Evil Incarnate Interview

Mike: I was Born North of Chicago Suburb in Waukegan Illinois and mostly raised in Zion Illinois next to the Chicagoland Power plant and Lake Michigan Front. Close to Wisconsin Border.

Mike: As a teenager, I was the young Fatherless kid growing up poor in The Projects and only thing that mattered was getting wasted and listening to metal. I only had a few friends my age. Most of the headbangers I hung around were much older so of course there was a lot of Hazing going on.

Mike: I was listening to an old beat up cassette of Celtic Frost I had from a kid at School and also Black Sabbath but mostly I was a Metallica Kid. I also was big on Testament, Nuclear Assault and Slayer but I loved fucking WASP! I also was into stuff like Twisted Sister, King Diamond, Iron Maiden and Motley Crue, Dokken & QueensRyche around that time. Oh can’t forget AC/DC and Motörhead…basically everything anyone else had access to. I remember when Pantera had Cowboys from Hell out but when Vulgar Display of Power hit I was into it for sure. But yeah it wasn’t until I joined Num Skull that I found more UG bands and found out about trading. I was late to that party but it was still killer in 1993 or so. Funny story is when I was still a “traditional Metal” fan and as heavy as it got was Celtic Frost and Slayer I heard Deicide and thought it was total shit. Obviously, it grew on me and at one time was one of my favorite bands. I totally love all these bands and many others from that era still today. Absolutely. Judas Priest has Always been one of my Favorites.

Mike: Yeah for a long time I grew away from almost everything. At one point, I was so into Swedish Death Metal and the New York and Florida scenes that pretty much nothing else mattered other than some other killer bands scattered elsewhere. Chicago has had some great bands and so have other areas and countries but it was DM all the way. I did enjoy some BM stuff as well and Grind but I was bored I guess at the time with Thrash. It’s funny how things work because although I really love the Ultimas CD with David Vincent and new Entrails I’m listening more to the older Traditional stuff I missed and a few of the Thrash resurrection bands aren’t bad either.

But as for Pantera the last couple CDs they did I wasn’t really into so much. Mostly just Cowboys from Hell and Vulgar Display of Power. I never cared if anyone else thought a band was trendy. If I liked it then I do.

Speaking on that I really like the latest Septic Flesh release. The horns and heavy riffs with the Evil sound is great. But Archgoat and Necrophobic are Way better.

Mike: I started playing guitar when I was 15 (born in 1973) and since I was so poor I had borrowed a warped and rusty stringed & bowed neck acoustic from my friends stepdad Larry Collins.

My first actual band was with my current drummer Patt Maxwell (Luna In Sanguinem/Evil Incarnate Tour Drummer) and was called Perdition. This was when we were around 19 or 20. A couple years into that my good friend Scott Creakmore from Num Skull/Broken Hope and Mercenary Digital Studios said Num Skull needed a bass player so I traded all my crap gear for a starter bass, used Tom From Num Skull’s old Marshall 1/2 stack till I got my own bass rig and learned a live set in 30 days and we played several shows.

When I started Evil Incarnate I still had a Guitar I played and wrote riffs with at home but since I had Pro Bass gear and 3 piece is cool anyway (easier to sing in odd times riffs too in my opinion) I just stayed on Bass with EI. Besides that, I didn’t think we could find a guy in our area that was as good as I was on Bass at the time. But now, I am back to Guitar with Luna In Sanguinem writing all the Music and actually playing a few solos as well. I also played all the Rhythm Guitar tracks on EI “Depopulation Agenda.”

After upgrading to Pro Guitar gear, I’m afraid my Bass stuff although still great is outdated now. Sounds expensive…but I need a 3rd guitar first. Luna in Sanguinem is my main focus moving forward at this time so financially I’m putting everything into that other than some tours Evil Incarnate had been offered before CV -19 hit. Hoping that will still happen next year. Back line is provided so gear is not the issue. I absolutely love Metal Drumming and wish I had a kit at home definitely. Maybe someday!

Mike: Although I have to admit I was never a big follower of Bass Players in particular I would say I think the following bands had great ones: Megadeth & Iron Maiden and I am a fan of David Vincent Morbid Angel, Glen Benton Deicide, Cliff Burton Metallica, and of Course Lemmy Motörhead was just cool as fuck!

