metal influence and perhaps even some hints of jazz and psychedelic in there too.In the process of writing this material the songs basically opened themselves up to different sounds and I had a lot of fun working with unconventional ways of getting the songs finished.

Is this a completely solo project? Are there any other musicians participating in this album?

The Bulk of the album was done solely on my own with two guest contributions, Phoebe Pinnock contributed vocals to “Prolong this agony” and "Wailing my Keen" Darcy Molan added the cool Saxophone to “Most subtle of storms”. Other than that the rest is me.-

Have you planned a live tour? Would you do that if you could find the right musicians? What would be your preferred instrument then? Would you also be the main vocalist, including brutal and clean vocals?

There will be some Live shows in Australia in early 2013 and possibly some shows in Europe too. I have put together a full live backing band and we are rehearsing the songs right now. I am playing guitar and doing all the vocals except the female parts, we will have guest musicians to recreate the female singing and sax parts also.

- What are your music plans for the future?

In the immediate future there is a second Subterranean album that has been demoed and will hopefully be recorded next year. Also I play in another long running band Order of Chaos that will record its new album as well. All that with some live shows for both bands and being a new Dad, things will be very busy !!I am looking forward to it.

- Can you name some of your favorite metal bands, and some of your favorite non-metal music styles?

Some of my favourite metal bands are Carcass, At the gates, Converge, Cult of Luna, Neurosis. I listen to a lot of different music outside of metal, some of my favourites are Funk- soul, Jazz, Noise, Country, Rock and Movie Soundtracks.

-For anyone interested in your band, is there any website where we can preview your music and/or buy your stuff?

The band has a website : www.subterraneandisposition.comand our debut album can be purchased from Hypnotic Dirge Records.For Digital Downloads go Here:

http://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled or buy a physical copy here:http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/subterraneandisposition-selftitled-tobuy.php

- I would really like to thank you for your time! I wish you the best! If you have a message for the world, now it’s time to say it!

Thanks agin for the interview! If you are into music that you can take your time with, music with a balance of opposing forces, dark-light, Melody- Dissonance, with a few surprises then please check out Subterranean Disposition.

Subterranean Disposition interview with Metal Obsession [November 1, 2012]

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:23:27 +0100

Subterranean Disposition Interview with Metal Obsession

Novemeber 1, 2012

Not too long ago, “new” doom project Subterranean Disposition signed to and released their new album through Hypnotic Dirge Records. It’s a stunning release, as you can find out in our review, and has been spinning regularly since. The whole band is a bit of a mystery though, especially in regards to what we can expect in the future. Thankfully, as you can read below, Terry Vainoras (the one man behind the band) has informed us that another whole album has already been demoed, with a live band in the works. That’s what we wanted to hear!

So your self-titled full-length was written as a sort of follow-up to Insomnius Dei’s “Illusions of Silence”. Was this originally supposed to be released under that name, or is it just a follow-up musically and thematically?

Originally after completing the Insomnius Dei album I was intensely inspired to contribute to the body of work that Mark Kelson had written on ‘Illusions of Silence’ and I began writing ideas which snowballed into full demoed songs that I shared with Mark. Time was against us doing any further work on it as we were also recording and touring with The Eternal at the time. In 2009 I parted musical ways with Mark and still had those demos there, which was whenI decided to record these songs properly under this name. In hindsight the first Insomnius Dei album was Mark and I meeting at a crossroads and having a doom conversation, before going off down our own musical paths. Subterranean was born in that time, no doubt.

Illusions of Silence was released all the way back in 2007, have you been working solidly on this release since then, or was there a delay in getting it released?

The demos were recorded in 2008 and then revisited and recorded properly with Adam Calaitzis in sporadic bursts over 2010 at Toyland Studios, due to finances. It was mastered early 2011 and honestly it had taken from then to this year to find a suitable home for it. Enter Nick Skog and Hypnotic Dirge Records. A slow gestation for a slow band!

There’s a lot of variety, and the addition of guest female vocals and saxophone on the album. Are there any other sounds that you wanted to try and incorporate into it? Any instruments you’d like to use on future tracks? Personally, I’d just love to hear more sax.

For this debut album the two guests were the only extra sounds ideas that came to mind for those specific songs, if you listen close when writing a song it will tell you what it needs. Phoebe was brought in to portray the female side of the conversation going on between a woman and a man in the Lyrics of “Prolong this Agony”. As for ” The Most Subtle of Storms ” I had wanted a fluid, detached melody for the quiet passage that a guitar just could not provide.

