Welcome! to begin our conversation I'll uncorked a bottle of beer, do you agree?
So, What's your beer in store for today or you will drink whiskey? Maybe milk, tea?

Nuno Evaristo: I like Carlsberg or fosters best, but I prefer red wine.


What's new with you lately? The last Adrenicide album I heard was "Natural born
thrashers", which I really liked ...Can you acquaint me with the rest of the work?
Describe them in detail please?

Nuno: At the moment I'm finishing the new record "Bursting Into Decadence", which will be
out next year on Denim & Leather records. Also auditioning bass players, and I just
recruited a new amazing drummer, his name is Stefan Cabanus. Other than that not much
else really, just the usual things all metalheads do ...like going to gigs, etc. As for album
releases, well up until now, we've released:
2003 -"Impropaganda" (demo)
2004 -"All Went Black" (full lenght)
2005 -"We Are Not Afraid" (Ep)
2006 -"Crossover-dose!" (Ep)
2006 -"Drunk With Power" (full lenght)
2007 -"Raging Full On" (full lenght)
2008 -"Natural Born Thrashers" (full lenght)
2009 -"Kill" (full lenght)
2009 -"Pioneers In The Land Of The Mad" (Best of/Compilation)
2010 -"War Begs No Mercy" (full lenght)
2011 -"Power Shift" (full lenght)
2012 -"Bursting Into Decadence" (full lenght) out on Feb. 2012


What draws you to a style of music invented by bands such as D.R.I / GANG GREEN /
AGNOSTIC FRONT / CARNIVORE / MACE etc. Are some of these bands or any others
what inspired ADRENICIDE?

Nuno: There is no doubt at all that Adrenicide is heavily influenced by bands like D.R.I,
crossover, thrash and punk in general, but that just happened by coincidence, we didn't sit
down and say: "OK we gonna play crossover". We just wanted to play heavy and fast
music. Metal, thrash, punk whatever, as long as it was old school. However the new record
will sound quite different. It's heavier and thrashier than the albums we've released in the
past, It's less punk. The vocals are also alot more aggressive. I think alot of fans are in for
a shock, they will hate it or they will dig it, I don't know, but I'm loving it.


If we recall how in the mid 80's in the magazines appeared interesting photographs
of ANTHRAX and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES on skate boards ...that seems to be the
case with many of the new retro thrash bands... I've seen pictures of you guys with
skate boards, too. Do you skate at all?

Nuno: I haven't skate much for a few years now, but I still do occasionally when I have the
time. To be honest I don't really give a fuck what other bands do, I simply do what it comes
natural for me, I'm 39 years old (I was 14 years old in '86) and those were the things I grew
up seeing, so of course I'm influenced by the whole high tops, skin tight jeans, Denim cut
offs covered in patches and all the rest that comes with the metal or thrash scene ...Skate
boarding included. That's just how I've always looked like really. Those things are in fact
very important to me, It's not a trend, It's a way of life. I knew the minute I've heard Maiden
for the first time that I was gonna be a metalhead forever, I knew it wasn't just a teenager
cool thing to be like many, many others. metal just bounds with me like nothing else. It
runs in my blood.


What do ordinary people say seeing you waking around the streets in your jacket
covered with patches? How much time is spent sewing on patches? How do you
feel when you see people who have jackets with ADRENICIDE patches?

Nuno: I live in Germany at the moment and here people are 100% cool with shit like that,
and in England was totally the same. In fact metalheads are quite normal people in cities
like London and even here in Germany. I think the whole persecution thing was back in the
80's more than it is now. I remember when I was a kid growing up in Lisbon, it was like
that. If you were a metalhead you couldn't get a job. We were followed by police all the time,
we were persecuted all the fucking time, we couldn't even go to a grocery store without
being followed by security or the shop owner, and that just because of the way we dressed/
looked whatever.Sewing patches? I spent whatever time on my vest as it's needed, it's
gotta look good right? and you gotta always get the right patches (can't just be any fucking
patches). I'm very proud of my vest, It's like a relic to me, haha. We respect our fans
whether they have our patches on their vests or not, it doesn't matter, as long as our music
means something to them, then our job has been done. There must be lots of Adrenicide
patches out there 'cos we sell them quite well. Fuck knows how many bootleg shit is out
there to.


Tell us the best speech in front of ADRENICIDE fans ... How do you want people to
respond to your music under the stage? When was the last time you took part in
the MOSH PIT?