Mike: I remember idolizing Metal bands since I was 10 or 11 when my older Cousin had some Scorpions and stuff like that. For sure when I was a young Headbanger in School a few years later all my friends were getting Guitars for Birthdays or Christmas and taking lessons and of course I wanted one but my Mother couldn’t afford it and The rest of my family had kids of their own or tons of Grandchildren so that was out of the question for me. Once everyone I knew started taking lessons when I was around 15 and talking about having a band someday I followed suit. I couldn’t afford lessons so I mostly taught myself after I picked up the basics from some guys. It’s funny how people are jealous so once I was noticed to be a fast learner they wouldn’t want to show me much.

I remember buying Metallica “Ride The Lightning” Guitar tab book once I got some cash from Snow Shoveling or something and skipping school and playing all day and all night till I finally learned a couple songs.

I was so dedicated that my Family who are All Electricians making killer Money wanted me to continue the family Trade. I was around 19 or 20 and my wife was just pregnant with our first baby. They sat me down and told me I had to be a man now and I would be working and going to School at least 12 hours a day 6 days a week. I said, wait what? I was like dude, when will I have time to play my guitar with my band Perdition? When they said give it up and get rid of the Guitar that’s all over now I said F*ck You!!! I would rather push Shopping carts for a living as long as I can create Music and have a band. Life’s short and you only have one. They still think I’m a total loser today for that decision but I wouldn’t change anything. I have always been The Black Sheep and “Just like my Father” anyways to them Bible Hugging Hypocrites.

The biggest reason I started Evil Incarnate other than I always wanted to do something Beyond Blasphemous was because although I did write some riffs in Num Skull on “When Suffering Comes” CD most of the time they didn’t like what I was coming up with but anyone else that heard my stuff said it was killer. As for Luna In Sanguinem I started that up with Patt Maxwell because I didn’t want to have to be the main Vocalist anymore (unless EI) and play some solos and Thrash harder on stage. Also, I could Make the music more Technical at times and complex once in a while, different yet still my personal style of creating. Just wanted to not be trapped in the box Musically or Lyrically. With EI everything has to be about Hell, Christ Hate and Satan and shit. I wanted to write about Artificial Intelligence and CERN The Large Hadron Collider and Skin Walker Ranch or Vampires and Aliens if I want to and stuff. Evil Incarnate fans would be like what the Fuck is this Hahaha!!! So EI lyrics have to be in a certain Way and this new band I can write about anything I want to! No Allegiance to anything just Pure Energy and Aggression. Metal!!!

Mike: It’s not anyone’s Fault who uses it but I Hate Metal Archives LOL!!! I don’t know who is fact checking over there but they have “Passover Massacre” as a Band and it was a Festival once or Two years out of many I did in past. Also they have me listed as a band Member of Xenophobia and I never was. The singer for that band did back-up vocals on a Compilation track we recorded one time LOL!!!

Now that I had a chance to clear that up my first band was Perdition (we didn’t even know about the UG and there was already Several bands by that name) and after that came Num Skull. I would say we thought we were serious in my first band but never released any recordings other than to friends locally on a blank tape and played 1 bar show and a couple parties.

Num Skull to me was like Joining Slayer or something at the time. Locally especially, they are still a Legend so this was Absolutely serious. Evil Incarnate after that became even more serious for me over the years especially once Num Skull began to fade and I hope now with newest band Luna in Sanguinem to take it even Farther. I don’t have any more chances to do something Serious again. I’m at that age where this is it for me. I have at least 10 more good years left if I eat right and stay active.

It’s cool in a way though to see how some of the EI fans already love Luna and then I can understand and respect why some that lean more towards Satanic Metal styles and old School stuff enjoy EI but don’t seem to have an interest in much else unless I did a Full on BM band. But once Live shows commence again and we get enough exposure again with loading as many free Promos as possible I am confident even some of them I can sway.

Mike: Thanks for the opportunity Chris. This is a great interview so far by the way. To start if anyone is interested in continuing to follow my music here is The Free Hear Now:

https://lunainsanguinem.hearnow.com/

Luna In Sanguinem Musically is for us our opportunity to play Whatever we like. For example we have all listened to All Metal styles since the very Early days so again we are not trapped into a particular style although Musically DM is dominant and it sounds intentional and purposeful if we utilize different style together. We are drop A tuned also so it’s different than one would think as well. We may grind or blast, we may groove or crunch or we may have something Thrashy or even Traditional Metal feeling. Somehow, I make sure it all fits and makes sense when hearing it with transitions.