Darcy Molan on sax nailed it, with a requested little tip of the hat to one of my favourite groups; Bohren und der Club of gore! In future if a song calls for outside the norm instrumentation then so be it, but I am cautious not to use this type of thing to the point of it being a “schtick”.

Currently in the demos of the second album i have sampled an instrument called an ondes Martinot, which is like a hybrid of a single string lap steel with a piano. It creates a very ethereal, haunted kind of tone.

I’m gathering from the release that you don’t listen exclusively to metal. What other styles of music do you enjoy? Who were your influences behind this particular album?

I do listen to many different styles of music, among my favourites are funk, country/americana, golden era New York hip hop, noise, jazz, soundtracks and the list goes on. I think as a metal musician it is really healthy to listen to and absorb other styles of music, eventually it creeps into your own playing and writing and keeps the metal fresh and evolving. For the album, now in hindsight I can hear all the lessons learnt throughout many of the bands i have played with / written for over the years. I think it really is a melting pot of all the different genres I have done channeled through doom. Also i can hear the influence of similar music that inspires me personally, Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Bohren und der club of gore and Earth.

How about lyrically; what’s behind the lyrics?

Influence for the lyrics came from many varied places. For instance “Seven sisters of Sleep” was inspired by the book of the same name, using the metaphor of a female temptress to represent drug addiction. “Prolong This Agony” like previously stated is a personal account of an ongoing conversation between a woman and man. ‘”Between Apes and Angels” and “The Most Subtle of Storms” are in short looking into different aspects of the human condition.”Wailing my keen” is a rumination on the point of physical death and how those present can affect the departed.

The album was released through Hypnotic Dirge Records who, judging by our few emails with them, seem like a genuinely helpful label. How are they to work with?

Nick and HDR have been a fantastic team to work alongside to get this album out. I think it boils down to that the fact that they are passionate about the music they put out first and foremost, and I think they have a great aesthetic in how they present their artists to the public.

Are there any plans to turn this into a full band, and perhaps performing live?

Yes; over the course of this year I have slowly drafted the right musicians to form a live band and we are getting close to being able to present the material live. An Australian tour for early 2013 is in the works as we speak and our sights are on Europe for next year as well.

Have you already started work on any newer material?

Yes actually, an entire second album has been completed in rough demo form at this stage, some more experimenting with the songs will take place and hopefully they can be recorded and released next year also. Time will tell.

Do you have any other music projects as well?

Concurrently I do the vocals and bass for long running metallic hardcore band Order of Chaos, we will have a new album out in 2013 called “Deadweight Undertow”. Also I have a ambient/noise/field recording project called Dentata and I produce hip hop instrumentals as The Left Handed Beatsmith.

These two projects will have recordings released in the coming months.

To finish off, plug your three favourite Australian bands, with reasons.

I do not want to pick favourites, as there is so many good Australian bands past and present to choose from so instead i will list three that have really caught my attention recently :

1. Broozer

Power trio from melbourne that I have had the pleasure of sharing stages with in Order of Chaos. They mix up riffery and sludge with off time signatures in a unique and memorable way. Great guys, great players. Their debut album ” 12.04.12 ” just came out, go and get it!

2. We Lost The Sea

I notice these guys when their “Crimea” album came out and I was blown away when I saw them perform in Melbourne last year. Amazing post/sludge with layered guitars with keys and samples. They have three or four guitarists, I think? After hearing one track from their forthcoming second album I am really anticipating its release.

3. The Broderick

I caught the band supporting Rosetta recently and was totally in awe of the dynamics of the set as a whole and their sense of building and releasing tension within songs. Their new album “Free to rot, free of sin” mirrors the live show and is one I have gone back to on a regular basis. Great band.

Subterranean Disposition Interview w. Doom-metal.com [Oct.15, 2012]

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:04:48 +0100

Subterranean Disposition interview w. doom-metal.com
October 15, 2012

Subterranean Disposition interview with doom-metal.com
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Subterranean Disposition is Terry Vainoras' new Doom project. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Terry has been working with various Australian extreme Metal acts such as Cryptal Darkness or Insomnius Dei. Inspired by his contribution to the latter, he decided to form a Doom band of his own…

(1) Hello Terry, and thanks very much for agreeing to be interviewed for Doom-Metal.com. Let me start by asking you to introduce yourself to our readers: who are you and where are you from?
Hello Mike, Firstly thank you so much for this opportunity! I am a musician, primarily of metal music that hails from the city of Melbourne in Australia. I have played in many bands over the years in numerous different sub-genres and I have been blessed to be able to travel all over Australia and Europe playing the music I love.