Nuno: Fuck knows dude I just say whatever comes to my mind in that particular moment, I
don't right speeches that I leave for the politicians (haha). I just try and be honest with the
crowd and go along with it. Our fans are fuckin' insane, pretty vicious, there's no time for
talking. For me the best thing ever when we play live is when the fans sing the choruses
along with us. It's an amazing feeling, I put alot of hours work into the song writing, so
when you hear the crowd singing along with you it just pays off. I don't take part on mosh
pits that much these days, just in case I get hurt which used to happen all the fuckin' time.
If you get hurt you can't play, and if you can't play the fans will be disappointed, and that
ain't good. That's also one of the reasons nobody in this band is allowed to drink more than
just 1 or 2 pints of beer before the shows. If you're drunk you can't play a good show and I
think that's showing disrespect towards the fans who come to see you sometimes from
really fucking long distances and freezing cold temperatures.


After your shows do you communicate with the fans and what they are likely to
ask you?

Nuno: All sorts of shit really. How did you come up with that song? and what amps or
guitars are you using in the studio? you know shit like that. The things that I ask the bands
I like to. I play in a band but I'm a fan just like all of you. I'm still like a little kid when I go
see Sodom, Kreator, Maiden or Saxon etc. So it goes without saying...I'll spend whatever
time it takes to talk with our fans, no problem at all. Without the fans you are nothing.
Even when I get emails from the fans, I reply to every single one, believe it or not. It used
to piss me off (when i was a kid) I wrote to bands i liked and they didn't even bother or
whatever, that ain't cool. I understand that sometimes you need the time to do all that, but
maybe they should try fucking harder or don't be in a band at all. I personally try and find
always a little extra time to talk to fans. That's my way of thanking them for their relentless
support.


As far as I know, ADRENICIDE only have releases on CD format ...Is there a desire
within the band to release a record on vinyl? Your style is ideal for vinyl in my
opinion.

Nuno: Yes there is, and always has been. I've wanted to release a vinyl for a long, long
time. It will happen I'm pretty sure, but It's not an easy thing to just go and release a vinyl.
These things cost a lot of money and the record companies sometimes don't want or don't
have the money to invest onto a vinyl, CD's are far cheaper and not everyone such as
yourself are into vinyl. I think vinyl will become more and more popular with time, but for
now, it remains far to expensive for bands like us. Alot of the times record labels approach
us with offers for vinyl releases but they want to make full profit ...It's of course something
I'm not willing to except. Hopefully it will happen in the near future.


Who draws your album covers? ... And how do you come up with the concept for
the covers? Do you introduce the artist to your music before he starts working on
the cover?

Nuno: It can be anyone, it doesn't have to be a particular artist at all. Just someone who
has the same vision as we do. We give the artist the album title an idea of what we want or
a concept if we have one, and we just take things from there. Sometimes it turns out to be
something completely different from what we had in mind. But as long as it looks cool and
emphasizes what the album title is trying to transmit to the fans, we go with it. The artist
doesn't really have to know our music or even like what we do, all he needs is to draw
something we will be happy with. I would like at some point to have a cover done by an
Adrenicide fan, but it hasn't happen yet. We've used artists from U.S.A, Indonesia, England,
Serbia and I've done a few myself.


Who in Britain is the ally of your style? Who is closest to the style of ADRENICIDE?

Nuno: There has never been a big crossover scene in England even back in the 80's. So we
don't have a big fan base in England or better, we have quite big crowds on the live shows
but when it comes to buy the albums I think the British kids in general prefer to just
download the albums for free and not buying it (which ain't cool). Our biggest fans (in
terms of sales) have to be the Germans no doubt. We sell more CD's there than elsewhere.
We also have a massive fan base in South America. I don't really know if there's anyone
that sounds closest to Adrenicide. We have many influences, from Venom to Cryptic
Slaughter and so on. Probably SSS and Gama Bomb are the closest bands I can think of
from the whole new revival thing. OH.! I almost forgot, Blood Sweat And Beer are crossover
and an extremely amazing band.


CROSSOVER / THRASH/CROSSOVER / 80's THRASH / THRASH Millennium? Which
genre is better to describe your band? Your comment ...

Nuno: Just simply old school thrash/crossover. We're not trying and never will say we're
bringing something new to the scene, like many fucking shit new bands do. I don't even
care if bands copy other 80's bands, as long as they sound cool. I'm 100% supportive of
such bands. To me metal is not about who brings what new to the scene, to me It's about
good fun music I can relate too and enjoy. Just be yourself. If it sounds like Kreator cool,
if it sounds like D.R.I it's cool too. A good song is a good song, who fucking cares if it
sounds like anyone else. You not gonna stop painting your house white just 'cos you
neighbours house is white right? Enjoy the fucking music. If I'm listening to Exciter I'll go
and write a song inspired by them, and I don't even give a fuck what any one's thinking
about Adrenicide's sound.


Do you think the current situation of bands performing Old school metal/thrash is
a fashion display?

Nuno: I hope not. I see alot of passion in some of the new upcoming bands. And there are
lots of them I really fucking dig. I heard some people say that there are to many bands
these days...well I say that thrash is never to much if It's good. But fashion or not
Adrenicide will keep waving the flag of thrash metal for as long as possible. I've been
playing metal for 25 years and it was never fashion to me. As I said before metal is a way
of life not a trend. It surely runs in my fucking veins. Let there be more thrash, more metal.
The trend chasers won't last, they never do. Only true metal lives forever.