Vocally I am still doing Backing vocals where it makes biggest impact and sense as does my Drummer. Our Vocalist Skip Mcgullam who was Original Wrath Member and then Num Skull member and co Creator is most famous for Num Skull “Ritually Abused” in recent years re released. Skip is awesome and is unique sounding as well so it’s killer to have that Thrashier style but he can Sing too. I put in that David Vincent haunting singing chant a couple places instead of keyboards and skip does a great singing style traditional vocal on a few short parts too so it’s a good mix.

As mentioned before I love writing these lyrics and it’s great that the guys enjoy them too. I am so glad to have a group of guys excited to help me in this vision I have. Patt our drummer and I work so well together and our bass player Rod Valdez has been an old friend also and has a great ear and bass style. It’s a perfect combination…

So basically Patt and I were talking one night and mentioned how we were surprised we never did another band together. I said well, why don’t we and he said we should and I came over with our first 2 songs ready (I was gonna start this band at some point) and once we had them ready to go we called Rod. At first I was doing Vocals so we could play live but once Skip seen us and asked me if he could sing we knew we had the perfect line up for us. It was cool because we were gonna ask Skip before but wasn’t sure if he would do it so it’s great! I’m also looking forward to only getting better with my Guitar solos. Eventually it would be great to find a second Guitarist but he has to fit perfectly so we are in no rush.

Mike: I remember as a young teenager going to local shows with lines wrapped around the block. It was so killer headbangers with back patches everywhere. I bought Nums The Word Demo and my friends all freaked out when I played it for them.

Back then NS were the best band between Chicago and Milwaukee for me and a lot of people. To bad when they lost their Record Deal When their Manager fucked them on it and decided to back Chuck and Death (R.I.P.) Basically after that and having hard time keeping a 2nd guitar they had some in fighting and The Drummer Jeff Mcgullam and his brother Skip left after Jeff’s kid was born and Jeff gave Tom the band to continue. Over the next years they continued as a DM band with Bass player Rob singing and also with new drummer Scott Creakmore and NS had a great following still. Shortly after Rob Charrier left and new DM vocalist Paul Benigno joined and they did a 7” with Ed Farshty Rage Records I joined on Bass. After I Recorded CD “When Suffering Comes” with them we had found young Guitarist Shaun Lacanne who went on to Form Crushing Brutal DM band Putrid Pile. After a few shows and Festivals with Shaun we had a couple unreleased songs I wrote with Tom but the singer has a Reputation of being a total Asshole and I couldn’t get along with him either no matter if I tried. I ended up having the opportunity to do EI full time with Andy Vehnekamp and also with 2 guitars Rob Rigney and Dave Galley from Local Kenosha Wisconsin DM band Fear Spawned Religion and I went for it! No more Drama…I miss Tom and Scott though they are still my friends and Tom recently did Solos in new EI as he usually has done over the years and Scott programming the Drums and Recording it in his Mercenary Digital Studios. My time in NS was training as much as fun. Even good with the bad it was some of my best times of those years. I know all I know because of the opportunity and since then have just refined it.

Mike: For a few months at end, I was actually doing both and even did double duty a few shows. The EI guys and all the Fear Spawned Religion crowd embraced me so much and were so cool my Morale was at a high point. When I was still in NS and just recording Demos for EI and we hadn’t played live yet it was originally Tom from NS who introduced me to drummer Andy Vehnekamp and we all 3 use to practice together and recorded 3 song demo “Deliverance from Salvation” on 8 track together. Tom wasn’t interested in doing to many shows with EI so when Andy got us the 2 Guitarists we went in that direction. We eventually re-recorded 1 of the 3 songs on another demo that was released as part of our debut by DeathGasm Records “Blood of The Saints” and the other 2 re-recorded onto our Album “Blackest Hymns of Gods Disgrace.” Another cool thing with NS was our friend Dave Matrice of badass band Jungle Rot was a long time member before my time as well. I can’t wait to get EI onto these Tour dates that had to be cancelled Fuck CV!!! But Luna in Sanguinem have some stuff coming up soon so that’s gonna be good.

Mike: I liked how simple and heavy it was. We sped things up when needed over the years and have had better Recording Production each time also. I enjoy some raw stuff if it’s a good band but I have to say I absolutely prefer great Studio production now. I mean I always have but once you obtain it personally there’s no going back.

Even Raw UG Black Metal bands would sound so killer with even Half the production i’m referring to, but, I know why they don’t and no disrespect to them for sticking to that ideal but, damn I wish they would step up the recordings it would be better I think and I would listen to it more.