(2) People may well have seen your name before, associated with various different bands - you have been in the music business a while! How and when did it all start for you?
This amazing journey of music started for me like many others of my generation by picking up instruments in High School and forming bands, doing bad covers of our favourite groups from around that time, For me it was 1993 when it started and I really have not looked back since!

(3) Doom fans will probably have heard of Cryptal Darkness and The Eternal, at least, but there are a fair few Death or Black Metal credits on your CV as well. Are you equally happy working in all those extreme genres? Do you have a favourite?
I have been a big fan of all the different styles of metal that I have been able to write or perform in, and looking back, much of it has been a great learning curve leading up to where I find myself today musically. Learning the importance of melody, song structure, playing fast/slow with emotion, dynamics and so on is priceless. I am grateful to have been apart of it all although nowadays I choose to write in the styles that I truly find my voice in. So right now the doom thing gives me a lot of freedom to expand on ideas and paint in different colours so to speak. It is one of the favourites for sure.

(4) There are also a fair few instruments on your CV – guitars, bass, keys, and vocals. Were you formally trained in any of those? Do you have a primary, or preferred, instrument?
I took guitar lessons in my High School years, although much of my style is self-taught. I took vocal lessons for a number of years about five or six years ago, as I am less confident in the clean singing style as opposed to the guttural vocals, which came naturally. However, apart from that much has been learnt on the job as it were. I am primarily a guitarist above all else, and most of the song writing begins on the guitar.

(5) You are now working solo, under the name Subterranean Disposition? What prompted you to take that step? Is it better, or simply different, to being part of a band?
I was involved in a recording project – Insomnius Dei with Mark Kelson from The Eternal, we recorded an album "Illusions of Silence" back in 2007. Mark had written all of the music for the album and I came in wrote and performed the vocals as well as playing bass. After we had completed the album I was intensely inspired by its outcome, I decided to try writing some songs as a follow up, I believed I could compliment what mark had done within the melodic Doom/death framework and add a few twists to it with my own writing voice.
Further down the track it became evident that Mark and I were not going to collaborate musically together in the near future and that’s when I decided to take the work I had done and move forward, calling it Subterranean Disposition.
I do enjoy the process of writing alone; I feel with SD I do not have to second-guess what needs to happen within a song. It is not better or worse than being part of a band, it just is a different path with a similar outcome.

(6) Your debut, self-titled album is due for release at the end of October. How would you describe it?
I would describe it as a journey. Brutality, Melody, Dissonance, Ambience, Darkness, Light, Fear, Hope… A dynamic journey through extremes.

(7) I've already had the pleasure of reviewing it (Subterranean Disposition), and came away with a generally very favourable opinion. Do you think the review is fair comment – is there anything you would like to respond to, correct or add to it?
I think it is a fair comment and a well written one at that. I can tell you have spent some time with it, which is what this style of album really needs. Thank you for listening with focused ears!

(8) Have you had any other feedback on the album so far?
The track "Most subtle of storms" has been available online for quite some time and has received some great feedback, particularly the use of saxophone. A few reviews have surfaced and so far, the feedback has been rather positive.

(9) I notice the copyright date on the credits is 2010 – was that when it was ready? If so, why the delay in release?
The album itself was recorded over the course of 2010 and mastered early 2011. From there it took a long time to find the right people to agree to a release. Enter Hypnotic Dirge Records.

(10) Hypnotic Dirge Records are handling the release and distribution, with pre-orders now open (HDR Distro). I found them to be very helpful and friendly: what are they like to work with as an artist?
They are great for me to work with personally and the bottom line is this – they are fans of and have great passion for the music they choose to release. It makes it easy to work together on the elements needed to get the album released and in the public eye. The roster of artists is strong and eclectic and I am humbled to be a part of that.

(11) Saxophone isn't an instrument that often appears in doom, more's the pity. What made you decide to include it on 'The Most Subtle Of Storms'?
First and foremost, I am a big fan of the German doom jazz group "Bohren Und Der Club of Gore" And I thought that a sax solo with a tip of the hat to their artistry would work well over that atmospheric part of the song, bringing an unusual yet dark element there until the heavy part breaks in. My good friend D’arcy Molan took the idea and ran with it. I was very pleased with the outcome.