How long does it take to write an ADRENICIDE song? Do you play any cover songs
of your idols? ...For example D.R.I "Thrash zone".

Nuno: We've never cover that particular song but we've covered "Gone Too Long" of the "4
Of A Kind" album. Plus done shit loads of other covers from D.R.I. to Terrorizer, Pestilence
even Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock" which by the way is a great fucking song. I've
recorded a few covers for our new album, not sure they will make it onto the record but
there's a track we recorded from TANK a band I totally fucking love.


Do you like the work of Billy Milano? Is there a person with whom ADRENICIDE
would like to perform with? Are there any bands performing ADRENICIDE songs
you know of?

Nuno: Yeah Billy Milano as recorded some great music trough out his career and I've been
a big M.O.D and S.O.D fan for many, many years. A person I would like to perform with?
That's extremely difficult to answer dude...I mean I love lots of different bands. Chris
Holmes from W.A.S.P would defo be one, Mille Petrozza, Tom Angelripper, Cronos, I don't
know It's to hard to pick one and there are so many. But I guess if that was gonna be a one
time event then I would have to say Saxon, anyone of the original line up. 


In ordinary life, what activities/jobs ADRENICIDE members do? Would you like
financial freedom and fully engage on ADRENICIDE's music only?

Nuno: I am personally very lucky I can do this shit only, That's one of the reasons
Adrenicide has been able to release an album each year. I also love to paint It's something
I've been doing for a long time and It plays a big role in my life. But the other guys are not
so lucky, they have jobs like anyone else. When you play thrash metal there's not alot of
money to be made. So you gotta do something else to make a living and to pay for your
bills.


Your attitude to Internet sites where the music is laid out in MP3/Flack etc.?

Nuno: I don't really know what you mean but if you mean people downloading our music
for free or others for that matter ...well It's cool and It's shit. It's cool 'cos alot of people can
get to know your music alot quicker without having to spend a penny. It's bad 'cos making
records costs alot of money/time and you get nothing at the end of all that work. How many
of you would work for free? None I bet you. Downloading music without a band's permission
It's stilling. It becomes very hard for a band to survive and make an album if they make no
money. Don't get me wrong I download shit to, but just to listen to it and I'll buy the album
as soon as I find it. I tend to also trade with alot of the bands I like. What I would like to say
is: buy the albums if you like the bands. Most bands are forced to quit 'cos they can't afford
to travel or make records, and when that happens you will have no albums to download, no
band to go see. Right?


Do you have another beer to continue the conversation ...? You write alot of songs
about beer drinking just as TANKARD do. Have you listen to their latest album,
"Volume 14"? You listen to old THRASH METAL from 80's right?

Nuno: Well Tankard is a classic band from the 80's I've always loved their music. You can't
get any better than "ZOMBIE ATTACK","The Morning After" or Chemical Invasion". Yeah
the new album is pretty cool...Thrash metal from the 80's It's what Adrenicide is all about.
We wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the 80's metal scene. I breathe 80's metal ever sense
I came across it. It just doesn't get and never will get any better.


A bit of fantasy ... Do you think ADRENICIDE's music will still be relevant, say 20-30
years from now?

Nuno: Fuck knows dude, I don't care about shit like that at all. I make music and people
seem to dig it, that's all I need to know for now. But if in 3o years from now people still dig
our shit I'd be happy...no doubt. Just don't have time to think about shit like that. There are
alot of bands that were hated or even totally obscure back in the 80's and now everyone
loves them. Anvil is a good example of that. If you make honest music you will always
prevail.
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You have pets? Family and children? How does your family/kids react to your
music? Do they like it? Do they show any desire for you to quit ADRENICIDE?

Nuno: I had pests before but not at the moment unfortunately, as I'm a big dog lover.I was
married to the biggest bitch on earth for 10 years, but divorced 12 years ago (thank fuck). I
have an 18 year old daughter but we don't get in touch that much. She lives in Portugal I
live in Germany so It's complicated. We chat on Facebook though. Now I'm in a great
relationship with the best girlfriend a man can ask for. She helps alot in the business side
of things, and is very supportive. I have nothing to complain about. It's all good dude.


For what football team you're sick about? Or do you prefer skateboarding to
football?

Nuno: Benfica from Lisbon always...


When can I hear your new album? When will it be released?

Nuno: The new album will be released next year FEB 2012 via Denim & Leather records.
However there will be some sample track available on our website soon.


Thanx for interview and final words from Adrenicide...

Nuno: Keep thrashin' and stay fucking true, follow no trends.

Link: http://fthrashhell.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/interview-with-adrenicide/