Mike: Overall everyone really liked it. Actually, this demo and the previous were liked so much by the UG that DeathGasm Records released them both onto CD. Of course, a lot of Licensing deals happened around the World with several Cassette Releases and it has been done on LP from HellsHeadbangers.

Back to your question, on this particular demo I was feeling very heavy and doom on a lot of the riffs. If I remember right, I was probably really into a lot of Celtic Frost, Black Sabbath and the old HellHammer stuff and Grave, Asphyx and the First Absu Album and Bolt Thrower “Warmaster.” I do think it was a step up from the first demo too. We had been playing a lot of parties and small clubs by this time and really starting to find our way. I always thought there seemed to be a progression each time we did a release. Some people do of course still prefer this raw older stuff and that’s also cool.

Mike: Oh fuck yeah it was great! So many awesome bands. I remember when I heard the Necrophobic Demo that got re-recorded onto the debut and when the Deeds of Flesh guys sent me their Debut and Internal Bleeding were with Wild Rags and man your right everything was kick ass! Disinter and Cianide from Chicago and Dying Fetus we’re debuting on first Tour and man so much over a span of years that was just great and still here most of it.

Remember when Dave Kibler from Lividity was doing his Zine and Cassettte Compilations and Brian Baxter was doing a lot in Ohio with his bands and Ablated Records? Kick ass Memories of Festivals and everything…I use to have to answer the door for the Mailman who has all my mail in a Bin because there was so much of it a lot of times. Oh and remember the Logo with bands Contact address stamper everyone use to stomp the back of all the globs of cool ads from around the World? So cool and unfortunately so many Metal fans would never know what that’s like if they got into it later or are younger. I was so lucky I made it in UG when Slayer Mag in Norway was around and Usurper and before that even I think. Around 1993 I would guess.

Mike: Yes Blood of The Saints is actually the 2 demos onto CD. I had originally been trading with Evan March and his DM band Avulsion who he also released as his first CD on DeathGasm when he asked me if he could do Evil Incarnate “Blood of The Saints” for his 2nd. We had a couple others interested but Evan was such a hard and constant worker and so dedicated to the Music and Evil Incarnate I thought it was the best Decision. At that time small Labels could unload at minimum Thousands of copies of a good bands CDs around the World without ever even going on Tour. I remember people telling me at a few different points over the years they seen Evil Incarnate everywhere with myself and everyone we worked just hammering it constantly.

As far as dealing with Evan and DeathGasm it was great and we are still friends today. I have been to his home and if I need a favor he always helps if possible. I think the only copies for sale anywhere are LP’s I personally sell from time to time I have in the closet or used CDs on E bay. A Couple Labels have had interest to re- release this and our Full Length “Blackest Hymns of Gods Disgrace” so we will see something again sooner than later I bet. For now I know DeathGasm has it for Digital DL on his band Camp at $5.00:

If anyone wants a Autographed LP or a shirt they can always find me on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/michael.eisenhauer.96 1996

for the year EI released the 3 song Demo debut “Deliverance from Salvation.”

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Mike: DeathGasm Records paid for the Studio. I basically asked how much they thought it would cost and told Evan and he agreed so it was great. And personally it was one of the greatest moments in all of our lives because we knew we had something special that a lot of people would remember for a long time. Not everyone can say that so it’s an accomplishment.

Plus With Andy Vehnekamp on Drums and Myself doing Bass & Vocals and Rob Rigney doing Guitar was a perfect 3 piece. We just meshed together perfectly. You don’t always have that with a group of guys. Somehow we just knew what each other were thinking like one being almost on stage. And that Album just took off for us everywhere. Morbid Records (R.I.P) in Germany who had SPV distribution was the biggest out of all the Licensing deals that we ended up having. It was great man!

The Scene in Illinois has always been good. Not only Chicago, but Southern Illinois has a lot of killer bands still and a great group of Guys we were always networking with Like Shane and the guys in Waco Jesus and Von of Deaden and Lividity and Dave Kibler and Matt Bishop.  I would say them 4 guys did so much for Metal in Illinois besides quite a few others over the years but we still have a good scene today. Cianide and Disinter are still around, the guys from Corpse Vomit and Usurper and so many actually.