(12) I particularly liked the more unconventional moments on Subterranean Disposition – the way you used guest female vocals, the sax, and occasional keyboard flourishes. Do you think more of those moments would enhance your work or become a bit of a gimmick? Were you deliberately restrained in using them – and would you be in future?
I think that if a part of a song calls for and works with unconventional instruments then so be it. However, I am always cautious to over use said elements, as I want them to elevate and make the song memorable in the right way and not a gimmick as you said. If and when these circumstances arise in future writing then yes; I would not hesitate to experiment.

(13) Is the project likely to continue? Do you have any ideas for following up this first album?
Yes SD will continue on, a second album has been finished in the demo stages and it will hopefully be recorded and possibly released in 2013. With so much time in trying to get this debut released there was a lot of time and inspiration to evolve the sound and present some new ideas in another album’s worth of songs.

(14) What about touring to support the release? I have interviewed a couple of Australian acts and they have said it's not a great place for that – too big, and the fans are spread too far apart. Would you agree?
I have assembled a live band and we are currently rehearsing the album so we can play live in Australia and Europe in 2013 in support of the album. Australia is a quite harsh touring environment compared to overseas, as there are only six or seven major cities and a handful of regional towns to play, many of which are up to ten hours apart from each other.

(15) Do you find there is much of a doom – or metal – scene at all in your area?
There is a healthy metal scene in Melbourne and other cities in Australia, The majority of local bands are of a faster death or thrash variety although doom and sludge bands are popping up and becoming more popular as time goes on.

(16) What else do you listen to, when you are not producing your own music? Are there any bands or artists you would consider particularly influential on your own works?
I listen to many different styles, everything from noise to hip-hop to jazz, funk, country, etc. As far as influential listening goes currently the sounds of groups like Swans, Bohren und der club of Gore, Neurosis and Converge inspire me to really try to think outside the box in song writing terms.

(17) What else inspires you to write songs? Any external influences – art, films, books, for example – or is it a largely internal process?
The process is always unique and ever changing. Photographs, films, books, conversations, dreams are all fair game as inspiration for songs. For instance, "Seven sisters of sleep" is influenced by the book of the same name. Whereas a song like "Most subtle of storms" was pieces of lines strung together and it was not until it was finished that a cohesive meaning was recognised.

(18) Apart from Subterranean Disposition, have you got anything else in the pipeline?
Apart from SD I have a Metallic hardcore band, Order of Chaos which I have been involved with for 15 years. Order Of Chaos will be releasing another album in 2013. In addition, I have a Noise/ Ambient electronic project called Dentata which will release a debut recording in December of this year.

(19) That's covered all the questions I started out with. Is there anything more that hasn't been addressed, or that you'd like to add?
Nothing comes to mind so I will just add this for those who are interested:
Buy here.
Listen here.

(20) It only remains for me to thank you again for your time and the opportunity to talk with you, and to wish you success with the release.
Thank you once again Mike, I'm humbled to have been offered an interview - keep up the good work with doom-metal.com

Subterranean Disposition album streaming in full and available to order!

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:33:02 +0100

Subterranean Disposition album streaming in full and available to order!

Subterranean Disposition is an experimental death-doom recording project from Terry Vainoras, a veteran of the underground Australian metal scene spanning a career almost two decades in length and also known for his involvement with Cryptic Darkness, The Eternal, and Insomnius Dei. The debut album from Subterranean Disposition is now available to order from Hypnotic Dirge Records, in both digipack and jewel cases formats. In addition to the CD version which is available for the label's website, the full self-titled album has also been made available for free streaming in its entirety at Hypnotic Dirge's bandcamp page where you can also purchase the digital download for $5.00.

Originally inspired by and conceived as a follow up to the music Mark Kelson had written for his and Terry’s Collaboration on the Insomnius Dei album ‘Illusions of Silence’, the debut self-titled Subterranean Disposition album explores further the use of dissonance and ambience, lending more dynamics to the long passages of darkness and light, crafted from the influence of early 90’s doom metal and modern sludge with forward thinking embellishments in song writing. Also permeating the record are the use of female vocals courtesy of Pheobe Pinnock, and guest saxaphone from D'arcy Molan, both musicians from the Australian scene. Considering all the elements present in the album, you can expect nothing less than an all-encompassing, broading, dark, and experimental ride through devastating darkness on the debut Subterranean Disposition album.

