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 Sydney hardcore band DEATHCAGE are the first to admit their obsession with Japanese hardcore. Vocalist SPIDERXDEATH chats with BIANCA VALENTINO and informs her of the important things in life: “Pushing forward and never giving up the fight... sake, leather chaps and of course (the album) Wasted Dream.”
“When we went to Japan everyone there had a lot of respect and interest in what everyone is doing. There was a cool feeling at a lot of shows we went to,” Spider tells when asked about the Japanese scene. “When we saw Framtid at Bears, Shin threw his cymbal and it sliced some dudes face apart, the victim was honoured that he was the chosen one. The dedication of the playing and stage presence has always impressed us. Japanese bands play songs with so much passion as if the track is going to change humanity.”
With the Japanese hardcore affinity bringing the group of friends together in 2007 – the members having previously played in bands Smash ‘N’ Grab, Saboteur, Red Stain, A.V.O., Masstrauma and Bleeding Face – the punkers wanted to start a band that was “completely over the top” and that “would pay homage to our forefathers Deathside, Judgement and Lipcream.” Spider adds, “We are also influenced by metal like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, as you can tell by our costumes and pyramid formations.”
True to their roots while injecting a uniqueness all their own, Deathcage have just released a blistering debut 7-inch From Despair To Where? On Endless Blockades. “The general theme of the 7-inch is imprisonment,” explains Spider, “Not only by the state but also the isolation people put themselves into with narrow views and the alienation of drug addiction. Deathcage has a nihilistic approach on most of humanity and that’s where sex miljarden metester (six million dead) fits in. Getting upset and distraught about everyday problems is not an answer, the destruction of your enslavement is.”
Asked if Deathcage are ever worried that the message may get lost in translation due to the brutal vocal delivery making the lyrics indecipherable to the listener, Spider replies thoughtfully, “Well some lyrics aren’t even in English so that is bound to happen. If you read the lyrics it may take time to figure out what I’m trying to express, as I write Deathcage lyrics in quite an abstract way. The reason for this is because in previous bands I’ve been in like Smash ‘n Grab, the message was quite clear like ‘This person is fucked, this is why they are fucked, this is how I’m going to murder them’, and so on. Writing lyrics in a flowery broken English way leaves the translation up to the individual.”
Commenting on what making music means to him Spider offers, “To me it’s a great way to make friends all over the world with similar interests which seems harder as this type of music is becoming more and more obscure. Playing live shows is a great way to ‘discharge your frustration’, it’s way better than going to the RSL on a Saturday night only to lose money on the pokies and get in a punch up. If I wasn’t making music I would be in jail, or worse.”
Deathcage have their second release coming out on Schizophrenic Records in Canada in the not too distant future.
Catch DEATHCAGE playing Friday August 1 at Rosie’s (doors 8pm, 18+) with The Disables, Tear Gas, The Quickening and Meaningless Existence; then Saturday August 2 at Jagura Arts Hall (next to Musgrave Park, West End) 7.30pm, all ages with Drunk With Power, Septic Surge, Shock Value and Big Mess. For more info: www.myspace.com/deathcagesydney
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