Mike: Although I haven’t performed live on stage with Evil Incarnate in a long time I would typically just go up there with the same attitude and mind set you would if you were meeting some guy at a party to have a street fight in the back yard. With Luna in Sanguinem it’s basically the same even though I wrote the lyrics I only do backing vocals but it’s the same feeling. I set my mind as if it is so or die and as if it might possibly be the very last time I ever stand on a stage. I get very emotional and aggressive. My wife knows for a few hours before an event I am focusing already and not to badger me as to why I am so quiet. Probably the only difference is with Evil Incarnate I literally could feel as if some other force was taking over my body. I guess singing them lyrics it can be expected.

Mike: I was always a Guitarist and in my first band when Scott Creakmore Drummer from Num Skull told me if I traded in some gear and at least got a cheap bass and learn the songs I could join the band and they had a couple shows booked in 30 days. I got the Bass and learned the set and played a show 3 & 1/2 weeks later.

I always kept playing Guitar and eventually when I started writing Evil Incarnate songs I just kept doing Bass because by that time I had all my money invested in Bass. And some of my favorite DM singers also played bass, like David Vincent and Glen Benton so it was just cool when we needed to become a 3 piece with Evil Incarnate to play shows after guys dropped out too.

After a while though I was so focused on Bass and vocals and writing Riffs and stuff that solos work and solo practice was something I never did anymore. Once I decided I wanted to write the Luna In Sanguinem songs and Lyrics with Solos and me playing Guitar I knew I had to get a singer. It’s doable because I was forced to do it at first with Luna but once Skip Mcgullam asked to do Vocals (and we were gonna ask him anyways ) it was perfect. Plus, I still do backups for low end and Now I can really put a lot more into stage presence at live shows like I want to. Yes, Bald guys can bang like a Mother F*cker too!

Mike: I would rate myself on the upper levels of Talent. I think a lot of times being in a successful band is right place right time and who you know. I think about if I was in Florida for instance during the late 80’s and early 90’s for sure I would have been in one of the big bands from that era. Num Skull was great at one time but by the time I had joined the scene was in a down period and the members although my good friends seemed to have started losing motivation to continue. I never lost that drive I only had set backs and unfortunately been also in Evil Incarnate surrounded at times by people who talked a good talk but never wanted to put up or shut up. I’m not bitter or anything because Evil Incarnate fans are serious but man if I would have been in another place like Sweden during the DM boom there, oh hell yeah! I see that scene still continues with some bands too so that’s awesome. But now I’m 46 and settled here and have a solid and dedicated group of Veteran and Professional Musicians so I’m looking forward to eventually getting out and doing more With Evil but really seeing just what Luna In Sanguinem is capable of. The response so far to “Global Bloodbath” has been beyond what I could have imagined. And if anyone wants to hear it come visit our Facebook and let us know. If anyone gets a copy by all means spread it far and wide! If you can help in anyway contact us immediately.

Mike: We actually met Chase and Erik and there younger brother at one of The Ohio DeathFest put on by Brian Baxter Ablated Records and Regurgitation who’s been in Embalmer for a while now. The Headbangers were just getting started at that time as a small Distro and bought some wholesale Merch and CDs from us to sell. They said they came out for us and a couple other bands.

The reason behind the long wait was due to our Drummer Andy going on Tour as Drummer for our buddies band Jungle Rot (they had a issue you would have to ask Dave about that) and Andy said he was moving. We worked in a new guy and started doing shows again and Andy came back so we took him back into the Band. Then we did some more of them Dwell Records Tributes and Festivals and out of state shows and Andy got Married and Moved again. Then we got another drummer and after working him in and doing some shows we kicked him Out and got a different guy. So back to Festival and shows and a Mexico/ USA Tour. Then after Mexico that Drummer quit as soon as he seen his Girlfriend and we got Garrett Scanlan from Corpse Vomit/Lividity on Drums. At that time we did some more shows and Festivals and decided it was time to finally finish the songs for the new Album and record. Just before we did Record it we also recorded 2 tracks after 9-11 happened so we put them as Bonus tracks. Overall I enjoyed jamming with everyone people just have issues in life or drugs and Alcohol  got in the way. I was always able to drink like a fish and still play and never stop wanting to jam. Not everyone can and I’ve dealt with guys who had heavy drug problems and that’s definitely the worst. Luckily now all we do is smoke weed and have a few drinks here and there. I personally started drinking and partying when I was 12 so it’s boring to me now. I like feeling good and being aware of my surroundings and being in control. I also don’t care if anyone else does hard drugs or gets drunk by the way. That’s up to them as long as they can play the songs and don’t steal from us or sell there gear I don’t care. Also I should have mentioned Garrett Scanlan is a killer guy and great drummer he is not one that I was referring to about any issues. Had no problems with him that I would care to mention.