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PROLONG THIS AGONY - YOUTUBE (MUSIC VIDEO)
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Subterranean Disposition Blitz Quitz interview w. Pest Webzine [July 6, 2012]

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:28:08 +0100

Subterranean Disposition interview w. Pest Webzine - July 6, 2012

You can read the interview at its original location here: http://pestwebzine.com/index/subterranean_disposition/0-570

Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

Terry Vainoras : I started Subterranean Disposition as a solo recording project in 2009. I am a metal musician from Melbourne, Australia. I have a long history in the Australian Metal scene writing and performing with many bands in my Twenty year career ( Damaged, Hellspawn, Order of Chaos, Cryptal Darkness, The Eternal, Insomnius Dei,).

How would you describe your style? Which bands influenced your music?

The albums’ sound has been described as Melodic Doom / Death with elements of atmosphere and sludge, which I can agree with. Listening back to it now I can hear the influence of many of the lessons learnt in my previous bands from the years past. As far as outside influences go the sounds of Bohren und der club of gore, Earth and Cult of Luna inspire me to think outside the box when it comes to my own songwriting with SD.

Why should a metalhead buy your demos/albums?

Any metalhead who likes crushing heaviness coupled with melody and dissonance and a good sense of dynamics between atmosphere and brutality will find something to enjoy in SD’s debut album.

What have you released so far and how were your releases received by the public/media?

The Album will drop through Hypnotic Dirge records on October 15. One track so far has been released online – "The most subtle of storms” which has received much positive feedback, particularly the use of saxophone in the song.

Do you play live as well? How`s your live activity so far?

At present I am putting together a group to interpret the songs live, so by the time the album comes out we will be able to tour Australia to promote it in late 2012/ early 2013 , with a view to touring overseas also in 2013.

What should labels/zines/promoters know about your band? Why should they be interested in it?

Expect the unexpected: Dissonance. Ambience. Dynamics. Heaviness. Melody. Music to take your time with.

What plans do you have for the near future as a band?

The plans are to promote the upcoming release and like stated previously to perform live in Australia and abroad after the Album drops.

Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Visit the SD website – www.subterraneandisposition.com

And also visit the SD page on HDR website: www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/subterraneandisposition-main.php

Subterranean Disposition w. Doommantia webzine [July 5, 2012]

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:28:02 +0100

Subterranean Disposition interview with Doommantia Webzine
JUL 5, 2012Read the interview at its original location here:
http://www.doommantia.com/2012/07/the-storms-of-doom-interview-with.html

The Storms of Doom: Interview With Subterranean Disposition ...
For this time I let myself use words of official biography of Subterranean Disposition: “It is a one man Melodic doom/death metal/ ambient recording project hailing from Melbourne, Australia. It’s progenitor, Terry Vainoras, is a musician’s musician of the Australian metal scene, with a decade and a half long career of recording and performing with many groups, in almost as many different sub-genres of metal. From the grindcore of Damaged, to the Swedish melodic death stylings of Earth and on through the metallic hardcore of Order of Chaos, the black metal of Hellspawn and also the doom styles of Cryptal Darkness, The Eternal and Insomnius dei, Terry has covered much musical ground and Subterranean Disposition is the melting pot of creativity where the former and recent influences can meet and interplay”. With six compositions with the average time of around ten minutes each, ‘Subterranean Disposition’ soon will be released by Hypnotic Dirge. Here’s an interview with Terry Vainoras.

Hail Terry! How are you man? I see that you’re closing to first full-length of your solo-project Subterranean Disposition, but first of all where and when did you start as a musician?

Hail Aleks ! I am doing really well. I started out in music like many other teenagers across the globe by playing Thrash covers in my first band in high school, Twenty years ago now!Hah… It was pretty long ago!

What were conditions of Subterranean Disposition birth? What kind of conception – both musical and ideological – did you want to impress through this project?

The birth of Subterranean actually came from the ashes of another project I was Involved in, Insomnius Dei. We released one album “ illusions of silence “ on Firebox Records. The Music was all written by Mark Kelson (The Eternal) and I took care or lyrics and bass. After we finished the album I was really excited, I was inspired to continue this style of music, long open songs with heavy and ambient parts. I soon began writing demos in the same style with my own writing personality within it. In time I had a full album with lyrics without any of Marks input and when I realized we were not going to be doing music together anymore I made the decision to take these solo compositions and move forward and record them properly. I am glad I did!

