Infernal greetings from the Pit.

I'm happy to be interviewing guitarist Renei Fiel, aka Murderer from up & coming black metal band Impious Ominous. If you haven't heard of them yet, chances are you will soon.

THE METAL PIT: Murderer, hail & welcome to the Metal Pit.

MURDERER: Thanks for having me. And thank you for the chance to let people know a little more of what we have to offer.

THE METAL PIT: No problem. A lot of us outside the Philippines might not have of Impious Ominous yet, so who's in your band & how long have you been around?

MURDERER: We've been playing since 2004. We're made up of 3 members. Myself on guitar & vox, with Sayanic on bass & Warlord on drums. We're working out a stable lineup. To be honest it isn't always easy. All of us have to work outside of our music or whatever. If one of us gets busy or is unable to fulfil duties to the  band, we try to get someone in to replace him. In 2006 we replaced Warlord on drums with Yhods. The same year I was overloaded with work & shared guitar duties with Wodan for a little while.

THE METAL PIT: Yhods & Sayanic come from the band Warpigs, isn't that right?

MURDERER: Yeah, but they disbanded last year.

THE METAL PIT: Do you have any side projects yourself?

MURDERER: Me & our ex drummer Warlord had a 2-man band side project named Thy Servant but we ended it to focus in our Impious Ominous.

THE METAL PIT: How long have you personally been devoted to your craft? How did you get involved in the metal scene?

MURDERER: I learned guitar when I was in high school. I planned to be in a band that sounded like early Metallica. But I hate what they've become & don't want to sound like them now. I want to be less overdone, more raw & aggressive.

THE METAL PIT: How would you describe your music?

MURDERER: The songs I've written are about blasphemy & natural disaster. Yhods  has contributed 2 songs so far, all about pagan believes and blasphemy. So  our songs are never about one topic. That's why we called our music raw black  metal.

THE METAL PIT: Obviously you're going for a very unprocessed, aggressive sound.

MURDERER: That's right. We play ugly music. Raw & war-like. We want to bet the early Darkthrone ( haha ). Influences!? 1st is Venom, then early Darkthrone,    Mayhem, & Deicide.

THE METAL PIT: All themes that are dear to my blackened heart! If you're at all like me, then you want to see metal go back to its roots. A less digital, more primal sound.

MURDERER: Exactly! It's not just that, a lot of bands seem to have forgotten their fans & their roots. Like they've sold out or lost their souls. We want success but not like that, not at that cost!

THE METAL PIT: Good stuff!

MURDERER: The only thing I want is  for the music I love to be back in the    underground. I hate to see false metal or people walking around wearing shirts of a band I've idolized without knowing anything about them or what their music means. That is f^#king abnormal! Hail true black metal bands!

THE METAL PIT:  Do you have any albums out yet?

MURDERER: We haven't had a chance to make an album but we've recorded 3 demos. A comrade from Malaysia asked me to release our demo there, but I   doubted what he could do for us. I want a perfect output of our music so it never happened. We sent one song for the Philippines Finest Black metal comp, but we never get a copy or any news from that project. The band is on temporary hiatus now but it doesn't means peace, it means reloading!

THE METAL PIT: That's good to hear, we'd hate to lose you! What doesn't kill you   just makes you stronger, right? So how can anybody get in touch with you if they want to use you for a show or help you get your  music out there?

MURDERER: They can email me & Impious Ominous at metalchrist66@uahoo.com. You can also check out our poor Myspace page, but fair warning we haven't done much to it. Check us out at           www.myspace.com/impiousominous .

THE METAL PIT: In parting, what advice would you give other bands that might be just starting out?

MURDERER: Even though we have a band we are always learning & wouldn't
consider ourselves professionals in making music. Or experts in the business. But the one thing we can advise is just to do what has to be done!  I mean if  you want it,  then go ahead. Just do it. You can make music on your own.
      Don't even wait until you have a band or a record label. Do it now. 
      Satanic Warmaster did a one man army & our comrade Kratornas did it too.