Mike: Actually HHR paid for everything. The Brothers pulled the money together working jobs on top of new Label. Of course Juanjo Castellano did Artwork again too. Evan at DeathGasm Paid for Everything when we worked with him too. I remember in between going thru drummers writing a few of the songs along the way and before we toured Mexico we had written a few more. so, by the time Garrett learned everything it was fast getting the remaining couple songs done. Everything goes fast for us in the Recording studio also. We never go in until we are actually ready, comfortable and confident.

Garrett tracked all of his drums minus one song (the title track “Waiting for his Return”)in one day and then we only took a day or two for Guitars and a couple days on vocals and one day on bass. I had Shaun from Putrid Pile track drums with his Machine on Title track and then I had to record all the rest by myself. Garrett wanted to not bring his drums back for one song and Rob Rigney the Guitarist took his side but my view was we had already Promoted it as “Waiting for his Return “ so as long as Drums could all match up I was putting it on the Cd. So that’s what I did.

Mixing is what takes us the most time. If you check your tuning after every single take or punch in and practice your ass off beforehand it should be smooth going. Oh and we had an evening with some friends doing some back-up vocals like Rich from Fleshgrind.

But Garrett started playing more frequently with Lividity at this point and was mad at me I suppose so we just sort of left ways and Andy came back yet again to do a few shows and record a couple Demo songs we had written together after Waiting Album. These 2 songs have only been released onto YouTube and also a cassette “Enemy of God” out of Europe. It’s funny that there is so much History when I really get into it.

Mike: I still have a few copies left I recently found in a box but other than that I doubt there very many out there for sale. Wes Weaver at the time had just started Blaspherian and we traded Mail for years before that when he was still in Imprecation and later Infernal Dominion so he asked if I could talk to Hells Headbangers and set something up so I did.

The track was something I had recorded for Alex from Grand Belials Key & Arghoslent who was putting out a Compilation CD called Smashing Rainbows. I figured since it was only estimated to see 1000 to 2000 copies and was a new track why not put it on the 7” from HHR as well and it would get 500 more and be done with it forever. Now it has its place in Metal History.

Mike: Yeah about 9 or 10 years Ago we recorded 2 Demo tracks in 2 days of new Material with myself on Bass/Vocals and Rob Rigney Guitar and Andy Vehnekamp Drums just before Andy left to move permanently to this time Texas. The tracks weren’t really released other than on Cassette again from Maltkross Production in France and on Youtube from theBOHMproductions thru a friend. The songs were “Gospel of Blasphemy” and “Fortress of Sodom”. I wrote these songs with Andy (I played Guitar at practice) and showed to Rob and we actually had a couple others in the works that got lost over the years since then.

These 2 tracks was for another Full Length but since Andy made the decision to move again after coming back I wanted to at least get the 2 tracks Recorded the weekend before he left. Anyways I was never short on Material or ideas I just couldn’t keep a solid enough line up.

After he moved we had some guys join and practice a few times and stop coming and then I had to show songs to more new guys over and over and finally did a last show in Kentucky at a Festival with my friend Roberto who came here from Italy on Guitar ( his band in Italy was No Mercy) and on drums was Brett Fugate. (The show clips are on YouTube). By this point Rob Rigney has Drug issues and a volatile Marriage and I kicked him out and after Kentucky I just needed a long Break when Brett was now gonna Bail on The Band and we had to cancel a couple shows because of it.

Luckily before Andy left and we had Kristopher from Krabathor on Guitar when Rob was yet again missing in action we also played some good shows but when Rob came back Chris left so it’s like the band is Cursed or something and very stressful at the time for me. This is why I finally decided to sit down and Write this new Album and Record “Depopulation Agenda” by myself with Scott Creakmore doing the Drum Programming for me while at Mercenary Digital Studios