So do you have a kind of musical / doom community in Australia? I know few great bands from your region but can’t say that it’s too much. Which underground genre is more popular in Australia now?

There is not a unified doom scene in Australia in any sense, there is just not enough people here for that I think, although we do have some great doom exports such as Mournful Congregation, Inverloch, Okera etc… Thrash, Death Metal and Grindcore are still very popular down here!! Aussies love drinking and fast metal!!

It sounds like Subterranean Disposition is almost DIY project, though you release the album via Hypnotic Dirge. Do you feel yourself more comfortable when you do all stuff for project by yourself? Don’t you want to play live these songs?

The experience of recording it all by myself was a very liberating one after years of being part of groups for sure and I learnt a lot in the process. It was a necessary thing to do at the time. However I do want to play live and currently I am putting together a group to interpret the songs live in order to promote the album both here and overseas.

It was bloody interesting to know that (as official site of project says) your music can be compared also with Bohren und der Club of Gore, amazing funeral jazz band. I’ve just re-listened some of their albums a week ago… I’ve noticed frail jazz-influences in your music but how did you come to idea of using such elements in death doom?

The comparison to Bohren came about because of the use of Saxophone in an ambient part of the track “ Most subtle of storms “. There are traces of jazz – like chords in the guitars of some of the other songs also, but I think the sax part stands out the most in this vein. At the time I had wanted something more interesting than a guitar solo over that part of the song. I asked my friend D'arcy Molan to see if he could come up with a sax part in a style like that of Bohren as a tip of the hat to their mighty artistry and he came back with what is on the album, a perfect fit in my opinion that lifts the whole song and transports the passage back into the heavy riffs at the end.

And what’s about other influences besides jazz? Do you see as a compositor some unusual elements in your music? I could miss something because true to say I’ve listened album only thrice (and have a lot time to do it more) but I guess that this work has it’s prog vibe, it’s not a standard death doom thing though I can’t tell if there’re really something from other bands.

I can understand the prog vibe you are describing although I do not listen too much that can be labeled “Prog”. I cannot really say what other influences are present other than my previous songwriting evolving into being tried out in the format of doom. I just wanted to use the style and have a ten minute song feel like a three minute song, because it keeps your attention the whole time.

Who is a girl who sings few verses in “Prolong This Agony”? Sounds good, and I must say that a combination of such unusual for doom death relaxing yet dark elements and dynamic attacks with growl and heavy distorted guitars remind me a bit a long gone avant-garde band Lux Occulta. You have very effective methods of work.

The Female vocals on “Prolong this Agony” and also on “ Wailing my Keen “ were performed by Phoebe Pinnock, a good friend who fronts a Hard rock/Metal band here in Australia called “Heaven The Axe“. The Lyrics in “Prolong “ were written from a female perspective over the acoustic riffing and from a male perspective in the later heavier parts, in trying to show both sides to a relationship breakdown. I think Phoebe did an amazing job interpreting the words melodically in a style that’s different from the music she writes normally, it kind of reminds me of a doomy Kate Bush rather than the normal gothic or symphonic female vocal that’s known in Doom, which is what I thought would work and make the song stand out.I have not heard of Lux Occulta, but thank you for the comparison, I will be searching them out!

Yes, that’s right that I mean – her singing doesn’t remind standard doom stuff, I’d rather say her manner is closer to some trip-hop style. Terry, what do you listen besides doom music? What are most expected releases of 2012 for you?

I listen to a whole lot of different music besides metal… Jazz, Funk, Golden era Hip Hop, Country, Noise, Grunge, 70’s rock, Hardcore, Soundtrack scores… the list goes on !Right now out of anything I am really looking forward to the new Neurosis album this year.

Is it was prime goal of you – to write non-trivial and… well… sophisticated music? It’s obvious that you’re not newcomer in dark world of underground so tell us please about your motivation?

For me with any of the music I do the main motivation is always to follow through and help guide the initial idea and see where it takes us both. How the music turns out also can be a reflection on what I have listened to and learned from years and years of being in bands and being a passionate fan of all music!. Like many other things in life, I love things than make me think, have many layers or levels to explore and most important it strikes a chord inside.In the Context of Subterranean It feels right to express the music and words in this way.

You’re professional musician, therefore Terry forgive me such straightforward question and please name few reason to listen forthcoming self titled Subterranean Disposition album!