And I had Tom Bradner NUM SKULL do solos and Skip Mcgullam original NUM SKULL Vocalist and now Luna In Sanguinem do Guest Vocals.I wanted to spend a lot of time on the Recording and Mixing and make this my comeback Album and also did a Dismember Cover on it and re recorded classic  track “Dead Corpse of Jesus Christ” from Blood of The Saints. Everything else is new or stuff that never got Recorded such as the song “Words of Scorn” that Rob and I wrote with Garrett Scanlan and was supposed to be a part of Waiting for His Return. So…yeah after my long break I was still getting a lot of feedback from fans all over The World asking for a New Album and I was tired of letting others keep me down due to their lacking of Motivation and problems or whatever. Also I wanted to just keep the Band more to its original Roots Lyrically this Album. Now fast forward and it’s being released all over on various formats with different artworks and packaging and I have a solid Touring Band ready to go. But, CV-19 hits and our Asia, Australia, and Europe dates thru Pur Meneer at our Asia Label DarkPath Records was Obviously now Fucked and the Talks of Mexico and South American Dates also are Fucked for the foreseeable future. Other Labels That have released The CD so Far are Bestial Burst Finland and Maltkross Production on Cassette and next coming are CD from UnHoly Black Records/ Black Blood Production Mexico and also Strangulation Records Colombia. All Artworks and Layouts are ready to go. I just need to secure a Label for Vynal LP and do the Digital myself. So to make this long answer finished it seems like I’m always holding this together someway somehow and I am the only Permanent Member. Luckily I have always been the Manager and the Main Musical Contributor and Write the Lyrics and all Album Titles and ideas so as long as I keep it going it will always be what people have come to expect.

Damn Chris reading back thru this interview I wonder why did I torture myself so long LOL.

Mike: I had been approached by a couple of the Labels and the rest just came together from either fans actually helping make it possible or from just having conversations about it thru Facebook messages. A lot of people missed the bands activities and were asking for years for a new Album. I decided rather than shop for a Larger Label to go thru smaller but more dedicated Labels. And also due to things being more Digital Releases now and Physical format sales being a fraction of what it used to be, I personally felt multiple Labels targeting specific regions was a smart move. All the

Labels involved know and understand the situation with multiple releases and that’s another reason for all the different Cover Artworks and Layouts. I was in the studio around 2 days a week for about 8 weeks, maybe an extra day or two. I let Scott Creakmore just work his Magic with the Mixing and Mastering at Mercenary Digital and once he was finished gave it a final listen and done. He normally does exactly what I want and the only changes are very small ones if any. He knows what We want and is a long time Headbanger. Once you get that killer drum Production the rest is easy.

The feedback has been Amazing on this Album. I never make a record and expect every single person to like it though. I was never into that Mentality of Trendy sell outs. I first write for myself and what I like to hear. I wrote what I think the scene lacks and what I would want to hear in a band doing this type of Extreme Metal and after that if other people also enjoy it then That is even better. Because in my opinion there’s so many great bands but not enough doing a Blasphemer Luciferic type band in the old way anymore other than a handful and all the rest is BM bands. As far as The Dismember Cover I always wanted to do something from that Musical Era. The 89/92 hey day Era. I always especially enjoyed the first Dismember Record and when you do a search that always seems to be a popular track so it was also easy to find reference Material to properly learn the Notes of the riffs. Next I would love to do a EI Cover of a track from the American Morrison’s Studios Scene and do a song from The Debut Album Deicide. The Swedish DM and American DM scene from that Era were Among the best for sure. Of course I also enjoyed a lot of the NY style bands as well as many other killer DM scenes Globally.

Mike: Yeah other than some used copies I see on places like E bay and the copies I have at home I found recently everything is mostly sold out. If someone looks hard they might find a copy at some small distro someplace. I have some copies of “Waiting for his Return” on CD and around 30 LP’s of our debut “Blood of The Saints” and a few of the split 7” with Blaspherian. I am personally Autographing and selling soon the LP’s. Those copies are very rare and go for some good cash actually. I will not Rape anyone on the price though.

The vinyl’s from “Blackest Hymns of Gods Disgrace” I see once in a While used and used CDs as well but not many on E bay. So that one is sold out. Deathgasm Records still has our stuff for sale digitally from the Labels Bandcamp as do Hells Headbangers. The re releases that are currently being discussed hasn’t been set in stone but I just sent the Digital Files for a super limited and special CD release of “Blood of The Saints” that should hopefully be out by the end of the year in USA from a Small UG Midwest BM Label Verboten Front Media and I have discussed a small run of CD’s with a small UG European Label (we will see how this pans out soon). The other re release would be For “Blackest Hymns of Gods Disgrace” on both CD/Cassette and would be on a much larger scale probably with shirts as well but I can’t say yet with whom. If people want to keep up with any news follow my personal page on Face Book. Just search Michael Eisenhauer and you’ll find me. This and my personal E mail but I don’t post e mail anywhere due to excessive spamming. These are the 2 most easy ways to get in contact and I am always looking to network with bands and also talk about release options with Labels. I am easy going also. I just ask for quality and dedication to promotion within means (send me some copies) and also I should mention my e mail is the same it has been for about 20 years. So if your an old friend or someone I was in contact with you probably already have it. I do this band for the Passion I have and for The Glory. Not everyone can wake up in the morning knowing they have created something people all over the World respect and sometimes can be fanatical over. That to me is payment. I absolutely Love being Labeled “The Kings of Blasphemy”, It is my gift to The Master and my Venom to The Churches. All of Them!!!

Mike: https://www.facebook.com/LUNAINSANGUINEMoriginal/

The new band is Luna In Sanguinem and our Debut EP is “Global Bloodbath” anyone can listen Free at https://lunainsanguinem.hearnow.com/ As for the band members it was created by Myself and Drummer Patt Maxwell in Winter of 2018. I write all the Music and sometimes Patt helps me with Arrangements or a couple times has hummed a idea I had to figure out and create into a actual riff but usually everything is ready to go and Patt just has to decide what beats to use and get the changes down and I teach it to our Bass player Rod Valdez and I write the lyrics. after I do a ruff recording of myself singing them I hand that recording and lyrics to our singer Skip Mcgullam. We don’t want to be trapped in a box with any particular musical style of Metal. If it’s kick ass we use it and doesn’t matter if it reminds us of something Thrashy or Death Grind or Old School DM/BM Traditional Heavy Metal or whatever. It’s also nice to be more creative musically and lyrically so I’m having a great time and everyone is dedicated and gets along and if we vote on everything we do so that it’s fair. I still do some back up vocals and so does Patt but it’s great having Skip Mcgullam. People will remember Him specifically from The Classic Album Num Skull “Ritually Abused.” Patt recorded a Album and Toured with Wrath and has another band called Miners and Rod is a fast learning kick ass bass player who use to be in local Chicagoland Thrash band from late 80’s/early 90’s called Dementox. These guys are all so Talented and we play shows as often as we can and have all known each other for over 30 years so it’s absolutely perfect! I can’t wait to get out and Tour with this band not if but when. Get out of the way or get run over. I wanna say don’t hesitate to contact if you trade shows or do Radio, zines or anything Metal Related we’re giving out promos like crazy.

Mike: Well I have some guys like I said overseas learning Evil Incarnate set list. But everywhere I go with Luna people wanna know when EI are playing next and I have some guys here interested so if I get people who won’t waste my time I’ll do something stateside. Otherwise I am going to see if anything Overseas happens after Covid clears and if that’s too late I might as well Record one last Album and hopefully the World isn’t so fucked and I can get a couple EI Tours going for that. Otherwise if anything I get one final Album and retire EI and focus solely on Luna in Sanguinem who should be doing very well at that point in time actually so win win for me. It will be a little Depressing to be Honest knowing Evil Incarnate has so much potential and to be laid down like this. I love them Evil Lyrics and have a lot of ideas still for it. But I am so excited for the new band I can find a way to handle it thru Luna in Sanguinem and We will be doing another EP in couple Months. Evil Incarnate fans can trust that I have at least 1 more Album I want to do even if Covid last years and no Touring because of it.

Mike: Oh Really? anything huh? Ah… Hahaha!!! Just joking and Thanks a lot Chris. This has been one of the best interviews I have done. For Evil Incarnate the only contact is find me personally on Facebook and if you want to play in the band definitely let me know. My url is – https://www.facebook.com/michael.eisenhauer.96

For my New band our Official Face Fuck is – https://www.facebook.com/LUNAINSANGUINEMoriginal/

And to hear our Debut EP for free visit – https://lunainsanguinem.hearnow.com/

You will also find at Hear Now all other links such as Spotify and more. Search us on YouTube and you will find the Debut Lyric Video. All I have left to say is Evil Incarnate is not done yet and Watch for Luna In Sanguinem because I am relentlessly Promoting and we are as active as we can be Due to CONVID Global Operation that is slated to run thru 2025 in “Their” own words. Welcome to Global Communism if people don’t wake up. As long as America Stands Strong this is Impossible and they know it. Citizens Rising with one Fist United Under The American Flag is our only hope of Freedom otherwise the worst is yet to come. No Freedom sounds like no Metal Shows to me. Fuck!!!