Dissonance. Ambience. Dynamics. Heaviness. Melody. Music to take your time with.

Agreed! How did you record the album? Did you meet any technical difficulties working with sound?

Initially I recorded all the songs as demo’s at my home studio, then I took all the pieces to Toyland studios here in Melbourne with Adam Calaitzis, to basically re-record it all with better sounds. I have been recording music at Toyland with Adam for well over ten years now, he has an amazing ear for detail and works very quickly too. I came very prepared to perform all the parts of each song, we captured the right sounds referencing the demo’s and all in all the experience was great.

I’m not a professional in such things, but how much time do you usually spend with all of your amps searching for needful vibes and tunes? Do you have some favorite amps for example?

To be honest, I have had the same amp set up for a long time and know so well what sounds I can pull out of it that I would be lost trying new gear out!I have an old Marshall head with a Mesa Boogie cabinet. A lot of the vibe for SD also comes from different techniques on the guitar, ie string bending, picking and muting and so forth.

What kind of reaction you expected from listeners?

I am expecting the unexpected ! No two people will have the same opinion about the album so I am just looking forward to any feedback, either positive or not. I could only grow from what others can offer.

What modern doom-trends you like and dislike more than others?

I like how much variety there is within the Doom umbrella of styles – Traditional, Doom/Death, Funeral, sludge, drone, stoner… you name it. What draws me in is creative people playing from their hearts - they are the ones who stand out and say something extra and right now I am hearing a lot of that within Doom.

Do you already have plans for next release of Subterranean Disposition? Would you like to use sax or some new instruments or elements again?

The Songs for a second SD album have actually been Demo’d and finished with the normal bass/guitar/ drums/vocals at this point and yes, there is some room in there for experimentation with other instruments I believe. So far some minimal piano has been added and also an instrument called the ondes martinot which is a weird hybrid of a piano with theremin! As for sax and other things, time will tell. It will be fun to see what can work with the songs.

Thank you Terry for this interview, I hope that Subterranean Disposition will easily find it’s listeners with your help and help from Hypnotic Dirge. Good luck man!

Thank you for the great questions Aleks ! Hails from Australia !

Interview By Aleks

Subterranean Disposition signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:27:46 +0100

Subterranean Disposition signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records

The Australian melodic doom/death metal recording project Subterranean Disposition has agreed to a deal with the Canadian underground label Hypnotic Dirge Records known for acts such as netra, Ekove Efrits, The Foetal Mind, and Exiled From Light among others to release the upcoming self-titled debut album in late summer 2012. Subterranean Disposition is a one man project headed by veteran musician Terry Vainoras, known for being involved in numerous projects within the Australian metal scene over the years such as The Eternal, Cryptic Darkness, and Insomnius Dei among others.

Originally inspired by and conceived as a follow up to the music Mark Kelson had written for his and Terry’s Collaboration on the Insomnius Dei album ‘Illusions of Silence’, the forthcoming self titled Subterranean Disposition album explores further the use of dissonance and ambience, lending more dynamics to the long passages of darkness and light, crafted from the influence of early 90’s doom metal with forward thinking embellishments in song writing , in comparison to the likes of Cult of Luna and Bohren und der club of Gore… as evidenced in the first released track ‘The Most subtle of storms’.

In speaking about the signing with Hypnotic Dirge, Terry Vainoras had this to say: "I am overjoyed to be joining the great roster of bands at HDR, I feel that there is an cool aesthetic and work ethic kinship between the band and label and I am very much looking forward to working side by side with them to release this long awaited debut this summer."

In the meantime, you can check out the Subterranean Disposition page on HDR's website for more information, and be sure to listen/watch the first released track 'The Most Subtle of Storms' either on that page, on Youtube, Soundcloud, Reverbnation, or Bandcamp.

Links:
Subterranean Disposition website: www.subterraneandisposition.com
Subterranean Disposition profile on HDR website: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/subterraneandisposition-main.php
'The Most Subtle of Storms' Video - Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTshLGTVvRc
'The Most Subtle of Storms' - Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/hypnoticdirgerecords/subterranean-disposition-the
'The Most Subtle of Storms' - Bandcamp: http://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/
Subterran Disposition - Official Website: http://www.subterraneandisposition.com/
'Subterranean Disposition - Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/SubterraneanDisposition
Hypnotic Dirge Records - Facebook page: www.facebook.com/hypnoticdirgerecords